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“So much is still being worked on. It’s literally a practical race to get it finished.” If that admission sounds worrisome, hold your fire on those tweets. “We had more reshoots onEpisode VIIthan this one,” Abrams says. “We had more story adjustments onVIIthan this one. There were a lot of things we didn’t know. But the ambition of this movie is far greater thanForce Awakens. What we set out to do was far more challenging....

Director David Yates was finishing filmingFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themwhen the images arrived in his email. Much like Depp had done when crafting his takes on Willy Wonka and Capt. “She said, ‘I can’t wait to see what you do with him.’ It was beautifully left as this open gift.” So Depp sent photos of himself as Grindelwald to Yates. His first-draft makeover was “slightly more extreme” than where Grindelwald ended up, the director recalls....

And that, according to Lanthimos, is exactly what he had in mind. Lanthimos called upon Argentinian choreographer Constanza Macras to come up with the routine for Weisz and Alwyn. Think of a new movement. Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Fox Searchlight Shooting it though took on a whole new challenge. Remembers the Oscar-winning actress, Then, of course, we had to do it in our costumes. Him in heels and me in heels and a corset and a six-foot train....

torture equipment?). Oh, and Shakespeare has done something dramatic that’s the talk of…whereverthisis. Some actors do battle with moistening tear ducts. “We’re supersensitive right now,” mock-warns Jacinto. Says Carden: “We’ve been trying to keep the tearsinsideof our eyes.” Even the genial general of the show (make that: of TV) is feeling the sting. Adds Jamil: “I’m fing overwhelmed. I’m in denial. I may never leave and just walk the lot like a ghost....

We workshopped it on the sidewalk first. Four of them identify as LGBTQ. And the personal experience each brings to the room has led to some very specific and sometimes heated conversations. Kat Marcinowski/Starz while other women were like, Youre not gonna buy sex toys every single time. Theyre expensive, says writer Gladys Rodriguez. It was such a weird conversation that you would never probably have in any other room....

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First, tell us where in the world you are quarantining right now. LESLIE JORDAN:Im in Los Angeles, where Ive lived for decades. Ive lived right here in the heart of Hollywood for all these years. Leslie Jordan.Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images This isn’t your first book, but is your first book in a long time. What can you tell us about it? This book, were callingHow Yall Doing.Its essays....

Kaur’s momentum hasn’t slowed with her second book,The Sun and Her Flowers. 1 on theTimes’paperback fiction best-seller list on Oct. 22. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Have you always thought of your poetry as performance-first? Credit: Baljit Singh; Andrews McMeel Or is it the words on the page that come first? RUPI KAUR:Performance first. I didn’t know it was called performance poetry. I didn’t know it was called spoken word. I did that for a few years until I saw a TED Talk Sarah Kay did....

There are moments of pureStar Warsjoy inJedi: Fallen Order. From the moment I saw BD, I would have died for the little guy. There’s something for everyone here, from lightsaber combat to Force-power puzzle rooms to acrobatic platforming. Credit: Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Not everything works perfectly, but it all goes well enough together that it feels like a cohesive package. Scattered throughout these worlds are various upgrades Cal and BD will need to progress deeper into certain environments....

What do you get when you pair an unassuming, earnest Brit and a pompous, blowhard American? Nick, did you then write this with David in mind? We knew we wanted to build on that dynamic. Peacock Fortunately, he said yes. David, this is the first sitcom youve starred on sinceFriends. Were you intentionally staying away and why was this the one to bring you back to the medium? DAVID SCHWIMMER:No....

Read on below, andpre-order the bookbefore it hits the shelves next year, on March 19. Excerpt fromInternment, by Samira Ahmed I strain to listen for boots on the pavement. But everywhere, its the same as its always been. Credit: Erielle Bakkum In the distance, I see a funnel of smoke rising into the air. Most of the town is at the book burning, so I should be safe. Or, at least, safer....

Nothing less than your entire identity, perhaps? Musicians masquerading under pseudonyms of various egregiousness is nothing new. The worst thing Alecia Beth Moore could probably do is meekly threaten to throw her Jamba Juice at you. (But you totally know she wouldnt. Those are delicious and cost like five bucks.) A snippet of the albums title track can be hard on loop atJulianPlenti.com. But Im not sure how I feel about the name Julian Plenti....

Around the same time, this article came out in theSmithsonianmagazine about five famous women in mathematics. Id never heard of any of them, she says. In the histories of math and science, women are often excluded. Credit: David Noles; Ecco Press Herself a recipient of a mathematics degree from UChicago, Chung spent years researching for the novel. The book is nowavailable for purchase. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So its been seven years since your first novel....