Stephanie Beatriz News

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco and Stephanie Beatriz have joined the cast of the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) announced the winners of the 44th annual Gracie Awards to take place May 21 at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. The event will recognize such esteemed honorees as Sandra Oh, Tisha Thompson, Rachel Maddow, Connie Britton, Elizabeth Perkins, Patricia Arquette, Leah Remini, Robin Roberts, Laura Lynch, Rachel Bloom, Angela Yee, Maura Tierney, Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, along with some of the most talented women in television, radio and digital media. Local and student award winners will be recognized at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 26 at Cipriani in New York City.

Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, and Jimmy Smits have joined the cast of the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS.

Vulture reports that Stephanie Bratriz will play Carla in the IN THE HEIGHTS movie. The film is set for a 2020 release and will film uptown this summer. She joins the recently announced Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barerra, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, and Jimmy Smits.

Lights up in Washington Heights! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning musical In the Heights has officially found its cast! In honor of the occasion, we've getting to know the film's residents of Washington Heights! Check it all out below!

To kick off the week leading up to International Women's Day, Kelly Clarkson, Sophia Bush, Jess Glynne, Kimberley Locke, Bellamy Young, Rita Angel Taylor, Nicole Maines, Adina Porter, Billie Jean King, Danica Patrick, Stephanie Beatriz, Skai Jackson, Iman, Kerris Dorsey, and many more have teamed up with international nonprofit  CARE, in a campaign to tell the world 'Who Puts the Her in Hero.' 

NBC has released a new trailer for the sixth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, where the squad channels Law & Order.

Love Actually Live, a multimedia-concert celebration of the soundtrack to one of the most beloved holiday movies of all time from the team behind Los Angeles' award-winning For The Record series, is featured this holiday season at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts from Tuesday, December 4, through Monday, December 31, 2018. Co-Produced by the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Shane Scheel and Siobhan O'Neill and inspired by the Universal Pictures/Working Title motion picture written by Richard Curtis, this world-premiere production, presented by special arrangement with Universal Theatrical Group, transforms The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater into a giant, immersive, cinema for the modern day. The production, a one-of-a-kind presentation is performed live by an all-star cast and 15-piece orchestra, includes songs from the hit film, including 'Christmas Is All Around,' 'The Trouble with Love Is,' and 'Both Sides Now.'

NBC has released the trailer for the sixth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, “The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part,” reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, announced the winners of the 2018 Festival at the Awards Reception at the W Hotel in Hollywood presided over by Festival Director Jennifer Cochis and Film Independent President Josh Welsh. Cochis and Welsh also took the opportunity to thank the more than 50 generous sponsors, funders and media partners without whom the Festival would not be possible.

NBC is adding five episodes to its original 13-episode order for the award-winning comedy 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' bringing the total to 18 episodes for the 2018-19 season.

NBC returns to San Diego Comic-Con with plenty of “goodness” to share. Kick-start this year's SDCC experience with a tour of “The Good Place” interactive activation – the network's largest interactive fan experience yet – and follow-up with Q&A panel sessions for “The Good Place,” “Manifest,” Midnight, Texas” and the Golden Globe-winning NBC newcomer “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

President/Founder of The Hollywood Museum, Donelle Dadigan, along with Council Member Mitch O'Farrell and Board President Esteban Montemayor of Christopher Street West, kicked off Pride weekend with the annual 'Real to Reel' exhibit that shines the spotlight on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) community in television and film through the decades. This year's event also feature a special recognition with The Future of Hollywood Award presented to actress Stephanie Beatriz and the Legacy Award to TONY Award winning actress, Julie Newmar.

The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, “The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part,” reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

Watch a 99-second look back on Jake and Amy's love story on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in honor of the season five finale episode airing tomorrow. Watch the video below!

Fox Cancels THE MICK, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, & LAST MAN ON EARTH

After Seamus (guest star Paul Adelstein) threatens Kevin (guest star Marc Evan Jackson), Holt (Andre Braugher) devises an elaborate plan to hide his husband in a safe house, with Jake (Andy Samberg) as his guard. However, Kevin is miserable, as the 99 works overtime to find Seamus and take him down in the all-new “Safe House” episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE airingSunday, March 18 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

This is the year of women in front and in back of the camera in motion pictures. Greta Gerwig went from actor to director and produced a multi-Academy Award-nominated film, Lady Bird. Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) was the first female cinematographer ever nominated for an Oscar. Actress Heather Graham (Boogie Nights, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Loved Me, Killing Me Softly) has written, starred and directed a new romantic comedy film Half Magic, that opens this Friday, March 9 at The Park Theatre's River Street Theatre (RST) in Jaffrey.

Last night, The Trevor Project hosted its 2017 TrevorLIVE Los Angeles gala at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., where it honored fashion designer, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and film director Tom Ford with the Hero Award, and Tony Award winning actress, singer and author Kristin Chenoweth with the Icon Award. The evening kicked off with special opening remarks from Lisa Kudrow and Kristin Davis, and featured performances by Grammy-nominated band Garbage, Broadway legend Shoshana Bean, and Neon Trees. BroadwayWorld has photos from the star-studded evening below!