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Rachel Zegler can’t hide the smile from her face while chatting all about West Side Story with her co-stars during a Town Hall appearance with Jess Cagle held at the SiriusXM Studios on Monday (December 6) in Los Angeles.

The 18-year-old actress joined Ansel Elgort (Tony), Ariana DeBose (Anita), David Alvarez (Bernando), Mike Faist (Riff) and Rita Moreno (Valentina) to chat about the movie, which will debut in theaters on Friday, December 10.

In a previous interview, director Steven Spielberg opened up about the importance of having every Shark be of Latinx heritage.

“First thing I said was every single Shark, boy and girl, needs to come from the Latinx communities. And without fail,” he said, adding, “We just wanted for this movie to get it right in the way that we wanted every single person who plays a Puerto Rican to be from the Latinx community, and that was a mandate from the get-go.”

Rita added in another interview about the film, which she also executive produces, “I am so proud every single Latino character is portrayed by a Latino actor, and that is very important because we are authentically showing what it means to be Latin.”

If you missed it, it was just revealed that the movie will not show in these countries.

FYI: Rachel wore Emilia Wickstead.

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Ariana DeBose and David Alvarez step out for the premiere of their new movie West Side Story held at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday night (November 29) in New York City.

The co-stars portray Anita and Bernardo in the upcoming movie musical, which is based on the Broadway show of the same name.

Also in attendance were their co-stars Mike Faist, Josh Andres Rivera, Ilda Mason, Ana Isabelle, Brian d’Arcy James and Corey Stoll, as well as director Steven Spielberg with wife Kate Capshaw.

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A new clip from West Side Story has been released, prominently featuring Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose.

The new clip comes exactly one month before the highly-anticipated film hits theaters on December 10th.

Also featured in the latest video are Rita Moreno, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Josh Andres Rivera and Ansel Elgort.

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Rachel Zegler kicks off the new West Side Story trailer with the song “Tonight”!

The 20-year-old stars as María in the new musical film adaptation, directed by Stephen Spielberg.

Also starring in the film are Ansel Elgort as Tony, Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, Mike Faist as Riff, Josh Andrés Rivera as Chino, Ana Isabelle as Rosalía, Corey Stoll as Lieutenant Schrank, Brian d’Arcy James as Officer Krupke and Rita Moreno as Valentina, who owns the corner store in which Tony works.

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Netflix has unveiled the first look at it’s upcoming animated event Maya and the Three!

The new adventure will be told in nine chapters, with the first coming this fall.

In addition to the first look teaser trailer, the streaming service also announced the full, star-studded cast.

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Bianca A. Santos and Chrissie Fit step out in style at the 2016 NALIP Latino Media Awards at Dolby Theatre on Saturday (June 25) in Hollywood.

Also in attendance at the event were Sarah Ramos, Aubrey Plaza, Alice Braga, Rita Moreno, and more.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Bianca Santos

NALIP stands for National Association of Latino Independent Producers and is a “national membership organization that addresses the professional needs of Latin content creators.”

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Gina Rodriguez has made us cry with several of her previous speeches and now she has done it again with her speech at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.

The 31-year-old Jane the Virgin actress opens the show by paying tribute to Rita Moreno, who plays her grandmother on the hit CW series. She talks about how she was introduced to the legendary actress by her mother when she asked why no one looks like her on television.

“I met you on screen and I just loved you,” Gina said. “Your bright smile, your fierce persona, that independent voice that burst through every performance and every interview. I just wanted to be just like Rita.”

“You gave me hope, you gave me a reason to fight and to speak up you gave me a voice and how can I thank you? I’m not sure how but I can tell you this: when you followed your dreams Rita, you gave me the allowance to follow mine,” she added. “You are my icon, my living legend and what matters most is my friend. Rita this is my love letter to you.”