This morning MSNBC gossip Jeannette Walls considers the problem of notorious Scientologist John Travolta agreeing to play Edna Turnblad in the forthcoming movie of Hairspray, given that Scientology is pretty notoriously antigay:

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We liked Weinstein better in Fiddler, anyway.

UPDATE: Yes, we know. Harvey Fierstein, not Harvey Weinstein, starred in Hairspray. That's why it was funny that Walls confused the two. (Fierstein is also the one who starred in Fiddler. And who wrote the book for La Cage, the score of which contains "I Am Who I Am." Get it?) Please stop emailing about this now.

Gossip [MSNBC.com]