Timeline: Bill Gates Jun 27, 2008
Anthony Michael Hall, who played the nerd Brian in The Breakfast Club, plays Gates. 2000: Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft. (NPR)
The Daily Break Jun 26, 2008
-The Breakfast Club 2: The Supper Club. Page 1 of 1. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Teeth Interview Jun 20, 2008
I love The Breakfast Club and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. IGN: Boys inevitably squirm when they watch Dawn perform, so is this a horror film for girls. (IGN FilmForce)
Movie Review: Juno Jun 15, 2008
A little bit of The Breakfast Club and a touch of Pretty in Pink, mixed right in with elements of Reality Bites, there is little doubt that this movie will be for the current generation what the Brat Pack films became for the children of the 80s and 90s. The copyright of the article Movie Review: Juno in Independent Films is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas? May 31, 2008
"Clarence would already have studied for an hour," says Lovida Coleman, who was also a regular at the breakfast club. "There was no one who was a harder-working student." (She also remembers enjoying his "hilarious" descriptions of the pornographic movies that he'd seen the night before. (Law.com)
RADHA MITCHELL May 26, 2008
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Truth About Dating: Find yourself a 'late bloomer' May 23, 2008
Let's face it: most guys identified more with "Duckie" than James Spader's cool kid in "Pretty in Pink." Or we related to Anthony Michael Hall's nerdy but sensitive character in "The Breakfast Club." ... Just ask them which member of "The Breakfast Club" they identified with back in high school. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Apr 16, 2008
" Jack Harold Paar was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1918. He quit school at 16 to work as a radio disc jockey. At 20, he announced Cleveland Symphony concerts for that city's CBS radio affiliate. As a member of the U.S. Army stationed in the South Pacific, Paar entertained troops with impersonations and other comic bits during World War II. He returned to radio after the war, appearing on "The Breakfast Club" and "The $64 Question. " He worked as a summer replacement for Jack Benny, a comic... (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
Bring the gore, nausea and shame back to driver's ed Apr 16, 2008
("Kids and booze. Good times Saturday night, huh?" laments one of the film's perpetually exasperated hosts, sounding exactly like that principal in "The Breakfast Club." "Drink, cruise and kill your boyfriend. How's she going to live with that?"). What may come as a surprise is that they're still making them. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Reliving an epic journey on a tiny stage Apr 11, 2008
"The passengers were definitely awed by the experience," says Rough & Tumble director and coauthor Dan Milstein, "but it was also like 'The Breakfast Club.' They're all stuck on the ship together.". Milstein's ability to find similarities between the 1985 John Hughes film about high school kids trapped in detention and a 21-day dirigible flight is typical of Rough & Tumble's style. (Boston Globe)
'Drillbit Taylor,' why aren't you funny? Mar 22, 2008
Review: 'Drillbit' surprisingly dulled - CNN.com. By Tom Charity Special to CNN. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Orbitz Invites Travelers to Hit on 21! Mar 20, 2008
The picturesque Chicago skyline and infectious excitement of Wrigley Field were immortalized in eighties classics like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Risky Business, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. Not since Ferris Bueller's Day Off has a movie shown as expansive a view of Chicago, which notably inspired a tour that begins in the suburb of Glenview and stops at the Sears Tower, the Chicago Art Institute, the Board of Trade and Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dont you forget about John Hughes Mar 18, 2008
Universal PicturesAlly Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez and Molly Ringwald in John Hughes' classic teen angst tale, "The Breakfast Club." ... In those four years he wrote and often directed not one, not two, but six smart, poignant teen films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful five of which are pretty good (sorry, Kelly LeBrock) and three that... (MSNBC -- News)
5 Best Spring Break College Movies Mar 7, 2008
The Breakfast Club (1985). The final word in high school movies and the best of John Hughes' films. (Suite101.com)
Bump for Breakfast Club Mar 1, 2008
