Straight Up Hollywood: 'Fantastic Beasts' secrets

Have you bought your tickets to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them yet?

In this episode of Straight Up Hollywood – the USA TODAY podcast that brings you behind the velvet rope – West Coast entertainment editor Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) brings us into her lunch with Eddie Redmayne, who reveals the mechanics involved in picking an A-list wizarding wand (Ollivanders, anyone?).

Then, television reporter Bill Keveney (@billkev) dishes on the Gilmore Girls Netflix revival, and plays a bit of his interview with Lauren Graham, who talks about how the show has changed. (He got to visit the set during the new "Summer" episode.)

Bill also shares what it was like to talk about interracial adoption with the cast of This Is Us, and entertainment reporter Carly Mallenbaum (@ThatGirlCarly) dishes on the singing gorilla who moved her to tears (OK, almost) in the upcoming animated movie Sing.

If you want to read up on topics we discussed, here are a few stories to check out:

Eddie Redmayne wands up for 'Fantastic' ride

Review: You'll still laugh and cry at Netflix's return to 'Gilmore Girls'

Father-son bond adds depth to NBC's 'This Is Us'

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