Moana

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Moana

film by Clements and Musker [2016]

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Dwayne Johnson
Acting
…voice of a demigod in Moana (2016) and Moana 2 (2024), animated films by Disney. In 2017 he starred in Baywatch, a comedy based on the TV series about lifeguards, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which was adapted from a children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. The next year…
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…voice of a demigod in Moana (2016) and Moana 2 (2024), animated films by Disney. In 2017 he starred in Baywatch, a comedy based on the TV series about lifeguards, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which was adapted from a children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. The next year…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
…for the Disney animated film Moana (2016), and he earned an Academy Award nomination—his first—for the song “How Far I’ll Go.” In the musical Mary Poppins Returns (2018) he assumed the mantle of lamplighter and sidekick to the eponymous nanny. Miranda then starred in the TV series His Dark Materials…
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…for the Disney animated film Moana (2016), and he earned an Academy Award nomination—his first—for the song “How Far I’ll Go.” In the musical Mary Poppins Returns (2018) he assumed the mantle of lamplighter and sidekick to the eponymous nanny. Miranda then starred in the TV series His Dark Materials…
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