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‘Sixteen Candles,’ ‘Breakfast Club’ director Hughes dead at 59

John Hughes, the producer, writer and director whose 1980s films such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" offered a sharp-eyed look at teenagers and their social habits, has died, according to a statement from his representative. He was 59. Hughes died of a heart attack while taking a morning walk in Manhattan, according to the statement.

The Scene: ‘Funny’s’ Sandler goes to the doctor

A lot of people like Adam Sandler. The box office earnings for many of his films are testament to his drawing power. Sandler’s biggest comedic blockbusters include “Big Daddy,” “The Waterboy” and “The Longest Yard,” each of which has earned well over $150 million domestically

Funny People: Uneasy Mix of Humor and Heart

A 40-year-old needs to retire his record as America’s oldest male virgin. A schlub gets drunk and impregnates a woman he just met. The two films that Judd Apatow has written and directed, not including the 493 other comedies he’s produced in the past two years, are relationship pictures.

$70 zombie movie hits the big screen

A zombie movie made using a camcorder for less then the price of a DVD box set is set to be distributed in cinemas across the UK. “Colin,” made by budding British director, Marc Price, will now get its own DVD as well as hitting the big screen in time for Halloween alongside Hollywood blockbusters like “Zombieland.” “It’s kind of scary in a cool way,” says Price of his success on a shoestring. Price wrote, directed, shot and edited “Colin” over 18 months while working nights at a taxi company

Family learned over Internet that son was killed

Abayte Ahmed and her husband learned of their son’s death in the most heinous fashion. A family acquaintance called and told them to click on an Internet site. There on the screen were photographs of their 20-year-old son — the boy with the movie-star looks — shot through the head thousands of miles away in Somalia.