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Lea Salonga, who starred in the original stage production as 'Eponine' and the 2006 revival as 'Fantine' wrote the following review on the new film for Inquirer. Check it out below!

In a surprise response, LES MIS star Russell Crowe tweeted his support for Lambert's rather harsh observations on the film.

Do you hear the people sing? According to reports, tens of thousands have this week, as the Les Miserables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack has now hit #1 on both Amazon and on iTunes.

In 2012, BroadwayWorld brought you the most complete coverage of the Great White Way with the expansion of BWW TV. From curtain calls to interviews with Richard Ridge to all of Broadway's best events and more, take a look back at the year with video highlights!

Rock star Adam Lambert took to Twitter yesterday to give his review of the recently released epic musical LES MISERABLES. The American Idol Season 8 runner up had some harsh words for some of the film's most well-known cast members

An encore telecast of 'Saturday Night Live,' with host Anne Hathaway and musical guest Rihanna (3.5/9 in metered-market households) dominated its time period. The 'SNL' rebroadcast scored the #1 rating of the night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in metered-market households, topping all primetime telecasts on those networks.

According to Billboard.com, 'Les Miserables: Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack' is zooming up the charts and on track to hit the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart by next week. The album is estimated to reach 100,000 copies sold by December 30.

According to Showbiz411, country music star Taylor Swift had vied for the role of 'Eponine' in the blockbuster film LES MISERABLES. The news was revealed at a recent party when Les Mis producer Cameron Mackintosh told the site's Paula Schwartz that the young pop star had auditioned for the role.

Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN leads all films in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's International category with five nominations.

Denzel Washington has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2012 in Quigley Publishing Company's 81st Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors.

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln is leading the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards with five nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. Scroll below for a full list of the nominees!

According to Billboard.com, 'Les Miserables: Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack' is currently No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart, selling 43,000 in less than three full days on sale, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The recording stands at No. 33 on the Billboard 200.

Deadline reports that the film adaptation of LES MISERABLES has earned a whopping $58.6M Worldwide at the box office. The movie grossed $28.3M internationally and has brought in a two-day North American total of $30.3M.

Stars of the film Jackman, Hathaway, Barks, Redmayne, and Seyfried chatted with the press about their experience, and in this edition they cover what it was like singing live on set, adding a new song to the score, and more! Check out the interview below:

Fandango reports that Christmas Day was its best-ever single day for ticket sales, thanks to the blockbuster premiere of LES MISERABLES.

Hugh Jackman sat down with SiriusXM radio host Julie James to talk about his role in the feature film LES MISERABLES. 'Anyone who loves theater and loves Broadway is going to forever put [director] Tom Hooper right up there with Stephen Sondheim,' shared the actor. Check out the interview in full below!

"To love another person is to see the face of God" - Colm Wilkinson's Bishop Myriel of Digne and Anne Hathaway's Fantine, together with Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean, sung those arguably the most indelible lyrics by tail end in the Tom Hooper-helmed musical motion picture, "Les Miserables," a faithful film adaptation based on the 1987 Tony Award-winning musical, written by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer, which in turn was inspired by the French historical novel of the same name, published in 1862, by Victor Hugo, a well-known French Romantic poet and novelist who had evident antipathy toward the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church; but, interestingly, had high regard for the Church's doctrines.

Samantha Barks es Eponine en la versión cinematográfica de Los Miserables. Acostumbrada a estar sobre los escenarios, la actriz británica debuta en el cine con esta gran producción. En su paso por el West End, ha aparecido en musicales como Aladdin, en el Theatre Royal Windsor o Cabaret, en el Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Hoy nos cuenta lo que ha supuesto para ella el salto al cine.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Central PA in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

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