Newsgasm: Rare “It’s the Weekend and I’m Trashed” Edition

Industry

By m_ruv | Saturday, March 4, 2006 | 9:49 pm | 6 Comments

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  • As noted in our recap, Paula Abdul was JACKED OUT OF HER MIND during the live broadcast of American Idol on Thursday, just hours after having disrupted airport security in order to make her Southwest Airlines (?!?) flight from Las Vegas to L.A. Well at least she certainly “made the Vicodin her own.” [Boston Herald]
  • John Travolta has apparently taken the role of Edna Turnblad in the movie-musical version of Hairspray—a drag role that was played by tranny star Divine in the original John Waters film. Ooh, a brilliant coup: nothing dispels persistent gay rumors like plunging headlong into a double-D bra and red fishtail gown. [BBC]
  • And odds for Best Picture at tonight’s Academy Awards are tightening between frontrunner Brokeback Mountain and recently surging underdog Crash. Though Brokeback is still favored, the race is getting close enough to put Heath Ledger’s pleather g-string in a twist. [BBC]

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6 Comments

  1. 1
    zevonia
    Posted March 4, 2006 at 11:02 pm

    As confusing as it is that John Travolta is playing Edna Turnblad, I am even more confused by the need to remake Hairspray in the first place. What’s wrong with the original? And what is up with all the remakes and tv shows turned into movies these days, anyway? Has Hollywood finally given up and decided originality does not bring in the big bucks? I would think the fact that movie attendance is down would clue them in but I guess not.

  2. 2
    The_Svan
    Posted March 5, 2006 at 8:06 am

    Zevonia, Hollywood gave up on originality years ago.

  3. 3
    GoldCrayon
    Posted March 5, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    TOTALLY agree with #1. I hate how there’s not one original idea in Hollywood right now. EvenDisney has given up. :o

  4. 4
    EdHill
    Posted March 5, 2006 at 9:05 pm

    Man if we were ever conquered by aliens with huge guts like that we were probably asking for it.

  5. 5
    Redhead
    Posted March 6, 2006 at 8:45 am

    Hairspray,the musical, is a truly fun show, and I think it truly improves over the original film.
    However, bring the orignial theater Edna, Harvey Firestein, to the screen – not Travolta!!!!

  6. 6
    Victoria
    Posted March 6, 2006 at 10:17 pm

    I think Travolta’s hair at the Oscars looked like one of those Ken dolls from the sixties.

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