UPDATE, MONDAY 9 PM after 4:26 PM post: There was buzz today that Rita Moreno was joining Jon M. Chu’s feature take of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical In the Heights. What actually occurred, we hear, is that the production expressed interest in the West Side Story Oscar winner for the role of Abuela Claudia…

Anthony Ramos, part of the original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, is in negotiations to star in In the Heights, Warner Bros’ adaptation of Miranda’s other Tony-winning musical. Deadline has confirmed the talks, which if they pan out would see Ramos play Usnavi, the bodega owner at the center of the action in…

EXCLUSIVE: GLAAD is ramping up its efforts to advocate for diversity in Hollywood and the media with a pair of hires and a promotion in the organization’s Entertainment Advocacy Team, which works with TV networks, movie studios and talent. Journalist Jeremy Blacklow joins as Director of Entertainment Media, Access Holl…

Anthony Ramos, who appeared in the original Broadway production of Hamilton, has joined the indie film Summertime, a coming-of-age drama from Edward Burns. He rounds out the cast of male leads joining Pico Alexander, Amadeus Serafini, and Jon Rudnitsky. The pic follows a group of working-class young adults as they…

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Ramos has landed a role in Warner Bros’ Bradley Cooper-directed musical A Star Is Born, starring Cooper and Stefani Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga. Written by Eric Roth, the remake of William Wellman's 1937 film will bow in theaters September 28, 2018.

The pic follows a singer (Germanotta) who falls in lo…

Anthony Ramos, who originated the roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the smash Broadway musical Hamilton, is set as one of the male leads in Spike Lee’s 10-episode Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, a contemporary update of Lee’s groundbreaking 1986 indie film.

The series centers on Nola Darling, a Brooklyn…