‘Sound of Music’ star Julie Andrews reflects on recent reunion with von Trapp children: ‘We’re family’

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer famously starred together in the classic 1965 musical “The Sound of Music”, and remained close friends for the five-plus decades that followed until Plummer’s death in February 2021 at age 91.

Dame Julie Andrews and her beautifully enunciated, crisp tones are an essential part of the success of Netflix’s smash hit period drama, Bridgerton.

Ben Foster Boots stormed into the living room, dust falling though the floorboards onto the Tzigel family. Jews were being exterminated, and my family was hiding in the basement of a sympathetic neighbor. They couldn’t stay long.

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Julie Andrews has been in the spotlight this week after receiving the AFI Life Achievement Award and the possibility of The Princess Diaries 3 has come up in several interviews.

Sasha Urban editorThe Dolby Theatre was alive with the sound of music on Thursday, as the American Film Institute presented the two-year-delayed Life Achievement Award Gala in honor of Julie Andrews‘ career, from “Mary Poppins” to “The Princess Diaries”Speaking to Variety on the red carpet, Andrews called the honor “a culmination, in a way, of wonderful events and great fortune.”“My early years were in in Music Hall in London and vaudeville, and I was just a bit of a child brat, I suppose, that had a big voice,” Andrews said. “But the wonder was that I then was asked to go to Broadway and then to Hollywood.”Andrews made her Hollywood debut playing the flying nanny Mary Poppins in 1964, and has spoken in the past of the learning curve she faced when she first made the transition from stage to screen, clearly to fruitful results.

Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet ahead of her American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, the 86-year-old actress hinted at what it would take for her to reprise the role as queen Clarisse Rinaldi. 'It depends what the story is, and if they can come up with something, that would be wonderful,' she said.  But knowing how difficult it is to get lighting to strike three times, especially since it's been nearly 20 years since The Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement hit the big screen, the Oscar winner added the caveat, 'But if not, there will be other things.

The legendary actress, 86, was honoured with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles. And co-stars from the 1965 classic movie join her at the gala.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani just stepped out for a glamorous date night! On Thursday, the couple attended the 48th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala, and went all out for the occasion.Stefani stunned in a Nicole + Felicia gown that featured a white, tank-style top and a tulle skirt with ombré details and an impressive train. Stefani accessorized the gorgeous gown with a diamond necklace, and opted to wear her hair in a high bun and adorn her face with pink-hued makeup. Shelton, meanwhile, sported dark jeans, a gray jacket, black vest, white button up, and a tie for the event.The couple was as cute as can be on the carpet, cuddling up as they posed for pictures and holding hands before they made their way into the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.Once inside the event, at which Julie Andrews was being honored with AFI’s Life Achievement Award, the couple was all smiles at their table.

include Denzel Washington, George Clooney, Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Al Pacino, the late Sean Connery, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro and more. The award is the highest honor an individual can receive for a career in film and is bestowed on creatives who have “greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture.” Held on Thursday, a taped special of the event will premiere on TNT next week, June 16, at 10 p.m.

“Welcome to the 48th, 49th, and 50th AFI Life Achievement Awards,”  American Film Institute President and CEO Bob Gazzale stated as he began his welcoming remarks for Thursday night’s long awaited and long pandemic- delayed tribute to Julie Andrews, the 2022 honoree at a ceremony originally  set to take place in the spring of 2020 that now finally happened with all style and warmth so familiar to these AFI evenings ever since AFI founder George Stevens Jr. came up with the idea in 1973 when director John Ford was the first honoree (Stevens, now 90, was there and acknowledged from the stage last night). Since then there has never been a “gap” between cereomonies but now there is between 2019 honoree Denzel Washington and Andrews, but it was well worth the wait, and congratulations to the AFI, Board Trustees Chairs Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Daly as well as Gazzale (who is also Executive Producer of the show which will air on TNT June 16 at 10pm) for not letting Covid diminish the event, even if it had to come a little later than usual,and every member of the audience at the Dolby Theatre (transformed into a banquet setting for the elegant dinner) had to take a PCR test at least 48 hours before entering the building. Other than that it was just like old times and you could tell the industry crowd was thrilled to be there for a genuine show business legend. The only sad part was that Andrews’ The Sound Of Music co-star Christopher Plummer was not there. The Oscar winning actor had actually been set to appear at the tribute when it was originally to take place before the pandemic had other ideas. He died in Feburary of last year at age 91.

Six decades later, the von Trapp children are back together.

The hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor.

died in February 2021 at the age of 91.Many of the iconic British actress’ old pals and costars such as “Princess Diaries” star Hector Elizondo also appeared throughout the evening. Princess Mia Thermopolis herself, Anne Hathaway, sent in a lovely recorded message to pay tribute to Andrews.Her “Mary Poppins” costar Dick Van Dyke also relayed a message via video.

The hills were alive with the sound of music from the von Trapp children again. On Thursday, Julie Andrews received the AFI Life Achievement Award at a Gala Tribute in Los Angeles.To mark the special occasion, the former child stars who played the von Trapp children in the 1965 musical "The Sound of Music" came together to celebrate the star’s decades-long career. Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) walked the red carpet at the Dolby Theater and even led a sing-along of "Do Re Mi" to the delight of the audience.