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  1. Love letter to John Waters for his 80th birthday by writer Kimberly Leszac, at Fango: fangoria.com/john-waters-80th-

    Really cool piece. Most people here know of my love of John's flicks. The first I saw was Pink Flamingos, and it's still my favorite film of all time (but not for the faint of heart 😂).

    #JohnWaters #film #films #movies

  2. Born on this day in 1946, filmmaker, master of filth, John Waters.
    #JohnWaters

  3. John Waters Wants to Host the Oscars, Says He’ll Pitch Chris Rock and Will Smith Presenting Together: ‘They Would Come Out and the Movie “Sissy Boy Slap Party” Would Be Showing’
    #Variety #Columns #News #DonaldTrump #JohnWaters #JustForVariety #Oscars

    variety.com/2026/film/columns/

  4. It’s interesting looking back at which films outgrow their original release. Hairspray is clearly one of those.
    I would have gone to see the original because it was a John Waters film, but I don’t really remember how much I enjoyed it.

    I’ve never seen the stage musical nor the 2007 remake.

    #admitonedaily #hairspray1987 #johnwaters #movies #tickets #ticketstub

  5. "I wrote the script, they liked it, Aubrey [Plaza] likes the script, wants to be in it, I want her to be in it, and every person said, ‘No, we don’t have a penny of the budget.’ That is where it is today. Hopefully, that will change. But the answer as of today? That’s it."
    medium.com/prismnpen/my-christ

    #LGBTQ #QueerFilm #JohnWaters #AubreyPlaza

  6. I recognized cuz of #CultMovies venue the Scala Cinema. There's a documentary about it, inc an appearance from one of the people involved in Cinema of Vengeance from #KungFuSat
    And #JohnWaters!

    ohai.social/@klu9/115793500780

    #SundayFunnies

  7. peertube.wtf/w/p8Yo4p6ZvtxhENG

    Trailer for "Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise & Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema & How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos & Misfits"

    - my local cinema 1984-89!
    - we once did our own IRL kung fu movie night there

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala!!!

    with
    #JohnWaters
    #JahWobble
    #StewartLee
    #AdamBuxton
    #JoeCornish
    #RalphBrown
    #PaulPutner
    #RickBaker of 'Cinema of Vengeance' as seen in #KungFuSat

    #CultCinema #Cinemastodon #BMovies #CultMovies

  8. John Waters To Release New Christmas Parody Single For ’25: “John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas”

    Filmmaker, author, comedian, and cultural icon extraordinaire, John Waters, 79, returns with his second Christmas parody single (and third holiday single with Sub Pop), “John Waters covers ‘Little Cindy,’” produced again by his longtime friend and colleague, Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Parchman Prison Project, The Good Ones [Rwanda], Ramblin’ Jack Elliott). 
     
    Waters says, “In the tradition of novelty records, which I’ve always loved, this year I pay tribute to one of my favorite hymns that was once included in my ‘John Waters Christmas’ album – sung by the ever-holy child vocalist Little Cindy. I have never been in drag professionally, but with this little sticks-and-stones gift record to bad children everywhere, I channel Little Cindy’s voice and aura, even stumbling over the exact words she did on the original 45rpm version. Little Cindy is beyond saintly in my opinion, a minor miracle, a human spiritual sacrament who brings her devoted sanctity to this psalm of southern sentimentality. For a few vinyl minutes, I hope listeners will agree: John Waters IS Little Cindy.
     
    “Side B is beyond the valley of gimmicks, over the top of parody and underneath the mountain of linguistics, recorded in Pig Latin – a secret dialect my mother taught me in the ‘50s. I don’t take easily to learning a new language but this maddeningly ugly way of speaking is a tongue I eventually licked. I even used Pig Latin in ‘Pink Flamingos’ where Divine’s family skipped, happily chanting, ‘We Are The Filthiest People Alive.’ What better way to remind my public of this lunatic way of communication (even the Three Stooges spoke it in some of their 1930s movies) than to translate this beloved poem into a consonantly confused vernacular? ‘A Visit from St. Nick?’ As-tway E-thay Ight-nay Efore-bay Istmas-kray! See? I’m speaking in tongues! Want to clear your house of holiday party guests who have overstayed their welcome? Just play the flipside of this record, and they’ll run like they’ve just been teargassed! Ig-pay Atin-lay! Learn it, you little devils!”
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    On Friday, November 8th, Sub Pop will continue its expansion into the hot holiday single market with the release John Waters’ new Christmas parody single “John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas,” available worldwide on 7” vinyl and on all streaming services.  The single is available to preorder now.
     
    The Pope of Trash’s annual “A John Waters Christmas” comedy tour begins Sunday, November, 30th in San Francisco, CA, at Great American Music Hall and ends Tuesday, December 23rd in Baltimore, MD, at SoundStage. A full list of dates are below. For more information on tickets please visit https://johnwaterstour.com.
     

    Sun. Nov. 30 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
    Mon. Dec. 01 – Portland, OR – Alladin Theater
    Tue. Dec. 02 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
    Wed. Dec. 03 – Vancouver, BC – Rio Theatre
    Thu. Dec. 04 – Vancouver, BC – Rio Theatre
    Fri. Dec. 05 – Palm Springs, CA – Plaza Theatre
    Sat. Dec. 06 – North Hollywood, CA – El Portal
    Sun. Dec. 07 – North Hollywood, CA – El Portal
    Mon. Dec. 08 – San Diego, CA – Lou Lou’s
    Tue. Dec. 09 – San Diego, CA – Lou Lou’s
    Sat.  Dec. 13 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
    Sun. Dec. 14 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
    Mon. Dec. 15 – Madison, WI – Atwood Music Hall
    Tue. Dec. 16 – Chicago, IL – Avondale Music Hall
    Wed. Dec. 17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
    Sat. Dec. 20 –  Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
    Sun. Dec. 21- New York City, NY – City Winery
    Mon. Dec. 22 – New York City, NY – City Winery
    Tue. Dec. 23 – Baltimore, MD – SoundStage

     
    “John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas” is John Waters’ fourth single release overall for Sub Pop. It follows the 2024 release of “John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’” b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas,” the 2022 release of “It’s In the Book” (which features Waters covering a stand-up routine recorded and made famous by midwestern-US comedian/actor/musician Johnny Standley in 1952), and his 2021 single, “Prayer to Pasolini” (his tribute to the legendarily controversial Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini). All of these wonderfully twisted releases are available from Sub Pop.

    #dates #johnWaters #newAlbum #pop