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Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most desirable student - can .. Read more

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  Ringwald pays a visit to John Hughes film class to talk kissing Viggo

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 29 Apr 2011

  Actress Molly Ringwald thrilled film students at the University of Southern California earlier this week (beg25Apr11) when she dropped in for a class all about the films of her late movie mentor John Hughes. Students are analyzing the work of the 1980s director as part of their film classes, and Ringwald, who starred in Hughes films Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, jumped at the chance to help them understand the moviemaker's themes better. As part of her chat with the... Read more

  

  Ringwald explodes Hughes film casting myths

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 01 May 2011

  The casts of cult John Hughes films Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club could have been completely different if the late writer/director had his way, according to his star Molly Ringwald. The actress attended a Hughes film class at the University of Southern California last week (ends29Apr11) and let slip that the stars of the two movies weren't necessarily her mentor's first choice. She told students her break-out role in Hughes' Sixteen Candles cost John and Joan Cusack leading roles in... Read more

  

  Ringwald was 'saved' from Hollywood

  • 08 Apr 2010

  Former child star Molly Ringwald is convinced her decision to develop "interests outside Hollywood" saved her life because it stopped her falling into drug addiction. Ringwald landed her first TV role at the age of 11 in sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and went on to find fame in John Hughes' 1984 movie Sixteen Candles, which propelled her into the spotlight. She became known as one of the 'Brat Pack' in the 1980s after appearing in a string of teen dramas, but unlike many of her co-stars, Ringwald... Read more

  

  John Hughes: “Don’t you… Forget about me.”

  • 11 Aug 2009

  First Michael Jackson and now John Hughes. For those of us who were still growing up in the 1980s this summer is a rude reminder that we’re all getting older, and faster than we thought. Hughes – who died from a heart-attack last week at the age of 59 – can’t really be compared to Jackson in terms of fame or artistry. Most people probably never saw a picture of him before this week. But don’t underestimate Hughes’ impact on those teenagers who would turn... Read more

  

  Ringwald didn't speak to Hughes for over two decades

  • 13 Aug 2009

  Actress Molly Ringwald is relieved she resolved her differences with writer/director John Hughes before his death last week (06Aug09), after confessing the pair had not spoken in more than 20 years. Ringwald was a teenager when she landed breakthrough roles in the filmmaker's hit 1980s movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, but the actress fell out with Hughes when she turned down a number of subsequent roles in his movies to work with other directors. She writes in the Read more

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    Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most ...

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