UK, February 29, 2008 - Teen classic The Breakfast Club is to get a modern-day makeover in the shape of forthcoming comedy drama Bumped. Inspired by the 1985 classic (although with no formal BC association), it will substitute an airport for a school and the cast will be twenty-somethings rather than teens. (IGN FilmForce)
Corona's Tifereth Israel nearing landmark status Feb 22, 2008
The yeshiva was used in the mid-1970s by a band called The Breakfast Club as a music studio, where singer and actress Madonna lived from 1979-80. The synagogue's current congregants are mostly Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and other former Soviet Union republics. (Bayside Times, NY)
A teen film about the real thing Feb 15, 2008
Burstein's documentary "American Teen" eagerly places its four main subjects -- students at the only high school in Warsaw, Indiana -- into the archetypes Hughes helped cement in '80s movies like "The Breakfast Club." There's the homecoming queen, the artsy girl, the jock, the loner. Thing is, this is real life. (CNN -- Showbiz)
It's a 'Totally Awesome' Weekend When TV Land Airs OHMIGOD That's So 80's Beginning February 16 Feb 8, 2008
Tune in to see problems danced away in Footloose and Flashdance, the underdog find true love in Say Anything and Sixteen Candles and shenanigans take place in The Breakfast Club and National Lampoon's Class Reunion ... 11:00 p.m. The Breakfast Club (1985) -- Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy star as high school teens with different backgrounds who discover they have more in common than they thought during a shared Saturday detention ... Monday,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The 80s Strike Back Nov 28, 2007
August loves the '80s this year as four big acts who will play nearby, including the nation's best-known '80s cover band, The Breakfast Club, will play at Festival Park as part of the Museum of Art's "Fayetteville After Five" series on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 5:30 p.m. ... Finley is now the manager and drummer for The Breakfast Club and pipes in when it's his turn to sing. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Table 8: A place where they meet for friendship, fun and support Nov 17, 2007
Following a house fire, she took a job downtown and began socializing in the breakfast club. While their meeting location has changed several times, the purpose remains the same: fun, friendship and support. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
First Look: Hulu Video Service Nov 10, 2007
Hulu also features some old TV series episodes (Kojak, Night Gallery), and a few old movies (The Blues Brothers, The Breakfast Club), plus some clips (like Saturday Night Live bits), movie trailers, and a few viral videos thrown in for good measure. Video Quality: Not Bad. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Hulu adds Sony, MGM, launches test Oct 29, 2007
It will also make about 10 feature films available including "The Breakfast Club" and "The Blues Brothers.". Shortly after the test begins, these shows will also be made available on a handful of the biggest online distributors Time Warner Inc's AOL, Comcast Corp , Microsoft's MSN and Yahoo. (ABC News -- Wire)
Hulu Debuts via Private Beta and on Distribution Partners AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! Oct 29, 2007
Hulu Debuts via Private Beta and on Distribution Partners AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo. Financial News - Yahoo. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
5 teenage hits to rent Sep 22, 2007
The Breakfast Club (1985) - Another Hughes film, and a bigger hit, though not quite as charming. Five mismatched kids spend a Saturday in detention and - big shock here - have more in common than they thought. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Families of POWs get floral tributes Sep 22, 2007
"The Breakfast Club" ... "The Breakfast Club". (Corning Leader, NY)
Mischa Barton's Femme Fatale, Bruce Willis' War-Vet Principal Roam The Halls Of 'Sophomore' Set Sep 12, 2007
In fact, "The Sophomore" has more in common tonally with old-school '70s detective thrillers like "Chinatown" or "All the President's Men," Thompson said, than it does with "The Breakfast Club" or "Sixteen Candles," complete with a story that would please any hard-core noir enthusiast. "[My character] is a journalist for the school paper [who's] never really written an article," Thompson described of the film's setup. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Movie Debut, a Decade Later Sep 11, 2007
Local actors share scenes with pros like Ally Sheedy from The Breakfast Club and Kevin Smith from Clerks. Spiegel explains his movie "falls into that genre neatly, the cult film genre.". (WCAX.com, VT)
Apatow reigns in comedy realm Aug 31, 2007
