It’s an interesting paradox — craving the spotlight and capturing it by burying one’s real self in the process. That’s one of the many questions explored in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a nearly ...

Original stars from the film reunite to benefit Stand Up to Cancer, fighting the disease the claimed Paul Reubens in 2023 ...

Commentary: 'Pee-wee as Himself' reflects on the legacy of actor Paul Reubens but it's also a reminder of a unique era in pop culture that shaped a generation.

Reubens even saved a few revelations about himself for the doc, such as his true sexuality and how involved Phil Hartman was ...

On one level, Reubens sets out to explain his artistic process and the inspirations and motivations behind the character of Pee-wee Herman. On another level, he explores what he gained and lost by ...

My career would’ve absolutely suffered if I was openly gay,” he reveals in the moving posthumous HBO documentary ‘Pee-wee as ...

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 ...

Pee-wee appeared in 1978, fully formed with his singsong voice, as a character in a scene class. The idea, Reubens says in the documentary, is that he was a club comedian who was never going to ...

Matt Wolf admits that there were some struggles in making his documentary film Pee-wee as Himself, which tells the story of comedian Paul Ruebens and the epic character he created. “My first ...