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'Til Death Do Us Part Season 1 — Review

Marriage can be murder, and that's the theme of this series depicted real-life tales of wedded woe. Join John Waters as "The Groom Reaper" as he leads us through 13 romances that turn deadly in this Court TV anthology series. The show reminds me of Tales From the Crypt and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, though it's slightly cheesier than either of those. The 3-disc set also includes interviews with the cast and crew, and new introductions by John Waters. — Gord Lacey'Til Death Do Us Part Season 1 on Amazon.com.read more

Posey and Knoxville Dig into Fruitcake

In a pairing that only John Waters could think up recent Jezebel alum Parker Posey and Jackass mastermind Johnny Knoxville are joining the cast of Fruitcake Knoxville previously appeared in Waters A Dirty ShameThe new film due out next Christmas is mostly under wrappings so to speak but is said to focus on the story of a boy named for his favorite dessert After his family is caught shoplifting meat during the holidays he runs away and encounters a runaway girl being raised by two gay men whos out searching for her biological mother Yes it sounds like a holiday treat all wrapped up in the over-the-top mylar of Waters sensibility Would you be willing to take a bite Anna DimondRelated149 For Jackasses No Injury Too Big Or Small to Overcome149 Exclusive Fox Cuts Short Sherman-Palladinos ReturnMore Movie News 149 Brandon Routh to Star in Dead of Night149 Will FNLs Minka Kelly Get Some Summer Loving149 Mrs Garrett Does What with Adam Saread more

VIDEO: Cecil B. DeMented

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Cecil B. DeMented
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Length: 01:27:39
Posted: 1/1/2008

Only the twisted mind of writer-director John Waters could conceive a plot that chronicles guerrilla moviemakers who kidnap a movie goddess (Melanie Griffith) and force her to star in their underground movie. watch

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Edward Furlong ("American History X," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day") and Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Christina Ricci ("Speed Racer," "The Opposite of Sex") star in a delightful comedy about an 18-year-old amateur photographer from a working class neighborhood in Baltimore. When his personal eclectic photo collection is discovered by a New York art dealer, his whole life changes. The teen becomes an overnight sensation and his subjects, including his girlfriend, believe they have been exploited. Written and directed by John Waters ("Hairspray," "Pink Flamingos").
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Length: 01:26:19
Posted: 4/30/2009
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Eisenhower is President. Rock 'n' Roll is king. And Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the baddest hood in his high school. Johnny Depp heads up a super cool cast as the irresistible bad boy whose amazing ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild - especially Allison Vernon Williams (Amy Locane), a rich, beautiful "square" who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster women. It's the hysterical high-throttle world of 1954 in director John Waters' outrageous musical comedy.
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Length: 01:24:52
Posted: 6/27/2008
It's Baltimore, 1962, and a rebellious "pleasantly plump" teenager with the biggest bouffant on the block, Tracy (Daytime Emmy Award-nominee Ricki Lake - "Serial Mom," TV's "The Ricki Lake Show") attempts to be one of the featured stars on a popular dance show and win the coveted "Miss Auto Show" crown as she fights against racial discrimination in this film written and directed by John Waters ("Cry Baby," "Serial Mom") in an ode to the dance craze of the 60's. Featuring Divine ("Polyester," "Pink Flamingos") in his/her last gender-bending role as Tracy's mother. Also starring Emmy-nominee Sonny Bono ("The Sonny and Cher Comedy hour"), Emmy-nominee Jerry Stiller ("Zoolander," TV's "Seinfeld"), and Deborah Harry of the legendary rock band Blondie.
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Length: 01:31:47
Posted: 5/8/2009
From the outrageous John Waters ("Serial Mom," "Hairspray"), comes another signature exercise in bad taste. Sylvia Stickles, the owner of a convenience store in a working-class Baltimore neighborhood, suffers a concussion. The injury causes a drastic change in her sexual drive, turning her into a sex addict with crazy, wild and urgent desires and compulsions, much to the joy and then frustration of her husband, who has trouble keeping up with her. As Sylvia's insatiable libido reaches fever pitch, her new oversexed personality threatens to tear apart the remnants of what wasn't an entirety perfect family to begin with. And that's A Dirty Shame. Starring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Tracey Ullman (TVs "The Tracey Ullman Show," TVs "Ally McBeal"), Johnny Knoxville ("The Dukes of Hazzard," "Men in Black II"), Selma Blair ("Legally Blonde," "Hellboy"), Chris Isaak ("The Silence of the Lambs," "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me") and Mink Stole ("Lost Highway," "But I'm a Cheerleader").
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Length: 01:28:57
Posted: 2/27/2009
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Obscene (Actor) 2008 Movie
Tony Awards (Appearing) 2008 TV Show Series
'Til Death Do Us Part (Actor - The Groom Reaper) 2007 TV Show Series
Earth (Cinematographer) 2007 Movie
Hairspray (Exec. Producer) 2007 Movie

