John Waters

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Rose, By Any Other Name

Jim Rose got a makeover, but he still has fans rolling in the aisles

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Jim Rose got a makeover, but he still has fans rolling in the aisles

Manners To Die For

Jim Rose got a makeover, but he still has fans rolling in the aisles

Press Picks

Jim Rose got a makeover, but he still has fans rolling in the aisles

Best of the Breast

Jim Rose got a makeover, but he still has fans rolling in the aisles

Vegas, Babies

The Hangover is almost as funny as Old School.

Static

The Hangover is almost as funny as Old School.

Trails to Terror

2008 Halloween Guide

Trails to Terror

2008 Halloween Guide

Name Game

Peach Biscuit, a.k.a. Punkin' from Pluto, speaks her words

Across the Universe

Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust

Hairspray

Movie musical of the musical of the movie is nowhere near divine

Hussy 'N' Flow

God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Craig Brewer's South rises again

Classic Coke

God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Craig Brewer's South rises again

Scents and Sensibility

Filming what was long deemed unfilmable, Tom Tykwer attempts to turn smell into cinema

Ford Tough

Filming what was long deemed unfilmable, Tom Tykwer attempts to turn smell into cinema

Getting Personal

Nouveau punk rockeros need love, too

Knitta, Please!

Hitting the streets with Montrose's craftiest taggers

White Trash

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show

Playbill

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

Christmas is the weirdest time of the year. Who better to musically document the season than John Waters?

Family Treat

A big-hearted, big-bottomed girl takes center stage in Hairspray

Empty Sex

John Waters's latest farce strives for nothing more than NC-17

Queen Drama

Get a dandy dose of queers, cross-dressers and even Anna Nicole at the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Get a dandy dose of queers, cross-dressers and even Anna Nicole at the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Letters

Get a dandy dose of queers, cross-dressers and even Anna Nicole at the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Art and Soul

From our innermost insecurities to the wildest flights of fantasy, 2002 stimulated both heart and head

Cex

November 9

Fringe Radical Cineasts

Rallying all film rebels, John Waters's Cecil B. Demented cries, "Fassbinder or die!"

Redneck Mystery Theater

Sneeringly funny Drowning Mona sleuths around backwater America

Screwball Drama

Almodovar leans toward the dark side in this often funny meditation on the bond of all women

Hairspray

Tracy's having a really big hair day

TUTS Will Cum On, And It Will Feel The Noize

​TUTS has announced its selections for the upcoming season, and there's a bit of a surprise.No, we're not getting a Sondheim show. You know better than that.But among the shows is Rock of Ages, which is a campy -- and loud -- salute to `80s hair bands. (At the Tony Awards, Bret Michaels joined the ... More >>

Music's 15 Gnarliest Moustaches

​Moustaches are all the rage these days. From shirts to snow globes, rides, wax and tattoos, everyone wants a moustache or at least to support the cause. Rocks Off even has a moustache. When it was longer we combed it while driving or lounging, much to the chagrin of the people around us. Ce ... More >>

Hairspray

Also known as My Big, Fat Musical

Capsule Stage Reviews: Hairspray, Ghost, Sleuth,

Also known as My Big, Fat Musical

This Week in Deliciousness

We have no words for how cool this is.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where the holistic headache cure of choice is gravy and lots of it. To the surprise of no one, we started the week off with some marijuana-laced soda. After that, we were really, really excited ... More >>

Rich Man's Recession

The Company Men takes pity on the emasculated executive.

Karina Longworth's Top Ten Movies of 2010

The Company Men takes pity on the emasculated executive.

SXSW: Hunx Shows Off His Junk At Red 7

Craig Hlavaty​It's a proud day when we can write a headline like that, especially for a band as fun as Hunx & His Punx, who played a cherry mid-evening set as Red 7 on Saturday night. During a SXSW so far which has seen us walk out of many venues after hearing way too many Vampire Weekend and ... More >>

SXSW: The 10 Best Of The Fest This Year

Photos by Craig Hlavaty​

Hunx & His Punx

Photos by Craig Hlavaty​

Last Night: Hunx & His Punx At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jim Bricker​Hunx & His Punx Fitzgerald's April 13, 2011 "How many of you have big dicks?" yelled Seth "Hunx" Bogart while hanging from a beam that sits atop the downstairs stage at Fitzgerald's. Everyone screamed back and/or lies "I do!" and the crowd laughs. Bogart's band, Hunx & ... More >>

Out Today: Tyler, The Creator's Goblin, The Cars Restarted...

​We now live in a world where Adele is a chart-topping artist, placing at number one slot the past few weeks, rubbing shoulders with the Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, and Britney Spears. If Adele's 21 isn't on the top of everyone's best-of 2011 lists, there is no justice in the wor ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Hairspray, The Mikado, Spring Awakening

​We now live in a world where Adele is a chart-topping artist, placing at number one slot the past few weeks, rubbing shoulders with the Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, and Britney Spears. If Adele's 21 isn't on the top of everyone's best-of 2011 lists, there is no justice in the wor ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: Hairspray, Spring Awakening, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Don Juan in Hell

​We now live in a world where Adele is a chart-topping artist, placing at number one slot the past few weeks, rubbing shoulders with the Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, and Britney Spears. If Adele's 21 isn't on the top of everyone's best-of 2011 lists, there is no justice in the wor ... More >>

The Top 25 Comedy Rap Songs Of All Time: Nos. 5-1

​Here we are at long last, folks. Here are the top 5 hilarious rap tunes of all time. It was tough to decide who would rule the roost. Seriously, we thought harder about this than we did over naming our daughter. In the end, we think we've saved the best for last. If you've missed the rest o ... More >>

Sex and Spacemen: The Weirdest Christmas Songs We Could Find

Photo illustration by John Seaborn GrayI want to believe.​Just the other day, Rocks Off sat at the computer, blank-faced and still, the cursor blinking uninterrupted. See, normally at this time of year, we come up with a list of depressing Christmas songs. This year, though, there was a proble ... More >>