A sequel to the musical West Side Story is in the works and it will focus on what happens to Maria after the death of Tony.
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In another timeline, Rachel Zegler would have had her breakthrough moment last December.That was when Steven Spielberg’s rendition of “West Side Story” was supposed to open and introduce the world to the New Jersey high school student who responded to an open call on Twitter and beat out thousands for the part of Maria. But the pandemic had other plans.Yet 2021 wasn’t exactly spent waiting in the wings.
A sequel to the musical West Side Story is in the works and it will focus on what happens to Maria after the death of Tony.
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LOS ANGELES -- As she pursued her dream to become an actor, Sydney Sweeney’s family lost their home, her parents got divorced and she spent countless nights crying herself to sleep because of the constant rejection.Hoping to put her family back together again, Sweeney vowed to find success and buy her parents a house when she turned 18.
Puerto Rico his friends and family used to call him Raulito, which eventually became Rauw for short.Alejandro has been on the rise for the past few years, but 2021 catapulted him into another level of success.
If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn't describe this year's eight Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year: They seized their masks — and the moment.They are Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Adrienne Warren, Saweetie, Anupam Tripathi and Sydney Sweeney.
NEW YORK -- Adrienne Warren had studiously avoided ever touching a Tony Award her entire stage career. Her motto was that she'd only hold one if she deserved to.On Sept 26, 2021, she finally held one.
Marvel for an Asian American superhero, he wasn’t vying for a job — he was venting at Hollywood’s status quo.“I was experiencing just such a frustration turning on the TV and, as a struggling actor, too, just really seeing the limits of what was possible for people that look like me,” said Liu, who has been named one of AP’s Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year.
If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn't describe this year's eight Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year: They seized their masks — and the moment.They are Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Adrienne Warren, Saweetie, Anupam Tripathi and Sydney Sweeney.
LOS ANGELES -- Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona into a canny drug kingpin character with a West Coast accent on FX’s popular crime drama “Snowfall.”Idris made his presence felt as Franklin Saint, a young street-minded entrepreneur who was educated in an upper-class neighborhood, but determined to get into the drug game to take care of the people around him.
Golden Globes. Belfast and The Power of the Dog lead the pack with seven nominations each.
Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose are ready for what comes their way. The actresses have been navigating press together for the highly anticipated musical, directed by Steven Spielberg, and formed a «natural» connection on and off the screen.«Honestly, it was really comfortable, and in true Latina fashion, we didn't speak about it at all.
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