hairsprayshrine

ALL HAIRSPRAY NEWS! HAIRSPRAY IN THEATRES NOW! AMAZING MOVIE!

July 20th- Hairspray comes out!

July 7th- HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL star ZAC EFRON is attracted to plus-sized girls - like his HAIRSPRAY co-star NIKKI BLONSKY. The hunky actor has got a soft spot for larger ladies because he reckons they are more content with themselves than their skinner counterparts. He says, "I actually go for girls like her (Blonsky) in real life. I like girls that are happy and healthy."

July 5th- The World Premiere of Hairspray in London England!

July 3rd- Hairspray Dolls instores July 15th 2007!

June 30th- Vote for this guy for the Hairspray contest! He did the best out of them all!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9917794

June 26th- HAIRSPRAY: HBO FIRST LOOK
Airs (25 Minutes)
7/10- 9:00 PM HBO - EAST
7/12- 5:00 AM HBO ZONE - EAST
7/12- 10:00 AM HBO SIGNATURE - EAST
7/14- 5:00 PM HBO - EAST
7/15- 12:45 PM HBO2 - EAST

June 25th- On Monday, July 2nd Hairspray the musical is going to be performing LIVE on "Live with Regis and Kelly" at 9am! Tune in!

June 24th- Listen to a sample of the cast album here!
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=794043908927&itm=1

June 23rd- New Nikki Blonsky interview... check it out!

June 22nd- Watch HBO First Look: Hairspray on 10 July 2007

June 20th- Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Adam Shankman and Queen Latifah attended the Wiesenthal Center Tribute Dinner

June 20th- check out this Hairspray Interview!
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NewsDisplay/tabid/209/articleID/29283/Default.aspx?ArticleID=29283

June 20th- Go here for great Hairspray movie pics!
http://www.moviepublicity.com/nltheatrical/hairspray_photos.html

June 19th- Entertainment Weekly Talks with HAIRSPRAY Cast + Crew on Friday, June 22nd at 9:00pm at the Italian Cultural Institute.

June 17th- Listen to a sample of the Hairspray movie CD here! First ten songs are posted here, including the new song "New Girl in Town" sung by Brittany Snow and ensemble!
http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-New-Line-Records-Hairspray-Soundtrack-to-the-Motion-Picture-MP3-Download/11046851.html

June 17th- At our Galaxy Cinemas in Regina SK there is a huge Hairspray poster, some people may know what i am talking about... Heres a few pics!

June 15th- Carnival Cruise and Hairspray have intertwined and created a Hairspray fun cruise, go to this website for more info! http://www.carnival.com/cms/Static_Templates/Promos/hairspray/default.aspx

June 13th- This just in, Marissa Jaret Winokur is filming a movie in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada called Betrayals. She plays Teddy Hohn!!!

June 13th- Tonight on ET... Queen Latifah! Don't miss it! Also new Prom Queen clip of hairspray with Edna Turnblad http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2036085953&rs=1

June 12th- Check out these website exclusives of Hairspray!
http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar=us_en_video_748x541_full&mode=1&pmmsid=1925268

http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar=us_en_video_748x541_full&mode=1&pmmsid=1925269

http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/fv.htm??f=msnmovies&g=9dfbba24-e615-4f17-8bdb-4539e790d78e&p=movies_trailers_trailers_coming%20soon&t=s120&rf=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=730668&fg=

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm??f=msnmovies&g=40a76968-d74f-4079-8389-e020109988c4&p=movies_trailers_trailers_coming%20soon&t=s120&rf=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=730668&fg=&

June 11th- Pick up an issue of Glamour Mag. There is a minni article on Nikki as Tracy Turnblad!

June 10th- TONY AWARDS ARE TONIGHT! Laura Bell Bundy is nominated for the same award Marissa Jaret Winokur won in 2003! Good luck Laura! Check your local listings for the 61st Annual Tony Awards!

June 9th- HAIRSPRAY WEEK ON ENTERTAIN MENT TONIGHT!

ET is offering a behind the scenes glimpse in to the making of “Hairspray”- including all new film footage, interviews, in the recording session, outtakes and more.

June 7th- Nikki Blonsky and her mother attended the 38th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony.

June 4th- Hairspray Preview shown in one of the comercial brakes at the MTV movie awards 2007!

June 3rd- MTV MOVIE AWARDS ON TONIGHT! Check your local listings! Hairspray cast will be in attendance, i repeat Hairspray cast will be in attedance!

June 4th- Here is a pic of some of the cast at the 2007 MTV movie awards!

found at wireimage.com

June 3rd- I found a video of Marissa Jaret Winokur talking about Stacked!
http://www.fox.com/video/index.htm?cat_id=stacked&clip_id=stacked_marissaint

June 2nd- MTV movie Awards are tomorrow! Check your local listings! Hairspray is nominated for best summer movie you haven't seen yet! Also there are a few presenters from the cast of Hairspray that will be there!

June 2nd- Hairspray comes back to Baltimore.

According to the Baltimore Sun, the Charles Theatre will host Baltimore’s Hairspray premiere with a gala event at the Tremont Grand hotel on July 18.

Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, Brittany Snow and Elijah Kelley are scheduled to attend along with director Adam Shankman and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

Tickets are $150, which includes both events. Proceeds will benefit AIDS Action Baltimore.

For tickets or for more information call: 410-837-244

June 1st- All three Tracys unite! Check it out here!
http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Photo_op.aspx?ci=548977

June 1st- Fox News‘ Roger Friedman recently attended an advanced Hairspray screening- I believe it is safe to say, he liked what he saw.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277008,00.html

June 1st- New Sebastian Hairspray site!!! http://sebastianinspires.com/hollywood/

May 25th- MTV clip of Welcome to the 60's!

May 25th- New soundtrack listing! The Hairspray Soundtrack listing can now be found on the Official site!

A brand new rendition of “Mama I’m a Big Girl Now” will be feature Tracy’s past and present. Ricki Lake (Original Film Tracy), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Original Broadway Tracy), and Nikki Blonsky are together to tell their Mama’s just how BIG they are!

Be sure to go to the Soundtrack page for sneak listen at Elijah Kelley’s rendition of “Run and Tell That” and CD cover artwork!

May 25th- New Article in the wall street journal!

