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Julie Andrews to return to London stage (AFP) – 4 days ago LONDON — Julie Andrews, the star of "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music", is returning to the London stage for the first time in 30 years with a one-off show in May, the organisers announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Oscar winner and five other performers will wend their way through some of the greatest musical theatre songs of the last 50 years, many of which Andrews made famous. She will also narrate "Simeon's Gift", the best-selling children's book she wrote with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton. Andrews' singing...

More than 200 dancers were performing their version of "Do Re Mi", in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt!

Singer and actress Julie Andrews will be in San Francisco Monday along with composer Marvin Hamlisch for a fundraiser for stem cell research. Andrews and Hamlisch will bring along a supporting cast of Broadway performers for "Reach for Tomorrow, Research Today, which will raise money for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The event begins with a black-tie dinner at San Francisco's City Hall. Tickets range from $1,500 to $10,000. Andrews, 70, is best known for her roles in "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." She's appeared in recent years on the big screen in "The Princess Diaries." Andrews'...

In a world where the new "Gilligan's Island" features sexual tension between Mary Ann and Ginger, where "The Longest Yard" remake makes "Platoon" look pleasant, where Nicole Kidman can star in the big screen "Bewitched" even though she can barely wiggle her nose, let us do the world a favor: Let us brook no remake of "The Sound of Music." After all, it's not like the 1965 version is boring audiences in its current incarnation. Just mention this movie and people start smiling. Or singing. Or both. Then they start remembering their favorite things ... er ... scenes: The boat...