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Nikki Blonsky gives a ‘Queen Sized’ performance

by Robert Kahn [Newsday (MCT)]

[11.Jan.08] :. In her latest movie, Nikki Blonsky plays an overweight high school student spurned for being different from her peers. Ultimately, she finds acceptance, glory and the hint of romance with a...

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Hairspray (2007) (2007)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[20.Jul.07] :. Hairspray doesn't just replay Waters' film, it extends and complicates the original parody.

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Hairspray (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Jul.07] :. When Hairspray is good, it’s fantastic. It radiates an energy and a joy that’s beyond infectious.

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Ice cream server one day, ‘Hairspray’ star the next

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[18.Jul.07] :. Yes, she really was in the Cold Stone Creamery, scooping ice cream. And no, she really didn’t know it was coming. “I knew I was one of the final four,” says Nikki Blonsky, who was...

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