Alex Brandon/APIn the middle of a monstrous bounce-back season, Bryce Harper once again has MLB drooling.After a unanimous MVP season in 2015, Harper struggled in 2016, amid reports of shaky health and frustration at the plate.In 2016, Harper's batting average fell from .330 to .243, his OPS fell from 1.109 to .873, and his WAR fell from 9.9 to 1.6. He hit just 24 home runs a year after hitting 42.The strange drop had some in the majors worried about him, but thus far, 2017 has turned the tides. Through 48 games, Harper is hitting .324 with 15 homers and 43 RBIs with a 1.089 OPS and a 2.6 WAR. He looks healthy, has regained confidence at the plate, and looks like the young slugger sure to take over the league as he gets older.And as a result, teams are already foaming at the mouth over his free agency in 2018. <a href="http://www.espn.com/blog/washington-nationals/post/_/id/2606/how-much-is-bryce-harper-worth-now">According to ESPN's Eddie Matz</a>, one MLB GM thinks the $400 million projection for Harper's next contract could be "light.""He is going to get paid. Like, paid paid ... Four hundred million is light. It's going to be more than that. If you could sign him to a 15-year contract, you do it. I would say something in the range of $35 million a year, maybe closer to the high 30s. It could approach 40 million dollars a year."If Harper were to sign a $400 million contract, it would top the 13-year, $325 million deal Giancarlo Stanton signed in 2014. And topping $400 million would be an unprecedented contract in North American sports. Matz, however, argues that it's not that far-fetched."Based on average annual value, the highest-paid player in today's game is right-hander Zack Greinke, whose contract with the Diamondbacks earns him better than $34 million per season. On the one hand, Harper's not a pitcher like Greinke (or Price or Scherzer). On the other hand, he (A) already has one MVP on his résumé, (B) is in the conversation for another, (C) hasn't even hit his prime yet, and (D) is repped by super-agent Scott Boras. All of which suggests that the idea of Harper becoming the highest-paid player in the game isn't a far-fetched one."Harper will be just 26 when he hits free agency. It's worth debating if he would want to sign such a long deal unless it has an opt-out, but if he continues on his current pace, teams will be lining up to sign him for whatever he wants.And <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-bryce-harper-trade-2017-5">one team that figures to be in the running</a> has never been shy about spending big on big names. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/extra-shoelace-hole-sneakers-running-lace-heel-lock-2017-5">We finally learned the purpose of that extra shoelace hole on your sneakers</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>If there can only be one Beyoncé&#xa0;then what happens when you share a name with the most powerful woman in entertainment?In a Facebook post from "Humans of New York" that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork?fref=nf">ultimately went viral</a>, a woman named Beyoncé&#xa0;explains why having a first name in common with Mrs. Carter can get on her nerves.Photographer Brandon Stanton approached Beyoncé&#xa0;to photograph her.Like all photos Stanton takes for "Humans of New York," he conducted a short interview with his subject, choosing a blurb of her answer to accompany her photo.&#xa0;Here's that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork?fref=nf">photo and blurb</a>:<div><div><div id="fb-root"></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/936715633069204/?type=1" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"></div></div></div></div>&#xa0;The caption says:Sometimes I hate my name because it always draws attention to me, and I'm not a very social person. My family moved this year from Pennsylvania. I was so scared the first day of school that someone would notice me. I wouldn't even adjust my seat because I thought it would make a noise. One time I really had to cough, but I held it in. When the teacher started calling attendance, I got really nervous, because every time people learn my name is Beyoncé, somebody starts singing 'Single Ladies.' And some did, of course. But the second day of school wasn't too bad. Because everyone knew my name.Then the comments started pouring in. They came from Mary Kate Olsen, Katie Perry, and Julia Roberts. They came from Katie Holmes and Serena Williams and Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston's character on "Friends.")Everyone empathized with Beyoncé.&#xa0;<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div> <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>&#xa0;The comments kept rolling in.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div> Even people who didn't share names with celebrities joined in:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div> Beyoncé...you're not alone.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork?fref=nf">Read the entire hilarious thread here.