News about Justin Paul

Amy Schumer sells her stunning five-bedroom Upper West Side penthouse for $13 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 28, 2023
In May last year, the comedian opened the Upper West Side penthouse for $15 million, and it has since been snapped up at a discounted price by composer and lyricist Benj Pasek, who has directed shows and films like The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen - and received an Academy Award for his 2017 film La La Land. Schumer has reportedly relocated to a $12.25 million Brooklyn Heights Townhouse, which appeared in the opulent 1987 film Moonstruck. Schumer bought the five-bedroom Manhattan flat in 2016 for $12.15 million, according to sources.

La La Land being adapted into a Broadway musical

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2023
Seven years after the success of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's hit film, La La Land is being turned into a Broadway musical. The film stars played an actress and a songwriter who sparked an ill-fated love while still struggling to make it in Hollywood. According to Variety, a stage version of the fabled Bartlett Sher is headed to the Great White Way. The film's songwriting team, composer Justin Hurwitz and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, has been reunited for the Broadway version. Hurwitz received the award for best original score for La La Land, which also saw the trio select the best original song for City Of Stars.

Rihanna is nominated for her first Academy Award nod in 2023

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
Rihanna is having a fruitful day. The 34-year-old chart-topping singer has received her first Oscar nomination in her long, Grammy-winning career. The beauty of Barbados was recognized in the Best Original Song category for her song Lift Me Up from the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, on Tuesday.

Selena Gomez admits she 'almost wasn't going to' release her Apple TV+ documentary

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 1, 2022
Selena Gomez came out in New York City on Wednesday to attend an FYC screening of her Apple TV+ documentary 'Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.' The Disney Channel alum, 30, also held a Q&A session where she discussed the film that gives a closer glance at her mental stability and lupus diagnosis over a six-year period. She told hosts Benji Pasek and Justin Paul that she was reluctant to announce the film because she was'too afraid' to reveal her insignificant struggles to the world.

How Amandla Stenberg's 'Dear Evan Hansen' Song Became A Sparkling SZA Slow Jam

www.mtv.com, September 24, 2021
By Yasmine Shemesh Evan and his classmate, Alana, are on swings in the park about midway through Dear Evan Hansen, the film version of the Tony-winning musical of the same name. Alana — a cheery overachiever who was active in virtually every extracurricular club at their high school — confides in Evan that she is also struggling. She is experiencing anxiety and depression, as well as Evan. She is on medication for it, like Evan. She feels lonely and invisible as she does for Evan.

SZA Sings About 'The Anonymous Ones' In the new 'Dear Evan Hansen' song, he sings "The Anonymous Ones."

www.mtv.com, September 23, 2021
The film version of hit musical Dear Evan Hansen, which will be released on September 24, will finally land in theaters, as well as a brand-new song written specifically for the film. That's fairly normal for Hollywood adaptations of Broadway shows. What makes Dear Evan Hansen's latest song, "The Anonymous Ones," so-who wrote it (and who sings it), as well as who sings it on the soundtrack. Amandla Stenberg of the film collaborated with original music writers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to make "The Anonymous Ones" a real moment for her character Alana. A recent SZA version of the track looks almost identical, and in keeping with that. Her spin on "The Anonymous Ones" comes complete with a new video that dropped today (September 23).