Tag: Lin-Manuel Miranda

BEYONCÉ, BILLIE, LIN AND MORE VIE FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 11, 2022

BEYONCÉ, BILLIE, LIN AND MORE VIE FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG Every award season I like to share the Best Original Song nominees, and this year is a stacked list of strong contenders. Here are the nominees: “Be Alive” from King RichardMusic and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Beyoncé’s power anthem from King Richard is…
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Movie Review: TICK, TICK…BOOM!

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 18, 2021

TICK, TICK…BOOM! Director: Lin-Manuel MirandaStarring: Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesus, Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens, MJ Rodriguez, Joshua Henry, Bradley Whitford, Judith Light, Ben Ross Lin-Manuel Miranda has proven to a master of the arts. We know him as a rapper, actor, and composer thanks to powerhouses like In the Heights, Hamilton and Moana. Now he’s…
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Movie Review: SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jul 4, 2021

SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) Director: Ahmir “Questlove” ThompsonStarring: Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, The Fifth Dimension, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis Miranda The legendary concert festival Woodstock is still talked about and remembered to this day. The Harlem Cultural Festival should also be talked about in that same fashion yet has…
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Movie Review: HAMILTON

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jul 1, 2020

HAMILTON Director: Thomas KailStarring: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos Despite Broadway being shuttered until January 2021 and national tours on hold for the foreseeable future, you can have a bit of Broadway history in your very own home as Hamilton will…
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Movie Review: MARY POPPINS RETURNS

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 19, 2018

MARY POPPINS RETURNS Director: Rob MarshallStarring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Mary Poppins is back on the big screen in an all new adventure thanks to Disney and director Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Chicago). This new film takes place a couple of decades after the original…
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AND THE OSCAR FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG GOES TO…

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 20, 2017

AND THE OSCAR FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG GOES TO… Every year I like to post the nominees for Best Original Song so you can listen to them before the big night in case you haven’t seen their nominated films. This year the clear favorite is La La Land, the new original musical that acts as…
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