Here's The Situation...

The October 12th, 2007 issue of EW features a cover story about the ongoing feud between director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema, that's resulted in a brutal legal battle and threatened the film version of The Hobbit...The prequel story to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Benjamin Svetkey offers up a status report on the whole affair--leaving room for optimism that all may soon be resolved... ''The Hobbit'': Is Peter Jackson coming back?

Issue #958 also offers readers a grim outlook regarding the industry strike....

Speaking of grim: The Philadelphia Phillies are in a must win situation against The Colorado Rockies The Phils are down 2 games to none in the best of 5 series. Here's A Preview Of Tonight's Prime Time Match-Up...Go Phils!!!