John Waters News

Days after receiving his first Oscar nomination for his performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg finally met the man behind status updates and poking o...
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Film bosses have scrapped plans to bring movie-musical Hairspray back for a sequel. Executives at the New Line studio commissioned the screenwriter behind the 2007 film, John Waters, to create a sc...
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Kevin Smith is to follow in the footsteps of directors John Waters and Guy Maddin - he will be handed the prestigious Filmmaker on the Edge Award at this year's Provincetown Film Festival. Smith ...
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With the coming of the Halloween season, Starpulse contributing writer Kris King is dedicating every day in October to watch a horror movie that has passed him by.
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The problem with an actor like Johnny Depp is finding movies in his history that aren't fantastic. Then you have to consider the movies that aren't that good, but that he was great in anyway (which...
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Happy Birthday To "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman (1970), tennis star Andre Agassi (1970), singer Carnie Wilson (1968), rapper Master P (1967), "The Brady Bunch" actress Eve Plumb (1958), "White Olean...
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Happy Birthday To British musician Peter Frampton (1950), American film writer/director John Waters (1946), prolific actor Jack Nicholson (1937), singer/songwriter Glen Campbell (1936), jazz bassis...
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The 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Awards ceremony, hosted by award winning actor/comedian Steve Coogan, will air uncut, uncensored, and commercial free on IFC (Independent Film Channel) Saturday, ...
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Let's be honest, men's fashion isn't nearly as much fun as women's, especially when it comes to getting all gussied up in formal garb. For men, the pot can pretty much be boiled down to three basic...
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Fans of movie musicals know that most of their favorites, like "Grease," "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," and "Oklahoma!" were adapted from popular Broadway plays. However, the trend in rec...
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Singer Dido has sold her Hollywood Hills home for over $4.4 million. Jack Black and Gnarls Barkley star Cee-Lo Green have re-recorded Carl Douglas' 1974 hit "Kung Fu Fighting" for new animated...
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Happy Birthday To "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman (1970), tennis star Andre Agassi (1970), singer Carnie Wilson (1968), rapper Master P (1967), "The Brady Bunch" actress Eve Plumb (1958), "White Olean...
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Happy Birthday To British musician Peter Frampton (1950), American film writer/director John Waters (1946), prolific actor Jack Nicholson (1937), singer/songwriter Glen Campbell (1936), jazz bassis...
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"If you have paparazzi, you know you have gotten somewhere." High School Musical actress Vanessa Hudgens considers herself a star, now that she's hassled by the press. Law & Order: SVU star Ad...
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Cult director John Waters has a sexual obsession with animated children's hit Alvin and the Chipmunks. The openly-gay Hairspray director confesses the bizarre fantasy, and reveals a talented fan ha...
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Columbia Records is proud to announce the release of Coheed and Cambria's video for "Feathers," the second single off the band's new album, "No World For Tomorrow," and undoubtedly their catchiest ...
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One of the wonderful things about DVD is that it can be a catalyst for discovery. I first heard about This Film is Not Yet Rated at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles nearly 2 years ago. I miss...
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Cult director John Waters throws a diverse Christmas party every year - regular guests include the Governor Of Maryland and the actor who played the singing anus in his 1972 film Pink Flamingos. ...
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Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical "Hairspray," itself an adaptation of the non-musical John Waters film of the same name, stars Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight high sch...
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The Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, announce that actor John Travolta will receive the Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Supporting Actor of the Year Award" at ...
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Hairspray director Adam Shankman has hit back at a journalist who is proposing a boycott of the film because its star John Travolta has "no business" playing an iconic gay character. The Satu...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Lance Bass will join the Broadway cast of ''Hairspray'' Aug. 14. The former 'N Sync boy band member will portray TV dance show host Corny Collins, a role modeled after legendary Bal...
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Hairspray star Elijah Kelley was overwhelmed by co-star John Travolta's ability to transform himself into a super-sized woman. Kelley, who plays Seaweed J. Stubbs in the latest adaptation of the cu...
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John Travolta has been branded a hypocrite by gay rights activists furious his cross-dressing role in cult musical Hairspray is at odds with his religious beliefs. The star dons women's clothes to ...
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Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production Hairspray to life. Featuring new and origin...
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Oddball filmmaker John Waters has been crowned the new king of Broadway - a second musical based on one of his zany films is set to hit the stage. After his Hairspray became a musical sensation, pr...
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Happy Birthday To "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman (1970), tennis star Andre Agassi (1970), singer Carnie Wilson (1968), rapper Master P (1967), hockey goalie Curtis "CuJo" Joseph (1967), "The Brady Bu...
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Happy Birthday To British musician Peter Frampton (1950), American film writer/director John Waters (1946), prolific actor Jack Nicholson (1937), singer/songwriter Glen Campbell (1936), jazz bassis...
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"Every once in a while someone says, 'That's a long time to stay at the movies.' But, if you remember a double feature, you don't have to watch both movies, if you don't want; if you see Robert's (...
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"I'm definitely not perfect... I get pimples, I have bad hair days, I can't cook. I mess up. I say things that are silly and I read them, like, what was I thinking?" Beyonce Knowles disputes claims...
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