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Hairspray

[1988, Movie]

Hairspray: Review

Set in Baltimore circa 1962, HAIRSPRAY joyously details the last days of 50s-era American naivete, as the country moves from postwar complacency to massive social upheaval. Cult filmmaker John Waters enters the mainstream with surprisingly little fuss. Caught up in all this is the "Corny Collins Show," a wildly popular Baltimore television dance program. The show's queen is the spoiled and snobbish Fitzpatrick, whose father, Bono, owns the "Tilted Acres" amusement park. Lake... read more

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
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 on this film, he would have had a heart attack and been dead." read more
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 Anatomy's flirty newcomer. read more
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 made it. — Reporting by Raven Snook read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/19/2007
The Farrelly Brothers, the Jackass boys, every contestant who's ever eaten an insect on Fear Factor... they all owe a hu read more

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Hairspray: "Sneak Peek!"
You can't stop the beat...July 2007!
Network: Nickelodeon
Posted: 11/27/2007

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They Really Did Wear Their Hair...
Hairspray - DVD Promo Clip
Network: VH1
Posted: 11/21/2007

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Ladies Choice
Hairspray - DVD Promo Clip
Network: VH1
Posted: 11/21/2007

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Cast & Details

Year: 1988
Rated PG

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Cast
Sonny Bono: Franklin Von Tussle
Ruth Brown: Motormouth Maybell
Divine: Edna Turnblad/Arvin Hodgepile
Colleen Fitzpatrick: Amber Von Tussle
Michael St. Gerard: Link Larkin
Deborah Harry: Velma Von Tussle

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