"[Otis] loves Moana, obviously, and when he thinks about Moana, he thinks of himself as Moana," says Wilde.
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"[Otis] loves Moana, obviously, and when he thinks about Moana, he thinks of himself as Moana," explained Wilde.
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"[Otis] loves Moana, obviously, and when he thinks about Moana, he thinks of himself as Moana," said the actress and director.
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Still, Moana indignantly fights the title, preferring to just call herself...Moana.
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So when Moana fell off the boat, he was like 'Oh no, Moana — go home!
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Disney's 2016 movie "Moana" introduced a new princess, Moana, who is from a fictional Polynesian island.
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"I am going to dress up as Moana because my baby's dressing up as Moana," she said on the show.
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Cravalho previously voiced Moana in 2016's Moana, about a princess who lives on an island and wants to explore the sea.
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In the new World Nature neighborhood, Moana fans will be excited to experience "living water" in the new "Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana" attraction.
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The opening weekend of Disney's "Moana" approached "Frozen's" success, but to mimic Anna'sand Elsa's success in the toy aisle, Moana will see some rough waters ahead.
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Cravalho's casting as Moana was announced in October of 2015, in a characteristically hashtag-bedecked Instagram post from her future costar (and vocal Moana cheerleader) Johnson.
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InterContinental Le Moana Bora Bora (70,000 points per night)The InterContinental Le Moana Bora Bora is one of the most luxurious resorts in the IHG portfolio.
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Moana also manages to make surprisingly effective use of inanimate objects: The ocean itself is a character in Moana, with a personality and (non-verbal) jokes of its own.
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At the moment, not much is known about Disney's upcoming animated feature, Moana, but the new international trailer provides some insight in the form of an impossibly adorable baby Moana.
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Technically, then, Moana is another Disney princess, though the film is self-aware enough to make a crack about it when Moana protests that she's actually the daughter of a chief.
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" The fellow former NFL player, 46, agreed, explaining, "I love Moana, but I'm not in the gym blaring through my headphones Moana and Disney musicals, but I'm glad you do it!
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Disney released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming animated film Moana, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as demigod Maui and Auli'i Cravalho as Moana, a teenager who appears to have water powers.
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The colorful two and a half minute long trailer has Moana trying to save her village from sea monsters (some of which Moana finds to actually be cute) with the help of Maui.
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And this year, Disney's Moana stands to uphold that tradition.
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"Moana" opens November 23 in the U.S. It's rated PG.
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Last year, Moana posted the second best with $82.1 million.
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And Moana may have just given us our favorite. Ever.
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Not that "Moana" faced much in the way of competition.
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Need to check out Frozen, Moana, The Incredibles, or Aladdin?
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Like Rapunzel, Moana defies family to pursue her own quest.
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Disney's Moana looks to be an adventure of oceanic proportions.
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No more #moana means no more peace in this house.
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But Rose, watching " Moana " with headphones on, couldn't hear me.
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With "Moana," Disney has put itself in a strange spot.
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And I'm really just so excited for the entire Moana team.
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Cravalho, 17, aka Moana, had a unique answer to that question.
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I have a confession to make: I haven't seen Moana yet.
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Check out Moana, in theaters November 23, to find out more.
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Moana pursues an ancient quest and finds herself along the way.
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He's since deleted the Moana tweet and reposted a corrected verison.
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Hopefully Moana will be the Disney princess story today's kids deserve.
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Or they act out every line from Star Wars or Moana.
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In 2017 and 2016, Moana and mermaids were the themes, respectively.
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He also drew Disney princesses like Belle, Cinderella, Moana, and Elsa.
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The tutorial features characters from Moana, Disney's upcoming animated feature film.
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In "Moana," your character has a deep connection with the water.
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Before that came "Moana," which gave Disney a Pacific Islander princess.
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Two others (Zootopia and Moana) are nominated for Best Animated Feature.
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We get on our flight and watch Lion King and Moana.
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Like many Disney flicks, Moana was very much a musical affair.
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Did Disney approach you or did you approach Disney, for "Moana"?
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Disney's latest princess flick Moana was retitled Oceania for its Italian release.
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But then she would think about the "Moana" star, who she admires.
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Moana is, indeed, our first-ever Disney protagonist without a romantic partner.
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He's also the guy who wrote all your favorite songs from Moana.
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Her first time seeing herself on-screen as Moana was, understandably, surreal.
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Moana is already joining the Disney princesses unaccompanied by a love interest.
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Auli'i Cravalho, who voiced Moana, reprised her role in the Hawaiian version.
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"Moana" was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature Film.
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"Moana" (2016) is an adventure movie about a girl finding her place.
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The trouble for "Moana" is her outfit isn't as iconic, Silver said.
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Unlike "Moana" or "Bad Santa 2," finding this movie will be tough.
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And yet the stories of Moana and Standing Rock are eerily similar.
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I paid homage to it when I wrote the songs for 'Moana.
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In Tuesday's edition we referred to Maui in Moana as a god.
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The "Moana" people must have been so amped after "Hamilton" took off.
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"The artistry and innovative technology used to create 'Disney's Moana' is rooted in the types of skills that kids will develop by learning the basics of computer science," Osnat Shurer, producer of Disney's Moana, said in a release.
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In Moana, the titular character Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) tracks down a fallen demigod named Maui (Johnson), in order to go on a quest and save her people from a "great danger" that threatens the peaceful island she calls home.
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" Music and lyrics by J. Ralph and Sting "How Far I'll Go" - "Moana.
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Like "Moana," the franchise has a genre-shattering non-white female hero: Maj.
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Moana is leaving Netflix — and a trail of broken hearts along with it.
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Despite taking place in tropical Hawaii, Moana just may be the next Frozen.
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Miranda previously worked with Disney on 2016's Moana, which he fully composed.
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Tamatoa, a crab in "Moana" (2016), similarly takes control of his own character.
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Likewise, the upcoming Moana will not see its titular character fall in love.
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"That's what I relate to most in Moana — that yearning," Miranda tells PEOPLE.
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Later in the film, we see Moana navigating by following Maui's fish hook.
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Just look at the success of Disney's Moana or network television's live musicals.
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A new trailer for Moana premiered during the 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday.
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"Moana is definitely a heroine, and she's strong and she's beautiful," Cravalho says.
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She can sit there and watch Moana; it's her favorite movie right now.
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So, now she's calling Gramma Tala (yes, the character from Moana) her grandmother.
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But Moana wasn't the only good news that came Miranda's way that day.
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But in spite of all the princess-y hoopla, Moana looks pretty intriguing.
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And now I have the words to the "Moana" soundtrack in my head.
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We all pretended that the kids needed Disney+ to sing along with Moana.
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Some were more original and eye-popping: Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, Zootopia.
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"How Far I'll Go" — Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli'i Cravalho), from Moana: The Songs
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She was actually the very last girl to audition for the role of Moana.
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Kids — or more accurately, their parents — are buying up this Disney Moana costume ($14.91).
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I just read an article pleading adults not to dress their children as Moana.
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Sure you could shut off the never-ending stream of Moana, but will you?
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Virtually everything about Disney's latest fairy tale, Moana, is familiar from past Disney films.
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And probably Moana, Mulan, Ariel, Tiana, Belle and even Elena — to name a few.
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Moana broke the mold with its portrayal of Polynesian culture on the big screen.
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In fact, newer princesses like Moana and Merida don't have love interests at all.
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From Cruella de Vil to Moana, these are some Väätäinen's reimaginings of Disney characters.
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Throughout much of "Moana," however, the demigod is clad in leaves, his hair down.
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Recently, Nyssa and Irby were photographed wearing pieces from Irby's bikini brand, Moana Bikinis.
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He was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for Best Original Song for "Moana".
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A film review last Wednesday about "Moana" erroneously included two people among the directors.
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While the water in "Moana" had some personality, it was nowhere near this complex.
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"Moana" (2016) is about a girl traveling across the ocean to discover her past.
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Moana: The Songs — Various Artists Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media Arrival — Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
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The Accountant won out in rentals across the board, followed by Moana and Wonder Woman.
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" Julianne Hough added: "To me, that was well done to Moana, well done to Simone.
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For Moana, that's longing to set sail across the ocean and provide for her village.
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With Marvel's "Doctor Strange" releasing worldwide Friday as well as animated film "Moana" opening Nov.
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The movie will star Disney's first Polynesian princess, Moana, voiced by Hawaiian newcomer Auli'i Cravalho.
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It was only a year ago that Moana was singing about how far she'd go.
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Some who were hopeful that Moana could provide visibility to Pacific Islanders are now disappointed.
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If he ever wanted to channel his Moana character's flowing locks, we'd support that, too.
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"Moana," a flick from Disney's animation studios, will arrive in theaters during Thanksgiving weekend 2016.
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If it's sold out: With crowds expected for "Moana," you may need a second choice.
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When you look at things like Moana, that couldn't have been made 25 years ago.
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The story of a young girl going on a harrowing ocean journey, Moana features South Pacific mythology and an inspiring cast, most notably 14-year-old newcomer Auli'i Cravalho as the titular Moana and Dwayne "The Rock"Johnson as ... oh, who cares, he's The Rock.
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SnailfishImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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If Miranda wins for his song from "Moana," the animated Disney movie, he'll be the 13th.
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It came short of its Disney family: Toy Story 2 (1999), Frozen (2013), and Moana (2015).
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In October 2017, the actor revealed his character Maui in Moana was partly inspired by Maivia.
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Back in the late '90s, the company purchased Hawaii's Ala Moana Center for about $900 million.
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That means those repeated viewings of Moana and Monsters University will no longer be a possibility.
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The acceptance and success of our first Wailana, opened in 1970 on Ala Moana, is gratifying.
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"Zootopia" competed against another Disney Animation film, the musical "Moana" about a young Pacific island heroine.
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" Hilariously, a Disney connection was also made: "Ty Dolla $ign looks like the crab from Moana.
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So my mama called and ordered me a cake telling them how much I loved Moana.
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There was hula dancing, balloon palm trees and a full dessert bar -- with "Moana"-themed treats!
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Those looking for a summer-ready option can try puka-esque Wayfinder, which pulls from Moana.
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The long-awaited first official trailer for Disney's Moana is finally here, and it looks spectacular.
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"Moana!!" he wrote alongside a photo of Dream smiling as she played around in the water.
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Cravalho, who voices the titular Moana, sang "How Far I'll Go," the film's Oscar-nominated song.
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Did parents or kids boycott "Moana" because an unknown girl was the voice of the star?
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We meet Young Princess Diana, in her Moana-like beginnings, at her home on Paradise Island.
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"Moana is inspired by all of Polynesia, the entire Polynesian culture," Cravalho said of the film.
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And celebration over the introduction of a Pacific Islander princess in "Moana" has apparently been premature.
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"I totally get it," said David Derrick, a "Moana" story artist who is of Samoan descent.
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Moana, from the 2016 film, is number 4 on the list, following Tatjana, Alizeh, and Tahiti.
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Disney's new movie, Moana, is one of the most highly-anticipated animation films of the fall.
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ICYMI: Disney's upcoming film Moana is facing criticism over the portrayal of a Polynesian demigod, Maui.
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Last year, a Maori-language version of the Disney film Moana was released in New Zealand.
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"Moana" and "Doctor Strange" also sold well on video-on-demand platforms and Blu-ray disc.
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Unlike "Frozen," which spiked the formula with genuine surprise, "Moana" unfolds more or less as expected.
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Selena Gomez's wavy hair in this photo makes her a perfect fit for this "Moana" reimagining.
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It trails well behind Moana at #2, with an estimated $45.1 million earned over the weekend.
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Using these strengths, Moana has excelled in the Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Glass spongeImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Comb JellyImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Cusk eelImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Slime starImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 22017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Tiny jellyImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2510 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Black coralsImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Brown nudibranchImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Incredible coralsImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Until then, Kimmel suggested that Tatum needs to do a movie with Moana and Tatum totally agrees.
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But is Maui, one of the lead characters of the upcoming Disney animated movie Moana, too fat?
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Miranda also wrote the music for the new Disney film Moana, due to hit theaters this November.
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Miranda did the promotion in advance of the upcoming movie, Moana, which includes music Miranda himself composed.
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Cravalho is the voice of Moana, Disney's first Polynesian character, who will meet audiences everywhere November 23.
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Such Good Hair: After Tiana and Merida, Moana marks only the third Disney princess with curly hair.
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The films, including Moana and Pocahontas, will be available through the end of 2018 on the platform.
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Since it includes Disney's first Pacific Islander princess, Moana has the potential to make a positive impact.
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West reportedly was absent for most of the party and checked out a screening of Moana alone.
