Nikki Blonsky, Lynne Meadow go Crazy at the Airport

Has the whole world gone totally batshit crazy? First MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow was detained and interrogated by the FBI after loosing her infamous fury on a flight attendant. The NYC artistic community shared a collective giggle. One anonymous insider said, "So THAT'S what Lynne is doing on her sabbatical!" Okay that might have been me that said that, to my mom. But it's true. What is she doing, anyway?

So now Nikki Blonsky, the perky star of Hairspray the movie-musical-movie, has been arrested with her dad for BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEONE, also at an airport! People, what the fuck is going on?!!??

US Weekly says Nikki Blonsky was charged with "actual bodily harm," while her dad got a scarier charge of "grievous bodily harm". The father/daughter beatdown took place at the Providenciales International Airport in Turks and Caicos, and the woman (yes, they beat up a woman!) was flown off the island to Miami. Oh yeah, and the story wouldn't be complete without this cherry on top: "America's Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden — whose family resides on the island — was also involved in the brawl. It is unclear what role she played." There. Are. No. Words.

Check out this photo of Nikki and her dad. On the left, "Yes, I am adorable!", on the right, "I will cut you with my bling."

That's Nikki post-arrest. She's got a neckbrace on. The horror!

8/11/08: Here's an update. The Blonsky family lawyer is insisting that Bianca Golden sparked the brawl for publicity, which actually sounds totally possible.

Marc Shaiman is a sweetie

"I went to the Premiere in NYC last night and basically lived a fantasy, I am truly sorry that anyone out there went to the movie last night and had the opposite experience."

No, he's not talking about those who went blind while watching Travolta's shimmy in the fatsuit informed by Tim Allen's body type preferences. He's referring to the hordes of fans who hoped to get into the Hairspray premiere (and had passes for first-come first-serve entry), and were dismayed to find that NONE of them were admitted. Shaiman posted on Broadwayworld's message boards, asking what New Line could do to make it up to the fans. "I don't know if that means a free pass, a DVD extra or a back massage."

Back massage? Only if it comes directly from you, Marc!

Travolta knows how straight men like their drag queens

Somebody stop John Travolta! The man is digging himself deeper and deeper into the crazitrench where Tom Cruise and friends have set up camp. First there was this, where he said, "I still think that if you analyze most of the school shootings, it is not gun control. It is psychotropic drugs at the bottom of it." Glad someone straightened that out for us.

But now, I'm starting to get really concerned for the Wild Hogs star. Apparently, while preparing to shoot Hairspray, he asked his Wild Hogs co-stars what kind of body type Edna Turnblad should have. I guess Tim Allen really is the go-to guy for such affairs, huh?

He tested prospective personae of his feminine self on the set of his recent buddy comedy Wild Hogs because, he says, he wanted to hear "from straight men how they would like to see a man be a woman." The Edna that eventually took shape might be described as a dancing elephant with a wasp waist.

"I said, 'If you give me a big waist, then I become Grandma... You can make her ass as big as you want, her tits as big as you want, but if you don't bring her in'"--here he mashes in his own solid middle with the heels of his hands--"'I can't play what I want to play.'

It doesn't get more classy than that, people. He needs to play what he wants to play! And finally:

At the end of the interview, after the tape recorder has been turned off, he is posed one last question: Is he bothered by the rampant rumors about his sexuality, and does he think they've affected his career? "No and no," says Travolta casually. "What affects your career is the quality of the product." Besides, he adds with his typical confidence, "I don't think anyone can hurt me."

And with product like this, what could go wrong?



[via Defamer]