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1 Ready For a 3-D Rock 'n' Roll Musical Version of Cleopatra?
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2 Recast West Side Story and Win a Prize!
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3 The Results Are In: Recast West Side Story
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4 Kate Hudson Joins the Amazing Cast of Nine
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5 Buzz Brainteaser
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6 Jesus Christ Superstar May Get a "Hipstery" Big Screen Makeover
After Mamma Mia!'s global earnings of $600 million last year, Universal may be looking toward Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber for its next movie musical success. The studio is apparently developing an adaptation of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar with an interesting directorial choice: 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb. Here's more: The story . . . is generally is seen as decidedly a Read more
Yes, let's review those facts: Director Steven Soderbergh is planning a movie about Egyptian queen Cleopatra. It will be a live-action 3-D movie. It will also be a rock 'n' roll musical. Soderbergh is hoping to get Catherine Zeta-Jones to play "Cleo" and Hugh Jackman to play her lover, Marc Antony. After the initial "whaaa?" reaction, I'm warming to this idea, especially because the band Read more
Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! As Mamma Mia! heads to theaters today, here's a movie musical-related brainteaser: In regard to U.S. box office earnings, what is the highest-grossing movie musical of the past 30 years? Photo Read more
Not only has Kate Hudson been added to the already-magnificent cast of Nine, a film adaptation of the award-winning musical, but the role and a song were added to the movie specifically for her. The musical, inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2, is said to be "sultry and enchanting," and the same could be said about most of the cast members. Daniel Day-Lewis plays "world famous film director Guido Contini Read more
Every 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! This week I was very impressed with the thoughtful recast lists submitted for musical movie West Side Story. Some of my favorite ideas were the ones you had for the roles of Maria and Anita. For example, Read more
Every 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! "Tonight, tonight/ Won't be just any night/ Tonight there will be no morning star." I love the music from West Side Story, and I love the film version (which starred Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno). This tragic Read more
I saw the original Men in Black movie so long ago that my memories of the film might as well have been zapped with a neuralyzer (that's the memory-erasing device the guys use in the movie, for those of you who are also having trouble recalling the original). What I did retain is that the film was funny, fresh, and silly and that it didn't hold up very well for the 2002 sequel. With that in mind, Read more
Andy Samberg brings the funny for Harvard grads — The Hollywood Reporter Find out who's hooking up in the new season of True Blood — Zap2It Justin Timberlake is making music again! — HuffPost Entertainment More new footage from The Dark Knight Rises — BuzzFeed You'll never believe what Nicole Kidman does to Zac Efron in their new movie — The Frisky Will Smith's best movies — Rotten Read more
The Sapphires has turned out to be one of the sleeper hits to emerge from Cannes, thanks to The Weinstein Company, which has already acquired rights to the film. I caught a screening of the funny film from Down Under during the festival, so read on to find out what I thought. Who's behind it? Director Wayne Blair was behind the lens of the picture, which is based on a play by Tony Briggs. Read more
Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd escorted a new group of women to the big Cannes Film Festival premiere of The Sapphires. Hear our chat with the director and cast about the much-buzzed-about musical movie in today's PopSugar Rush. Read more
