March 27 (UPI) — Filmmaker and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda — whose movies Tick Tick Boom and Encanto are nominees — won’t attend the Oscars as planned Sunday because his wife, Vanessa, tested positive for COVID-19.
“Made it to Hollywood…This weekend, my wife tested + for COVID. She’s doing fine. Kids & I have tested -, but out of caution, I won’t be going to the Oscars tomorrow night. Cheering for my TickTickBoom & Encanto families w my own family, alongside all of you, ALL of you,” Miranda, creator of Broadway’s Hamilton, tweeted Saturday.
