Carpenter understands that a Christmas special works best when it leans into the sweet and goofy and strange, and the success ...

Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character -- an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh -- became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has died at 70.

It was Paul Reubens' second turn at bat. The actor, then 35, had already rocketed to fame as Pee-wee Herman, the ...