Hairspray (1988) directed by John Waters.
Harris Glenn Milstead, better known as Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. He primarily worked with fellow Baltimorean and independent filmmaker John Waters. Milstead primarily played female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and used a female drag persona in his music career.
He died on March 7th 1988, three weeks after the release of his final film Hairspray. Hairspray received generally good reviews and was considered by many to be Waters most "accessible" films to date. Milstead received particular praise with many critics saying that it could mark his breakthrough into mainstream cinema.
Waters wrote that his all-time favorite review of Hairspray was David Edelstein's in Rolling Stone: "A family movie both the Bradys and the Mansons could adore"
I just know Barty would be driving Sirius fucking mad in Azkaban by reminding him of Regulus every time he got the chance, except for on full moons. Because Sirius was in enough pain thinking about Remus, transforming on his own, thinking that his own lover did this to him.
“Cher: she’s so Early Rich! But to paraphrase Cher, “It’s better to be nouveau than no.” Cher as a superstar has an evolution that rests somewhere between the birth of the Barbie doll and the onslaught of Valley Girls. She is a money-to-burn celebrity.”
/ Andre Leon Talley on Cher in the book Mega-Star (1984) /
Happy 77th birthday to veteran show biz diva, glamazon, perennial gay icon, Academy Award-winning actress, plastic surgery enthusiast and the fierce Queen Mutha who will outlive us ALL - Cher (née Cherilyn Sarkisian, 20 May 1946)! Pictured: Cher (clad in a typically subdued and understated Bob Mackie creation) photographed by Harry Langdon in 1979.
I've been stalking Javier Bardem's filmography, and I'm just dying at the fact that his typecast in the 90s seemed to be hunky male whore, I mean, well deserved but 😭
ugh I’ve got 90s Camden dirtbags Jegulus and black brothers healing fic brainrot and it won’t go away
Oh how I mourn 90s Camden market, how can you feel nostalgic for a time you never experienced you may ask? WELL…may or may not be a lil obsessed with it (it was genuinely amazing in the 90s, kind of sketchy but also home to the eccentric of London, the queers, the punks, the goths and ughhhh it won’t leave me alone)
ok so…rubble or sin (a current WIP of mine on ao3 for those who don’t know) is NOT abandoned. It’s very much still on my mind and a new chapter will be coming out soon BUT I might also start this…
(Lil info about Camden now in the tags for ppl who don’t live in London)