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Broadway icon Chita Rivera has died aged 91. The Tony Award-winning actress, singer and dancer passed away on Tuesday (30.01.24), her representative Merle Frimark said. He revealed in a statement to People: “It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the beloved Broadway icon Chita Rivera. My dear friend of over 40 years was 91.” Chita’s daughter Lisa Mordente, 65, said in her own statement her mum had died in New York “after a brief illness”. She added: “She is also survived by her siblings Julio, Armando and Lola del Rivero (her older sister Carmen predeceased her), alon...
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Rita Moreno is happy but "exhausted" at the age of 91. The Hollywood star is best known for her role as Anita in the 1959 musical movie 'West Side Story' and after getting the chance to make an appearance in the 2021 remake, explained that she has been "having the time of [her] life" over the last couple of years even if she is "exhausted" at the prospect of what is to come every day. Accepting the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement at the Artios Awards, she said: "For the last several years I have been having the time of my life. Some have called it a renaissance. I wake up exhauste...
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Ariana DeBose almost didn’t audition for ‘West Side Story’. The 31-year-old actress - who picked up the Best Supporting Actress gong for playing Anita in the Steven Spielberg remake of the 1961 movie musical - felt she wasn’t “going to be a candidate” for the role because she wasn’t famous enough and didn’t look like Rita Moreno, who played the role in the original movie. Ariana - while in conversation with Nicola Coughlan for Interview magazine - was asked by the ‘Bridgerton star said: “I read that you didn’t want to audition for West Side Story?” In response, Ariana told her: "Well, yes and ...
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Ariana DeBose believes Hollywood’s attempts at increasing diversity has not “achieved” everything it should. The ‘West Side Story’ star - who played Anita in the Steven Spielberg 2021 remake - thinks there is “still massive amounts of work to do” despite the work already done in the movie and TV industry to improve representation, particularly of the Afro-Latinx community. Speaking after being nominated for the 2022 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award, the 30-year-old actress exclusively BANG Showbiz: I applaud forward motion but do not claim to feel like we’ve achieved all that we can achieve. There’s...
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Rita Moreno was "too young" to understand the "implications" of playing ethnic roles early in her career. The 'West Side Story' actress - who won an Oscar and Golden Globe for her portrayal of Anita in the classic film - admitted even before her award-winning role, she was being typecast. She told Closer US: "I was young and too inexperienced to miss the implications of [ethnic] roles like that. I just wanted to be a movie star." But for her star turn as Anita, the 89-year-old star admitted she was "very aware" of what she was representing with the role. She added: "I would say playing Anita i...
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