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The new in-depth documentary, Pee-Wee As Himself, made a splash at Sundance as audiences were granted access to never-before-seen footage and a final interview with the Pee-Wee star himself — Paul Reubens. The documentary was recently added to HBO Max (is it time to call it that yet?) and features a soul-baring recount of events straight from Reubens, as well as interviews from close individuals, including sister Abby Rubenfeld, artists Gary Panter and Wayne White, actors Lynne Stewart, John Moody, Alison Mork, Natasha Lyonne, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurence Fishburne, Debi Mazar, David Arquette, Laraine Newman, and Cassandra Peterson, and filmmakers Tim Burton and Judd Apatow.

The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke with Joe Manganiello while promoting his series, Deal or No Deal Island, when he reflected on his friend Reubens. Manganiello can be seen alongside Reubens in Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, and the actor stated, “I love Paul and I miss Paul a lot.

The man behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens (Blow), is ready to truly reveal himself. It’s just unfortunate that his definitive documentary, Pee-wee as Himself, had to come out posthumously.

The HBO Original two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf premieres Friday, May 23 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO. Put together, it’s a three-hour, 20-minute portrait of Reubens. And that’s exactly how the two parts will air on linear HBO — together. You can watch them however you want on Max.

Pee-wee as Himself is centered on “a soul-baring interview” with Reubens, per the synopsis, and is “a window into his never-before-discussed personal life.” It was a particularly lengthy soul-baring interview: Pee-wee as Himself is pieced together from more than 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ death in 2023. Wolf also had at his disposal more than 1,000 hours of archival footage and “tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs” from Reubens’ personal collections,...

"He wanted people to see who he was as Paul." HBO has revealed the trailer for Pee-wee as Himself, a two-part documentary presentation coming to Max this May. "For the first time, meet the man behind the character." Starring Paul Reubens, about Paul Reubens, featuring Paul Reubens, in the definitive life story film examining Paul Reubens (and his iconic character Pee-wee Herman). The doc starts out revisiting Reubens' childhood and his desire to be an actor, inspired by the iconic TV shows like "Howdy Doody," "Captain Kangaroo," and "I Love Lucy." Subsuming himself into the character of Pee-wee, Reubens hides his personal life, and recognizes too late that fame makes for a complicated companion... Later, Reubens talks candidly about his fame as a pop culture icon and the lows he endured as he faced rumors, vilification, and the vitriol of the media. With guests including Abby Rubenfeld, Gary Panter Wayne White,...

The HBO Original two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself, directed by Matt Wolf (HBO’s The Stroll), debuts Friday, May 23 (8:00 p.m.-11:20 p.m. Et/Pt) with both parts airing back-to-back on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.

Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, Pee-wee as Himself is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his never-before-discussed personal life.

Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater, and career choices, while reflecting on the reasoning behind, and the consequences of, severing his beloved alter ego from his authentic self.

Woven together from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ premature death in 2023, 1,000 hours of archival footage, and tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collections,...

The HBO Original two-part documentary Pee-wee As Himself, directed by Matt Wolf (HBO’s The Stroll), debuts Friday, May 23 (8:00 p.m.-11:20 p.m. Et/Pt) with both parts airing back-to-back on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Our Chris Bumbray caught the movie at Sundance and gave it a perfect score in his review that said, “It will be the definitive work on Reubens’s life, and had he lived to see it premiere, it might have led to the final resurgence he never got to enjoy.”

Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, Pee-wee As Himself is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his never-before-discussed personal life. Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater,...

Paul Reubens became an icon thanks to his comedic character Pee-wee Herman, but who really was the man behind the cringe comedy laughs? Two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” dives into Reubens’ legacy and controversial celebrity status, with auteurs such as Tim Burton, Judd Apatow, and Benny and Josh Safdie immortalizing both Pee-wee and Reubens himself.

Directed by Matt Wolf, the documentary premiered at Sundance. The feature is billed as the “definitive portrait” of Reubens that offers a “window into his never before discussed personal life.” The film was crafted from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ death in 2023 at age 70, and includes clips from more than 1,000 hours of archival footage, as well as tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from Reubens’ personal collections.

“Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater,...

There’s no one way to tour. Every artist and their team have a different experience – from connecting with fans, to lounging at the hotel with your bandmates, to unshakable pre-show rituals, and of course the unique dynamics at play between all the people who make life on the road possible. And though it can be intense, most artists would tell you that they wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s a quintessential element to rock and roll stardom that can only be found on the road.

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Attending a Franc Moody show, it’d be hard to imagine that the London-based music collective has only been officially touring since 2019. With an eclectic, timeless sound and an infectious energy that feels live wired straight into the crowd, the house music group led by duo John Moody and Ned Franc has quickly made a stir throughout their European and North American shows.

But what is most surprising is that outside of the more obvious influences they’ve name dropped in the past, there’s a much more specific and...

