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Even though it’s now 35 years old, John Hughes‘ 1987 film “Planes, Trains, And Automobiles” remains a classic comedy and maybe the best Thanksgiving movie ever made. It may even be Hughes’ most beloved film, too: a controversial pick, but certainly in the running.

Taylor Swift talks about her dreams to make a feature filmAfter her short film directorial debut earlier this year, Swift is taking “baby steps” towards making a feature film.Watch: Taylor Swift's MidnightsI think that it has fluctuated over time. I’ve always really loved certain films during certain phases I was in musically. I made an album called 1989 and I would watch John Hughes’ movies.

“You look good wearing my future!” Some Kind of Wonderful is one of John Hughes‘ more underrated teen love stories — but for its fans, it’s a diamond in the rough.

Netflix’s returned for its fifth season on September 9 and since then, the popular series has taken control of the No. 1 on the streamer’s top 10 list with no signs of slowing down.

President Roy? Succession star Alan Ruck teased his character’s presidential run ahead of the HBO series’ highly anticipated fourth season.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Home Alone, and while talk of the festive period in September might be triggering for some, events are starting to move into the holiday calendar already. As such, the classic Macaulay Culkin caper will be heading to the Opera House in November.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is reportedly in the works at Paramount Pictures.According to a new report from Deadline, the spin-off will be helmed by Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, with Bill Posley set to write the script.Titled Sam and Victor’s Day Off, the new movie will “follow the same-day adventure of the titular valets who took the Ferrari on a joy ride in the Matthew Broderick-starrer.”Others included in the new project are Paul Young (producer), Devon Young (executive producer) and Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman and Scott Yacyshyn (associate producers).During the first COVID lockdown in 2020, the cast of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off reunited as part of Josh Gad’s web series ‘Reunited Apart’.The Frozen actor spent his lockdown bringing the casts of famous movies back together for a series of lockdown webcam specials, including The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings and Ghostbusters.For the final one in the series, Gad united Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey from the John Hughes cult classic.Also joining in on the reunion were Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett, who portrayed Bueller’s parents, as well as economics teacher star Ben Stein, as the cast talked about their memories from the film.

Ferris Bueller may be headed back to the big screen. Sort of.

EXCLUSIVE: A spinoff of the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is in the works at Paramount Pictures titled Sam and Victor’s Day Off from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. Bill Posley (Bitch Ass) is set to write the film.

Wilson Chapman editorA spinoff of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is in the works at Paramount Pictures, with the creators of “Cobra Kai” producing, Variety has confirmed.The film, titled “Sam and Victor’s Day Off,” will focus on the two valets, seen in the original John Hughes classic, who took the Ferrari on a joy-ride. Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald will produce the film, and Bill Posley will pen the screenplay.News of a “Ferris Bueller” spinoff was first reported by Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe, SAG, WGA and BAFTA Award nominee John Cusack (Utopia) has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.

tiny Chicago suburb where at least six people were fatally shot at a Fourth of July parade Monday was previously best known as a backdrop for some of most iconic movies of the 1980s.From “Risky Business to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the sprawling homes and tree-lined streets of Highland Park, Ill., gave movie fans a sense of the affluence and comfort in which wealthy kids courted trouble outside the Windy City.The suburb also was the place where teen misfits conjured up their ideal woman in “Weird Science” and heartthrob high-school senior Jake Ryan’s wild party took place in “Sixteen Candles.”Late director John Hughes set most of his movies in and around Chicago, with Highland Park among his go-to locations.Ferris Bueller’s best friend, Cameron Frye, lived in a stunning local glass-sided house overlooking the wooded ravine where he destroyed his dad’s prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder convertible in one of the movie’s most memorable scenes.Known as the Ben Rose House after its first owner, the landmark home was designed by the late Chicago architect A.

Ellise Shafer Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor known for his roles in films like “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” and shows such as “Seinfeld” and “Modern Family,” has died. He was 90.Hall’s wife of nearly 40 years, Holly Wolfle Hall, confirmed the news to Associated Press, saying he died on Sunday in Glendale, Calif.

Jordan Moreau Even superheroes have to pass their driver’s ed classes, and nobody in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feels that more than “Ms. Marvel” herself, Kamala Khan.Played by 19-year-old Iman Vellani, Kamala learns how to control her mysterious, energy-projection powers while balancing the challenges of high school guidance counselors and traditional parents who won’t let her stay out too late.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Melbourne Film Festival will return to cinemas after two turbulent years caused by COVID-related disruptions – the city endured one of the world’s longest pandemic lockdowns – and will run Aug 4-21, 2022. It will open with powerful Australian-U.K.-Serbian-made first film “Of An Age,” by renown shorts director Goran Stolevski.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBilly Porter is known for being in front of the camera — most famously as Pray Tell on “Pose” and recently delivering a gender-bending twist on everyone’s favorite fairy godmother in Amazon’s musical movie “Cinderella.”Now, the Emmy-winning actor is stepping behind the camera to make his feature film directorial debut with “Anything’s Possible,” a John Hughes-esque coming-of-age dramedy about trans high school senior Kelsa (trans newcomer Eva Reign), who is navigating her first boyfriend, Khal (“Katy Keene” actor Abubakr Ali), friendship and family life with her single mom (Renée Elise Goldsberry).“I ain’t Barbra Streisand yet,” Porter tells me, laughing. “It’s like, let me do one thing at a time. Let me direct something first.

