South Carolina Public Radio's Maayan Schechter speaks with former solicitor and former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian about his ...

This story is part of our Best Things in Texas package, which appeared in the December 2025 issue. For the last year or so I was busy with an unusual project: writing the interpretive panels for the ...

The iconic lead of "Pee-Wee's Playhouse," Paul Reubens, passed away at the age of 70 after privately living with cancer for several years. He was preceded in death by many other actors from the ...

Every filmmaker has that one movie that puts them on the map, and for Tim Burton, it was his very first film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee's Big Adventure premiered in 1985, and sees the quirky ...

Landry Kiffin has gone viral the week of dad Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels’ huge showdown with the LSU Tigers. Now, on Wednesday —the day her dad’s documentary “The Many Lives of Lane Kiffin” on ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn -- Coney Island had its first Pee-wee Herman universe look-alike contest, and it lived up to the billing. Adam Rinn, artistic director at the arts organization Coney Island USA, ...

Americans today seem to almost venerate nonconformity: “Living your truth” is perhaps our society’s one unquestionable imperative. But what stands out about our approach to nonconformity is how much ...

After bringing out droves of doppelgangers for Adam Sandler, Jeremy Allen White and Timothée Chalamet, New York City has proven to be the right destination for celebrity look-alike contests. Next up, ...

Paul Reubens, the eccentric performance artist best known as Pee-wee Herman, was an intensely private person. After a number of people had approached him about making a documentary about himself, he ...

“I know you are, but what am I?” takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. The competition marks the early birthday of the late Paul ...