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Ally Sheedy’s most recent role hits close to home. The actress stars in Freeform’s "Single Drunk Female" where she plays a mother whose adult daughter moves back home after a stint in rehab. Sheedy  sought help for her own addiction battle in 1989.

divorce from Steven Seagal in 1996, LeBrock decided to leave the industry for the simple life. But she’s now back and starring in the gangster comedy “Tomorrow’s Today.”LeBrock dished about her new film and her “itch” to act again, as well as why she opted to stop working in the late ’90s.“Hollywood wasn’t a place where I wanted to raise my children,” the “Woman in Red” actress recently told Fox News.

A star of the original "Home Alone," Devin Ratray, reportedly got into a huge argument with his significant other that led to the police being called.  The actor is best known for his role in the John Hughes classic Christmas movie as Buzz, the older brother to Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister who seems to enjoy tormenting him at every possible turn.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

The cast of Pretty in Pink is all grown up — but they’ll never forget what it meant to star in the teen classic all those years ago.

Courtney Howard “Home Sweet Home Alone” takes everything audiences loved about the Chris Columbus-directed, John Hughes-penned original and turns it around on them. Holiday sentimentality co-mingling with slapstick violence hits differently when the filmmakers not only swap the roles of the empathetic protagonist and dastardly antagonists, but also take a both-sides approach to rooting interest.

The Breakfast Club.The 1985 teen classic follows a group of high schoolers from different social cliques who spend a Saturday in detention together, with Hall taking on the role of the nerdy Brian Johnson.Hughes, who also directed films such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Sixteen Candles, and wrote Home Alone and its two original sequels, passed away in 2009 after a heart attack.In a new interview with The Independent, Hall recalled the last time he spoke to Hughes on the phone in 1987,

Anthony Michael Hall had just started filming The Breakfast Club when he went to John Hughes’s house for dinner. Hughes had directed him in the coming-of-age classic Sixteen Candles a year earlier, and liked Hall’s gentle melancholy, partly because it reminded him of himself.

Anthony Michael Hall is a legend when it comes to the world of coming-of-age films. Just looking at his filmography from his years as a child actor, starring in iconic features such as “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club,” and “Weird Science” in a three-year period, there’s no denying Hall has made an indelible mark on films.

Make a wish! Sixteen Candles encapsulated what it was like to be a teenager who feels invisible but is really a star in their own right — and more than three decades later, it still resonates with fans.

very different if Anthony Michael Hall was in the lead.Both 1986 cult classics involved John Hughes and established the Brat Pack — a group of young adults who cemented their celebrity status by starring in a slew of ’80s teen films — into the Hollywood stratosphere.Hall was one of those prolific actors as well as one of the late Hughes’ muses, and he admitted he regrets turning down both of the iconic teen rom-coms.“Hughes wrote ‘Ferris’ for me,” Hall, 53, revealed to Insider.

,” as the camera pans across a moodily lit high school cafeteria segregated by social stratum. “It’s like everyone’s here to audition for the reboot of a John Hughes movie.”“Except none of them knows who John Hughes is,” murmurs his partner-in-hating-everything, Janae (Jessica McLeod).Everyone involved in “One of Us Is Lying” — an adaptation of Karen M.

Kristen Welker is one busy woman. The 45-year-old is one of NBC News’ most notable journalists, working as the network’s co-chief White House correspondent and as co-anchor of Weekend Today. She also moderated the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in Oct. 2020. Kristen is just as lucky outside of her career in her marriage to husband John Hughes, 51. And just recently, the happy couple expanded their family by welcoming their first child!

Disney+ has announced that the “Home Alone” franchise is adding a sixth film, titled “Home Sweet Home Alone,” just in time for the holiday season. The new installment will premiere Friday, Nov.

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in just six days. The joke at the time was, imagine how good it would have been had he spent seven. Released 35 years ago Friday, the ’80s flick follows a charismatic troublemaker (Matthew Broderick) who cajoles his mopey friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), into skipping school and having a jam-packed day of fun in Chicago. The irresistible comedy, which Hughes also directed, didn’t exactly set box office records.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – you can watch the clip below.The actress explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she was a big fan of the 1987 John Hughes film.

Gallery: She spoke to Princess Margaret through a psychic?! 10 facts that give the naked truth of Helena Bonham Carter's life (BANG Showbiz)The 53-year-old star said: "My eldest has watched some of my John Hughes films and that was really stressful and I'm getting ready to go through it again with the twins. " Ringwald also rejected suggestions that 1980s classics like 'The Breakfast Club' should be rebooted for modern audiences.

