TALKING to director Adam Shankman about “Hairspray” is a bit like swimming in a river of raw emotions. Wiry and wired -- he’s in perpetual motion -- the 42-year-old has definitely put his heart, if ...

For those that don’t know, I am a huge fan of musicals and I have been for many years. Ever since I was a kid, you could spot me singing along to some of the best modern musicals, or some of the older ...

Set in 1960s America, the film tells a story of racial progressivism and inclusion, all centring around teenager Tracy ...

The history of Broadway musicals on film is often unhappy. (John Huston’s “Annie,” anyone?) Even when the creative teams responsible have been involved in their adaptation — the Rodgers and ...

There are precious few things that I positively, unequivocally hope never to glimpse on a movie screen, and one of them is John Travolta in a brassiere. Another is Travolta in a fat suit. That puts me ...

Patrons of a New York ice cream shop can say they got their cones from a movie star. Nikki Blonsky was working at a Long Island Cold Stone Creamery when she was cast as feisty Tracy Turnblad in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Littleton’s Pearl Thomas is so not Amber Von Tussle, the prim and perfectly vicious, temper-tantrum-tossing teen queen she plays in “Hairspray.” I say ...

James Marsden says Julia Roberts helped him secure a role in 2007’s remake of Hairspray. Pic credit: © Imagecollect.com/ Carrie-nelson/ Landmark-Media James ...