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Olivia Newton-John enjoying her latest movie roles

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Olivia Newton-John has truly said goodbye to Sandra Dee with her latest film role.

She plays the cocaine-snorting mother of the bride, Barbara, in the Australian comedy A Few Best Men.

“When I read the script I thought it was hysterical,” Newton-John said.

“She was a character, and I didn’t know quite how I was going to do that, go there (with drugs), but I thought it would be really a blast.

“Really the reason for me to do anything now is fun. Glee was fun, I did a movie in Canada that was a musical a year ago and that was fun, and this was hilarious. It’s a blast, I never thought I’d still be doing it.”

In the film, Xavier Samuel plays the English groom who flies in to marry his Blue Mountains bride. But his three best mates – and one celebrity sheep named Ramsy – are in the way with drunken shenanigans.

Newton-John will be hoping life doesn’t imitate art when her daughter Chloe Lattanzi gets married.

While a date is yet to be set for the nuptials, mum has already checked out her soon to be son-in-law’s options for best man.

“I’ve met his friends, they’re all nice blokes and they’re not coming from another country,” she said.
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Olivia Newton-John on The Kyle & Jackie O Show

Promoting her new movie “A Few Best Men,” Olivia Newton-John visited The Kyle & Jackie O Show. The video clip above is the second half of her interview.

You can hear the entire interview here.

To explain a bit: on arrival, Olivia was told that Jackie always wanted to sing “Summer Nights” from GREASE with Olivia. So Olivia was asked – on the spot – if she would play along, dress up in GREASE costume pieces and sing along with Kyle and Jackie. Thus, the ‘Pink Lady’ outfits for Olivia and Jackie. Ah, the fun of morning radio.

Olivia played along with the fun.

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Pilot for NBC’s SMASH available for free viewing today

Can’t wait until February to see NBC’s new Broadway-themed show SMASH?

You won’t have to: the pilot episode will be available for free on several media platforms including iTunes, Amazon and Xbox today.

On January 23 the pilot will available as streaming content on NBC.com and Hulu; on February 6, SMASH debuts on NBC.

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Olivia enters the White Carpet – premiere of “A Few Best Men”

I just wanted to give a sense of what it was like as Olivia and her director Stephan Elliott arrived on the White Carpet for the premiere of “A Few Best Men” in Sydney, Australia.

Just as Olivia arrived to face the first throng of photographers, a fan in a wheel chair asked Oivia for an autograph and a photo which Olivia didn’t hesitate to do. Then she and Stephan step in front of the first set of photographers. After lots of flashes, Stephan pulls Olivia over to the first of many interviews on the White Carpet. I panned down the carpet so you could get a sense of how packed and wild the scene was.

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Olivia Newton-john interview for MIX 106.5 Sydney

I got to sit in on a few of Olivia Newton-John’s interviews for her new movie “A Few Best Men” which had it’s premiere here in Sydney, Australia, last night. Thought I’d share this with the fans.

Olivia gets pretty funny at the end of the interview when the radio show host admits/apologizes for an idea he gave Kathy Griffin for when Olivia appeared on her show “My Life on the D-List.”

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recall petitions to be submitted Tuesday

Supporters of a push to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office are prepared to declare victory in their effort to force the Republican into a recall election. However, a large issue stills remains undecided: who will run against him?

Recall organizers say they have gathered far more than the 540,208 signatures required to force the election against both Walker and GOP Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and will submit their petitions Tuesday.

Democrats and union leaders insist they’re not concerned about not having someone actively running against Walker and trying to match his fundraising. In fact, they say it was part of their strategy.

“It forced Walker and his minions to run on their record and issues rather than to run against an announced Democratic candidate,” said Marty Beil, president of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, the largest union of state workers. “That was part of the rationale through the whole recall petition collection process.”

Democrats and union leaders said they also never anticipated competing with Walker on fundraising. Beil said the key for recall supporters will be to maintain the enthusiasm that fueled recall signature collection for the past two months.
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