Nikki Blonsky still in touch with Amanda

In an interview with Broadway.com, Nikki Blonsky, currently making her New York debut on Broadway in Love Loss and What I Wore, mentioned that she is still in touch with her Hairspray costars, including Amanda.

Were you upset that plans for a Hairspray sequel were scrapped?

I love Hairspray so much. It’s just magical to me. I would just die to work with John Travolta again. We’re very close, and I still speak to him all the time. Same with Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron, which I know girls will like to hear. It was such a fun, life-changing experience for all of us.

Maybe she can convince Amanda to make a comeback?!

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Critics: Easy A is Amanda's 'best work'

As if you need another reason to watch Easy A, critics in their year end DVD/movie reviews are citing Amanda's role in Easy A as some of her best work of her career.

"Amanda Bynes gives one of her best performances as the leader of the school's unofficial God squad."

- Huffington Post

[Lisa Kudrow appears] as the guidance counselor who's having an affair with boyfriend of an uptight born again type played by Amanda Bynes [possibly her best work, too]

- TV.com

Just leave it to Amanda to steal the show!

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Easy A gets top Blu-Ray Review

Easy A got a rare 5 star review from Blu-Ray.com. Check it out here! Below is a screencap from their website.




Meanwhile, critics continue to praise Amanda's work in the movie:

"...one of the years best...[featuring] the thank-goodness-she-unretired Amanda Bynes as a passionate religious instigator." -SheKnows.com

"Tucci and Clarkson aren't the only nice surprise though, there are excellent performances from Thomas Hayden Church [and] Amanda Bynes." -Daily Dischord

Here's hoping she headlines a project in the new year.

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A is Golden

Just a quick update to congratulate Emma Stone on her first ever Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for Easy A! She's up against some stiff competition, but being recognized and nominated is already a win, and dare I say it, an Easy A.

Cheesy jokes aside, don't forget that Easy A is hitting stores on Blu-Ray and DVD Tuesday! This is a chance to have Amanda under your Christmas tree.

Here's a rundown of the features for the DVD and Blu-ray:




Additional Material:

Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Emma Stone
Emma Stone's Webcam Audition Footage
Gag Reel

Blu-Ray Exclusives:

Extra Credit: Pop-Up Trivia Track (BD-exclusive)
The Making of Easy A (BD-exclusive)
The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties (BD-exclusive)
Vocabulary of Hilarity (BD-exclusive)

Maybe another present would be for Amanda to announce another project and come out of retirement for real!

Thanks for sticking by as always, for reading, leaving comments, and continuing to support Amanda and this blog. Hopefully 2011 will bring more of Amanda. Entertainment needs her, don't you think?

All the best and happy holidays! See you next year.

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Make your holiday shopping Easy

Easy A has been pegged for a release date of December 21 on Blu-ray and DVD, just in time for Christmas!



Additional Material:

Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Emma Stone
Emma Stone's Webcam Audition Footage
Gag Reel

Blu-Ray Exclusives:

Extra Credit: Pop-Up Trivia Track (BD-exclusive)
The Making of Easy A (BD-exclusive)
The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties (BD-exclusive)
Vocabulary of Hilarity (BD-exclusive)


Since its release this September, Easy A has reeled in over $55 million at the box office.

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Easy A makes the grade at weekend box office

The weekend estimates are in, and Easy A looks to clean up nicely at the box office, coming in at #2 with a 3 day take of just over $18 million. This is a great open for a teen comedy, and it was budgeted at just $8 million. Factor in the generally positive reviews, and Easy A looks like a hit for all involved.



Update (9/20/10): Actuals totalled a little lower than expected (which is normal) so Easy A opened with $17.7 million!

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Amanda after Easy A

Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch blog posted a fantastic article in which they hope Amanda chooses to not retire. Amid the great reviews she's gotten from Easy A, (nearly all of them are positive), the blog author hopes Amanda sticks around because she shows more promise than other performers her age.

I hope [deleting her Twitter] doesn’t mean that she’s un-un-retired. I think that would be a shame.

Especially in this weekend of Yet Another Disappointing Headline Concerning Lindsay Lohan, I find myself respecting the way Bynes has conducted her transition from child star to young adult: no scandals, no arrests, no embarrassing boyfriend drama, just the one Maxim cover (on which she’s practically swaddled in fabric) and a very select smattering of well-played parts. I’m fairly certain she still lives with her parents, which I find adorable. And while it is her right to decide what to do with her own future — especially after nearly two decades of the Hollywood grind life on screen [better, readers? - WP] — I wish she wouldn’t give up on making people laugh. We’ve got waaaaay too many generic ingenues around here already.

Check out the rest of the article here, and don't forget to see Easy A in theaters!

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