May 25th- New Hairspray poster!

May 24th- According to this Ad and “The Today Show” website, on July 20, the Hairspray cast will perform live as part of the “Toyota Concert Series” in Rockafellar Center.

It is not known yet who will make an appearance and/or perform, but it’s sure to be an amazing show!

Make plans to watch “The Today Show” Friday, July 20 before hitting the movie theatres to see Hairspray!

May 24th- James Marsden is featured in this month's issue of Men's Health.
Article; Actor James Marsden has learned the secret to excelling in every part of his life: Stop trying so damn hard ADVERTISEMENTA few years ago, actor James Marsden -- you know him as Cyclops from the X-Men films -- learned a horrible truth: Perfection, that mythical state that bewitches so many of us, is pure fool's gold. How does he know? He achieved it -- or got close, at least -- and it sucked.

Consider the physical ideal: single-digit body-fat percentage, shredded muscles, abs that could grate Parmesan cheese. That's what every man (and his woman) wants, right? Several years ago, Marsden worked hard to lower his body fat for a photo shoot. He reached his goal but was a dehydrated, miserable husk. Sure, he had the six-pack and the carved muscles. But his face had melted down to skin over bone. "I looked in the mirror," he says, "and I looked ill."

That unhealthy physical "ideal" turned out to be bogus. Marsden found that he'd betrayed his own happy, balanced lifestyle for a shrink-wrapped set of abs he'd have trouble maintaining. He refuses to make that mistake again. "You shouldn't have to give up things that you love in life," he says. "Yeah, you want to look good, but it's not necessary to look like the statue of David every time you take your shirt off. I'd rather look healthy, have a sound mind, and be comfortable in my own skin."

That's a challenge we all face: how to find our own sweet spots in life -- with fitness, with relationships, and with career. Marsden, 33, has some good ideas, and he's used them to develop a satisfying, complete life in a town (Hollywood) and a career (acting) in which tranquillity can usually be reached only by using a thousand-dollar-an-hour yogi, or something cooked in a spoon.

Exercise For The Joy Of It
It's a different matter if you have to lose weight, but if you're lean and healthy, why make exercise unpleasant? Marsden takes everything outside unless he's training for a role. "The gym mentality doesn't work for me," he says. "It's too isolating. I have to be outdoors chasing a ball. And I feel substantially better about myself when I do." His sports: basketball, volleyball, and occasionally football -- always with his buddies.

Master A Few Things
Marsden is a self-described "hobbyist." That doesn't mean he takes his interests lightly, however. His hobbies: singing, guitars, piano, home recording, and photography. "I hate being mediocre," he says. "If I really want to learn something, I immerse myself in it. That consumes every ounce of my thoughts until I'm really good at it."

Control Your Inner Mirror Addict
Take it from Marsden, who works in the vainest industry in existence: Liking how you look is okay. Loving it, however, is poisonous. "I've seen people get sucked into that addiction of reaching goals," he says. "It starts something in your brain. If I could just add another inch to my biceps, you think. Then you achieve that. You think you'll be happy, but you won't be, because someone will walk in with arms bigger than yours. So you get wrapped up in that psychology of bigger, bigger, bigger, less fat, less fat, less fat. But if you could step back and look at yourself, you'd go, Oh my God. Never in a million years would I want to be caught up in that."
Force Coworkers and Bosses to See You in a Different Light
The man who became famous playing Cyclops, an iconic comic-book hero, will next be singing up a storm in, of all things, the movie Hairspray, and playing a handsome prince in Disney's Enchanted. They were deliberate choices by Marsden. "If you try to play your career like a game, you'll drive yourself crazy," he says. "I'm sure your average 18 to 25-year-old man will be going, 'Cyclops doing song and dance? Are you kidding me?' But ultimately, it will help me diversify. If you have the chance to do what you want to do instead of what you think people want you to do, you have to take it. That alone will prove you're multifaceted." Then he laughs. "Or at least that you had the balls to try."

Crave Structure
Marrying actress Lisa Linde in 2000 and having son Jack (now 6) and daughter Mary (almost 2) was anything but a ball and chain for Marsden. "I needed the structure [of family life]," he says. "I used to be the type of guy who would aimlessly do whatever he wanted. When you're single, you don't want to change or give up what you have. But for me now, the challenge is wanting to spend so much time with my kids, because it's so fulfilling that it's hard to do anything else. I like being in my 30s. There's something about being married and having kids that makes you feel strong and fulfilled. My confidence is high. All that structure has something to do with that."

Hit These Sweet Spots
1. Make Anyone Laugh

The longer the joke, the more payoff expected from the punch line, according to researchers at LaughLab, a humor think tank in England. They found the ideal length for a joke is just 103 words; we'll make it even easier. Your best bet for a yuk? Can the canned humor altogether. Instead of one-liners and anecdotes, throw a self-effacing "humorang" to show you're self-confident. Or harness the power of cumulative, alley-oop humor: Your friend says he's fit; you say you're so fit your abs have abs.

2. Master Your Chops

Pierce that prime cut with a thermometer and the juices will escape. Pocket the probe and observe: A rare steak won't release any juices, and an overcooked steak will have puddles of brown juice on top. For a masterly medium-rare, remove the steak just as bright-red beads begin to form on the surface. Double-check with your finger: The steak should be firm but yielding, like a Nerf football. Let it rest for 10 minutes so the hot juices soak back into the meat.

3. Launch a Longer Drive

Whack a golf ball on the downswing with your driver and you'll generate too much backspin, sacrificing distance. To really take your drives deep, tee the ball up higher, so that the upper half extends past the top of your club, and move it forward in your stance. "Play the ball off your left big toe," says Scott Sackett, director of instruction at the PGA Tour Golf Academy, in St. Augustine, Florida. "You'll catch the ball on your upswing, which means less spin and more distance."

4. Pinpoint Her Pleasure

There's more to finding gold than locating treasure island. Once you've coaxed your way to her erotic epicenter, the clitoris, focus on two specific spots, at the 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock positions. "Because of the grouping of nerves, those are the particularly sensitive sweet spots for most women," says Joy Davidson, Ph.D., author of Fearless Sex. With your finger or tongue, make circles around her hot button, increasing pressure slightly when you cross the more sensitive areas.
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=guy.wisdom&category=life.lessons&conitem=5304e1e8bc972110VgnVCM20000012281eac____

May 24th- The MTV viewing was for the US people, hopefuly someone would be nice enough to post the video on youtube. Here is the website link to view the video, again you can only view it if your in the United States. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=movies&id=1560300&vid=150672

May 23rd- Zac Fron at American Idol

He told FOX LA that, prior to attending, he had done ADR (automated dialogue replacement) for Hairspray.

