Richard M. Sherman, two-time Oscar winner who collaborated with brother Robert B. Sherman on the songs for “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and the enduring Disneyland tune “It’s a Small World (After All),” died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills due to age-related illness. He was 95.
The Sherman brothers worked in a job that no longer exists: inhouse songwriters for a studio. In their case, the studio was Disney, and the brothers were hired for that steady gig after their 1958 song “Tall Paul” was a hit for Mouseketeer Annette Funicello.
In the early 1960s, they penned tunes for Hayley Mills in Disney films “The Parent Trap,” “In Search of the Castaways” and “Summer Magic,” as well as songs for “The Absent-Minded Professor” and “Moon Pilot”; Walt Disney, always aware of synergy, made sure his family comedies had a tune with radio-play potential. The Shermans wrote for...
The Sherman brothers worked in a job that no longer exists: inhouse songwriters for a studio. In their case, the studio was Disney, and the brothers were hired for that steady gig after their 1958 song “Tall Paul” was a hit for Mouseketeer Annette Funicello.
In the early 1960s, they penned tunes for Hayley Mills in Disney films “The Parent Trap,” “In Search of the Castaways” and “Summer Magic,” as well as songs for “The Absent-Minded Professor” and “Moon Pilot”; Walt Disney, always aware of synergy, made sure his family comedies had a tune with radio-play potential. The Shermans wrote for...
- 5/25/2024
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
March 17, 1951 was a great day in history, because that the day Kurt Russell entered the world. And while he would go on to become one of the biggest icons of the eighties and nineties, many folks don’t know that Russell started as a child star for Disney, even acting opposite his future life partner Goldie Hawn in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968). From the sixties into the seventies, he starred in Disney flicks like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), but as the studio’s movies started to flop and Russell got older, a change of pace was needed. Arguably, Russell’s career took off when he began working with director John Carpenter, with the first movie being 1979’s TV movie Elvis, but what are Kurt Russell’s best movies? To celebrate his 73rd birthday, let’s dig into them here.
Honorable Mention: Captain Ron (1992)
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Honorable Mention: Captain Ron (1992)
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- 3/17/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Dinner with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell felt more like an inquisition for Anna Faris after the longtime couple heard the actress was starring in a remake of their 1987 film Overboard.
Faris described the slightly awkward encounter during an interview with her costar Eugenio Derbez on Monday’s episode of Today.
“I had a run-in with Kurt and Goldie, and Kurt said, ‘So we’re taking you to dinner because we hear that you’re doin’ our movie,'” the Mom star, 41, recalled.
Although she admitted it “felt terrifying,” Faris said the lovebirds talked about their amazing experience of working on the movie together.
Faris described the slightly awkward encounter during an interview with her costar Eugenio Derbez on Monday’s episode of Today.
“I had a run-in with Kurt and Goldie, and Kurt said, ‘So we’re taking you to dinner because we hear that you’re doin’ our movie,'” the Mom star, 41, recalled.
Although she admitted it “felt terrifying,” Faris said the lovebirds talked about their amazing experience of working on the movie together.
- 4/9/2018
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
After 35 years of dating, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell still know how to incorporate humor into their adorable relationship. On Wednesday, March 28, Goldie took to Instagram to joke that she cheated on Kurt — but with a very cute dog, don't worry! "Two-timing Kurt on the set of his movie...
- 3/29/2018
- by Samantha Faragalli
- Closer Weekly
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