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RIP John Hughes (1950-2009) Director of "The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", "Uncle Buck", "Planes, Trains, Automobiles", Producer of "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2"

Very sad news today @ Showtime City. Truly depressing news if you grew up in the 1980's like I did. RIP John Hughes.

ABC News is reporting that filmmaker John Hughes, who made some of the most memorable teen comedies of the 1980s and turned Macaulay Culkin into a major star, died suddenly of a heart attack in New York on Thursday. He was 59.

Hughes, who had largely turned his back on Hollywood in the past decade to become a farmer in the Midwestern state of Illinois, collapsed while strolling in Manhattan, where he was visiting family.

His films, such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," are considered standard-bearers of the teen genre, exploring American adolescent behavior with warmth and affection. He supplied his awkward characters with natural dialogue, allowing audiences to empathize with their travails.

Hughes worked with Molly Ringwald on both "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," as well as 1986's "Pretty in Pink," which he wrote and produced. He also made a star out of Matthew Broderick, the fearless hero of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" who makes good on his determination to miss a day of school.

In 1990, Hughes struck gold by writing and producing "Home Alone," in which Culkin played an 8-year-old left to fend for himself against hapless burglars. The film grossed almost $500 million worldwide, a timely savior for 20th Century Fox's owner, News Corp, which was strapped for cash and struggling to pay its creditors at the time. Chris Columbus directed the film and its 1992 sequel.

Source: ABC News

Legendary Actor Karl Malden Dead at 97

Variety reports that Karl Malden, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning character actor who was best known over his six-decade career as the star of TV series "The Streets of San Francisco" and a series of American Express commercials, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Calif. He was 97.

RIP Karl Malden.

Source: Variety

Shia LeBeouf Talks "Transformers", "Indiana Jones 5", and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"!

Click the below link to the BBC News interview with Shia LeBeouf. He talks "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", Michael Bay, Oliver Stone, "Indiana Jones 5", and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps". Great interview done by Lizo Mzimba with the BBC.

Source: BBC News | Entertainment < Click link to video interview.

BREAKING NEWS: Actor David Carradine Found Dead in Bangkok

Source: ABC News

Very sad news to report. Our prayers are with David Carradine and his family.

Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said the embassy was informed by Thai authorities that Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

The Web site of the Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room.

It said Carradine was in Bangkok to shoot a movie and had been staying at the hotel since Tuesday.

The newspaper said Carradine could not be contacted after he failed to appear for a meal with the rest of the film crew on Wednesday, and that his body was found by a hotel maid at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The name of the movie was not immediately available.

It said a preliminary police investigation found that he had hanged himself with a cord used with the room's curtains. It cited police as saying he had been dead at least 12 hours and there was no sign that he had been assaulted.

MUST SEE VIDEO: Sacha Baron Cohen as "Bruno" drops on top of Eminem at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards

This is soooo funny!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Check this out as Sacha Baron Cohen as "Bruno" drops in on Eminem.

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Source: MTV

"Angels & Demons" Actor Stellan Skarsgard Insults Dan Brown's Writing

I have heard this before...."Dan Brown's writing stinks". Is this becoming a common statement of sorts? If his writing stinks, why would Hollywood pay millions to adapt the novels? I guess they felt they could make a better movie...but they can't...read our [ "Angels & Demons" Movie Review ]. Yahoo! News tell us that actor Stellan Skarsgard made some insulting comments about Dan Brown's writing.

Actor Stellan Skarsgard says he's no big fan of Dan Brown's writing and accepted a role in "Angels & Demons" only after reading the script based on Brown's book.

"I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading," Skarsgard told Swedish broadcaster SVT.

"It's like eating peanuts at a bar. You don't like them, but you keep on eating them anyway," he said.

The Swedish actor, who plays the head of the Pope's Swiss guard in the movie, said director Ron Howard's script was significantly different from the book.

Source: Yahoo! News

Terrence Howard Ticked Off About "Iron Man 2"

Terrence Howard tells Us Magazine that he is not pleased that he was replaced in the Iron Man sequel over a reported salary dispute.

"Marvel made a choice, and it was a very, very bad choice," the actor -- whose role was given to Don Cheadle -- tells Parade.com. "They didn't keep their word. They didn't honor my contract."

"They did it with everyone but Robert Downey [Jr]," fumes Howard. "One of the things that actors need to do is always stick together: one for all, and all for one."

Even though he's upset, he's not spilling any details from the anticipated sequel.

Source: Us Magazine

Audio of Christian Bale Going Crazy on "Terminator: Salvation" Set!! - Behind the scenes audio!

WARNING: Audio is very profane.

Christian Bale goes crazy on the "Terminator: Salvation" set. The audio is pretty disturbing to say the least. Is this how he talks to people everytime he is upset?