May 23rd- Yesterday Marissa attended the The Winners of "The Starter Wife" 40's and Fabulous Contest Presented by POND'S - Pink Carpet and After Party.

May 23rd- Tune In to MTV tonight at 11:00 PM for a 10 minute ’sneak peak’ at Hairspray!

Zac Efron and Amanda Bynes will introduce an exclusive clip, so set your TiVo’s, DVR’s and VCR’s! Promos will also air throughout the night so be sure to tune in early.

Don’t forget to vote for Hairspray as the ‘Best Summer Movie You Haven’t Seen’ for the MTV Movie Awards!

May 22nd- Pop Star Magazine (July issue) asks the question, “Is Zac going to be a movie star?”

May 22nd- Watch MTV Screened May 31st to see a behind the scenes view of all the Movie Nominees at the 2007 MTV movie awards!

May 22nd- Today, Allison Janney will appear on The Ellen Degeneres Show. The two will fly from Los Angeles to New York City in daytimes first ’show on a plane.’ Sweeps!

May 21st- John Travolta will appear on Conversations With Michael Eisner, Monday night (May 21) on CNBC at 9PM/12AM ET.

Among other things, John Travolta will discuss his upcoming role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

May 20th- Yesterday (May 19) Zac Efron attended a meet ‘n greet at Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta Georgia.

Zac treated the audience to an impromptu few bars of “Without Love” from Hairspray:

May 20th- Behind the scenes look on Hairspray the movie musical on MTV this Wednesday the 23rd at 11PM EST.

May 20th- Hairspray music video, Zac Efron- Ladies Choice is now on yahoo! http://music.yahoo.com/ar-43651635---Hairspray
And also You Tube

May 19th- Hairspray is featured in People Magazine’s May 28 issue. Check out this great image of Edna!

May 18th- Hairspray on Oprah, yes the whole episode... well they're all broken up but they are all on Hairspray movie 2007 page at the bottom!

May 17th- The music video premiere of “Ladies’ Choice” from Hairspray airs tonight on Nickelodeon’s ME TV at 5:30 PM.

ME TV will interview Zac Efron on his new role as Link Larkin.

Check it out!

May 17th- Sebastian Professional’s Shaper and Shaper Plus get a makeover this summer!

As the official Hair Spray for the film, Sebastian Professional’s Shaper products will welcome in the 60’s as “Ultra Clutch.” The limited edition cans will be available in fine salons everywhere in June! More information will be available here.

May 17th- Wal-Mart has additional information on the Hairspray Soundtrack, including a track listing*!

1. Good Morning Baltimore - Nikki Blonsky
2. The Nicest Kids In Town - James Marsden
3. It Takes Two - Zac Efron
4. (The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Michelle Pfeiffer
5. I Can Hear The Bells - Nikki Blonsky
6. Ladies Choice - Zac Efron
7. The New Girl In Town - Brittany Snow
8. Welcome To The 60’s - Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta
9. Run And Tell That - Elijah Kelley
10. Big, Blonde & Beautiful - Queen Latifah
11. Big, Blonde & Beautiful (Reprise) - John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer
12. (You’re) Timeless To Me - John Travolta, Christopher Walken
13. I Know Where I’ve Been - Queen Latifah
14. Without Love - Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley, Amanda Bynes
15. (It’s) Hairspray - James Marsden
16. You Can’t Stop The Beat - Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, James Marsden, Queen Latifah
17. Come So Far (Got So Far To Go) - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley
18. Cooties - Aimee Allen

The Wal-Mart exclusive will include a bonus DVD featuring behind-the-scenes of the making “Finding Tracy”, dancing in the movie and interviews with the cast.

*Subject to change.

The Hairspray sountrack hits stores July 10!

May 16th- Hairspray on Oprah! Incase you missed it!

Based on the Broadway musical (which itself was based on a cult favorite 1988 film by offbeat director John Waters), the movie musical Hairspray takes place in racially segregated 1960s Baltimore. A teenager named Tracy Turnblad is determined to get a role on a local teen show called The Corny Collins Show.

Tracy's mother, Edna, is against it—but her father, Wilbur, encourages her. The station manager, Velma Von Tussle, hates both Edna and the show's monthly "Negro day," hosted by Motormouth Maybelle, in which African-American teens are allowed on. When "Negro day" is cancelled, Tracy leads a civil rights march.

While it contains a serious message, Hairspray is also a terrifically fun singing and dancing extravaganza. "Go with all your friends. Take your family. It's so entertaining," Oprah says. "It's fantastic!"

The cast performs three songs from the movie—"Good Morning Baltimore," "Ladies Choice" and "Run and Tell That."

Hairspray features John Travolta in a way you've never seen him before. He plays Tracy's mom, Edna, in a dress and a fat suit!

John says he is just the guy to play Edna. "I grew up with some fantastic women—my mother, my sisters—and they were all performers. So I saw them on Broadway, I saw them in summer theater, and I have mental image pictures of women in these kinds of performances. I probably have the best library of memories for this kind of thing."

One aspect of Edna that John was particularly excited about was her voice. Hairspray gave him a chance to use the distinctive Baltimore accent he learned while shooting 2004's Ladder 49 in Charm City.

"At first … I think that everyone was frightened of the accent, because maybe it wouldn't be understandable or perhaps it would be too eccentric or something," John says. "And I said, 'But it helps me because it's slightly feminine.'"

If you didn't know Edna was played by John, you could easily miss the distinctive star under his makeup and curvaceous prosthetics, which took five hours every day to assemble. But he says it was worth it. "I do not want you for one second to think it's a man. … I wanted you to believe her." John says. "So I said, 'The bigger the breasts, the bigger the bust, the smaller the waist, the better we'll be.'"

John, who's so famous for his dance moves, says he worked hard to figure out how Edna should dance. "The trick with her was to behave as though she was 100 pounds instead of 300 pounds," he says. "And the more I could make you believe that she was light on her feet, I thought was the key."

