--- title: Oscars 2015: Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga Her 'New Friend' description: The 79-year-old star was 'deeply honored' by the Oscars tribute performance canonical: https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-24T02:07:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:39:08.046Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga a 'New Friend' og:description: The 79-year-old star was 'deeply honored' by the Oscars tribute performance og:url: https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774fc22632295fa8/698780accd1bba13e16f55db/464187440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 464187440 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga a 'New Friend' twitter:description: The 79-year-old star was 'deeply honored' by the Oscars tribute performance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774fc22632295fa8/698780accd1bba13e16f55db/464187440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga a 'New Friend' by [Michelle Tauber / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michelle Tauber / People Feb 24, 2015 2:07 AM UTC  Lady Gaga introduces Julie Andrews on stage during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2015 Lady Gaga introduces Julie Andrews on stage during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2015Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Michelle Tauber / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michelle Tauber / People Feb 24, 2015 2:07 AM UTC [Lady Gaga](http://www.people.com/people/lady%5Fgaga) had already [won the Oscars](http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20881794%5F20903330,00.html). Now it turns out she has won at life: Julie Andrews is a Little Monster. “I was deeply honored by the Academy’s lovely tribute to _The Sound of Music_,” the film’s Oscar-winning star told PEOPLE about Gaga’s [show-stopper](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20903479,00.html), which became the night’s most-shared moment on social media, “and especially touched by Lady Gaga’s wonderful performance.” The legendary 79-year-old star, who inspired a collective round of reverential “awww”s in the lobby of the Dolby Theatre when she took the stage at Sunday night’s show, then added the best spoonful of sugar imaginable. “I have always been a fan, but last night we bonded and now I have a new friend,” said the star and noted [children’s book author](http://julieandrewscollection.com/). Even raindrops on roses can’t compete with that. _This_ [_article_](http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20881794%5F20903742,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ _Read next:_ [_Watch Ed Sheeran’s Soulful Cover of Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty’_](http://time.com/3720510/ed-sheeran-covers-christina-aguilera-dirrty/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/"},"headline":"Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga a 'New Friend'","datePublished":"2015-02-24T02:07:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:39:08.046Z","description":"The 79-year-old star was 'deeply honored' by the Oscars tribute performance","url":"https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774fc22632295fa8/698780accd1bba13e16f55db/464187440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Tauber / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774fc22632295fa8/698780accd1bba13e16f55db/464187440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"464187440","caption":"onstage during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3719842/oscars-2015-julie-andrews-lady-gaga/","name":"Julie Andrews Calls Lady Gaga a 'New Friend'"}}]}] ```