`Hairspray' puts plus-sizes on pedestal
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The ladies of "Hairspray" are a rarity in fat-phobic Hollywood, whose obsession with willowy women is so strong the idea of a corpulent heroine is almost unheard of.
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âFactory Girl,â a biography of Edie Sedgwick, the most glamorous of Andy Warholâs so-called superstars, suggests a magazine layout masquerading as a film.
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John Waters shot his  &quot;Hairspray,&quot; about the characters he knew in his misspent  Baltimore youth of the early 1960s, in that Maryland city.
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Featuring the unlikely trio of John Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfeiffer as a racist and a chubby singer as its star, "Hairspray" debuts in movie theaters on Friday aiming to be a box office hit -- again.
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In spite of the teasing promise of its title, Mike Nichols's deft drama does everything it can to push you away.
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He's played stone cold killers, sexy leading men and military heroes, but John Travolta figures his best role yet may just be the woman he portrays in movie musical "Hairspray."
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Call it a Dream a Little Dream come true for fans of   1980s teen cinema. Or connoisseurs of 21st century celebrity curios.
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Comment is free: Libby Brooks: Pre-teens are increasingly being deluged with the message that an alluring appearance ought to be their ultimate goal
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Pampering knows no limit in the land of the high-tech commode
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One film that caught the fancy of just about everyone at the recently
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The high and low ends of the fiberglass fashion world seem to be converging on one focal point: a bigger, sexy derriere.
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As the Paris fashion season comes to an end, the fashion jury's verdict for the future of womanhood in its commercial incarnation is pretty.
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The world probably didn't need another film version of John Waters' 1988 romp "Hairspray" any more than it needed a Broadway musical version of it. The whole cycle reeks of that movie-of-a-stage-production-of-a-movie debacle that has tainted the legacy of "The Producers."
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Womenâs antiperspirant deodorants make a lot of promises, and companies are promising a richer fragrance.
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With the wave of a wand, the makeup artist whips up sales with the promise of a new you and a celebrity moment.
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In Mira Nair's sumptuous, witty new version of "Vanity Fair," Sharp is no longer so sharp-elbowed. And rightly so.
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"Free hugs and haircuts for Tom Cruise &amp; Steven Spielberg" read one sign outside Savior Hair as a few giggling hairdressers tried to lure the actor and director into the salon.