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Ron Clements and John Musker, the directors behind the 1992 film, are the same guys behind Moana.
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Flounder, Ariel's lovable fish pal, has a cameo in Moana, as does Sven, the reindeer from Frozen.
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Moana reo Māori went on to screen for free at 30 cinemas around the country, selling out.
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"Moana !!" he wrote alongside a photo of Dream, 210, smiling as she played around in the water.
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Davis is a huge fan of "Moana," a popular animated 2016 Disney film about a Polynesian princess.
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This is Disney's first full-length trailer for Moana, and there's a lot to love in it.
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Tamatoa, the giant sea monster villain from "Moana," loves all shiny things — and his room reflects it.
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Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort & Spa, was the first hotel built in Waikiki, dating back to 1901.
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I'm not part of Disney's target audience for its latest princess movie, "Moana," but I don't care.
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Will Lin Manuel Miranda become the youngest EGOT winner with his Best Original Song nomination for Moana ?
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Moana means "ocean" in most Polynesian languages, which makes sense since the character lives on an island.
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He was the first to bring porn to TV. He turned Cicciolina and Moana Pozzi into celebrities.
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Users can make a personalized avatar using characters from Disney's intellectual property, including Buzz Lightyear and Moana.
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Then they instructed Wikie to copy each vocalization, either by listening to Moana directly or through speakers.
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Back in Honolulu, one of my favorite swimming spots is Ala Moana Beach along the downtown waterfront.
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After a conversation about cultural appropriation with her 5-year-old daughter last year, writer Sachi Feris published a blog for Raising Race Conscious Children titled "Moana, Elsa, And Halloween" (which went viral at the time) about why she wouldn't let her white daughter dress up as Moana.
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Laulima O Ka Moana, as the expedition was called, took NOAA to a region around the Johnston Atoll.
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Gangly sea spiderImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Farreid glass spongesImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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"I had an awkward phase when I was 13, 14 years old," the Moana star, 44, tells PEOPLE.
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As for Disney, fans can expect lots of excitement surrounding the upcoming tale of Pacific-island princess Moana.
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wants to introduce you to a new character from his upcoming animated film Moana.
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Their playtime is cut short once someone calls for Moana and her new pal waves (tee hee) goodbye.
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The suit lists the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, Tsantiris, Manuel, and financial aid officer Moana Lucis.
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Unless you're Polynesian, dressing up your child as Disney's Moana is racist, according to an activist parenting blogger.
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Just last month Kourtney and Kim threw their daughters a joint Moana-themed party to celebrate their birthdays.
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This isn't the first time the body composition of a Moana character has been the topic of discussion.
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But some are arguing that's what they did with a costume for Maui, a Polynesian demigod in Moana.
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Moana makes Tangled feel like one of many experiments at tinkering with the formula, getting it exactly right.
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For example, Moana defiantly declares she is not a princess in an exchange with the demi-god, Maui.
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Disney to pull content from Netflix Not sure how parents are gonna deal when 'Moana' disappears from Netflix.
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Next week, there also will be new character alarms featuring characters from Pixar's "Coco," Disney's "Moana" and others.
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The Rock voices a demigod who ends up assisting the journey of an adventurous teenage girl named Moana.
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This year, the Kardashian crew went modern and chose a more recent Disney character to honor, Princess Moana.
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Luxury travelers will appreciate three nights at a high-end property like the InterContinental Le Moana Bora Bora.
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"Moana" centers on a girl in the Pacific Islands who journeys across the ocean to save her people.
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Elsa, Rapunzel, Belle and Moana are the favorites for girls, and the group makes pirate-themed and Capt.
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She described "Moana" as a "funny and beautiful" way for her four children to connect with their culture.
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Two Oscar nominees — "Jackie," starring Natalie Portman, and Disney's animated musical "Moana" — are now available to stream online.
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She juggles play dates, organizes nap schedules and indulges requests to screen "Moana" several times in a row.
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The online NYT published a story about "Moana" being the second-highest Thanksgiving weekend opener of all time.
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Disney will release a singalong version of "Moana" (with lyrics on the screen, karaoke style) on Jan. 27.
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A "turbocharger" glass spongeImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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A stalked glass spongeImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 21 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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Sea star eating coralsImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
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"Moana" A spunky teenage girl goes on an adventure with a demi-god to finish her ancestors' unfinished quest.
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Disney was ready to debut footage of its next animated feature, Moana, at Comic-Con International back in July.
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Moana was a classic Disney coming-of-age tale, but it was praised by critics for its impressive execution.
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Moana touches on Polynesian voyaging, showing the eponymous main character using traditional celestial techniques to navigate across the sea.
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In the film, we see Moana Waialiki using this technique to measure the altitude of a group of stars.
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When he's with her, they're playing hide and seek, mashing Play-Doh, and singing songs from Moana and Frozen.
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Many fans hope that Auliʻi Cravalho, the voice actress who played Moana, will be cast in the lead role.
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The entrepreneur posed with her kids and husband Eric Johnson, 37, for a family photo alongside Moana and Maui.
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Moana is all about familiar patterns, refined to their ultimate forms, and presented with a satisfying energy and power.
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The "Moana" soundtrack, featuring all of Miranda's compositions for the film, dropped two spots to No. 7 this week.
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A woman in Georgia got a birthday surprise when she got a "marijuana" cake instead of a "Moana" cake.
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A woman in Georgia got a birthday surprise when her "Moana" cake turned out to be a "marijuana" cake.
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Cravalho said she hopes Moana snags an award on Sunday — "I might be a little biased," she told PEOPLE.
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The second is a live-action musical with "Moana" actress Auli'I Cravalho, Queen Latifah and Shaggy to air Nov.
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For the last two years, the wholesome Disney Princess "Moana" has been a popular Halloween costume for young girls.
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So when the first trailers for "Moana" were released earlier this year, many fans of Maui were taken aback.
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As cherished as such animated characters as Moana, Elsa ("Frozen") and Judy Hopps ("Zootopia") are, they are also rarities.
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He was one of the songwriters for "Moana," the new Disney film set in the Pacific islands, the highlights of which include the soaring anthem "How Far I'll Go," sung by Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) and the wry "You're Welcome," with the familiar Miranda blend of singing and rapping, performed by Maui (Dwayne Johnson).
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Later on in the month, the KarJenners threw a joint Moana-themed bash for North and her cousin Penelope Disick.
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On Wednesday night, the actor released a behind-the-scenes video of himself singing for the upcoming animated film Moana.
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Kensli Davis, whose favorite movie is Disney's animated tale "Moana," wanted a movie-themed cake to celebrate her 25th birthday.
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"For 'Moana' you have the dolls, the boat, the demigod and the fish hook and that's about it," Silver said.
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To promote the new movie Moana, he also sang a number with The Rock and the rest of the cast.
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The film was up against Moana, Kubo and the Two Strings, My Life as A Zucchini, and The Red Turtle.
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The Hamilton creator and Moana composer is currently the most inspiring part of Twitter and just hit a million followers.
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When he's done, the Moana star jokingly straightens out his t-shirt and brushes off his shoulder before sauntering away.
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"It speaks upon America today," Moana star Auli'i Cravalho, who portrays Lilette, told Refinery29 during a New York City interview.
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Moana rode the waves of critical acclaim to a $81.1 million five-day box office total this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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So if you think Moana isn't appropriate for your 10-year-old, you could have a PIN lock the movie.
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We learned that the upcoming Moana won't feature a love interest for its princess, in a modern move by Disney.
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"That was a deliberate attempt, partly inspired by wanting her to be different," Moana co-director John Musker told BuzzFeed.
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Moana is set on Motunui, a Polynesian island far enough away from any mainland that its time period isn't clear.
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Walt Disney — Disney's "Moana" topped the Thanksgiving holiday weekend movie box office with $3403 million in North American ticket sales.
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Halsey) U.S. Movies Moana (2016) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Wonder Woman (2017) Sing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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But Miranda, who has been busy juggling projects including the Hamilton Mixtape and Moana, is still just on season one.
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What we will say is that this box set includes classics like Dumbo, Bambi, Peter Pan, Frozen, Moana, and more.
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In the song, Moana is yearning for more but is resisting her path to royalty for a more humble fate.
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And princesses tend to be white -- characters like Tiana in "The Princess and the Frog," Moana and Jasmine are exceptions.
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Chieftain's daughter Moana Waialiki sets out on an epic quest for a legendary island, with Maui as a reluctant partner.
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There's a tropical "Moana"-inspired Motunui Island Summer Barbecue with chicken kebabs, pineapple bites, and an adorable Kakamora coconut craft.
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Our movie critics have parsed through Hollywood's latest offerings and chosen five films worth seeing over Thanksgiving, including "Moana," above.
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Titles include Frozen, Moana, Toy Story, The Lion King, and even newer tales like Coco and Ralph Breaks the Internet.
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The Italian porn I am talking about, that kind of conceptual and political porn, died with Moana Pozzi in 1994.
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The underworld of Moana is dark and full of terrors — one of which we never got to see before now.
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Most people associate Disney with animated films like Moana, which are produced under the company's Walt Disney Animation Studios banner.
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BEST: "Moana" star Auli'i Cravalho, fresh off her Oscars performance of "How Far I'll Go," stepped out in bright royal blue.
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Alongside a team of Moana creatives including composer Mark Mancina and Samoan musician Opetaia Foa'i, Miranda attended a tourist dance showcase.
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But in a funny nod to Disney's semantics, when Maui calls Moana a princess, she indignantly tells him she isn't one.
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On Monday, Mathews, 43, shared a series of photos of the separated couple and their two children dressed as Moana characters.
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He's scheduled to perform his Oscar-nominated song "How Far Will I Go," from "Moana" next Sunday at the Academy Awards.
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"We've got a few original compositions in the mix," says Miranda, who penned music for Disney's upcoming film Moana, out Friday.
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Moana herself, by the way, is as lifelike a human figure as I've ever seen in a cartoon, digital or otherwise.
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Auli'i Cravalho starred as Moana in the hit Disney movie, performed at the Oscars and toured the world for the film.
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" A third chimed in, "I'm sorry, I hate to be a negative Nancy, but this Moana costume thing is so absurd.
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James is a big fan of Moana, as well as The Wizard of Oz — and one other unexpected choice of film.
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Walt Disney's (DIS) "Moana" topped the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend box office with $81.1 million in North American ticket sales.
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Moana features the voices of Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk and more and will sail into theaters on Nov. 23.
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A popular movie like Moana could be the key to making the language appealing again to young people in the country.
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Movie fans are finally getting a sneak peek at the latest Disney movie, Moana, which features the first Polynesian Disney princess.
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When her mother called Dairy Queen to order the cake, the employee misheard "Moana" as "marijuana," resulting in the mix-up.
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He cited Riley from "Inside Out," Miguel from "Coco," and the titular character from "Moana" as positive role models for kids.
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In a week of few new releases, the soundtracks from movies "La La Land" and "Moana" were the other biggest sellers.
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"Moana" star Auli'i Cravalho will play Princess Ariel while Queen Latifah will play Ursula and Shaggy stars as Sebastrian the crab.
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In Mr. Johnson's case, that would be "Moana," an animated Disney film, which will open in wide release on Nov. 23.
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We absolutely love Moana — it's a departure from all the Olivias and Emmas out there, and has a rolling, mellifluous sound.
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Moana, Disney's computer animated tale of a teenager on a quest to save her people, topped the movie charts this year.
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With her athletic physique, caramel skin and dark, wavy hair, it's clear that Moana is a Disney princess all her own.
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You don't want to be mid-makeout while the jewel-encrusted crab from "Moana" is singing about how shiny he is.
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Petra Wiesenbauer, owner of Hale Moana Hawaii Bed and Breakfast, evacuated on Friday evening with her two teenage children and pets.
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When asked if any recent films have excited him, he thinks about it, stuck, and then answers, genuinely surprising himself: '' 'Moana'!
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Moana inhabits a bright world of water and sunshine, into which the filmmakers insert a handful of visual and musical showstoppers.
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"Moana" is also nominated for best original song, "How Far I'll Go," written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, of Broadway's "Hamilton" fame.
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The 2016 Disney animated movie "Moana" featured the voice of a young Hawaiian-born Auli'i Cravalho, 16, in the lead role.
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One of the top stories of the Thanksgiving weekend was the release of the movie "Moana," which commanded the box office.
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Disney Animation developed another simulation engine for "Moana" called Splash, which gave them a lot of practice making the open seas.
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Auli'i Cravalho — star of Disney's "Moana" and NBC's new show "Rise" — is only 17, but her approach to money is savvy.
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Disney's Moana is number one at the box office this weekend, with an impressive $55.5 million estimated as its domestic start.
