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Rumor: Travolta Won't Reprise 'Hairspray' Role?

John Travolta tells Australia's The Sunday Herald Sun that he won't be back for the recently announced Hairspray sequel. "I think once is enough", Travolta said of playing his cross-dressing, fat-suited role of Edna Turnblad. "I did it and I did it well but I'm not a big sequel guy".

Time Warner to Downsize New Line Cinema

Time Warner Inc. announced today the consolidation of its filmed entertainment businesses, Warner Bros. Entertainment and New Line Cinema. As part of the consolidation, New Line will be operated as a unit of Warner Bros. New Line will maintain separate development, production, marketing, distribution and business affairs operations, but will closely integrate and coordinate those functions with Warner Bros.

'Hairspray' Returns to LA and NY Theaters

New Line Cinema is re-releasing its hit musical comedy Hairspray for a special one-week return engagement on January 4-10 exclusively at the Laemmle's Sunset-5 theater in Los Angeles and at the Landmark's Sunshine Cinema theater in New York.

Travolta Dropped from 'Dallas' Movie

John Travolta has been dropped from the new Dallas movie, despite having been attached to the project for more than two years. Travolta—who had been cast as oil tycoon villain J.R. Ewing in the film adaptation of the 1980s TV soap—was "let go about two weeks ago," according to reports.