Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2024 Alabama Public Radio
Donate/Portal
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

A First Look At Quvenzhané Wallis In The New 'Annie'

By Linda Holmes
Published March 6, 2014 at 9:40 AM CST

Oscar-nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis roared forth a couple of years ago in the offbeat Beasts of the Southern Wild, but now she's going for a classic in a new film version of one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time: Annie. In a new trailer, she sings, she dances, she hangs out with Jamie Foxx and Rose Byrne, and she tries to escape the mean clutches of Cameron Diaz.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Arts & Life
Linda Holmes
Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.
See stories by Linda Holmes
News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.
Donate