Penny peers through a window in "Hairspray" (2007) - New Line Cinema Nowadays, it's hard to imagine the big-screen adaptation of "Hairspray," the bubbly Tony-winning musical that was in turn based on ...

"There was a long line of people to play Penny and New Line wanted Amanda," Shankman said. "And I was on the fence about it." The studio made a deal with Shankman. If he picked Bynes, executives would ...

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After suffering a public mental health breakdown before saying she was addicted to drugs, fans are thrilled to see Amanda ...

Amanda Bynes was just about everywhere in the late 1990s and early 2000s thanks to her presence on Nickelodeon, but not all ...

Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron nearly weren't welcomed to the '60s. Hairspray director Adam Shankman broke down the casting process for the movie musical on a recent episode of the And That's What You ...