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petzipellepingoRITA MORENO WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE TELEVISION ACADEMY HALL OF FAME
BY SHIRLEY GÓMEZ -NEW YORK
The Television Academy will honor six new members into its Hall of Fame; among the inductees are Debbie Allen, Ken Burns, Bob Daly, Robert L. Johnson, Rita Moreno, and Donald A. Morgan. Actor Sean Penn will also receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
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BY SHIRLEY GÓMEZ -NEW YORK
The Television Academy will honor six new members into its Hall of Fame; among the inductees are Debbie Allen, Ken Burns, Bob Daly, Robert L. Johnson, Rita Moreno, and Donald A. Morgan. Actor Sean Penn will also receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
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Jun. 28th, 2022 09:07 ampetzipellepingoRita Moreno and Cicely Tyson Honored With Buildings in Their Names at Hollywood Arts Collective
By Wilson Chapman
Rita Moreno is not only an EGOT winner, but now the Hollywood legend is having a building with her name on it in Hollywood.
The “West Side Story” star was on hand on June 23 at the naming ceremony of the Hollywood Arts Collective’s Rita Moreno Arts Building in Los Angeles.
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By Wilson Chapman
Rita Moreno is not only an EGOT winner, but now the Hollywood legend is having a building with her name on it in Hollywood.
The “West Side Story” star was on hand on June 23 at the naming ceremony of the Hollywood Arts Collective’s Rita Moreno Arts Building in Los Angeles.
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May. 26th, 2022 09:24 ampetzipellepingoRita Moreno joins Fast X as Vin Diesel's grandmother
The actor best known for playing Dominic Toretto announced the casting on Instagram Tuesday morning.
By Andrea Towers
Rita Moreno, welcome to living your life one quarter mile at a time.
On Tuesday, Fast and the Furious star Vin Diesel — who plays the beloved character of Dominic Toretto in the long-running franchise — confirmed Moreno's casting in Fast X, posting a video to social media with the legendary actress by his side.
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The actor best known for playing Dominic Toretto announced the casting on Instagram Tuesday morning.
By Andrea Towers
Rita Moreno, welcome to living your life one quarter mile at a time.
On Tuesday, Fast and the Furious star Vin Diesel — who plays the beloved character of Dominic Toretto in the long-running franchise — confirmed Moreno's casting in Fast X, posting a video to social media with the legendary actress by his side.
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May. 5th, 2022 09:10 ampetzipellepingoIn a preview clip of Hoda Kotb’s interview with Rita Moreno, the Hollywood legend talks about making history as the first Latina to win an Oscar for her role as Anita in “West Side Story.”
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Feb. 4th, 2022 05:48 ampetzipellepingoWhy Rita Moreno’s New Character in Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story' is the Film’s Best Update
BY SEAN NAUGHTON
There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us.
When a remake of West Side Story was announced, many people questioned the need for its existence. Unconvinced frowns eventually gave way to reluctant nods when the name Steven Spielberg came attached to that announcement. When the film was finally released, much of the skepticism fizzled as Spielberg’s retelling of the classic story justified its existence with beautifully choreographed numbers and many bold changes to the material. ( Read more... )
BY SEAN NAUGHTON
There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us.
When a remake of West Side Story was announced, many people questioned the need for its existence. Unconvinced frowns eventually gave way to reluctant nods when the name Steven Spielberg came attached to that announcement. When the film was finally released, much of the skepticism fizzled as Spielberg’s retelling of the classic story justified its existence with beautifully choreographed numbers and many bold changes to the material. ( Read more... )
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Jan. 27th, 2022 05:13 ampetzipellepingoRita Moreno to Be Honored With Stanley Kramer Award at 2022 PGA Awards
By J. Kim Murphy
Rita Moreno will receive the Stanley Kramer award at this year’s Producers Guild Awards. The Producers Guild of America announced the “West Side Story” star and executive producer as its 2022 honoree on Wednesday morning.
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By J. Kim Murphy
Rita Moreno will receive the Stanley Kramer award at this year’s Producers Guild Awards. The Producers Guild of America announced the “West Side Story” star and executive producer as its 2022 honoree on Wednesday morning.
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Dec. 15th, 2021 03:13 pmpetzipellepingoRita Moreno and Ariana DeBose: From One Anita to Another
The two actresses explain what the new “West Side Story” gets right, what the original lacked and why playing the role they’re both known for is so gut-wrenching.
By Melena Ryzik
“Hello, birthday queen,” Ariana DeBose said, greeting her “West Side Story” castmate Rita Moreno, newly and notably aged 90.
It was Sunday afternoon, and DeBose, 30, was in bed at her home on the Upper East Side, propped up on pillows, her rescue cats, Isadora Duncan and Frederick Douglass, occasionally parading through the Zoom call. Moreno was across the country, at home in Berkeley, Calif., camera-ready above the waist in a red sweater and mega-jewelry, but stealthily in pink pajamas and fluffy slipper socks below. How were her many birthday celebrations? “I’m happy to report that they’re endless,” she said. “I do feel queenly and royal.”
Moreno, who arrived in New York from Puerto Rico in 1936, famously won an Oscar — the first Latina to do so — for playing Anita in the 1961 “West Side Story.” DeBose, who grew up in North Carolina and describes herself as Afro-Latina, is earning critical raves and awards chatter as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s new version, which also features Moreno in the newly created role of Valentina, a shopkeeper.
