Over the course of two years, Matt Wolf spent hours interviewing Paul Reubens for his new HBO documentary “Pee-Wee as Himself,” capturing a portrait of a man who could be warm and inviting on some ...

I’ve never once driven past the kitschy dinosaur statues on the side of Interstate 10 in Cabazon without thinking of Pee-wee Herman. Or seen a vintage red Schwinn DX bicycle without picturing the ...

“Everything I did and wrote was based in love and my desire to entertain and bring glee and creativity to young people and to everyone,” Paul Reubens says in the newly released Max docuseries, Pee-wee ...

Paul Reubens did not tell his director, Matt Wolf, that he was dying from cancer. The actor and comedian, who famously starred as Pee-wee Herman in the 1980s, passed away in 2023 at age 70. Before his ...

The 10th anniversary gala will take place on Nov. 9 in Manhattan and will be hosted by stand-up comedian Aasif Mandvi.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Paul Reubens, who died July 30 after a six-year battle with ...

As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist hiding in plain sight in mainstream popular culture. His fictional character, a hyperactive, bow-tied man-child, provided subversive messages ...

Even as Reubens wanted to impact kids with TV the way it impacted him, he lost part of himself by having his alter ego pass as a real person. Director Matt Wolf shrewdly recounts Reubens’ life and his ...

The push-and-pull between a documentary filmmaker and their subject is always present in the resulting work, oftentimes simmering underneath the surface but still noticeable like a quiet hum. But with ...

Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is an adventure-comedy that you can easily watch on a streaming platform. The plot revolves around Pee-wee who has never stepped a foot outside his hometown until one day, a ...