Sleepless in Seattle

"Horses, horses, horses, horses. . . ."

I hope one of the songs in the Sleepless in Seattle Broadway musical begins like that, patterned after Meg Ryan's little moment singing along to the holiday tune in her car. According to Variety, the script for Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical is about half finished, and about 18 songs have been written. The article notes, "Sticking to plot of the Sleepless pic, the new tuner follows a cross-country romance arranged by a young boy for his widowed father. Storyline will remain set in the early 1990s."

I'm glad to hear that, since I think part of the movie's greatness is that it's so quintessentially '90s — back before Internet dating made it not so unusual at all to find love 3,000 miles away (actually, before the Internet made it much easier to find people in general) and before acronyms (like Jessica's MFEO = Made For Each Other) were commonly used as text message communication. I'm not going to lie, I'll probably see this production, just to find out how on earth they do it.

What do you think? And what are some suggestions for musical numbers to include in the stage musical? Would you want to see it?

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Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

Before we get to the recast results, did you see that the houseboat featured in Sleepless in Seattle is now for sale? You could live out your own Sleepless in Seattle!

As for the recast lists themselves, this week posed a serious challenge in choosing just one list as the winner. Most of all, I loved so many of the Sam-Annie pairings. Some of my favorites include Mari_Sofi's idea of Hugh Jackman and Elizabeth Banks, sweetrae80's adorable suggestion of James McAvoy and Jenna Fischer, jopperma's pairing of James Marsden with Keri Russell, cleegiants' coupling of Matthew Perry and Lauren Graham and the Lee Pace-Jennifer Garner combo that sfmastiffmom suggested.

There were many great Becky ideas as well, like ChrissyBaby's Leah Remini (perfect!), alethe16's idea to cast Angela Kinsey and supertramp's suggestion of Melissa McCarthy (Sookie is ever the best best friend!). Finally, I have to say I loved the suggestion of Sarah Chalke playing Annie, as put forth by leeluvfashion. Such great ideas!

Since I did have to pick just one, however, I finally went with kateymarie's recast list. Congrats, kateymarie! To see who she chose, along with new cast photos, read more

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

I hope you're in a romantic mood because this week I've set my sights on a great romcom: Sleepless in Seattle. The movie was, as you probably remember, a big hit featuring box office stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks (who managed to have a lot of chemistry despite spending about five minutes on screen together). I have a special place in my heart for this movie and for the film's writer/director Nora Ephron.

If you could recast this film today, who would you pick for the two romantic leads? Remember, Tom Hanks' widowed character Sam Baldwin is old enough to have a school-aged son and Meg Ryan's Annie Reed is an accomplished journalist engaged to be married. Who would be Annie's quick-witted BFF Becky, originally played by Rosie O'Donnell? And then there are the two little ones: What little boy could you see as Sam's son Jonah and his acronym-slinging pal Jessica, played by Gabby Hoffmann? If you'd like to recast Annie's nerdy fiance Walter (Bill Pullman), as well as Sam's best friends Greg (Victor Garber) and Suzy (Rita Wilson), go for it.

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, May 13, complete with a "new" cast photo.

To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

For the special Valentine's Day edition of the Buzzworthy challenge, I asked you guys to bookmark your favorite romantic comedies. I am thrilled at how many BuzzSugar readers went hunting for the standout examples in what can be a groan-inducing genre. If done well, these movies can make you laugh, squirm, and "awww!" before you can stop yourself. Here are my favorite picks from BuzzSugar readers.

Sleepless in Seattle, bookmarked by Missyosigirl, who says "What else is more romantic than falling in love with a voice over the radio? Well, how about meeting up and falling in love on top of Empire State Building?"

Overboard, bookmarked by WhiplashGirlchild. I'm so glad that someone bookmarked this, because when it was on TV the other day, my boyfriend proclaimed it one of the best romantic comedies ever. And yes, we watched the whole thing.

Dream for an Insomniac, bookmarked by Kelsen, who says "If you like romantic comedies and underdog characters, I recommend this movie."

To see the rest, read more