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The trades are heralding the confirmation of Anne Hathaway attached to star as Judy Garland in the biopic Get Happy for the Weinstein Co.

I have no doubt that Hathaway can pull this off. She’s a fantastic singer, which Shirley Maclaine praised at the Oscars after Hathaway sang wonderfully with Hugh Jackman in the Oscar opener.

Rent the movie Ella Enchanted watch Hathaway belt out “Somebody to Love” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. “

The project is based on Gerald Clarke’s biography of the same name. Clarke draws on numerous real-life sources to narrate the life story of Garland, who began singing and acting as a toddler and continued doing so all the way through her untimely death at the age of 47.

Garland led a life filled with talent but also turbulence, starring and singing in a multitude of studio musicals and other pictures, as well as giving memorable performances on stages in New York and London. She also grappled with addiction and endured a series of relationship dramas.