On the surface, the whimsy of Pee-wee’s Playhouse appears to be worlds apart from the solemnity of Boyz n the Hood, other than the curious resemblance between Cowboy Curtis and Furious Styles ...

Though Pee-wee’s open door policy with his neighbors is a stretch further than Reubens’s, the nurturing relationship with these creatures certainly feels Pee-wee-esque.

When “Boyz n the Hood” was released in 1991 with Fishburne as Furious Styles, the coming-of-age drama earned nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director at the 64th Acade… ...

Paul Reubens’s oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults.

Spark creativity and imagination with Shout! TV’s Pee-wee Forever – a 24-hour marathon of every episode of the iconic television series Pee-wee’s Playhouse. The marathon streams all-day on ...

The character, and the Emmy Award-winning “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” which followed a year later, appealed to kids and adults alike, both of them drawn to Pee-wee for the same or different reasons.

In the new HBO documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” Paul Reubens, the creator of the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, comes out as gay. Reubens, who spent most of his career in the closet, had ...