You wait an age for a Latin-flavored animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, then two come along at once. Sony Pictures Animation’s
Encanto will follow later in the year.
Only the first act of
Vivo is actually set in Latin America: Havana, Cuba, to be precise. But the rest of the story unfolds across a Florida shot through with the presence of the Cuban diaspora, and powered by propulsive pop-fusion tunes from the
Hamilton songwriter which run the gamut from mambo to hip hop.
Havana is home to Andrés (voiced by Buena Vista Social Club veteran Juan de Marcos), an old-time musician who now performs in the local plaza with his kinkajou Vivo (Miranda). Andrés can’t understand his monkey-like pet’s speech, but the pair communicate full well through their music until Andrés suddenly passes away. It falls to Vivo to fulfill his friend’s final wish: to deliver a message to Marta (Gloria Estefan), Andrés’s old bandmate and true love, in Miami. It’s a classic
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Four Killed In Plan To Steal Guns
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NEW SUMMERFIELD, Texas (AP) Three men charged in the fatal shooting of four people at a home in East Texas this week met up with one of the victims under the pretense of buying a gun from him but planned to steal it, authorities allege.
Jesse Pawlowski, 20, Billy Phillips, 37, and Dylan Welch, 21, have been charged with capital murder in killings near New Summerfield, a small community about 125 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of Dallas.
A Texas Ranger said in court filings that 18-year-old John Clinton thought he was selling a gun Monday night but was shot and killed in the driveway. His 39-year-old mother, Ami Hickey, Jeff Gerla, 47, and Amanda Bain, 39, were all found shot to death in Gerla s mobile home on the property.