PAMELA Travers created the perfect children's nanny, but in real life the Australian-born author split up a pair of twins because she only wanted to adopt one boy. Saving Mr Banks also stars Tom Hanks ...

(Reuters) - Richard Sherman, 95, a man behind famed Disney songs that delighted generations, such as "It's a Small World (After all)" and Mary Poppins' songs ...

How stubborn was Walt Disney? He spent 26 years wheedling Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers to sell him the film rights to her book — call it determination or bullying. Travers thought he was a hack ...

At a recent Vandy High Tea event, he talked about his connection with Walt Disney and how the author of the original books didn't agree with his casting At the event, he reflected on his career, his ...

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything ...

Richard Sherman and his brother, the late Robert Sherman, had been writing songs for various Disney projects when Walt Disney handed them a copy of “Mary Poppins” during a meeting in the early ’60s.

‘‘In the 1980s, someone had told me, ‘Did you know that the author of ‘‘Mary Poppins’’ was born in Australia?’ I filed that in the back of my mind, and I did a little work on it. One day I realized I ...

The Sherman brothers were struggling Hollywood songwriters when Walt Disney assigned them to his adaptation of “Mary Poppins.

It's been 60 years since the Disney classic "Mary Poppins" first floated into our lives. For a while, making the film seemed like an impossibility for Walt Disney. He pursued the film rights from the ...

May 25 (Reuters) - Richard Sherman, 95, a man behind famed Disney songs that delighted generations, such as "It's a Small World (After all)" and Mary Poppins' songs ...