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What happened to melodies in today’s movie musicals?

Movie musicals used to promise tunes for everyone forever, but is that kind of songwriting a lost art? Tim Rice and The Greatest Showman’s Greg Wells talk to Will Taylor

The Independent UK

New venue approved for cult favourite Cardiff bar as old home set to be 'bulldozed' for apartment block

The building has been earmarked for demolition for months

Wales Online

Hamilton: the future of musicals, with echoes of its past

As Lin-Manuel Miranda's critically acclaimed musical heads to our shores, what makes the story of an American founding father so unique?

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Your ultimate Melbourne events guide: the best things to do this weekend and what’s on through December

Summer in the City is Guardian Australia’s ultimate guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals happening around the country. Here, we’ve picked out some highlights for Melbourne in December

The Guardian - AU

BBC His Dark Materials series three: Airdate, cast, episodes and is it the final series of the Welsh-made show?

The Welsh-filmed fantasy drama series is returning to BBC One

Wales Online

'Percy Jackson': Lin-Manuel Miranda joins cast as messenger God Hermes

Here's some news for fans of the popular Percy Jackson series! While it is known that author Rick Riordan's bestselling 'Percy Jackson' novels are being adapted for the screen, now the news is that actor Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined its cast. What's more? Lin-Manuel Miranda will be seen as the…

The Times of India

Who is Jessica Darrow, who sings the Disney advert song A Little More?

She’ll be soundtracking Christmas for Disney this year

Evening Standard

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Politicians seek to leverage celebrities to reach voters

Candidates in high-profile races nationwide are using celebrity appearances and endorsements as they try to reach voters

The Independent UK

Democrats are trying to sway Florida's Hispanic voters before election. Enter Lin-Manuel Miranda

MIAMI — Lin-Manuel Miranda stood in a Coral Gables courtyard. The walls behind him read “Censorship leaves us in the dark,” with a list of banned books printed in black paint.

Miami Herald

‘Continue to get out the vote:’ Lin-Manuel Miranda encourages Latino canvassers

ATLANTA — Republican and Democratic campaigns in Georgia have made no secret of their commitment to try to win over Latino voters, a sign of this fast-growing slice of the electorate’s rising influence, especially as statewide races are decided by thinning margins.

Tribune News Service

Review: Broadway's '1776' is at war with its own material

NEW YORK — As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened last week at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing up the baked-in optimism of the American musical theater.

Tribune News Service

Brisbane, don't throw away your shot, Hamilton is heading your way

The smash hit musical Hamilton is coming to Queensland's capital – if you want to be in the room where it happens, here's everything you need to know.

ABC News

Texas church that altered ‘Hamilton’ apologizes, will pay damages

DALLAS — The McAllen church that staged two unauthorized performances of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical "Hamilton" has apologized and will pay an unspecified amount in damages.

Tribune News Service

Conservative Texas church pulls watered-down Hamilton remake after copyright complaint

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s team took legal action after the show broke copyright laws

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The Independent UK

Texas church apologises after unauthorised Hamilton musical goes viral

Lyrics and dialogue were rewritten to include ‘Christian themes’

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Texas church sorry for unauthorised Hamilton production with biblical rewrite

The unauthorised Hamilton production was rewritten with Christian themes, adding a scene where Alexander Hamilton repents.

ABC News

The Loop: Australia's bushfire season preview, Lachlan Murdoch takes on Crikey, John Farnham recovering after cancer surgery, and a church's Hamilton apology

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

The Guardian - AU

Texas church issues apology for unauthorised ‘Christian’ Hamilton that rewrote bawdy raps

The production changed lyrics, added a ‘repentance’ scene and was followed by a sermon saying God would save people who ‘struggle with homosexuality’

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Natalie Portman among stars lining up to work with cartoon pup Bluey rivalling Simpson's

Big stars are queuing up to work on the show featuring the cartoon dog called Bluey, including names like Natalie Portman and Eva Mendes, as well as Lin Manuel-Miranda

Tribune News Service

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Trump did flush ripped-up papers down the toilets, photos in upcoming book reveal

Tribune News Service

Texas church criticized for its take on ‘Hamilton’

DALLAS — A McAllen, Texas, church is facing controversy for its rendition of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popular musical "Hamilton" that had several scenes edited to incorporate biblical themes — and which was followed by a sermon that compared being gay with having an addiction.

Tribune News Service

David Warner, ‘Titanic’ and ‘Star Trek’ actor, dies at 80

David Warner, the Emmy-nominated English actor whose six-decade career included roles in “Titanic,” “Star Trek” and “The Omen,” died Sunday in London, his family said.

The Independent UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda helps launch Latinx LGBTQ support program

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez will join the Hispanic Federation Tuesday to launch a new advocacy initiative serving Latinx LGBTQ+ communities

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump repeatedly told fraud claims baseless, panel hears

William Barr said ex-president’s allegations were ‘bullshit’, while several advisers told him not to declare victory on election night. Plus, The Bourne Identity at 20

The Guardian - AU

The cartoon where it happens: Lin-Manuel Miranda guest stars as horse in new Bluey episode

The Hamilton creator has said the series was his most-watched show of the pandemic, and now he has a surprise voice credit

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