"It was great to do 'August Rush' and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do. It seemed really easy waving your hands around, it wouldn’t make any difference if you were moving it left or right, but I wanted to do it realistically ‘cause I think you can tell if someone doesn’t know what they’re doing....(more)

Yahoo! Movies has posted an exclusive look at the teaser trailer for Paramount Pictures' "Sweeney Todd," the Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the hit musical....(more)

Variety reports that Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem will join the cast of "Nine" for The Weinstein Co. Sophia Loren and Catherine Zeta-Jones are also being sought for roles....(more)

She said she was going straight and taking life seriously. Well, we'll see about her singing and acting talents in "Repo!...(more)

"I was 30 years a leading man and a macho leading men. I was like, what’s up?...(more)

Cast: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, James Marsden, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow By Sean Chavel "Hairspray" takes place in the early 1960s Baltimore before Vietnam and the hippie era. Still an “innocent” time, there were still leftover ’50s manifestations in fashion, street language, neighborhood iconography, uptight schoolteachers, rigid mothers and racial segregation, one social facet that needed change....(more)

Variety reports that the 1984 film "Footloose" is being remake with "High School Musical" star Zac Efron taking over the role that helped launch Kevin Bacon's career.  Kenny Ortega while Dylan Sellers will produce....(more)

Time for another Cinema Confidential contest... We are celebrating the release of New Line Cinema's "Hairspray," which opens in theaters everywhere July 20th!...(more)

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jennifer Aniston has taken on the project "Goree Girls" to produce for Dreamworks and may possibly star in the picture which is being setup as a period musical. Margaret Nagle is writing the screenplay....(more)

The Hollywood Reporter reports that MGM is looking to renew its "Fame." The studio is putting together plans to do a remake of the 1980 musical for Mark Canton to produce along with Lakeshore Entertainment....(more)