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Encanto became a success story for Disney and although there have been hints of the possibility of a sequel, nothing has been confirmed yet.

In a recent interview, producer Yvett Merino hinted that Disney is working on ways to “expand across the company.”

“There’s different—we’re working closely with our friends in publishing and consumer products to make sure—there’s always different ideas and needs and wants for, for it to stay alive out there,” Merino said in an interview with The Direct. “But I don’t have anything official to say, but I love the ‘Encanto’ world and can’t wait to see it expand across the company.”

Although Merino didn’t delve into the idea of a direct sequel to the animated film, she did say that the parent company wants to keep the world of Encanto alive.

“I think we will continue to work on what that actually means.

Since “Encanto” made its theatrical and streaming debut in 2021, fans have been wondering whether Disney would give the film the sequel treatment – and its star Stephanie Beatriz has expressed her openness to the possibility should the opportunity arise.

“I would love to work with them again. That team on that film was so incredible to work with that. I think a lot of [Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s] time right now is being taken up by other stuff,” she told TheWrap during an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike about her new Peacock series “Twisted Metal.” “I know Jared and I think Bryon too are working on the second ‘Zootopia’ right now. But I would love to work with them again.”

She noted that she is a “huge” Disney fan.

“I go to the parks a lot and whenever people recognize me they ask about that too.

Transforming Disney’s award-winning animated feature “Encanto” into a live experience at the Hollywood Bowl in front of an audience of 17,000 people was no easy feat, with factors such as the pandemic, limited access to the venue and unexpected weather conditions all in play. But the production team, cast and crew pulled it off in under 72 hours, delivering a Broadway-quality experience.

Unlike a Broadway show, the original voice cast, scores of dancers and production team did not have the luxury of rehearsing at the Bowl. Gabe Turner, executive producer of the event, said, “We could only gain access to the Bowl for four days before we were due to welcome our dancers, orchestra and cast into the space.”

“This meant we really only had 72 hours where we had everyone in the same place, rehearsing and stepping through numbers before we were due to open doors,” said producer Sally Wood.

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The winners of the 2023 Brit Awards were unveiled during Saturday night’s annual awards ceremony.

The big winner of the night was Harry Styles as he took home awards for all four categories in which he was nominated, including artist of the year and album of the year. Next up, Beyoncé and British indie rock band, Wet Leg, each swept up two awards with the latter winning group of the year and best new artist.

This year’s awards show saw Styles tie with Wet Leg as the most-nominated artists, each having four nods.

The 2023 Brit Awards were hosted by British comedian Mo Gilligan from London’s 02 arena.

See the complete winners list below:

Mastercard Album of the Year

The 1975, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, Dirty Hit

Wet Leg, Wet Leg, Domino Recordings

Harry Styles, Harry’s House, Columbia, Sony Music — Winner

Stormzy, This Is What I Mean, 0207/Merky,...

Taylor Swift makes history at the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards for the most awards won in a single year by an artist. Out of her 11 nominations, she prevailed eight times, including Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“All Too Well”), and Song of the Year (“All Too Well”), categories she has won every year of the GDMAs so far. But just like last year, she couldn’t take that sweep all the way to Album of the Year. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 22 categories, and watch the video announcement above.

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"Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl" is the new 'live-to-film' concert experience, featuring the cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Oscar-winning "Encanto" animated feature, offering an 80-person orchestra, 50 dancers and SFX, with an introduction by Lin-Manuel Miranda, now streaming on Disney+:

"...Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Encanto' reunites at the Hollywood Bowl for a show-stopping concert event, starring Stephanie Beatriz (as 'Mirabel'), Jessica Darrow (as 'Luisa'), Diane Guerrero (as 'Isabela'), Adassa (as 'Dolores')...

"...Carolina Gaitán (as 'Pepa'), Mauro Castillo (as 'Félix'), Angie Cepeda (as 'Julieta') and Olga Merediz (as 'Abuela Alma'), along with special guests Carlos Vives and Andrés Cepeda..."

