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Hot line: Peter Jackson on the legacy of the Hobbit movies

December 20, 2014 at 8:00PM
British actor Martin Freeman and director Peter Jackson from New Zealand poses for photographs in promotion for the film 'The Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies' in the Claridges suite in west London, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
British actor Martin Freeman and director Peter Jackson from New Zealand poses for photographs in promotion for the film 'The Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies' in the Claridges suite in west London, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

« THE LEGACY OF THE FILMS WILL BE IN THE TOURISM. JUST AS PEOPLE GO TO SALZBURG BECAUSE 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' WAS SHOT THERE 50 YEARS AGO, I'M SURE IN 50 YEARS PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY STILL BE GOING TO NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE OF THESE MOVIES. »

Director Peter Jackson, to Entertainment Weekly, on the "Hobbit" movies

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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