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Lin-Manuel Miranda promises that Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose, an original cast member in Hamilton before her Oscar win for West Side Story will have “a doozy of an opening number” kicking off Sunday night’s show. “There will be dancing,” he predicted in a telephone interview with Deadline, without revealing…

Tony Goldwyn, whose six-year run on Scandal wrapped up this month, will be feted in June at the Greenwich International Film Festival. The fledgling festival 40 miles northeast of New York City began in 2015. In addition to providing wider exposure for new films as all festivals do, GIFF aims to connect filmmakers…

The Greenwich International Film Festival has announced the 2nd annual Changemaker Honorees, honoring artists who use their public platform and film to work for positive social change. An awards dinner and gala is scheduled for Friday, June 10 at Richard's in downtown Greenwich. Trudie Styler will receive the…

Colin Stanfield, who most recently served as festival producer for the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival, has been named executive director of the year-old Greenwich (CT) International Film Festival, effective immediately. “A veteran non-profit cultural professional known for balancing the…

I ran into Elvis Mitchell in Toronto, where the former NYT critic with the hairstyle that always fills me with envy is beginning to figure out what films will play the inaugural Greenwich International Film Festival next June 4-7 in the picturesque Connecticut town. Mitchell, already the curator of Film Independent at…