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Director John Hughes Dies at 59
![LOS ANGELES -- Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth
impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen
market with such favorites as "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris
Bueller's Day Off" and "Home Alone, died Thursday, a spokeswoman
said. He was 59.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-08/48506171-06135808.jpg "LOS ANGELES -- Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth
impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen
market with such favorites as "The Breakfast Club,\" \"Ferris
Bueller's Day Off\" and \"Home Alone, died Thursday, a spokeswoman
said. He was 59.")
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Home Alone, died Thursday, a spokeswoman...Tags: Cinema Industry, Leo Burnett, Orson Welles, Bars and Clubs, New York
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'Breakfast Club' Director John Hughes Dies From Heart Attack
![Prolific director John Hughes, most famous for writing and directing such flicks as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" has passed away, according to his spokesperson.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-08/48506763-06141621-187105.jpg "Prolific director John Hughes, most famous for writing and directing such flicks as "Sixteen Candles,\" \"The Breakfast Club,\" and \"Ferris Bueller's Day Off\" has passed away, according to his spokesperson.")
wpix.comProlific director John Hughes, most famous for writing and directing such flicks as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" has passed away, according to his spokesperson. Hughes' untimely passing occurred as he was...Tags: Matthew Broderick, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Heart Attack, Bars and Clubs
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Classic and rare films at Cinecon
Movie buffs, prepare to feast upon a banquet of classic and rare films, celebrity guests and memorabilia marts at the 45th annual Cinecon film festival, which kicks off tonight and runs through Monday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Among the...Tags: Deborah Kerr, Richard M. Sherman, Don Coscarelli, George Sanders, Documentary (genre)
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Dede Allen, one of the great film editors, 19-2010
Frankly My Dear» Orlando Sentinel – Frankly My DearThe late Dede Allen cut The Hustler and Serpico and Reds and Wonder Boys and Bonnie and Clyde. She is credited with re-inventing cinema editing. Look at her credits. I started to post a bit of her cutting in The Breakfast Club, a lat-career credit. But no... -
'Square Pegs' fits right in
![A comedy about kids that was not made for kids but was not <i>not</i> made for kids, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Pegs">Square Pegs</a>" premiered on CBS in the fall of 1982; a quarter of a century later, it has come to DVD in its surprisingly modest, 19-episode entirety. But 9 1/2 hours is time enough to make a point, when you have one.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39269997-26143654.jpg "A comedy about kids that was not made for kids but was not <i>not</i> made for kids, "<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Pegs\">Square Pegs</a>\" premiered on CBS in the fall of 1982; a quarter of a century later, it has come to DVD in its surprisingly modest, 19-episode entirety. But 9 1/2 hours is time enough to make a point, when you have one.")
Times Television CriticA comedy about kids that was not made for kids but was not not made for kids, "Square Pegs" premiered on CBS in the fall of 1982; a quarter of a century later, it has come to DVD in its surprisingly modest, 19-episode entirety. But 9 1/2 hours is time...Tags: Everybody Hates Chris (tv program), Jami Gertz, Francis Ford Coppola, The Larry Sanders Show (tv program), Halloween
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Ned Tanen dies at 77; former president of Universal, Paramount
![Ned Tanen, a highly regarded former president of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures in the 1970s and '80s who presided over hits such as "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" and "Top Gun," has died. He was 77.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2009-01/44411673-07212030.jpg "Ned Tanen, a highly regarded former president of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures in the 1970s and '80s who presided over hits such as "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial\" and \"Top Gun,\" has died. He was 77.")
Ned Tanen, a highly regarded former president of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures in the 1970s and '80s who presided over hits such as "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" and "Top Gun," has died. He was 77.
