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"Hairspray"
Premiere, NY
Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin and their daughters arrive at the premiere
of 'Hairspray' in New York on Monday, July 16, 2007. (Fashion
Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)
"Hairspray"
Shakes Up New York
Jenny Peters
July 17th, 2007 @ 1:20 PM - New York
The
cast and crew of the new musical comedy film "Hairspray"
danced their way across the U. S., continuing the party that
started last week in Los Angeles with an even-more glittery
premiere held at New York's legendary Ziegfeld Theatre, and
a huge after party at Roseland. Not only was the whole cast
back out in force, from Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher
Walken, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, James Marsden, Brittany Snow,
and newcomer Nikki Blonsky to cross-dressing star John Travolta
and wife Kelly Preston, who stole the red-carpet show in a teal
blue David Meister cocktail dress that wowed the assembled crowd.
Fans of the John Waters'
movie-turned-Broadway-show-turned-movie-yet-again included Katie
Holmes, Paula Abdul, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Nathan
Lane, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara – pretty much anyone
who is anyone and in New York at the moment turned up. Harry
Hamlin and Lisa Rinna were on hand, too, along with Ralph Macchio,
Alexa Vega, Edie Falco, Kathryn Erbe, Lance Bass, and Clive
Davis.
So why does "Hairspray"
keep coming back (the new film arrives in theaters on July 20),
and drawing so many admirers in every incarnation? If you ask
Queen Latifah, it's all about the clothes and hair, circa 1964.
"I had so much
fun with the hair, makeup, and wardrobe," she said at an
earlier press day for the film. "There are some really
cool designs and they really make it work. And plus, now I know
I could be blond if I want to be!"
But Michelle Pfeiffer
disagrees, despite how wonderful she looks in the film.
"Honestly, that
era is not my favorite era for women. I do think that the clothes
are beautiful but I think when I look at women from that era,
all I can think of is how uncomfortable they look," Pfeiffer
explained. "It's just like everything is so fitted and
so pressed and the makeup is so heavy and the hair is so sprayed.
And it's like the clip-on earrings, the shoes, it all just looks
like it hurts. And it did [in the movie]! Your feet were killing
you, your ears were on fire!"
Even funnier, as young
star Elijah Kelley, who stars opposite Amanda Bynes in the interracial
romance that is a key part of the "Hairspray" tale,
tells it, his hair got the weirdest treatment of anyone in the
cast.
"It was my real
hair," he laughed. "It was done with finger waves,
they put all kinds of chemicals in it, and catsup and mustard
and papaya juice, and some cement!"
Seems like that falls
directly into the category of "do not try this at home";
but don't be surprised if the rest of the retro "Hairspray"
style starts turning up off-screen as fans embrace this latest
incarnation of the much-loved musical.
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