The 25 best movie musicals of the 21st century
From “Les Mis” to “La La Land,” from “Walk Hard” to “Wicked,” these films show that the musical genre isn’t just standing – ...
‘The Sound of Music’ turns 60: Hit movie saved Fox — but drunken star Christopher Plummer hated it
“Fox lost $15 million on actual film production, a then astronomical sum that forced the company to sell both stock and real ...
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7 pop stars who excelled in acting roles
But of the 21 films under Madonna’s belt ... to her name - Olivia Newton-John was never going to star in just any old musical. Her 1978 role opposite John Travolta as good-girl-gone-bad Sandy ...
As ‘Sound of Music’ turns 60, we watched it with the NC man who played the film’s villain
During a screening with The Charlotte Observer, 81-year-old Concord resident Daniel Truhitte reflected on his turn as the fictional Rolf Gruber — and whether he had a real-life crush on the girl who ...
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Is the 'Mean Girls' movie musical a glorious revisitation or the worst idea in forever?
And now a movie version of that same musical. "Mean Girls" is either the ... Predictably, perhaps for such a beloved and also two-decades-old property, the response to the newest iteration has ...