Tanen, whose credits as an independent...Tags: Cinema Industry, Bars and Clubs, Los Angeles, Armed Forces, Defense
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Movie Review: 'American Teen'
"American Teen" is as close to fraudulent as a documentary can get and still be worth seeing. No doubt director Nanette Burstein went at this project with an open mind and an open heart, along with an open lens and an open mike. Burstein spent the 2005-...Tags: Gaming, Warsaw (Poland), Movies, Dining and Drinking, Indiana
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In 'Four Christmases,' Seth Gordon explores a season's gratings
![To some, it might seem a bit of a stretch for the director of an odd and obscure documentary about the '80s arcade game Donkey Kong to become the man in charge of the big-budget holiday-season comedy " Four Christmases," starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. Even the movie's 32-year-old filmmaker, Seth Gordon, describes it as an "unprecedented, staggering, irrational leap."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-11/43614626-29105622.jpg "To some, it might seem a bit of a stretch for the director of an odd and obscure documentary about the '80s arcade game Donkey Kong to become the man in charge of the big-budget holiday-season comedy " Four Christmases,\" starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. Even the movie's 32-year-old filmmaker, Seth Gordon, describes it as an \"unprecedented, staggering, irrational leap.\"")
To some, it might seem a bit of a stretch for the director of an odd and obscure documentary about the '80s arcade game Donkey Kong to become the man in charge of the big-budget holiday-season comedy " Four Christmases," starring Vince Vaughn and Reese...Tags: Gaming, Robert Duvall, Cinema Industry, Sundance Film Festival, Reese Witherspoon
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'Accepted'
Zap2It.comWhile we hesitate to endorse the potential underage consumption of alcoholic beverages, there's a fun college drinking game to be played while watching Steve Pink's new comedy "Accepted." For the swiftest possible inebriation, take a drink whenever you...Tags: Mike Judge, Maria Thayer, Lewis Black, Colleges and Universities, Justin Long
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'Medium' Looks Pretty in Pink
Zap2It.comMolly Ringwald, the princess of mid-1980s teen movies, will make her first TV appearance in several years on a May sweeps episode of "Medium." The "Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink" star will guest-star in the episode as a woman whom Allison (Patricia...Tags: Medium (tv program), Patricia Arquette, Television, Entertainment, New York
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'Unaccompanied Minors'
![A layover disguised as a film, "Unaccompanied Minors" tells a John Hughes-ian tale of six kids stranded at an airport over the holidays. It comes from a story (a sharp nine-minute number called "Babysitting," by Susan Burton) originally broadcast on the Ira Glass-hosted radio series "This American Life." With that pedigree you think: Promising. Unconventional. Yet the screenplay apparently went through some sort of airport security scanner that sucked out all the quirks.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-12/26785814.bmp "A layover disguised as a film, "Unaccompanied Minors\" tells a John Hughes-ian tale of six kids stranded at an airport over the holidays. It comes from a story (a sharp nine-minute number called \"Babysitting,\" by Susan Burton) originally broadcast on the Ira Glass-hosted radio series \"This American Life.\" With that pedigree you think: Promising. Unconventional. Yet the screenplay apparently went through some sort of airport security scanner that sucked out all the quirks.")
Chicago TribuneA layover disguised as a film, "Unaccompanied Minors" tells a John Hughes-ian tale of six kids stranded at an airport over the holidays. It comes from a story (a sharp nine-minute number called "Babysitting," by Susan Burton) originally broadcast on the...Tags: Lewis Black, Ira Glass, Chicago Tribune, PG Rated Movies, Brett Kelly
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Hall Sees Life From 'The Dead Zone'
![Fans of USA Network's "The Dead Zone" have had to be very patient people. Eleven episodes aired last summer, and then one new episode aired at Christmastime, but that was it until the show's 11-episode fifth season premieres tonight.](http://images.zap2it.com/20060613/anthonymichaelhall_deadzone.jpg "Fans of USA Network's "The Dead Zone\" have had to be very patient people. Eleven episodes aired last summer, and then one new episode aired at Christmastime, but that was it until the show's 11-episode fifth season premieres tonight.")
Zap2It.comFans of USA Network's "The Dead Zone" have had to be very patient people. Eleven episodes aired last summer, and then one new episode aired at Christmastime, but that was it until the show's 11-episode fifth season premieres tonight. "I can't believe it,...Tags: Tony Danza, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sean Penn, George Carlin, Ghost Whisperer (tv program)
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