It's starting to get really cold now, so thank goodness for the DVD release of Mamma Mia! this week. One of the massive box office hits of the summer, the film based on the stage musical will bring some welcome sunshine and laughter into your living room.
Meryl Streep is on wonderful all-singing all-dancing form as Donna, a single mum with a run-down hotel on an idyllic Greek island. 
Start warming up those pipes! I heard from a little birdie (read: Sony's website) that one of the greatest bands to sing along with EVER - ABBA - is coming to SingStar (for Playstation 2 and 3) with their own awesome collection.
If you OD'd on Mamma Mia this Summer like I did, then you understand how crazy stoked I am that I'm about to get an ABBA song collection for my PS3!
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If there were a family get-together with all the slick, recent Broadway-to-film productions, like Hairspray and Dreamgirls, Mamma Mia! would be the drunk older aunt whose clothing doesn't really match and who says all the wrong things but you love her and her kooky, off-kilter self anyway. The movie is, like that aunt, all over the place: Only a third of the cast can actually sing, the plot is thin, and the characters are — with the exception of a few moments — as one-dimensional as it gets. Oh, and there are hardly three minutes between one ABBA cover and the next.
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Friends, the time is here. That spectacle of a musical, Mamma Mia!, is going to hit theaters in a matter of days. While many will rush to see The Dark Knight, some will be lured to this shining, glorious ABBA extravaganza starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried and Colin Firth.
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With well-known ABBA songs, an idyllic Greek location and more stars than you can shake a stick at, Mamma Mia! is bound to be the feel-good hit film of the summer.
Based on the hugely successful stage production, this musical movie stars Meryl Streep as ex-pat Donna, a single mum with a run-down hotel on a beautiful Greek island. Her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is marrying Sky (the gorgeous, and often topless, Dominic Cooper) and the bride-to-be wants her father at the wedding. 
When I met the stars of Mamma Mia! last week, the women told us about bonding on set and the men chatted about powerful women, tight costumes and Greece. With both groups of stars, one aspect of making the film kept coming up — the challenge of singing and dancing to those tricky ABBA songs! Here are Colin, Pierce, Stellan and Dominic's thoughts on the subject, as well as Meryl, Christine and Amanda's words.
Mamma Mia! premiered at London's Odeon Leicester Square last night, with its all-star cast walking the blue carpet alongside fashion designers Tom Ford and Roberto Cavalli. Julie Walters put on some pretty accessories while Meryl Streep's red number complemented Amanda Seyfried's green strapless wonder. The main men Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan kept it smart in black suits and both had their wives by their sides. 
How much do I love Abba? I cannot begin to tell you. Here, I'll let them explain it themselves. 
The lyrics. The lipgloss. The Swedish accents. 
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