</a> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drunk-driving-checkpoint-regulation-hack-2015-2">A lawyer in Florida has come up with an ingenious way for drivers to evade drunken-driving checkpoints</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="EwZXE5czqobpJLXsPUCBDsxSm8XxaRw0" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Former Marine officer Elliot Ackerman is now an accomplished author living in Istanbul, but prior to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he considered&#xa0;himself a "fortunate son" of privilege&#xa0;who chose to serve while many of his peers did not."The best and the brightest didn't show up for Vietnam. And I understand. I get that it was an unpopular war," he told photographer Brandon Stanton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/1330495963691167/?type=3">for his popular Humans of New York project.</a> "But they chose to not show up and there was a consequence for that. There were leadership failures. Standards were lowered and people were killed because of bad decisions."He graduated from Tufts University in 2003 and decided to join the Marine Corps as an infantry officer. He was assigned as a platoon commander in <a href="http://www.americanvalor.net/heroes/623">1st Battalion, 8th Marines.</a>"I was a fortunate son of this country," Ackerman told Stanton. "I went to a private school. I graduated from a great college. A lot of the guys who served under me didn't have those advantages. They relied on me to make tough decisions in dangerous situations. And I'm glad I was there to make those decisions."One of those tough decisions came in Nov. 2004, during the bloody second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War. He and his platoon of 45 men <a href="http://www.americanvalor.net/heroes/623">moved across a highway</a> in the middle of the night on Nov. 10 to establish a fighting position in what they called "the candy store."It was only about 150 meters away from the rest of his company."The guys were excited at first because the place was filled with chips and soda," he said. "And we were starving and thirsty. But all hell broke loose when the sun came up."At dawn, the insurgents had figured out where they were and surrounded them, while opening fire on the platoon with everything they had. The Marines were getting razed by AK-47 and RPG fire from all sides, with every exit blocked."You couldn't even poke your head out," he said. "We were pinned down all day. And suddenly my company commander is on the radio saying that we've got to advance. And I'm shouting into the radio over the gunfire that we're probably going to die if we leave the store. I'm shouting so loud and for so long that I lost my voice for four days. But he's saying that we have no choice."He repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire while trying to pull wounded Marines to safety, and coordinated four separate medical evacuations, <a href="http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/08_WOT/ss_GWOT/citations_USMC.html">despite being wounded</a> by shrapnel himself.In order to get out, he ordered&#xa0;his men to set up explosives on a back wall. Once it blew, he and his men - with nearly half the platoon having been wounded - were able to escape, alive."Twenty-five guys were wounded, but everyone survived," he said. "A lot of that was luck. And a lot of that was our platoon and how good those guys were. But I also feel that my decisions mattered that day. And if I had decided not to serve, and stayed home, it could've ended much worse. So no, I don't have any regrets about going to Iraq."He was awarded the Silver Star for <a href="http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/08_WOT/ss_GWOT/citations_USMC.html">his heroics in the battle</a>, along with the Purple Heart for his wounds. He later received the <a href="http://www.elliotackerman.com/about/">Bronze Star for valor</a>&#xa0;in 2008 while leading a Marine special operations team in Afghanistan.Humans of New York is featuring a number of stories from veterans on its page, in partnership with non-profit <a href="http://getheadstrong.org/">The Headstrong Project</a> (Full disclosure: The author is a friend of&#xa0;the executive director).See more of Ackerman's story below:<div></div>&#xa0;<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/marines-f-35-fires-80-round-burst-military-gun-pod-for-first-time-2016-8">Watch the Marines' F-35 fire an 80-round burst from its gun pod for the first time</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="Z2dnY0NTE6NwFCepaZCJD0UuLwZN_av0" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=432167600190679&amp;set=a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784">Humans of New York on Facebook</a></div>Brandon Stanton, the street photographer behind "Humans of New York," has a beef with <keyword id="112075" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="DKNY">DKNY</keyword>.
He claims that the company is using his photos without his permission.