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When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was cast as Maui in the Disney film Moana, people were pretty impressed with his vocal skills.
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"Moana" star Auli'i Cravalho, who delivered a pitch-perfect performance at the Oscars, was cast as the lead "Drama High" last month.
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That was the in-house term for when baby Moana meets the ocean for the first time, and it responds to her.
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After performing a Moana-themed foxtrot, which they danced to Fisher singing "You're Welcome," the duo received their first overall perfect score.
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Many people are excited for Disney's upcoming feature, Moana, but a Halloween costume currently offered on the company's website is causing controversy.
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Unlike every other Disney character — princess or otherwise — Moana doesn't want to leave her current life to be part of another world.
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The Disney film Moana has drawn attention to these accomplishments and helped inform a new generation about the complexity of Indigenous astronomy.
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She also shared a meme that urged, "Someone find Maui and take back the heart," a reference to the Disney film Moana.
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Action: The trailer opens with scary depictions of a fiery "great danger" that's threatening Moana (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho) and her people.
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Moana is the fourth consecutive feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios to reach that milestone, following Frozen, Big Hero 6, and Zootopia.
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While Jimmy Kimmel mistakenly (and ignorantly) called the cast "'Moana' dancers" on Twitter, other people all the world are rooting for them.
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We've gotten hints about what Moana might be about, thanks to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson getting cast as the shapeshifting demigod Maui.
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The princesses, which include Moana, immediately grab their weapons to defend themselves against Vanellope, but she tells them she's a princess too.
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Kensli Taylor Davis, of Milledgeville, Georgia, is a huge fan of Moana, a popular animated 2016 Disney film about a Polynesian princess.
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"Entertaining With Disney: Exceptional Events From Mickey Mouse to Moana!" includes a wide variety of DIY party ideas for the Disney lover.
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Starting in 2018, a new Marvel-themed ride (taking the spot of a Buzz Lightyear attraction) and the "Moana" complex will arrive.
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"Moana" now ranks as the second biggest Thanksgiving debut ever, behind only "Frozen," which made $93.6 million in its first five days.
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As incumbent leader of her village, Moana sets off to restore the heart of goddess Te Feti, or else face environmental apocalypse.
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A film review on Wednesday about the Disney animated movie "Moana" misspelled the name of the dimwitted chicken who is Moana's sidekick.
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Recent Hollywood movies like "Moana" and "Finding Dory" display glistening waves, plump raindrops and churning ocean depths with gaudy trade-show flash.
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Two drops under the tongue and you'll forget that you've been listening to the children scream-sing along to Moana for hours.
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He had everything but the Academy Award, and his nomination for best song, for "How Far I'll Go" from "Moana," seemed promising.
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She's recorded for Lin-Manuel Miranda Cara had a song in the hit movie Moana, singing "How Far I'll Go," which Miranda wrote.
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The closet also features costumes for the kids to play dress-up, with Kardashian West pointing out costumes from "Moana" in the video.
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Luckily, Netflix still has its own exclusivity deal with Disney that makes it unmissable for lovers of the studios animated movies like Moana.
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A person familiar with Moana toy sales trends, said they have been tracking "higher than historical weekly builds," but wouldn't disclose specific figures.
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In other words, it's ideal fare for those families that can't choose between Moana and Bad Santa 2 for their Thanksgiving weekend movie.
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Directors John Musker and Ron Clements told a Comic-Con panel pointedly that Moana wouldn't be looking for her prince in the movie.
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In the meantime, gearing up with the soundtrack to Moana or Hamilton will have you ready for The Little Mermaid in no time.
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Moana is that movie; its lush, warm, watery wonders never cease, the music is delightful and the twist ending is a bliss-bomb.
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"Moana" features songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is coming off playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," which he wrote.
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It's performed similarly to Disney's animated "Moana," which opened at the same time last year and had totaled $144.7 million after three weekends.
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He's working on the music for next year's Disney film Moana, so we can expect to have this thing wrapped up by 2017.
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"Moana" pulled in $55.5 million on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, helping Disney secure the top eight three-day Thanksgiving debuts of all time.
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Of course you have, and now you can thanks to Disney, which has released a new clip from its upcoming animated movie Moana.
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I make dinner for my son — mac and cheese and a glass of milk — and we watch Moana on our Amazon Fire stick.
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His heartwarming animated movie Moana has been a critical and financial success, topping the box office every week since it's Thanksgiving weekend release.
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Disney's new animated film "Moana" isn't fit for kids in Italy ... or at least the title isn't because it's synonymous with hardcore porn.
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Family mix might help keep everyone happy for a few more minutes before the little one starts demanding you put on Moana again.
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Moana was portrayed as a perfect nightmare for a white girl to adopt, since she told her daughter she is white like Elsa.
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The alternative is that we accept that cultural icons like Moana are shared and become part of a broader cultural tradition and dialogue.
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"Moana" is also holding a 97 percent fresh rating on the review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, a hair behind "Zootopia," at 98 percent.
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"To expect ['Moana'] to reach the heights of 'Frozen,' it would be really unusual to think that it could do that," Brochstein said.
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A new trailer for Disney's latest animated film, Moana is giving fans a closer look and listen to the first Polynesian Disney princess.
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Moana is an inspiring heroine, a smart, brave and decent young woman whose individual aspirations align perfectly with a larger, world-saving mission.
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Hawaiians and New Zealanders and Tongans and Tahitians know what "Moana" viewers in mainland America may not: that islanders come in all sizes.
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"Unlike 'Frozen,' which spiked the formula with genuine surprise, 'Moana' unfolds more or less as expected," A. O. Scott wrote in The Times.
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Coconuts are intrinsic to the indigenous Hawaiian cuisine, and yes we might have learned that from Moana, but Wikipedia also backed it up.
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Kuhn points to the massive visibility of Disney's Moana as a sign that Asian American heroines can be both culturally specific and hugely accessible.
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Last year the pair enjoyed a Moana-themed celebration, and in 2016 the two girls honored their big days with a mermaid-filled bash.
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"A lot of people thought we'd see our first woman president last Tuesday," said Miranda, who cowrote the music to Moana (out Nov. 23).
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"But the house this time is a special one and the timing is very meaningful," the Moana star added of his mom's Christmas gift.
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But Moana is destined to be a Disney Princess — that is, part of the trademarked franchise of princess characters from the company's animated films.
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My dad used to buy five burgers for a buck and we'd go to Ala Moana [Beach] Park to eat our burgers and fries.
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Rosie Perez, Auli'i Cravalho (so psyched for Moana to be in this), and a large ensemble of largely unknown actors make up Rise's cast.
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When asked to name the last movie that excited Phoenix, the Walk the Line star had a surprising choice: Disney's 2016 animated film Moana.
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The directors have confirmed that Moana will not be looking for her Prince Charming, a major departure from the prototypical Disney princess story line.
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Last year the pair enjoyed a Moana-themed celebration, and in 2016 the two girls honored their big days with a mermaid-filled bash.
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"I'm not going on a mission with some little girl," Johnson's character says in the trailer before Moana shocks him with her ocean abilities.
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"Dwayne Johnson is here!" announces a member of the production crew into his head-set as the upbeat Moana actor saunters onto the stage.
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Moana is hitting theaters not just at Thanksgiving, but at a moment when a lot of weary people are looking for a little escape.
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Moana is respectful to the world it's evoking — sometimes to a fault, given how carefully calculated and celebratory it is when addressing those cultures.
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Alessia Cara's version of "How Far I’ll Go" from Disney’s Moana offers a surround-sound experience on the Fit 500.
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He wrote the music to the upcoming animated film Moana and is set to star opposite Emily Blunt in next year's Mary Poppins Returns.
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She'll be the third daughter for the Moana star and PEOPLE's 2016 Sexiest Man Alive, who is also dad to 16-year-old Simone.
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Schools in Hawaii will receive a Hawaiian-language version of Disney's hit 2016 film "Moana," in an effort to spread fluency in the language.
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Moana star Auli'i Cravalho is opening up about her breakout role in the Oscar-nominated Disney movie — and the importance of representing Hawaiian culture.
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Auli'i Cravalho, who voiced another Disney princess as the lead in "Moana," appears as Ariel, while Queen Latifah will be her tentacled nemesis, Ursula.
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MOANA A teenager goes on an impossible ocean voyage, battles monsters, saves her people and does some mad self-actualizing while she's at it.
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Q AND A Auli'i Cravalho, a native Hawaiian, is the voice of the heroine in Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana," which opens Nov. 23.
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Parker is a precocious, curious, happy child who loves ballet, the movies "Leap" and "Moana," French fries, spaghetti, her Aunt Jana and Mrs. Obama.
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At the head of the vessel was Fealofani Bruun, a 32-year-old female captain whom many — particularly "Moana" fans — had come to see.
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Born in Hawaii, Scherzinger was the perfect person to play Sina in the Disney film "Moana," which takes place on a fictional Pacific Island.
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The couple met in January 1989 at Ala Moana Beach in Honolulu, where Dr. Dann was living and working in a private dermatology practice.
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We know Moana couldn't have been made 25 years ago because 25 years ago they were making Pocahontas, which is an incredibly horrific film.
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The 37-year-old composer was in the country back in 2013 during a trip to do research for his hit Disney animated film Moana.
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Since you'll probably never read about Moana Pozzi again in your life, please take a brief moment to appreciate the awesome progressiveness of this woman.
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This included Wikie responding to live sounds made by her son, Moana, as well as mimicking some never-heard-before sounds played through a speaker.
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But what hasn't really been a huge part of the marketing campaign so far is that Moana (the aforementioned daughter) has some special powers too.
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Moana is simply enjoyable, up there among some of the best Disney movies thus far, in my opinion — and definitely one of the most progressive.
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Moana will feature Disney's first Polynesian princess, so you'd hope the film remains true to the cultures of Polynesia, both on and off the screen.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Auli'i Cravalho just took the stage at the Academy Awards to perform the song "How Far I'll Go" from Disney's Moana.
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Miranda's song about Moana looking ahead and realizing she wants more from life was highly favored to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
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But fortunately for busy (read: lazy) people like me, Disney has seen fit to upload almost every single major musical number from Moana to YouTube.
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Disney-Pixar maintains its box office streak with Moana but what if they turned one of their classics into a more darker, twisted story plot?
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Movies like Moana and a handful of Air Buds are among those leaving us before 2019, as well as classics like Groundhog Day and Spotlight.
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There's a new Star Wars film and a Harry Potter spinoff coming later this year, to say nothing of Disney's latest animated princess film, Moana.
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The magic in Moana comes from its striking visual imagination, something that's always been a feature of Disney animated films but is especially fun here.
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That's how things went down for LeBron James' daughter, Zhuri -- who got an AWESOME "Moana"-themed bash this weekend ... complete with singers and bouncy houses!!!
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Almost a year after the release of the Disney animated smash Moana, Johnson revealed that his character Maui was partly inspired by his late grandfather.
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"How Far I'll Go," the song Miranda composed for Disney'sanimated film "Moana," landed a Golden Globe nomination in the best original song category on Monday.
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She sipped Cran-Grape and Stoli out of a plastic "Moana" cup left over from the birthday party she'd insisted on throwing for her granddaughter.
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MOANA A teenage girl goes on an impossible ocean voyage, battles monsters, saves her people and does some mad self-actualizing while she's at it.
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"Because Moana pretty much carries the movie, we were looking for a natural talent who can act and can sing," said the producer Osnat Shurer.
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Robert J. Flaherty is often called the father of the documentary: The term is said to have originated in a review of his "Moana" (1926).
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If Moana suggests that redemption comes when one leader is willing to sacrifice, Standing Rock serves as a reminder of the power of collective organizing.
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"Bubbes play with you," she said, launching into a short lecture developed from life, from picture books, possibly from "Moana" and who knows what else.
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Mr. Miranda, nominated in the best original song category for "How Far I'll Go" from "Moana," had the chance to fill in his missing Oscar.
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Among her drawings, Rihanna is depicted as Tatiana from "The Princess and the Frog," Margot Robbie as Elsa from "Frozen," and Selena Gomez as Moana.
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He wrote music for Moana, he's starring in the live-action Mary Poppins movie, and he's producing and writing music for the live-action Little Mermaid.
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In anticipation of its November launch, Disney had released a set of licensed Halloween costumes, allowing eager kids to trick or treat as Moana and Maui.
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Related: 'Moana' is Disney's latest animated feast for the eyes and ears Talent runs in the family The teen credits her mom with her singing chops.
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To celebrate her birthday in February, the star shared a video that featured her daughter briefly singing "How Far I'll Go" from the Disney movie Moana.