Three-time Oscar®-nominee Michelle Pfeiffer plays Velma Von Tussle, Hairspray's dastardly station manager who dislikes both Tracy and the monthly "Negro day."

Michelle says that she was initially hesitant to play a meaner character, but was encouraged to go for it. "And then by the end of it, you had to rein me in!"

Michelle says she had thought about taking some time off, but when she read the script for Hairspray, she felt like she couldn't pass up the role of Velma.

She knew she'd made the right choice very early on…the first time the cast was together! "We had the read-through, and it was one of the most magical working experiences I've ever had," she says.

The choreographed scenes, Michelle says, were exhausting. "It's triple the work—not only the acting but the singing, the dancing," she says. "It's challenging, but it's a lot of fun."

John agrees. "It fills your cup. If you have those abilities—you can act, sing and dance—and you're not used to doing all three at once, it's very satisfying."

Rounding out Hairspray's all-star cast is Grammy® winner and Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah. She plays Motormouth Maybelle, hostess of The Corny Collins Show's once-a-month "Negro day" that is in peril of being canceled.

Queen Latifah worked with producer Neil Meron on Chicago and director Adam Shankman on Bringing Down the House, so she says she thought it would be fun to join them on this new movie. For Neil, there was no other Maybelle. "She was the only choice," Neil says. "The only choice."

Despite all the upbeat energy of Hairspray, Latifah says she kept in mind its underlying theme of racial segregation—especially during a scene in which Maybelle participates in a protest march. "As fun as it was … you look around and you're like, 'Wow, the black people are separated from the white people,'" Latifah says. "And if this was really this time, we would be in a combative situation and we really would be fighting to change things. But the truth is, we really went through that. So underneath, in my mind, it was always there. I wouldn't allow it to be a total comedy in my own head."

Although musicals require a lot of hard work, Latifah says she loves it. "I like the challenge of rehearsing with acting and dancing and singing and being pushed to your limits and your stamina, having to stay up all the time," she says. "It's wonderful. I think it's the most enjoyable kind of filming to do."

Latifah says when she first saw John in his full Edna costume—complete with the curvaceous body suit—she knew he would nail the role. "We walked into a rehearsal at the same time, and they were choreographing him, and his little tush was shaking. It's like, 'That's John Travolta right there,'" she says. "I'm like, 'He is about to work this.' And then when I saw the costume, it had a body. It had curves. It wasn't just—it was a real woman."

As John danced with his prosthetic legs, Latifah says she was even a little jealous! "The legs on the daggone thing—him, her—were gorgeous, and I'm a little tomboy growing up and I tore my knees up," she says. "I'm like, 'Look at those pretty legs on John!'"

Just months before the release of Hairspray, newcomer Nikki Blonsky was a typical 17-year-old girl working at an ice cream shop. Now, she is starring alongside John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah!

The nationwide search for Hairspray's central character, Tracy Turnblad, took months. After the producers had seen hundreds of actresses, Nikki stole the show. "I called the producers and the studio, actually, and I said, 'I think it's going to be this girl, and she works in an ice cream parlor,'" says Adam Shankman, Hairspray's director.

But instead of just telling Nikki she had the part, the producers decided to surprise her! They told Nikki they were following the final four potential Tracys with a camera, and they began filming her at the ice cream shop. Then, they asked her to watch a videotaped message from Adam. "Hey, Nikki. I think that you should probably, you know, make yourself a big ice cream cone because it's you, honey. You got the part!" he said.

Nikki was so excited, she was screaming! "I'm standing here today because I followed my dreams and my dreams came true," Nikki says.
(they also showed her audition video!)

Nikki says ever since she saw Hairspray for the first time on Broadway when she was 15, she knew she wanted the role of Tracy. "Growing up, I was always happy, but this has just made me the happiest kid in America—I think in the world," she says.

With her newfound success, Nikki says she did one thing to pamper herself. "When I got home, I was so excited. I said, 'I have to do something for myself. I have to buy myself a new bed, because I've had the same bed for 18 years,'" she says.

The first time she walked onto the set, Nikki says she was extremely nervous to meet her famous co-stars—until she saw John Travolta. "I walked into a room and there he stood, and he said, 'Come to Mama!'" she says. "Then I knew it would be amazing."

Acting in Hairspray was also a dream come true for Zac Efron—who starred in the Disney Channel hit movie High School Musical—and Elijah Kelley. Zac says it was amazing to work on Hairspray. "Look at the cast. That's it right there," he says. "I can't believe I was lucky enough to be a part of this film."

Elijah says his parents both quit their jobs in LaGrange, Georgia, so he could move to California to follow his dream of acting. "My dad was like, 'You've got to get a job.' And my mom was like, 'No, we're going to support him,'" he says. "They came together collectively, and a few weeks later we were on a plane with nothing but clothes and faith, out to L.A. to pursue my dream."

Before they say goodbye, the dancers from Hairspray perform "You Can't Stop the Beat." Queen Latifah jokes that the cast calls the song, "You Can't Stop to Breathe," because the dancers go nonstop to the fast, fun song! Enjoy the singing, dancing and wacky fun of Hairspray when it hits theaters July 20, 2007.

That was a good Oprah lol!

May 16th- Nikki Blonsky is featured in this great article from the July issue of Teen Vogue.

This issue of Cosmogirl! also features a ‘Hot 100′ listing. Nikki Blonsky, James Marsden and Amanda Bynes all made the cut.

You can pick up these two magazines on newsstands soon!

May 15th- Tony Nominations are in! Laura Bell Bundy (OBC of Hairspray, Amber Von Tussle) is nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for Legally Blonde The Musical! CONGRATZ!

May 15th- First Hairspray Movie Musical single is now in Itunes! Ladies Choice- Zac Efron!
http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fid%253D253297430%2526s%253D143441

May 15th- TUNE IN to something BIG on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” this Wednesday, May 16th

….it’s HAIRSPRAY ON “OPRAH”!

It starts with a live perrformance medley, which will also be a national debut of three hit songs from the film: Nikki Blonsky performing Good Morning Baltimore, Elijah Kelly performing Run and Tell That, and Zac Efron performing Ladie’s Choice.

