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“Chita” (HarperOne). “Then [I] politely say, ‘I was the original Anita.’”Still, she admits she felt a “pang of resentment” when she saw Moreno on screen in a replica of the ruffled purple frock that Rivera made famous. “How dare she?” Rivera seethed.
“That is my dress!” Kissing her “cute” co-star Dick Van Dyke on stage every night in the Broadway smash “Bye Bye Birdie” helped lessen the pain. “Those sorts of things can be a perk of acting,” she writes. “But you can’t get carried away.”Rivera sometimes did get carried away, although never with Van Dyke (they were too busy cracking each other up). Fortunately, the wildly entertaining “Chita” — which she wrote with Patrick Pacheco — does not scrimp on the love affairs (most notably with Sammy Davis Jr.), the struggles (acting alongside a troubled Liza Minnelli in “The Rink,” at the height of the younger actress’ drug problems) or the celebrity anecdotes (Judy Garland was wonderful; John Lennon, a jerk).
Rivera, after all, is a performer who consistently gives her all on stage, whether wailing over her slain boyfriend in “West Side Story” or tangoing with Antonio Banderas in “Nine.” (About that: “I blindfolded him with a purple scarf and at one point whipped my leg up on his shoulder — and left it there. Then he kissed it. At each performance, I would turn to the audience with a look that said, ‘Eat your heart out!’ ”)It’s only fitting that the three-time Tony winner would throw herself into writing her memoirs as well.
She knows what her audience wants. Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero — stage name: Chita Rivera — was born in 1933, in Washington, DC. Her beloved father, a Puerto Rican jazz musician who played saxophone and clarinet, died when Rivera was just 7. Her
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Smooth sailing? Teresa Giudice and Luis “Louie” Ruelas are still adjusting to married life — and filming The Real Housewives of New Jersey hasn’t made it any easier.
The family of a pregnant mum who died in a crash on the M66 have paid a heartfelt tribute to her, describing her as a 'shining light'.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age thriller “The Origin” from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6. World premiering at the BFI London Film Festival in October, “The Origin” won acclaim for its unique approach to genre set in the Palaeolithic period. The script was written by Ruth Greenberg (“Run”) with Escape Plan Prods.’ Oliver Kassman (“Saint Maud”) producing. The pic was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards, with a win for breakthrough performance for Safia Oakley-Green. Bleecker Street is planning a fall-winter 2023 theatrical release.
It's Blake Shelton's last season on — and he's hoping to go out with a big win!The country star got one step closer to his 10th victory on Monday, as his last-ever country singer, 19-year-old Grace West, took the stage with a powerful rendition of "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" by Tammy Wynette, a first for the show.«Unbelievable,» Blake praised. «There's a reason that no one's ever done that song on this show.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There has never been a compilation album in the history of rock as influential as “Nuggets,” a 1972 double-LP that revived a period and style that was seen as having ended about five years before. It was nostalgia of a sort for the very recent past — as opposed to the very distant past that’s now being celebrated with fondness as “Nuggets” itself surpasses the half-century, arguably no less central to a certain rock ‘n’ roll ethos than ever. Lenny Kaye, now best known as the guitarist for Patti Smith’s band, but then highly regarded as a rock critic, compiled the original “Nuggets” for Elektra and may have saved an early wave of garage-rock for the ages … although some would give the collection even more credit, for helping invent, or at least bring into focus, the burgeoning punk-rock movement in the 1970s.
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi confirmed that they tied the knot earlier this year. Now, the pop star is sharing some details about their very laidback special day.
The writers strike has shut down a slew of TV series. Behind the statistics, there is a lot of heartache as every show is someone’s creation and every suspension affects a lot of people involved in it.
I'm a Celebrity legend Gillian McKeith has said that going back on to the show that "terrorised" her was "worth it" for the six-figure payday. During her first stint on the ITV reality show, Gillian clashed with her fellow campmates and put herself in the history books when she fainted during a live trial. When asked if the money was good, Gillian told OK! Magazine: "Yes.
