Ariana DeBose deletes post quoting criticism of West Side Story costar Rachel Zegler: 'I did not do any research' Rachel Zegler says she was asked by white execs if she was a 'legit' Latina in ...

He was 16, so his mother, Christine Higgins, was there for the duration of his work on the film. Zegler attended the New York premiere of “West Side Story” with her parents and sister ...

A new teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg's upcoming West Side Story film has been released! The 'Celebration Love' teaser features a new look at Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose ...

Jeanine Tesori vocal coach. Matt Sullivan music supervisor. Bonus features: 13-part The Stories of West Side Story. Film to be released 3/2/22 on Disney+ service.

Zegler has talked about the potential for the new version of “West Side Story” to right wrongs of the first movie, which cast white actors as Latinx characters. In the 2020 adaptation ...

And Rita Moreno – the iconic actress who played Anita in the original West Side Story film – will also appear in Spielberg’s version as new character Valentina, too. Indeed, according to BBC ...

In a new interview for PEOPLE's Oscars portfolio, the first-time nominee reveals that her mother got to visit her on the set of West Side Story, and meet the film's legendary director.

Where the 1961 version painted New York with an impressionistic ... who won an Academy Award for playing Anita in the original West Side Story movie. This time, she is Valentina, Doc's widow ...

When she was about 16, she turned down a scholarship to Penn State University and came to New York to pursue ... and she made it back as Velma in the West Side Story film, co-directed and ...

Bobby Banas, known for his role as Joyboy in the 1961 film West Side Story, passed away on Monday ... Born on September 22, ...