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And these stores join two already existing Gilly Hicks shops at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu and Roosevelt Field mall in East Garden City, New York.
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"Kids everywhere relate to Disney's Simba or Moana, who grip kids' attention before we take them through the loop of learning," CEO Raveendran told Bloomberg recently.
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Extreme as campus political correctness sounds – and as ridiculous as the Moana outrage is –both make sense when placed in the context of white-guilt politics.
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The 43-year-old actress, who is expecting her fifth child, headed to the premiere of Disney's Moana Monday night with her entire family in tow.
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The Moana and Rise actress, 18, appears on a special issue of Seventeen that's all about prom and giving her best advice to enjoy the night.
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Okay, I doubt every leaf in "Brave" and "Moana" was placed individually, but you better believe making realistic foliage isn't as easy as copy and paste.
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The Rock: It's gratifying to see that Moana is doing most of the badassery in this trailer, shuffling the Rock to the role of wisecracking sidekick.
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But perhaps the sweetest birthday tribute was the video Prinsloo had recorded on her Instagram Stories of Gio dancing along to "Where You Are" from Moana.
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North also joined forces with cousin Penelope on Saturday for a Moana-themed birthday bash, complete with a petting zoo and visits from the movie characters.
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And the film's funniest bit may be when Moana and Maui are attacked by three huge pirate ships run by a roving band of murderous … coconuts?
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Above all, though, Moana feels like the endpoint of the slow-burn modernization process that Walt Disney Animation started shortly after the Disney Renaissance kicked off.
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In 2017, North and Penelope enjoyed a Moana-themed celebration, while the previous year, the two girls honored their big days with a mermaid-filled bash.
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Despite getting whipped in the head with a flag mid-performance, 16-year-old Moana star Auli'i Cravalho performed like a true professional at Sunday's Oscars.
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The Hamilton and Moana composer, and executive producer on this film, is working on lyrics for new songs for the film from original composer Alan Menken.
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"He had seen scenes from it on my computer, so he knew who Moana was and he knew the songs," Miranda remembered of Sebastian's first viewing.
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"So many requests for this one — and I finally found some time give her a go," Väätäinen wrote on his Instagram of his depiction of Moana.
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Without giving away too much of the story, by the time Moana catches up with him, Maui's been away from civilization — and a mirror — for years.
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While Disney's version of Maui differs wildly from their own, previous Maui portrayers are eager to see what the creators of "Moana" have come up with.
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So, if the Moana song "How Far I'll Go" wins in the Best Original Song category, Miranda will come home with an Academy Award — and EGOT.
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And keeping with Goldberg's filmography—which includes Aladdin, Pocahontas, and the upcoming Moana—it's a brief tour through the early history of Walt Disney animated classics.
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The actor, 47, shared a video of himself on Instagram Monday, singing "You're Welcome" from Moana to a 3-year-old boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
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You're playing your fifth Disney animated character in a row in "Moana," and it's a dumb rooster who speaks in clucks and crows, rather than words.
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In the middle of the city, steps from high-rise towers, the smooth, reef-protected ocean at Ala Moana serves as the de facto communal pool.
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He worked on the music for "Moana," starred in "Mary Poppins Returns," and is currently working on the music for Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid."
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She photographed the "Daddy-Daughter Dance" held by the community that featured another bucket list item of Marlee's, a Moana-themed cake as tall as she was.
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An extreme example of this is General Growth Properties, which paid Sears north of $200 million to buy back space at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu.
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If Sampath and Nelson's pre-college journeys sound like girl-power fairy tales, that's because they're preludes — it's Snow White before the queen, Moana before the blight.
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The Moana star, 44, posted a photo of himself on Instagram from the drive-thru of the famous fast food restaurant, sharing smiles with the lucky employees.
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But one of Disney's more recent movies, Moana, has sparked controversy among parents over whether dressing as the Polynesian princess or her pal Maui is culturally appropriate.
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Wonder Woman may have swept the box office, but kids and adults are still dressing up as heroes like Spider-Man, Paw Patrol and Moana this year.
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Of course, those lyrics — from the Oscar-nominated song, "City of Stars," from La La Land — aren't from Miranda's film, Moana, but it's all in good fun.
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She's the third daughter for the Moana star and PEOPLE's 2016 Sexiest Man Alive, who is also dad to 17-year-old Simone from a previous relationship.
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Disney's latest animated film, "Moana," cruised to the top of the domestic box office over the weekend, clinching the second-highest Thanksgiving weekend opening of all time.
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Lasseter is known for directing Disney classics, such as Moana and Frozen as well as pre-Disney acquisition Pixar classics, like A Bug's Life and Monster's Inc.
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The flick will be released in Italy under the name "Oceania" ... allegedly to avoid confusion with Moana Pozzi -- Italy's most popular adult film actress of all-time.
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Moana is being directed as the first primarily computer-animated film from Ron Clements and John Musker, the duo previously responsible for The Little Mermaid and Hercules.
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In "Moana," Tamatoa's underwater lair is filled with booty he's stolen over the years, and they shine even brighter against the deep blue of the ocean floor.
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Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis said that the success of "Moana" and others like it justified the company's decision to make fewer films, while taking bigger bets.
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First there was a bonus scene at the very end of 2016&aposs "Moana," and now "Frozen 2" also ends with an extra little bit of fun.
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There are many still waiting for a "Moana" to call their own, a movie to pass on to their children that speaks to them about their culture.
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But the best way to do this is by leaving behind the past and creating more films like "Coco" and "Moana" — definitive versions in their own right.
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But Mr. Piripi said the film "Moana reo Māori" had given him hope there was another way: making the language "cool, relevant and useful" to young Maori.
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Original animated movies include "Klaus," a holiday adventure directed by Sergio Pablos ("Despicable Me"), and an epic called "Jacob and the Sea Beast" from Chris Williams ("Moana").
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Elsewhere, Mr. Miranda's mockumentary "Millennials: The Musical," which he created with Dwayne Johnson — a star of Disney's "Moana," for which Mr. Miranda contributed songs — debuts on YouTube.
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Between two La La Land songs and Lin Manuel-Miranda's Moana contender, "Can't Stop the Feeling" from Trolls, though mercilessly catchy, doesn't have much of a shot.
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Also this week, Disney has two soundtracks in the top 5: "Beauty and the Beast" opens at No. 3, and "Moana" rises three spots to No. 5.
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In its third weekend in theaters, "Moana" (Disney) maintained a remarkable hold on multiplex audiences, once again selling the most tickets of any film in North America.
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Dwayne Johnson didn't quite get the reaction he was expecting when he told his four-year-old daughter, Jasmine, that he played the character, Maui, in Moana.
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Carol overhears her teenage colleague Moana complain about how out-of-touch she is — "When I told her to Venmo me the $5 she owed me, she gave me these weird paper tickets," Moana says, holding up a handful of dollar bills — in a funny moment that also cuts to the heart of the modern generation gap where people on either side of the divide aren't even speaking the same language.
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At Disney's D23 Expo on July 14 in Anaheim, California, Paige O'Hara (Belle in Beauty and the Beast), Irene Bedard (Pocahontas in Pocahontas), Mandy Moore (Rapunzel in Tangled), Auli'i Cravalho (Moana in Moana), Kristen Bell (Anna in Frozen), Kelly Macdonald (Merida in Brave), Anika Noni Rose (Tiana in The Princess and the Frog), Linda Larkin (Jasmine in Aladdin), and Jodi Benson (Ariel in The Little Mermaid) joined Silverman on stage.
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The top 10 new species of 2016 The purpose of the Hohonu Moana expedition last year was to survey parts of Hawaii that have been unexplored, Wagner said.
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See, "Moana" is also the name of a famous Italian adult film actress who rose to fame in the '80s, starring in over 100 titles, according to Vulture.
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"Moana" pulled in about $55.5 million from Friday through Sunday, helping Disney secure all top eight spots in the ranking of three-day Thanksgiving debuts of all time.
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While "Moana" toys have been selling well, Silver doesn't expect sales to reach the same level as Disney's "Frozen" or the toy lines from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Moana (newcomer Auli'i Cravalho) grows up in an idyllic Polynesian island paradise, where the only rule laid down by her father is not to venture beyond the reef.
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Infused with magic throughout, even the ocean serves as a key character, while Moana blossoms into about as brave and plucky a heroine as any Disney has produced.
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Actor Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott pose at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana" as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, California, Nov.
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No one loves Moana more than the little girl who sang her heart out at her pre-K graduation ceremony in early June, taking the Internet by storm.
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Traffic's practically non-existent; the cool night air is filtering in, and my stereo is blaring the soundtrack from Moana, my son's hero and our default car entertainment.
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"Have a Nice Day was actually the first time I ever performed in a theatre space," says Cravalho, who will voice Moana again in Ralph Breaks the Internet.
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The girls noshed on snacks from a custom cereal bar — "My proud Pinterest moment," says Sokoloff — enjoyed manicures and watched Moana, which Elliotte is a huge fan of.
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It's used this tactic before, like when it sold back its Ala Moana lease in Hawaii to owner General Growth Properties for more than $200 million, Emma said.
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The message of political correctness gone wild is clear: the Moana costume is racist and you are a bad parent if you allow your child to wear it.
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Read These Stories Next: 29 Childhood Shows You Can Stream Right NowThe Final Season Of Girls Looks Perfect AlreadyFinally With Moana, Disney Gives Us A Diverse, Feminist Story
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Before you get to know Auli'i Cravalho, the amazing 16-year-old voice of Disney's new heroine Moana, it's probably best you learn how to pronounce her name.
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We Won't Miss The Love Story: As directors John Musker and Ron Clements said at Comic-Con, this is about Moana finding herself, not about her finding love.
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Whether or not Moana (pronounced Moe-AH-na) is the movie we need right now I can't say definitively, but I think it was the movie I needed.
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I liked Moana because I watched it twice on a flight and it made me cry and miss my mom, and isn't that what a good movie does?
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He composed the score to the new Disney animated musical Moana, out in November, and will soon begin filming the live-action Mary Poppins sequel alongside Emily Blunt.
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The Hamilton star took over Disney Animation's Instagram on Sunday to promote his upcoming film Moana, and gifted the world with his own rendition of classic Disney tunes.
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Moana shares a bond with the ocean, a bond which comes in handy as she and Maui (and the scene-stealing rooster Hei Hei) journey across the seas.
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Disney has dropped the first teaser trailer for Moana, its animated feature set in the South Pacific, and it seems the company has another hit on its hands.
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Leah Wolfgramm wasn't expecting much when she set up her iPhone to shoot a quick video of her band Resonate, singing a medley of songs from Disney's Moana.
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He'll have to have something really surprising in his back pocket for the Oscars if he wins for Moana, the upcoming Disney film he wrote the songs for.
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The hotels involved were the Royal Hawaiian, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani and Sheraton Waikiki, all in Honolulu, as well as the Sheraton Maui Hotel in Lahaina.
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In general, thanks to simulations created for "Moana," the Disney animation team made massive breakthroughs animating water, which allowed them to create the huge waves Elsa runs across.
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Moana is the daughter of a chief and will someday inherit her father's position, but she's furious when Maui, a tattooed, muscle-bound demigod, calls her a princess.
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She may be on a quest to save her island and restore ecological balance to the planet, but Moana (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho) is also upholding a brand.
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The animated Disney musical "Moana" was again the No. 1 draw at North American multiplexes, collecting an estimated $28.4 million, for a two-week total of $119.9 million.
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Moana is the tenth Walt Disney Animation Studios release since its mid-aughts reformation, and it's the third-highest opening to date, after Zootopia and Big Hero 6.
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The artists are set to perform all five of this year's nominees for best original song, from Moana track "How Far I'll Go" to selections from La La Land.
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As it turns out, Moana has a good reason to get out and see the world, and not just because her sage old grandma urges her to do so.
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Why The Rock is on a roll From his HBO series, "Ballers," to the "Fast & Furious" franchise and his forthcoming film "Moana," his bank account is also pretty attractive.
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While the Moana star was all smiles when celebrating his new movie, it was recently revealed that he was bummed he didn't get to participate in another recent blockbuster.
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In June, Kim and Kourtney threw their daughters a joint Moana-powered party to celebrate North's 4th birthday on June 15, and Penelope Scotland's 5th birthday on July 8.
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It may not have had the pop culture references of Zootopia or the infectious soundtrack of Moana, but Kubo stands out for its uniquely beautiful animation and timeless story.
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With her father telling her to "consider the coconuts," Moana is immediately torn between her thirst for more and her bond to her home and the people she loves.
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This is the big emotional song in which Moana comes to terms with herself and what she wants, with a few strains of "How Far I'll Go" woven in.
