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‘Encanto’ composer Lin-Manuel Miranda won’t attend Oscars after wife’s positive COVID test

LOS ANGELES — Lin-Manuel Miranda will not make it to the Academy Awards this year after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, the composer said via Twitter on Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

Miranda to miss Oscars after wife tests positive for COVID

Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of this year’s most prominent Oscar nominees, is sitting out the ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK

Who's performing live at the 2022 Oscars - including Beyonce and Billie Eilish

The nominations for Best Song include music by Van Morrison and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Just like Broadway, it’s a feast of live shows as Hamilton hip-hops its way to Melbourne

After being the world's most lockded down city during the pandemic, Melbourne has lit up like the Fourth of July with the opening of US musical 'Hamilton'.

The New Daily

Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars, from hosts to nominees to drama

LOS ANGELES — Movies and the people who make them will be celebrated when the 94th Academy Awards take place this weekend, marking the official end of the 2021-22 film awards circuit, previously known as the Oscar season from hell.

Los Angeles Times

Lin-Manuel Miranda admits he was ‘scared s***less’ over starring in The Sopranos

Miranda appeared in the season six episode ‘Remember When’

The Independent UK

We should talk about history-making, Oscar-nominated 'Encanto' composer Germaine Franco

LOS ANGELES — Disney's "Encanto" — a story about the Madrigals, a magical family fighting to save their equally enchanted home in the hills of Colombia — has bewitched viewers young and old. And while the animated film's "Dos Oruguitas" is nominated for original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, and…

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Beyonce to Sing at Oscars but Van Morrison Skipping Gala

Beyonce and Billie Eilish will perform during Sunday's Oscars, but outspoken vaccine skeptic Van Morrison is skipping Hollywood's biggest night, organizers said Tuesday. All three performers are nominated for best song at the 94th Academy Awards -- along with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Diane Warren, whose songs will also be performed…

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Beyoncé, Billie Eilish to sing at Oscars

The superstars will perform their nominated songs in a lineup that also includes Sebastián Yatra and Reba McEntire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Regina King, Ryan Reynolds among co-hosts of Met Gala in May

Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as co-chairs of the Met Gala, returning to its traditional berth on the first Monday in May

The Independent UK

Clapping fatigue, Covid smooches and sprayed canapés: inside the Oscar nominees luncheon

Will Smith spurns my advances, Kenneth Branagh makes new friends and Coppola chardonnay flows at this year’s socially distanced nominees lunch

The Guardian - UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda's complex quest for simplicity with 'Dos Oruguitas' from 'Encanto'

LOS ANGELES — When describing the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda, "simple" doesn't rush to mind. In his songs for "Encanto," for instance, his familiar verbal gymnastics grace "Surface Pressure" and layers of character and disparate Latin-influenced musical styles inform the breakout hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno." (All eight songs…

Los Angeles Times

Lin-Manuel Miranda breaks down the success of 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (no, no, no)

LOS ANGELES — From magical realism to a neat magic trick: All eight songs Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote for "Encanto" made the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.

Los Angeles Times

Lin-Manuel Miranda shares why Oscar nomination for ‘Encanto’ feels so magical

Lin-Manuel Miranda is living the dream with his latest Oscar nomination.

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The Independent UK

Oscars 2022: Sebastián Yatra calls 'Encanto' a gift from God

Sebastián Yatra calls his experience with Disney's “Encanto” a "gift from God.”

Los Angeles Times

Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Lin-Manuel Miranda lead best original song Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé has received her first Oscar nomination.

Los Angeles Times

'Encanto's' breakout song is now a No. 1 hit — and a first for Lin-Manuel Miranda

There's still a lot to say about Bruno.

Los Angeles Times

Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda join to make art that sings

Lin-Manuel Miranda warned Andrew Garfield he might not get it at first as he slid music and lyrics across the table. What Garfield did get, eventually, was a "long-lost brother" in the late Jonathan Larson, writer of the musical phenomenon "Rent." And, one supposes, by a kind of associative property,…

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The Independent UK

‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’: Breakout hit from ‘Encanto’ almost didn’t have its most memorable voice

Adassa told the directors how singing had been a dream for her mother and for her grandmother, but it had never come to fruition in an entertainment industry that has long rendered Afro-Latinos nearly invisible on stages and screens

The Guardian - UK

‘She immediately saw herself’: how Encanto strikes a major chord in a diverse world

The runaway success of the Colombia-set animation, with its infectious Lin-Manuel Miranda songs, is in no small part thanks to its Latinx characters, cast and key film-makers

The Independent UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda breaks down the songs of 'Encanto'

Lin-Manuel Miranda went song by song through some of the hits of “Encanto” in a recent interview, from the breakout smash “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” to his self-described “’90s Rock en Español throwback” “What Else Can I Do?”

The Independent UK

Miranda talks about Bruno, and the 'Encanto' phenomenon

A month after “Encanto” debuted in theaters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the movie’s Colombia-inflected songs, took a long vacation

The Guardian - UK

Encanto’s We Don’t Talk About Bruno becomes first Disney song to reach UK No 1

Ensemble song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda has benefited from going viral on TikTok

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