Lin-Manuel Miranda was the guest of the first episode of the second season of the podcast Majority 54 hosted by Jason Kander, president of Let America Vote, one of the organizations supported by #MoreOfUs prizeo campaign.
The podcast is available for free on their site.
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On May 19, Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Dick Van Dyke at the Backstage at the Geffen, at the Geffen Playhouse, where they were both honored. Miranda was presented the Education Impact Award.
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Business News posted a report of the event. Under the cut you can read the bits about Miranda.
Lin-Manuel Miranda had a cameo on the Saturday Night Live Mean Girls sketch during the last episode of the season, hosted by Mean Girls creator Tina Fey.
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EXCLUSIVE FROM DEADLINE: Warner Bros is closing a $50 million deal to score film rights to In the Heights, the Tony-winning musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes. The property been the subject of a hot auction after it was extracted from the The Weinstein Company ahead of its bankruptcy.
Bidders for the project — pitched directly by Jon M. Chu who is directing the movie and also helmed Warners’ upcoming Crazy Rich Asians, the musical’s book writer and screenwriter Quiara Alegría Hudes, and with Miranda joining by phone — included Fox, Paramount, Sony, Disney, Netflix and Apple. Warner Bros’ winning bid includes giving first-dollar gross for the filmmaking team.
Endeavor Content repped the property and brokered the deal. Anthony Bregman, Mara Jacobs and Scott Sanders are producers.
In the auction that went down the first week of May, studios got an early look at Hudes’ script, and they involved their marketing departments in these pitch meetings to describe how they will market the film. Several studios dressed up backlots to resemble scenes in the movie.
The pitch process was made possible because Miranda’s and Hudes’ reps smartly extricated the rights from the Weinstein Co. months after its creators demanded back the property following Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal broke. They publicly demanded the project be free of association with Weinstein — right after the scandal broke, Hudes was outspoken on social media, and Miranda backed her up.
Miranda starred a decade ago when In the Heights opened on Broadway. He played a bodega owner in Washington Heights who strikes it rich and plans to leave, until the pull of the neighborhood and the people in it give him pause. The musical won four Tonys, and Miranda followed that up by creating Hamilton.
Miranda is repped by WME, Liebman Entertainment and attorney Nancy Rose of Schreck Rose; Chu is repped by UTA and Artists First; Hudes is with WME and Objective Entertainment.
Jon M. Chu confirmed the news with a tweet.
Lights up on Washington Heights… #oneofthoseweekstoremember. PS Don’t tell @quiarahudes and @Lin_Manuel that I still get star struck when I’m around them…. they are everything you hope they would be and more. Congrats team! https://t.co/FumQnO2Luh
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) 18 maggio 2018
At the 22nd Annual Webby Awards Lin-Manuel Miranda won the People’s Voice Award for Public Service & Activism in Social for his charity efforts. He wasn’t at the big night, but sent a 5-Word Speech.
On April 30, Lin-Manuel Miranda was awarded with the 18th Monte Cristo Award by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. During the evening he was celebrated by his friends and colleagues and took the stage for Q&A with lead by Lindsay Mendez.
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Miranda discusses how all the classic Disney Afternoon theme songs inspired his own music-making:
On May 9, the Mirandas were amongst the panelists and speakers at the Fifth Annual Town & Country Philanthropy Summit.
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After the photoshoot and the article of Town & Country The Future Of Philanthropy issue, we can enjoy a video from the backstage too!
Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family are celebrated by the magazine Town & Country for their philanthropy work, infact they are the stars of the cover story of The Future Of Philanthropy issue.
The interviewer is Pulitzer winner and Miranda’s friend Quiara Alegría Hudes.
Under the cat you can read the interview.