Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer ...

In 1986, one of the most unusual and iconic kids' TV shows debuted. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE THEME") PAUL REUBENS: (As Pee-wee Herman) Hey. CYNDI LAUPER: (Singing) Come in and pull ...

I do not observe Christmas, and do my best to avoid all its attendant hoopla. And I didn’t grow up watching “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” a show for which I was a bit outside the target demographic when it ...

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The 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards wrapped up on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles, and the night delivered a bittersweet milestone: Paul Reubens has won his first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Best Documentary ...

Pee-wee Herman was director Matt Wolf’s dream subject for a documentary, he says. By Matthew Jacobs thrnews@thr.com Streaming services are teeming with celebrity documentaries, but few of those movies ...

One summer afternoon, bored out of our minds, my friend Eileen and turned my childhood home’s bathroom into a beauty salon. We sizzled our hair with styling tools and teased it high. We layered baby ...

Love on the Spectrum and Queer Eye took home Emmys for Outstanding Unstructured and Structured Reality Programming, while Pee-wee As Himself won Outstanding Documentary and Alan Cumming was named Best ...

Pee-wee Herman, demigods, and British royals lead the best of television in 2025, according to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which has revealed the year’s top-rated shows based on critical ...