"Several months ago, I was approached by a representative of DKNY who asked to purchase 300 of my photos to hang in their store windows 'around the world,'" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=432167600190679&amp;set=a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784">explained Stanton in a Facebook post</a>.
He said that DKNY offered him $15,000 for the photos, but when he asked for a higher fee, he was rebuffed. 
"Today, a fan sent me a photo from a DKNY store in Bangkok," he continued. "The window is full of my photos. These photos were used without my knowledge, and without compensation."
He wants DKNY to donate $100,000 on his behalf to the YMCA in Bed-Stuy.
DKNY has posted a response to Stanton's accusations. It says that the store in Bangkok made a mistake and used an internal mockup that had used Stanton's photos.
Here's the full statement from DKNY, which it posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DKNY/posts/10151518755690135">its Facebook page</a>:
Since its founding in 1989, DKNY has been inspired by and incorporated authentic New York into its imagery. For our Spring 2013 store window visuals we decided to celebrate the city that is in our name by showcasing "Only in NYC" images. We have immense respect for Brandon Stanton aka Humans of New York and approached him to work with us on this visual program. He declined to participate in the project. 
For the Spring 2013 windows program, we licensed and paid for photos from established <keyword id="22383" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="photography">photography</keyword> service providers. However, it appears that inadvertently the store in Bangkok used an internal mock up containing some of Mr. Stanton's images that was intended to merely show the direction of the spring visual program. We apologize for this error and are working to ensure that only the approved artwork is used. 
DKNY has always supported the arts and we deeply regret this mistake. Accordingly, we are making a charitable donation of $25,000 to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn in Mr. Stanton's name.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>A recent photograph of an Iranian father and his young son <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/1071651066242326/?type=1" target="_blank">posted</a> to the popular "Humans of New York" Facebook page caught the attention of US President Barack Obama.&#xa0;And on Thursday, Obama - who is presiding over the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-iran-rouhani-phone-call-how-it-happened-2013-9" target="_blank">biggest thaw in US-Iranian relations in decades</a>&#xa0;- left a comment on the post, saying it "really resonated" with him.In the original post, the Iranian father wrote about how he knew he was "raising a humanitarian" when he realized his then-5-year-old son had given away two pounds of fresh apricots on their walk home. In his subsequent comment, Obama called it an "inspirational story.""One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values you've worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions," he said. "And this one really resonated with me."Obama's comment from the White House account, signed "-bo," is below:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><a href="https://twitter.com/humansofny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">Brandon Stanton</a>, the photographer behind "Humans of New York," is currently traveling in Iran, where he's been <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/1058218980918868/?type=1&amp;theater" target="_blank">posting the stories of ordinary Iranians</a>. Obama's comment on the post came a day after he <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-deal-whip-count-2015-9" target="_blank">secured enough vote commitments from Democratic senators</a> to ensure that the deal on Iran's nuclear program&#xa0;would sail through Congress unscathed.Part of Obama's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-bet-on-iran-2015-7" target="_blank">gung-ho support for the nuclear deal is the bet</a>&#xa0;that the country's citizens will lead it down a more moderate path by the time its provisions expire 10-15 years down the road. Obama alluded to this sentiment in his post."I'm going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential," Obama wrote.The original post is below:<div><div id="fb-root"></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/1071651066242326:0" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/1071651066242326:0">Post</a>by<a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork">Humans of New York</a>.</div></div></div>&#xa0; <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-insults-white-house-correspondents-dinner-fox-news-2015-8">Obama has been getting the best of Trump for years</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="F5dXY4dzpedDTqGtZWvjQdvLnFUPnk3E" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8TjO2FGnao&amp;feature=youtu.be">YouTube</a>100-year-old Shirley remembers knowing her late husband was her soulmate.</div></div></div>Brandon Stanton of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork" target="_blank">Humans of New York</a> has been shooting gorgeous photos of New Yorkers on the street since 2010.
Recently he decided to move into video, choosing 100-year-old, sassy "fan-favorite" Shirley as his first subject.