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But the Moana actor really made a name for himself as an action star once he took on the role of Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious movies.
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I was not swayed or inspired by a million Pinterest promises of "easy Halloween ideas," or shamed by other moms lovingly displaying their home-sewn Moana costumes on Instagram.
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This year, Disney had two nominees in the category — Zootopia and Moana — alongside fellow contenders Kubo and the Two Strings, The Red Turtle and My Life as a Zucchini.
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Rating A tale of a courageous young woman who learns to lead from her ancestors and takes on a lava monster, Moana has a lot things going for it.
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Meanwhile, his work on Disney's Moana and a starring role in a Mary Poppins sequel will bring him to the big screen soon, at a much more affordable price.
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And within all these familiar parameters and cultural caution, Musker and Clements still find ways to make Moana stand out, and to make it feel spontaneous, joyous, and beautiful.
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"It's funny that the Oscars race is sort of the end of the chapter for Moana, because I fell in love with the Oscars because of Disney," he said.
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Disney told CNBC that it is pleased with how its "Moana" products are preforming at retail following the film's release, with its Lego sets, figures and canoes best sellers.
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You can see the same structure underlying the voyage of the titular princess of Moana, who has to heed the call to adventure and go out past the reef.
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JON CARAMANICA If you're spending any time with young family members this holiday weekend, there's a decent chance you'll get a taste of "Moana," the new animated Disney film.
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According to technical animation supervisor Christopher Evart, Moana&aposs hair came with a lot of tight coils, while Anna had a lot more individual hairs for them to maintain.
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For "Moana," the challenge was trying to make the water calm, but for "Frozen II," it was important to make the waves big and overpowering while still seeming real.
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Aloha Isle, $6.99 (exclusive to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party) It's named after the pirate warriors in Moana, but let's call this what it really is: Coconut Dole Whip!
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The road ahead for Moana looks very bright as evidenced by a warm critical reception, an "A" rating from CinemaScore audience polling, and an estimated $71.8 million start overseas.
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Yet Moana has heard the ocean calling to her since she was a tiny child (Moana means ocean), and though she loves her home and family, she also longs to see what's beyond the reef, singing her conflict in "How Far I'll Go." Her grandmother, a bit of a gadfly, gently nudges her teenage granddaughter toward a fuller discovery of her people's heritage: They were once voyagers, people who sailed the ocean.
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Disney just dropped a movie called Moana which is the number one movie in the nation right now it's a Disney Pixar movie and I produced a song on the soundtrack called You're Welcome featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jordan Fisher and it's also the closing credit music for the actual movie so go check out the movie Moana so I'm doing a little bit of everything so next year should be exciting.
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To remind us, Jorge Luengo Ruiz put together a collection of the most beautiful shots from 43 Disney movies, from Snow White to Moana and all your favorites in between.
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Auli'i Cravalho, the Hawaii-born actress who voices Moana, told PEOPLE in October she wanted fans to feel welcome to dress as the driven, strong-willed leading lady for Halloween.
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After penning a song for the last Star Wars film, he'll return to his big screen composing role this November, writing the score for the new Disney film musical Moana.
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"Know Who You Are" It's a big pivotal moment here, narratively and musically, as Moana finds what she was looking for and the movie's themes of identity and independence converge.
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The same goes for the princesses of Brave and Moana, which are Disney (not Disney Pixar) movies, but are nonetheless representative of the animation studios' general trend toward family harmony.
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Almost every major Disney animated film is technically an original musical, and the studio's recent output has been extremely popular and profitable: Moana, Frozen, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled.
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If you listen closely to one of Lin-Manuel Miranda's original songs in Disney's new animated film Moana, you'll hear a tribute to both David Bowie and The Little Mermaid.
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Redbox has been selling the digital download codes from the physical copies it purchases, allowing customers to buy movies like Rogue One or Moana at the fraction of the price.
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It was a victory on two fronts, with Moana crossing the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story climbing past $1 billion.
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The film tells the story of Moana, Disney's first Polynesian princess, as she sets out in the South Pacific to find Maui, a shape shifting demi-god played by Johnson.
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Well, we now know what that was all about: The Moana pair was filming a PSA that will play at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations warning patrons about silencing their phones.
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And like Rapunzel, Moana seeks the help of a more worldly and experienced man, who holds her in dismissive contempt until she's proved herself enough times to earn his admiration.
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Virtually every kid over three has now surely figured out how to get Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant to do its bidding (or at least play the Moana soundtrack).
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All the beats of a standard-issue Disney princess story are present, but there's nothing standard-issue about Moana, which represents the Disney animated feature formula at its very best.
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The world's highest-paid actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has big box-office draw — but it's his even bigger heart that made the Moana star this year's Sexiest Man Alive!
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" Then, the actor made an interesting promise, "If our Moana wins the Oscar this Sunday, I will return - in my tux and completely destroy multiple burgers and fries to celebrate.
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Miranda has been planning his exit for a while now so that he can focus on other creative projects, like Disney's Moana and that Mary Poppins sequel with Emily Blunt.
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"Entertaining With Disney: Exceptional Events From Mickey Mouse to Moana!" by Amy Croushorn is a book created for people like me, especially if they enjoy the fine art of entertaining.
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While the specifics of the plot are still unclear from the trailers, we know that we are getting a new princess named Moana, voiced by 14-year-old Auli'i Cravalho.
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Painted Sky, a tween spa at Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Oahu, Hawaii, features a yogurt bar, computer stations and Moana-inspired styling services for both girls and boys.
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LOS ANGELES — With the mega-arrival of "Moana" over the holiday weekend, the reinvigorated Walt Disney Animation Studios cemented its status as cartoon-dom's reigning powerhouse for non-sequel films.
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As the recovery mission on Friday played out, Boz Te Moana, 24, and Michael Mika, 28, waited to support their community gathered in the indigenous Māori marae, or meeting ground.
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Adults are hitting theaters and streaming the animated films with the same excitement as little ones (I've seen Moana no fewer than four times, only once with my age-appropriate niece).
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The news comes just a day after Netflix revealed that it was developing an extensive slate of family-oriented animated shows from the creators of Moana, Inside Out, and Finding Dory.
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That came along right when I needed it, and I feel really thrilled to be a part of what feels like a next wave between Tangled and Frozen and now Moana.
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As a bonus, "Moana" is also paired with one of Disney's best recent shorts, "Inner Workings," which chronicles the age-old battle between our hearts and our heads with remarkably efficiency.
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For the premiere, Kiwi fashion designer Kiri Nathan adhered to Kawa and Tikanga (protocols of Māori customs and ethics) when creating a dress for the voice actor playing Moana, Auli'i Cravalho.
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I should still definitely go see Moana in theaters at some point, since absorbing the movie through drips and drabs of footage is probably not the best way to experience it.
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The most popular movie was Moana, the most popular TV show was Game of Thrones, and the most popular book was Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck.
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"The talented artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios love to hide inside jokes and references to other movies, called Easter eggs," Auli'i Cravalho, the voice behind Moana, says in new video.
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And now here's Moana, a fully rounded character with an idealized yet believable body, flaws that she acknowledges and fights, and a resourcefulness that makes her admirable even when she's failing.
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Miranda has numerous ties to Disney, including music composition for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Moana and the fact that he named his son after the crab from The Little Mermaid.
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With the news of Elena, Disney's first Latina princess, and the anticipation of Moana, the first Hawaiian princess, you might wonder what other wonderful, exciting legends could make Disney's next feature.
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Disney has tried to correct this oversight with films like Moana and The Princess and the Frog, but we're finally getting a true African princess to helm her own fairy tale.
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The doll set includes 14 5-inch figures including Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Tinker Bell, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Moana, Merida, Tiana, and Charlotte as well as various accessories.
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Moana) to a closeted religious teen (Ted Sutherland) grappling with playing a gay role to a trans teen (Ellie Desautels) learning how to navigate the world as Michael instead of Margaret.
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Ms. Acevedo was particularly good at soothing them during outbursts, which usually meant going from classroom to classroom and pulling up videos of songs from "Frozen" or "Moana" on her phone.
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For their study, Dr. Abramson and colleagues trained Wikie's calf, Moana, to make five sounds outside of Wikie's natural repertoire, including that of a creaking door, an elephant and a raspberry.
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Mr. Kazmierczak's children, who are 5 and 2, began to get restless, so he and his wife set up an impromptu viewing party of the Disney film "Moana" on an iPad.
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Nella the Princess Knight, Moana and Katniss Everdeen, among others, represent a certain kind of intra-feminine diversity, and far more racial diversity than we got with 1970s and 1980s tomboys.
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But as directors Ron Clements and John Musker explain, a cut-for-time scene showed Moana and Maui using conch shells to trick one of the not-very-friendly-looking critters.
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Even the eternally alienated Joan Didion wrote of buying two straw hats, four bottles of nail enamel and "a toaster, on sale at Sears," at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu.
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To wish the Hamilton writer-actor-composer good luck, a handful of cast members got together to sing a special version of Miranda's Oscar-nominated song "How Far I'll Go" from Moana.
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Best known for creating and starring in the smash-hit Broadway musical, "Hamilton," Miranda won his first Oscar for Best Original Song in 2017 for "How Far I'll Go" in Disney's "Moana."
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With Disney's Moana having handily won the Thanksgiving-weekend box-office, much of the world has now met the newest Disney Princess — or, more accurately, the newest Disney daughter-of-a-chief.
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The third trailer, and first "full-length" one, for Disney's Moana premiered today, and we are "still falling" in love with this movie (you'll get that after you watch it, trust us).
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He's penned music for the upcoming Disney animated musical Moana, he'll star in the Mary Poppins remake and the Weinstein Co. is adapting his first musical, In the Heights, into a film.
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And so Moana, heart in hand, sets sail for the island where Maui is marooned — with her scrappy chicken sidekick in tow — to force him to return the heart to Te Fiti.
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Moana is the daughter of a Polynesian chief, being groomed to succeed her father and advise her people, but she's as much the recipient of received wisdom as she is its arbiter.
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But mostly, Moana is refreshingly free from groan-inducing stereotypes, or ridiculous twists like the European invaders leaving the American natives in peace and returning to England at the end of Pocahontas.
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On example that will surely make the hairs stand on the back of your neck: A deadly and pregnant eastern brown snake hiding under a refrigerator in the Adelaide suburb of Moana.
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We continue to do business with the Walt Disney Company on many fronts, including our ongoing deal with Marvel TV. So, no, you don't have to squeeze in your Moana viewings immediately.
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While "Moana" is projected to earn more than $80 million over the five-day holiday weekend, that wouldn't melt "Frozen," which still holds the Thanksgiving five-day opening record, of $93.6 million.
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But during the second half of the 1980s, it was a glittery industry riddled with internationally renowned porn stars like Moana Pozzi, Rocco Siffredi, and Selen, acting alongside people like Ron Jeremy.
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As Lilette, Cravalho puts her Moana sincerity to good use, giving shape to a character who's nervous but determined to make herself happy in a world that hasn't let anything come easy.
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ABC's "The Little Mermaid Live" aired on Tuesday night, and fans were divided after watching the live-action remake, which starred Queen Latifah, John Stamos, Shaggy, and "Moana" voice actress Auli'i Cravalho.
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Whether your kids want to go all out as Moana on the big day or keep a low profile with a simple t-shirt featuring Miguel from Coco, there's something for everyone.
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Bruno Mars's "24K Magic" (Atlantic) is in fourth place, and Disney soundtracks hold the next two spots on the chart: "Beauty and the Beast" is No. 5, and "Moana" is No. 6.
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Moana (MWAH-nah) is not only part of a dynastic line but also a girl off on an adventure in the company of a cute animal sidekick (a dimwitted chicken named Heihei).
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Moana, bantering with Maui (Dwayne Johnson) like a rival sibling and borne on her journey by the spirits of the ocean and her grandmother (Rachel House), has no need of a prince.
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I see what's happening here… Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson poked fun at his own musical abilities as he introduced the performance from Moana, for which he lent his voice to the character Maui.
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There's also a certain rote quality to the impediments thrown at Moana and Maui as they traverse the ocean bickering, as much killing time before the climax as allowing the two to bond.
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Moana is struggling to balance the expectations of her family (to stay on her island as a future chief) with what she truly wants (to be an explorer out on the open sea).
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This year alone, Zootopia, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Moana deserve a place in the top category as much as, say, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, or even La La Land.
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In recent years, Disney has ramped up its diversity efforts, producing films like Moana, derived from Polynesian culture, and Queen of Katwe, the based-on-real-life story of a Ugandan chess champ.
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FROM COINAGE: These Athletes Are Only Getting Richer After Leaving the Field Corden put on "How Far I'll Go" from Moana and Curry nailed every word of the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned song.
