Awards Watch: The Musical!

In its fifth week of release, Hairspray continues to dazzle 'em, passing the $100 million mark this past weekend. It is well on its way to become one of the highest-grossing movie musicals of all-time.

The cast of Hairspray has other reasons to celebrate, as they are the recipients of the film's first award. The Hollywood Film Festival is honoring them with an ensemble prize. This should prove the first of many awards for the movie, especially considering that the film's DVD will be released by the end of the year (otherwise known as the height of the awards season), just in time to remind voters how great it is.

Hairspray should rake in the nominations at the Golden Globes, where there are separate categories for Comedy or Musicals. Expect nods for the film itself and star Nikki Blonsky, as well as possible supporting bids for John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer. One or both of the film's new songs ("Ladies' Choice" and "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)") will certainly be nominated as well. From there the next step will be the Oscars, but we'll cross that bridge once we see how well it does at the Globes.

In related news: more Hairspray merchandise! Per the movie's own blog, there will be two calendars (one for the whole movie, one just for Link Larkin, a.k.a. Zac Efron) and several posters (again, with an emphasis on teen dream Efron) to chose from, on sale now ... and on your walls soon.

In fact, you can purchase the Hairspray calendars and postersright here from Amazon.com!

Links via BroadwayWorld.com, HollywoodAwards.com and HairsprayMovie.com.