Here’s Why ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Wasn’t Nominated for an Oscar

We Don’t Talk About Bruno also continues its firm grip on the Official Singles Chart, furthering its lead at Number 1 in our First Look Update. It’s looking at a seventh week at the top of the chart.

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Encanto fever continues as We Don’t Talk About Bruno settles in for a sixth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, racking up over 7.8 million UK streams over the past seven days.   The Disney movie’s grip on the UK Top 10 doesn’t slacken this week, either. Jessica Darrow’s Surface Pressure climbs back one spot to a re-peak of Number 3, while The Family Madrigal holds steady at Number 8.  

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Reggaeton star Adassa, who made her acting debut starring as Dolores in “Encanto,” says she’s “not surprised” that Disney didn’t submit the song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” for Oscar consideration because “Dos Oruguitas,” which is up for best song, is the “heart and soul of the film.” She adds, “Did we know ‘Bruno’ was going to become what it is? No!” Even though it isn’t nominated, Adassa is hoping she will get to perform it at the Oscars: “Hand me the mic. I’m ready for the stage!”Adassa auditioned for Dolores with a performance of Céline Dion’s “All by Myself.” But then she got COVID. “I was almost dying,” she recalls.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about his hit song, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from Encanto.

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Chris Willman Music WriterIt’s still “Encanto’s” world and everyone else is just living in it. But even with that soundtrack and its song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” continuing their chokehold on the music charts, there was some fresh blood among debuting albums and singles this week, with Yo Gotti, Mitski and the teaming of Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby getting off to strong starts.Disney’s “Encanto” soundtrack is Not. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the fourth straight week and fifth week overall.

is celebrating their recent Oscar nominations with a super fun singalong!Only ET has the new exclusive clip, which features cast members singing and dancing in their homes to the animated film's chart-topping hit, «We Don't Talk About Bruno.»The behind-the-scenes fun features so many members of the on-screen Madrigal family: Adassa, who voices Dolores, Jessica Darrow, who plays Luisa, Mauro Castillo (along with his son, Daniel!), who plays Felix, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, who voices Antonio, and Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Agustín, dancing along with his adorable baby daughter, Nakano Oceana. They're also joined by Colombian music legend Carlos Vives, who performed «Colombia, Mi Encanto» for the soundtrack.Watch the full clip above and sing and dance along!Earlier this week, ET spoke with Carolina Gaitan, who plays Pepa Madrigal, about the movie's recent Oscar nominations — the film scored nods on Tuesday for Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for «Dos Orugitas» — and the viral success of «We Don't Talk About Bruno.»«I really loved the song from the first moment and I really love that it's not reggaeton…This is so much more,» she recalled of her first impression.

Encanto’s We Don’t Talk About Bruno marks one month at the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe nominations for the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards hold plenty of surprises, including having Chris Young, a performer who has not previously dominated the field, as the frontrunner in this year’s crop. Young, who has never won an ACM Award before, despite picking up nominations going back to 2007 (and who has also never won a CMA trophy), led with seven in nominations that were announced Thursday morning.The nominations are also notable in giving four nods for the still-controversial Morgan Wallen, who was banned from being eligible for last year’s ACMs in the wake of the scandal over his being seen on video using the N-word.

Nicole Kidman has shared her very emotional response to receiving an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos. The 54-year-old actress told The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday she broke down in tears after receiving the news. 'I literally cried.

Disney’s Gaitán, who voices the character Pepa Madrigal in the animated film, is also shattering records after her song, «We Don't Talk About Bruno,» reached the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Global 200 charts. Plus, it’s also become a viral hit on TikTok.«It's crazy! It's absolutely unbelievable. It's surreal, it's magical realism.

By There isn't a Lin-Manuel Miranda stan as big as Carolina Gaitán. No, really. The actor once asked the and composer for a selfie on the steps outside of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Manuel's award-winning musical had its home base.

Disney’s Encanto received three nominations today for Best Animated Feature, Best Score, and Best Original Song. Directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard spoke to Deadline shortly after their nominations were announced, with Howard stating the feeling “is overwhelming and fantastic and wonderful.”

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ISLESFORD, Maine -- Ashley Bryan, a prolific and prize-winning children’s author and illustrator who told stories of Black life, culture and folklore in such acclaimed works as “Freedom Over Me,” “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum,” has died at age 98.Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced that the longtime Maine resident died “peacefully” Friday in Texas, where he had been staying with relatives.“An early, quiet, and potent force in bringing children of color and issues of racial diversity into the canon of children’s literature, he was committed to opening the eyes of children of all backgrounds to a wide range of themes through poetry, folktales, spirituals, and biblical narratives,” the publisher’s statement reads.Bryan was a Harlem native who showed an early talent for drawing and for a time was the only Black student at the art school at Cooper Union in Manhattan. He served in a segregated military unit for two years during World World II, an experience he recounted in his memoir “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace,” and resumed his art studies after the war.Bryan worked on more than 70 books and received numerous honors, including Coretta Scott King Awards — given for the year’s best work by a Black author or illustrator — for the folktales “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.” He also received two lifetime achievement prizes: the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) and the Virginia Hamilton award.Survivors include his brother Ernest, and “many cherished” nieces and nephews, according to Simon & Schuster.“I am deeply saddened to learn of Ashley’s passing,” Gov.

We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto climbs to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has become the first Disney song in 29 years to reach the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!