Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda has a message to the trolls who have targeted their hate at Halle Bailey, star of the live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” — watch Brandy in “Cinderella.” “I’m old enough to remember that being a game changer for my generation,” Miranda told me during a Zoom chat from the L’Attitude conference in San Diego, where he was making an appearance with American Express to support Latino small business owners. “And Rob Marshall was the choreographer on that and is now the director of the movie. I’m really thrilled by that symmetry.”
Besides, Miranda thinks the positivity and excitement around the new film far outweigh the negativity. Just take a look at the sneak peek of Bailey singing a snippet of “Part of Your World,” which racked up 104 million global views within days of its debut at the D23 Expo.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has a message to the trolls who have targeted their hate at Halle Bailey, star of the live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” — watch Brandy in “Cinderella.” “I’m old enough to remember that being a game changer for my generation,” Miranda told me during a Zoom chat from the L’Attitude conference in San Diego, where he was making an appearance with American Express to support Latino small business owners. “And Rob Marshall was the choreographer on that and is now the director of the movie. I’m really thrilled by that symmetry.”
Besides, Miranda thinks the positivity and excitement around the new film far outweigh the negativity. Just take a look at the sneak peek of Bailey singing a snippet of “Part of Your World,” which racked up 104 million global views within days of its debut at the D23 Expo.
- 9/28/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Sept. 21, Wednesday
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are honored at the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s Pioneers of the Year Dinner. Sam Smith performs.
The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts honors Shelli and Irving Azoff.
The Wallis, Beverly Hills
Oprah Winfrey, Reginald Hudlin and Derik Murray premiere the Sidney Poitier doc “Sidney.”
Academy Museum, Los Angeles
Sept. 22, Thursday
Designer Billy Reid celebrates the opening of his Los Angeles pop-up with Southern-inspired cocktails.
Platform LA, Culver City
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Ronan Farrow, Carson Kressley, Alec Mapa, Ross Mathews and Michelle Visage co-host World of Wonder’s House of Love’s ExtraOrdinary Families benefit.
Private residence, Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Sony Music Publishing’s Jon “Big Jon” Platt is among the honorees at the Black Music Action Coalition’s Music in Action Awards Gala.
The Beverly Hilton,...
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are honored at the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s Pioneers of the Year Dinner. Sam Smith performs.
The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts honors Shelli and Irving Azoff.
The Wallis, Beverly Hills
Oprah Winfrey, Reginald Hudlin and Derik Murray premiere the Sidney Poitier doc “Sidney.”
Academy Museum, Los Angeles
Sept. 22, Thursday
Designer Billy Reid celebrates the opening of his Los Angeles pop-up with Southern-inspired cocktails.
Platform LA, Culver City
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Ronan Farrow, Carson Kressley, Alec Mapa, Ross Mathews and Michelle Visage co-host World of Wonder’s House of Love’s ExtraOrdinary Families benefit.
Private residence, Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Sony Music Publishing’s Jon “Big Jon” Platt is among the honorees at the Black Music Action Coalition’s Music in Action Awards Gala.
The Beverly Hilton,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
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