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Three strip clubs, including one which calls itself 'Manchester's only superluxe playground', were granted licences today — but two of them didn’t show up for their crunch hearing.

Jordan Moreau New York City is calling all intrepid heroes. Dimension 20, the popular Dungeons & Dragons show streamed on Dropout, is heading to Madison Square Garden on Jan. 24, 2025, for a live tabletop show experience, titled “Dimension 20: Gauntlet at The Garden.” Hosted by comedian and dungeon master Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dimension 20 consists of players Emily Axford, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson and Lou Wilson.

Molly Ringwald, star of 1980s hit The Breakfast Club, has revealed she only rewatched the movie recently, and was jarred by some of the themes that were glossed over at the time.

“Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club.”But the budding actress was eager to transition to more mature roles after appearing in those coming-of-age flicks — and she came close to scoring parts in two iconic movies. In an interview with Variety, the new 56-year-old dished on the directors she met at the end of the 1980s, saying: “I got really close on a couple movies. I met with Mike Nichols for ‘Working Girl’ and Jonathan Demme for ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ but ultimately I was too young.”For “Working Girl,” which was released in 1988, Ringwald was presumably in talks to play plucky young secretary Tess, with the role eventually going to Melanie Griffith.

Todd Gilchrist editor As the star of “Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club,” Molly Ringwald understands why she’s still considered “the patron saint of teenagers.” Commercially successful and critically acclaimed, those films — and her performances — depicted adolescents with an emotional sophistication like few films before them. But Ringwald was bringing that complexity to the screen from her first role in Paul Mazursky’s “Tempest,” and the fact that she’s continued to do so throughout her career is why she’s set to receive the Variety Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Film Festival on April 6.

William Earl Variety will honor Molly Ringwald with the Variety Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Film Festival on Saturday, April 6. The award will be for her outstanding career achievements, earning acclaim from critics and audiences alike.

pretty much call Molly Ringwald late filmmaker John Hughes’ muse.The teen comedy queen, now 56, starred in a mélange of Hughes’ films of the 1980s, including “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Pretty in Pink.”While the fashions of the decade were wild with big hair and neon colors, Ringwald, however, wasn’t too fond of the famous prom dress she had to don for “Pretty in Pink.” Hughes — who died in 2009 at age 59 — penned the script for the 1986 coming-of-age flick.In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the “Riverdale” alum looked back on her famous ensembles for the outlet’s “Fashion Flashback” series. Despite her character Andie Walsh’s “iconic” frock, the actress admitted that she actually “really hated it at the time.”“It was not really what I had envisioned,” she said.

Nobody will leave writer Diablo Cody’s new horror-comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” shouting “it’s alive!” “It’s amusing,” maybe.The “Juno” scribe’s wacky contribution to the litany of riffs on Mary Shelley’s novel — from Boris Karloff to “Young Frankenstein” and “Frankenweenie” — makes the gothic tale into an 1980s teen sex comedy.Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violent content, bloody images, sexual material, language, sexual assault, teen drinking and drug content). In theaters Feb.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor Oscar-nominated costume designer April Ferry died Thursday, according to the Costume Designers Guild. She was 91.

Home Alone co-star Macaulay Culkin, at a ceremony awarding Culkin with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.At the ceremony, which took place on Friday (December 1), O’Hara delivered a speech honouring Culkin after sharing a tender hug with the actor. “Home Alone was, is and always will be a beloved global sensation,” O’Hara began. “The reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin.”She went on to praise the actor’s talent from a young age.

Scott Huver There are “child stars,” and then there are performers that start working during childhood only to become bona fide, beloved screen icons, enjoying long, varied careers throughout their lives. Following in the footsteps of Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood and Mickey Rooney, Macaulay Culkin has — for three decades and counting — been a contemporary standard bearer for that personal and professional journey. Culkin became a full-fledged cultural phenomenon after the explosive commercial success of his fifth film, 1990’s “Home Alone,” which he made when he was just 10 years old.

Macaulay Culkin. Now, decades later, after the release of the legendary film, the beloved actor is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During Culkin’s homage, his onscreen mom, Catherine O’Hara, is scheduled to speak at the event.The 43-year-old star, dad of two, and husband of Brenda Song will be officially inducted on Friday, December 1.

Livingston have appointed Alloa Athletic boss Brian Rice as their new assistant manager.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “As We Know It,” an apocalyptic zombie thriller starring Chris Parnell and Pam Grier, has sold rights to Buffalo 8. The Santa Monica-based production and distribution company will release the movie in theaters on Nov.

.The Euphoria star, who turned 26 on September 12, celebrated her birthday this past weekend with a star-studded '80s prom-themed party. And in true Sweeney fashion, the Laneige ambassador really committed, going all out when it came to hair, makeup, and overall vibe.Sweeney practically transformed into prom queen for the night, rocking va-va-voluminous disco curls and a bright pink, puff-sleeved minidress that looks like it was ripped straight from the set of 16 Candles.

Jake Bloom, the founding partner of Bloom, Hergott LLP, the largest and most successful entertainment law firm in Hollywood history, died today of natural causes at his home in Sun Valley, Idaho. He was 81 years old.

Adam Sandler‘s new movie You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah has landed a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.The new film, which features Sandler’s real life daughter, lands on Netflix this week (August 25), and has received favourable reviews from critics ahead of its release.The Hollywood Reporter said that the film is “a sweet, amusing film geared toward younger audiences, who will best relate to the main character’s personal travails as she prepares for the film’s main event.”Variety, meanwhile, said: “Playing like a cross between Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles in scale, scope and sound without being derivative, its characters, conflicts and conundrums are filled with potent, earned emotions.”Ahead of the film’s release, it currently has a rare 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with five reviews counted.A synopsis for the film reads: Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who’ve always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs.“However, things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.”Despite this early praise, Sandler has explained how he came to terms with critics “hating” his movies.The actor has starred in a number of critical flops over his career, including Grown Ups, Jack And Jill, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds and others.

