Lin-Manuel Miranda has another chance to win an Oscar and achieve EGOT status

Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives on the premiere of “Encanto” on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, on the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. Miranda composed the songs for the movie, which has been nominated for an Oscar.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda has one other shot at an EGOT.

The Broadway composer has already gained two Emmys, three Grammys and three Tony awards. Together with his latest Oscar nomination of “Encanto,” for which he wrote authentic music and lyrics, he can turn into the youngest EGOT winner at age 37, in accordance with Leisure Weekly.

• An EGOT is an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. It's thought-about the best honor within the business.
• If he wins an Oscar this season, he would be the seventeenth individual in historical past to realize the EGOT standing, becoming a member of the likes of Alan Menken, Sir Andrew Loyd Webber and Boddy Lopez.
• The nomination isn’t for “We Don’t Discuss About Bruno,” a tune that has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Sizzling 100, however for “Dos Oruguitas.” He will probably be competing in opposition to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s “No Time to Die,” Van Morrison’s “All the way down to Pleasure,” Diane Warren’s “Someway You Do,” and Beyoncé’s “Be Alive,” per Vainness Truthful.

Miranda was beforehand nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for his tune “How Far I’ll Go” in Disney’s “Moana,” however misplaced to “Metropolis of Stars” from “La La Land.”

In an interview with TheWrap, Miranda mentioned he doesn’t take into consideration issues like EGOT. “That method lies destroy and insanity. I imply, it crosses your thoughts afterwards, however it might’t ever enter your thoughts when you’re working,” he mentioned.