The Secret to Writing Songs for TV From Veterans of ‘Empire,’ ‘Smash’ and ‘Julie and The Phantoms’
“Write a song that’s very specific and very universal at the same time,” Emmy-winning composer Marc Shaiman says
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35 Landmark Oscar Wins (and Losses) That Could Happen This Year
“Roma” could set records for a foreign-language film, and “Black Panther” could do the same with African-American winners
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Composer Marc Shaiman: ‘I’d Love to’ EGOT With My 2 Oscar Noms
Composer was nominated in the Best Song and Best Score categories
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Guild of Music Supervisors Nominates ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ for Top Awards
“Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Dumplin'” are among the other films nominated for multiple awards by the guild
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Film Review: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda Languish in the Shadow of Giants
The stars give their all to a never charmless (but often charm-adjacent) movie that slavishly follows in the original’s footsteps
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Oscars: Europe Loses Ground and 6 Other Lessons We Learned From This Year’s Short Lists
From foreign films to docs and songs and scores and shorts, the lists revealed a few things about this year’s races
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Oscar Contenders for Best Original Song, From Boots Riley to Diane Warren (Exclusive Photos)
Sounwave, Marc Shaiman and more songwriters attend TheWrap’s panel on movie music, sponsored by Dolby
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How Movie Songs by Kendrick Lamar, Kesha and Troye Sivan Hope to Last Beyond Their Films (Video)
Oscars Best Original Song Contenders: Sounwave, Diane Warren, Keegan DeWitt and more join TheWrap’s panel discussion
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The Scene at TheWrap’s Oscars Best Original Song Contenders Panel (Photos)
Diane Warren, Boots Riley, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Sounwave and more were on hand for event presented by Dolby Laboratories
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songwriters on Facing the Pressure of Following a Classic
Oscar songs special: “How could we possibly be as brave or audacious or naïve as we needed to be to take on such a project?” says songwriter Marc Shaiman of his and Scott Wittman’s job on the Rob Marshall film
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‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Broadway Review: Christian Borle to the Rescue
It’s a long first act before Willy Wonka arrives. Borle makes it worth the wait
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See Emily Blunt as Iconic Magical Nanny in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Live action Disney film is set to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2018
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‘Hairspray Live!': You Can’t Stop the Beat – or the Live Blog
The highs and lows of NBC’s latest live musical spectacular
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Colin Firth in Talks to Play Bank Boss in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
“Bridget Jones” actor will portray William Weatherall Wilkins
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Emily Mortimer Cast in Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Actress will play Jane Banks, one of the famed fictional nanny’s children, in movie musical
