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Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah get joyful

Do you remember the Sister Act movies, starring Whoopi Goldberg?  Sure you do!  You know, the 1992 the comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures featuring Whoopi as a lounge singer who had been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent.  

Still doesn't ring a bell? Well how about the fact that she pretended to be a nun to save her life while the mob boss was out to get her?  Or maybe you'll remember that while in the convent, her racy, direct and candid comments, schemes and contrasting lounge singer lifestlye collided with the more spiritual and modest lives of the resident nuns?

It was such a hit, that it was followed by the sequel,  Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (yeah, hip hop and R&B singer Lauren Hill of the Fugees co-starred in this one).  Overtime it became a musical that premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California in 2006 and eventually landed in broadway in 2011.  

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Okay, you just had the light bulb moment.  Odd how quickly time flies huh?  Sister Act is nearly twenty years old!  A whole new generation (or two) has cropped and although the concept is nothing new, the story of Joyful Noise has it's own remedy for dueling choirs.  
 
Sure there are other battle of the choir films out there such as the Fighting Temptations starring Beyonce and Cuba Gooding Jr, but there's something about Joyful Noise, that keeps Sister Act brimming at the surface for me.  
 
Joyful noise also features Jeremy Jordan--no, no, not the 90's teen pop sensation who also starred as the high school heart throb in Drew Barrymore's Never Been Kissed movie, but this Jeremy Jordan .  Then you have Dolly Parton, out of her 9 to 5 attire going head to head with Queen Latifah.
 
 
Joyful Noise Summary: 
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.  Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton and Keke Palmer, and executive produce by Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment in association with Alcon Entertainment, Joyful Noise is showing NOW! Get your tickets and sing along! 
 
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