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The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the most popular songs in America every week from Friday to Thursday based on sales, online streams (audio and video), and radio airplay. Below see the list of every song that reached the top spot in 2022, updating weekly as each new chart is announced.

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6 weeks at number-one

November 5 – December 10

This is the ninth number-one single for Taylor Swift. It debuted in the top spot the same week its parent album “Midnights” launched at number-one on the Billboard 200. And it’s part of a historic sweep as Swift became the first artist ever to claim all of the top-10 slots on the Hot 100 in a single week.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras, “Unholy”

1 week at number-one

October 29

This is the first number-one hit...

"Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl" is the new 'live-to-film' concert experience, featuring the cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Oscar-winning "Encanto" animated feature, offering an 80-person orchestra, 50 dancers and SFX, with an introduction by Lin-Manuel Miranda, streaming December 28, 2022  on Disney+:

"...Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Encanto' reunites at the Hollywood Bowl for a show-stopping concert event, starring Stephanie Beatriz (as 'Mirabel'), Jessica Darrow (as 'Luisa'), Diane Guerrero (as 'Isabela'), Adassa (as 'Dolores')...

"...Carolina Gaitán (as 'Pepa'), Mauro Castillo (as 'Félix'), Angie Cepeda (as 'Julieta') and Olga Merediz (as 'Abuela Alma'), along with special guests Carlos Vives and Andrés Cepeda..."

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The 2022 American Music Awards have arrived! The hottest acts in music reunited for the annual celebration at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, and a few big names are set to walk away with the night’s biggest honors.

Going into this year’s show, reigning Favorite Male Latin Artist Bad Bunny led the pack with a whopping eight nominations! Meanwhile, superstars Beyoncé and Taylor Swift held the honor of being the most nominated female artists this year, with six nods each, while Adele, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd follow close behind with five a piece.

So who came out victorious and who wound up empty-handed? Check out the full list of winners below, which will be updated throughout the night in bold.

Artist Of The Year

Adele

Bad Bunny

Beyoncé

Drake

Harry Styles

Taylor Swift — **Winner!

The Weeknd

New Artist Of The Year

Dove Cameron — **Winner!

Gayle...

It was a big night for Taylor Swift during the 50th American Music Awards on Sunday.

Taylor Swift won in all six categories for which she was nominated, including the coveted Artist of the Year.

Swift thanked fans during the star-studded event.

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“You, the fans, made it clear that you wanted to hear lots of music that I would make. You encouraged me,"Swift said.

"So I found the more music I made and the more music I put out, the happier I was,” Swift said during the telecast.

“I have the fans to thank essentially for my happiness, and I love you more than I can say.”

Check out the full list of winners below.

Artist of the year

Adele

Bad Bunny

Beyoncé

Drake

Harry Styles

Taylor Swift *Winner

The Weeknd

New artist of the year

Dove Cameron *Winner

Gayle

Latto

Måneskin

Steve Lacy

Collaboration of the year

Carolina Gaitán,...

The 2022 American Music Awards were held live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (20 November).

The ceremony was hosted by American TV personality Wayne Brady.

Taylor Swift was the biggest winner of the night with six wins, including Artist of the year and Favourite Music Video.

Other top awardees were Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Machine Gun Kelly, Anitta and Coldplay.

The star-studded ceremony saw performances from P!Nk, Cardi B, Anitta and Missy Elliot.

New Artist of the Year winner Dove Cameron also made her AMAs stage debut in a theatrical performance of her hit single “Boyfriend”.

The Ama nominees were based on criteria such as record sales, streaming performance and radio airplay. However, the winners were chosen via online fan voting.

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Below is the full list of winners.

Artist of the year

Taylor Swift Winner...

Taylor Swift won big at the American Music Awards 2022 taking home six awards, including Artist of the Year.

“In the past few years, I have released more music than I did in the entire decade preceding that,” she said during her acceptance speech. “I really feel that’s down to the fact that you, the fans, made it clear that you wanted to hear lots of music that I would make — you encouraged me.”

