Mamma Mia

The Magic of Mamma Mia!

Brooke Lewis | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Mamma Mia Musical, Mamma Mia Opening Night, Mamma Mia Movie, Abba, Mamma Mia Pantages Theater, Mamma Mia Review, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia Abba, Arts News

I took in the experience and something occurred to me. I looked around at the packed theater and wondered how Mamma Mia! could still draw such a huge crowd after "100" years?

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PHOTOS: Band Breakups That Shook The World

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Pop Music, The Beatles, The Go-Go's, Abba, Yoko Ono, Mamma Mia, Slidepollajax, Led Zeppelin, Music, Michael Stipe, Band Breakups, R.E.M., Blondie, Fifty News

The Sept. 21 breakup of R.E.M. shook '80s music fans to the core, with many calling the announcement "the end of the world as we know it" in reference...

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10 Unbelievable Coma Stories

www.oddee.com | David Moye | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Bad Medicine, Bizarre Coma Stories, Fluent German, Weird Science, Mamma Mia, Weird News News

Most of the time nothing happens during a coma, but some people have the strangest things happen after one, such as the woman who woke up being able t...

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Chinese Version Of 'Mamma Mia!' To Debut

Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Musical, Art, Beijing, Musical Theater, Mamma Mia, Meryl Streep, Broadway, Musicals, Pierce Brosnan, New York, Shanghai, China, Arts News

Later this month, hit musical Mamma Mia! will open in Shanghai. Featuring the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia! is the first western musical that has been tra...

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HuffPost Interview: Director Kelly Asbury of Gnomeo and Juliet

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Why gnomes? Why not gnomes?, says Kelly Asbury? The result is a computer-animated comedy aimed at children and adults, using Shakespeare's romantic tragedy as the jumping-off point for a more family-friendly fairy tale.

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Interview: Stellan Skarsgard as a Gentle Man

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Yes, Stellan Skarsgard says, he's in the midst of filming David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the biggest export Sweden has pr...

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Ladies and Gentlemen... Green Day!

Cara Joy David | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billie Joe Armstrong, Broadway, Movin' Out, Green Day, Mamma Mia, American Idiot, Entertainment News

We should all hail Green Day, the first punk rock band to come to Broadway. Except, before we all cheer, I want to note that Green Day is not actually coming to Broadway.

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ABBAWORLD Theme Park Opens In London

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sweden, Theme Parks, Mamma Mia, Abba, Anna-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, London, Bjorn Ulvaeus, London-United Kingdom, Abbaworld, Abba Museum, World News

LONDON — Is it possible to have too much ABBA? Knowing me, knowing you, the answer is no....

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Hair's Allison Case: 'Replace Fear With Love'

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conan O'Brien, Mamma Mia, Apple, Allison Case, Broadway, Revival, Sophie Sheridan, Mac Commercials, Love, Peace, Hair, Nurse Jackie, Entertainment News

If you've seen Hair on Broadway, you know how infectiously joyous the cast is and how strong their message of love is. Their energy beams from the orchestra to the nosebleeds in the theater.

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New Moon Brings a New Dawn in Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex and the City, Twilight, New Moon, Taylor Lautner, Mamma Mia, Robert Pattison, Entertainment News

While Hollywood felt comfortable dismissing Sex and the City, Mamma Mia, and even Twilight, there is no way that the numbers for New Moon could be dismissed as a fluke.

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How Mamma Mia!'s Success Has Spoiled Greek Island Of Skopelos

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skopelos, Film, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

From a distance, everything looks just as it should. The teeny, white-washed Agios Ioannis chapel is perched 202 steps up a winding path on top of a r...

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"Money! Money! Money! -- Cannes Announces Film on Muhammad Yunus"

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia, Microcredit, Poverty, Christian De Boisredon, Nicolas Jourdier, Nobel Peace Prize, Bangladesh, Origin Pictures, Vivian Norris De Montaigu, David Thompson, Muhammad Yunus, Entertainment News

The multi-talented Phyllida Lloyd has attached herself to the development of a feature fiction film based on the spread of microcredit around the world.