Matthew Broderick has been an actor since his early teens, but it was his role in the 1986 John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" that made him a star. In a new interview with The Guardian, Broderick opened up on the impact it had on his career. "I mean, yeah, I did have nice early success.

Matthew Broderick has enjoyed a career lasting 40 years on stage, screen and now TV, but he accepts the headline of his legacy will always be “Ferris Bueller.”

Will Tizard Contributor From auditioning for “every John Hughes movie that I never got in” to having Oliver Stone yell at her in a helicopter over her pronunciation of “’Nam,” Robin Wright confesses she’s seen Hollywood from all sides over the years. Speaking to admiring crowds at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where Wright is being honored with the festival president’s award, the actor-director-producer recalled a career that began at age 14 — which, in many ways, is really beginning to take off now. Of “The Princess Bride,” the beloved 1987 Rob Reiner sardonic fairytale, she said, “It was not a hit.” Of course, the film made up for low box office scores with VHS sales and is now considered a classic.

EXCLUSIVE: Seoul Searching director Benson Lee has signed with Verve.

Naman Ramachandran The performance show “Tarantino Live” has officially been updated based on Quentin Tarantino’s last film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” for its London run. For The Record, the production company behind the rock musical (whose repertoire includes shows based on the works of John Hughes, Baz Luhrmann, the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Robert Zemeckis and Garry and Penny Marshall) has also revealed plans for a U.S. tour in 2024. “Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five and the Tyranny of Evil Men” — its full title — combines Tarantino’s most iconic film scenes with live rock ‘n’ roll renditions of songs pulled from their soundtracks, merging the worlds of Hollywood and musical theater into a 360-degree live-concert experience.

the Hollywood Reporter’s “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast.“He was not easygoing in some ways,” he said of the late “Breakfast Club” auteur — who died in August 2009.“He was nervous it wouldn’t come out right,” Broderick said, referring to a costume test with the cast. The “Stepford Wives” actor noted that he and fellow cast members Jennifer Grey, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck and Charlie Sheen strolled around the streets of Chicago rocking their costumes while the camera crew filmed them.“[The test] was a big drama,” he continued.

John Hughes‘ 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is one of the all-time teen movies and may be the most popular film of his career. But Indiewire reports that according to star Matthew Broderick, it wasn’t always rosy on the film’s set.

“Pretty in Pink” and “Sixteen Candles,” Molly Ringwald was the poster girl of ’80s teen cinema.But four decades later, Ringwald, 55, can’t even watch 1985’s “The Breakfast Club” with her own teenage daughter — Adele, 13 — because of its sexist tropes.“She’s very liberal. I mean, I’m very liberal, but she’s another level,” Ringwald told The Guardian.

Jesse Metcalfe became a household name as a shirtless hunk on “Desperate Housewives” and a regular on Hallmark, he was a Little League slugger in the Nutmeg State idolizing Yankee great Don Mattingly.“I had a pretty idyllic childhood,” he told me on this week’s episode of “Renaissance Man,” adding, “Connecticut’s a great place to grow up. I was a public school kid, played sports.” Baseball and hoops were his passion — as were the Bronx Bombers.“My favorite baseball player growing up was Donnie Baseball. I was a big Yankees fan growing up,” he said.

The films of Jennifer Reeder have an unmistakable vibe. Her acclaimed short films, including “All Small Bodies” and “Crystal Lake,” have been shown on The Criterion Channel, and her feature film “Knives and Skin” has been shown at Berlin and Tribeca.  READ MORE: ‘Inside’ Review: Vasilis Katsoupis’ Heist Thriller With Willem Dafoe Is Formulaic Yet Never Dull [Berlin] Reeder’s films, which have been described as the meeting point between David Lynch and John Hughes, share little in terms of plot, but all bear an unmistakable eeriness, an otherworldliness that could only be Reeder.

The “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” remake is on its way, but it might take some time to get it just right, Kevin Hart has confirmed.

Her very own Brat Pack! In addition to being one of John Hughes’ leading ladies, Molly Ringwald is a proud mother of three.

Don’t you, forget about me. From Abbott Elementary to Riverdale, John Hughes‘ The Breakfast Club left a lasting impression on the small screen.

Motherwell have reportedly made Tommy Wright their top target to succeed Stevie Hammell as manager.

EXCLUSIVE: John Cusack has signed with APA for representation after less than half a year with Gersh. 

It’s become something of a habit for new Alamo Drafthouse theater locations to be given a theme – and the latest in the Austin, Texas-based chain is no different. The new Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville, their first theater in Illinois, will be dedicated to iconic Chicago filmmaker John Hughes, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

E! is celebrating love with three new rom-coms premiering on the cable network in the coming weeks: Why Can’t My Life Be a Rom-Com?, Royal Rendezvous and Married by Mistake. Watch a preview of the movies in the video posted above.

Just in time to take home for the Thanksgiving holiday, an updated version of the classic film Planes, Trains and Automobiles is being rereleased with more than an hour of additional footage.

Film fans are notoriously hard to shop for: hoarders by nature, obnoxiously opinionated, and weirdly unpredictable in our tastes. But the good news is, there are so many options for the movie lover on your gift list – so many must-have box sets, 4K discs, deep-dive books, and other essentials – that only the rich ones (and seriously, how many rich movie nerds do you know) could possibly have them all, already.