Macy's Center City will come alive today with the sound of seasonal music and with "Sound of Music" star Julie Andrews, as she unveils the store's holiday window display.
To paraphrase Julie Andrews, “The Blogs are Alive …”, but this time with stolen emails rather than “Music”. Documents and archived emails were stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climatic Research Center (CRU). The first accounts indicate that 1,072 emails and 72 documents were stolen and then posted anonymously on file [...]
Here are the NPR interviews for the last week. Anyone who emails me the imprints of all the books listed (or houses if no imprint is available) will win the NPR Books Grid for the prior week that includes, in addition to the information below, interviewer, pub date, imprint, genre, post-interview Amazon ranking, pre-interview ranking [...]
Check out the international trailer for TOOTH FAIRY starring Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Billy Crystal, Chase Ellison, Brandon T. Jackson and directed by Michael Lembeck. Tooth Fairy Synopsis: When a pro hockey player, nicknamed the Tooth Fairy for his ability to knock out other players' teeth, dashes the hopes of a young boy, he [...]
The international trailer for the upcoming Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson family comedy, “Tooth Fairy,” has appeared online. The movie centers on Derek “The Tooth Fairy” Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s hopes, he’s...
November 19, 2009 So. Just off the top o' my head. Started to listen to Diane Riehms today on NPR and it was Julie Andrews and her daughter pushing latest book/collection of poems, etc. This is a particular pet peeve of mine, actually. I respect Julie Andrews' talent and career, but you're encroaching on my territory (books and writing) based on your known name. This annoys me. Whether it's Ilie Nastase...
Spotlight: Julie Andrews as Maria Did the Von Trapp family really hike over the Alps to Switzerland? In the closing scenes of The Sound of Music , the singing Von Trapp family is seen heading up the mountains to freedom from the Nazis . In truth, though, they walked to the nearest railroad station, where they boarded the next train to Italy. From there, they made their way to London and, eventually,...
VIDEO: Given my personal experience of naturally wanting to act like a girl when I was 10 years-old and as a result being viciously bashed for doing so, it was almost painful to watch the 10-year-old boy and want-to-be cheerleader in the movie "Ready? OK!" broadcast on Logo cable channel Nov. 15, 2009, 10-12mid. -- watch the entire movie at Logoonline.com here (1:19:45) -- or see the several...
I first discovered audio books while traveling to visit my parents in Oklahoma. A twelve hour drive is made much easier while listening to a great book. The trip there I listened to The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. By the time I reached Oklahoma I was so involved in the story that I spent several [...]
My life in musicals: Annie My first musical obsession. What five year old girl doesn’t want to get gussied up and hang out at Daddy Warbucks fancy-pants house with a scruffy-yet-adorable pooch? Ok, so maybe not you. But I did. I knew all the words and could sing along to the movie. When my parents got us [...]
Mary Poppins wafted into the Ahmanson Theatre on her magic umbrella Sunday evening, and even those who think they’ve outgrown her carpetbag of enchantment will have to admit that her timing is, to use one of her pet phrases, “practically...
The Volokh Conspiracy has a great take on the Newsweek (hit piece) cover story on Sarah Palin: The cover of next week’s Newsweek features a picture of Sarah Palin, along with the headline “How do you solve a problem like Sarah?” The cover is one more example of the periodical’s positioning itself as the ideas journal for people who think that the New York Times’ in-house...
Walt Disney’s cinematic masterpiece Mary Poppins has enthralled viewers since its original release in 1964. Based on a series of books by P.L. Travers about a “practically perfect” nanny with seemingly supernatural powers, the movie was a box-office hit and won a number of Oscars, including Best Actress for its first-time film star, Julie Andrews. 45 years later, Mary Poppins has...
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but her first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (starring opposite Julie Andrews), which established her career. See more
Movie Musical Success: What Are The Key Factors? Have you ever wondered why one movie musical receives critical acclaim and maybe even an Academy Award and another movie based on an equally good Broadway musical ends up on a studio shelf, rarely seen a...