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An Expat's Week in America: Health Care, Yunus, Grameen and Broadway

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia, Grameen, Poverty, Economy, Broadway, Bankers, Grameen America, Doctors, Obama, Media, Health Care, Muhammad Yunus, Healthy Living News

No one can crush the spirit of those who are doing what they love to do, and sharing it with us.

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Putin Claims He Didn't Dance To Abba

The Independent | By Chris Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Mamma Mia, Bjorn Again, Putin Abba, Abba, Vladimir Putin, Rod Stephen, Putin, World News

During his time as a Russian political heavyweight, Vladimir Putin has earned a reputation as one of the world's most uncompromising leaders, a tough-...

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Marketing Movies to "Discriminating Women"

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Yorker, Movie Trailers, New in Town Movie Review, Mamma Mia, Tim Palen, Marketing, Movie Marketing, Movies, Entertainment News

Women need to get out and support films they are interested in on opening weekend so they get counted in Hollywood terms.

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2008 Film Wrap-Up, Part I: The Moments That Mattered

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mamma Mia, Wall-E, Entertainment, 2008, Year-End, Meet the Browns, Mark Wahlberg, Indiana Jones, Hancock, Role Models, Dark Knight, Happening, Saw V, Tyler Perry, Valkyrie, Movies, Entertainment News

Let's discuss certain scenes, moments, character beats, and what-not that worked in 2008, regardless of the quality of the films that contained them.

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Women's Films: A New Box Office Trend?

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Box Office, Box Office Data, Box Office, Mamma Mia, Sex and the City, Women in Hollywood, Women in Movies, Movies, Entertainment News

As of today, there are two women-centric films -- Sex and the City and Mamma Mia! -- in the top 10 at the box office for the year.

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"Mamma Mia" Still Dominates Overseas Box Office

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, Abba, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

Foreign sensation "Mamma Mia!" stayed unstoppable at international multiplexes, racking up its fifth consecutive weekend victory with $14.1 million at...

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What Bat? "Mamma Mia!" Breaks Musical Box Office Record

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

There was another record-breaker at theaters this weekend, and it didn't involve men in bat suits. Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired film starring Meryl ...

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Mamma Mia: America's First Great Bollywood Musical

Michael Melcher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bollywood, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, High School Musical, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Movies, Gay Marriage, Abba, Entertainment News

Last night I saw Mamma Mia, the ABBA movie musical. Mamma Mia is basically a Bollywood musical, only with themes, actors and cultural mores that are highly accessible to Americans. I offer my own experience.

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America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joker, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Obama, Mccain, Media, Heath Ledger, Batman, Election, America, Entertainment News

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

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Mamma Mia!: Feminist Creative Power on Film

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Sex and the City, Feminism, Movies, Entertainment News

The irony is that this fun musical about a wedding bucks every Hollywood convention, making Mamma Mia one of the most feminist movies of the year -- way more so than SATC.

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Mamma Mia!: A Cheat Sheet for Those Who Don't Quite Love ABBA

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia Movie, Movies, Meryl Streep, Abba, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

I want to have something to say when others talk about Mamma Mia!, so I did some remedial reading about its history. Let what I learned about ABBA serve as a primer.

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ABBA Star's Devastating Memory Loss: Remembers Little Of His Fame

This is London | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abba Memory Loss, Mamma Mia Movie, Mamma Mia, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Abba, Entertainment News

As a new generation of fans discover Abba thanks to the phenomenal success of the hit film Mamma Mia, one of the foursome has revealed he is suffering...

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"Mamma Mia" The Queen Of Foreign Box Office

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mamma Mia Movie, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Entertainment News

Universal's "Mamma Mia!" came out singing overseas ahead of its domestic launch, dominating in English-speaking markets with $24 million on just 1,368...

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