Longtime Fox News executive John Moody, whose pre-Winter Olympics opinion column last month suggested the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change the Olympics motto “from 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' to 'Darker, Gayer, Different'”, has left the company. Fnc said today in a statement that Moody, the Evp and Executive Editor and a former Time magazine bureau chief, “has retired from Fox News.” At the time Fox News said the column, which came out ahead of the start of the…...

Fox News yanked an online column about the Winter Olympics, written by longtime Fox News executive John Moody, in which he blasted the U.S. Olympics Committee, saying it would like to change the Olympics motto from ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ to ‘Darker, Gayer, Different.'” “If your goal is to win medals, that won't work,” Moody complained in the column, which was posted Wednesday and pulled Friday around 10:30 Am Pt, after getting blasted on Twitter and in statements…...

Fox News has removed a column from Executive Vice President John Moody that condemned a “darker, gayer, different” 2018 Winter Olympics. “John Moody’s column does not reflect the views or values of Fox News and has been removed,” a spokesperson told TheWrap on Friday. In the piece, posted Wednesday, Moody complained that the U.S. Olympic team’s desire to promote diversity might come at the cost of player performance. Also Read: Fox News Column Blasts U.S. Olympic Team: 'Darker, Gayer, Different' “Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger.’ It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would...

FoxNews.com Executive Editor John Moody is none too pleased about the U.S. Olympic Committee’s commitment to diversity in this year’s Winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea. In a take on FoxNews.com, Moody blasted the Usoc, who praised the team’s diversity in this Washington Post story from earlier this week. “Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger.’ It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to ‘Darker, Gayer, Different.’ If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work,” Moody wrote of the team’s drive to increase representations for Asian, African-American and...

Ed Schultz tore into Fox News tonight for posting an article online revealing the identity of a Navy Seal involved in the now-infamous raid that took out Osama bin Laden, who is releasing a book with a firsthand account of the mission. Schultz called out both the writer of the article in question and Fox News executive John Moody for his "un-American response" to the controversy over the article.

The change brings Newscore CEO John Moody back to Fox News as Evp and Executive Editor. He’ll work with Michael Clemente, who’s now Evp in charge of News Editorial. Here’s the release: New York– Fox News has elevated two executives in the network’s hard news division, announced Roger Ailes, Chairman & CEO, Fox News. Michael Clemente has been promoted to Executive Vice President of News Editorial and John Moody, currently the CEO of Newscore, will return to Fox News as Executive Editor and Executive Vice President. Both executives will report directly to Ailes. Newscore, a news service that allows worldwide editorial properties to share content and resources across all News Corp entities will now be absorbed into the day to day operations of Fox News. In making the announcement, Ailes said, “As our fiscal year comes to a close, I’ve determined that Newscore will operate more...

Unless you live in New York or Los Angeles, chances are you weren't able to see Pee-wee Herman return to the theater. No, not That theater. "The theater" as in Broadway. Paul Reubens brought back his famous Pee-wee character in 2010 for The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, which premiered last January in Los Angeles and will conclude its New York Broadway run on January 2. HBO announced Tuesday that, immediately following the end of the run, they'll shoot the production to air sometime in 2011. So if you weren't able to go out and see Pee-wee, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Chairy, Jambi and the rest, you'll soon get your chance. Check out a montage from the show, read the press release and more after the break. Here's what Nancy Geller, senior vice president of HBO Original Programming, said in a press release. Before his hit series and movies, HBO introduced Paul Reubens...

In each episode of the Emmy-winning Saturday morning CBS series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986–91), there was a "secret word of the day." When someone uttered it, everyone else would scream. If there's a secret word for the show's star, Paul Reubens, right now, it would be "comeback."The actor has spent the past year prepping his brand-new stage show, "The Pee-wee Herman Show," running through Feb. 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The ambitious production features 11 actors and 20 puppets—a first for Reubens, who on his series relied on the magic of editing to bring puppets like Pterri, Chairry, Conky, Globey, and Magic Screen to life. Reubens says the tension and anxiety of creating the live show are palpable, and he has one question on his mind: Are the puppets going to perform?"This show is in many ways like the series, except we never did that live," says Reubens. "A...

Peace, love, jobs, forget all that stuff. What the world needs now, is Pee-wee, sweet Pee-wee.

In a recent interview with the AP, Paul Reubens, better known as Pee-wee Herman, talked about his plans to reintroduce his iconic character back into society. His first step? His live stage show The Pee-Wee Herman Show. His second step? A feature-length film:

“Well, you know, I really want to make a movie version of The Playhouse, my Saturday morning kid show. [The live show] seemed like a great way to do it: Reintroduce it, get back out there, introduce Pee-wee to the new generation that didn’t know about it,” he said.

His Saturday morning TV show, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, was canned in 1991 when Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure.

The Pee-wee Herman Show will run at the Club Nokia theater in Los Angeles from January 12th to February 7th. It will feature 20 puppets, along with many original cast members,...