Swift said that the more music she put out the happier she felt and thanked the fans for her happiness as they were the motivators.

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Other winners of the night included Beyoncé, who took Favorite R&b Artist and Bad Bunny, who managed to take two, including Favorite Make Latin Artist. Harry Styles, BTS, Morgan Wallen, Tems, Wizkid and Kendrick Lamar each...

The winners of the 2022 American Music Awards are officially in! The annual ceremony kicked off at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, with Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and Beyoncé snagging multiple awards before the live show even started.

This year's American Music Awards were hosted by actor, musician, and all around entertainer Wayne Brady. "I'm ecstatic and honored to host this year's AMAs. As a musician and music lover, it's amazing to be part of a night where music fans make their voices heard!" said Brady in a previous statement. "It's a big show, so I'm bringing it all...The funny, the music, and the moves!"

The full slate of American Music Awards nominees were unveiled on Oct. 13, kicking off with the best new artist category, which was presented by Becky G on ABC's "Good Morning America." Dove Cameron, Gayle, Latto, Måneskin, and Steve Lacy all scored nods...

On Sunday, the 2022 American Music Awards aired on ABC and Bad Bunny dominated the nominations with eight nods, closely followed by Beyonce, Drake, and Taylor Swift, who each received six nominations. Adele, Harry Styles, and the Weeknd each garnered five nods. In the end, Swift swept all six of the categories in which she was nominated.

All seven of them were nominated for the top prize: Artist of the Year. Bad Bunny could’ve tied with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston’s records for most awards in a single year...

Disney+ announced that new original special “Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl,” with an introduction by Lin-Manuel Miranda, will launch Wednesday, Dec. 28, on the streamer. The two-night concert event will take place at the Hollywood Bowl on November 11 and 12. The special comes from Disney Branded Television and will be produced by Fulwell 73 Productions.

The original voice cast of “Encanto” will reunite at the Bowl, including Stephanie Beatriz (as Mirabel), Adassa (as Dolores), Carolina Gaitán (as Pepa), Jessica Darrow (as Luisa), Diane Guerrero (as Isabela), Mauro Castillo (as Félix), Angie Cepeda (as Julieta) and Olga Merediz (as Abuela Alma). The event will also feature special guests, including Colombian stars Carlos Vives and Andrés Cepeda. The live-to-film concert experience, including an 80-person orchestra, 50 dancers and special effects, will center on the characters and songs of Disney Animation’s “Encanto.”

“Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl” will be directed by Chris Howe and Jamal Sims...

The Hollywood Bowl can be a magical place. Set in the Hollywood Hills, this giant amphitheater that opened in 1929 seats 17,500 people. They host countless musical acts, but one of the big draws is when a live orchestra plays along with a popular film. The LA Philharmonic recently performed alongside an "Amadeus" showing, and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" with live music is one of the venue's hottest tickets. Now Disney is bringing the Academy Award-winning film "Encanto" to the Bowl with the original voice cast. 

Not everyone can get to Los Angeles, of course, but Disney+ subscribers will be able to stream the special. The concert will happen over two nights on November 11 and 12, 2022, and will be available to stream at the end of the year. 

That's not a bad deal! As cool as the event space is, this means you won't have to deal with the insane traffic, parking nightmares...

The 2022 American Music Awards nominations have arrived!

The hottest acts in music will reunite for the annual celebration at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in November. This year, reigning Favorite Male Latin Artist Bad Bunny leads the pack with a whopping eight nominations! If he were to sweep, he’d tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for most awards won in a single year!

Meanwhile, superstars Beyoncé and Taylor Swift hold the honor of being the most nominated female artists this year, with six nods each, while Adele, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd follow close behind with five a piece.

Check out the full list of nominees — which also includes some brand-new categories!

Artist Of The Year

Adele

Bad Bunny

Beyoncé

Drake

Harry Styles

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

New Artist Of The Year

Dove Cameron

Gayle

Latto

Måneskin

Steve Lacy

Collaboration Of The Year

Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa,...

