After John Waters made the once-improbable leap to the mainstream with “Hairspray,” a joyous film so devoid of filth that it was rated PG, he found himself in bizarre circumstances: He’d made a box-office success, a home-video smash, and his next film would be produced by Imagine Entertainment and released by Universal Pictures.
That film, the 1990 “Cry-Baby,” failed to duplicate the success of its predecessor, but it developed a cult following thanks in no small part to its star Johnny Depp. As such, the film’s popularity has earned it a 4K/Ultra HD reissue via Kino Lorber that will hit shelves May 28.
Waters was so excited about seeing his film receive this specialized treatment that he agreed to make the promotional rounds for its release. When IndieWire hopped on the phone with him, he detailed the origins of the film and his love of its music, discussed his...
That film, the 1990 “Cry-Baby,” failed to duplicate the success of its predecessor, but it developed a cult following thanks in no small part to its star Johnny Depp. As such, the film’s popularity has earned it a 4K/Ultra HD reissue via Kino Lorber that will hit shelves May 28.
Waters was so excited about seeing his film receive this specialized treatment that he agreed to make the promotional rounds for its release. When IndieWire hopped on the phone with him, he detailed the origins of the film and his love of its music, discussed his...
- 5/27/2024
- by Will Harris
- Indiewire
“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion,” Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the Supreme Court’s majority opinion striking down 50 years of federal protection for abortion earlier this year. The words unleashed chaos across the U.S., casting innumerable patients and providers into legal limbo. By election day, abortion was inaccessible in more than a quarter of the country, thanks to pre-exsisting laws that went into effect following the Court’s decision.
Now, the citizens have finally had their say: in...
Now, the citizens have finally had their say: in...
- 11/9/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Except for what she describes as two “tours” of Washington D.C. — the first as an intern-turned-staffer in Mitch McConnell’s Senate office, and later as a political appointee to George W. Bush’s Usda — Dawn Riley has spent her entire life in Kentucky. She has also always been pro-choice: in the ‘90s, between stints in the capital, she managed the congressional campaign for a moderate Republican who made reproductive rights a central argument for her candidacy.
Last week, Riley co-hosted a fundraiser for Protect Kentucky Access, the coalition working to defeat a ballot initiative,...
Last week, Riley co-hosted a fundraiser for Protect Kentucky Access, the coalition working to defeat a ballot initiative,...
- 10/18/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Ralph Schuckett, a keyboard player best known as a member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia as well as an in-demand session player and producer and, later, composer for “Pokemon” and other animation projects, died Sunday at 73.
No cause of death was immediately given, although he was known to have been ill. When a Utopia reunion tour was announced in early 2018, Schuckett was announced as part of the lineup and even met with other members for a publicity photo, but he was forced to withdraw shortly before rehearsals began.
Among his early studio credits prior to joining Utopia were Carole King’s first three albums, including the landmark “Tapestry.”
“Ralph Schuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend, and a very talented cat,” King said in a statement Wednesday morning. “That’s his sparkling piano on ‘Smackwater Jack.’ Rest In Peace and love.”
#RalphSchuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend,...
No cause of death was immediately given, although he was known to have been ill. When a Utopia reunion tour was announced in early 2018, Schuckett was announced as part of the lineup and even met with other members for a publicity photo, but he was forced to withdraw shortly before rehearsals began.
Among his early studio credits prior to joining Utopia were Carole King’s first three albums, including the landmark “Tapestry.”
“Ralph Schuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend, and a very talented cat,” King said in a statement Wednesday morning. “That’s his sparkling piano on ‘Smackwater Jack.’ Rest In Peace and love.”
#RalphSchuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
I’d recently been absorbed in the deep colors and heartache of Douglas Sirk's melodramas, following on from this I found myself pining for more white picket fence drama, but with a twist. This is where John Waters came back into my world, how I had missed him, so this edition of Notebooks Soundtrack Mix is a sonic ode to a pioneer of perversion. I started back with Polyester (1981) and Serial Mom (1994), which, alongside Gus Van Sant's 1995 To Die For is a double bill I’m always dreaming of. The work of John Waters ramps up the technicolor dreams of Sirk and places them in a camp world of dysfunctional misfits. His work is a reminder to not take things so seriously and that there is a place for everyone in this world which, importantly, includes the poor, repugnant and nasty! Waters is famous for his use of...
- 2/23/2021
- MUBI
Clarissa Explains It All premiered in March 1991, meaning that this month it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Yep, if Clarissa Darling were around today (and had been aging in real-world time since the show first debuted), she'd be 38 years old, maybe even with a 13-year-old Clarissa of her own.
