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John Hughes Dies — John Hughes has died of a heart attack. — Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family. — He directed such hits as “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller's Day Off.” — He was 59.
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Director John Hughes dies at 59 — ‘Breakfast Club’ helmer died of a heart attack — John Hughes, who captured the zeitgeist of 1980s teen life as writer-director of “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” and produced and scripted family hits such as “Home Alone,” died Thursday of a heart attack in Manhattan while taking a walk.
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Molly Ringwald Pays Tribute to John Hughes — Molly Ringwald, John Hughes and Michael Schoeffling on the set of Sixteen Candles in 1984 — John Hughes made Molly Ringwald a teen star after casting her in his 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. After learning about the writer-director's death on Thursday …
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What It Takes To Keep Paula on ‘Idol’ — Sources tell us Paula Abdul will make a deal with “American Idol” if the price is right — and we're told that price is $10 million a year. — We've already reported well-connected “Idol” sources say they haven't closed the door on bringing Paula back for season 9.
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Ashton and Demi's Plane Makes Emergency Landing — Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore — Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore had a scare Thursday when their airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas after the engine apparently overheated. — The two were flying to New York following …
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Steven Tyler Goes Down — The Video! — This is what happens when you're livin' on the edge — sometimes you fall off of it! — 61-year-old Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler tried to entertain crowds with a crazy, spinning chicken dance last night in South Dakota — and ended up flying off the stage.
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First Peek! Dustin Diamond's Tell-All Book Cover — Screech is back! — Nearly a decade after he last played Samuel “Screech” Powers in Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond is writing a tell-all memoir about his days at Bayside. — The book, titled Behind the Bell, hits shelves Sept. 29.
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KELLY CLARKSON: COVER CONTROVERSY? — Kelly Clarkson looks fresh and radiant on the cover of the new SELF magazine, but has the singer — who admits to ups and downs with her weight — been Photoshopped? — “Yes, of course we do post-production corrections on our images,” Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger tells ET.
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A different arrow in the Robin Hood quiver — Forget bows-and-arrows — there could soon be sleek guns in Nottingham. — “Robin Hood” will be getting a futuristic makeover courtesy of the producers of “The Dark Knight” and “300” as well as Warner Bros., where a new take on the classic tale has been set up.
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Wrigley drops Chris Brown after conviction — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chewing gum maker Wrigley said on Thursday it had ended a commercial deal with R&B star Chris Brown, following his guilty plea on charges of assaulting former girlfriend and pop star Rihanna.
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‘Mission Impossible 4’ recruits scribes — Applebaum, Nemec to pen script for Paramount — Paramount Pictures and producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams have officially lit the fuse on “Mission: Impossible IV,” setting Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to write the screenplay.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West to Guest Star on Jay Leno's Debut — Rihanna — The Sept. 14 launch of the new prime-time The Jay Leno Show will not only bring a leaner, meaner host - who recently dropped 12 lbs. - but a hip guest roster of Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West, NBC has announced.
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Sherri Shepherd Makes Big Bathing Suit Debut — Hot topic: Sherri Shepherd's slim new body! — After months of dieting and exercising, she fulfilled her promise to walk out on stage in a bathing suit on Thursday's The View. — Walking on stage to “I'm Every Woman,” Shepherd, 42, proclaimed, “I feel really great.
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Sharon Swart / Variety:
Jason Reitman has Right of Way — ‘Juno’ director starts production company in L.A. — “Juno” helmer Jason Reitman is hanging a new shingle: Right of Way Films. — The West Hollywood-based outfit has a development partnership with Indian Paintbrush, the financing and production company headed by billionaire Steven Rales.
Cristina Everett / NY Daily News:
Vanessa Hudgens in another scandal as nude photos of the underage actress are leaked — Did Vanessa Hudgens not learn her lesson the first time personal photos were leaked online? — The “High School Musical” alum is in the middle of another photo scandal as new images showing …
Kate Hogan / People.com:
Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader to Be a Dad! — It's no joke: Funnyman Bill Hader's wife is pregnant with the couple's first child. — At Wednesday night's Paper Heart premiere in New York City, the Saturday Night Live star proudly showed off wife Maggie Carey's burgeoning baby bump.
