Gabriel Yared was the 1996 film "The English Patient", which was highly acclaimed and won him an Oscar for Best Original Score. He composed the scores for all of Minghella's subsequent films and the music for the television series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency", co-created by Minghella and Richard Curtis. Aside from his work with Minghella, Yared scored a number of other films, including "Betty Blue" (1986), "City of Angels" (1998), "Message in a Bottle" (1999), "Autumn in New York" (2000), "The Next Best Thing" (2000), "Possession" (2002), and "Bon Voyage" (2003). Cassandra Clare reported in August 2012 that Yared was
Ralph Fiennes Half-Blood Prince", and both "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" and "Part 2". Fiennes' 2006 performance in the play "Faith Healer" gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award. In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London. In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire in the film "The Duchess"; he also played the protagonist in "The Reader," adapted from the novel of the same name. In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film