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Christina Aguilera Preps Her Big-Screen Debut

Filed under: Music & Musicals », Casting »



It seemed like Christina Aguilera would be a pop princess that kept herself free of Hollywood. (Free aside from some "Lady Marmalade" and a voice in Shark Tale.) But no -- she's finally joining the rest of the singers-turned-actresses and grabbing a starring role in a new movie. Luckily, it won't be any sort of stretch. Variety reports that she'll make her big-screen debut in a new sexy musical called Burlesque.

Written and to be directed by Steven Antin (Troy Perkins from Goonies!), with a revision by Erin Brokovich scribe Susannah Grant, Burlesque follows "an ambitious smalltown girl [Aguilera] with a big voice who finds love, family, and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club that appears to be right out of Bob Fosse's Cabaret." Big voice? Check. Experience in saucy dance and titilating the mens? Check.

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: Singer Christina Aguilera and Model Heidi Klum attend LG Rumorous Night with Heidi Klum held at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christina Aguilera;Heidi Klum

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: Singer Christina Aguilera and Model Heidi Klum attend LG Rumorous Night with Heidi Klum held at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christina Aguilera;Heidi Klum

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at LG Rumorous Night with Heidi Klum held at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christina Aguilera

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: **EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE** Singer Christina Aguilera attends LG Rumorous Night with Heidi Klum held at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christina Aguilera

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: **EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE** Singer Christina Aguilera attends LG Rumorous Night with Heidi Klum held at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christina Aguilera

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    Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at "The LG Rumorous Night" launch party at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum - Arrivals Andaz Hotel West Hollywood, CA United States April 28, 2009 Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com To license this image (16681465), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at "The LG Rumorous Night" launch party at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum - Arrivals Andaz Hotel West Hollywood, CA United States April 28, 2009 Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com To license this image (16681455), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at "The LG Rumorous Night" launch party at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum - Arrivals Andaz Hotel West Hollywood, CA United States April 28, 2009 Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com To license this image (16681452), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at "The LG Rumorous Night" launch party at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum - Arrivals Andaz Hotel West Hollywood, CA United States April 28, 2009 Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com To license this image (16681442), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at "The LG Rumorous Night" launch party at the Andaz Hotel on April 28, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum - Arrivals Andaz Hotel West Hollywood, CA United States April 28, 2009 Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com To license this image (16681441), contact WireImage.com

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Clint Culpepper says: "I couldn't be more excited, as this was a project written with her in mind." I'd say so. She's got the voice, and has done her share of saucy dancing. And at the very least -- it isn't Crossroads! But what do you think? Could this be a whole new career for Christina?

Scorsese's Rolling Stones Doc Pushed Back Seven Months

Filed under: Documentary », Music & Musicals », Paramount Classics », Distribution »

You like Martin Scorsese, right? You're a fan of The Rolling Stones, correct? Well, get ready to have your "19th Nervous Breakdown." AOL is reporting that the release date for Scorsese's Stones documentary has been pushed back. Waaay back. Seven months, to be exact. Just a couple weeks ago, Monika told you the film would be released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on September 21st. But now we won't get it until "sometime next April." What's the reason? Why can't we get no "Satisfaction?" A spokeswoman says that more time was needed to set up the promotional campaign for the film, because the band is on tour in Europe until August 26th. Isn't that a "Bitch?" I've got serious "Mixed Emotions" about this. I mean, "I Know It's Only Rock n' Roll...But I Like It!" I'll stop.

The documentary is called Shine a Light (also the title of one of my favorite Stones songs), and its concert footage was shot over two nights last fall at the beautiful Beacon Theater in New York. Guest performers for the shows included Buddy Guy, the almost impossibly cool Jack White, and Miss Dirrrrrty herself -- Christina Aguilera. The film will intersperse footage from the shows with career-spanning documentary material. Hopefully it will be as fascinating as what Scorsese did with his Dylan doc, the excellent No Direction Home. Scorsese also directed one of the greatest concert films of all time -- The Last Waltz, which documented the final show of The Band and included terrific performances from the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and -- with a hunk of cocaine visibly dangling from his nose -- Neil Young. Scorsese has used Rolling Stones music in nearly all of his films. I'm surprised he didn't have the monks in Kundun dance to "Start Me Up." Hell, he's used "Gimme Shelter" three times -- in Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed!


 
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