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Carrie Underwood Wasn't Sound Of Music's 1st Pick?! The Original Von Trapps Wanted A DIFFERENT Actress! — Uh oh! Maybe they SHOULD have given them what they wanted! — Last night's broadcast of the Sound of Music LIVE was met with mixed reviews, Carrie Underwood's vocals were AH-MAZE but her acting was...not.
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
‘Sound of Music Live!’ Review: The Hills Are Barely Alive — By Kevin FallonDecember 6th 20135:45 AM — Was Carrie Underwood a good Maria? No. Was NBC's decision to do a live staging of ‘The Sound of Music’ a good one? Maybe not. Was it fun anyway? Actually, kinda. — The poor hills.
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: NBC's ‘Sound of Music Live’ Sings With 18.5 Million Viewers — UPDATED: The peacock's three-hour presentation of the musical ties “The Big Bang Theory” in the demo and propels the network to an impressive nightly win — its biggest on a Thursday since the “ER” finale in 2009.
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Carrie Underwood? — 9 things that went wrong, 6 things that went right, and 4 people who should've played Maria instead — By Charlotte Alter @charlottealterDec. 06, 2013 — An imposing Austrian manly-man falls for the nanny even though he is attached …
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Tom Gliatto / People.com:
Sound of Music Live Without Much Life, Says PEOPLE's TV Critic
Sound of Music Live Without Much Life, Says PEOPLE's TV Critic
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Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
Ratings: NBC's Sound of Music Live! Does Something Very Good; Glee and Grey's Eye Lows
Ratings: NBC's Sound of Music Live! Does Something Very Good; Glee and Grey's Eye Lows
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Paris Hilton's Brother Barron — Lindsay Lohan's Thug BEAT MY FACE IN — (New information bolded) — Paris Hilton's little brother Barron Hilton was jumped this morning — and beaten to a pulp — and he claims Lindsay Lohan masterminded the attack, TMZ has learned.
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Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Jennifer Lawrence hungers for normalcy — Franchises and awards aside, the 23-year-old actress craves a life away from the red carpet. — CONNECT — NEW YORK — Behind the clever banter and disarming repartee, beyond the glamorous red-carpet Dior gowns, in a private dining room …
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Makes Fan's Night, Invites Teen to Sit With Her at Kanye West's Yeezus Concert — Talk about a fan-tastic experience! Kim Kardashian made one teen very, very happy on Thursday, Dec. 5, when she invited the girl and her friend to sit with her in the VIP section at fiance Kanye West's Yeezus concert in New Orleans.
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston “Very Into the Holiday Spirit” While Shopping for Christmas Trees With Justin Theroux — 'Tis the season! Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are ready to deck the halls. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the couple paid their annual visit to Mr. Greentrees in Beverly Hills to pick the perfect Christmas tree for their new home.
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Disney Takes Over Rights to ‘Indiana Jones’ Franchise — Paramount keeps distribution rights to previous four films — The Walt Disney Studios and Paramount Pictures have reached a distribution and marketing agreement for the Indiana Jones franchise. — Under the arrangement …
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Amanda Bynes Is On Track To Recovery! Enrolls Herself At FIDM! — WOW! A slow and steady recovery? — Perhaps not for Amanda Bynes! — After returning home from rehab, the What I Like About You star is wasting no time getting back onto her own two feetsies!
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
New ‘Terminator’ TV Series in the Works — “Thor's” Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller will pen the script for the project, from Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures, that will be a companion piece to the rebooted film. — Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Terminator”
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Paul Walker — Emergency Dispatch Recording ... ‘Dead on Arrival’ — Dispatch Recording ... ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ — 6 MINUTES AGO BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — First responders to the Paul Walker crash declared the actor dead almost immediately after arriving on the scene ... and TMZ has obtained audio of the call to dispatch.
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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Kelly Clarkson Talks Pregnancy Morning Sickness on Ellen: “I Vomit a Good Dozen Times a Day” — Pregnancy has been rough on Kelly Clarkson. During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, Dec. 6, the 31-year-old singer vented to host Ellen DeGeneres about how “miserable” …
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