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Curly Sue's Alisan Porter Gets Married

Alisan Porter

Curly Sue is all grown up, married and pregnant!

Alisan Porter, who rose to child stardom in the 1991 John Hughes film, wed Brian Autenrieth, on Saturday, People reports. The couple is also expecting their first child, a boy, in July.

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VIDEO: Watch Matthew Broderick's Bueller-Nostalgic Super Bowl Ad Early!

Matthew Broderick

The big game is still six days away, and some of the Super Bowl's advertisers are already flaunting their pricey commercials early online.

As first teased last week, Matthew Broderick will reprise his iconic role as Ferris Bueller (kind of) to hype the Honda CR-V. In the clip, Broderick plays hooky from an acting gig by faking sick and riding around town in the SUV. The ad is full of nods to the... read more

VIDEO: Ferris Lives! Matthew Broderick Reprises Iconic Role for Super Bowl Ad

Matthew Broderick

Bueller ... bueller ... BUELLER!

Twenty-five years after the release of the now '80s pop-culture classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Matthew Broderick will reprise his role as the fun-loving "totally righteous dude" for a commercial airing on the day of the Super Bowl.

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Bachelorette's Chris Harrison: I Begged Ashley to Cut Bentley

Bentley and Ashley

Although The Bachelorette's Ashley Hebert has a strong group of guys to choose from, one suitor stood out in the season premiere, but not in a good way. Before the night began, Ashley explained to host Chris Harrison that she had been warned about Bentley and that he was going on the show to promote his company and not find love. Despite Ashley's intel — and Bentley admitting to producers he had hoped Emily Maynard would be the Bachelorette — she gave him a rose. Harrison tells TVGuide.com he begged Ashley to cut him, but she went with her gut. Plus: Harrison weighs in on some of the night's more memorable men.

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Glee's Chris Colfer Makes Leap to Big Screen for Lightning

Chris Colfer

Chris Colfer is about to get struck By lightning, in a good way.

The Emmy-nominated Glee star is set to make his feature film debut in the coming-of-age comedy Struck by Lightning, Variety reports.

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Colfer, 20, wrote the script for and will star in the film, which will be shot during Glee's hiatus next summer. Youth in Revolt's David Permut, who is currently looking for a director for the project, said the script is reminiscent of... read more

Farrah Fawcett, Bea Arthur Not Included in Oscars Tribute Package

Farrah Fawcett, Bea Arthur

Why weren't Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur included in the "In Memoriam" package on Sunday's Oscars telecast?

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Academy spokesperson Penny Melidonian pointed out that both actresses... read more

11 Top Oscar Moments: Big Night for Bigelow as Na'vi KO'd

Sandra Bullock

One of the most predictable Academy Awards in years took a film-worthy twist as Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker beat out the closest thing the movies have to a Goliath — a film that just happened to be made by Bigelow's ex-husband. In doing so, Bigelow became the first woman ever to be named best director. But even some of the night's most foreseeable elements were pleasantly unsurprising: hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were as cutting as you would expect, and sometimes the overwhelming favorites are the overwhelming favorites for a reason. Welcome to our Top Moments: Oscars Edition.


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11. Best Interplay:
Co-hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin display an easy rapport in their opening routine as they deliver ... read more

National Lampoon's Vacation Sequel in the Works

National Lampoon's Vacation

New Line is ready for a Vacation — with a new generation of Griswolds.

The studio is developing a follow-up to the classic 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will focus on an adult Rusty Griswold, son ...
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Matthew Broderick, Ben Stein Remember John Hughes at Private Funeral

John Hughes

Matthew Broderick, Ben Stein and Vince Vaughn were among the colleagues, family and friends who attended a private funeral in a Chicago suburb to remember John Hughes.

Mourners gathered Tuesday in Lake Forest, where Stein, who played the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Broderick, was one of the speakers. He said the service was ...
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Director John Hughes Dies of Heart Attack at 59

John Hughes

John Hughes, the director of classic 1980s comedies such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Sixteen Candles, has died. He was 59.

The director suffered a heart attack Thursday while taking a morning walk in New York City, where he was visiting family, a spokeswoman for Hughes told TVGuide.com
Born on February 18th, 1950 in Michigan, Hughes began his career as an advertising copywriter in Chicago. He got his start in comedy writing by selling jokes to Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers. He later submitted a story about a family vacation from his childhood to National Lampoon magazine, which became the basis for National Lampoon's Vacation.

He made his directorial debut in 1984 with Sixteen Candles, which starred Molly Ringwald as Samantha Baker, a young woman whose 16th birthday goes horribly wrong.

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