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So despite the fact that Disney has a new original animated film on its way — Moana, out November 23 — don't expect the studio to let go of its past successes any time soon.
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This film is a first for both Disney and its director, Jeff Gipson, who joined the animation team in 2013 to work as a lighting artist on films like Frozen, Zootopia and Moana.
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The idea originated with screenwriter Pamela Ribon, who'd started to wonder circa 2014 – when she was still working on Moana – why Vanellope wasn't considered an official Disney princess like Cinderella, Belle, or Tiana.
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The way to restore prosperity to the island, Moana knows from her grandmother's stories, is to return the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, which was stolen by the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson).
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was a guest on The Graham Norton Show, and talked about how the design for his character Maui in Moana was inspired by his grandfather High Chief Peter Maivia.
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"Moana," age 25+ Centering on a brave, inquisitive female character who's far more interested in helping her people than in finding romance, this animated adventure has lovable characters, great music, and strong messages.
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Like Rapunzel in Tangled, Moana (Hawaiian newcomer Auli'i Cravalho) is brave and ambitious, but also naïve and sheltered, because she's been held back by overprotective parents with their own agenda for her life.
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Miranda, who wrote music for Moana, even enlisted the help of Dwayne Johnson (who voices a demigod in the animated film) to sing their own version of "Gaston" from Beauty and the Beast.
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For the record, Moana -- the naked one -- died in 1994, but is still revered in Italy for doing more than 100 pornos in the '80s and '90s, as well as mainstream TV appearances.
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In recent weeks, an online brush fire has broken out around "Moana," an animated Polynesian adventure to be released in November; an overweight male character has been criticized as offensive to Pacific Islanders.
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But while Moana has been celebrated for her extra heft and more realistic body shape — compare her thicker frame to, say, Sleeping Beauty's or Ariel's — Maui has taken flak for his weight gain.
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In the fight of his life right now and doing his best to stay strong - by watching MOANA up to 10xs a day because the character he loves, MAUI makes him feel strong.
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It is worth noting that Disney made great pains to include several Pacific Islanders in the making of Moana, from elders as cultural consultants helping out with the story to the voice casting.
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Disney movies have featured a number of macho or strong and brave female characters, including "Pocahontas" (1995), "Mulan" (1998) and "Moana" (2016); meanwhile, the male characters continue to alternate between brute and naïf.
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The latest teaser from the movie shows us Moana, an adventurous teenager on a journey to save her people with a demigod named Maui, played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, by her side.
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As you know ... The Rock's a mega movie star and the second highest paid actor -- just behind Daniel Craig -- known for the 'Fast and Furious' franchise, "Moana" and several other huge summer blockbusters.
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So even if "Moana" is occasionally guilty of treading water, Disney's latest animated voyage goes far enough as a feast for the eyes and ears to give fans plenty for which to be thankful.
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For instance, Tesla has locations in three of what Green Street has ranked as America's top 10 malls — The Village at Corte Madera and Century City, both in California, and Hawaii's Ala Moana Center.
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Not only will those fans get the pomp and circumstance of the old-school environs, they'll have the opportunity to see an encore screening of Moana, which gets tacked on the five-flick lineup.
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The film, which is set to premiere in November of this year, follows Moana (newcomer Auli'i Cravalho) as she sets sail from her ancient South Pacific home of Oceania to find a mythical island.
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The Moana actor, 45, took to Instagram after finding out one of his fans, 76-year-old grandmother Judy Rosenberg, had a rather sexy cardboard cutout of him standing next to her hospital bed.
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Trick-or-treaters hoping to dress as the character Maui from the upcoming animated movie, Moana, may be out of luck this Halloween after Disney removed the costume from stores following accusations of racism.
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Karina Irby – a fitness and lifestyle vlogger, and founder of Australian swimwear company Moana Bikini – shared side-by-side photos of herself to Instagram this week, the first untouched and the other heavily photoshopped.
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But outside of that, and the fact that the movie is about a determined girl named Moana (newcomer and actual teen Auli'i Cravalho) going on a "sea voyage," the movie was mostly a mystery.
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In this deleted scene shared exclusively with Mashable, Moana and Maui, the heroes of Disney's latest animated triumph, are lurking around the underworld lair of Tomatoa (the giant crab who has Maui's magical hook).
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Also this week, the "La La Land" soundtrack, on the Interscope label, falls one spot to No. 3; Disney's "Moana" soundtrack is No. 4; and Bruno Mars's "24K Magic" (Atlantic) is in fifth place.
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With movies like 2013's Frozen and 2016's Moana, Disney has made a pronounced shift away from the traditional concept of princess movies and toward stories where its female leads have more agency.
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Moana was a contender for both Best Animated Film and Best Original Song (which, incidentally, would have gone to Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda), but it was edged out by Zootopia and La La Land.
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But unlike "Moana," which took care to find individuals with authentic Polynesian heritage for its major roles, the producers of "Ghost" chose to cast summer tent-pole staple Scarlett Johansson as its unambiguously Japanese protagonist.
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Ahead of next weekend's debut of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," Disney's (DIS) "Moana" topped the box office for the third consecutive weekend, pulling in another $18.8 million in North American ticket sales. (AP)
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You can see where I'm headed with this ... (Here's a more detailed breakdown of this race.) We're predicting La La Land's two nominations here will cancel each other out, leading to a win for Moana.
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A controversy swept through the web last month when writer Sachi Feris published a now-viral article titled "Moana, Elsa, And Halloween" about why Feris wouldn't let her daughter dress up as the Polynesian princess.
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Sebastian seemed to be doing great, too, sitting next to his friend on matching chairs in front of Rose's coffee table — and munching on snacks as Moana played on the screen in front of them.
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The actor — who currently holds the title of the world's highest-paid star — is the lead on HBO's Ballers, and is about to make Disney magic with Moana (he sings!), which hits theaters Nov. 23.
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Johnson, 44, who stars in the upcoming Disney animated film "Moana" as the voice of demigod Maui, told Reuters the excitement surrounding last week's presidential election had renewed public interest in him running for office.
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It would be great to sleep in tree house lodging on the branches of Pocahontas's grandmother/mighty oak, a Frozen-themed ice castle, a Moana-style magical waterbed, or Aladdin-themed cave of enchanted artifacts.
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On Friday, the Victoria's Secret model celebrated the first birthday of her daughter Gio Grace, whom she shares with Maroon 20193 frontman Adam Levine — and the party, of course, included tons of balloons and Moana.
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Disney released the official trailer for "Moana," its upcoming animated film starring Johnson and newcomer Auli'i Cravalho, on Thursday and the film appears to be as fun as "Frozen," albeit in a much warmer setting.
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Moana also draws on a wrinkle familiar from films like Mulan and Pocahontas: The heroine isn't just buoyed by her own inner strength, she's drawing on the teachings and traditions of her culture as well.
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Cheng said that he was inspired by characters like Smaug from The Hobbit or Tamatoa from Moana, who although non-human and monstrous, appear to have lives outside of the story of the main characters.
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Starting on the southwest corner and moving east down the coast you have downtown Honolulu and Honolulu Harbor, the Ala Moana shopping district, Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, and finally Hanauma Bay just around the point.
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"We knew people would like it as Moana is such a huge hit here in New Zealand and the songs are so beautiful, but we never imagined it would've blown up like this," she said.
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Now finish up the dishes, get grandma up off her La-Z-Boy, strap some shoes on the kids, buy the damn tickets and let the fizzy warmth of Moana wash over you all together.
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Inside the prison-like Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, nearly 218,22014 boys ranging from 10 to 17 years old eat in the cafeteria, watch movies like "Moana," and play soccer, pool, and video games.
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Inside the prison-like Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, nearly 1,500 boys ranging from 183 to 17 years old eat in the cafeteria, watch movies like "Moana," and play soccer, pool, and video games.
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" She went on to collaborate with the rapper Logic on the anti-suicide song "1-800-2015-8255," and sang an uplifting Lin-Manuel Miranda song, "How Far I'll Go," for the Disney movie "Moana.
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The turnout made "Coco," which opened in nearly 2600,20173 theaters, the fourth-highest-grossing Thanksgiving opener of all time, behind its Disney predecessors "Frozen" ($22017 million), "Moana" ($2404 million) and "Toy Story 2874" ($80 million).
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Most of them have been designated by individual countries — the latest is off the coast of the Cook Islands, called Marae Moana — or as in the case of the Ross Sea, by groups of countries.
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The movie, which had the support of Chinese partners like Alibaba and Huaxia Film, has taken in $52 million in China over 10 days, or more than Disney's "Moana" collected over its entire run there.
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"Coco" posted for the third-best Thanksgiving holiday opening ever, trailing three other Disney titles — "Frozen" with $93 million in 2013, "Moana" with $82 million in 0003 and "Toy Story 3" with $80 million in 2010.
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As formulaic and familiar as this story is, Moana finds new depths in it, thanks in part to songs by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Te Vaka frontman Opetaia Foa'i, and Grammy-winning composer Mark Mancina.
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According to People, the two cousins and best friend's celebrated their fourth and fifth birthdays with a joint-party themed around Disney's movie Moana, complete with actors dressed as the characters from the 2016 animated feature.
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Still, Cravalho feels lucky that Moana is part of the new wave of Disney heroines providing positive examples of female role models to young viewers, but still has reverence for the princesses that came before her.
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So if Moana is a hit — which, given its opening weekend, is all but a certainty — Cravalho is looking at years and years of potential work down the road, no small thing for an unknown actress.
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This year's event, which held its opening night on Thursday and will run through February 25, includes screenings of Wonder Woman, Battle of The Sexes, Lady Bird, The Zookeeper's Wife, Moana, Megan Leavey, and The Breadwinner.
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In the film, Clement plays a villainous crab named Tamatoa, who's keen on preventing protagonists Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) from obtaining a key piece of equipment for their quest to save Moana's people.
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After giving fans a first look at the official poster for his upcoming animated film Moana on Tuesday, Johnson kept his promise and released the worldwide premiere of the trailer on Good Morning America Thursday morning.
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" Others were on the side of "let kids be kids" like a user who tweeted, "I'm sorry but why is it offensive for anyone to dress up as Moana, she's a Disney princess for Christ sake.
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On Wednesday, NBC will air its annual Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony — and PEOPLE can exclusively announce that Moana star Auli'i Cravalho, Harry Connick Jr., Seal and Train are set to perform at the festive celebration.
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In Moana, Johnson voices the mighty demigod Maui, who guides the adventurous teen (Auli'i Cravalho) of the title as she sets sail on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and save her people.
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The ScenarioYour friend is a good dad: He spends plenty of quality time with his kid, lets her watch Moana for the 4,000th time without complaint, and makes sure she's not an asshole to other people.
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I also wanted to pay homage to my favourite pornstar, Moana Pozzi, so I included her song "L'ultima Notte", a quality track from this classy and clever woman who sadly died too young, in mysterious circumstances.
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Currently, Google supports titles like Moana, Toy Story 3, Coco, Jack Jack Attack, along with classics like Peter Pan, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, The Three Little Pigs, Mickey Mouse and his Spaceship, and Mickey's Christmas Carol.
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While Moana may be rather quiet in this new teaser, fans do get to hear songs from Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda, who lent his songwriting skills to the movie, along with Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina.
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Alien Weaponry, a thrash metal band, released an album in the language this year, and last September, a Maori-language version of the Disney film "Moana" screened for one day around New Zealand to sellout crowds.
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"Moana" features a Pacific Islander heroine, and "Coco" (from the Disney-owned Pixar) has a Mexican hero (and Hispanic voice actors); both stories manage to represent their cultures respectfully while still being accessible to global audiences.
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"Moana," directed by Ron Clements and John Musker from a screenplay by Jared Bush, includes a few infectious numbers by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a heart-tugging orchestral pop score by the Disney stalwart Mark Mancina.
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Whether that will happen with any of these snubs, though, is doubtful: Hacksaw Ridge has already left most theaters, as has Hell or High Water, and Moana already has a built-in audience of Disney lovers.
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And while the original animation studio is taking the year off after the doubleheader of Zootopia and Moana in 2016, it will be busy producing a sequel to the critically acclaimed (and financially successful) Wreck-It Ralph.
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Don't be alarmed — director Guy Ritchie and Disney are intent on finding a newcomer — one who can act like Neel Sethi for Jungle Book but also sing like Auli'i Cravalho did in Moana — oh, and also dance.
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The highly hummable score, by a team that includes Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), includes a big song for Moana, "How Far I'll Go," that should finally allow you to let go of Frozen's "Let It Go." (Nov.