Plus, join John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron & Elijah Kelly as they talk with Oprah Winfrey about their new blockbuster musical Hairspray, in theatres July 20th.

May 13th- New Wilbur Turnblad sneak peak at the end of this prom queen episode ad! check it out! http://www.myspace.com/promqueentv

May 11th- Brittany Snow recently attended a launch party for clothing company ‘Lyric Culture’ in Hollywood, California.

Brittany spoke to WireImage about Hairspray.

WI: Hairspray is a musical. It’s huge!

Brittany: Yeah, it’s going to be great. I just saw it, actually a couple of weeks ago and it’s amazing. It’s just breathtaking- it’s so good. I am just honored to be apart of it. It’s cool.

WI: Any surprises we’re going to see from this, that wasn’t in the old (Hairspray)?

Brittany: Well, John Travolta dressed as a woman is going to be a huge surprise! I think everyone is going to be a little shocked at first, but I think it’s really cool and he steals your heart, he’s so, so loveable. It’s so cool. So, I’m excited for everyone to see that.

WI: What was it like being apart of (Hairspray)? It’s amazing to see this movie remade.

Brittany: Yeah, it is. It’s a huge honor. Ya know, it’s one of my favorite movies, and getting to sing, dance and act all at the same time, three of my favorite passions. And then also be a part of such an ensemble cast, that’s icons ya know? It’s very flattering and it was just a huge, huge ‘high’ the entire time making it. Getting to do something that great. So, it was very fun.
www.wireimage.com

May 10th- Hello! Here is some exciting news for all Broadway hopefulls! Please note that this call is ONLY for Tracy.

OPEN CASTING CALL IN NYC

HAIRSPRAY

We're looking for hot new talent

for the Mega-Hit Broadway Musical!

Seeking future Broadway replacements for the starring role of Tracy Turnblad.

TRACY is a Caucasian female, 5'3" or shorter, late teens - 20s, who is outgoing and unstoppable, with a vibrant, lovable, spirited personality and a fantastic pop belt singing voice. (Ricki Lake played the role in the film and Marissa Jaret Winokur originated the role on Broadway.)

Non-Equity and Equity performers are welcome;

No previous theatrical experience is necessary

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007
11:00am – 2:00pm

PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE PRIOR TO 10:30AM!

Telsey + Company
315 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor
(Between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue)

Please prepare to sing "Good Morning Baltimore" from "HAIRSPRAY" if possible. If you cannot prepare that song, please prepare to sing any 1960's-style uptempo pop song. We might not need you to sing the entire song. Bring sheet music. Bring photo (snapshots OK) and resume stapled together. There will be no dancing at this audition; everyone must sing.

If unable to attend and would like to be considered for future auditions, mail photo and resume to:
Telsey + Company; Attn: 'HAIRSPRAY"—Tracy; 311 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor; New York, NY 10036.Telsey + Company
315 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor
(Between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue)

Please prepare to sing "Good Morning Baltimore" from "HAIRSPRAY" if possible. If you cannot prepare that song, please prepare to sing any 1960's-style uptempo pop song. We might not need you to sing the entire song. Bring sheet music. Bring photo (snapshots OK) and resume stapled together. There will be no dancing at this audition; everyone must sing.

If unable to attend and would like to be considered for future auditions, mail photo and resume to:
Telsey + Company; Attn: 'HAIRSPRAY"—Tracy; 311 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor; New York, NY 10036.

www.hairspraythemusical.com

May 9th- Nikki Blonsky is features in Sally Beauty Magazine!

May 8th- Cinemantical has an exclusive first look at the 10 Hairspray character posters!
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/05/08/hairspray-character-posters-exclusive-first-look/

May 7th- John Travolta, Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron will be among the presenters and attendees at this years MTV Movie Awards.

It is possible the rest of the young ensemble of Hairspray, including Nikki Blonsky will be in attendance.

Don’t miss the MTV Movie Awards which airs Sunday, June 3, at 8 p.m. ET.

May 6th- Calendarlive.com on Nikki Blonsky.

Her size is actually a big plus
‘Hairspray’ needed a zaftig teen queen. Nikki Blonsky needed to be discovered.

By Rachel Abramowitz

New York — IT’S easy to see who Nikki Blonsky was just a year ago. On YouTube, there is footage of a then-unknown girl — small, chubby and makeup-less and completely forgettable in black jeans and a schlumpy black T-shirt, scooping ice cream in a Cold Stone Creamery on Long Island.

There’s also footage from the moment Blonsky left scooping for good — “Entertainment Tonight” showed up to film the 17-year-old receiving the news that she’d won the part of Tracy Turnblad in the new screen musical “Hairspray.” In the clip, Blonsky begins yelling, throws her hands over her face and then promptly falls off her chair, crying hysterically. “I’m shaking. I’m surprised I’m still standing,” she tells the interviewer.

And then she belts in a startling vibrato: “I love you, Baltimore!”

Less than a year after she was anointed, Blonsky already looks streamlined and professional as she poses for pictures in the rarefied climes of Porterhouse, a fancy Manhattan steakhouse. Professional makeup makes her eyes appear alert and doe-like; her hair now cascades over her delicate white blouse — cinched precisely with a huge red belt. She totters on red platforms that add a few inches to her 4-foot, 10-inch frame. While she kind of flopped around in the pre-fame videotape posted by New Line studios, she now perkily holds her hands to her face in a semi-straight, semi-mocking send-up of an old-fashioned publicity still.

Without a doubt, the 18-year-old Blonsky is hurtling through Hollywood’s star-making machinery. If New Line, which is releasing “Hairspray,” gets its wish, she will become the Jennifer Hudson of 2007, the unsuspecting, unlikely ingénue who by dint of her sheer talent gets to be queen for the day.

Full article at Calendarlive.com

May5th- You can now view the Hairspray trailer in HD at Apple.com!

Don’t forget to download the trailer to your iPod for viewing on the go.

May 4th- Womens Wear Daily (May 4) reveals limited edition Hairspray cans are on their way to a salon near you!

“While color is always a hot topic, styling products can perfect a summer coif. Sebastian Professional, the maker of Shaper and Shaper Plus Hair Spray, looks to raise its profile in a deal that makes them the official stylers for the summer movie remake of “Hairspray.” The partnership with New Line Cinema called for specially designed, limited edition cans that will be available in salons in June for about $13 to $14 per 10.6-oz container.”

