A new documentary shares Paul Reubens’ last interviews where the man behind Pee-wee Herman reflects on the secrets he carried until his death at 70. Arapahoe County deputy shoots, kills alleged ...

The HBO documentary Pee-Wee as Himself and the U.S. edition of the hit reality format The Traitors were among the top unscripted and documentary winners on night two of 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 ...

It’s the dog days of summer, during the dog days of the most bodacious decade. “Back to the Future” owns the box office, spending its first three weeks after its July 3 release as the No. 1 movie in ...

CHICAGO — Of the very many famous people who admired the late comic actor Paul Reubens’ singular creation named Pee-wee Herman — among them Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, film director John Waters, Lily ...

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For a documentary so packed with Pee-wee Herman lore that it required two 90-minute segments, Pee-wee As Himself glosses over some critical parts of the character’s history. While the majority of Paul ...

Actor and comedian Paul Reubens had myelogenous leukemia and metastatic lung cancer during the filming of the docuseries “Pee-wee as Himself,” but almost no one knew it at the time. Reubens died at ...

Just in time for Pride Month, the new HBO documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” explores the enduring legacy of an entertainer whose joyful weirdness helped a generation’s outsiders feel like they belonged ...

Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, Pee-wee as Himself is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his ...

If you are wondering why the doc “Pee-wee as Himself” (HBO Documentary Films) airs in two parts on HBO Max, it’s because both subjects, the late Paul Reubens and his alter-ego Pee-wee Herman are ...