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Hairspray

1988, Movie, PG, 90 mins

Hairspray: TV Guide News

Hairspray, Hogs and Other Short Cuts! | Today's News: Our Take | 6/27/2007
New Line Records' soundtrack for the forthcoming Hairspray redo is available for pre-order at retailers as well as at iTunes — a first for the popular music hub.... FX has ponied up about $16 million for the cable rights to the hit comedy Wild Hogs and the thriller The Invisible, to first air in fall 2009.... Tom Sizemore's 16-month prison sentence for violating probation in a drug case has been reduced, leaving him with nine more months to serve, says the AP. read more be the first to leave a comment
John Waters: Hairspray Hubbub Is Hooey | Today's News: Our Take | 6/15/2007
Original Hairspray auteur John Waters, responding to the New York Daily News' piece titled "Travolta in 'Spray Revolts Gays," argues, "It should have said 'Revolts Gay,' because it's just one person" — Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff — raising a ruckus. (Naff's beef is with Hairspray star John Travolta, whose Scientology faith has anti-gay tenets.) As Waters so wonderfully puts it to the News, "If [Travolta] was homophobic, dancing in [drag] with as many gay people as are working... read more be the first to leave a comment
Short Cuts: Star Wars, Grey's Newcomer and More | Today's News: Our Take | 5/16/2007
Biography Channel celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars — I first saw it at the Ridgeway in Stamford, Connecticut, with James and Keith — with profiles of Harrison Ford (airing May 25) and George Lucas (May 26).... The soundtrack for the upcoming Hairspray movie musical hits stores July 10. The first single (Zac Efron's "Ladies' Choice") is currently available for download.... Hannibal Rising arrives on DVD May 29.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog is updated with my take on Grey's... read more be the first to leave a comment
Oprah Welcomes John Tra-vol-taaaaaaaa...! | Today's News: Our Take | 5/14/2007
And, well, others. On this Wednesday's Oprah, the Queen of all Media acknowledges another tuner besides her own The Color Purple by devoting the entire hour to the upcoming movie musical Hairspray, which hits theaters July 20. According to TheaterMania.com, in addition to interviewing the film's stars — John Travolta (presumably out of drag), Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah — the show will also preview at least one musical number. John Waters has officially... read more be the first to leave a comment