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Hollywood Stunned By Just Okay Beatles Sales

3:36AM Richard Rushfield | Is there such a thing as a sure thing anymore? Sony seems to think so but the list surely gets ever shorter. More »

Will John Waters and ‘Hairspray 2′ Break Musicals’ Sequel Curse?

7:00AM Defamer Hollywood | In the tradition of classic musical sequels like Goodbye, Dolly and Seven Divorces for Seven Brothers, the creative team behind Hairspray is set to return for a follow-up slated for 2010. New Line has reportedly brought aboard John Waters — whose original 1988 hit was adapted to a Broadway tuner that grossed $200 million when re-adapted for the screen last year — to scribble a new treatment “[picking] up the Baltimore saga of the Turnblad family after the resolution of the first film, which was set in 1962.” More »