nally young, an ever-optimistic, sun-will-come-up-tomorrow kind of gal, dancing, singing and spreading sunshine wherever she goes. And on Dec. 19 she’ll be going into movie theaters everywhere, as a new star-packed Annie movie based on the hit Broadway musical opens on the big screen. “I think it’s just one of those stories that reaches people,” says


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Cameron Diaz, who plays Miss Hannigan, one of the new Annie’s central characters. “People are drawn to it because you want to have Annie find someplace where she doesn’t have to take care of herself, where she doesn’t have to fight, that she gets to find somebody who wants to love her, and who will give her a home and take care of her.”


1977


ne of pop culture’s most iconic characters is more than 90 years old—but she doesn’t look a day over 11. Tat’s because Little Orphan Annie will always be eter-


1924


1938 Annie was born a comic-strip character in the New York Daily


News in 1924, with a series of evolving plots following the spunky little orphan, her loyal dog Sandy and her wealthy benefactor “Dad- dy” Warbucks. Widely popular throughout the ’20s and ’30s, Little Orphan Annie was later adapted for radio and movies. Decades later, in the 1980s, it became a Tony-sweeping Broadway smash, which spun out into numerous national and international touring versions and is still staged in thousands of high school and community the- ater productions today. Broadway launched Annie to vibrant life in a magnificent way,


through grandly popular signature songs—like “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”—and star-spangled performances by a long list of stars in its leading and supporting roles, including Glee’s Jane Lynch, British actor Tim Curry, Sarah Jessica Parker, ’80s pop star


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