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'Mamma Mia!' A movie musical as good as the show
linda.winer@newsday.comEven before "Mamma Mia! The Movie" opened Friday, Broadway was feeling it at the box office. But contrary to historical expectations - that is, before the smash 2002 movie version of "Chicago" - that feeling at the box office was euphoria. Most shows...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Spider-Man, Broadway, Dance, Music Theater
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Actor takes comfort in songs of band he once ridiculed
Los Angeles TimesThere was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole," he said. "It seemed girl stuff." And ABBA, the musical inspiration...Tags: William Faulkner, Paul Robeson Jr., Rita Wilson, Benny Andersson, Woody Guthrie
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Don't take a chance on 'Mamma Mia!'
Sun Movie Critic(C-) Mamma Mia!, the film of the international stage smash showcasing the greatest hits of ABBA, is like a party where everyone is so desperate to have a good time that it makes you miserable. With Meryl Streep as a former pop-rock star who now runs a...Tags: Colin Firth, ABBA, Pierce Brosnan, Family
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What to watch
The unexpected death in April of Stanley Kamel, the actor who played the therapist on Monk, must have thrown the show's production into a spin. He didn't appear often on the show, but he was a crucial touchstone for Tony Shalhoub's Adrian Monk, the...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Ioan Gruffudd, CBS Corp., Glenn Close, Air and Space Accidents
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Posthumous performances
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Academy Awards are more than six months away, but already the late Heath Ledger is being touted as a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for his terrifying performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight." Ledger died in January of an accidental...Tags: Film Festivals, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Michael Cimino, Clark Gable, Rudolph Valentino
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'Mamma Mia'
Times Movie CriticCouldn't they have just let "Mamma Mia!" be "Mamma Mia!"? Even if the dictates of a profit-loving culture practically mandated the making of a film version of the über-popular stage musical that has been seen by 30 million people in 170 cities worldwide,...Tags: Colin Firth, Music Theater, ABBA, Pierce Brosnan, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Mamma Mia! hopes audiences can be had for a song
Orlando SentinelMamma Mia! is a pajama party of a musical romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of Abba and the treat of seeing and hearing some golden oldies of the cinema break character and belt out a song. This took some guts. Pierce Brosnan risked...Tags: Colin Firth, Tribune Company, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan
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Talk shows
"The Early Show," 7 a.m., WBBM-Ch. 2: Weight loss tips. "Today," 7 a.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5: Soccer player David Beckham; Natasha Bedingfield performs; author David Turnley ("Mandela!"); singer Randy Travis. "Good Morning America," 7 a.m., WLS-Ch. 7: Miley...Tags: Eating Disorders, Miley Cyrus, David Letterman, Jay Leno, John McCain
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Streep, Seyfried shine in a big, happy 'Mamma'
amNewYork theater criticWhether or not you like the Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" is a pretty good indication of whether or not you're going to dig its faithful movie version. Unlike the screen versions of "Chicago" or "Sweeney Todd," where new directors came in to...Tags: Colin Firth, Broadway, Music Theater, Popular Music, ABBA
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'Mamma Mia!' Muddled, But You'll Like It Anyway
ORLANDO SENTINEL"Mamma Mia!" is a pajama party of a musical, a stay-up-too-late, sing-in-front-of-the-mirror, giggle-with-your-girlfriends, worry-about-the-mess-afterward romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of ABBA and the treat of seeing and hearing some...Tags: Colin Firth, ABBA, Missing in Action, Roger Moore, Wars and Interventions
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