Hairspray

By Kim Voynar Wells doesn't actually weigh in (yeah, pun intended) with an opinion on Blonsky's proportions, but boy, oh, boy do his commenters get into it. This isn't the first time Wells and his readers have gotten into it on the issue of weight, but I find it interesting nonetheless that people are goi...

By Patricia Chui When John Travolta was cast as shy, overweight housewife Edna Turnblad in the movie musical Hairspray -- a role originated by drag, um, heavyweights Divine and Harvey Fierstein -- much was made of the fact that Travolta would be singing and dancing once again, a la Danny Zuko in Grease. (We...

By Matt Bradshaw Hairspray What's It All About: An adaptation of the Broadway musical that was itself based on John Waters' 1988 film, Hairspray is about an overweight girl's obsession with a TV dance show. The impressive cast includes John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walk...

By Monika Bartyzel But that's not all: B-D also points to a recent chat between MTV and Brittany Snow, the Hairspray actress who just shot a remake to Prom Night -- or rather, a re-invention: "It's just taking the same name as Prom Night the original, but it's a different script. It's actually more in the vein of...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Obits & MemorialsEric Algren (1974-2007) - Visual effects artist whose flame design work can be seen in the new movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as well as in 300, Little Man and Failure to Launch. He started out as a visual effects production assistant for...

Hairspray' Character Posters: Exclusive First Look  CA - The wildly popular star of the show is Link Larkin (Zac Efron), Amber's erstwhile boyfriend and the new object of Tracy's affection.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinematical Has Your First Look At The New 'Hairspray ...  CA - The film also stars Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelle. ...

By Scott Weinberg Still, putting aside all my ill-informed bile and general nastiness, I hope I'm proven dead wrong and Hairspray turns out to be a heart-warmin', toe-tappin', side-splittin' good time at the movies come July 20. I mean ... it does have Christopher Walken in it. (Also Michelle Pfeiffer, Britta...