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1 Recast Sixteen Candles and Win a Prize!
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2 The Results Are In: Recast Sixteen Candles
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3 Which Do You Prefer: Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
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4 Rewind: This Week's Buzz
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5 Buzz In: How Has John Hughes Influenced You?
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6 Buzz In: Who Are the Meanest Teens to Ever Hit the Screen?
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7 Buzz Gift Guide: Pop Culture T-Shirts For the Ladies
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8 Buzz Lines: What's Your Favorite Quote From Sixteen Candles?
Since it's wedding season, I've been thinking about my favorite wedding scenes from movies, and the '80s classic Sixteen Candles has one of my very favorites. The entire movie is iconic, though — and massively quotable. So for this week's buzz lines challenge, I want to hear what your favorite lines from Sixteen Candles are! Check out the few that I've pulled out below to give you some Read more
I'm having a hard time swallowing the news that director John Hughes died. So are Buzz and Bella. Children of the '80s everywhere are mourning. I own most of his iconic '80s films, but Sixteen Candles is my favorite. It has it all: fashion, comedy, romance, high school, Molly, Anthony, Long Duk Dong, and (swoon) Jake Ryan. To this day I am always scoping the streets for my very own Jake Ryan. Read more
Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. This week is all about gifting your peers. Yesterday I suggested some gifts for the Sex and the City fan, and today I've rounded up a few of those gifts that keep on giving: TV- and movie-themed t-shirts. I like wearing shirts with funny TV and movie lines on them because people are either like, "Ha! Yeah!" Read more
Lately there's been a glut of wholesome, good-natured teens (see Jonas Brothers, High School Musical, and Vanessa Hudgens's snuggly ode to sneakers). But this week's release of the 20th anniversary of the classic Heathers reminded me that onscreen teenagers can be really mean. Actually, they can be downright vicious. The girl group in Heathers was so mean they were essentially psychopathic. And Read more
John Hughes' work is so far-reaching, he is still making news today despite having quit directing in 1991. The L.A. Times recently ran a story in which some of the most popular directors and actors today point to movies like Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and The Breakfast Club as movies that made an impact on them as artists. A ton of Hughes nostalgia has been popping up online lately, like Read more
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The ultimate question: Pretty in Pink vs. Sixteen Candles. Which do you choose? Project Runway started this week! Check out my rundown and gallery of photos from the season premiere. The writers strike entered its second week and is still going strong. Whose side are you on: the writers' or the studios'? Ever wanted to hear Madonna's songs all folky-fied? Check out these folk artists' covers of Read more
There have been some pretty classic showdowns in my day — Bush vs. Gore, Jordin vs. Blake, Stewart vs. Colbert. But none have quite compared to this. Entertainment Weekly's Dalton Ross is taking on the crucial question for all fans of '80s teen comedies: Which is better: Pretty in Pink or Sixteen Candles? In the mind of Ross, the answer's simple: Sixteen Candles wins hands-down, largely on the Read more
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt! For this week's recast challenge, I was surprised and impressed by your ideas for the part of Sam Baker in Sixteen Candles, a part Molly Ringwald made legendary. In particular I loved maeve's suggestion of Read more
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt! Well, we've recast The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, so now it's time for the third of my favorite John Hughes movies: Sixteen Candles. Sure, looking at this movie now there are some things that now don't Read more