Label artwork has yet to be released. It is not known if these cans will replicate the fictitious Hair Spray company “Ultra Clutch” (which sponsors “The Corny Collins Show” in Hairspray) or a brand new design to reflect the movie.

May 3rd- New York Times Arts & Leisure (May 6) on our Hairspray heroine, Nikki Blonsky.

Summer Movie Preview - “Breaking Through” by Karen Durbin

Nikki Blonsky, the astonishing imp who plays Tracy Turnblad in the new movie version of “Hairspray” (July 20), has a back story almost as good as Tracy’s. For anyone unacquainted with John Waters’s 1988 movie or the hit Broadway musical, Tracy is a heavyset teenager in 1962 Baltimore who longs to be one of the cool kids on the Corny Collins television dance show and ends up its star.

Ms. Blonsky, now 18, is a heavyset teenager from Great Neck, N.Y., with many school productions on her resumé but no professional experience. Told last year that New Line Cinema was conducting a national search for the perfect girl to play Tracy in the film adaptation of the musical, she made a video of herself doing two of the show’s numbers and snail-mailed it to the studio’s New York address. Not sure who it was intended for, a young man in the mailroom posted it on the production’s myspace site, where the casting director watched it and summoned Ms. Blonsky to audition for the director, Adam Shankman.

Ms. Blonsky was at her after-school job scooping ice cream at the Cold Stone Creamery in Great Neck when she got the good news that the part was hers. Cameras, there under false pretenses, caught her reaction. It was worth it: Ms. Blonsky, who is 4 feet 10 inches tall, jumps back at least a foot, shrieking in astonishment.

That offbeat spontaneity pervades her performance, whether she’s earnestly telling her mother (a heavily latexed John Travolta, looking like a giant bath toy), “I don’t wanna be a laundress, I wanna be famous,” or belting out the line “I love you, Baltimore” with such sweet powerhouse conviction that you find yourself starting to love it too. Surrounded by stars who know how to sparkle plenty, she becomes the incandescent core of every number she’s in.

“Usually you have to watch out for beginners, help them pace themselves to keep energy up,” Mr. Shankman said at a party for the production. “But Tracy became the benchmark for all of us, a reminder of how it feels to be brand new and having the time of your life.”

May 1st- Hairpsray dolls in Star magazine! Pick up a Star Mag! Michelle Pfeiffer/ Velma Von Tussle in Time Mag!

April 30th- Hairspray has been nominated for an MTV Movie Award in their new category, ‘Best Summer Movie You Haven’t Seen Yet.’

Vote for Hairspray here! http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ma07/vote.jhtml?categoryId=best_summer

Vote as many times as you can!

Watch MTV Movie Awards, June 3.

April 28th A radiant Nikki Blonsky smiles for photogs at film convention ShowCanada last week in Niagara Falls.

April 27th- Hairspray will be featured on this evenings “Hot Summer 16″ on E!.
The program will air multiple times between April 27 and May 2.

Check local listings for times.

April 27th- Amanda Byne's People Mag shoot (on stands May 7th) Copy and paste the link to see the video
http://www.people.com/people/package/video/0,,20034523_20036555_20036936,00.html

April 27th- Funny Video of the Broadway cast of Hairspray performing a Japanese skit about Hairspray, check it out its so funny! Vision is bad but its still funny!

April 27th- Michelle Pfeiffer is on Ellen Degeneres talking about "the film version of the smash musical "Hairspray," with John Travolta and Christopher Walken"! Check your local listings!

April 24th- HAIRSPRAY on ET Canada. They are talking to the Vocal Coach Elaine Overholt!

April 24th- I found a little blurb about Jennifer Aniston and Nikki Blonsky. "Look at you, you're so cute," Jennifer Aniston gushed as she hugged Nikki Blonsky, the 18-year-old star of Adam Shankman's film version of "Hairspray" who's being touted as this year's Jennifer Hudson.
this article can be found athttp://www.dailynews.com/gossip/ci_5687064

April 22nd- Nikki Blonsky accepts a Young Hollywood award! Zac also won an award and Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, Ellijah Kelley, Brittany Snow and Adam Shankman all presented! Pictures of Nikki and her award are on her page and in her photo album!

April 22nd- Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Ellijah Kelly, Zac Efron, and Adam Shankman all attended the Movieline’s Hollywood Life 9th Annual Young Hollywood Awards tonight! photos of Nikki can be found in her album! Other photos can be found here!
http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=GLS====270199&str=&styp=&sfld=&nbc1=1&sortval=3a&PageNum=2

April 22nd- Marissa Jaret Winokur (from the musical cast), Rikki Lake (from the John Waters film), and newcomer Nikki Blonsky (from the Shankman film) had just recorded a version of “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” for the soundtrack release!!!

April 21st- This is the whole clip from E!, 1 min 39 sec. I dont know if im alowed to post this, if not sorry, I wont post links to videos again.

Its an MP4, so use Quicktime or iTunes.
http://rapidshare.com/files/27082346/E__HairSpray.MP4.html

April 20th- Tonight (April 20) E! News goes ‘behind the scenes of the support hose and heavy makeup’ of Hairspray’s John Travolta.

The segment includes new cast member interviews and sound bytes. No word if the Daily 10 (which follows E! News) will offer a similar segment.

April 19th- Hairspray Movie Musical Site has changed and added stuff to their site! http://www.hairspraymovie.com/

April 19th- Nikki Blonsky and Adam Shankman were
recently at the 2007 ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards and were asked by Wireimage.com about Hairspray.

WI: I’m just curious. In the movie, what were your favorite songs or favorite scenes in Hairspray?

Adam: Favorite songs or scenes in Hairspray… It’s weird because I had to reinvent the staging of everything and I repurposed placement and stuff like that, so even today it keeps changing and shifting. Everyday I have a new kind of favorite moment. Right now I am deeply in love with “Without Love.” (To Nikki) You haven’t seen “Without Love” yet?

Nikki: I have not seen it yet.

Adam: Yeah, “Without Love” is pretty hot and heavy with me right now. But ya know, “You Can’t Stop The Beat,” and Marc (Shamain) has written some new songs that I am falling even more in love with. But “Without Love” is pretty great.

