The Sound of Music News

There was a surprising award for a Canadian movie among the eight citations by the jury of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

There was a time when being one of the highest grossing movies in history actually counted for something with the Academy Awards.

By Christine Lyon - South Delta Leader Published: February 06, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: February 06, 2012 3:24 PM When Kenzie Peters re-watched the classic 1965 movie The Sound of Music with her family this Christmas-an annual holiday tradition in their household-she could relate to the leading lady as she never had before.

Maria sings with the von Trapp children in South Island Musical Society's production of The Sound Of Music, playing in the Cowichan Theatre.

ONE of the best-loved musicals of all time ever written is coming to the Palace Theatre, courtesy of Kilmarnock Amateur Operatic Society.

"We don't want to sit around watching movies." Ah, but what they're missing is not just the flicks but the stories behind the films.

Over the nearly four years I've been reviewing theatre for The Globe and Mail, I've learned to shrug off most of the irritations that come with sitting in the dark with strangers on a nightly basis.

'The Sound Of Music' comes to Uxbridge. UXBRIDGE -- Maria von Trapp, played by Kimberly Ramon, right, led the rest of the family, from left, played by Brooke Wilson, Annika Faric, Leslie Higgins, Katy Bellamy, Braden Lamoureux, Evan Morin and Emily Kreutzer, in a rousing rendition of 'Do, Re Mi' on January 31.

One of the more memorable lines in the classic film The Sound of Music is a sweet refrain sang by lead actress, Julie Andrews, that "the hills are alive/ with the sound of music". Where the movie explored the contradictions between militarism and family life, we have the soap opera of the would-be crown prince and his mystery mother that's ... (more)

Talietha Sangha is Liesl and Alex Walker is Rolf in the South Island Musical Society production of The Sound of Music.

The red carpet was rolled out Saturday night for a modern master. Christopher Plummer was awarded the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's highest honor.

Will Uggie make his way down the red carpet? Will Meryl remember her glasses? And, more important , will the SAG Awards voters be kind enough to throw an upset or two into the mix Sunday night? Or will the quartet of George Clooney, Viola Davis, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer haul in another set of awards on their way to Oscar immortality? ... (more)

After she watched a feisty maid give a mean-spirited society woman her comeuppance in "The Help," Yvonne Cooper of Tunkhannock walked out of the theater feeling certain.

On the heels of 82-year-old Canadian star Christopher Plummer's second Oscar nomination and the milestone birthdays of actors Betty White and Ernest Borgnine , comes another reminder the octo- and nonagenarian set are thriving in show business these days.

Christopher Plummer was so dead set on respecting the process of making Beginners that he refused to prepare for it.

A Swiss-Bavarian cultural festival will once again echo off the granite summits around Wallowa County -- revived after a 33-year run ended several years ago.

The von Trapp family of Austria sang its way into American hearts through the popularity of "The Sound of Music" on stage and in film after World War II.

Christopher Plummer received a supporting actor Oscar nomination Tuesday morning for his turn as an elderly man coming out as gay to his adult son in writer-director Mike Mills' film "Beginners." Plummer will compete for the prize at the 84th Academy Awards against fellow nominees Kenneth Branagh , Jonah Hill ,Nick Nolte ,and Max von Sydow .

Academy President Tom Sherak and actress Jennifer Lawrence announce the nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Tuesday, Jan.

As much as I love rock music, amplifiers and electric guitars, there is little that moves me more than the scene in the film 'The Sound of Music' when the von Trapp family patriarch, played by Christopher Plummer, performs the song 'Edelweiss.' This is a gentle tune but gives the plot such a punch that I never tire of this scene, even though I have ... (more)