John Hughes Was Peter Pan: Molly Ringwald

(NEWSER) - John Hughes was the undisputed king of '80s teen comedy writes Time in a look at the late producer/director's most classic moments.

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off, "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller?": Matthew Broderick's direct address to the audience on how to fake a sick day, followed by an empty desk and a teacher droning Bueller's name, is a perfectly paced scene many 30-somethings can still probably recite verbatim.

(NEWSER) - Actors John Hughes made famous in the '80s are paying tribute to the late director, People reports. "I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death," says Molly Ringwald, a Brat Packer who rose to fame with Hughes by starring in Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). "He was and will always be such an important part of my life." More»

He flies through the clouds with a sweet-smelling 'Wendy'

(NEWSER) - Justin Bieber looks more than passingly like a Lost Boy in the debut commercial for his just-launched perfume, Someday (the antidote to Never Never?). The Boy Wonder flies through the clouds with a girl looking suspiciously like Wendy before planting a kiss on her cheek in her bedroom. The ad was filmed on a zero gravity plane to get the Peter Pan flying effect, and will air on Glee's season finale. More»

One suspect related to author JM Barrie

(NEWSER) - Police investigating the two mummified babies found in an LA basement have hit on a curious, but unlikely, person-of-interest. Medical forms found in the same trunk as the bodies refer to a woman named Jean M. Barrie, who was, it seems, a local nurse. But it’s also possible, sources tell the LA Times , that they’re referring to another woman by the same name—who was related to Peter Pan author James M. Barrie. More»

Rumor gives Paramount inside track for 'Grisbys Go Broke'

(NEWSER) - John Hughes died last year—last night's Academy Awards even paused for a tribute—but he may have one more movie in him. Rumor has it that Paramount will pick up an unproduced Hughes script in the hopes of making a family comedy, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Grisbys Go Broke follows a rich family that loses everything and is forced to move to the country. More»