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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. "We can pause to acknowledge how insane that is," said Miranda in a Los Angeles Times interview. In an era when box-office numbers can't be relied on to measure a film's success, "Encanto" is dominating the charts — the music charts. The ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda attends the New York premiere of Disney's "Encanto" hosted by The Hispanic Federation at AMC Lincoln Center on Nov. 17, 2021, in New York.

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.

"We can pause to acknowledge how insane that is," said Miranda in a Los Angeles Times interview.

In an era when box-office numbers can't be relied on to measure a film's success, "Encanto" is dominating the

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