Footloose 2011 poster
Oh look, just what pop culture needed: another remake of an '80s movie. At least the forthcoming Footloose is set in modern day. The plot, as outlined by this trailer, seems similar enough (oppressive small town attempts to ban dancing, but can't keep the twinkle-toed teens down for long!) to Herbert Ross' 1984 original...
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John Stamos
John Stamos will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, TVGuide.com has learned.
Stamos will play an adoption attorney with a secret passion in the episode titled "Bang."Footloose star Lori Singer will also appear in the episode as a new mother who is struggling with her increased responsibilities.
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Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough has been busy with her new music and film career, but she hasn't ruled out returning to Dancing with the Stars.
In November, the former Dancing pro announced she would not return for Season 10, but she now tells TV Guide Network's Chris Harrison that...
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John Lithgow won an Emmy for playing a deranged killer who offed Dexter's wife in the season finale on Dexter. "I was just about the baddest ass you could be ... and you get awards for that," Lithgow says. Plus: See what he has to say about the remake of Footloose, in which he played the original Rev. Shaw Moore.
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Chace Crawford
Kevin Bacon's dancing shoes are proving to be hard to fill.
After replacing Zac Efron in the Footloose remake, Chace Crawford has now backed out of the project due to scheduling conflicts, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Chace Crawford joins Footloose
The flick is set to start filming this summer, which would overlap with Crawford's Gossip Girl schedule as the CW drama resumes ...
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Julianne Hough
Although she's been missing on Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough hasn't lost a step — or her enthusiasm to teach — as evidenced by her new dance-workout DVD Dance with Julianne: Cardio Ballroom, in stores Tuesday.
"Every time I meet a Dancing with the Stars fan, they're like, 'Man, I wish I could dance like that. Is that how you stay in shape?'" the 21-year-old Hough tells TVGuide.com. "And I say [yes] and they go, 'I wish I could take lessons from you or a pro.' So I thought, why not do something that's dance-related?"
Check out photos of Hough in the ballroom and on the red carpet
Noting that many people consider working out to be a chore, Hough says her instructional disc is the perfect marriage between exercise and a fun-filled hobby. It features the pro teaching three dances: the cha-cha (to work the core), the jive ("cardio galore") and the ...
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Kyra Sedgwick, Chace Crawford
Chace Crawford has officially inherited Kevin Bacon's Sunday shoes for the Footloose remake, but fitting into those iconic footwear is a different matter.
"He has big shoes to fill!" Kyra Sedgwick, Bacon's wife, tells People.
Nevertheless, Sedgwick says ...
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Chace Crawford
Let's hear it for Chace Crawford! The Gossip Girl star has officially signed on to the Footloose remake.
Crawford had been in the running to inherit Kevin Bacon's Sunday shoes since Zac Efron dropped out to pursue non-musical parts in March. Crawford has been in contract negotiations to play dancing bad boy Ren McCormack for a while, but was struggling ...
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Hayden Panettiere
Does Hayden Panettiere have the fancy footwork and powerful pipes to trump Julianne Hough? Possibly.
The Heroes star has auditioned for the role of Ariel Moore — a part for which Dancing with the Stars' Hough is also reportedly being considered — in the musical remake of Footloose, E! reports. (Lori Singer played Ariel in the original film.)
Panettiere sang for director Kenny Ortega and filmmakers, who were ...
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Zac Efron
Now that Zac Efron's latest High School Musical song-and-dance opened with a $42 million weekend, Paramount Pictures is hoping to "kick off its Sunday shoes" a little faster than expected.
According to Variety, Paramount would like to get its remake of Footloose, which reteams Efron with HSM director Kenny Ortega, into production by spring 2009. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett has been brought on to rewrite the script, and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have been added as producers.
Efron is reportedly close to locking in his deal, which features ...
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