Queen Latifah Archives

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!

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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!

Los Angeles, California :: Presenters ran through rehearsal yesterday for the 78th Academy Awards – Jessica Alba, Eric Bana, Nicole Kidman, Terrence Howard, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Zhang Ziyi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lopez and Hilary Swank.   For the record, Eric Bana and Jessica Alba are going to the the hottest pair to walk the stage as presenters tonight. More pictures in the gallery including Uma Thurman, Jon Stewart, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Queen Latifah, Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Dolly Parton.