variety.com - 5/5/2008
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New reality show to bow on June 2 Rialto reality show "'Legally Blonde The Musical': The Search for Elle Woods" has set its preem date, bowing June 2 on MTV. Eight-episode, pre-taped series will follow 10 actresses vying to replace Laura Bell Bundy as the star of "Legally Blonde," the 2007 tuner based on the 2001 MGM pic. Haylie Duff ("Hairspray") hosts. Aiming to position itself more as a ...
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MTV is once again asserting itself as a channel that does NOT play music videos. One of the highlights of their summer schedule is “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods”, according to Variety:
Eight-episode, pre-taped series will follow 10 actresses vying to replace Laura Bell Bundy as the star of “Legally Blonde,” the 2007 tuner based on the 2001 MGM pic. Haylie Duff (”Hairspray”) hosts.
There will be no audience voting, and the judges are the people in charge of the musical itself. But I’m still disgusted. I ...
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... As Variety reports today, MTV just greenlit eight episodes of a new reality show called The Search For Elle Woods, in which ten blonde hopefuls will compete to play the lead in Broadway's version of Legally Blonde. Reminiscent of NBC's You're The One That I Want, ...
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... Legally Blonde musical talent search will debut June 2, and Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods has enlisted Bravo's Step it Up and Dance mentor Jerry Mitchell as one of its judges. Viewers will not vote to select one of 10 actresses for the role because the series is "[a]iming to position itself more as a 'Project Runway' than an 'American Idol,'" according to Variety. [Variety] ...
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Not convinced that MTV needs to be sunk to the bottom of Whoops Ocean ? Does this change your mind? Wait, there's a musical on Broadway based on Legally Blonde ? And it's a hit? And it needs a new lead? And Haylie Duff is leading the search? There are so many things I need to wrap my mind around before I can even start to wrap my mind around this TV show. It's like reading a Borges short ...
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THEATER: Broadway’s best show, the critically acclaimed Passing Strange , is still open for business, though struggling to compete against the usual insipid pabulum like Legally Blonde . Producers of this phenomenal rock musical were dealt another blow this week when CBS refused to broadcast their performance in the Tony Awards preview show. (The number, “We Just Had Sex,” is a cheeky, ...
Haylie Duff To Host MTV Talent Show —
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Haylie Duff is set to host a new MTV talent show search for the next star of Broadway's Legally Blonde: The Musica l . Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods premieres on MTV in June and the winner will replace Tony-winning actress Laura Bell Bundy . Haylie , who also acts as executive producer, revealed: "I don't do any of the eliminating or judging. I'm always ...
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Haylie Duff is set to host a new MTV talent show search for the next star of Broadway's Legally Blonde: The Musica l. Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods premieres on MTV in June and the winner will replace Tony-winning actress Laura Bell Bundy . Haylie , who also acts as executive producer, revealed: "I don't do any of the eliminating or judging. I'm always ...
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Actress Haylie Duff will host a new talent show search for the next star of Broadway's Legally Blonde : The Musical . Duff, the sister of teen favorite Hilary Duff , has signed to front the forthcoming MTV reality TV show Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods .
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MTV IS A NATURAL “BLONDE”! NETWORK RAISES THE CURTAIN ON BROADWAY IN REALITY COMPETITION SERIES “LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: THE SEARCH FOR ELLE WOODS”
Actress Haylie Duff Stars In The Eight-Episode Series Premieres Monday, June 2nd At 10p.m. ET/PT
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NEW YORK, May 2, 2008 – The first cable network to televise a musical in its entirety, MTV will follow ...
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