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By Drew Grant 5/15/12 2:44pm

Annie vs. Annie: The Sun Will Come Up On Willow Smith and Lilla Crawford

It’ll be a hard-knock life for the Broadway cast of Annie, which were announced today to be headlined by 11-year-old Lilla Crawford. The team of precocious moppets, who were handpicked after over 5,000 auditions, will be opening at the Netherlander theater at a date T.B.D. Read More

By Nate Freeman 1/26/11 9:16pm

Film

Decade After 'Hard Knock Life,' Jay-Z Returns to Annie As Producer of Big-Screen Remake

In 1999, Jay-Z nicked the chorus of a song from the all-but-ignored musical Annie and turned it into his then-biggest hit, “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).” Now, to steal lyrics from that song, Jay’s “gone from lukewarm to hot, sleeping on futons and cots to king sized, dream machines, the green fives.” He’s got a Read More

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Annie vs. Annie: The Sun Will Come Up On Willow Smith and Lilla Crawford

Decade After 'Hard Knock Life,' Jay-Z Returns to Annie As Producer of Big-Screen Remake

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