Bad Bunny scored eight nominations, topping the list of nominees of the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs). Bad Bunny’s nominations include Artist of the Year, Favorite Touring Artist, Favorite Music Video, Favorite Male Pop Artist, Favorite Pop Album, Favorite Male Latin Artist, Favorite Latin Album, and Favorite Latin Song. If Bad Bunny wins in all eight categories, he’ll tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most wins in a single year.

Beyonce, Drake, and Taylor Swift earned six nominations each, with all three joining Bad Bunny as nominees in the Artist of the Year category. Adele, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd followed close behind with five each, filling out the Artist of the Year category. Swift holds the Artist of the Year record, winning six times. She’s also the record-holder for the most Ama wins overall with 34.

The 2022 American Music Awards will air live on ABC from Los Angeles on Sunday,...

The 2022 American Music Awards nominations were announced on October 13. Like the Billboard Music Awards handed out earlier this year, these Ama contenders are based on fan interactions with music like record sales, streaming performance, and radio airplay. But unlike the BBMAs, winners are decided by fans voting online for their favorites effective immediately. Fan voting for all awards is now open via VoteAMAs.com and Twitter.

The world’s largest fan-voted award show will air live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20, at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Bad Bunny leads with eight nominations, followed by Beyonce, Drake and Taylor Swift with six each. Close behind with five nominations are Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd.

The AMAs celebrate the year’s top achievements in music determined by the fans, for the fans. Last year’s show stands as the most social telecast of 2021 with 46.5 million interactions,...

Rapper, singer and rising actor Bad Bunny scored a leading eight nominations for the 2022 American Music Awards, which will be handed out next month. Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift are next with six noms each, followed by Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd with five apiece.

ABC will air the show live at 8 p.m. Et from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and delayed at 8 p.m. Pt in the West.

Bad Bunny picked up his first Ama nom for Artist of the Year, where he’ll face the sextet named above. Swift has taken home that marquee award a record six times.

More than 40 acts scooped their first Ama nominations this year, including Jack Harlow and Tems — who have four each — Latto, BlackPink, Anitta and Swedish House Mafia. Elsewhere, Elton John set a record for the awards’ longest-recognized act; he got two noms, and was up for Top...

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Bad Bunny tops the 2022 American Music Awards nominations, with the Latin artist recognized as this year’s most-nominated artist with eight nods, including his first nod for artist of the year.

In addition to artist of the year, Bad Bunny is also nominated for favorite touring artist, favorite music video, favorite male pop artist, favorite pop album, favorite male Latin artist, favorite Latin album and favorite Latin song. Should Bad Bunny win in all eight categories, he would tie with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year.

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are the most-nominated female artists at this year’s show with six nominations each. The artists will face off in three categories including artist of the year, favorite female pop artist and favorite pop album.

Drake also earned six nods and is up for artist of the year.

This week, a sold-out crowd gathered in Aspen, Colorado for the Latinx House’s inaugural Raizado Festival, a three-day event filled with music, art exhibitions, film screenings, panel discussions, and more. Planned as an opportunity to highlight issues and achievements in the Latino community — particularly in an area known for events that attract white, wealthy elites — the festival included headlining performances by massive names in the Latin music industry, including Mexican star Belinda and the rising regional singer-songwriter Lupita Infante.

Both artists were drawn to the festival’s mission of uplifting Latinos across the country,...

Despite not being nominated for an Oscar, there sure was a lot of talk about Bruno at this year's ceremony. On Sunday, Becky G and Luis Fonsi joined the cast of "Encanto" - Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan, and Diane Guerrero - on stage for the first-ever live performance of "We Don't Talk About Bruno," the breakout hit from the Disney animated musical. And it was magical, to say the least. Megan Thee Stallion surprised the audience when she joined in with her own brand-new verse for the song.

"I literally was just in Puerto Rico less than 24 hrs ago performing, my dress had just came in last night from India, and that was thee First Female Rap Performance at the Oscars ever !" Megan Thee Stallion tweeted after her performance. "Im definitely in grind mode."

Even though the film's soundtrack scored two nominations (best original song and best...