Rita Moreno's grandson, Justin Fisher, has a bright future in journalism! The star brought her 24-year-old grandson in for a «Spilling the E-Tea» interview and the adorable duo answered everyone's burning questions. Moreno, whose stage and screen career has spanned decades, joined ET to discuss her latest role in playing Abuela Toretto, the grandmother of Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster and John Cena. Starting off the interview, Rita asks Justin, «What is your favorite part of me being your grandma?» to which he sweetly answers, «Through all your fame and fortune, you have the biggest heart that I've encountered in my life. It's just been a pleasure getting to learn from you, from what you've done for the world and really what you did for me as a kid growing up.
It’s become tradition for each “Mission: Impossible” to feature bigger, wilder stunts than the previous film, and the upcoming “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” is pulling out all the stops in the stunt department.
A tough road. Kim Zolciak-Biermann and Kroy Biermann were dealing with “financial issues” before their split that led to the end of their marriage, an insider exclusively tells Us Weekly.
Flamin’ Hot, directed by Eva Longoria, tells the origin story of a Frito Lay janitor who created the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack.
A royal farewell? King Charles III’s coronation marked another shift in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship with his family, according to a royal expert.
The Simpsons being “the bane of my life”, owing to the fuelling of racial stereotypes.The Indian actress said in a new interview that Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu’s “exaggerated” Indian accent would lead people to question why hers wasn’t as pronounced.Chopra Jonas, who is married to Jonas Brothers‘ Nick Jonas, made a cameo in the long-running cartoon in an episode that showed the pair getting married.She said that the feature was ironic, given how the cartoon impacted her teenaged years growing up in the US.“To be on The Simpsons in my wedding dress was really fun and ironic considering Apu was the bane of my life when I was growing up,” she told British Vogue as she looked back at some of her key Instagram photos.“Everybody kept asking why don’t I speak like Apu [Nahasapeemapetilon], why my accent wasn’t like Apu?”She added, “Apu had a really exaggerated Indian accent as we all know now,” before noting that the cameo was “bittersweet and funny because obviously The Simpsons are an iconic part of most of our childhoods”.Chopra Jonas also noted the “irony of me in an Indian dress marrying a white guy”.The character of Apu was previously voiced by American actor Hank Azaria.In 2021, he apologised on Dax Shepherd’s Armchair Expert podcast for his longtime portrayal of Apu while also acknowledging the show’s participation in “structural racism”.Four years previously, widespread calls for Azaria to stop voicing Apu began, following Hari Kondabolu’s criticism of the portrayal of the character in his documentary The Problem With Apu.Elsewhere in Armchair Expert, Azaria called for greater and more diverse racial and ethnic representation in entertainment.“If it’s an Indian character or a Latinx character or a Black character, please
Riding solo! King Charles III arrived in a golden carriage his coronation on Saturday, May 6, — but his sister, Anne, Princess Royal, was the one who had fans talking as she exited the ceremony on horseback.
As King Charles III prepares to be crowned - the first coronation of a new British monarch for the first time in most people's lives - we look back to the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, which took place in the infant years of the UK's Official Chart, nearly 70 years ago.
Jenny Mollen is opening up about a massage at a spa that wound up becoming a sexual assault.
Timbaland has revealed the story of how he met Ludacris, and how he “was the one” who discovered the rapper.The Virginia-born producer has been sharing his production knowledge on social media, including his own Twitch channel and numerous podcasts.On April 24, Timbaland – real name Tim Mosley – became the first interviewee in the I Am Hip-Hop series. He spoke about how he and Atlanta rapper-turned-actor’s 2000 track ‘Phat Rabbit’ made “labels started calling” Ludacris.“I was the one who found Ludacris,” he said.
2023 Tony Awards.And now that all 27 nominated productions have been announced for the 76th annual Tonys, it’s time to see them all live — well, the 16 shows that are still running as of now which feature stars nominated for the first time like Jessica Chastain, Josh Groban and Jodie Comer — on the Great White Way before theater’s biggest night of the year.To make your life easy, we’ve compiled a list of all the shows from the most nominated — this year, the musical adaptation of “Some Like It Hot” led the way with 13 nods — to the least that only nabbed a single selection like the buzzy “Summer, 1976.”Best of all, we found tickets for all 16 shows that are still running as of now.Want to go to a show in person so you’re in the know come awards night?Keep reading, dramaphiles.We’ve got all the details you need below.13 nominations include Best New Musical, Christian Borle and J.