Lin-Manuel Miranda will not be attending the Oscars on Sunday, he said on Twitter on Saturday, out of an abundance of caution after his wife tested positive for Covid this weekend. He added that she was “doing well,” and said he had tested negative.
Mr. Miranda was presented with the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song, “Dos Oruguitas” from the Disney musical “Encanto”. This is the first song he wrote from beginning to end in Spanish, he told Vulture magazine in January.
Besides his “Encanto” colleagues, Mr. Miranda said he will also be cheering on the cast and crew of “Tick, Tick… Boom!,” Miranda’s directorial debut. . It received two Academy Award nominations – one for Andrew Garfield in the best actor category and the other for best film editing.
The last time Mr. Miranda, the creator of the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” was nominated for an Academy Award was in 2017 for the song “How Far I’ll Go” by “Moana”. If he wins on Sunday, Mr. Miranda will be in a handful of Hollywood heavyweights with EGOT . status – who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards – including Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg and John Legend.
After last year’s Oscars social distancing with separate seating areas, movie buffs have hope back to normal with this year’s ceremony, returns to its longstanding home at the Dolby Theatre. (Last year’s show took place at Union Station in Los Angeles with less fanfare.) On Friday, the Academy updated its Covid policies, saying in a press release that “those with test results” They test positive for Covid-19 and are between 0 and 5- Days from the date of their first positive test result are not allowed to attend under any circumstances. ”
