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Veteran 'In the Heights' collaborators ready to give Lin-Manuel Miranda musical a fresh spin

SAN DIEGO — When San Diego Musical Theatre announced plans to produce Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning, salsa-infused musical "In the Heights" this spring, it turned to some seasoned Latin musical pros to bring the story to life.

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Met Gala Returns: A Guide to Fashion’s Big Night

It started in 1948 as a society midnight supper, and it wasn’t even at the Met. Fast forward 70-plus years, and the Met Gala is something totally different, one of the most photographed events in the world for its head-spinning red carpet — though the famous carpeted steps of the…

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Met Gala returns: A guide to fashion's big night

The Met Gala is back

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Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

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Disney Makes Oscars Magic Once again with 'Encanto'

With a sprinkle of magical realism and catchy tunes by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Disney again claimed Oscars gold for best animated film Sunday with "Encanto," a colorful celebration of Colombian culture and the importance of family. The film defeated a diverse field -- Afghan refugee documentary "Flee," Pixar's Italy-set coming-of-age tale…

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‘West Side Story’ star Ariana DeBose and ‘CODA’ actor Troy Kotsur make Oscars history with groundbreaking wins

Oscars night had a double feature of history-making wins Sunday, with Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur earning groundbreaking honors.

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Oscars hosts Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall earn laughs with rousing opening as Ariana DeBose wins best supporting actress

Three of Hollywood’s top funny ladies turned the Academy Awards into a stand-up stage Sunday with an opening monologue jam-packed with topical jokes.

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Oscars 2022 updates: Will Smith wins Best Actor after slapping Chris Rock on stage, Jessica Chastain wins best Actress, CODA claims Best Picture

Will Smith has won the Oscar for Best Actor after walking onto the stage and slapping Chris Rock over a joke made about his wife. Look back on the event as it happened.

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Oscar winners 2022: CODA, Jane Campion, Will Smith and Jessica Chastain win big but Nicole Kidman and Kodi Smit-McPhee miss out

This year's best films and performances have been named at the Academy Awards with Coda taking out Best Picture while Will Smith and Jessica Chastain also won big. Here are the winners in every category.

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Oscars 2022: Lin-Manuel Miranda to miss awards show after wife tests positive for Covid

Writer said he would sit out of Sunday’s ceremony ‘out of caution’

The Independent UK

‘Encanto’ composer Lin-Manuel Miranda won’t attend Oscars after wife’s positive COVID test

LOS ANGELES — Lin-Manuel Miranda will not make it to the Academy Awards this year after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, the composer said via Twitter on Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

Miranda to miss Oscars after wife tests positive for COVID

Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of this year’s most prominent Oscar nominees, is sitting out the ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK

Who's performing live at the 2022 Oscars - including Beyonce and Billie Eilish

The nominations for Best Song include music by Van Morrison and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Manchester Evening News

Just like Broadway, it’s a feast of live shows as Hamilton hip-hops its way to Melbourne

After being the world's most lockded down city during the pandemic, Melbourne has lit up like the Fourth of July with the opening of US musical 'Hamilton'.

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Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars, from hosts to nominees to drama

LOS ANGELES — Movies and the people who make them will be celebrated when the 94th Academy Awards take place this weekend, marking the official end of the 2021-22 film awards circuit, previously known as the Oscar season from hell.

The Independent UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda admits he was ‘scared s***less’ over starring in The Sopranos

Miranda appeared in the season six episode ‘Remember When’

Los Angeles Times

We should talk about history-making, Oscar-nominated 'Encanto' composer Germaine Franco

LOS ANGELES — Disney's "Encanto" — a story about the Madrigals, a magical family fighting to save their equally enchanted home in the hills of Colombia — has bewitched viewers young and old. And while the animated film's "Dos Oruguitas" is nominated for original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, and…

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Beyonce to Sing at Oscars but Van Morrison Skipping Gala

Beyonce and Billie Eilish will perform during Sunday's Oscars, but outspoken vaccine skeptic Van Morrison is skipping Hollywood's biggest night, organizers said Tuesday. All three performers are nominated for best song at the 94th Academy Awards -- along with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Diane Warren, whose songs will also be performed…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Beyoncé, Billie Eilish to sing at Oscars

The superstars will perform their nominated songs in a lineup that also includes Sebastián Yatra and Reba McEntire.

The Independent UK

Regina King, Ryan Reynolds among co-hosts of Met Gala in May

Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as co-chairs of the Met Gala, returning to its traditional berth on the first Monday in May

The Guardian - UK

Clapping fatigue, Covid smooches and sprayed canapés: inside the Oscar nominees luncheon

Will Smith spurns my advances, Kenneth Branagh makes new friends and Coppola chardonnay flows at this year’s socially distanced nominees lunch

Los Angeles Times

Lin-Manuel Miranda's complex quest for simplicity with 'Dos Oruguitas' from 'Encanto'

LOS ANGELES — When describing the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda, "simple" doesn't rush to mind. In his songs for "Encanto," for instance, his familiar verbal gymnastics grace "Surface Pressure" and layers of character and disparate Latin-influenced musical styles inform the breakout hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno." (All eight songs…

Los Angeles Times

Lin-Manuel Miranda breaks down the success of 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (no, no, no)

LOS ANGELES — From magical realism to a neat magic trick: All eight songs Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote for "Encanto" made the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.

Tribune News Service

Lin-Manuel Miranda shares why Oscar nomination for ‘Encanto’ feels so magical

Lin-Manuel Miranda is living the dream with his latest Oscar nomination.

The Independent UK

Oscars 2022: Sebastián Yatra calls 'Encanto' a gift from God

Sebastián Yatra calls his experience with Disney's “Encanto” a "gift from God.”

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