The filmmaker, known as the "Pope of Trash," is the first to receive the award since 2019 as the nonprofit LGBTQ media arts ...

John Waters is the king of filth. A filmmaker, author, comedian and all-around queer icon, the Baltimore-born bicoastal auteur has reigned over a kingdom of trash, kitsch and camp for almost 50 years.

‘Tis the season — for the Pope of Trash’s list of the top 10 films of the year. “My favorite movie of the year is a disagreeable but highly entertaining tale as exhausting as today’s politics with ...

John Waters arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. Waters will receive a Lifetime Achievement ...

With only a few weeks and a handful of releases left to go on the 2025 movie schedule, we’re starting to see all kinds of end-of-the-year lists where actors, directors, and everyone else make a case ...

The Pope of Trash talks RuPaul, his new screenplay collection, Elon Musk's daughter lip-syncing to 'Pink Flamingoes' and more Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

John Waters doesn’t just embrace contradiction — he lives in it. A filmmaker, writer, visual artist and cultural icon, Waters has spent over half a century gleefully blurring the lines between art and ...