Christine Baranski

I can't quite explain what made me come to love ABBA. It could be the exposure I got from my mother in terms of their music since had a general appreciation for them or maybe there was just something about their music that elicited smiles from me and drove me to appreciate their works as a whole. Whatever the case may be, I am an ABBA fan and combining that with my love for musical theater means that it was only a matter of time before I'd get around to Mamma Mia! the musical.I almost got to...Read Full Story

I can't quite explain what made me come to love ABBA. It could be the exposure I got from my mother in terms of their music since had a general appreciation for them or maybe there was just something about their music that elicited smiles from me and drove me to appreciate their works as a whole. Whatever the case may be, I am an ABBA fan and combining that with my love for musical theater means that it was only a matter of time before I'd get around to Mamma Mia! the musical.I almost got to...Read Full Story

Broadway Across America's Beth Cox talks with MAMMA MIA! co-star Christine Baranski about her experience with the film, the music and Broadway. Happy Mamma Mia! Week. With more productions playing around the world than any other musical, the international sensation MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 30 million people. Now a different audience will experience the phenomenon when “Mamma Mia! The Movie” opens July 18 on screens nationwide. MAMMA MIA! has enjoyed so much worldwide success because...Read Full Story

ABBA foursome make rare appearanceSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!," delighting fans with their first public showing for years. Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad -- known as Frida -- and Agnetha Faltskog walked down the red carpet at a Stockholm movie theatre to the cheers of several thousand fans.The movie follows "Mamma Mia!" the musical, which toured worldwide and features...Read Full Story

I am all anticipation of the July 18th release of the movie Mamma Mia, staring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and yes, Mr. Darcy - - well - - actually the actor formally known as Mr. Darcy - - Colin Firth!If Firth has his way, we would forever forget the fact that he smoldered his way into our hearts in the 1995 mini-series of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, a breakthrough role that he continues to be most remembered for. Being a romantic heartthrob has become a bit of a reluctant...Read Full Story

MAMMA MIA!, the film adaptation of the hit musical featuring classic Abba songs, has leapt to the top spot at the UK box office, knocking Will Smith's superhero adventure, Hancock, into second place. The movie version of the worldwide stage hit took £6.6million in its opening weekend. It stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried and Christine Baranski and opens in the USA this Friday. Other new entries in the UK chart were Journey to the...Read Full Story

Ellen Pompeo was the first to wear this Gucci Spring 2008 mini dress, which drapes from the shoulder to the hemline.The actress wore her black dress, when she attended Madonna's and Gucci's Malawi Benefit back in February, with black Louboutin booties.Christine Baranski defied her 56 years by wearing the pink version of the same dress, when she attended the world premiere of Mamma Mia! - in which she stars - in London this week.The actress, best known for her character Maryann Thorpe in the...Read Full Story

Well, I'm still riding high on my Dancing Queen cloud! What a great movie! We arrived to a packed cinema, so packed in fact that they'd run out of salted popcorn! It took me at least twenty minutes to get over my sulk about that - I'd especially not eaten dinner so I could dive head first into a large bucket of the stuff. For me, half the excitement of a trip to the movies is the salted popcorn.... and the trailers! We settled in for what I thought would be a fun-filled cheese fest; movies of...Read Full Story

Sirius is about to bring us a whole lotta ABBA. Channel 3 will switch to ABBA Radio Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern. Sirius says the channel will play nothing but ABBA music for two weeks to coincide with the release of the major motion picture MAMMA MIA!Not only will we hear ABBA's original recordings, we are also in store for versions of their songs from the stage musical and the soundtrack to the motion picture (which hits stores Tuesday). The latter features recordings by Meryl Streep, Pierce...Read Full Story

The ladies talk about Christine Baranski being nominated for an Emmy.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Jul 20 23:11:09 UTC 2010Air date: Tue Jul 20 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 03:52Read Full Story