Alongside his film and musical career, Isaac Hayes became increasingly involved with humanitarian causes.
American stage and screen actor, John Kerr who starred in the 1958 musical film South Pacific, has died aged 81.
The Witch Is Dead - from the 1939 musical film the Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland - reached number two in the music charts.
Both the film and the musical were directed by Britain's Stephen Daldry.
But first, we've asked critic, Bob Mondello to take us through a couple of the film's musical moments and explain how they work.
Film-like musical soundtracks, which play occasional bursts of mood music (rather than the continuous techno-din that traditionally accompanies arcade games) are also becoming more common.
Truhitte said he was the last person cast in the film version of the musical.
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Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick insist the concept of a film based on a musical has longevity.
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The comedian, who created characters including Borat and Ali G, has most recently been seen in the film adaptation of hit musical Les Miserables.
Rare original manuscripts from the novel which spawned the hit film and West End musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are to go under the hammer at Sotheby's next month.
"It was when someone talked to me about Bugsy Malone that the idea lit up in my head, " he said, with a reference to Alan Parker's 1976 musical gangster film which boasted a cast of child actors.
The film satirizes the behaviour and musical pretensions of hard rock and metal bands.
In 2006, Hudson took a supporting role in the film adaptation of the Motown musical Dreamgirls.
The Classic Brit awards, now in its 13th year, broadened its remit last year to include musical theatre and film score composition.
Whom do you put in a musical whose original film version starred John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and a gaggle of scene-stealing character actors?
The musicians said they exercised some control over the use of their songs in the stage musical and subsequent film version, which they were closely involved with.
On Saturday, 1, 000 people with a coffin filled with musical instruments, film reels and theatre masks marched through La Rochelle, where a film festival is being held.
Mr. Crowe, who scours the playlists that people post on iTunes, keeps a notebook full of musical references for each film.
Stroman has now directed the film version, transferring her superb musical numbers and recapturing the brilliant performances of some of the original Broadway cast.
The screenwriter, whose next projects include a film about Steve Jobs and a musical about Harry Houdini, discussed TV, Facebook and a recent on-the-job injury.
That's why it's been so shrewd to sort of pitch musicals right at kids, because almost every animated film has a couple of big musical numbers in it.
They wrote screenplays for several MGM musicals, from "Good News" to "The Bandwagon" to "Singing in the Rain, " which the American Film Institute named the greatest movie musical of all time.
Thanks to racy turns by its former Disney leads (Gomez stars on Wizards of Waverly Place and Hudgens is best known for High School Musical), the film has attracted plenty of press attention.
The choice to do without musical numbers was bold, and in fact the film even includes two very funny moments poking fun at precisely the lack of musical numbers.
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In other words, the fact that the actors in "Rock of Ages" are constantly reacting to musical numbers could work in the film's favor.
The last horror film directed by James Whale features a haunting musical score that helps make The Bride of Frankenstein one of the finest and most touching thrillers of its era.
Here, of their own free will, adults sat in the warm gloom and watched up to 10 puppets at any one time act out, albeit in manner even more stilted than the film, a mercifully abridged version of the musical.
Oscars for: director Ang Lee, lead actor Heath Ledger, supporting actor Jake Gyllenhaal, supporting actress Michelle Williams, best film, best cinematography, best screenplay and best musical score.
Taymor's lawsuit sought half of all profits derived from the sale, license, transfer or lease of any rights in the original "Spider-Man" book along with a permanent ban of the use of her name or likeness in connection with a documentary film that was made of the birth of the musical without her written consent.
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