WetaFest feast of family fun

Crizzy the frog lizard is the latest animated character from Weta Digital, but you won't see him on the big screen

Uncle Snoop (previously known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg and more recently Snoop Lion) hosts this years BET Hip Hop Awards (BET at 8 p.m.). Rick Ross, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, Slaughterhouse and Lil Kim are scheduled to perform. On ...

On the third and final installment of Latino Americans (WETA and MPT at 8 p.m.), the documentary looks at how Latinos got involved with the political process in America, and the process of organizing farm workers in California. Its the conclusion of ...

A weta in an icecream, shotgun pellets in a steak, live maggots in a pie and a sliced mouse in a bread loaf. These are among the scarier food complaints New Zealand's health protection officers have encountered while on

Weta Workshop launched the first in its line of collectibles for the upcoming film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug this week. Two preview products, Bilbo and Bombur Barrel Riders, have already been released and the initial product line will ...

Making magic: Staff work on creating a giant tree at Weta Workshop in Wellington, New Zealand. The sign on the Wellington airport terminal says it all: Welcome to Middle Earth. This is a city to which the movie industry has brought jobs and tourists ...

"We want to be the Weta Workshop of jewellery," said Ian Douglas of Wellington-based jeweller The Village Goldsmith. That's something Douglas wouldn't have said ten years' ago, when The Village Goldsmith was just that, a small jewellery design and ...

. New Line/ WETA, screen cap Buffy NaillonEntertainment Examiner Follow: The Hobbit video blog has been director Peter Jackson's way of bringing fans into the movie-making process for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." The official Hobbit ...

Avatar, released in 2009 and starring Sam Worthington, was one of the most expensive films made and Weta Digital won an Oscar for its effects work. The sequels are estimated to cost about $1b. But there are rumours production might shift to Mexico ...