Waters, John (1946—)
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 perver...
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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 in...
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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 scre...
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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...
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Today is Sunday, April 22, the 112th day of 2007. There are 253 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteade...
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John Travolta says his thinking is in line with fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise, who has publicly defended the religion's stance against psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry.Cruise, during a ...
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Early last month, I was asked to write a story about Barack Obama for a newspaper in my native Ireland.
I was surprised at the readiness with which the paper’s editors were prepared to grant ...
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HAIRSPRAY Running Time 107 minutes Written By Leslie Dixon Directed By Adam Shankman Starring John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Allison Janney, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Jam...
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John Travolta fans finally have their two big wishes: His return to movie musicals after almost 30 years and his first role as a plump Baltimore housewife.Travolta heads the bill in a new productio...
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It's open to debate whether they're really the whitest kids you know. But the five wags who call themselves the Whitest Kids U'Know may be among the funniest.Now this sketch-comedy troupe has snagg...
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The world probably didn't need another film version of John Waters' 1988 romp "Hairspray" any more than it needed a Broadway musical version of it. The whole cycle reeks of that movie-of-a-stage-pr...
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