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NEWS ABOUT: John Hughes

John Hughes stories: 9 news summaries

 Best HS Flicks Since 
 John Hughes' Heyday 

Track Flick and making 'fetch' happen, anyone?

Sep 20, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hard as it is to believe, John Hughes made his last high school-centric film in 1987. Luckily, the 22 years since haven't lacked for flicks that chronicle some part of those awkward, wonderful 4 years. Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune lists the 10 movies that do it best: ... More »

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entertainment • high school • film • list • movies • Mean Girls • John Hughes • Hoop Dreams • Raising Victor Vargas • Election (film) • Dazed and Confused

OPINION

In Back-to-School Hindsight, John Hughes Looks Terrible

The guy probably ruined your life

Sep 17, 09 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the world rushed to eulogize John Hughes, Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune held off. He wanted to watch Hughes’ movies again. “I had suspected these films might be disturbing in hindsight,” he writes. “I had no idea how disturbing.” There’s drunk driving,... More »

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entertainment • high school • movies • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

appreciation

 John Hughes 
 Was Peter Pan: 
 Molly Ringwald 

Director, mentor was 'one of us' kids

Aug 12, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Molly Ringwald, John Hughes was like Peter Pan, drawing his teen actors into Neverland, she writes in the New York Times. Hughes “was one of us,” laughing alongside the actors rather than reprimanding them as they worked. And when Ringwald and her fellow actors chose to move... More »

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Neverland • Molly Ringwald • John Hughes • Peter Pan

appreciation

My Pen Pal, John Hughes

Teen approached iconic filmmaker, who responded with kindness, advice

Aug 7, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - For one teenage fan in the 1980s, John Hughes was more than just a director; he was her pen pal. "He made me feel like what I said mattered," a grieving Alison Byrne Fields writes on her blog. They corresponded for 2 years, and "he loved... More »

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Hollywood • film • letters • screenwriters • teenager • John Hughes • Alison Byrne Fields

(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
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film director • Matthew Broderick • Molly Ringwald • John Hughes • 1980s

(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 ... More »

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film director • Matthew Broderick • Molly Ringwald • John Hughes

(Newser) - Long live John Hughes, writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. The director died "ridiculously young" today at 59, but he leaves an "unparalleled" legacy. "It was hard not to see a piece of ourselves in his films, especially his great '80s teen comedies, which seemed... More »

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Hollywood • film director • Judd Apatow • movies • Kevin Smith • John Hughes • 1980s • David Dobkin

 Director John Hughes 
 Dead at 59 

Director suffers heart attack

Aug 6, 09 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Hughes, the director who made his name cataloging teen angst of the 1980s, died of a heart attack today at 59. Hughes created such films as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, making stars of the so-called Brat Pack of Molly... More »

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film • heart attack • film director • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

(Newser) - The Chicago-area house immortalized in a glass-breaking, Ferrari-plunging shot from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is for sale, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports. “It’s spectacular inside,” said the realtor offering the glass-walled modern home at $2.3 million. “It’s like living in a tree... More »

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real estate • film • Chicago • Matthew Broderick • Alan Ruck • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

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