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Filmmaker John Waters turns 79 with a show at the Wallis. The legendary king of bad taste talks about drag queens, Elon Musk's daughter Vivian, Melania Trump's Christmas decorations and more.
The exhibit embodies Waters’ paradoxically serious attitude about issues intermingled with his campy storytelling sensibility, taking visitors through a menagerie of his films, including, but ...
Subversive Baltimore filmmaker John Waters has been offending sensibilities since the release of his 1972 film “Pink Flamingos,” which gave the world the gleefully disgusting drag queen Divine ...
The festival proudly addresses Waters as the “Pope of Trash” on its posters, a nickname given to the host by William S. Burroughs. “He’s the one that called me that,” Waters gloats. “That was really ...
Filmmaker John Waters, who recently compared one of his movies to the Philadelphia MOVE bombing, in Los Angeles on September 18th to accept his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Getty Images) ...
The filmmaker reflects on the origins and enduring legacy of his 1988 film for TheWrap The post John Waters Celebrates ‘Hairspray’ at 35: ‘Racists Like It, but They Don’t Realize It’s ...
John Waters stands for a portrait during a press preview of the "John Waters: Pope of Trash" special exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California in 2023 ...
John Waters, art connoisseur 06:11. Welcome to the wacky and wonderful world of art collected by John Waters, on view now at the Baltimore Museum of Art – works like Richard Tuttle's "Peace and ...
Filmmaker John Waters, known as the Pope of Trash, opens up to PEOPLE about what he considers his best work and the current status of his potential 'Liarmouth' film starring Aubrey Plaza.
With Divine co-stars Ricki Lake and Mink Stole looking on, filmmaker John Waters received the 2,763rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, a rare acknowledgment from the movie industry of ...
Filmmaker John Waters turns 79 with a show at the Wallis. The legendary king of bad taste talks about drag queens, Elon Musk's daughter Vivian, Melania Trump's Christmas decorations and more.