Blonsky and Sheedy Love Harold

How much do we love Hairspray star Nikki Blonsky, the effervescent, voluptuous young newcomer who shimmied her way into our hearts as Tracy Turnblad?

Despite the prevailing wisdom that Hollywood doesn't know what to do with a talented big girl, Blonsky's continuing to get work.

Blonsky has been cast as the lead character's best friend in Harold, a comedy about a teenage boy (Spencer Breslin) who starts prematurely balding.

In a casting move guaranteed to make Gen X-ers feel old, Ally Sheedy will play Harold's mother. Yes, that's right - the star of High Art and teen classic The Breakfast Club is now playing a teenager's mom.

Let's toast her with some Metamucil and look forward to Harold's release in 2008.