Waters ultimately decided that seeing PG attached to a movie made by him and his collaborator Divine was the bigger shock Waters reflected on how the PG rating helped Hairspray "sneak" into different ...

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Ricki Lake is thinking about one of her most iconic roles, as Hairspray's Tracy Turnblad. In a TikTok video posted April 28, Lake, 56, shed some light on what she thinks Tracy — the plus-size, ...

"Hairspray" has become the ultimate crowd-pleaser. The 1988 cult-classic film about hair hoppers and segregation in '60s Baltimore has spawned a Broadway musical, a big-budget movie musical and a live ...

’Hairspray’ the movie takes the Broadway show to the silver screen. Capsule reviews of continuing films follow. (Reviews of new movies appear first in expanded format, then as capsules until the movie ...

Directing "Hairspray" is a labor of love for Matt Curtis. The Jefferson High School alum enjoyed the iconic original film so much that he overdosed on "Hairspray" the musical when he moved to New York ...

The original 1988 movie inspired the Broadway musical, plus the film based on that musical Often, directors are surprised when their movies get higher ratings from the Motion Picture Association, but ...