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Nikki Blonsky nabbed a 2007 Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Hairspray. The film itself also was nominated for “Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy”.

Other nominees include: Across the Universe, Charlie Wilson’s War, Juno and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Congrats to Nikki, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron on the nominations. Good luck on January 13th!

For a list of all nominations, click IMDB.

The Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards honored the cast of Hairspray with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting of the Year Award” — Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelly, Brittany Snow, Amanda Bynes and John Travolta. (Zac Efron has his own entry from the from red carpet.)

John Travolta was honored with the “Hollywood Supporting Actor of the Year Award.” Craig Zadan and Neil Meron received the “Hollywood Producers of the Year Award.”

35+ pictures inside of the Hairspray cast @ the 2007 Hollywood Awards… More Here! »

It was a full house with the cast of Hairspray was on hand at ShoWest on Wednesday night — John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Brittany Snow, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, Christopher Walken, and Nicole Blonsky as the lead.

HOLY HAIRSPRAY, TRACY! 20 minutes of footage from the film (out July 20) was previewed at ShoWest and the reviews are great! Read the first one at AICN. SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For 60+ pictures of the entire Hairpsray cast at ShoWest, CLICK HERE!

For Hairspray movie stills, CLICK HERE. More Here! »

Hairspray movie stills just surfaced and I cannot wait for this film to be released!

Pictured: John Travolta (Edna Turnblad), Queen Latifah (Motormouth Maybelle),
Amanda Bynes (Penny Pingleton), James Marsden (Corny Collins), Zac Efron (Link Larkin), Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma von Tussle), Christopher Walken (Wilbur Turnblad), Brittany Snow (Amber von Tussle), Allison Janney (Prudy Pingleton), Nicole Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad), Elijah Kelley (Seaweed J. Stubbs), Tabitha Lupien (Becky), Hayley Podschun (Tammy), and Kelly Fletcher (Lu Anne).

The movie version of Hairspray hits theaters nationwide July 20.

Fun Tidbit: Ricki Lake, who played Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film version of Hairspray, will make a cameo as a William Morris talent agent who appears at the Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962 pageant.

If you haven’t seen the Broadway musical of Hairspray, you can catch Ashley Parker Angel, formerly of boy band O-Town, as Link Larkin, starting Jan. 19.

If you’re not familiar with Hairspray or Broadway musicals at all, watch the video below of the original cast of Hairspray: The Musical on The Today Show in September 2002. One of the most fun songs ever!

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• Angelina Jolie is set to star as Dagney Taggart, the most powerful female character in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s iconic tome “Atlas Shrugged”.
• Madonna is expected to pull her concert from NBC because the network wants to cut her controversial crucifix scene. A spokeswoman for Madonna said yesterday she would issue a statement, perhaps as early as today, about the special. Noooooo, don’t back out Madonna!!!
• Barbara Walters has landed the first interview with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin‘widow, Terri. Walters will do the interview in Australia and it will air on September. 27 as part of a special 20/20.
• Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, Jake Gyllenhaal, and John Travolta are among 40 celebrities who have signed wooden “dog bones” for a charity auction benefiting the Mississippi Animal Rescue League. The celeb-signed bones will be auctioned off Thursday at the organization’s second annual Fur Ball event. Proceeds will go to constructing a new animal shelter, said Allison Nutt, a MARL board member and chairman of the Fur Ball event committee.
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• The CW will debut shows commercial-free on MSN, one week before they air on TV including America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris, Runaway, and Supernatural. They’re even saddling up with MySpace.
• The American Idol tour rakes in $14.6 million, the most successful ever with this past summer’s 60-city tour.
• It’s the Jason Gedrick curse!  Surprise, surprise… NBC cancels Windfall!  I followed the whole season… and for what?  Nothing!