It's not just that the Melissa Joan Hart sitcom was a popular show for pre-teen girls or even pre-teens in general; it's that it helped established a network identity for the channel it was on, a still-young Nickelodeon, and helped shape a lot of similarly focused shows that aired throughout the rest of the '90s.
It's not just that the Melissa Joan Hart sitcom was a popular show for pre-teen girls or even pre-teens in general; it's that it helped established a network identity for the channel it was on, a still-young Nickelodeon, and helped shape a lot of similarly focused shows that aired throughout the rest of the '90s.
- 3/1/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- People.com - TV Watch
Clarissa Explains It All premiered in March 1991, meaning that this month it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Yep, if Clarissa Darling were around today (and had been aging in real-world time since the show first debuted), she'd be 38 years old, maybe even with a 13-year-old Clarissa of her own. It's not just that the Melissa Joan Hart sitcom was a popular show for pre-teen girls or even pre-teens in general; it's that it helped established a network identity for the channel it was on, a still-young Nickelodeon, and helped shape a lot of similarly focused shows that aired throughout the rest of the '90s.
- 3/1/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Clarissa Explains It All premiered in March 1991, meaning that this month it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Yep, if Clarissa Darling were around today (and had been aging in real-world time since the show first debuted), she'd be 38 years old, maybe even with a 13-year-old Clarissa of her own. It's not just that the Melissa Joan Hart sitcom was a popular show for pre-teen girls or even pre-teens in general; it's that it helped established a network identity for the channel it was on, a still-young Nickelodeon, and helped shape a lot of similarly focused shows that aired throughout the rest of the '90s.
- 3/1/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – Two performers who made their marks during the latter days of the 1970s, and into the ‘80s are singer/actor Rex Smith and adult film star Seka. Even though they took different roads in their show business journey, they both were notable around the same time.
Rex Smith and Seka appeared at the Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show (now called “The Hollywood Show”) in 2011, and HollywoodChicago.com sent photographer Joe Arce to take some Exclusive Photos, and they both sat down for interviews about their different but era-intersecting resumes.
Rex Smith, Singer of “You Take My Breath Away”
Rex Smith is familiar to anyone who remembers the summer of 1979, when his pop hit “You Take My Breath Away” peaked at number 10 on the Billboard charts. The song originated in a TV movie called “Sooner or Later,” in which Smith also starred. His follow-up 1981 hit was a duet – “Everlasting Love” with...
Rex Smith and Seka appeared at the Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show (now called “The Hollywood Show”) in 2011, and HollywoodChicago.com sent photographer Joe Arce to take some Exclusive Photos, and they both sat down for interviews about their different but era-intersecting resumes.
Rex Smith, Singer of “You Take My Breath Away”
Rex Smith is familiar to anyone who remembers the summer of 1979, when his pop hit “You Take My Breath Away” peaked at number 10 on the Billboard charts. The song originated in a TV movie called “Sooner or Later,” in which Smith also starred. His follow-up 1981 hit was a duet – “Everlasting Love” with...
- 2/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Adam Rose/Fox Cat Deeley hosts “So You Think You Can Dance.”
It’s the top 20 again—all of them, since nobody went home last week!
We welcome them in pairs.
Almost every girl decides to do a midair split in the opening. We get it. You’re all very limber.
Cat, pretty in yellow, says she’s been dreaming of keeping all 20 ever since the show started, but warns us that four people will be cut tomorrow. Judges are Nigel Lythgoe,...
It’s the top 20 again—all of them, since nobody went home last week!
We welcome them in pairs.
Almost every girl decides to do a midair split in the opening. We get it. You’re all very limber.
Cat, pretty in yellow, says she’s been dreaming of keeping all 20 ever since the show started, but warns us that four people will be cut tomorrow. Judges are Nigel Lythgoe,...
- 6/23/2011
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Rachel Sweet has departed as executive producer/showrunner of Commando Nanny, Mark Burnett's upcoming comedy series for the WB Network. Production on the Warner Bros. TV show has been put on hold temporarily until a replacement for Sweet is found. Studio sources indicated that the parting of ways with Sweet, which comes days after the completion of Nanny's first episode, was amicable.
- 10/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Warner Bros. TV and Bruce Helford's Mohawk Prods. for a family comedy project to star comedian Ron White. Rachel Sweet has signed on to pen the untitled pilot, which Helford will supervise and executive produce along with Sweet and his Mohawk partner, Deborah Oppenheimer. The project centers on White playing a man who never knew he was the father of twins until he is pressed into service to raise them after their mother dies in a car crash. White, a veteran of the stand-up comedy circuit, had inked a talent holding deal with Fox Broadcasting Co. last year. He met with numerous writers and producers last year, and though he never did get a show on the air at Fox, he established a good rapport with Sweet during several meetings.
- 11/19/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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