Bestival co-founder Rob da Bank is being sued after allegedly failing to repay a £650,000 loan.Loan provider TicketLine Network Ltd has said it personally loaned Da Bank (real name Robert Gorham) about £1million to keep the festival going, but he then refused to pay back about £650,000, Central London County Court has heard.The loan was taken out in 2018 to save the festival which nearly didn’t go ahead due to financial struggles.The company claimed at the time that it would feel more secure loaning out the money personally to Gorham and co-director John Hughes rather than the Bestival company, according to Mixmag.The on-going case is questioning whether or not Ticketline Network Ltd’s loan was directed to Gorham personally and whether he is responsible for paying back £650,000.Hughes accepted that the money would have to be repaid, however, Gorham allegedly does not and is fighting the court case.Gorham alleged that he never agreed to a personal loan and should not have to pay it back. He also told the judge he was not very involved in the financial side of the festival.“This was a multi-million pound, very busy business, with me driving the customer-facing side and the artists, a whole raft of things in the festival world,” he said.“The finance and accounting was not my department.

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani has compared the new MCU series to Lady Bird and Scott Pilgrim Vs.

“Out of the Corner,” that her then-boyfriend said he didn’t think she would get the coveted part of Frances “Baby” Houseman on the night before her audition in 1986.“He said this odd thing, as if to reassure himself, like he wasn’t aware he was using his ‘out loud voice,'” Grey wrote, recalling him saying: “‘I don’t know what I’m worried about. There’s no way you’re gonna get it.

Two friends died after one of them drove at speed on the wrong side of a busy road before a head-on crash, an inquest heard. Tom Ashley, 31, was behind the wheel of a white Renault Megane taxi which belonged to his friend and front seat passenger John Hughes, 42, before the smash just before 7am on July 12, 2020.

Several tracks featured in Netflix's Heartstopper have received a massive boost in chart sales following their inclusion on the new YA hit. 

Baby Queen had a very special surprise for those attending her gig in London last night - after she was joined on stage by the cast of breakout new Netflix show Heartstopper. 

Stranger Things back in 2016, we’ve been caught in a storm of 1980s nostalgia, cemented by 2017 It’s runaway success. Mullets, glam rock, power dressing and so much more have cycled around to become culturally relevant again, and in no small part due to the grip this decade has on sci-fi and horror media.

Don’t look for the original stars of John Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” to reassemble for a new movie or TV project.

Only Murders in the Building is coming back!

Selena Gomez is hard at work on the set of Only Murders in the Building season 2!

EXCLUSIVE: Paddy Considine has inked with ICM Partners for representation.

Wish granted. Molly Ringwald gave Selena Gomez‘s upcoming Sixteen Candles-inspired series her seal of approval.

Molly Ringwald is “so happy” about the Sixteen Candles-inspired series in development from UCP for Peacock, executive produced by Selena Gomez, Tanya Saracho, and Gabriela Lugo.

Molly Ringwald is getting candid about Selena Gomez‘s new series!

16th 15th birthday wish come true. Nearly 40 years after John Hughes' coming-of-age hit, , the story is getting a new spin for the next generation — thanks in part to Selena Gomez. According to multiple reports, the actress will be executive producing , a half-hour comedy series about four Latinas «navigating feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind as quinceañera season approaches,»  wrote. The series, which has found a home at Peacock, has been described in reports as a «reconfiguration» of ' world. creator Tanya Saracho and  executive producer Gabriela Revilla Lugo have been tapped to write along with executive produce. «So this is what @gabbyrlugo & I’ve been cooking up with @selenagomez for @ucp & @peacocktv !!» Saracho captioned a photo of 's report. «I mean, there’s still a lot of cooking left to do but at least we can shout it from the rooftops now!»Gomez is also no amateur when it comes to show credits.

Selena Gomez is putting a new spin on Sixteen Candles for a brand new comedy series.

Ethan Shanfeld Selena Gomez, Tanya Saracho and Gabriela Revilla Lugo are teaming up to develop a TV comedy spin on John Hughes’ beloved 1984 coming-of-age film “Sixteen Candles.”Titled “15 Candles,” the half-hour series will follow four young Latinas in high school, navigating feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind as quinceañera season approaches. The series hails from Universal Content Productions and is set at Peacock.Saracho, under her Ojalá Production banner, and Lugo write and executive produce “15 Candles,” while Gomez also executive produces under her July Moon Productions.

EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Saracho (Vida), Gabriela Revilla Lugo (Whiplash, Palm Springs), and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building, 13 Reasons Why) are developing the single-camera comedy 15 Candles, a reconfiguration of the world of John Hughes‘ 16 Candles. 

Gallery: While she was arguing with a banker! This is how some of your favorite stars were discovered (BANG Showbiz)Molly wrote: "Life imitates art!" But Adele - who works as a chef - quipped in her response that it only took her a "few more years" to forget about her daughter's birthday. She replied: "How true.

can’t believe her mom “f–king forgot” her birthday.The ’80s icon turned 54 on Feb. 18 and had a hilarious exchange with her mother, who seemed to disremember her special day.The moment was reminiscent of Ringwald’s iconic 1984 John Hughes classic “Sixteen Candles” in which her family neglects to remember her 16th birthday amid her older sister’s wedding.The actress took to Instagram to share a screenshot of a text convo she reportedly had with her mother, captioning it, “Actual conversation with my mom today.”In the text, the “Secret Life of the American Teenager” star asked her mother, “That’s it? You don’t have anything else to say to me today?”Her mom then responded, in jest, “I didn’t realize it was the 18th today.