20 posts categorized "DIVINE"

Dec 04 2015
Poster Joy: ALTERNATIVE MOVIE POSTERS II Is Here Comments (0)

JL BeanEye-popping fresh views of Pink Flamingos and Grey Gardens by JL Bean

Out today is the lovely, holiday-gift-worthy book Alternative Movie Posters II: More Film Art from the Underground, which gathers stunning new takes on old movie posters that rival the originals.

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Pee-wee-tastic cover by Steve Dressler

Editor Matthew Chojnacki rounds up the work of nearly 100 emerging artists in this volume, a feast for the eyes.

 
Jun 02 2014
A Divine Retrospective Comments (0)

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The works of late poster artist Todd Trexler are on display at Magnet in San Francisco from today through the end of the month. Many, including images promoting appearances by Divine and Sylvester, are being seen for the first time in 40 years.

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Trexler was aware of this retrospective, but died unexpectedly on February 9.

Check out an interview with the artist after the jump...

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Mar 30 2014
Need To Know: Grand Total, Zimbabwe Out Of Line, Christie Post-Occupied, Sean Cody 101, Basic-Bitch Diagnosis + MORE! Comments (0)

*widget boy cultureOut artist Steve Grand ropes in $326,593 on Kickstarter.

*widget boy cultureZimbabwean Pres. Robert Mugabe says, “Gays are inhuman.”

*widget boy cultureChristie, ignorant on foreign policy, goofs with Jewish mega-donor, says sorry.

*widget boy cultureSean Cody gives lip service to teacher concerned about high-school porn actor.

*widget boy cultureIf you're not sure whether you're a basic bitch, you probz are.

*widget boy cultureIT'S SO BEAUTIFUL: I Am Divine debuts digitally tomorrow.

*widget boy cultureElton John & David Furnish: It's their “duty” to marry.

*widget boy cultureLena Dunham directs her first music video.

*widget boy cultureDynasty star & international sex kitten Kate O'Mara dies @ 74.

 
Oct 21 2013
Divinity School: A Review of I AM DIVINE! Comments (0)

DIvine-split-imageThe filthiest woman dead: Divine.

I Am Divine!, the latest inspired queer documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz (Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, Vito) opens with footage from the premiere of the film Hairspray in Baltimore. In it, Divine is intereviewed, gushing about how happy the night was making him. "I'm loving every minute of it!" he says, unaware he would be dead within days.

DIvine-John-WatersDivine and John Waters as teens, when their creative partnership was formed.

It's a bittersweet start to an otherwise ebullient documentation of a singular film icon, a punk drag artist with humor who was simultaneously the most beautiful "woman" in the world and the filthiest person alive. And underneath it all, "she" was also a mousy boy from Baltimore who unironically worshiped Elizabeth Taylor and longed for stardom.

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