Vomit, hairspray, and the consumption of dog excrement are all to be expected when viewing the movies of writer-director John Waters. Raised by "normal" Catholic parents, at an early age Waters was inexplicably drawn to tacky, sleazy and trashy movies...

Director John Waters earned the title "King of Bad Taste" in 1972 for Pink Flamingos, a raunchy film that makes a laughing matter of most every type of perversion. The film ushered in a new era for popular culture, in which the shocking...

John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. He is recognizable by his pencil-thin...

Filmmaker John Waters' subscription list surpasses what most mere mortals read. The new book from National Magazine Award winner nest comes with the expected jacket quotes from respected figures like architect Rem Koolhaas and interior decorator Jacques Grange. This isn't surprising, considering...

As anyone who's fallen in love with his films knows, it's not a good thing to wait too long between doses of John Waters. Raunchy, rude, and riddled with subversive humor, Waters's movies are soothing antidotes to a society that, more often than...

John Travolta didn't show up for the premiere of "Hairspray" in the city that inspired it. Neither did Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah or Christopher Walken.No matter. Most of the hundreds of screaming fans crammed behind barricades surrounding the red carpet Wednesday night weren't waiting for...

A former actor in the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Hairspray" has sued the show's producers for $1.5 million, claiming they wrongfully fired him after he had surgery on a knee he injured during a performance.Joel Vig, 54, who played the roles of the Principal, Mr. Spritzer,...