When Rob Marshall took on the follow-up to Disney’s beloved behemoth Mary Poppins, it seemed a natural fit for the Oscar-winning Chicago director who's long upheld the value of musical film. But with over 50 years between the Robert Stevenson-directed original and Mary Poppins Returns, Marshall had his work cut out in…

Dick Van Dyke – whose brief appearance in Mary Poppins Returns is one of the film’s highlights – is among the first full set of Golden Globes presenters announced today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  Halle Berry, Chadwick Boseman and Jim Parsons are also on the list.  To be hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy…

Even as one of the film industry’s preeminent costume designers, a three-time Oscar winner with 12 nominations since 1994, Sandy Powell had a lot on her plate, signing up for Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins Returns. A sequel to a 1964 classic, the Disney musical would require the designer to take Poppins into a new era…

The production designer of Mary Poppins Returns—Disney's follow-up to a 1964 musical classic—John Myhre knew about the project for at least 10 years, sitting for a long time with the responsibility and opportunity in taking this film on. Discussing it with Marshall on the set of 2009 musical Nine, following…

Comprising one of contemporary Hollywood's great songwriting duos—who brought music and lyrics to Broadway hit Hairspray, and collaborated on acclaimed NBC musical drama Smash, among many other projects—Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman faced the biggest moment in their storied careers, with Mary Poppins Returns. A…

“I was flying a kite and it got caught on a nanny,” says one of the little Banks children, offering as good an explanation as any for the arrival of the ultimate child-minder in this new trailer for Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns. Directed by Rob Marshall and starring Emily Blunt in the title role, the musical…

Keala Settle, co-star of the smash movie musical The Greatest Showman, hit the stage at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre on Wednesday night to sing a killer rendition of the iconic Disneyland theme, “It’s a Small World," the kickoff to a magical night as Oscar celebrated the…

The Geffen Playhouse will honor Dick Van Dyke and Lin-Manuel Miranda at its 16th annual “Backstage at the Geffen” fundraiser on May 19. The event supports the theater's mission to produce original, quality work and raises funds for its award-winning education and community engagement programs. The programs bring live…

CBS' I Love Lucy Christmas Special (0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, 6.542 million viewers) owned 8 PM Friday night, besting reruns of ABC's Shark Tank (0.7, 3,71M), Fox's Hell's Kitchen (0.5, 1.85M for 8-10 PM) and CW's Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic (0.3, 1.30M), as well as NBC's Blindspot (0.6, 3.5M). Lucy…

CBS will spend some holiday time with Rob, Laura, Sally, Buddy and Ritchie for a second consecutive year. The network said today that it will air two colorized episodes of classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show on December 22. This year’s special will feature the Season 1 episode "My Blonde-Haired Brunette," written by…

Harvey Weinstein’s name wasn’t uttered once at Friday night’s AMD British Academy Britannia Awards and maybe that was the biggest surprise of all in a night full of great speeches. And a lot of laughs, especially from Aziz Ansari, winner of the Charlie Chaplin Excellence In Comedy Award, and host Jack Whitehall who…

BAFTA Los Angeles has kicked off the list of recipients for its annual Britannia Awards, announcing today that Dick Van Dyke will be honored with the returning Britannia Award for Excellence in Television at this year’s ceremony October 27 at the Beverly Hilton. The American star of iconic The Dick Van Dyke Show…