The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV show and most ...

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Considering that Paul Reubens helped deconstruct performance art and children’s TV — not your usual combo — is it any surprise that “Pee-wee as Himself” deconstructs the documentary? It is not. And we ...

“I know you are, but what am I?” takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. The competition marks the early birthday of the late Paul ...

Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens was fighting two forms of aggressive cancer that eventually cost him his life. According to the actor's death certificate, obtained by The Blast, Reubens's primary ...

The new two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” premiered on HBO and Max on May 23, a complex portrait of a complicated man, Paul Reubens, who found fame as his alter ego, Pee-wee Herman, and ...

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 ...

John Krasinski and Natalie Portman search for immortality in Guy Ritchie’s adventure movie “Fountain of Youth,” Paul Reubens shines in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” and Nicole Kidman returns as ...

Paul Reubens’s trademark style took plenty of its inspiration from a performer long forgotten. By Guy Trebay Origin stories are notoriously hard to pin down in the humor business, since only the ...

Matt Wolf wasn't Paul Reubens' first choice to direct a documentary about his life. Nobody was, really. From the outset of the project that would become "Pee-wee as Himself," Reubens insisted that he ...