"She recently let us spend an afternoon at her apartment, where she reminisced about her deceased husband Moe," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork" target="_blank">he explained on Facebook</a>. "The result was quite touching."
In the video, Shirley describes how she and Moe first met when she was singing French songs at a friend's party. "We didn't say we're going to get married," she said. "We just knew it. It was a meeting of the souls."
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8TjO2FGnao&amp;feature=youtu.be">YouTube</a></div></div></div>She went on to describe their long life together, filled with dancing, drawings, poetry, and sending letters back and forth during Moe's time as a doctor in World War II.
When Moe got sick, Shirley said she asked him, "Moe, what will I do without you?" He answered, "Take the love you have for me and spread it around. And love spread around - there, beauty is found."
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8TjO2FGnao&amp;feature=youtu.be">YouTube</a></div></div></div>Watch the funny Shirley touchingly describe the love of her life below.

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TerrillDonald Trump.</div></div></div>Tech leaders are taking a stand against Donald Trump.In <a href="https://medium.com/@KatieS/an-open-letter-from-technology-sector-leaders-on-donald-trumps-candidacy-for-president-5bf734c159e4#.hunna75a7" target="_blank">a scathing open letter</a> posted by former Twitter vice president Katie Stanton, leaders from some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies, venture-capital firms, and startups voiced their concerns about a Trump presidency - specifically, that Trump "stands against the open exchange of ideas, free movement of people, and productive engagement with the outside world that is critical to our economy."The letter is signed by more than 140 tech leaders, including:<ul><li>CEOs of relatively young tech companies and startups such as Box, Twilio, Slack, TaskRabbit, and Tumblr.</li><li>Well-known VCs and investors like Vinod Khosla, Pierre Omidyar, Shervin Pishevar, and Chris Sacca.</li><li>Tech industry veterans like former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and Interactive Corp. CEO Barry Diller.</li></ul>Tech leaders who openly support Trump are rare, with the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-speaking-at-republican-national-convention-2016-7">exception of Peter Thiel</a>, who is a delegate for Trump and will speak at the Republican National Convention next week.<a href="https://medium.com/@KatieS/an-open-letter-from-technology-sector-leaders-on-donald-trumps-candidacy-for-president-5bf734c159e4#.jcv3hsuw9">Read the whole thing here&gt;&gt;</a>Here's the full list of signatories:Marvin Ammori, General Counsel, Hyperloop One Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem Phin Barnes, Partner, First Round Capital Niti Bashambu, Chief Analytics Officer, IAC Applications John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. 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Ortiz III, Founder/Chairman/CEO, Viridis; Board Member of The NYC Technology Development Corporation Jen Pahlka, Founder/Executive Director, Code for America Barney Pell, Founder Powerset, MoonExpress, Locomobi; Founding Trustee, Singularity University Mark Pincus, Executive Chairman and Founder, Zynga Shervin Pishevar, Co-Founder/Managing Director, Sherpa Capital and Co-Founder/Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One Brandon Pollack, Director of Global Affairs, 1776 Amy Rao, Founder/CEO, Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. 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But, he added: "Hope and love last longer, and love is love is love is love."