Harry Connick, Jr. has landed one of the leading roles in Annie Live!, the upcoming musical coming to NBC!
The 53-year-old actor and entertainer is set to star as Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks in the musical. Daddy Warbucks is the billionaire who opens his home to orphan Annie.
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Taraji P. Henson is taking on an iconic role!
The 50-year-old Empire actress will play Miss Hannigan in the upcoming Annie Live! NBC musical airing in December, Deadline confirmed Tuesday (June 8).
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Live musicals are back!
NBC announced Wednesday (May 12) that Annie Live will air during the holiday season later in 2021, THR reported.
This is going to be the first live musical event for NBC since Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, which aired back in 2018.
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Martin Charnin has sadly died at the age of 84.
The Tony Award-winning lyricist and writer, best known for the Broadway musical Annie, died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday (July 3), his daughter Sasha confirmed on Facebook.
“Our father passed away. Martin Charnin lived a very full life. He was watching Family Feud at the end, laughing with Shelly in bed at the hospital. He suffered a minor heart attack on the 3rd and tried to hold on for all us. His strength was astounding. He’s in a painless place, now. Probably looking for Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin. We adored Daddy and not fully accepting it yet. He loved and lived his best! He was the best father we could have ever imagined. He is survived by his wife, all of his kids and his three grandchildren, several dogs, cats and a kid with no pupils. And as loving as he was has kept all of us completely directionless. Which way do we go Daddy? Damn. But like he said and as corny as this sounds…the sun’ll will come out tomorrow. Rest In Peace, Daddy. We love you,” she wrote.
Martin received three Emmys for his work on TV specials in addition to his Tony Award for Best Original Score for Annie, and also received a Grammy for Jay-Z‘s Annie-sampling “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).”
He is survived by his wife Shelly Burch, and their children Sasha and Randy and grandchildren Maxwell, Gus and Oliver.
Our thoughts are with Martin‘s loved ones at this difficult time.
The brand new trailer for Annie is here, and it is jam packed with hilarious jokes and new footage from the highly anticipated flick!
The film stars Jamie Foxx as Benjamin Stacks (aka Daddy Warbucks), Cameron Diaz as Miss Hannigan, and real life couple Rose Byrne as Grace Farrell and Bobby Cannavale in a new role written for the movie. Quvenzhane Wallis stars in the title role. Check out the first trailer for the film if you missed it.
While the second trailer features less song and dance numbers than the first, we get way more jokes in this new feature.
“I love this city — the harder I work, the more opportunities I can get. No matter who you are or what you are, you just gotta want it bad enough. This city needs me,” Jamie says, to which Rose humorously responds, “Alright, take it easy, Batman.”
Be sure to check out the film on December 19.
‘Annie’ Trailer
Check out Quvenzhane Wallis playing the title character in the highly anticipated Annie remake!
The film also stars Jamie Foxx as Benjamin Stacks (aka Daddy Warbucks), Cameron Diaz as Miss Hannigan, and real life couple Rose Byrne as Grace Farrell and Bobby Cannavale in a new role written for the movie.
The remake will be a modern day version of the classic musical set in contemporary New York City. It follows an orphan named Annie who gets brought in by a billionaire for a temporary stay, but he falls in love with the girl and decides to adopt her.
The film will feature the famous songs such as “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the trailer for the remake of Annie?
Jamie Foxx tries to catch Quvenzhane Wallis as she falls down while filming a scene for their movie musical remake of Annie on Wednesday afternoon (September 25) in New York City.
The 45-year-old Oscar-winning actor plays Benjamin Stacks, the updated version of Daddy Warbucks, while the 10-year-old Oscar-nominated actress plays the lovable orphan Annie.
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The movie also stars the real-life couple Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, as well as Cameron Diaz as Miss Hannigan. It has a scheduled release date of December 19, 2014.
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