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Jonny Greenwood sat down for a conversation with Terry Gross on the latest episode of NPR’s Fresh Air. He discussed his approach to film scores, specifically noting his recent work on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, and Pablo Larrain’s Spencer. Listen to the full episode below. In addition to highlighting his most recent scores, they also discussed works from across his career as a composer. At one point, Gross played an excerpt of his Phantom Thread score and asked him how he achieved the piano’s muffled sound. “There’s a roll of felt laid between the hammers and the strings, which is why it sounds like that, and it’s a little bit out of tune just because I’m a bit lazy with my booking a piano tuner, I’m afraid,” he said. Read about Greenwood’s ...

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Fans recently petitioned for a circumbinary exoplanet to be named after the late SOPHIE. The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN) has now officially named an asteroid after SOPHIE. Originally dubbed RE1, it was discovered in 1980 by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. It’s now known as “Sophiexeon.”  “SOPHIE was known as an electronic music pioneer whose futuristic style changed the landscape of pop music in the early 21st century,” the IAU’s announcement reads. “SOPHIE has influenced so many of us, and now she will forever be part of the cosmos,” petition starter Christian Arroyo wrote. Read the feature “How SOPHIE’s Music Inspired a Generation of Underground Artists.”

HBO Max has canceled its order of 24 new episodes of The Boondocks, Deadline reports. The Warner Media streaming platform had originally ordered two seasons of the animated series from creator Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation back in 2019. The Boondocks series—based on a comic strip first printed in The Source magazine—launched in 2005 on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s late-night adult animation programming block. It starred Regina King, John Witherspoon, and Cedric Yarbrough, and included voice cameos from Ghostface Killah, Xzibit, Yasiin Bey, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Lil Wayne. The show aired for four seasons, the last of which aired in 2014 without McGruder’s involvement. That year, Adult Swim released a mixtape to coincide with the show’s final season featuring Killer Mik...