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CARTOON TOUR DE FORCE<br />
U.S. studios are outsourcing to a cost-effective<br />
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‘Senseless Acts<br />
of Tragedy’<br />
Lin-Manuel<br />
Miranda recited<br />
an emotional<br />
sonnet as part of<br />
an acceptance<br />
speech for<br />
“Hamilton”<br />
during the Tony<br />
Awards June 12<br />
in New York.<br />
Biz Reacts as Shootings<br />
TOP BILLING EXPOSURE CONTENDERS FOCUS ARTISANS REVIEWS<br />
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Amid subdued Tonys, observers ponder psychological impact on<br />
audiences of steady stream of attacks Story by BRENT LANG & RAMIN SETOODEH<br />
THE TONY AWARDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT<br />
were a muted affair, held just hours after<br />
the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history<br />
left 50 dead in a gay club in Orlando, Fla.<br />
“It’s quite important that in these situations,<br />
we in the arts keep going,” composer<br />
Andrew Lloyd Webber told Variety<br />
at a Tony after-party at New York’s Baccarat<br />
Hotel, adding that he’d just attended<br />
a late-night celebration for his musical<br />
“School of Rock” with the cast’s young<br />
actors. “I came away with one thought,”<br />
he said. “No child is born to hate.”<br />
The entertainment industry is still grappling<br />
with the implications of the Orlando<br />
massacre. On Twitter and elsewhere, celebrities<br />
expressed an outpouring of grief.<br />
J.K. Rowling posted a photo of victim Luis<br />
Vielma, 22, wearing his Hogwarts uniform<br />
as an employee at Universal Studios working<br />
at the “Harry Potter” ride. “I can’t stop<br />
crying,” she wrote. Writer-director Michael<br />
Showalter said he was angry at Hollywood<br />
for glorifying violence: “Just stop it. The<br />
videogames. The movies. All of it.” Ellen<br />
Page talked about how the gay community<br />
“must stand together more than ever.”<br />
Kelly Bush Novak, founder and CEO of ID<br />
PR, and a gay rights advocate, told Variety<br />
she hopes the tragedy will have a galvanizing<br />
effect. “The victims in Orlando paid for<br />
their freedom with their lives,” Novak said.<br />
“Ours is the civil rights struggle of the 21st<br />
century. As agents of cultural change we<br />
must honor the lives of all LGBTQ people<br />
by telling stories that turn fear into pride<br />
for our youth, and that allow us to be seen<br />
in all of our diverse and powerful glory.”<br />
From Aurora to Newtown, after each<br />
mass shooting, Hollywood faces difficult →<br />
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