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Dreamland Actor George Stover Shot During Home Invasion

(ABC 2 News, 02/27/2012) Police arrested a 49-year-old man for shooting a homeowner during a botched burglary. Bradford Holup faces attempted murder, first degree assault and burglary charges. Police say Holup broke into a house on Allegheny Avenue early Sunday … Continue reading


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John Waters Swears off the word “Hon” and Honfest

From the archives: Associated Press article, 6/13/2008. BALTIMORE (AP) — John Waters is done with “Hon.” Honfest, an annual celebration of beehive hairdos, cat’s-eye glasses and other kitschy fashions, is getting bigger and bigger. Participants are known as “Hons” in … Continue reading


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John Waters & Thee Katatonix on TV

“Shakedown,” Baltimore WJZ-TV Channel 13, 1985 Thee Katatonix Thee Katatonix – “Ordinary Sunday” (Urbanity) John Waters appeared as a special guest on this episode of Shakedown. Tags: john waters, shakedown, thee katatonix


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John Waters’ “Role Models” reviewed

By Jonathan Yardley (Washington Post, Sunday, June 20, 2010) ROLE MODELS By John Waters Farrar Straus Giroux. 301 pp. $25 It’s just about impossible to believe, but John Waters, the ineffable Bad Boy of Baltimore — “The King of Puke,” … Continue reading


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John Waters: “Man of the Year”

HARRY’s “Man of Year,” John Waters. From the alternative newspaper’s first incarnation, probably 1972. Tags: harry, john waters, man of the year


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Smoke on the Waters

I ran across John Waters’ famous “No Smoking” short on YouTube and am glad somebody finally posted this. For years it was only available as an extra on the 1995 laserdisc version of Polyester (1981). (This laserdisc also included a … Continue reading


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Liz Renay obit

LIZ RENAY, 80 Actress, artist, stripper (Baltimore Sun, January 29, 2007) Liz Renay, a stripper and cult movie actress whose real life included roles as a gangster’s moll, prison inmate, author and artist, died Jan. 22 in Las Vegas from … Continue reading


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