<div></div>THE LOOK OF DIVERSITYFor all the talk about diversity and inclusiveness this season (absent at the Oscars, present at the Tonys), nothing could beat one powerful image: All four of the musical acting winners were black actors. "Think of tonight as the Oscars, but with diversity," host James Corden had said at the beginning of the show. "It's so diverse that Donald Trump has threatened to build a wall around this theater."CORDEN'S BROADWAY CREDSpeaking of Corden, after his own somber opening referring to Orlando - a piece he pre-recorded to be sure to get it right - the late-night TV host delighted the crowd with an ode to what seemed like dozens of past Broadway shows, from "Les Miserables" to "Phantom of the Opera" to "Sweeney Todd" to "Grease." And there's no easier way to win over a theater-loving audience than to sing a few bars from "Rose's Turn" in "Gypsy."WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEEDuring commercial breaks, Corden worked the crowd a bit, and this included enlisting prominent audience members for impromptu singalongs. He got Jeff Daniels to sing from "The Sound of Music," and he got Jake Gyllenhaal and Sean Hayes to sing from "Aladdin." When he saw that Gyllenhaal was chewing gum, he simply took it and put it in his own mouth.OUTSIDE ANTICSSpeaking of singalongs, Corden adopted the "Hamilton" practice of performing for a streetside crowd, actual putting on brief shows outside the Beacon Theater. This made for some odd combinations, like Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber joining Steve Martin and Edie Brickell in singing "Tomorrow" from "Annie" - or the cast of "Fiddler on the Roof" singing "There's No Business Like Show Business" from "Annie Get Your Gun."A BLAST FROM THE PAST FOR GROBANSpeaking of "Fiddler," Corden had a surprise for presenter Josh Groban: He unearthed, and played, a clip of the singer performing Tevye as a high school student. Groban seemed to have a good sense of humor about it.GIVING THANKSMany people thank their parents or their kids in their speeches, but Renee Elise Goldsberry, who plays Angelica Schuyler in "Hamilton," had an especially poignant moment speaking about her years-long struggle to become a mother. "If you know anything about me you know I've spent the last 10 years just trying to have children," she said. "God gave me Benjamin, he gave me Brielle - and he still gave me this," she said, gesturing to her Tony.YOU NEVER KNOWIvo Van Hove, who won for best direction of a play ("Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge,") told the story of how when he first came to New York at age 20, he met a woman on a park bench, and told her he was an aspiring theater director. She asked for his autograph - because, she said, "you never know." So, the director surmised in his Tony speech: "She's watching now and thinking, 'See? I was right.'"PARTYING LIKE THERE'S NO (PERFORMANCE) TOMORROWIf you were the "Hamilton" cast, wouldn't YOU be partying? The "Hamilton" bunch had a day off on Monday, and it's a good thing: their after-party Sunday night was way cooler than the official post-Tony gala. The show took over the Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park, and danced to a DJ until the early hours. Rapper Common, who introduced "Hamilton" at the ceremony, was among the guests. Besides eating, drinking and dancing, one could pose against a green screen and be inserted into a famous "Hamilton" photograph.BARBRA DRESSES JUST RIGHTIntroducing Streisand, Corden warned that medical personnel were standing by, just in case her return was too exciting for some. She was appearing on the Tony stage for the first time since 1970 to present the award for Best Musical - to "Hamilton," of course. "You're making me verklempt!" she called out when the crowd gave her an ovation. Dressed in a ruffled, high-collared white blouse and black vest, she quipped when she opened the envelope: "Thank God I picked the right outfit."A LITTLE SELF-ESTEEM CAN'T HURTSheldon Harnick, the 92-year-old lyricist, wasn't above a little healthy self-promotion when he received his Lifetime Achievement Award.Responding to the accolades that had just been showered upon him, he replied: "Thank you. If I didn't deserve it, this would be embarrassing."BELOW ARE ALL THE WINNERS:Best Play "Eclipsed" "The Father" WINNER: "The Humans" "King Charles III"Best Musical "Bright Star" WINNER: "Hamilton" "School of Rock-The Musical" "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" "Waitress"Best Revival of a Play "Arthur Miller's The Crucible" WINNER: "Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge" "Blackbird" "Long Day's Journey Into Night" "Noises Off"RELATED: <a href="http://www.ew.com/gallery/tony-awards-2016-red-carpet-arrivals" target="_blank">Tony Awards 2016 Red Carpet Arrivals: See the Photos</a>Best Revival of a Musical WINNER: "The Color Purple" "Fiddler on the Roof" "She Loves Me" "Spring Awakening"Best Book of a Musical "Bright Star," Steve Martin WINNER: "Hamilton", Lin-Manuel Miranda "School of Rock-The