‘In the Heights’ star Melissa Barrera is ready for fame’s hot spotlight

. The movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical centers on characters living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City and stars include Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace, and Melissa Barrera.

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.

Billie Eilish collected a string of Grammy Awards for her James Bond soundtrack No Time To Die and her latest single Therefore I Am. These awards follow her Grammy Award clean-up in 2020, wherein she won Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album for her debut record When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? The 19-year-old's stardom began long before she stepped into a recording studio, however.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s survival drama series Breathe, which stars In The Heights’ Melissa Barrera, is adding to its creative team.

Jon Burlingame editor“In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tale of the immigrant community of New York’s Washington Heights, will be released on Friday. Its four Tony Awards for the original Broadway show included best musical, best original score, and best orchestrations for Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman — who oversaw the musical transition from stage to screen.

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.

Melissa Barrera stuns in a gorgeous green gown at the premiere of In The Heights during the 2021 Tribeca Festival held at United Palace Theater on Wednesday night (June 9) in New York City.

By It took thirteen years, three production companies, and a global pandemic for ’s Tony award-winning musical In the Heights to get its grand theatrical debut. But the wait was worth it: The much-anticipated , now in theaters, brings Latinx joy to the big screen in a way rarely seen before.

“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.

“In The Heights,” out Thursday in theaters and on HBO Max, turns the upper Manhattan neighborhood bustling with corner bodegas, open fire hydrants and walk-up apartments into caliente movie magic.It was crucial for the film based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical to show “the real New York” both on and off camera, location manager and Washington Heights native Samson Jacobson said.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Summer movies are finally starting to heat up this week with the much-anticipated debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights.” The sweaty, vibrant musical about a close-knit Washington Heights neighborhood during a citywide black out is undoubtedly meant for the big screen — director Jon M.

Kirsten Storms, who plays Maxie Jones on “General Hospital”, is on the mend aver undergoing brain surgery.