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The actress, who voiced Moana in the hit 2016 movie of the same name, has been cast as Ariel in a live concert production of The Little Mermaid set to air on ABC, the network announced Monday.
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The singer will be joined by Sting ("The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story), Lin-Manuel Miranda and Auli'i Cravalho ("How Far I'll Go" from Moana), and Justin Timberlake ("Can't Stop The Feeling" from Trolls).
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You might even point to Ron Clements and John Musker, the directors behind Beauty and the Beast and Moana, or Andrew Stanton, who helmed Finding Nemo and WALL-E, as animation filmmakers with their own distinctive styles.
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Earlier this year, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry charmed James Corden — and the Internet — when he revealed he knows the words to pretty much every hit from Frozen and Moana thanks to his daughter Riley, 4.
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Additional extras — and there are a lot of them — include a mini-movie featuring Moana and Maui, short documentaries on the film's music and cultural heritage advisors, interviews with cast and crew and even a deleted song.
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Kids have access to Frozen and Moana, 20-somethings can binge-watch '90s DCOMs like Smart House, and families can have a nostalgic movie night with out-of-the-vault classics like Hercules and The Lion King.
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Heads up: Disney's seafaring musical adventure Moana, one of 2016's most purely delightful mainstream movies, kid-oriented or otherwise, is now available for repeat viewing (or, if you have young kids, constant, nonstop viewing) on Netflix.
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This adaptation follows a somewhat disappointing live version of the musical on ABC starring Moana actress Auli'i Cravalho as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula, and John Stamos as the show-stealing chef, thanks to a line flub.
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Also, the studio behind both Moana and Zootopia, Walt Disney Animation Studios, has won two of the past three prizes in this category (with Frozen and Big Hero 6) and is on a bit of a roll.
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In 1949, Francis Tom partnered with friends and relatives to purchase a piece of land at the corner of Ala Moana Boulevard and Ena Road (where the restaurant is today), considered the outskirts of Waikiki at the time.
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"Moana" features newcomer Auli'i Cravalho as its titular non-princess and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Maui, a roguish but broken demigod who wears his legendary status quite literally on his sleeve (and chest, and back, and stomach).
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The released promos for the series have included a few callbacks to notable references from the Pretty Little Liars universe, so the connections to the original series might be even deeper than just Alison and Moana hanging around.
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To avoid all of the extra work he's piling onto them, the other single parents force him to go on a date and then end up rescuing him from it with a forgettable rendition of a Moana song.
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I glanced at her in the back seat, as she blasted Moana through her headphones and was oblivious to our talk up front, and I couldn't help but think that I had set her up to be bullied.
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Catelynn shared a cute video on Tuesday of Nova attempting to sing to Disney's Moana song, "How Far I'll Go." In the sweet video, Nova sits in her car seat and quietly sings the lyrics that she remembers.
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"Lin and I had so much fun making Moana that we decided to produce our own Broadway show," Johnson previously said in a behind-the-scenes look at the musical, produced by his production company, Seven Bucks Productions.
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Disney's Moana inspired millions of little girls and boys to seek adventure and be true to themselves after its fall 2016 release, which saw the film's titular character sing her heart out about how far she would go.
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All these factors taken together and topped off with a great voice cast means Moana punches way above the weight class typically assigned to children's movies with a fairly boilerplate plot about figuring out who you truly are.
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There has been some controversy over parents allowing their children to dress up as their favorite Polynesian princess, Moana, after the success of the Disney film had young fans jumping at the chance to channel the powerful character.
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And families still flocked en masse to their local multiplexes, with the year's five biggest animated films (Finding Dory, The Secret Life of Pets, Zootopia, Moana, and Sing) racking up more than $1.5 billion in box office receipts.
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As a Georgia woman named Kensli Taylor Davis posted on Facebook last week, her mother had ordered her a 25th birthday cake themed like Disney's Moana, the family-friendly princess movie about a seafaring teenager, Gothamist pointed out.
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All the Sanchezes had brought with them were cases of water, some personal effects and the essentials for a child's birthday: a white, vanilla-frosted cake with rainbow sprinkles, a balloon and a Moana doll for a gift.
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shared a video of himself singing "You're Welcome" from the 2016 Disney movie "Moana" — in which the actor voiced Maui — for a 3-year-old boy named Hyrum Harris who's battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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How often do you find just two films overall from the United States (Disney's Moana and Anna Rose Holmer's The Fits in this case) falling in among those from China, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, South Africa, and many more?
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The scene is a part of the extras on the home video release of Moana, which hits Digital HD/3D and Disney Movies Anywhere on Tuesday, and in stores on DVD and Blu-ray discs on March 7.
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Also this week, the "Moana" soundtrack (Disney) fell one spot to No. 3, Bruno Mars's "24K Magic" (Atlantic) dropped one to No. 4, and J. Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope) stays at No. 5.
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"One of the best things that has happened is the fact that I became a dad at 29, very young [and] at the height of my wrestling career," the Moana voice actor tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.
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While there's obvious calculation in that -- hey, let's be sure to appeal to boys as well as girls -- it temporarily knocks the movie off course, before "Moana" regains the wind at its back as it cruises to the finish.
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Set 2,000 years ago in the South Pacific, the film follows the exploits of plucky teen Moana (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho), who tracks down fallen demigod Maui (Johnson) in order to go on a quest and save her people.
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The morgue has everything from the earliest drawings for short cartoons like Mickey Mouse's Steamboat Willie (1928) to animation cels from movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) to stunning reference art from films like Moana (2016).
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While the party — which included lots of gifts for Elliotte (her favorite being anything Moana- or Elena of Avalor-related) — was a smashing success, Sokoloff admits she, naturally, has mixed feelings when her daughters celebrate another year of life.
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As perfectly as these old beats work in this new context, Moana functions as well as it does because the story team ultimately focused on finding everything about Disney stories that worked in 2016, and improving everything that didn't.
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Moana borrows a lot from Disney's Tangled in terms of character dynamics and humor, and from Pocahontas in terms of gravity and beauty, but it's also its own lushly realized experience, and possibly the year's most gorgeously rendered film.
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Changes include a Marvel-themed area with a new attraction themed to Ant-Man, The Wasp and S.H.I.E.L.D., a "Frozen" land allowing guests to experience Arendelle in person and a new entertainment venue housing a permanent Moana-helmed show.
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From Upper Hutt Posse, Moana and the Moa Hunters and Urban Distance in the 80s and 90s to King Kapisi, Savage and Che Fu in the 2000s, the scene has been built by artists with Maori and Polynesian backgrounds.
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In the years since, Lasseter has acted as executive producer on Pixar's expansive list of critically acclaimed features (including this weekend's Coco) while also helping rejuvenate Walt Disney Animation Studios as executive producer on hits like Frozen and Moana.
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Walt Disney Animation Studios is on a blinding, nearly decade-long streak of moviemaking brilliance, momentum that has carried us all the way to Moana, the most dazzling and joyous thing on a holiday movie screen since, well ... Frozen.
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This new trailer certainly isn't giving anything away about the movie's plot, but it does show Moana embarking on a quest, sailing the Pacific Ocean to "explore what's beyond the horizon" and find her own identity, in the process.
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The storm had drifted away by the time of the festival opening, though strong winds forced the vessels, which resemble the voyaging canoes in the Disney film "Moana," to lower their sails and enter the harbor powered by motors.
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Taika Waititi, a New Zealand writer and director who worked on the original English-language version of "Moana," also approached Disney early on about translating the film, and his sister, Tweedie Waititi, went on to produce the translated version.
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Locals Boz Te Moana, 24 and Michael Mika, 28, came to support families gathered at the marae, a Maori community centre in Whakatane on New Zealand's North Island, which lies some 50 km (30 miles) west of the island.
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Stop slacking and get back to work: ■ 55D: Geeky Historical Side Note: The Disney film "MOANA" came out in 2016, yet XWord Info indicated that the name had been used before, before Will Shortz becoming crossword editor in 1993.
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Image: Egor Larionov, Christopher Batty, Robert Bridson Those mathematical equations are then written into computer code, which is incorporated into animation software such as Houdini or AutoDesk's Maya—the programs behind the blockbusters Moana and Lord of the Rings.
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Hercules has "Go the Distance," Ariel has "Part of Your World," and Elsa has "Let It Go." Moana, our feminist Disney heroine of 2016, has the punchy "How Far I'll Go," written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by Auli'i Cravalho.
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I think you always look for yourself in the characters you're writing for, and for me, the thing that resonated about Moana the most was that notion of a calling, of something that you'd be doing if no one was looking.
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And Spicer even comically commented on the racist underpinnings of Trump's "extreme vetting" plan by using a white Barbie doll who easily walks by TSA security agents before a brown skinned "Moana" doll is immediately subjected to a pat down.
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Simpson and Johnson, 37, celebrated with a Moana-themed party — complete with a Maui lookalike — in the family's backyard, which was made to look like the Isle of Te Fiti, the island of the goddess featured in the Disney film.
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North West, who turned 4 on June 15, and Penelope Disick, who will turn 5 on July 8, teamed up for a Moana-themed party on Saturday, complete with characters from the movie and Polynesian costumes for the birthday girls.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is well-versed in the phrase, having written the scores to In the Heights, Hamilton and Disney's Oscar-nominated animated musical Moana — for which its "I Want" song, "How Far I'll Go," is nominated for Best Original Song.
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"The team behind Moana has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some," Disney said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE at the time.
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Moana writer Pamela Ribon took to Twitter to share how so-called "mentors" are able to get away with sexual harassment by preying upon newcomers, and how it's the subtle, insidious nature of these relationships that make them so destructive.
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Ribon, who was part of the writing team on Moana, as well as one of the writers on Wreck-It Ralph 2, wrote a lengthy thread on Twitter about the mentors she worked with when getting started in the entertainment industry.
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Moana (newcomer Auli'i Cravalho), propelled by a sense of destiny, disobeys her father and sets sail to find Maui and right the world: A girl conquering the vast blue ocean all on her own isn't going to worry about glass ceilings.
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The biggest movies of the year were Wonder Woman and Moana, partly because literally every frame of the former was a beautiful GIF-able painting, and likely because Tumblr is full of young women who care loudly about diverse representation.
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In the trailer, the titular character Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) tracks down a fallen demigod named Maui (Johnson), in order to go on a quest and save her people from a "great danger" that threatens the peaceful island she calls home.
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Following her success in restoring the heart of Te Fiti alongside her new demigod friend Maui (and trusty-yet-not-entirely-intelligent rooster Heihei), Moana persuaded her entire village to tap into its voyaging past and take to the seas.
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Along the way, Moana learns how to navigate from the stars, that courage and valor aren't just for demigods, and that it's important to know who you are and know where you came from if you want to lead well.
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Kubo itself was shown up a few weeks later by Moana, which went out of its way to find stars of Polynesian descent – and was rewarded with praise in addition to all its of excellent reviews and truckloads of money.
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Instead of Moana or her companion Maui, Davis's cake featured not just a frosting-circled weed leaf, but also a picture of a green "My Little Pony"-style horse, red-eyed, tattooed with a weed leaf, and fully smoking a joint.
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Whether it's Elvis strumming a uke in Blue Hawai'i, the pan-Pacific mishmash of Moana, or "mysterious island" stories like Jurassic Park and Lost, everyone from Jack London to Michael Bay has had a crack at interpreting the 19803th State.
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It's rumored that the company behind the infamous card game will release a Disney-themed expansion pack for those who can't get enough of princesses, talking animals, and that Moana song that's still stuck in your head eight months later.
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Plans also call for a hugely amped-up castle, multiple rides based on Marvel superheroes, a new nighttime show with fireworks and fountains, and a performance venue based on "Moana," an animated musical that arrives in American theaters on Wednesday.
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Whether it's Elvis strumming a uke in Blue Hawai'i, the pan-Pacific mishmash of Moana, or "mysterious island" stories like Jurassic Park and Lost, everyone from Jack London to Michael Bay has had a crack at interpreting the 50th State.
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We live in an apartment without a basement or storage space, and I know that if we didn't clean out their art bins on a weekly basis, we would be buried under stacks of "Moana" printouts with three scribbles on them.
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I figured out MOANA through a few crosses and had a "D'oh" moment because of course in New York you can't go a day without hearing about some insane accomplishment by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who co-wrote this movie's music).
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Both Miranda and Kail have worked previously with Disney; Miranda as a writer, on "Moana," and performer, in "Mary Poppins Returns," and Kail as a director, of "Fosse/Verdon," which was made by FX, a channel now owned by Disney.
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"Moana" (Walt Disney), the soundtrack to the recent Disney animated film — which includes songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of "Hamilton" — rose four spots to No. 2, its highest chart position since the album came out two months ago.
