‘In the Heights’ Music Producers Tell How the Songs Transitioned from Stage to Screen

The “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” novelization is out now from Random House Books, and that means director/author Quentin Tarantino is out there doing the press rounds talking to major outlets. He’s already been on Marc Maron and Bill Maher, and yesterday, Tarantino turned up on the Joe Rogan podcast on Spotify.

In 2017, Salma Hayek became one of more than one hundred women to come forward publicly with a story about Harvey Weinstein.

Playground Games’ Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5, joined the Xbox Games Showcase Extended to talk about Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico.“We knew right from the start that we wanted it to be the largest horizon yet. It’s not far down the path from that that you realise you don’t want to go big if it’s going to be more of the same.”Brown starts the discussion by talking about how Mexico is the whole world in one country.

Rita Moreno jumped to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s defence amid the “In the Heights” criticism, and now she’s clarifying her statements.

Lights up on Washington Heights! Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s first Tony-winning Broadway musical, In the Heights, is set to jumpstart the careers of its fresh-faced cast members after heading to the big screen (and HBO Max).

Rita Moreno jumped to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s defence amid the “In the Heights” criticism.

Delilah Belle Hamlin and Eyal Booker wrap their arms around each other and share a passionate kiss in these new photos from their family beach vacation!

to social media on Monday acknowledging that casting for his latest project, set the in diverse neighborhood of Washington Heights in upper Manhattan, had lapsed into colorism, broadly defined as prejudice or discrimination against darker skin tones within the same racial group.

 Lin-Manuel Miranda is well aware of all of the criticism coming his way about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in his new film, In The Heights.Since the film--which is a movie adaptation of Miranda’s 2008 Broadway musical--dropped last week, fans have taken to Twitter to voice their disappointment surrounding the cast, which some think doesn’t properly portray the actual, diverse community that lives in Washington Heights.In response, the Lin-Manuel issued a statement on social media, apo

Lin-Manuel Miranda is candidly responding to criticism of his new film,. The creator and celebrated playwright took to social media to address claims and critiques of colorism in regards to the film's cast.The film, which takes place in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, has been touted as a celebration of the Latinx community.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is addressing critics who claim his new movie under-represents members of the Afro-Latino community. 

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLin-Manuel Miranda’s joyous celebration of the Washington Heights neighborhood, “In The Heights” has finally arrived on the big screen and HBO Max… and also Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music and all other DSPs, for a soundtrack that soars just as high even without benefit of interstitial dialogue and sumptuous visuals.Adapted from the Broadway musical, the story centers on a bodega owner, Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who discovers his mom-and-pop stop-and-shop has sold a

The new movie musical In the Heights is out now and there are two moments that you should make sure to catch in the end credits.

in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, in theaters and on HBO Max Friday. In the movie, about the tightknit Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, he plays Sonny, the scrappy cousin of Anthony Ramos’ character, Usnavi, who owns the bodega where Sonny works.Diaz is a New Yorker through and through.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Tribeca Festival screening of “In the Heights” on Wednesday was the first major movie event to take place in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic.And what a celebration it was. The festivities took place at the United Palace theater in Washington Heights.“We deserve to have fun today,” Daphne Rubin-Vega, who plays hair salon owner Daniela in the Warner Bros.

NEW YORK -- As a student as Wesleyan, Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing what would become “In the Heights,” the musical that would launch him as a playwright and performer and that would lead, two decades later, to Jon M. Chu’s upcoming lavish big-screen adaptation.

“I am Usnavi and you prob'ly never heard my name,” declares bodega owner Usnavi at the start of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contagiously joyous ode to his beloved Washington Heights neighborhood. “Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated.”Um … maybe not for long.