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Change of direction: The new movie version of “Hairspray,” based on the stage musical, will no longer be directed by Jack O’Brien and Jerry Mitchell, the team who worked on the stage version. A delay in the shooting schedule created a conflict with O’Brien’s theater commitments. A replacement has not been named, a New Line Cinema spokesman said.
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