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"I don't know if the mamae or the hurt will ever change, but the environment, it's up to the town itself to move forward from here in the most positive way," said Te Moana, using the Māori word for pain.
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From the late 353s through the '70s, dozens of cities in the United States and Europe built towers capped with rotating restaurants: the Florianturm in Dortmund, Germany (1959), was the first, followed by the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu (1961).
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Miranda earned a best original song nod for "How Far I'll Go," the gorgeous Disney anthem sung by Auli'i Cravalho in Moana, and if he wins, he'll surpass Frozen songwriter Robert Lopez to become the youngest person to ever complete the coveted EGOT.
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It looks like Disney—already surging through 2016 on the successes of Finding Dory, Captain America: Civil War, and Zootopia—will have Moana and December's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to close out a very lucrative year at the box office.
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And yet, somehow, while watching the new Disney animated film Moana, for the first time since the debut of the book-loving Belle in Beauty And The Beast (my fourth birthday was even BATB-themed!), I truly saw myself in a Disney character.
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According to comScore, this year's five-day Thanksgiving weekend saw total grosses his $268 million — $7.5 million better than last year's when "Moana" opened with $82 million, and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" taking in $65 million in its second weekend.
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Just then, Lin Manuel-Miranda arrived backstage to prepare to introduce the Moana song nomination, and the upbeat Hidden Figures trio Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae and Henson, white wine in hand, emerged from the green room to get ready to head on stage.
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Redbox started the practice last month, offering customers the ability to purchase printouts of codes for movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Moana at its kiosks, with prices set far below digital retailers like iTunes or the Google Play Store.
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Monday's show was packed full of talent, including (among others) Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, Moana voice Auli'i Cravalho, Supergirl star Jeremy Jordan, and Frozen's new Elsa, Caissie Levy — all of whom had the audience at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom applauding with joy.
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Walt Disney — Disney's "Moana" topped the weekend box office for the second straight weekend, taking in $28.4 million in North American ticket sales, continuing a strong year for Disney movies ahead of the release of the next "Star Wars" Film in mid-December.
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Well that only took all summer but behold, we've finally got Victor Oladipo right where we've always wanted him: on a beautiful beach in Mexico gazing out to the horizon and making his caption an inspirational quote from a song in Disney's Moana.
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Riffing on the meta-leanings of the first film, the sequence puts Sarah Silverman's Vanellope von Schweetz in the same room as a host of classic Disney animated heroines, from Snow White and Moana, to Frozen's Anna and The Little Mermaid's Ariel.
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Jessica Simpson's son celebrated his fourth birthday with a Moana-inspired party — complete with a Maui lookalike — in the family's backyard, which was made to look like the Isle of Te Fiti, the island of the goddess featured in the Disney film.
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The fact that he's a boastful demigod instead of a smug thief seems almost beside the point: Both Maui (Dwayne Johnson) in Moana and Flynn Rider in Tangled are flashy, arrogant, and headed for breakdowns when they realize the limits of their talents.
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Using Cinderella Castle as a screen, projectors will beam clips and characters such as those from Zootopia, Moana, and Big Hero 6 (don't worry, the classics will be included, too) using the castle's unique architecture and multi-dimensional surface for special effects.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lin-Manuel Miranda scored a double whammy on Monday as the remixed soundtrack to his Broadway hit "Hamilton" debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 270 album chart and his musical work on "Moana" nabbed a Golden Globe nomination.
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But even the losers in the original song category saw a bump from their night in the Globes spotlight — as of Monday morning, the soundtracks for the animated films Sing and Moana were also in the top 10 on the iTunes albums chart.
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Well, this E3 Bethesda has revealed a new Pip-Boy and this one looks... Disney has dropped the first teaser trailer for Moana, its animated feature set in the South Pacific, and it seems the company has another hit on its hands.
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Colleges and universities have warned students not to dress as Indian chiefs or Mexican bandits, while parents have publicly debated whether they can allow their children to dress as the Black Panther or Moana without being accused of cultural appropriation or racism.
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So it's not too crazy to predict that he might eventually find himself in the running for an Oscar, as well, thanks to his role as a co-composer in Disney's Moana, the South Pacific-set animated musical that's due this fall.
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MOANA IS THE word for ocean in Maori, Hawaiian and Samoan, but on maps, the waters in this part of the world bear a name from another tongue, bestowed by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan in 21987: Mar Pacífico, or peaceful sea.
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This is not the family-friendly Lin-Manuel Miranda brand (TM) that Disney is so looking forward to cashing in on with Moana, for which Miranda composed the music, and Mary Poppins Returns, where he'll be playing the Dick Van Dyke character.
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If last spring's Zootopia offered a tolerant vision of an urban future, Moana presents a progressive perspective of the indigenous past—a past that for weeks we were all too happy to praise onscreen, but leery to protect on our own home turf.
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"For generations, this peaceful island has been home to our family, but beyond our reef, a great danger is coming...." So starts the trailer for the film, quickly followed by a series of platonic meet-cutes between Moana and her supporting cast.
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Some moments of the film posed a challenge; Moana raging at the ocean, for example, contravened a Maori cultural rule to never curse or turn one's back on the sea, so they turned it into a more humorous moment using careful wordplay.
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If you're seeking some sunlight and warmth in these dreary winter months, look no further: This movie, on track with Disney's expansion of its "princess" genre, features Moana (Auli'i Cravalho), a chief's daughter, as she ventures to sea to save her island.
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Unlike most Pixar shorts, which are received with praise ranging from general warmth to overwhelming obsession, Lava was a bit of a clunker—but Disney's Moana, which opens this Thanksgiving, looks like it'll redeem the studio's track record for stories set in the Pacific islands.
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That said, Moana toys will be challenged by the limited number of characters in the film, the lack of an iconic outfit and absence of a roleplay toy for its heroine ultimately means that the movie is more difficult for kids to reenact, said Silver.
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The "Hamilton" composer was nominated in the best original song category for his work on the "Moana" track "How Far I'll Go." "I spent a good chunk of my childhood memorizing Billy Crystal's musical Oscar monologues, so this is insane," he said in a statement.
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" The memorable moments ranged from an appearance by 98-year-old Katherine Johnson -- the NASA scientist whose story is at the heart of the movie "Hidden Figures" -- to 16-year-old Auli'i Cravalho letting out a sigh after belting out the nominated song from "Moana.
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"How Far I'll Go," the soaring motivational anthem that Moana busts into after the first quarter of the film, definitely has "Let It Go"-level potential, which I realized when I found myself swaying back and forth in my seat with a cheesy grin.
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Adding insult to injury, while Pixar may be skipping the Oscars this year, its sister studio Walt Disney Animation will be there in force with two nominations for the critically acclaimed Zootopia and Moana, both of which — unlike Finding Dory — are wholly original properties.
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With all the problems in the world, some folks are focusing on whether it's OK for girls who are not Polynesian to dress up as Moana – the beloved Disney character in an animated film of the same name who is the daughter a Polynesian chief.
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But Auli'i Cravalho's schedule is a little bit different: The teen is traveling around the world, from her native Hawaii all the way to places like Nova Scotia and New York — where she visited our Refinery29 studio to talk about the upcoming Disney film Moana.
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It's notable, too, that two other recent Disney releases, "Moana" and "Coco", made a point of using voice actors with a similar ethnic background to the characters they played, while the studio's "Big Hero 6" was set in a half-Japanese half-American fantasy metropolis.
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Understandably, many children have flocked to the shelves of Halloween stores, Target, the Disney Store and more to get their hands on Moana costumes and accessories — but there has been some controversy over parents allowing their children to dress up as their favorite Polynesian princess.
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Whether or not the Moana soundtrack supplants "Let it Go" in the minivans of parents everywhere may depend more on the parents' need to switch than anything else: Moana's soundtrack is exuberant and fun, but a little more lyrically complicated, and thus potentially less earwormy.
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Moana directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, The Princess and the Frog) built an extensive brain trust around designing and vetting the movie to respect the South Pacific myths it incorporates, and to accurately reflect the culture it portrays.
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Walt Disney World News Today had previously reported that the stalwart attraction, which is located at several Disney theme parks around the world, was going to be shuttered and renovated to include a Moana show for Magic Kingdom's 50th anniversary, citing sources inside the company.
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When asked what books her kids like best, Chelsea said Mo Willems' stories are a big staple in her and husband Marc Mezvinksy's household, but admitted Charlotte "also is really into Elsa, Anna, Moana and Tiana" and "the newer generation of Disney Princesses" in general.
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"Moana," which navigated various controversies en route to theaters, including one over an ill-advised Halloween tie-in and one over an oversize male character, is a Polynesian-set musical; Lin-Manuel Miranda, the virtuoso behind the Broadway smash "Hamilton," contributed to the score.
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Labor Day has come and gone which means everyone is back in school which is the perfect time for Netflix to drop the trailer for its Magic School Bus reboot on us, complete with a newly updated theme song by Hamilton and Moana superstar Lin- Manuel Miranda.
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Perhaps my favorite element, though, was that as Hawaiian high schooler Auli'i Cravalho, who voices Moana, hinted to us back in September, Moana's partner in crime — Maui, a demigod voiced by Dwayne Johnson who helps her along her journey — is just that: a partner in crime.
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In fact, his story is actually built up to make him seem like he'll be the hero, but it's Moana who ends up being the hero and teaching him a thing or two — a fact that I quite literally cheered about at the movie's uplifting end.
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Disney has been careful not to call Moana a princess; my guess is because it's moving away from insinuating that every strong female character has to be the daughter of an almighty powerful king (though Moana's father is a chief), or destined to marry a handsome prince.
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The lyrics of those songs keep circling back to the metaphor of oceanic navigation as self-awareness and self-discovery — "We know where we are / We know who we are," a wayfinder sings in one joyous magical flashback — and Moana embraces the theme with a wholehearted joy.
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The forgetful yet lovable fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres scored with reviewers and at the box office (it's earned over $1 billion worldwide), but was edged out in a year full of strong contenders in the best animated feature film category, including Disney's Moana and Zootopia.
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Laced with magic, mystery, mythology and the marvelous music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana is like a tall glass of good-mood juice that will all but guarantee a day or two of family harmony and impromptu sing-a-long this Thanksgiving weekend and far, far beyond.
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"Moana," one of the best-reviewed wide releases of the year, collected about $24.5 million at domestic theaters over the five-day holiday weekend, enough to rank as the second-best Thanksgiving opening on record, behind only "Frozen," which took in $93.6 million for Disney in 2013.
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The roster includes Maya and The Three (20193), an animated series about a warrior princess where Jeff Ranjo (Moana) is the head of story; My Father's Dragon (2021), a 2D animated movie written by Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) where a youngster tries to find a mythical beast; Go!
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Cassandra Walker, an employee at a Dairy Queen in Milledgeville, Georgia knows this all too well, as USA Today has reported that she claims she was fired for creating a marijuana-themed cake after her manager misheard a mother who requested a Moana-themed cake for her daughter's birthday.
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"Our sweet girl is always singing happy birthday to everyone around her — to me, Daddy, Riley, Owen, Elmo, Moana, Mr. Whale, etc … 😂 So it was pretty special to get to sing happy birthday to her!" the former Bachelorette shared on Instagram, posting a picture of Molly's cake.
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Although he now has his nights back and enjoys being home to put his 2-year-old son Sebastian to bed, since leaving Hamilton Miranda co-wrote the music for Disney's new animated film Moana and is starring alongside Emily Blunt in the live action musical Mary Poppins Returns.
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But once Moana gets on the high seas, the film takes on the standard episodic nature of similar quest movies, with scary beasts and catchy dance numbers (most notably, one from a giant crab who is very fond of glittery things, voiced by Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement).
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The rumor claimed that Disney World would be removing the attraction's 88 singing birds and that the Enchanted Tiki Room would "receive an extensive overhaul and ultimately overlay related to the Disney animated film Moana," a rumor that has circulated to some degree since the film's release in 2016.
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And he has multiple other projects lined up: He is writing the music for "Moana," a Disney animated film; he is starring opposite Emily Blunt in "Mary Poppins Returns," a Disney live-action film; and he is working on the film adaptation of his previous musical, "In the Heights."
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Smurfs: The Lost Village is utterly diverting and lacking in substance, which is hard to excuse when movies like Moana and Kubo and the Two Strings and Finding Dory and The Lego Batman Movie and even, frankly, The Boss Baby are being released into theaters at a good clip.
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Let's hope that audiences vote with their wallets at the box office, and that "Moana," a film that shows the incredible depth and richness that the world offers when we invite others in to share their stories, preemptively crushes "Ghost" -- a movie that turns ethnicity into just another special effect.
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