Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Goodbye Hello: Unseen Beatles footage becomes movie project for Peter Jackson

"Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson is making a movie about The Beatles with previously unseen studio footage, the band's website said on Wednesday - 50 years to the day after the Fab Four performed live together for the final time. The Oscar winner will work with some 55 hours of never-released video of John, Paul, George and Ringo as they worked on their "Let It Be" album in January 1969. "Mr Dior? He was like family," 1950s model recalls

When Odile Kern stepped into a Parisian lift sometime in 1953, she found herself standing next to luxury couturier Christian Dior - and in an instant her life changed. Now 88, Kern was already on the fashion designer's payroll in the building on Avenue Montaigne. Dior asked her who she was. Assault reported by 'Empire' actor condemned by family as 'hate crime'

The family of television actor Jussie Smollett, who plays a gay character on the hip-hop musical drama "Empire," spoke out on Thursday to condemn the assault he reported suffering in Chicago at the hands of two men yelling racial and homophobic slurs. Chicago police said detectives have been unable to obtain cell phone records to "independently verify" a key part of Smollett's story - that he was talking with his manager by phone at the time he was accosted. Kanye West resolves fan's 'Life of Pablo' lawsuit

Kanye West has resolved a lawsuit accusing the rapper and entrepreneur of fraudulently inducing fans into subscribing to Jay-Z's online streaming service Tidal by tweeting that it was the only place to obtain his 2016 album "The Life of Pablo." West, Tidal's corporate parent and the plaintiff Justin Baker-Rhett on Wednesday filed a joint stipulation with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan to dismiss the proposed class-action case, which was originally filed in San Francisco in April 2016. Superhero creator Stan Lee honored in Hollywood

Comic book giant Stan Lee, who dreamed up such pop culture icons as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Black Panther and countless others, has been honored in Hollywood by hundreds of fans and celebrities. Lee, who died in November at age 95, saw his ink-on-paper, pulp comic characters grow into movie money-makers. He famously made cameo appearances in just about all of them. Jay-Z wins fight for African-American arbitrators in trademark case

Jay-Z has agreed to privately arbitrate a trademark and contract dispute with clothing company Iconix Brand Group Inc, his lawyers said on Wednesday, after enough African-American arbitrators became eligible to handle the case. Lawyers for the rapper and entrepreneur asked a New York state judge to dismiss Jay-Z's Nov. 28 lawsuit in Manhattan to halt the arbitration related to his 2007 sale of the Rocawear clothing brand to Iconix for about $204 million. Crowds brave snow to see UK royals Meghan and Harry

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan thanked crowds of well-wishers for braving wintry conditions to welcome them on a trip to southwest England on Friday. "I hope everyone gets a nice cup of tea after this," Meghan said as she and her husband chatted to those who had waited in the cold to see them as snow fell. As awards race heats up, molten metal is forged into BAFTA statues

While Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close and Emma Stone may be drafting acceptance speeches for next month's BAFTA ceremony, in a London suburb metalworkers are equally busy, crafting the trophies the stars hope to win. Miles from the Royal Albert Hall where the British Academy of Film and Television Arts will roll out the red carpet, molten metal is poured into moulds to create the prizes to be handed out on Feb. 10 at the event seen as an important curtain-raiser for the Oscars. Beyonce, Jay-Z offer lifetime concert tickets for fans who go vegan

Music superstars Beyonce and Jay-Z are offering fans a chance to win free tickets for life to their concerts in exchange for adopting a vegan diet for a month. The "Lemonade" singer announced the contest to her 123 million Instagram followers late on Wednesday in support of the Greenprint Project, which encourages people to reduce their environmental footprint by eating plant-based meals. 'Alita: Battle Angel' movie finally arrives, to lukewarm reviews

Some 15 years in the making and after multiple delays, sci-fi epic "Alita: Battle Angel" finally arrived on Thursday, but the Japanese manga-inspired action film earned only lukewarm reviews. The tale of a cyborg heroine in a post-apocalyptic world, "Alita: Battle Angel" was a passion project for acclaimed "Avatar" director James Cameron for years before he turned it over to director Robert Rodriguez.