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Wednesday Dec 30 | ChartAttack

By Divine Right Decode Their Mutant Message

Jose Contreras is a mutant, or so he says. The singer/multi-instrumentalist has definitely proven he has the uncanny ability to make catchy pop rock.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, By Divine Right, Broken Social Scene, The Scene, Feist

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Torontoist

Sound Advice: Mutant Message by By Divine Right

Every Tuesday, Torontoist scours record store shelves in search of the citya TMs most notable new releases and brings you the besta 'or sometimes just the biggesta 'of what wea TMve heard in Sound Advice .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, By Divine Right

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Nashville Scene

Midnight Movie: Female Trouble at The Belcourt

The Belcourt's really made it tough on cult-movie maniacs this weekend with dueling midnight movies of Tommy Wiseau 's cinematic urinal cake The Room and this, a strong contender for the funniest, most hilariously assaultive movie John Waters ever made.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Female Trouble, Comedy Movies, Mink Stole

Feature Story at Metro Weekly (Newspa...

Waters World: Baltimore's legendary John Waters reveals his...

Mom: Those are your new shoes, Dawn! Dawn: Those aren't the right kind! I told you cha-cha heels! Black ones! Dad: Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels! Dawn: I'll never wear those ugly shoes! I told you the kind I wanted! You ruined my Christmas! It's at that point all hell breaks loose.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Music!, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, A Dirty Shame, John Waters, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Sat Nov 21, 2009

SF Gate

Filmmaker highlights Tab Hunter

Filmmaker spotlights Tab Hunter, 'elder statesman of old Hollywood' Documentary-maker Jeffrey Schwarz has a fondness for outsize showbiz personalities.

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Related Topix: Polyester, Comedy Movies, Lust in the Dust, Western, Sport Movies, Damn Yankees!, Musical Movies, Tab Hunter

Sat Oct 31, 2009

City Paper

Film Clips Review

Here it is: the John Waters movie his own parents aren't allowed to watch! The dialogue and performances throughout Waters' 1972 breakthrough Pink Flamingos may not crackle with as much subversive wit as its near-perfect successor Female Trouble , but Flamingos continues to earn its legs as Waters' most offensive and most memorable picture.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Female Trouble, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, John Waters, Baltimore Metro, Mink Stole, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Scoop

Martha Rosenberg: Think Disease Mongering Started with Direct-to-Consumer Ads? Think Again

The photo looks like John Travolta or Divine playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, John Travolta, Health, Medicine, Anxiety, Depression, Triavil, Amitriptyline/Perphenazine (generic), Medication

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Best of New Orleans

Female Trouble

Only John Waters can link the Manson family , plus-sized Baltimore drag queens and dirty nightclub acts in which audience members are invited to die for art.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Female Trouble, Comedy Movies, New Orleans, LA

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Fresno Bee

Good Company Players presents 'Hairspray'

Meet the Turnblads of Rocka's 'Hairspray' Meet the Turnblads of Rocka's 'Hairspray' Sure, she's a head taller.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Theater, Arts, John Waters, Fresno Metro, Fresno, CA, Entertainment

Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Hook

UVA brings cult classic John Waters to Film Fest

The filmmaker who has made a career out of pushing the boundaries of good taste will headline this year's "Funny Business"-themed Virginia Film Festival .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Hairspray, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Music!, Musical Movies, John Waters

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Globe and Mail

Why dressing like a woman is such a drag

Lynn Crosbie Last updated on Monday, Sep. 21, 2009 04:56PM EDT H ave you ever woken from a television coma, sat upright and asked: What is going on? Maybe because that wired little shill, Vince, is smacking a Slap Chop and Graty around.

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Related Topix: Madea Goes to Jail, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Tyler Perry, Hairspray, Music!, Musical Movies, John Waters

Tue Sep 15, 2009

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

Records put spotlight on Jack the Ripper victims

Sunny, sandy and packed with rowdy Rays fans, Florida's west coast seems an odd setting in which to dwell on Gothic horror, its breezy brightness at odds with dank Victorian gloom.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, John Waters, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Scoop

The Internationally Acclaimed Divine Divas

Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 2:20 pm Press Release: Divine Divas A high-class, spectacular theatrical experience and definitely NOT a DRAG! AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON & CHRISTCHURCH CTOBER & NOVEMBER THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DIVINE DIVAS – the hot new all-star celebrity female impersonation show – featuring the talents of some of ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Divas, August, Drag, Diva, New Zealand Travel, Travel

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Ventura County Reporter

Girls and bois

Dressing up in drag is not a new form of entertainment. Men have graced the silver screen wearing frilly feather boas, heavy makeup that would make a clown look modest, stiletto heels that would leave a high fashion model stumbling down the red carpet and flaunting bigger breasts than even Dr.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies, John Waters, Dance, Rupaul, Ventura County, CA

Thu Aug 06, 2009

Ventura County Reporter

Girls and bois

Dressing up in drag is not a new form of entertainment. Men have graced the silver screen wearing frilly feather boas, heavy makeup that would make a clown look modest, stiletto heels that would leave a high fashion model stumbling down the red carpet and flaunting bigger breasts than even Dr.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies, John Waters, Dance, Rupaul, Ventura County, CA

Tue Aug 04, 2009

FilmCritic

Top 25 Movie Meals

With the Julia Child-centric Julie & Julia coming out this weekend, we're in the mood for some nourishment.

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, When Harry Met Sally..., Meg Ryan, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Pink Flamingos, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Jul 20, 2009

The University of Washington Daily

Bad taste made good

By now I'm sure you've probably heard about Sacha Baron Cohen's newest movie's shocking content.

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Related Topix: Sacha Baron Cohen, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, John Waters

Thu Jul 16, 2009

Vue Weekly

Food, Inc.

Movies make us hungry. They can also make us disgusted. They can bypass rational thinking and make us desperate to eat things we normally wouldn't stomach.

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Related Topix: Food, Inc., Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Hollywood Homicide, Action Movies, Horror Movies, Pink Flamingos, Harrison Ford, Lena Olin

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Time

Br no's Sacha Baron Cohen: More Than a Comedian

There's a legendary moment in Borat when you stop laughing and move on to a sort of desperate, horrified gasping because what you're seeing is, literally, beyond funny.

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Related Topix: Sacha Baron Cohen, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, John Waters

Sun Jun 14, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

His movies bring to life those living on the edge

Steve Yeager appears caught off-guard when asked if he set out to earn a reputation as a filmmaker focusing on Baltimore's marginalized.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Metro, John Waters, Street, MD, Entertainment

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