Los Angeles - As Tinseltown parties go, the "Hairspray" premiere on Tuesday night at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood was especially boisterous - and star-studded, too.
Look over there, it's Queen Latifah, looking outrageous in a shoulder-length blonde wig; she stars in the film wearing that same hair. There's John Travolta, who plays the doting, heavyset mother in the big-screen adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, with his wife Kelly Preston on his arm. Over there is Michelle Pfeiffer, another of the film's huge cast, with hubby David E. Kelley and sister DeDee, and of course, newcomer Nikki Blonsky was all smiles.
She plays Tracy Turnblad, the chubby girl who makes it big on a Sixties-era Baltimore dance show. The brainchild of John Waters (he was on hand, too), "Hairspray" is so much fun, big names really clamored to be in this musical film version. Except for Travolta, that is.
"I have been offered 4 musicals in 30 years. They are a minority genre, they don't get done very often, and when they do get done they are not workable or good. You have to really be careful when you say yes to these things," he explained at an earlier press day for the film.
"So a year and 2 months of meetings [about "Hairspray"] and what the vision would be, and what rights I had to play her the way I wanted to, I finally said ‘yes.'"
It wasn't such a hard sell for other famous faces in the film and at the premiere and after party, held on UCLA's campus.
"I grew up doing musicals before I was ever on television," Amanda Bynes said. "I did 'Sound of Music', 'Music Man', 'Secret Garden' - I grew up doing theater so I have always gone to musicals. I love them, so when I found out they were doing it, I was like, ‘I need to be in this movie!' So I was excited to have that opportunity."
As were the rest of the cast on hand at the premiere, including Allison Janney, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Zac Efron, and Brittney Snow, who looked amazing in a bright yellow Malandrino satin strapless mini dress.
Also singing along to the catchy "Hairspray" tunes were Forest Whitaker and his gorgeous wife Keisha, Carmen Electra, Johnny Knoxville, Vanessa Hudgens, Paul Dooley, Ashley Tisdale, and Buzz Aldrin.
By Yahoo
Look over there, it's Queen Latifah, looking outrageous in a shoulder-length blonde wig; she stars in the film wearing that same hair. There's John Travolta, who plays the doting, heavyset mother in the big-screen adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, with his wife Kelly Preston on his arm. Over there is Michelle Pfeiffer, another of the film's huge cast, with hubby David E. Kelley and sister DeDee, and of course, newcomer Nikki Blonsky was all smiles.
She plays Tracy Turnblad, the chubby girl who makes it big on a Sixties-era Baltimore dance show. The brainchild of John Waters (he was on hand, too), "Hairspray" is so much fun, big names really clamored to be in this musical film version. Except for Travolta, that is.
"I have been offered 4 musicals in 30 years. They are a minority genre, they don't get done very often, and when they do get done they are not workable or good. You have to really be careful when you say yes to these things," he explained at an earlier press day for the film.
"So a year and 2 months of meetings [about "Hairspray"] and what the vision would be, and what rights I had to play her the way I wanted to, I finally said ‘yes.'"
It wasn't such a hard sell for other famous faces in the film and at the premiere and after party, held on UCLA's campus.
"I grew up doing musicals before I was ever on television," Amanda Bynes said. "I did 'Sound of Music', 'Music Man', 'Secret Garden' - I grew up doing theater so I have always gone to musicals. I love them, so when I found out they were doing it, I was like, ‘I need to be in this movie!' So I was excited to have that opportunity."
As were the rest of the cast on hand at the premiere, including Allison Janney, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Zac Efron, and Brittney Snow, who looked amazing in a bright yellow Malandrino satin strapless mini dress.
Also singing along to the catchy "Hairspray" tunes were Forest Whitaker and his gorgeous wife Keisha, Carmen Electra, Johnny Knoxville, Vanessa Hudgens, Paul Dooley, Ashley Tisdale, and Buzz Aldrin.
By Yahoo
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