1 Film producer Anita Verma-Lallian spent $8.55 million on an LA mansion. It formerly belonged to one of the Friends. This episode could've been called The One Where They Bought Chandler's House. Could we be any more obvious? Which friend?
2 In 1988, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs banned The Satanic Verses. Now the ban order is nowhere to be found, leading the Delhi High Court to dispose of it, effectively lifting the ban. Name the author, who was issued a fatwa in 1989.
3 This German composer has scored The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Dune. His score for Dune 2 might be ineligible for an Oscar nomination because it uses too much music from its prequel. He already has two Oscars and four Grammys anyway. Who?
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