At the risk of invoking a cliché, “Only the Lonely” feels like the kind of movie they just don’t make anymore: a modest, unassuming, character-driven comedy/drama but produced and released by a major studio (20th Century Fox, in this case), and featuring a major star (John Candy) playing somewhat against type.

Nothing says romance like a John Hughes movie. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have been dropping subtle clues about plans for their upcoming wedding — but when it comes to their wedding song, they aren’t leaving fans guessing.

NBC News chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker and her husband John Hughes are going to be parents.

Today show's Hoda Kotb celebrated some amazing baby news on Friday and her teary reaction was the sweetest. The mum-of-two was on set of her show when she received the heartwarming news that her colleague, Kristen Welker, was expecting a baby via surrogate after years of fertility treatments. MORE: Today's Hoda Kotb celebrates exciting health update - and Savannah Guthrie congratulates herThe weekend anchor made the announcement with her husband, John Hughes, by her side and neither Hoda, nor

Brat: An 80s Story” (Grand Central Publishing), out May 11. His role in the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink” marked McCarthy’s entrance into a glamorous Hollywood life. Stays at the Chateau Marmont and parties at Sammy Davis Jr.’s house soon followed.

Tommy Wright has told John Hughes to stop whinging about referees and focus on his team. The Staggies manager launched a furious blast at officials as he backed his Hamilton counterpart Brian Rice in his assertion that so-called smaller clubs don't get decisions.

Over the past decade, there has been some controversy that surrounds the ‘80s comedy classics from filmmaker John Hughes. Whether it’s the problematic characters and situations or those who felt Hughes wasn’t the right person to tell this brand of coming-of-age comedy, there has been quite a bit of discussion about his features.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Premiership. He’s just interested in making Ross County stay in it.White produced another magical moment for new boss John Hughes with his headed winner against the Hoops on Sunday night.

Mohamed Elyounoussi is a doubt for the trip to Dingwall and centre-back Shane Duffy will be assessed before the Premiership clash having picked up an achilles knock.Long-term absentee James Forrest has suffered a setback in his rehabilitation following ankle surgery but could re-join training next week.Defender Christopher Jullien is out long term with a knee injury and faces up to nine months on the sidelines.There was bad news on the injury front for County gaffer John Hughes this week with

While some of today’s biggest A-listers got their starts in the ‘80s, many of their famous contemporaries in the “Me” decade live quieter, more low-profile lives today.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHoward Deutch wasn’t sure he was the right man to oversee “Pretty in Pink.”  The aspiring filmmaker had met producer and writer John Hughes while directing a music video for his previous examination of high school social castes, “Sixteen Candles.” However, he’d never overseen a feature film and the prospect terrified him.“I was honest with John and told him I didn’t feel equipped,” Deutch remembers.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before producer Matt Kaplan loves John Hughes. And his ultimate (albeit lofty) hope for his trilogy of films — the last of which, Always and Forever, premieres Feb.

Celtic teen Leo Hjelde has joined Ross County on loan until the end of the season. The 17-year-old Norwegian moved to Parkhead from Rosenborg 18 months ago.

Kristy Swanson is being roasted by fellow celebrities after defending Donald Trump against calls to digitally remove his cameo from "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York."  As the president faces a historic second impeachment, many on social media are looking to have his brief cameo on the 1992 holiday movie, written and produced by the late John Hughes, digitally removed from future iterations.  The campaign on social media prompted actor Macaulay Culkin to say he approves of the change.The scene in

John Hughes has targeted St Mirren’s Sam Foley after making striker Tony Andreu his first signing. Yogi wants Buddies midfielder Foley on loan until the summer after landing free agent Andreu on a six-month deal.Foley, who is now on the fringes of Jim Goodwin’s squad, would prefer a longer-term deal and is weighing up his options.

Ross County. The 32-year-old attacking midfielder has joined on a contract for the rest of the season.

John Hughes has claimed everybody is fired up to silence the critics who say they are doomed for the Premiership drop. The rock-bottom Staggies decided to move for ‘Yogi’ after Stuart Kettlewell was removed from his position following Saturday’s defeat to relegation rivals Hamilton.

Radio Times have revealed that the popular Christmas movie will be repeated almost every day in the run up to December 25.