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Scottish Actors (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Alan Cumming has been added to the cast of Burlesque which is about a small-town girl who ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer: Screen Gems and writer-director Steve Antin have set Alan Cumming as the final piece of casting for "Burlesque," the musical that begins production Nov. 9. He joins a cast that includes Cher, Christina Aguilera,...
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Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin's Burlesque, about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC. So this is really a failsafe in case that Showgirls sequel falls through? [Variety] After the break, news...
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SFist (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Prompted by City Attorney Dennis Herrera, notorious Tenderloin strip club Pink Diamonds was forced to shut its doors yesterday. According to SFGate , a judge ordered the, eh, burlesque club to officially close for a year and "directed its operator, Damone H. Smith, to pay at least $688,500 in fines after he violated a court agreement to bring the club into compliance with local and state laws."...
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The Bastardly (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
These were snapped over the weekend at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood. First off, we’re pretty sure Christina bought the most expensive pumpkin in the patch for baby Max. It goes along perfectly with her goal to rear the most spoiled kid on the planet. Anyway, just when you through Christina Aguilera was gonna be thrown into the hasbeen basket , she’s actually gonna hit the...
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Electronic Cerebrectomy (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Kristen Bell has just been cast in Burlesque , which is supposed to be the acting debut of Christina Aguilera. Aguilera plays "an ambitious small-town girl with a big-town voice who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club." K. Bell is going to play Nikki, the "loose-cannon lead dancer and main attraction at the club who spirals out of control when Aguilera’s...
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PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
As we previously reported, Cher, Christina Aguilera and Twilight's Cam Gigandet have signed on to Burlesque, a semi-musical revolving around a burlesque club. We were wavering on it before, but now the deal is sealed for us! Kristen Bell is on board! The former stage actress is set to play the lead dancer at the nightclub [...]
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KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in "Burlesque," Screen Gems' musical drama being directed by Steve Antin. "Burlesque" centers on the journey of an ambitious small-town girl (Aguilera) with a big-town voice who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's "Cabaret." (Aguilera has guested in...
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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Cristina Aguilera's big-screen Burlesque debut is already a pretty interesting mix. We've got the slight girl with the powerful pipes, plus Cher returning to Hollywood as a nightclub owner and Stanley Tucci as the man who turns Aguilera's small-town girl "from bumpkin to bombshell." (Please tell me she's living in a lonely world.) But now, in a pretty wild twist, The Hollywood Reporter posts...
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JoBlo (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Kristen Bell has signed on to co-star in BURLESQUE, the upcoming musical-drama featuring Christina Aguilera in her first starring role. But wait... isn't Kristen Bell > Christina Aguilera? Just checkin... Bell will star as the antagonist to Aguilera's character, a small-town girl who finds success in a Los Angeles burlesque club. Bell's character was the previous star who finds her life unraveling...
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Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Just because Peter is back on the scene with Page 2 doesn't mean I have to skip the occasional casting roundup. First up, Kristen Bell will appear opposite Christina Aguilera in the musical drama Burlesque, not to be confused with that Showgirls sequel we talked about the other day. The film takes place in "a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's Cabaret."...
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The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Kristen Bell has joined the cast of Burlesque, a dramatic movie musical in which she will star as a rival to pop diva Christina Aguilera. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is about an ambitious small town girl with a strong voice who does well on a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the [...]
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Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The ' Couples Retreat ' actress takes on the role of the lead dancer and main attraction at a neo-burlesque club who spirals out of control when Aguilera's character steals her spotlight.
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ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Kristen Bell will play Christina Aguilera's rival in Burlesque , Screen Gems' musical drama being directed by Steve Antin. The film centers on the journey of an ambitious small-town girl (Aguilera) with a big-town voice who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's Cabaret . Bell will play Nikki, the loose-cannon lead dancer and main attraction...