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The two actresses explain what the new “West Side Story” gets right, what the original lacked and why playing the role they’re both known for is so gut-wrenching.
By Melena Ryzik
“Hello, birthday queen,” Ariana DeBose said, greeting her “West Side Story” castmate Rita Moreno, newly and notably aged 90.
It was Sunday afternoon, and DeBose, 30, was in bed at her home on the Upper East Side, propped up on pillows, her rescue cats, Isadora Duncan and Frederick Douglass, occasionally parading through the Zoom call. Moreno was across the country, at home in Berkeley, Calif., camera-ready above the waist in a red sweater and mega-jewelry, but stealthily in pink pajamas and fluffy slipper socks below. How were her many birthday celebrations? “I’m happy to report that they’re endless,” she said. “I do feel queenly and royal.”
Moreno, who arrived in New York from Puerto Rico in 1936, famously won an Oscar — the first Latina to do so — for playing Anita in the 1961 “West Side Story.” DeBose, who grew up in North Carolina and describes herself as Afro-Latina, is earning critical raves and awards chatter as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s new version, which also features Moreno in the newly created role of Valentina, a shopkeeper.
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Dec. 1st, 2021 10:55 ampetzipellepingoHow Rita Moreno Could Break Multiple Oscar Records With ‘West Side Story’ Remake
By Clayton Davis
After being delayed a year due to the pandemic, Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated musical remake of the best picture winner “West Side Story” had its first screenings this week before critics, journalists and varying awards and guild voters. The social media reaction has been loud and palpable throughout the Oscar chamber, which could bring about a late December entry run for the best picture prize, which would be the first since Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (2017) and Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” (2004).
There’s incredible history to be made if the buzz is replicated and embraced throughout the awards season. Rita Moreno became the first, and still, only Latina to ever win an acting Oscar for the 1961 original version as Anita, and she could be welcomed back into the fold, now as the newly created character Valentina, with the remake.
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By Clayton Davis
After being delayed a year due to the pandemic, Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated musical remake of the best picture winner “West Side Story” had its first screenings this week before critics, journalists and varying awards and guild voters. The social media reaction has been loud and palpable throughout the Oscar chamber, which could bring about a late December entry run for the best picture prize, which would be the first since Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (2017) and Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” (2004).
There’s incredible history to be made if the buzz is replicated and embraced throughout the awards season. Rita Moreno became the first, and still, only Latina to ever win an acting Oscar for the 1961 original version as Anita, and she could be welcomed back into the fold, now as the newly created character Valentina, with the remake.
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Nov. 30th, 2021 09:44 ampetzipellepingoOne of the stars of “West Side Story” 60 years ago, Rita Moreno joins TODAY to talk about her role in Stephen Spielberg’s reimagining of the classic musical as a new character “with a new color hair,” the actress says wryly. She adds, “I can’t tell you how strange it was” to perform a scene with another actress doing the role she originally played.
petzipellepingoRita Moreno talks with Lilia Luciano about her new documentary, the obstacles she faced as a Puerto Rican actress in Hollywood and how she's hoping to pave the way for change for other Latina power players like show creator Gloria Calderón Kellett.
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Jun. 26th, 2021 05:10 ampetzipellepingoRita Moreno: Pathbreaker, Activist and ‘A Kick in the Pants’
The actress discusses being the subject of a new documentary, and spending eight-plus decades in the spotlight.
By Melena Ryzik
Rita Moreno was all of 6 when she made her professional debut, duetting with her Spanish dance instructor on a stage in Greenwich Village. “I remember every detail,” she said. She wore a traditional, resplendently ruffled dress. “We danced a jota — that was a country dance. And we played castanets. My mom let me put on lipstick — I was so thrilled.” It was 1937.
For the next eight-plus decades, Moreno, who will turn 90 in December, has found her way to the spotlight. And she is still dancing, as we see in the opening moments of a new documentary, “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” which shows her kicking up her strappy heels at her own Cuba-themed birthday party.
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The actress discusses being the subject of a new documentary, and spending eight-plus decades in the spotlight.
By Melena Ryzik
Rita Moreno was all of 6 when she made her professional debut, duetting with her Spanish dance instructor on a stage in Greenwich Village. “I remember every detail,” she said. She wore a traditional, resplendently ruffled dress. “We danced a jota — that was a country dance. And we played castanets. My mom let me put on lipstick — I was so thrilled.” It was 1937.
For the next eight-plus decades, Moreno, who will turn 90 in December, has found her way to the spotlight. And she is still dancing, as we see in the opening moments of a new documentary, “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” which shows her kicking up her strappy heels at her own Cuba-themed birthday party.
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Jun. 19th, 2021 01:20 pmpetzipellepingoRita Moreno pushed back against dark makeup in original 'West Side Story': 'I'm not that color'
Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY
Rita Moreno almost said no to Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake.
The EGOT winner starred in the original 1961 movie musical, which tells the story of star-crossed lovers caught between rival street gangs the Sharks, who are Puerto Rican, and the Jets, who are white. The film, which is considered one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, took home 10 Academy Awards including best picture.
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Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY
Rita Moreno almost said no to Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake.
The EGOT winner starred in the original 1961 movie musical, which tells the story of star-crossed lovers caught between rival street gangs the Sharks, who are Puerto Rican, and the Jets, who are white. The film, which is considered one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, took home 10 Academy Awards including best picture.
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