John Waters News

JOHN WATERS' Broadway musical CRY-BABY is closing in New York, just a week after flopping at the Tony Awards.
The show, based on the 1990 Johnny....

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"I've always voted. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't do that anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything." Filmmaker....

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"They ruined rock and roll. They put Motown out of business. So I never bought a new record ever until punk came out. THE BEATLES led to the MONKEES.....

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"I leave my apartment within 10 seconds of the same time every day. I'm fairly rigid. The other day I stayed up later than usual. I overslept by an....

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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....

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"I'm over Broadway, I want to do amusement park rides. The whole family gets on and spins around until they vomit, while people sing." HAIRSPRAY....

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Hairspray was the big winner at last night's Laurence Olivier awards after claiming victories in four of the 11 categories it was nominated....

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HAIRSPRAY creator JOHN WATERS has been offered the chance to turn the hit movie and musical into a ice show spectacular. Waters wrote and directed....

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"Every time that movie goes to court I've been found guilty of obscenity; never once have I won." Maverick moviemaker JOHN WATERS on his....

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CRY-BABY is to follow quirky moviemaker JOHN WATERS' HAIRSPRAY to Broadway. The 1990 film, starring Johnny Depp, was turned into a stage musical....

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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....

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Critics are clearly enchanted with Disney's Enchanted, about an animated princess who is banished by an animated wicked queen to live a real-life....

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Actor JOHN TRAVOLTA liked to kiss the actors on the set of HAIRSPRAY, according to filmmaker JOHN WATERS. Waters, who penned the original 1988 film,....

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Hairspray, a remake of the 1988 John Waters film that starred a man (the late Divine) in drag, may not be as groundbreaking as the original, but it....

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John Waters, director of the original Hairspray movie and a producer of the upcoming remake, has come to the defense of John Travolta, who plays a....

Read news story: GAYS IN FEUD OVER TRAVOLTAS HAIRSPRAY APPEARANCE

Oddball US 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....

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"I saw audiences in every country in the entire world pay me money to smell a fart." Movie maverick JOHN WATERS on the success of his 'Odorama'....

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"PAUL's a friend of mine, a good actor too. He got a bum rap on that, if you ask me. I thought that's what you're supposed to do in a porn movie....

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"PINK FLAMINGOS has been optioned to be an opera and I think it could be one - the fat lady sings and eats s**t." Quirky moviemaker JOHN WATERS on....

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Larger-than-life movie icon DIVINE was a day away from making US TV history when he died from a heart attack in 1988. The actor/singer, real name....

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"I'm in it the first 30 seconds - that means I approve. I'm a flasher; I'm always typecast." Movie maverick JOHN WATERS on his appearance in new....

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"STEVE BUSCEMI and I talk about it all the time. One year my Christmas card was Steve dressed as me." Moviemaker JOHN WATERS comments on his likeness....

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"I must be the only gay man that's never been to the gym in my entire life." Director JOHN WATERS is no fan of building up his physique.....

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Quirky moviemaker JOHN WATERS' new TV series 'TIL DEATH DO US PART is being promoted by a comic book. The programme, in which Waters plays THE GROOM....

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"I used to attend trials for fun all the time, but then people started recognising me, so I stopped." Quirky moviemaker JOHN WATERS on his murder....

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Rock star BETH DITTO has slammed New York band SCISSOR SISTERS, describing supporting them on their recent tour as a "soul-sucking experience". ....

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KEVIN FEDERLINE has found an unlikely fan in the form of camp film icon JOHN WATERS. BRITNEY SPEARS' much maligned ex is the self proclaimed 'most....

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VAN SMITH, who created the costumes and makeup for the films of JOHN WATERS, has died. He was 61. Smith died Tuesday (05DEC06) at his home in....

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Movie maverick JOHN WATERS will play a funeral director in an upcoming episode of hit TV comedy MY NAME IS EARL.....

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Former SEINFELD star JERRY STILLER has been added to the cast of movie remake HAIRSPRAY alongside director JOHN WATERS, who created the cult film. ....

Read news story: STILLER AND WATERS RETURN FOR HAIRSPRAY