What's a Girl To 'do?

Hairspray has put Nikki Blonsky in a sticky situation (and please don't mistake her for "Dancing With The Stars" Marissa who also is a hearty toe-tapper and the original "Tracy" in the Broadway Musical). The actress' former management team is suing her for a cut of the proceeds from her breakout role in the 2007 musical, claiming the zaftig singer owes them for helping her land the part of Tracy Turnblad. Blonsky wasn't cast until six months after her deal with the New York firm Morgit Management expired, according to the complaint filed in state Supreme Court in Nassau County. But Morgit partners Margaret Karaszek and Michael Ostrowski claim Blonsky's mother, Karen, verbally agreed to a two-year contract extension. Karaszek and Ostrowski say they sent a tape of the then-"unknown" teen from Great Neck, N.Y., to the Hairspray casting team and even drove the girl into Manhattan during a blizzard for an audition. Per the suit, the reps are asking for a 20 percent cut of Blonsky's Hairspray earnings—what would have been their standard fee, according to the plaintiffs' attorney, James Ostrowski. Blonsky's camp has tried to have the lawsuit thrown out on the grounds that Morgit Management isn't licensed to act as a talent agency, which it appeared to be doing for Blonsky, but a judge dismissed the motion last week. "The line between management and agent is a somewhat murky one," Ostrowski told Newsday.

What Blonsky earned for the big-screen musical is under wraps, of course, but the film took in more than $200 million worldwide.