Following its win for Best Animated Feature, Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” was performed at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday.

Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo kicked off the massive global hit, while Megan thee Stallion later joined in for a rap verse decked in sparkling yellow gold. Also onstage were Sheila E., Becky G, and Luis Fonsi.

Backstage, Encanto director Jared Bush told Rolling Stone that Megan’s appearance was a complete surprise. “I’d say they kept a lot of secrets from us,” he said. “We knew...

We don’t talk about Bruno… except at the 2022 Oscars. The 94th Academy Awards are airing live on ABC, and the cast of Encanto — along with special guests Megan Thee Stallion, Becky G, and Luis Fonsi — just took the stage for an epic performance of the viral sensation “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” Encanto performed twice during the ceremony. First, Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra performed the Oscar-nominated “Dos Oruguitas,” which translates to “two caterpillars.” Following him later in the ceremony were Encanto cast members Adassa (Dolores), Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Mauro Castillo (Félix), Carolina Gaitan (Pepa), Diane Guerrero (Isabela), Megan, Becky G, and Fonsi to perform the hit track. Bruno himself, John Leguizamo, introduced the performance. The cast walked through the Oscars audience, eventually making their way to the stage. Megan made a surprise appearance and performed an all-new, Oscars-themed verse for the song, giving the world the “We Don...

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the breakout hit from Best Animated Feature winner “Encanto,” has been an unexpected chart-topper since the movie debuted on Disney+ at Christmas. The song finally got the live treatment at the Academy Awards Sunday night even though, you know, it wasn’t actually nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar.

Cast members Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan, and Diane Guerrero performed the infections song alongside the previously announced Becky G and Luis Fonsi and a very unannounced Megan Thee Stallion. And while it indeed was a hoot (you can watch it below), it wasn’t exactly the live-action performance many of us were expecting (okay all of us were expecting), especially when the Lin-Manuel Miranda lyrics were swapped out with some platitudes about Oscar night.

“Encanto” was nominated elsewhere for Best Original Score (Germaine Franco ultimately lost to Hans Zimmer and his “Dune” music), Best Animated Feature,...

Title be damned, everyone was talking (and singing) about Bruno at Sunday’s Oscars.

The cast of Disney’s Encanto — Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol), reggaeton singer Adassa, and Colombian musicians Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo — took the stage at the 94th Academy Awards for the first-ever televised performance of the movie’s hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

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Lin-Manuel Miranda was not on hand to accept Oscar accolades Sunday night, but his work was certainly well-represented, as his song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” provided the Academy Awards telecast one of its splashier moments, uniting voice-cast members from “Encanto” with additional top music stars.

It’s almost unprecedented for a song that could have been nominated for the best original song Oscar but wasn’t to get a performance on the Oscars. That’s nonetheless what happened for the 2022 show, as Miranda’s more somber ballad, “Dos Oruguitas,” was what got nominated by Disney from “Encanto,” and ultimately nominated. But it’s the romp “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” that unexpectedly became a multi-week No. 1 pop hit, and it was close to a fait accompli that “Bruno” would be the tune the Academy, the “Encanto” camp and families around the world would want to see on the show.

As I tipped in my story on the Best Original Song performers announced Tuesday for the 94th annual Academy Awards, another key movie song not mentioned in their release, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto, will be performed on the big show even though it wasn’t even submitted by Disney and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda for consideration in the category. Miranda is a nominee for another tune from the same film, “Dos Oruguitas.”

Since then, both in promo spots running on ABC and in an official press release today and confirmation from producer Will Packer at the just-concluded Oscars press conference, the word is getting out that this is intended to be a major highlight of the show, advertised as the first live performance of the song, which has topped music charts for weeks.

Encanto cast members Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan, and Diane Guerrero, along...

We don’t talk about Bruno. But we do sing about him. And that is what Encanto cast members will do this Sunday at the Oscars, in a first-ever live performance of the breakout song from Disney’s Academy Award-nominated, animated hit.

