The Sound of Music (movie)

2013 TV Upfronts: NBC unveils 'Sound of Music' air date

2013-05-13 10:47:00

NEW YORK -- The hills will soon be alive with music again. NBC announced its live broadcast of "The Sound of Music" will air this December. At the network's upfront presentation�Monday morning at Radio City Music Hall, NBC entertainment chairman Bob...

Critic's Pick: 'The Sound of Music,' 'Psycho,' 'Mommie Dearest'

2013-05-08 15:35:00

No matter whether your mother's taste — or your memory of her, for that matter — is sweet or sour, the American Cinematheque has Mother's Day programming to suit the occasion. If your mom likes things sweet, the Cinematheque's Aero Theatre...

100 gifts for under $100

2012-11-22 00:00:00

There's art to the gift of giving. Some folks have mastered it; others not so much. It starts with a good eye and an understanding of your own budget. Worried that you might not have what it takes? Not to fret, we're making things easy this season. From...

Carrie Underwood will play Maria in NBC's 'Sound of Music' remake

2012-11-30 12:07:00

If you’ve been wondering how Carrie Underwood looks in a nun’s habit, you’ll find out soon enough: The “American Idol” winner, five-time Grammy winner and country superstar has been cast as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s...

Western Costume, closet to the stars, turns 100

2012-06-17 00:00:00

To the casual passerby, there's nothing remarkable about the 120,000-square-foot former printing plant fronting a sun-baked stretch of Vanowen Street in North Hollywood. There's nothing to indicate that, just beyond the double doors, gangsters are earning...

Christopher Plummer still has 'A Word or Two' to say

2012-08-24 12:20:00

"First you're young. Then you're old. Then you're wonderful." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth STRATFORD, Canada — Christopher Plummer is in the wonderful phase of his career — and at 82 he's seizing the opportunity. In February, the six-...

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening list Beverly Crest home

2012-07-22 00:00:00

Whether it's as sellers or landlords, actor-director Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, are up for new roles. They have listed their ivy-clad home in Beverly Crest for $6.995 million. The house, built in 1992, had been for rent last year...

Singer-actress Julie Andrews sells Brentwood home

2012-06-18 13:06:00

Singer and actress Julie Andrews has sold her house in Brentwood for $2.705 million — more than she was asking. Andrews owned the traditional-style home with her late husband, director and screenwriter Blake Edwards. Less than a month after...

Julie Andrews' Brentwood house isn't going for a song

2012-05-13 00:00:00

Singer and actress Julie Andrews has listed the Brentwood house she owned with her late husband, director and screenwriter Blake Edwards, for $2.649 million. Less than a month after coming on the market, the tidy white home with gray shutters is already...

Julie Andrews' supercalifragilistic Brentwood home for sale

2012-04-11 13:24:00

Singer and actress Julie Andrews has listed the Brentwood house she owned with her late husband, director and screenwriter Blake Edwards, for $2.649 million. The traditional-style single-story house features an open plan family room and living room...

Johannes Heesters dies at 108; Dutch-born entertainer performed in Nazi Germany

2011-12-31 17:46:00

Johannes Heesters, a Dutch-born entertainer who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler's Germany and was dogged later in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, has died. He was 108. Heesters died Dec. 24 at a hospital in Starnberg,...

SAG Awards: We predict Sunday's movie winners

2012-01-27 16:38:06

For Chicago stage director Rachel Rockwell, 2012 began with the brood of Capt. von Trapp and ended with the little orphan girls of "Annie." Be the kids proud Austrians or precocious New Yorkers, Rockwell knows how to wrangle the little darlings.

2012-12-27 14:47:00

The sound of the musical Von Trapp family continues with the great-grandchildren of Captain Von Trapp performing European and American folk songs, and favorites from the beloved "The Sound of Music" movie.

2011-11-30 15:01:03

Julie Andrews ' iconic character Maria teaches the seven Von Trapp children how to sing. Fresh of the heels of her "Mary Poppins" success, Andrews' performance in "The Sound of Music" garnered another lead actress Oscar nomination, and the movie remains one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

2011-04-13 17:14:30