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John Waters is having a moment. The filmmaker, who\'s also known\\xa0as the Prince of Puke and the Duke of Dirt, is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He says he hopes it will be near the one celebrating Alvin and the Chipmunks. Plus, LA\\u2019s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is honoring Waters with an exhibit that features\\xa0some of his old cameras and props like the exploding wig worn by Debbie Harry in\\xa0Hairspray, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary. And Waters will be making another movie, his first in more than 18 years. It\\u2019s based on his book\\xa0Liarmouth,\\xa0a novel that includes stories of\\xa0satanic babies and tickle fetishism. We talked about why John Waters paints on his mustache and what it means to be weird in this conversation from May 2022. \\u201cNow What?\\u201d is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Patrick McAndrew. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.