Emma Pask (The Voice)

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An Evening with Julie Andrews media conference at Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia

An Evening with Julie Andrews media conference at Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia - 16th May 2013

Media were invited to cover a media conference with stage and screen icon JULIE ANDREWS, ahead of her national tour of An Evening with Julie Andrews, which takes audiences on an incredible journey through Miss Andrews’ life and career. Julie Andrews has never before been to Australia, and this will be the only media opportunity while she is here. 

An Evening with Julie Andrews plays Brisbane (May 18), Perth (May 21), Sydney (May 24 & 25), Adelaide (May 28) and Melbourne (May 31). From her London stage debut at the age of 12 to her defining roles in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Victor/Victoria and The Princess Diaries, Julie Andrews' extraordinary life story will unfold in a frank and funny evening of personal memories and insights spanning six decades. This very special event will be hosted by Nicholas Hammond, the American-born Australian actor who played Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music opposite Julie Andrews.

Bio...

Date of Birth

1 October 1935, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK 

Birth Name

Julia Elizabeth Wells 

Nickname

Jules 

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m) 

Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother and stepfather, both Vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her childhood and teens, and at age 20, she launched her stage career in a London Palladium production of "Cinderella".

Andrew came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", and became a bona fide star two years later in 1956, in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the unprecedented hit "My Fair Lady". Her star status continued in 1957, when she starred in the TV-production of Cinderella (1957) (TV) and through 1960, when she played "Guenevere" in "Camelot". 

In 1963, Walt Disney asked Andrews if she would like to star in his upcoming production, a lavish musical fantasy that combined live-action and animation. She agreed on the condition if she didn't get the role of Doolittle in the pending film production of My Fair Lady (1964). After Audrey Hepburn was cast in My Fair Lady, Andrews made an auspicious film debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Andrews continued to work on Broadway, until the release of The Sound of Music (1965), the highest-grossing movie of its day and one of the highest-grossing of all time. She soon found that audiences identified her only with singing, sugary-sweet nannies and governesses, and were reluctant to accept her in dramatic roles in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Torn Curtain (1966). In addition, the box-office showings of the musicals Julie subsequently made increasingly reflected the negative effects of the musical-film boom that she helped to create. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) was for a time the most successful film Universal had released, but it still couldn't compete with Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music for worldwide acclaim and recognition. Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970) also bombed at the box office.

Fortunately, Andrews did not let this keep her down. She worked in nightclubs and hosted a TV variety series in the 1970s. In 1979, Andrews returned to the big screen, appearing in films directed by her husband Blake Edwards, with roles that were entirely different from anything she had been seen in before. Andrews starred in 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981) and Victor Victoria (1982), which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. 

She continued acting throughout the 1980s and 1990s in movies and TV, hosting several specials and starring in a short-lived sitcom. In 2001, she starred in The Princess Diaries (2001), alongside then-newcomer Anne Hathaway. The family film was one of the most successful G-Rated films of that year, and Andrews reprised her role as Queen Clarisse Renalid in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). In recent years, Andrews appeared in Tooth Fairy (2010/I), as well as a number of voice roles in Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), Enchanted (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Despicable Me (2010).

Websites

An Evening With Julie Andrews

www.julieandrewslive.com

Julie Andrews IMDb

www.imdb.com/name/nm0000267

Park Hyatt, Sydney

www.sydney.park.hyatt.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Chris Brown Launches New Social Media-Driven Entertainment App Exclusively on the App Store

London and Los Angeles (May 15, 2013) – Expanding his already teeming social media activity, Chris Brown today unveils The Chris Brown Channel App exclusively on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The Chris Brown Channel is a new kind of entertainment app, integrating social media with a continual stream of fresh content, connecting with fans in a more immediate, more intimate, more interactive way.  

“I am so excited to get closer to my fans – to bring them into my world, hearing from me directly, in my own words wherever I am, whenever they want,” said Chris Brown.  “Through my channel app they can be part of my music, my art and my life, day in and day out.”

The Chris Brown Channel encompasses all facets of the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, artist, actor and model: from music to art, style to philanthropy.  With the capacity to broadcast live, Chris controls the content, both planned and spontaneous, sharing his experiences on the fly and offering viewers a true inside glimpse – whether in the studio, in live video chats with friends, or on the road.

Supported by a dedicated creative and content team, the channel also features photos, posts and news.  Fans will be able to interact with Chris, take part in polls (potentially even choosing which song he sings first for a show).

The Chris Brown Channel will integrate Chris’s existing social media activity – his posts on Facebook (30 million Likes) and tweets via Twitter (12.5 million Followers).  
 

The Chris Brown Channel App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.AppStore.com. Additional content is available via In-App Purchase.

The Chris Brown Channel is facilitated by Entrago, a UK and L.A.-based media company that develops and manages entertainment channels with innovation and dynamic programming that provides greater engagement between consumers, celebrities and brands.