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As the 93rd Academy Awards took over Los Angeles’ Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday night (April 25), Lin-Manuel Miranda joined the festivities to introduce a brand new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of his Broadway musical, In the Heights.
The minute-and-a-half trailer shows Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, Stephanie Beatriz as Carla, Miranda himself as Mr. Piragüero and more as they portray the story of a Washington Heights bodega owner who debates closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.
The clip also offers sneak peeks of the film’s powerful musical numbers, including “When the Sun Goes Down” and “Carnaval de Barrio.”
The musical, which was delayed due to the global pandemic, is now hitting theaters and HBO Max on June 11, 2021.
Watch the trailer below.
While taking on the role as red carpet host at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25), Ariana DeBose introduced the first official trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of West Side Story, in which she is set to play Anita.
The minute-and-a-half clip shares all the emotion-filled moments from the beloved classic, including tension between the Jets and the Sharks, the forbidden love between Maria (Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) — and, of course, the infectious choreography.
Fans also get a first listen into the emotional “Somewhere,” which is heard sung over the trailer.
The film was originally set to hit theaters at the end of 2020, but the global pandemic pushed the release date to December 2021.
Watch the official West Side Story teaser below.
At the Oscars pre-show on Sunday (April 25), H.E.R. performed “Fight For You” from the nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah.
Starting out behind a drum kit, the artist — wearing a sparking gold suit and her signature round sunglasses — then took to the front of the stage to sing the song. Here she was joined by a band of more than a dozen members, with a brass section, guitarists, back-up vocalists and more altogether creating the ’60s inspired-soul of the powerfully smoldering track.
The performance was intercut with statements from Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, whose image was also projected on the floor of the stage. Judas and the Black Messiah, which documents the 1969 police assassination of Hampton, is nominated for five awards tonight including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for both Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.
“I’m really excited for people to see it,” H.E.R. said of the performance when introducing it during the Oscars pre-show. “It’s very powerful and very important to me.
During the second half of the performance, a fleet of masked dancers — dressed, like the band, in a uniform of black leather — filled the stage, punctuating the performance with movement. The performance ended with these dancers raising their fists, while two banners proclaiming “power to the people” waved.
“We were listening to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, we listened to a lot of Sly and the Family Stone, some of my favorites,” H.E.R. told The Hollywood Reporter of the track in February. “I picked up the bass thinking about this theme of fighting for something. Because there’s so many things that Fred Hampton was fighting for and that we are all still fighting for.”
Family members, friends and clergy members dressed in white and red honored the life and faith of hip-hop icon DMX at his homegoing celebration Sunday (April 25) in New York.
Religious leaders and musicians prayed, sang and delivered moving tributes as members of DMX’s family sat in the first rows of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. The private funeral service began 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday and was broadcast live on BET and the network’s YouTube channel.
The 50-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper and actor grew up just north of New York City in Yonkers and delivered iconic hip-hop songs such as “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here).” His electrifying music focused on themes of religion, violence and redemption, and inspired scores of fans and performers worldwide.
DMX arrived on the rap scene around the same time as Jay-Z, Ja Rule and others who dominated the charts and emerged as platinum-selling acts. DMX fronted the Ruff Ryders collective, which had success on the charts and on radio with its Ryde or Die compilation albums.
Crowds of close family and friends also attended a two-hour memorial ceremony Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York, which featured a moving tribute from DMX’s 15 children.
Both ceremonies were closed to the public and restricted to close friends and family because of the coronavirus pandemic.
DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering what officials called a catastrophic cardiac arrest. He spent several days on life support after being rushed to a New York hospital from his home April 2.
It’s time for the 93rd annual Academy Awards — even if the ceremony is a bit later than usual.
Who will be the big winner at the show?
See a full list of winners, updating live below:
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari – WINNER
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Original Song
“Fight For You,” Judas and the Black Messiah — music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II, lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas — WINNER
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7 — music by Daniel Pemberton, lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
“Husavik,” Eurovision Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — music and lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Goransson
“Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti A Se) — music by Diane Warren, lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami… — music and lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth
Best Original Score
Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Emile Mosseri, Minari
James Newton Howard, News of the World
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, Soul – WINNER
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father – WINNER
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman — WINNER
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt, Judas and the Black Messiah,
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank – WINNER
Dariusz Wolski, News of the World
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Phedon Papamichael, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You — WINNER
Opera
Yes-People
Best Live Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers – WINNER
White Eye
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul – WINNER
Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher – WINNER
Time
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – WINNER
A Concerto is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best International Feature Film
Another Round, Denmark — WINNER
Better Days, Hong Kong
Collective, Romania
The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida?, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Achievement in Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best Film Editing
Yorgos Lamprinos, The Father
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Frederic Thoraval, Promising Young Woman
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal – WINNER
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet – WINNER
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — WINNER
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank – WINNER
News of the World
Tenet
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
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