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Prolific songwriter and composer Alan Menken has revealed the upcoming Little Mermaid remake will update the lyrics of some songs to recognize consent. Menken, who composed the music for the original film and the remake, recently told Vanity Fair that there have been some minor changes made to some songs expected to return. “There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the […]
Andrew Garfield’s mother, Lynn Garfield, died of pancreatic cancer in 2019, and while joining The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert, the actor talked about honoring her in his latest film, Tick, Tick, Boom!, in a powerful message about living with grief. During the episode, Garfield discussed how he carries the grief of losing his mother with him every day, but […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda issued a statement Monday apologizing for the lack of Afro-Latino representation in the film adaptation of the stage musical, In the Heights. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut Tick, Tick…Boom! finally has a trailer. The Netflix musical follows a young theater composer named Jon—played by Andrew Garfield—as he tries to make it big. Based on the trailer above, Garfield gets to flex his singing and dancing chops for the first time ever, and as it turns out, he’s pretty good! Based on Rent creator Jonathan […]
The highly-anticipated In the Heights premiere is just days away. Based on Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Tony Award-winning musical, the film hits theaters and HBO Max on June 11, 2021. The movie was initially set for release on June 26, 2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, less than two weeks […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda took a moment during this year’s Oscars ceremony to introduce his upcoming film In the Heights, which tells the story of a first-generation Dominican-American bodega owner named Usnavi de la Vega, who is living in New York’s Washington Heights. After inheriting his grandmother’s fortune, Usnavi becomes caught up in an emotional tug-of-war over closing his store and […]
On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and other co-chairs of the When We All Vote organization dropped an open letter urging Americans to put their support behind the For the People Act. At the moment, 43 states across the country are considering an estimated 253 proposals that could dramatically limit voting rights and access to millions of […]
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda gave us Hamilton, he gave us In The Heights. The movie adaptation of the Broadway musical has been in the works for far too long, but the wait is almost over. The premiere of the new global trailer for the film, which is hitting theaters and HBO Max on June 18, is […]
Saturday Night Live pulled out all the stops during their cold open to poke fun at Thursday’s LGBTQ presidential town hall, bringing out stars Billy Porter, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Woody Harrelson to help. Anderson Cooper, portrayed by Alex Moffat, was the host of the LGBTQ town hall, held by CNN. He told the audience they were […]
The nominees for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards are in. Thursday morning, Terry Crews and Leslie Mann were among those who hit the Beverly Hilton Hotel to unveil the 2019 nominations. As expected, Donald Glover, Amy Adams, and Sacha Baron Cohen were among the first round of revealed nominees. After a brief break, the […]
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