Daily entertainment news covering John Waters en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/10/08/31_days_of_horror_week_1_candyland_ginge Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:05 EST Entertainment News 140314@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/29/celebrity_birthdays_april_149 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 116765@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 Oleander" actress Michelle Pfeiffer (1958)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/19/2009_spirit_awards_air_saturday_february Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:22:59 EST Entertainment News 111205@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/06/celebrities_trying_to_bring_back_the_mus Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:51:10 EST Entertainment News 110029@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 variables

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/28/spotlight_on_movies_that_became_musicals Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EST Entertainment News 96705@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/29/celebrity_birthdays_april_88 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80828@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 Oleander" actress Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), "There Will Be Blood" star Daniel Day-Lewis (1957),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/22/celebrity_birthdays_april_81 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80813@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 bassist Paul Chambers (1935; d. 1969), "The Facts of Life" actress Charlotte Rae (1926), TV producer Aaron Spelling (1923), pinup model Bettie Page (1923),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/20/notes_aamp_quotes_williams_on_svu_waters Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 84913@http://www.starpulse.com/news "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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/18/john_watershas_a_sexual_obsession_for_al Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:36:18 EST Entertainment News 84841@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 has even helped him live it out.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/07/coheed_and_cambria_release_video_for_new Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:30:53 EST Entertainment News 77259@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 tune to date.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/18/dvd_review_this_film_is_not_yet_rated Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:04:46 EST Entertainment News 74923@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 missed it in its limited theater engagement but recently found a copy at a local DVD store. Documentaries, good documentaries, can be tricky to see

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/26/john_waters_celebrates_with_singing_anus Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:02:53 EST Entertainment News 72470@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/20/new_movies_on_dvd_nov_20 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:00:31 EST Entertainment News 67140@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. Also on DVD: Live Free Or Die Hard and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/25/john_travolta_to_receive_award_at_hollyw Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:12:26 EST Entertainment News 61323@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 the Festival's October 22 awards ceremony.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/11/michael_douglas_and_charlie_rose_to_be_h Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:15:01 EST Entertainment News 59439@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Douglas and Charlie Rose will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at the 10th annual Savannah Film Festival.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/22/chuck_aamp_larry_has_box_office_edge_wit Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:21:18 EST Entertainment News 52606@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named Harry at the weekend box office. Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'' overcame bad reviews to debut ahead of ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,'' according to studio estimates Sunday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/big_and_beautiful_hairspray_puts_plus_si Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:02:08 EST Entertainment News 52183@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The ladies of ''Hairspray'' are a rarity in fat-phobic Hollywood, whose obsession with willowy women is so strong the idea of a corpulent heroine is almost unheard of.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/17/movie_review_enormously_entertaining_hai Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:14:08 EST Entertainment News 51963@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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-production-of-a-movie debacle that has tainted the legacy of ''The Producers.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/director_blasts_proposed_hairspray_boyco Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:34:21 EST Entertainment News 51765@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/big_makeover_nikki_blonsky_leaps_to_holl Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:02:25 EST Entertainment News 51134@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - From the first time she saw ''Hairspray'' on Broadway, Nikki Blonsky was dying to play its plump, sparkling teen heroine, Tracy Turnblad.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/09/lance_bass_joins_broadway_cast_of_hairsp_14 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:49:51 EST Entertainment News 50658@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 Baltimore disc jockey Buddy Deane, Richard Kornberg, a spokesman for the show, said.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/06/elijah_kelley_loves_john_travolta_as_a_w Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:31:27 EST Entertainment News 50460@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 cult John Waters' musical, admits he was star-struck on meeting Travolta for the first time - but even more impressed when he stepped into the character of Edna Turnblad.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/13/john_travolta_slammed_by_gay_rights_acti Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:23:04 EST Entertainment News 46942@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 play Edna Tumblad in the film, originally played by drag queen Divine in John Waters' 1998 adaptation.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/02/hairspray_opens_july_20_cast_performed_s_10 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:00:00 EST Entertainment News 45175@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 original material based on John Waters' 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/14/jerry_mathers_of_leave_it_to_beaver_fame Mon, 14 May 2007 14:15:22 EST Entertainment News 42483@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Boomers, he's going to play a father now. On Broadway. Jerry Mathers, best known as Beaver Cleaver in the classic late Eisenhower-era sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver,'' joins the cast of ''Hairspray'' June 5 at the Neil Simon Theatre.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/10/cry_baby_brings_john_waters_back_to_broa Thu, 10 May 2007 12:39:42 EST Entertainment News 41874@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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, producers have been looking to turn another Waters film into a stage production - and now Cry Baby is slated to get the Broadway treatment.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/29/celebrity_birthdays_april_59 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 35547@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 Bunch" actress Eve Plumb (1958), "White Oleander" actress Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), "Gangs of New York" star Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), "Star Trek Voyager" captain Kate Mulgrew (1955), eponymous TV star Jerry Seinfeld (1954), "SNL" alum Nora Dunn (1952), race car driver Dale Earnhardt (1951; d. 2001), pop singer Tommy James (1947), film director John Waters (1946), Motown singer Tammi Terrell (1945; d. 1970), "Three's Company" actor Richard Kline (1944), blues guitarist Otis Rush (1934), baseball player Luis Aparicio (1934), "All About Eve" actress Celeste Holm (1917), and prolific jazz bandleader Duke Ellington (1899; d. 1974).

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