“Moana 2” is now in theaters and just like it’s predecessor, it is chock full of original songs. This time though, Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t the one who wrote them. That task fell to Abigail Barlow and ...

Moana composer and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda earned an Oscar nod for "How Far I'll Go," but that's just one tune on a soundtrack of heavy-hitters. Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She ...

The Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear songs "Beyond" and "Can I Get a Chee Hoo?" could follow in the footsteps of "How Far I'll Go," which landed a nom for the first 'Moana.' By Scott Feinberg Executive ...

Like many Disney flicks, Moana was very much a musical affair. It's also rich in its appreciation for Polynesian culture, unlike we've seen on the big screen before. In New Zealand, a Māori translated ...

Make no mistake about it, “Moana 2” is a hit. The Disney sequel set a Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame. While audiences have flocked to movie theaters, ...

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At the end of “Moana,” which came out eight years ago, our plucky Polynesian heroine-who’s-not-a-princess had defeated the giant lava monster Te Kā and returned the heart of Te Fiti, the moss-green ...

“Still not a princess!” exclaims the young woman who’s about to go save her friends (and likely the world), reunite her scattered community and go down in the history books. “Well, a lot of people ...