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John Waters: Hairspray Hubbub Is Hooey

Original Hairspray auteur John Waters, responding to the New York Daily News' piece titled "Travolta in 'Spray Revolts Gays," argues, "It should have said 'Revolts Gay,' because it's just one person" — Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff — raising a ruckus. (Naff's beef is with Hairspray star John Travolta, whose Scientology faith has anti-gay tenets.) As Waters so wonderfully puts it to the News, "If [Travolta] was homophobic, dancing in [drag] with as many gay people as are working on this film, he would have had a heart attack and been dead." read more

Gays Urged to Say Nay to Travolta's 'Spray

Gays are beseeched to turn their nose up at Edna Turnblad, to protest the casting of John Travolta in the forthcoming Hairspray movie. Why? Scientology, to which JT subscribes, "has operated reparative therapy clinics to try to 'cure' gays," Washington Blade jefe Kevin Naff tells the New York Daily News. Seeing as Scientologists are obliged to donate a chunk of their income to the church, "by going to this movie, gay people are literally putting money into an organization that seeks to cure them," Naff contends.Naff also says "shame on" openly gay John Waters — who wrote and directed the 1988 movie on which the new pic is based — for allowing Travolta to be cast. Travolta's rep didn't respond to the News' request for comment. read more

The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests!

After 18 seasons and 400 episodes, Fox's The Simpsons (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) has attracted more than 350 celebrities to offer their voices to animated doppelgangers. Some have played themselves (Steve Buscemi, anyone?), some new characters (Reese Witherspoon as Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, for instance), some old characters (Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub, who reprise their roles from 24 on May 20) — and in one instance, a mix (Elizabeth Taylor played herself and voiced Maggie's first word). Throughout, producers have attract read more

My Name Is Earl's Creator Reveals the Inspirations Behind the Laugh 'N Sniff Episode

This week's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET, on NBC) — the second in a three-episode arc of the season finale — is where Earl (Jason Lee) gets a job. What's different about this episode is that it features Laugh 'N Sniff cards. I've always been a fan of John Waters and his movie Polyester, featuring "Odorama." When he guest-starred on My Name Is Earl [in "Kept a Guy Locked in a Trunk," Jan. 18], I asked him if he minded if I stole his idea. He said it wasn't his idea, so go ahead. Because of the planning and cost of creating the cards, we needed to get a sponsor for the promotion, so TV Guide and Oreo got involved. We also knew that it had to air on May 3. We were told we could read more

"Groom Reaper" John Waters Slays Us in a Lively Q&A

The Farrelly Brothers, the Jackass boys, every contestant who's ever eaten an insect on Fear Factor... they all owe a huge debt to the schlockmeister who pioneered hard-to-stomach, in-your-face entertainment: Baltimore-based auteur/author/actor John Waters. Originally known as the director of campy, lowbrow flicks punctuated by gross-out gags (e.g., plus-size drag queen Divine eating authentic dog poop in 1972's Pink Flamingos), the 60-year-old moviemaker has enjoyed a more mellow image in recent years, thanks to a st read more

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John Waters, Peter Falk,Steve Buscemi,The 17th Annual IFP West Independent Spirit Awards courtesy  Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
christina ricci, tracey ullman, john waters courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, John Waters  courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
My Name Is Earl, Ethan Suplee, Jason Lee, John Waters courtesy Peter Hopper Stone/NBC Photo
Til Death Do Us Part, John Waters courtesy Court TV
Til Death Do Us Part, John Waters courtesy Court TV
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