NORMAN LEAR: 100 YEARS OF MUSIC AND LAUGHTER Adds George Clooney, Rita Moreno, Tom Hanks, Tracee Ellis Ross, and More

ABC has added more than twenty stars to its upcoming tribute to Norman Lear.

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PBS Orders Rita Moreno Documentary from Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rita Moreno will be the focus of a just-ordered PBS documentary, scheduled to premiere in 2020.

“Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It” is a parternship between THIRTEEN’s AMERICAN MASTERS series and Norman Lear’s Act III Productions in association with Maramara and executive producer Lin-Manuel Miranda.

“Rita Moreno has won every major award – the Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony – for good reason,” said Michael Kantor, AMERICAN MASTERS series executive producer in a statement. “She is not just an American Master, she is an American treasure.”

“How I wish my Puerto Rican mother were alive to see this: her child’s story being celebrated by the likes of AMERICAN MASTERS,” said Moreno. “It is not something she or I could ever have imagined. I’m astonished. I’m humbled.”

“When I learned from my producing partner, Brent Miller, that a film had not yet been made on Rita Moreno, I couldn’t believe it and suggested we make it together,” said executive producer Norman Lear. “There’s no woman more deserving of the AMERICAN MASTERS stamp. Her talent, her activism, her life – all worthy of an audience. And her story, an inspiration to so many, is one that should live on forever.”

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FRIENDS, Rita Moreno Honored by the TCA Awards

While most of the 2018 TCA Awards will be announced on Saturday, August 4th, two big winners have been revealed early.

Rita Moreno, who is currently starring on ONE DAY AT A TIME, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2018 Career Achievement Award honoree. (Moreno, who also has an EGOT to her name, has also appeared on OZ, WHERE ON EARTH IS CARMEN SAN DIEGO, and JANE THE VIRGIN.)

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JANE THE VIRGIN: Jaime Camil Previews Rita Moreno’s Guest Spot

JANE THE VIRGIN is adding some mama drama to the mix with tonight’s new episode.

In “Chapter Eighteen,” Rita Moreno guest stars as Rogelio’s mother, Sofia…and unfortunately for Rogelio, his mother does not like his girlfriend, Xo.

Jaime Camil (Rogelio) offered a little tease about what’s in store…

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