Musical," Julian Fellowes "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed,"&#xa0;George C. WolfeBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre "Bright Star" (Music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell / Lyrics: Edie Brickell) WINNER:&#xa0;"Hamilton" (Music &amp; Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda) "School of Rock-The Musical" (Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber / Lyrics: Glenn Slater) "Waitress"&#xa0;(Music &amp; Lyrics: Sara Bareilles)Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Gabriel Byrne, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Jeff Daniels, "Blackbird" WINNER:&#xa0;Frank Langella, "The Father" Tim Pigott-Smith, "King Charles III" Mark Strong, "Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge"RELATED: <a href="http://www.ew.com/gallery/tony-awards-2016-red-carpet-best-worst" target="_blank">Tony Awards 2016: Best and Worst Dressed</a>Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play WINNER:&#xa0;Jessica Lange, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Laurie Metcalf, "Misery" Lupita Nyong'o, "Eclipsed" Sophie Okonedo, "Arthur Miller's The Crucible" Michelle Williams, "Blackbird"Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Alex Brightman, "School of Rock-The Musical" Danny Burstein,&#xa0;"Fiddler on the Roof" Zachary Levi, "She Loves Me" Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Hamilton" WINNER:&#xa0;Leslie Odom, Jr., "Hamilton"Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Laura Benanti,&#xa0;"She Loves Me" Carmen Cusack, "Bright Star" WINNER:&#xa0;Cynthia Erivo, "The Color Purple" Jessie Mueller, "Waitress" Phillipa Soo, "Hamilton"Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play WINNER:&#xa0;Reed Birney, "The Humans" Bill Camp, "Arthur Miller's The Crucible" David Furr, "Noises Off" Richard Goulding, "King Charles III" Michael Shannon,&#xa0;"Long Day's Journey Into Night"Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Pascale Armand, "Eclipsed" Megan Hilty, "Noises Off" WINNER:&#xa0;Jayne Houdyshell, "The Humans" Andrea Martin, "Noises Off" Saycon Sengbloh, "Eclipsed"Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical WINNER:&#xa0;Daveed Diggs, "Hamilton" Brandon Victor Dixon, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" Christopher Fitzgerald,&#xa0;"Waitress" Jonathan Groff, "Hamilton" Christopher Jackson, "Hamilton"Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple" WINNER: Renée Elise Goldsberry, "Hamilton" Jane Krakowski, "She Loves Me" Jennifer Simard,&#xa0;"Disaster!" Adrienne Warren, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"Best Scenic Design of a Play Beowulf Boritt, "Thérèse Raquin" Christopher Oram,&#xa0;"Hughie" Jan Versweyveld, "Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge" WINNER: David Zinn, "The Humans"Best Scenic Design of a Musical Es Devlin &amp; Finn Ross, "American Psycho" David Korins, "Hamilton" Santo Loquasto,&#xa0;"Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" WINNER: David Rockwell, "She Loves Me"Best Costume Design of a Play Jane Greenwood,&#xa0;"Long Day's Journey Into Night" Michael Krass,&#xa0;"Noises Off" WINNER: Clint Ramos, "Eclipsed" Tom Scutt, "King Charles III"Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes, "Tuck Everlasting" Jeff Mahshie, "She Loves Me" Ann Roth, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" WINNER: Paul Tazewell, "Hamilton"Best Lighting Design of a Play WINNER: Natasha Katz, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Justin Townsend, "The Humans" Jan Versweyveld, "Arthur Miller's The Crucible" Jan Versweyveld, "Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge"Best Lighting Design of a Musical WINNER: Howell Binkley, "Hamilton" Jules Fisher &amp; Peggy Eisenhauer, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" Ben Stanton, "Spring Awakening" Justin Townsend, "American Psycho"Best Direction of a Play Rupert Goold, "King Charles III" Jonathan Kent, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Joe Mantello, "The Humans" Liesl Tommy, "Eclipsed" WINNER:&#xa0;Ivo Van Hove, "Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge"Best Direction of a Musical Michael Arden, "Spring Awakening" John Doyle, "The Color Purple" Scott Ellis, "She Loves Me" WINNER:&#xa0;Thomas Kail, "Hamilton" George C. 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