CHER - CHER WILL BOSS AROUND AGUILERA IN BURLESQUE

CHER WILL BOSS AROUND AGUILERA IN BURLESQUE

CHER has finalised negotiations to play CHRISTINA AGUILERA's nightclub boss in upcoming movie musical BURLESQUE.
The 63-year-old Oscar-winning actress has been a rumoured favourite to play the pop star's boss in the project - starring 28-year-old Aguilera as a small-town girl-turned-burlesque dancer.
The film, which marks Aguilera's first starring role on the big screen, will be directed by actor/filmmaker Steve Antin, brother of choreographer Robin Antin, who founded the burlesque troupe-turned-girl band The Pussycat Dolls.
It is also the first time Cher will sing in a movie in which she's been cast to star.
Movie studio Screen Gems' president Clint Culpepper tells Variety, "She brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story. The only person who was more excited than I am is Christina."