John Waters

  • "Hairspray"

    John Travolta is no Divine. And this shiny musical just doesn't have the crazy, messy charm of John Waters' original.
  • Exclusive Daily Download: "Ain't Got No Home," Clarence "Frogman" Henry

    A surprisingly classy music pick from John Waters.
  • Sex crazed!

    Tracey Ullman, Chris Isaak and Selma Blair (fitted with watermelon-size prosthetic bazoongas) play hyper-horny suburbanites in "A Dirty Shame," John Waters' latest naughty, naughty offering.
  • Art as turn-on

    A new book, coauthored by John Waters, is like looking behind the scenes at a perverted gallery opening.
  • Asia Argento's XXX sex dreams

    Diesel's co-star gets wet in slumberland; meow: Justin's granny disses Britney; John Waters' Big Apple pot bust; Paltrow says Brit blokes blow!
  • Angelina and Billy Bob become parents!

    Jolie and Thornton adopt baby boy; John Waters says Hollywood will go hardcore. Plus: Moby -- "Who else simulates sex with a robot?"
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, March 12, 2001
  • Nuts to that!

    Ballsy caddie wants $155 million from Michael Douglas after golfball-testicle accident; reluctant singer Gwyneth Paltrow deprives nation's landfills of precious CDs. Plus: David Bowie and Iman have a baby.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Aug. 11-13, 2000
  • Demented duo

    Stephen Dorff and Alicia Witt discuss the lens licking and depth of "Cecil B. DeMented," John Waters' most recent lunacy.
  • "Cecil B. DeMented"

    John Waters exploits the Patty Hearst story for a billet-doux to movies good and bad, schlock and art.
  • John Waters

    It's been a long, nauseating haul, but the director of "Pink Flamingos" and the new "Cecil B. DeMented" has made it as an American icon.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Aug. 7, 2000
  • Melanie Griffith's bald vanity

    John Waters says his perky actress refused the hairless/clumpy look, despite his protestations; Elizabeth Hurley kisses and tells and recants. Plus: Cokie Roberts lives la vida loca.
  • "But I'm a Cheerleader"

    Even with the outlandish characters, gaudy colors and gay satire, this smug John Waters knockoff can't stand up to the real thing.
  • Out, out, damned rumor

    Whitney Houston sets the record straight in Out magazine; Ricky Martin chats with his Little Ricky.
  • Celebs in the dating doldrums

    Yikes! John Waters is coming back and he's bringing a gerbil with him; Peta Wilson chats about lesbian S&M; place your bets: Courtney Love vs. David Geffen. Plus: George Clooney to play Dr. Feelgood?
  • And now a word from our readers

    Welcome to the First Annual Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards! Where you dish the gossip and I go on vacation!
  • Love, Washington style

    D.C. insiders in love! Mush and spin from the other Olson twins; Portman keeps her pants on; and Michael Jackson won't stop till he gets enough ... babies.
  • The final word on Gere and the gerbil

    The truth about "that rodent"; why Sharon Stone won't do snorkel scenes; Nader endorsing Buchanan? Young Brits blow away the competition in the nookie sweepstakes.
  • Not a warm puppy

    Jonathan Lethem reviews 'Happiness,' directed by Todd Solondz and starring Jane Adams, Dylan Baker and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
  • Movie Interview: Peckerhead

    John Waters talks about nude prisoners, illegal pubic hair and the unlikelihood of getting laid at New York art parties.
  • Newsreal: Chickens have rights too!

    They are not dumb, dirty and best served by your local Col. Sanders franchise, says Karen Davis, the Simon Wiesenthal of the poultry kingdom.
  • Anthem

    'Anthem' lets you ride shotgun on a sweet but amateurish road trip in search of the American Dream.

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