Nikki: I think the one closest to my heart is “Good Morning Baltimore,” because I have been audtioning with it for like two and a half years of my life. So to be able to sit down and listen to my version of it…

Adam: Ohhhh! That looong show-biz career of yours, two and a half years!

(They Laugh.)

April 18th- Hairspray will be featured on Entertainment tonight and a special interview with Nikki Blonsky will be played on the Insider! Check your local listings! Watch it!

April 17th- Marissa Jaret Winokur and Nikki Blonsky both attended the 2007 ASCAP Film & Television Awards. Photos of Nikki are in her album! Photos of Marissa are on her page at the bottom! Marissa also sang a song from Hairspray (song unknown) in a tribute to Marc Shaiman. Marc received the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award for Career Achievement.

April 17th- This Wednesday (4/18) Entertainmet Tonight is giving us an exclusive first look at Hairspray, with a special guest appearance. Tune in!

April 16th- new video of Zac singing at Showwest and a clip of Hairspray!

April 15th- New video trailer of Hairspray. Go to this link! http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/mf/frame?theme=minfo&lid=wmv-100-p.1570223-187945,wmv-300-p.1570224-187945,wmv-700-p.1570225-187945,wmv-1000-p.1570226-187945&id=1809751355&f=1809751355&mspid=1809853826&type=m&a=0,15

April 14th- Nikki Blonsky at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards - Los Angeles. Pictures are in her photo album!

April 14th- New video! ShoWest 2007 photo call!

April 13th- Marissa Jaret Winokur and husband Judah Miller are meeting with a surrogate(An arrangement for a woman to carry and give birth to a child who will be raised by others ). SHE'S GONNA BE A MOMMY! CONGRATS MARISSA! Bye the way did you know in this comedy FUGLY, Marissa plays two Identical Twins?! Intresting...
Star Mag. http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:08n4IiMgJ3MJ:www.starmagazine.com/celebrity_news_gossip/entertainment/11721%3Fcid%3DRSS+Marissa+Jaret+Winokur+April+2007&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca

April 13th- New John Waters interview on Hairspray!
http://media.amctv.com/video/video_smso.html?bcpid=353549892&bclid=361569351&bctid=715972669

Apr 6th- Hairspray on ET!

Apr 5th-

In stores soon: Hairspray’s Amber von Tussel (played by Brittany Snow), left, Link Larkin (Zac Efron),Tracy Turnblad (Nicole Blonsky), Mom Edna (John Travolta), Seaweed J. Stubbs (Elijah Kelley) and Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes).

USA TODAY by William Keck

Step aside, Barbie.

A couple of extra-hip dollies with their extra-size hips are shaking their bon-bons on the toy scene. Meet Baltimore’s own Tracy Turnblad and her mother, Edna.

The plus-size plastic dolls are modeled after the characters portrayed by Nicole Blonsky and John Travolta in the musical comedy remake of Hairspray. It opens July 20.

Getting a look at her doll for the very first time, Blonsky’s heart melts.

“I’m a doll!” Blonsky coos by phone from her New York home. “Oh, my goodness, it’s me. It’s adorable. The first thing I’m noticing are the chubby hands and short fingers. That may sound weird, but I have very small hands, and those are my hands.”

Blonsky, 18, also praises the doll’s spot-on striped wig and outfit, a look Tracy sports in the Run and Tell That dance sequence that precedes her first encounter with Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah) in a record store in the 1960s-era movie.

“I’m so glad they picked that look,” Blonsky says. “When I was dancing in this, I felt a lot of energy. This is Tracy in her element.”

Travolta, who has been made into a doll before as his character Vinnie Barbarino in the 1970s Welcome Back, Kotter, is particularly taken with this new likeness.

“It is very cute,” he says by e-mail after getting a glimpse. The outfit is “perfect,” and he can’t wait to show it to his wife, Kelly Preston, and their daughter, Ella, 7, who “will really like it.”

Zac Efron, who shot to stardom in last year’s High School Musical, plays Link Larkin, the beau of Tracy’s rival.

“Having a doll of yourself is completely surreal,” he says. But he praises this diverse collection as a reflection of a movie that is loaded with “amazing, uplifting messages.”

Blonsky also praises the doll diversity.

Having grown up in Great Neck, N.Y., Blonsky remembers dragging her mother to Toys ‘R Us on weekends to go shopping for new dolls — only to be disappointed by the limited selection.

“None of the dolls looked different than any of the other ones,” she recalls. “I think the Tracy and Edna dolls will open a lot of kids’ eyes out there — especially when they are on shelves next to Barbie and the Hilary Duff and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen dolls.

“Now girls will have an opportunity to pick a different doll. Because let’s face it, most of us don’t look like the Size 2 shapes we see on TV. You can have just as much fun with Tracy and Edna — if not even more.”

The dolls hit stores in July and range in height from 10½ to 12 inches. Suggested retail: $15. Singing versions of Tracy and Link (in different costumes and hairstyles) will sell for $20-$25.

And you might want to hurry to beat Blonsky to the shelves.

Says the young star: “I told my mother, ‘Guess what everybody’s Christmas present is going to be?’ There is not going to be one friend or family member in my life that does not have one of these.”

April 5th- Watch Entertainment tonight April 5th, they are now showing the footage today!
heres a little taste of what we'll see today!

Apr 4th- Watch Entertainment Tonight April 4th. They showing new footage of Hairspray, plus old stuff... Check your local listings!

Apr 3rd- New Nikki Blonsky interview. she talks about John Travolta when she was at the premiere of Reign over me. E-Asylum!

Happy 21st Birthday Amanda Bynes!

Apr 2nd- Win tickets to the Hairspray Premiere... available only to the US citizens
http://www.hairspraymovie.com/prom/

Apr 1st- Nikki and John and some of the hairspray cast interview!
http://media.smh.com.au/rid=26856&source=rss&sy=smh

Mar 31st-Two videos of Alexa Vega and Ashley Parker in Hairspray... Cosmo Girl Magazine!
http://www.cosmogirl.com/funandgames/video/

Mar 29th- Alexa will be apearing on the Martha Stewart show tomorrow morning, Thursday March 29th.

Mar 25th- Hairspray Poster, posted on the side and on the movie 2007 page!

