Paul Reubens reveals the man behind his most well-known role, Pee-Wee Herman, in the new documentary series Pee-wee as Himself. During a party at his alma mater California Institute of the Arts, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; HBO Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman in 1980 (left) and Paul Reubens in 'Pee-wee as Himself' In the new ...

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 ...

Paul Reubens knew he was dying, and the director didn't, as they were making "Pee-wee as Himself," an extraordinary documentary that pulls back the curtain on the man known to the world as Pee-wee ...

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 ...

Paul Reubens was a master of reinvention, captivating audiences with his eccentric yet endearing characters. From the zany antics of Pee-Wee Herman to his versatile roles in film and television, he ...

"I was born in 1938 in a little house on the edge of the Mississippi River; my father worked on a steamboat and his name was Steamboat Milton," says Paul Reubens by way of misdirection in Matt Wolf's ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT This two-part film, which premiered at this year's Sundance, was a collaboration between veteran filmmaker Matt Wolf ("Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project") and Paul Reubens — Pee-wee ...

Paul Reubens wanted to control every aspect of his life — from his creations to his publicity. When scandal hit, that wasn’t possible and a different man — a man unlike Pee-wee Herman — emerged. In ...

Moments into the illuminating, two-part HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself, what emerges pretty quickly is a struggle for control. Paul Reubens, the performer who invented the Pee-wee Herman character ...

Paul Reubens died just one week before what was supposed to be a pivotal interview. The actor, renowned for his whimsical alter ego Pee-wee Herman, dedicated over 40 hours to a series of deeply ...

Paul Reubens knew he was dying, and the director didn’t, as they were making “Pee-wee as Himself,” an extraordinary documentary that pulls back the curtain on the man known to the world as Pee-wee ...