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NEWS ABOUT: The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Box Office Records Are Bunk 

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

Jul 6, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in... More »

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film • Spider-Man • box office • The Bourne Ultimatum • Titanic • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • broken records • movies • The Sound of Music • Shrek • Gone With the Wind • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

 Sour Notes Fade 
 for Real Von Trapps 

Family, now Vermont innkeepers, comes to terms with Sound of Music

Dec 25, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Being part of the family made famous by The Sound of Music hasn’t always had Johannes von Trapp, now 69, singing a happy tune, the New York Times reports, but passing the torch to a new generation has given him some peace. His son Sam is taking over the... More »

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family • celebrity • tourists • The Sound of Music • von Trapp • Johannes von Trapp • Trapp Family Lodge

 Austria Scraps Plans to Make von Trapp Villa a Tourist Trap

City blocks plans to turn Salzburg villa into a hotel

Dec 4, 08 7:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Fans of The Sound of the Music won't be able to stay at the von Trapp family villa in Austria now that authorities have blocked a plan to turn the villa into a hotel. An astonishing 40% of overnight stays in Salzburg are booked by Sound of Music fans. But... More »

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hotel • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • The Sound of Music • von Trapp • Julie Andrews • Heinrich Himmler • Salzburg

Spacey Slams BBC's 'Unfair' Talent Searches

Actor slams Webber's Idol clones as ads for musicals

Mar 31, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Spacey has criticized the BBC’s West End reality shows as overt promotions for the musicals they're casting for, the Guardian reports. Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular talent-search series, Any Dream Will Do and I’d Do Anything, sought out new stars for big-budget productions of Joseph and the ... More »

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reality TV • BBC • Britain • Kevin Spacey • West End theater • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat • The Sound of Music • Old Vic theater

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