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The 1980s were dominated by the coming-of-age teen comedies by John Hughes, the late writer-director of such hits as "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" -- but perhaps the movie that hit home the most with moviegoers was "The Breakfast Club." Released on Feb.

What's the original Breakfast Club gang up to these days? Emilio Estevez, 47: Wrote and directed the film Bobby; now working on The Public , based on a true story about a Los Angeles library that doubled as a homeless shelter.

One Tree Hill: Hughesapalooza! One Tree Hill was all about homages to the late, great John Hughes this week... and we guess that all the movie references make up for there being no real plot to speak of.

"I could have been singing this at the Grammys a ' but I'm here with you tonight," declared Elly Jackson, the public face of La Roux, with a detectable dash of annoyance folded into several dollops of playful sarcasm.

LaGrange hosts a free screening of "Sixteen Candles" tonight. LaGrange LaGrange has got an action packed 2010 planned for their weekly film nights and each month is going to have a theme.

Zelda Rubinstein, the 4'3" actress best known for her role as the psychic Tangina Barrons in the 1982 film Poltergeist , died today of natural causes at the age of 76 .

" Poltergeist " star Zelda Rubinstein has died, aged 76. The actress, who played spirit talker Tangina in Steven Spielberg 's cult 1982 film, was hospitalized in Los Angeles in December after two of her major organs failed.

Forgetful? Chuck your 2 into the Gutter Pitch in yours. Of Note Elsewhere Actress Zelda Rubinstein has died after being taken off life support in L.A. last month .

Zelda Rubinstein, the US actress best known for her role as the diminutive psychic in 1982 film Poltergeist, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

Zelda Rubinstein, the diminutive actress best known for her role as an eccentric psychic in 1982's Poltergeist , died Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Hey, guys. Quint here with some bad news. Legendary character actress Zelda Rubinstein passed away.

Actress Zelda Rubinstein is seen with Joe Campana, Cheri Oteri, Lou Taylor Pucci and Bai Ling, director Richard Kelly and actors Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar attend a photocall promoting the film 'Southland Tales' at the Palais during the 59th International Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2006 in Cannes, France.

Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as Tangina Barrons in the "Poltergeist" movies, has passed away at the age of 76.

One Tree Hill will be paying tribute to the late John Hughes, a man who probably needs no introduction especially if you're an '80s fan.

We've featured some of Dutch Southern's t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff.

This secretive boy-girl duo have so far retained a sense of anonymity and mystique, but not for much longer a ' they are going to be a big deal over the next few months Snog, marry avoid? ... Summer Camp offer their own take on publicity shots Hometown: London.

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards - which air live Friday on VH1 at 9 p.m. - will celebrate some of the biggest and most acclaimed films of 2009, including "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Precious" and "Up in the Air." But expect the evening's most heartfelt moment to come in celebration of an absent member of the Hollywood community, as the show will ...

Never too old to fall in love like a teenager. No matter how old I get, when it comes to love, I feel like a teenager.

Romance films just aren't my thing. I have nothing against romance, I just don't normally find myself in the mood to have my heart torn out and crying at the end of movie night.

Filmmaker John Hughes -- seen here leaning up against high school lockers on the set of his much-celebrated 1985 movie The Breakfast Club -- always was able to capture the hopes, dreams, fears and aspirations of the average American teenager in his many films.