Hairspray (2007 soundtrack) Hairspray (2007 soundtrack) Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 New Line Cinema musical film "Hairspray". The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters's original 1988 film. It features performances from the film's cast, which includes John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, and Nikki Blonsky as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad. The album has sold upwards of 1,200,000 copies in the USA, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Tracy Beaker on reading lists for schools, so boys will be involved in the classroom. "The Story of Tracy Beaker" has been UK libraries' most-loaned book between 2000 and 2010. In its description of Tracy, an article for the "Herald Scotland" states: "Though her life is bleak, Tracy is funny, imaginative, articulate and hopeful, like all Wilson's heroines." A "Liverpool Echo" article describes Tracy as "a heroinea cult character who could be played by any actress." Winifred Robinson, writing in a "Daily Mail" editorial, criticised the character and suggested that behaviour such as her outbursts were influencing children to act in a