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6 hrs ago | Daily Star

Bernal sees positives in...

KATIE HOLMES has teamed up with HAIRSPRAY director ADAM SHANKMAN and reality TV guru NIGEL LYTHGOE to launch a dance scholarship fund.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Daily Star

Carey sorry for teary...

A second will signed by MICHAEL JACKSON has been lodged in Los Angeles. Eighties pop star SINITTA has started divorce proceedings against her husband following their separation last year .

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Calgary Herald

John Travolta in drag

Here's your first look at John Travolta in a wig and a dress. The pics were snappedA Thursday night on the Toronto set of the remake of Hairspray , in which Travolta plays Edna Turnblad.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

KMTR

Holmes launches dance scholarship

Actress Katie Holmes arrives at the stage production of 'Jersey Boys: The Story Of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' at Princess Theatre on July 5, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Canada.com

Travolta's "Hairspray" role is a drag

John Travolta knows a lot about women's footwear. In fact, when he talks about the shoes he wore in the new movie Hairspray , Travolta reveals more than knowledge - he betrays a sense of passion for the world of footwear fashion.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Crossville Chronicle

Playhouse Review: "Hairspray"

This is a multigenerational review: I am grateful for the assistance of my 12-year-old grandson and his aunt, my daughter, in commenting on Hairspray.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

TV Squad

Ricki Lake Minisodes might be high art, right?

The late eighties and early-to-mid nineties brought out some of the filthiest, bottom-feeding talk shows our country has ever seen.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Screenhead

Erfon Takes a Thriller

Zac Efron A signed up to star in and executive produce an untitled thriller for Mandate Pictures, with Leslie Dixon penning the script.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

UTV

Farewell to the rugged look as new male beauties sweep all before them

A fresh image of the perfect man is emerging. His androgynous charm endears him to women, writes Amelia Hill Sunday, 28 June 2009 Something strange is happening to our leading men - they are fading, blurring and losing their edge.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Crossville Chronicle

Around the Town: I'm dyeing to see "Hairspray"

One of my favorite Broadway productions, Hairspray, has rolled onto the main stage at Cumberland County Playhouse, and I am dyeing to see it.

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Slam Sports

Pfeiffer comfortable in her skin

Artist: Pfeiffer, Michelle Michelle Pfeiffer has spent a lot of her career being taken at face value.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Sun Online

Miley in new pic controversy

In one the teenager sits backwards on a chair, while in the other she poses with 44-year-old filmmaker ADAM SHANKMAN directly behind her.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

ComingSoon.net

Zac Efron to Star in a "Sexy Thriller"

The Hollywood Reporter says that Zac Efron has signed to star in an untitled thriller for Mandate Pictures, which is being written by Leslie Dixon.

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The Orange County Register

Michelle Pfeiffer makes her peace with time

Conjure up the ideal screen role for a famed film beauty, a woman now "of a certain age," and she would almost certainly be the spitting image of Lea de Lonval, aging courtesan in love with a callow, gorgeous young wastrel.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

Julianne Hough to star in 'Footloose' remake

Home : Features : Movies : Julianne Hough to star in 'Footloose' remake Julianne Hough to star in 'Footloose' remake 19-Jun-2009 Written by: Sari N. Kent Country singer, professional dancer and two-time winner of ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' 20-year-old Julianne Hough will be starring in the remake of 1984's 'Footloose.' Two-time winner of ABC's ...

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Crossville Chronicle

"Hairspray" opens at Cumberland County Playhouse June 25

Cumberland County Playhouse's Southern Regional Premiere of Hairspray, the bright, funny, family-friendly, multicultural '60s musical that inspired the film starring John Travolta and Queen Latifah opens on June 25.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Cumberland County, NC, John Travolta, Rap, Queen Latifah, Black Entertainment, Theater, Arts

Thu Jun 18, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Queen Latifah - Latifah Ready for Broadway Debut

Caption: Queen Latifah The Fidelity FutureStage Gala honouring New York public school student playwrights - Photocall at Sardi's New York City, USA .... QUEEN LATIFAH has been bombarded with offers to appear on Broadway - but is holding out for her dream role.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Preston Today

Michelle Pfeiffer at Cheri premiere

Michelle Pfeiffer was a vision in white at a New York screening of her new film, Cheri.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Farragut Press

CCPH presents 'HAIRSPRAY'

Cumberland County Playhouse will present 'HAIRSPRAY,' the bright, funny, family-friendly, multicultural '60's musical that inspired the film starring John Travolta and Queen Latifah, opening June 25.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Tallahassee.com

'The (not so) Great Train Robbery'

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, director Tony Scott's remake of the 1974 classic thriller starring the great Walter Matthau, opens with a series of over-stylized shots intermittently dosed with excessive amounts of adrenaline, feverishly cut to the beat of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" . Rather than providing for a joyously jarring rollercoaster ride of an ...

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Black Entertainment, Denzel Washington, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, John Travolta

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