Oscars producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced on Thursday afternoon that Encanto cast members Adassa (who voiced Dolores), Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Mauro Castillo (Felix), Carolina Gaitan (Pepa) and Diane Guerrero (Isabela) — along with Becky G and Luis “Despacito” Fonsi, for good measure — are set to perform “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” during Sunday’s telecast on ABC.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' CG-animated musical fantasy feature "Encanto", directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Charise Castro Smith, starring Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama, has won the 'Golden Globe' award for the year's 'Best Motion Picture – Animated' by the 'Hollywood Foreign Press Association':

"...forced by an armed conflict to flee her home, a young 'Alma Madrigal' loses her husband 'Pedro' but saves her children 'Julieta', 'Pepa' and 'Bruno'.

"By a 'miracle', her candle attains magical qualities, blasts away their pursuers, and creates a sentient 'Casita' house for the Madrigals, in a town sheltered by surrounding 'encanto' mountains.

"Fifty years later, the candle continues to burn and the town thrives under its protection, with the candle gifting each member of the Madrigal bloodline, superhuman abilities they use to help the villagers..."

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Disney’s “Encanto” and Paramount’s “Paw Patrol: The Movie” have snagged China releases for next month, set to debut Jan. 7 and Jan. 14, respectively.

The news marks the first revenue-share import titles to make it into China from their respective studios in quite some time, as the pipeline of Hollywood content in China has run relatively dry as numerous titles have been stuck in censorship limbo without release dates.

“Encanto” was directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-written by Bush and Charise Castro Smith, and features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The voice cast includes Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Wilmer Valderrama, and others.

Despite its positive reviews, the film has underperformed at the box office, grossing $88 million in the U.S. and $194 million globally so far. It ran for a month in U.S. cinemas from Nov. 24 before its release on Disney Plus on Dec.

Encanto Review — Encanto (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Charise Castro Smith and starring Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitan, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama, Rhenzy Feliz, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Adassa, Maluma, Juan Castano, Sarah-Nicole Robles and Hector Elias. Encanto is [...]

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Meet The Madrigals – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” introduces the Madrigals, a compelling and complicated extended family who live in a wondrous and charmed place in the mountains of Colombia. Opening in the U.S. on Nov. 24, 2021, “Encanto” features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz as the only ordinary child in the Madrigal family; María Cecilia Botero as Mirabel’s grandmother, Abuela Alma; Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama as Mirabel’s parents, Julieta and Agustín; Jessica Darrow and Diane Guererro as Mirabel’s sisters Luisa and Isabela; Carolina Gaitan and Mauro Castillo as Mirabel’s aunt and uncle, Pepa and Félix; and Adassa Candiani, Rhenzy Feliz and Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Mirabel’s cousins Dolores, Camilo and Antonio, respectively. © 2021 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

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Disney Animation’s newest feature, “Encanto,” centers on the extended Madrigal family, who possess magical powers and live in an enchanted house. Only teenager Mirabel, voiced by “In the Heights” actor Stephanie Beatriz, lacks the gift of incantation.

The movie, which debuts in theaters Nov. 24, is rooted in Colombian culture, so filmmakers Byron Howard and Jared Bush traveled to Cartagena and Bogotá to study the details that would capture the country’s essence. Howard says, “We visited Bogotá, Cartagena and small towns like Barichara, Salento and Palenque and stunning natural landmarks like the Cocora Valley, and spent some time with Colombian families.”

Howard and Bush also learned about secret forests and places of magic called ‘encantos’ which helped the storytellers including Charise Castro Smith bring the Latin experience to the feature and help firmly root the story in magical realism. Says Howard, “These are all over Latin America, usually in areas of natural wonder.

Disney has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming animation ‘Encanto.’

In the film, the magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.

The all-new original film features the voice of Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel, an ordinary 15-year-old who’s struggling to find her place in her family. “Mirabel is a really funny, loving character who also deeply yearns for something more,” says Beatriz. “She’s also not afraid to stand up for what she knows is right—something I love and relate to very much.

“I’m Colombian on my father’s side, and playing this role fills me with immense pride,...