‘Andor’: Composer Nicholas Britell Talks About Breaking All The ‘Star Wars’ Musical Rules, His Favorite Themes & More [The Rogue Ones Podcast]

scene: watching Love Actually's Emma Thompson grin and bear her way through the revelation that her husband, Harry, played by the late Alan Rickman, is cheating on her with his secretary Mia. Every year we're freshly appalled at the heart-wrenching moment where Harry gifts his wife Karen Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now album, inadvertently letting on that he's given the gold necklace (which Karen had already discovered in his pocket) to someone else: his mistress. While the cheating partner trope is (sadly) nothing new both on and off-screen, it's Dame Emma's character's show of quiet stoicism in front of the couple's, while clearly very much crushed on the inside, that has cemented this scene in the minds (and hearts) of audiences forever more.And now we know that there's something more—besides Emma's excellent acting credentials—to why her portrayal was so memorable: It's because she based it on her own real-life experience.Indeed, Emma has admitted that her tearful scenes in were so persuasive because she was having her heart “very badly broken” by first husband Kenneth Branagh, who was having an affair with Helena Bonham Carter. Kenneth and Emma split after eight years together.In a November 2022 interview with the , Emma has spoken candidly about being “blinded” to the realities of Kenneth's infidelity.

Get ready for Moore … Mandy! The This Is Us alum has teamed up with the showrunners of the NBC hit for a new series, Twin Flames, on Hulu.

Taking a reprieve. Nick Carter missed an appearance with the Backstreet Boys following the death of his little brother, Aaron Carter.

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The Wahlberg bunch! Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Wahlberg (née Durham) love doting on their four children.

Wearing his heart on his sleeve. Dwyane Wade surprised wife Gabrielle Union by getting her initials tattooed on his wrist during a family trip to South Africa.

Sydney Sweeney doesn’t have many answers for the backlash to her mom’s birthday party.

Tragedy has struck the comedy world.

Playbill, the monthly magazine that serves as official programs for Broadway, most of Off Broadway and other arts institutes, is signing off Twitter for good, citing the platform’s “greatly expanded” tolerance for “hate, negativity, and misinformation.”

The New York Times has hired top Axios national political reporter Jonathan Swan, who won an Emmy for his 2020 interview with then-President Donald Trump.

Diane Warren’s songwriting job for Tell It Like a Woman was simple: create a hymn for female empowerment.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has taken North American rights to the horror-thriller Candy Land, written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), slating it for release in theaters and on demand on January 6.

EXCLUSIVE: Half Baked 2, the sequel to the 1998 cult comedy, has finished production in Baton Rouge, LA with Rachel True reprising her role as Mary Jane in the Universal 1440 Entertainment title. Also joining the cast is Maze Runner‘s Dexter Darden, as well as Moses Storm (Unfriended), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever), Ash Santos (True Story), Joel Courtney (Super 8, The Kissing Booth), and David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

The Taylor Sheridan-verse keeps expanding.  With an entire “Yellowstone” empire on the air, several spin-offs in the work (“Yellowstone: 1923,” “Bass Reeves”), and dozens more unrelated shows coming soon (“Lioness,” “Land Man”), the writer, director, producer, showrunner and exec (known for his Academy Award nominated “Hell Or Hight Water” and the film “Sicario” before he moved to TV) has built out a Paramount+ TV dynasty, that is absolutely unrivaled on television outside of Marvel.

. On November 10, the creator celebrated the show's upcoming season in Los Angeles wearing a stunning black vintage dress and matching pointed-toe heels. Her makeup, done by artist Ernesto Casillas, featured a dramatic winged liner and smokey eye, as well as a glossy brown lip. However, the real showstopper was hair transformation.

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Effortlessly stylish! Jennifer Garner showed off her toned legs at the Big Night Out Gala in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 10.

Fresh off its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and the Fall festival circuit, Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones And All” is ready to hit US theaters by storm. And imagine Guadagino’s latest as a marriage of his past two films: the swooning romance of “Call Me By Your Name” meets the grotesque horrors of “Suspiria.” Not enticed yet? Maybe a new extended red band clip from the film will whet the appetite.

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group, a Lionsgate company, has picked up world distribution rights to the romantic comedy Christmas in Paradise from MSR Media International. Lionsgate will release the film in North America on November 15.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Sandrine Holt (American Gigolo) has signed with Silver Lining Entertainment for management.

Alexandre Desplat opened Deadline’s Sound & Stage awards-season event representing the music from his latest project, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The Netflix animated film currently available to stream and is the duo’s second collaboration following Best Picture Oscar winner The Shape of Water.

Jordan Peele’s Nope marked the third time the filmmaker has collaborated with composer Michael Abels, who brought his music from the sci-fi horror feature to life at Deadline’s Sound & Screen award-season event.

To compose the music for Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives — the true story of the global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team — composer Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049, the It movies) had hoped to traverse all of northern Thailand to absorb the culture, knock on doors and ask folks if they wanted to play something for him.

We think Taylor Swift was definitely onto something! We thought John Mayer had grown up and changed, but… was Perez wrong? This and much more on our latest podcast! CLICK HERE to listen to the newest episode of The Perez Hilton Podcast with Chris Booker in full at PerezPodcast.com

If you needed proof love always prevails, look no further.

We’ve been to so many immersive experiences, but we’d never been to one from National Geographic before! Beyond King Tut is done sooooo well! Incredible informative. Top-notch presentation. The visuals and space were exquisite! It was an educational but super good time! FUN for the whole family! And this is a traveling exhibit – so it may come to a city near U soon! Watch our tour for a sense of what to expect!

Exes Florence Pugh and Zach Braff are getting super flirty in the Instagram comments!

Matthew McConaughey’s wife just had a scary fall!

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After being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Jeff Bridges has been candid about the ups and downs with his health.

Gallagher, the comedian known for smashing watermelons during his act, has died at age 76.

There were a lot of questions going into the release of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” How would the sequel deal with the sudden passing of Chadwick Boseman, the franchise’s leader? Who is going to suit up as the new Black Panther? And do we really need a villain with pointy ears and winged ankles? Thankfully, Ryan Cooger and his fantastic cast have once again delivered a “Black Panther” film that answers all those questions a whole lot more.

Spoilers: please read this piece only after you’ve seen “Narkina 5,” the eighth episode of the “Star Wars” limited series “Andor,” on Disney+. You’ll notice we’ve been doing weekly podcasts, ‘The Rogue Ones,’ instead of weekly recaps, but for episode eight, we couldn’t resist.

‘The Rogue Ones: A Star Wars Andor Podcast’ returns with hosts Mike DeAngelo and The Playlist’s Editor-In-Chief, Rodrigo Perez. As with the previous episodes, each week, our hosts will recap and review the latest “Andor” episode and welcome cast members and creatives from the show to discuss all things “Andor” and all the intrigue and machination of the “Star Wars” galaxy.

Today Walt Disney Records releases the digital soundtrack for Lucasfilm‘s live-action series “Andor,” premiering on Disney+ now. The new album “Andor: Volume 1 (Episodes 1-4) (Original Score)” features music from three-time Oscar and Emmy-nominated composer Nicholas Britell composed for the show.