Mar 21st- Get April's issues of OK Mag. and Star Mag. Two articles on Hairspray, The stars of Hairspray at ShoWest posed for a beautiful photo for the April 2 issue of People Magazine... they're on the Hairspray movie 2007 page, at the bottom towards the right side.

Mar 20th- Nicole Blonsky attended the world premiere of 'Reign Over Me'! Pictures in her album!

Mar 18th- Nicole Blonsky attended the NYC premiere of The Last Mimzy. Photos are in her Photo Album!

Mar 17th- New video from ShoWest, James Marsden Singing. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link
/bcpid285859616/bclid294430730/bctid663500376

Mar 16th- I posted the Interviews on the Hairspray Movie Site... i recorded it myself so its not the best quality... i tried... but check it out its in the Hairspray Movie 2007 Page and also under Media!

Mar 15th- Watch October Road tonight! Marissa is on it! Old Hairspray video has been found, its from the Early Show, when Marissa and the gang sing With Out Love. here is the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvc5TSg2lk4

Mar 15th- New photos of the Hairspray crew. Check out Nikki blonsk'y album last pages! The pictures are of Newline's gala event showcasing Hairspray on Wednesday at the motion picture industy convention ShoWest in Las Vegas. Heres the link to her album!
http://nikkiblonskyfansite.tripod.com/photos/
Also check out this link for more pictures!
http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16677

Mar 15th- Extra interview with Michelle Pfieffer, she talks about her movie Hairspray! watch Extra! Also watch Entertainment tonight! for that Hairspray promotion party!

Mar 14th- Newline will host a gala event showcasing Hairspray this Wednesday at the motion picture industy convention ShoWest in Las Vegas.
You can catch all the happenings this Thursday on Entertainment Tonight.

Mar 13th- John Waters appears on The Daily Show With John Stewart, he is promoting his new show Till Death do us part. He spoke a little about Hairspray the musical and the Hairspray movie musical 2007. Also he spoke about his movie Cry Baby becoming a musical! Comming out 2008!

Mar 12th- Watch October Road, premiering March 15th on ABC. Marissa Jaret Winokur is on it!

Mar 8th- Queen Latifah on the View, promoting "Life Support".

Mar 5th- Nikki Blonsky attended HBO's "Life Support" New York Screening, which Queen Latifah is starring in! There are red carpet shots in her photo album and as well on her page... I mean wow! She looks stunning.

Mar 5th- JOHN TRAVOLTA claims JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE copied his dance moves from 1970s movie hits GREASE and SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. The actor is adamant he was the inspiration for Timberlake's choreography - but plans to raise the bar in new movie musical HAIRSPRAY. The 53-year-old tells MTV, "Justin Timberlake does have my moves, for sure. I have to give him the kudos for that. There's nothing holding that boy back." He adds of Hairspray, in which he cross-dresses to play EDNA TURNBLAD, "Oh yeah, it's a full-throttle musical. It's my first musical since Grease and interestingly enough, it's almost ended up like a sequel to it. "Grease took place in 1959, lets say, and Hairspray takes place in 1962. "The choreography is great, you're going to see gimmicky numbers. I do a whole TINA TURNER dance thing. I enjoyed that and in the beginning, WELCOME TO THE '60S is kind of like a big, extravagant number." -www.contactmusic.com

Mar 4th- Tony Award-winning Hairspray star Marissa Jaret Winokur will be featured in "Fugly," a new comedy pilot for CBS, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series concerns a sister (played by Winokur) who, with her brother's help, buys plastic surgery for her twin, in order for the latter to pursue a career in Hollywood. The pilot is created by Greg Garcia ("My Name is Earl," "Yes, Dear") and will be directed by Todd Holland ("Malcolm in the Middle").

Winokur won a Tony Award for playing Tracy Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray. She has also appeared on Broadway as Jan in Grease, andon TV in "Stacked," "Boston Public," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," among others. Film credits include Fever Pitch, On Edge, Scary Movie, American Beauty and Never Been Kissed.
www.broadwayworld.com

Mar 3th- found a cute article on Marissa and Lucy ; "Also I am in a rigorous training schedule for Football Wives. Mama Rose* has signed me up for ballet! Believe it or not, she has. And my calves are killing me! I am also working with a trainer. I can't believe it myself. Funny that the week my youngest child gets accepted into school, this job moves into my life like a freight train. Next week I am supposed to be doing “chemistry reads” to find the right guy to play my husband. My colleagues so far are Gabrielle Union and newly cast Kellie Sanchez, who I hear are wonderful women so I'm looking forward to meeting them."

*[Mama Rose is Lucy's nickname for her friend Marissa Jaret Winokur]
http://www.lucylawlessfanclub.com/ For the rest of the article (Blog)

Mar 2nd- Oprah's interview with John Travolta is being played again. Watch Oprah Friday March 2nd!

Feb 28th- John Travolta was on the Ellen Degeneres Show. They talked breifly about Hairspray, showed pictures and talked about some of the cast.

Feb 27th- John Travolta was on Jay Leno. He spoke breifly on Hairspray... and they showed a picture of him as Edna.

Feb 25th- John Travolta and Queen Latifah presented together at the Oscars... Here's a little segment of what they said...

"Queen Latifah: Boy, I love when Broadway musicals become big hot HOLLYWOOD movies, like Dreamgirls or Chicago or the one we just made that we can’t talk about.

John Travolta: … and I love a full figured woman who can stand in front of a camera and sing her heart out. But that’s enough about me."

Feb 23rd- New pictures in the Hairspray movie photo album!

Feb 22nd- John Travolta will be on Regis and Kelly Live!

Feb 21st- John Travolta will be on David Letterman

Feb 18th- Happy Birthday John Travolta! Age 53!

Feb 15th- Hairspray on Ugly Betty! Watch it tonight!

Feb 14th- Alexa Vega Hairspray blog video... Check it out!

Feb 14th- New Nikki Photos from the Dreamgirls premiere check out her photo album and her page for the pics!

Feb 14th- According to http://www.hairspraymovie.com/blog/ They are making hairspray barbie dolls heres the article;

Debuting at the 2007 American International Toy Fair, the Hairspray doll line includes highly detailed representations of the main characters from the film, offering fans a chanc

Piczo