Posts with tag "paul reubens"

Pee-wee Herman Star Paul Reubens Opens Up About 1991 Arrest and Child Porn Scandal

Posted Aug 16th 2010 at 01:26 PM by PopEater Staff

Paul Reubens, of Pee-wee Herman fame, went from being one of the most respected and admired stars of children's TV and film to "that weirdo who got caught allegedly masturbating in a porn theater" overnight in 1991. Scandal slammed Reubens again in 2001 when his Hollywood home was raided on a false tip, resulting in three years battling child pornography charges which were eventually reduced to a ...

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Judd Apatow and Pee-Wee Herman Team Up

Posted Jul 1st 2010 at 07:05 PM by PopEater Staff

Pee-Wee Herman will be hitting the big screen again -- and Hollywood's comedy mastermind-of-the-moment, Judd Apatow, is helping bring the gray suited, red bow-tie clad character back to life, the Associated Press reports. While rumors have been brewing for months about a possible movie for the infamous children's character, it was finally confirmed that it's really going to happen. Apatow's ...

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Pee-wee Herman to Make Broadway Debut (For Real)

Posted May 20th 2010 at 07:15 PM by PopEater Staff

It's true. Pee-wee Herman will be hitting Broadway later this year, The New York Times reports. The bow-tie clad character will get his own six-week run this October in 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. And the man behind the man in the grey suit, Paul Reubens, couldn't be more excited. "I can hardly believe it," Reubens told the Times earlier this week. "Honestly, I've ...

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Pee-wee Is 'Worn Out,' But Ready to Dazzle With Stage Show

Posted Dec 10th 2009 at 12:18 PM by Bruce Haring

Exclusive: Pee-wee Herman is tired. At age 57, actor Paul Reubens is reviving his classic character and his Pee-wee's Playhouse concept in a Los Angeles stage show that runs Jan. 12-Feb. 7 at the Club Nokia@LA Live, a 2300-seater in a neon-filled downtown mall. PopEater caught up with Reubens to talk about his upcoming show, and how he's "very, very worn out" just from rehearsing his high-energy ...

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The Most Shocking Celebrity Sex Scandals

Posted Oct 31st 2009 at 10:00 AM by Brenna Ehrlich

First Mackenzie Phillips tells us she was keeping it in the family with her Mamas & the Papas papa, then it turns out David Letterman was mixing business with a whole lot of pleasure. Celebrity sex scandals have taken a weird turn this fall, and that's saying a lot -- it takes a heck of a gossip mag-scorcher to knock Joe America out of his cozy La-Z-boy. Still, sex scandals have been de ...

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Paul Reubens: I Still Am Pee-Wee Herman

Posted Oct 30th 2009 at 01:52 PM by PopEater Staff

Most people know Paul Reubens for one role: Pee-wee Herman. In the latest issue of Details Magazine, he opens up about his constant obsession: "I am constantly hoping that, like, I'm still relevant at all." It makes sense. The 57-year-old actor is about to don the skinny suit again to perform as Pee-wee for the first time in 19 years -- starring in an elaborate live show. He just hopes people will ...

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Pee-Wee Herman, Meet Social Networking

Posted Sep 28th 2009 at 04:07 PM by Soraya Roberts

It's not like Pee-Wee Herman has ever been anti-technology. On 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse,' the popular 80s TV show that made him famous, the frenetic pale-faced hedonist used an early version of Skype to talk to his pals and picked up an oversized telephone for local calls. Outside these two modes of communication, he didn't need much else. Pee-Wee's friends - Cowboy Curtis, Miss Yvonne and Chairry - ...

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Casting a New 'Oz' on the Anniversary

Posted Sep 24th 2009 at 11:59 PM by Mike Hess

Seventy years ago this week, the film world changed forever with the release of 'The Wizard of Oz.' The classic film still stands the test of time despite its 1939 release, but since remakes are all the rage these days, it got us thinking about who would be great in different 'Oz' roles. So, we're leaving it up to you to pick who should be cast for each prominent role in the film. After the jump, ...

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Pee-Wee Herman Channels Jonas Bros., Talks About Paul Reubens

Posted Sep 23rd 2009 at 08:05 AM by PopEater Staff

Pee-Wee Herman returned to the small screen on Tuesday's 'Jay Leno Show' to show off his "abstinence ring" and talk briefly about his upcoming stage show. "It's not easy" to stay pure, the real life Paul Reubens told Leno about the ring, a nod to the actor's 1991 arrest at an XXX theater. Pee-Wee said he was excited to go "back to his roots" for the stage show, adding that familiar characters ...