Stephanie Beatriz and Sandra Oh will be this year’s Outfest honorees. The awards they’ll receive are meant to celebrate their LGBTQA+ allyship and contribution to the arts.
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One of the best songs in “Encanto” was recorded under some very unusual circumstances.
In an interview with Variety, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” alum Stephanie Beatriz revealed that she was actually in labour while recording the song “Waiting on a Miracle” from the Disney film.
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“I didn’t want to tell anybody at Disney because I didn’t want anyone to freak out,” Beatriz recalls, “but I was already having some contractions when we were scheduled to record that day. I was like ‘Well, fingers crossed I finish the song before [the baby] comes!’”
Beatriz gave birth to her first child the next day.
Director Byron Howard confirmed, “We knew she was very, very, very, very ready to have that baby. But she did not tell us she was almost, almost ready.”
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Meanwhile, songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda joked that Beatriz was singing “Waiting on a Miracle” while waiting for her own miracle to arrive.
Talking about her role in the film as Mirabel, Beatriz says, “Most of [my roles] I disappear into the character, and in a weird way it’s the same with this because it’s the most ‘like me’ role I’ve ever played, yet I’ve disappeared. It’s not my face, it’s an animated person.”
Stephanie Beatriz and Sandra Oh will be this year’s Outfest honorees. The awards they’ll receive are meant to celebrate their LGBTQA+ allyship and contribution to the arts.
James Corden has mocked Will Smith in a comedy skit following him slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.The TV show host, 43, appeared on his show The Late Late show and performed a parody from animated film Encanto as he pretended to warn the show producers that they shouldn’t mention the incident on the show. "James, we have to at least acknowledge what happened," one producer said, before James chimed in.
Angelique Jackson Sandra Oh and Stephanie Beatriz will receive special honors at the 2022 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival.Oh will be presented with the James Schamus Ally Award, which recognizes a great ally to the LGBTQ community, while Beatriz receives the Fusion Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to LGBTQ stories, arts, and media visibility. The honors will be bestowed at the film festival’s opening gala on April 8.
Megan Thee Stallion made a surprise appearance at the Oscars 2022 tonight (March 27) to help perform ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’.Despite not being nominated for Best Original Song at this year’s Hollywood awards show, the song was still given an airing at the event. It followed a performance by Sebastián Yatra of the film’s nominated song ‘Dos Oruguitas’.‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ was performed by members of the Encanto cast, including Adassa (who voiced Dolores), Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Mauro Castillo (Felix), Carolina Gaitan (Pepa) and Diane Guerrero (Isabela).
With a trunk of tunes from 3x Tony winner Lin Manuel Miranda, and a double platinum hit song in “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” Encanto is clearly Broadway bound, right?
Megan Thee Stallion is putting her own spin on “Bruno”!
Sebastián Yatra is hitting the stage at the 2022 Academy Awards!
sang the hit song «We Don't Talk About Bruno» on Sunday at the 94th Academy Awards, with a little help from Megan Thee Stallion! After the cast kicked off the highly anticipated performance, Megan made a surprise appearance and added a remix version to the hit track. Though the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned song isn't nominated for an Oscar, it has broken numerous records including the longest-reigning Disney chart topper, surpassing 's «Let It Go.» Cast members Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Carolina Gaitan (Pepa), Mauro Castillo (Félix), Diane Guerrero (Isabela), and Adassa (Dolores) took to the stage to belt out the celebrated song. They were joined by Latinx artists Becky G and Luis Fonsi. Gaitán slayed in the opening segment with a stunning yellow dress and sparkling earrings and necklace to match the flawless look. Despite the critical acclaim and commercial success of «We Don't Talk About Bruno,» Disney opted to submit the love song «Dos Oruguitas» from for Oscar consideration, landing it in the Best Original Song category. The song is going up against Beyoncé’s “Be Alive” from, Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy” from , Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s “No Time to Die” from, and Diane Warren’s “Somehow You Do” from .ET spoke with composer and lyricist Miranda earlier this month at the Critics Choice Awards about the impact of «Bruno.»«The first person I got a DM from was [director] Taika Waititi, and he was the first one that was like, 'It's constant with my kids! It's constant right now.
