Ever since Sundance earlier this year, the song I Get Overwhelmed by Dark Rooms has been on high rotation on my list of favourite songs. In the film, Casey Affleck plays a music producer who makes this track and then plays it for his wife, Rooney Mara. The images of him giving her his headphones to let her in on his creation is one of the intimate moments they share during the film – before he dies in a car accident. The film only plays snippets of it, but they were enough to burrow into my mind and come along with me when I left the cinema, and Utah itself.…
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Entertainment Express: Cory Monteith, True Blood, David Bowie, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
* It may still be a few days before we know what killed actor Cory Monteith, as Monday’s autopsy may prove to be inconclusive. In the meantime, there have been some touching tributes to him, like this one from NPR. * True Blood has been renewed for a seventh season. The show is doing incredibly well, despite the hiccup of losing showrunner Alan Ball before this season hit the airwaves. It’s averaging better than 10 million an episode across all plays. * David Bowie’s new music video – for Valentine’s Day – is far more tame than the previous two off of The Next Day. Pleasant, even! * Justin Timberlake announced the…
