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Auli'i Cravalho Is Ready to 'Rise' at Winter TCA Tour 2018!

Auli’i Cravalho is ready to Rise!

The 17-year-old actress and singer hit the stage during the 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on Tuesday (January 9) in Pasadena, Calif.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Auli’i Cravalho

Auli’i stars in the upcoming NBC musical drama, which debuts on March 13.

The show is about an earnest high-school drama coach who recruits a reluctant football player to appear in the controversial school musical, Spring Awakening. Auli’i plays a student actor, Lilette Suarez.

“Part of me was able to relate to her pain, and her mother who just wanted the best for her,” she said during the press tour.

Jason Katims, Damon J. Gillespie, Josh Radnor, Rosie Perez and executive producers Jeffrey Seller and Flody Suarez all appeared on the panel.

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Paris Jackson, Julia Michaels, Sasha Pieterse & More Step Out for People Mag's Ones To Watch Party 2017!

Paris Jackson, Julia Michaels and Sasha Pieterse strike a pose on the carpet while attending People Magazine’s 2017 Ones To Watch Party held at NeueHouse Hollywood on Wednesday (October 4) in Los Angeles.

The three ladies were joined at the event by Natalie Morales, The Walking Dead‘s Ross Marquand, It star Wyatt Oleff, Francia Raisa, Moana‘s Auli’i Cravalho, Damon J. Gillespie, Connor Franta, Haters Back Off star Colleen Ballinger, Cassie Scerbo and Karrueche Tran.

Also in attendance at the celebration was Dancing with the StarsValentin Chmerkovskiy, Jordan Fisher, Lindsay Arnold, and Frankie Muniz with girlfriend Paige Price, Ty Dolla Sign, James Maslow, Violett Beane, Emma Kenney, Beau Mirchoff, Marcus Scribner, Lauren Ash, Alisha Marie, Emily Kinney, Scott Michael Foster, Noel Wells, Austin Abrams, Chandler Kinney, Niki Koss and Sterling Beaumon, Jack Quaid, Victoria Arlen, Ivana Baquero, Francia Raisa, Olivia Jade and her mom Lori Loughlin, Serinda Swan and Trevor Jackson.

FYI: Paris is wearing Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood with Sarah Flint shoes. Ivana is wearing HOUSE OF CB. Alisha is wearing an Allen Schwartz jumpsuit, Aldo sandal and Vince Camilo clutch. Lindsay is wearing a PrettyLittleThing x Olivia Culpo Collection dress.

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Auli'i Cravalho's 'Rise' Trailer Gets Raves at NBC Upfronts!

Auli’i Cravalho and Josh Radnor walk the carpet at Entertainment Weekly and People’s Upfronts Party on Monday (May 15) at Second Floor in New York City.

The 16-year-old Moana actress and the 42-year-old former How I Met Your Mother actor are joining forces for the new NBC series Rise and the trailer got rave reviews at the network’s upfronts presentation. We can’t wait until it debuts online!

Other Rise actors at the party included Damon J. Gillespie, Ted Sutherland, Taylor Richardson, and Joe Tippett.

13 Reasons Why‘s Tommy Dorfman, Brandon Flynn, Christian Navarro, and Amy Hargreaves, Riverdale‘s Casey Cott and Camila Mendes, Good GirlsMae Whitman and Retta, and Dynasty‘s Elizabeth Gillies were all at the event as well.

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