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” — that “Encanto” earworm that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, becoming only the second No. 1 song ever from a Disney animated film (after “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” in 1993) — somehow wasn’t even nominated for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards.And to make matters even stranger, another song from “Encanto” — “Dos Oruguitas,” performed by Sebastian Yatra — was nominated in the category that also includes Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die” (from “No Time to Die”), Beyoncé’s “Be Alive” (from “King Richard”), Reba McEntire’s “Somehow You Do” (from “Four Good Days”) and Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy” (from “Belfast”).But it’s not Oscar’s fault for overlooking “Bruno.” The song — which, like “Dos Oruguitas,” was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda — was not submitted for nomination by Disney.
Becky G can't wait to step onto that Oscars stage. ET's Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner spoke with the Los Angeles native on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre for the 2022 Oscars Sunday, where she shared what it means to her to not only be at the show for the first time, but to be performing «We Don't Talk About Bruno» from Disney's hit film, , during the big show.«It's my first time at the Oscars so I had to come in with a bang,» the 25-year-old singer said about her light pink, strapless sparkling gown.The performance is set to be one of the most anticipated of the night, with Becky telling ET that it's an «honor» for her to be sharing the stage with some of the film's incredible cast, including Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan and Diane Guerrero and fellow Latin music star Luis Fonsi.«So, I was born and raised in Inglewood, and with traffic it always felt like Hollywood was really far, so this is a really big honor for me to be here, and to be sharing the stage with such an incredible cast with such a big song like 'We Don't Talk About Bruno,'» she gushed. «It's awesome.»Becky was riding solo at the 94th annual awards, sharing that her longtime boyfriend, former L.A.
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Dos Oruguitas” is one of the nominees for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards and you can listen to and read the lyrics for the song right here!
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Dos Orguitas” is one of the nominees for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards and you can listen to and read the lyrics for the song right here!
94th Academy Awards ceremony.On Thursday, it was announced that cast members Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan and Diane Guerrero, along with Becky G and Luis Fonsi, will perform “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from during the Oscars.
As I tipped in my story on the Best Original Song performers announced on 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 also 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 where Miranda is a nominee for another tune from the same film, “Dos Oruguitas” also from Encanto.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok… boom!Lin-Manuel Miranda, the multihyphenate who composed eight songs for Disney’s “Encanto” soundtrack, gave thanks to TikTok users who have made hits like “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” go viral on the platform — and helped push the film’s album to the top of the charts worldwide.“I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for all of your outstanding videos featuring songs from ‘Encanto’ that have helped make it one of the top soundtracks on TikTok and all over the world,” Miranda said in a video shared by TikTok’s PR team.He cited TikTokers’ “truly surreal and incredible ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ dances” and “the heartfelt stories set to ‘Dos Oruguitas.'” The latter song is nominated for an Oscar, while Disney did not submit “Bruno” for consideration. Miranda continued, “It’s amazing what you’ve done and the way you guys have taken these songs and been inspired by them and made amazing artwork of your own — and I’m truly grateful.”Since becoming a hit on TikTok, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has become the biggest Disney animated musical success on the Billboard Hot 100 in nearly 30 years.
Stephanie Beatriz, there's one song that proved to be a truly unique experience to record.The alum recently spoke with about her part in the acclaimed Disney animated musical, and revealed that she recorded one of the film's most powerful and emotional tunes, «Waiting on a Miracle,» while in labor.«I didn’t want to tell anybody at Disney because I didn’t want anyone to freak out,» recalled Beatriz, who reflected on just how close it came to her not being able to record.«I was already having some contractions when we were scheduled to record that day,» she recalled. «I was like, 'Well, fingers crossed I finish the song before [the baby] comes!'»Beatriz — who starred as Mirabel in the gorgeous animated family dramedy -- welcomed her daughter, Rosaline, the following day.
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