‘News of the World’ Composer James Newton Howard on Giving the Music ‘a Jagged, Tattered, Rough-Hewn Edge’

Eight-time Oscar nominee James Newton Howard, whose projects have ranged from My Best Friend's Wedding to multiple Batman films and the Hunger Games series, added a Western to his extensive résumé in 2020. The famed composer took on the score for Paul Greengrass' News of the World, which stars Tom Hanks as a Civil War vet transporting a young girl (Helena Zengel) cross-country to her family.

A winter wonderland! James Van Der Beek’s five kids adorably enjoyed a snow day with their dad on Sunday, January 10.

Martin Markinson, a producer and theater owner who took Torch Song Trilogy to Broadway and returned the venue now known as the Hayes Theatre to theatrical use, died Thursday, January 7 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 89.

BREAKING: Deadline learned this morning that Netflix has closed a long term pact to be the creative home on the film side for Kevin Hart and his HartBeat Productions. The exclusive partnership calls for Hart to be the star of at least four films he’ll produce, with a First-look film producing deal also part of the deal.

A storm rolling through parts of the Plains and Mississippi Valley will likely bring heavy snow, forecasters warned Sunday.  Winter storm warnings were in effect across a large swath of the country, from eastern New Mexico to central Mississippi. "Heavy snow and hazardous travel conditions are likely, especially in Texas," the Weather Service tweeted Sunday morning.

Across the nation on Wednesday protesters descended on statehouses, prompting multiple evacuations while Trump supporters in D.C. stormed the U.S.

As Canada faces record COVID-19 infection rates and stay-at-home orders, major Hollywood studios and streamers have kept shooting movies and TV series on bubble-wrapped film and TV sets in Toronto, Vancouver and elsewhere countrywide. "Everyone is on high alert right now," Johonniuss Chemweno, CEO of New Mexico-based VIP Star Network, which conducts diagnostic testing for Hollywood film cast and crews, including on Canadian soundstages, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

A new Terrence Malick film is always a cause for excitement because of how spread out they are released, with anything between a year and 20 years between projects.

A new Terrence Malick film is always a cause for excitement because of how spread out they are released, with anything between a year and 20 years between projects.

A New Mexico judge this week decided in favor of 78-year-old Gary Hein, who sued the state for keeping him apart from his wife, who currently lives in a nursing home, during the coronavirus pandemic, according to local reports. The New Mexico Health Department must revise a provision enacted in March allowing nursing homes to make their own rules regarding visitor bans, State District Judge Matthew Wilson ordered Monday after hearing Hein's case, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

Two megachurches in Democratic-leaning New Mexico are facing $10,000 in fines over claims they violated state COVID-19 restrictions on Christmas Eve.

The National Park Service is investigating after an officer used a stun gun on a Native American man accused of venturing off a trail into closed territory on a sacred archeological site in New Mexico.

The National Park Service is investigating an incident in which a visitor was shocked with a stun gun over the weekend by a park ranger at the Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico.  Darrell House, a Native American and Marine veteran, was with his sister Sunday afternoon walking his dog at the park, where he often prays and meditates, according to news reports.  As he was walking, he moved off a trail to make way for a group of walkers and to adhere to social distance protocols, he said. 

New Mexico health authorities issued fines to a pair of Albuquerque megachurches this week for allegedly violating Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 25% coronavirus capacity order, according to local reports.

WATCH: Jess Hart reveals her baby's gender in adorable videoThe 34-year-old welcomed a beautiful baby girl last month with her NASCAR driver fiance, James Kirkham. The couple, who have been together since February 2019, confirmed the news via Instagram on Tuesday.Posting the first photos of the bub that were shared with US publication, People (which you can view here), Jess gushed over the new arrival.

A New Mexico sheriff is joining a growing number of law enforcement officials refusing to enforce "restrictive" coronavirus measures.

The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county said in a video last week that he will not enforce any stay-at-home orders that subvert individuals’ constitutional rights, adding that his office will focus on helping families and businesses safe from crime.

Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell understands the joy of leading on election night and then the sinking feeling of having that advantage slowly erased as mail-in ballots are counted. The Republican attributes her tough loss two years ago in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District to voter fraud and now empathizes with President Trump's claims that he would have beat President-elect Joe Biden had it not been for widespread illegal votes.

Narcos: Mexico star Fernanda Urrejola is on the call sheet for Cry Macho, Clint Eastwood’s drama that is wrapping up shooting in New Mexico. Eastwood is directing and starring in the feature that is based on a book written by N.