The kids loved him, too, and Hughes movies like the "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Pretty in Pink" dominated the zeitgeist two decades ago. John Hughes could do no wrong. (Variety)
Nerd, nerd, nerd, the nerd is the word Aug 31, 2007
Head Of The Class offered something new, though, possibly as a result of coming so close on the heels of John Hughes similarly themed The Breakfast Club the previous year: a sympathetic attitude. Thats been picked up sporadically ever since, reaching its apex in heartbreaking everydork Brian Krakow from My So-Called Life and the latter group of Freaks and Geeks. (MSNBC -- Television)
High school films Aug 29, 2007
"The Breakfast Club." "It's just an all-around classic. That group of people in that set-up that was like, let's throw these actors in detention and see what happens and it was kind of free form. There wasn't like a common motivator, it didn't need it. Untraditional.". 6. (Los Angeles Times)
Movie review: 'Superbad' is super good Aug 22, 2007
Updated Wednesday, August 22, 2007. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. (Lompoc Record, CA)
The Ultimate High School Flick Clique, In Rewind Aug 22, 2007
The Jock: Andy Clark in "The Breakfast Club" (1985). The irony in choosing Andy Clark (Emilio Estevez) as the archetypical student jock is that you never see him play sports in "The Breakfast Club." But that doesn't matter. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Could Superbad lead to superstardom? Aug 16, 2007
Hughes had his impactAnd, yes, Hughes deserves huge high fives for Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Some Kind of Wonderful (the latter he wrote and executive produced). Here, we saw folks like Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Jon Cryer get their fill of teen angst. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Stan Brooks gets into series Aug 14, 2007
Project, from scribe Robert Munic ("Get Some"), is described as "Superbad" meets "The Breakfast Club" and will follow individual stories of early-morning detention. Action will be seen from multiple perspectives, including those of students, parents and teachers. (Variety)
Reuters Entertainment Summary Jul 31, 2007
Ally Sheedy ("The Breakfast Club") returns to the high school comedy genre as Maureen, a mother who helps her prematurely aging son cope with incessant teasing. "Simpsons" off the radar in Sunday ratings. (Washington Post)
12 great breakfast places Jul 27, 2007
text size The cinnamon challah French toast at The Breakfast Club comes topped with powdered sugar, candied walnuts, shaved almonds and fresh berries. Hot lists. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Breakfast Club Jul 17, 2007
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City native gets life write Green Ridge’s Tim Calpin seeing production of first screenplay following stint at ‘South Park’ Jul 1, 2007
However, the script is equally indebted to the work of Mr. Hughes, the writer-director behind a succession of seminal 80s teen-focused fare like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller s Day Off. We were very much inspired by John Hughes. (Scranton Times, PA)
CHEERLEADER OF WEEK: Illinois' Kelli Jun 9, 2007
Movies I can't live without: Talladega Nights, The Breakfast Club, Boondock Saints. 4. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Pamela Low, 79, gave flavor to Cap'n Crunch cereal Jun 7, 2007
In the movie "The Breakfast Club," Ally Sheedy's goth character makes a sandwich by pouring the cereal and Pixy Stix between two slices of bread. In one episode of "Friends," a ruminative Joey asks Chandler, "You ever realize Cap'n Crunch's eyebrows are actually on his hat?". (Boston Globe)
If The Breakfast Club had taken a far darker turn down under May 19, 2007
They are archetypes similar to those found in The Breakfast Club, but of a new generation. John Hughes didn't include an openly gay student, a chap with scoliosis and a bladder dysfunction or a pregnant girl in the day-long detention of that 1980s film. (National Post)
Great Teen Movies from the 1980s May 17, 2007
They were either cruel, like the principal in The Breakfast Club (1985), or mind-numbingly dull, like the monotonous teacher played by Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) ... The Breakfast Club (1985). (Suite101.com)
Life & Leisure: Molly Ringwald comes to town as the star of 'Sweet Charity' Apr 27, 2007
At 39, Molly Ringwald gets a bit testy at the idea that some people still remember her best as the girl from "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink.". Advertisement. (The News-Herald)
Rewind: You Want 'Old Skool'? Try Sly Vs. Mr. T, Tom Cruise In Ray-Bans Apr 24, 2007
"The Breakfast Club" (1985) and "Pretty in Pink" (1986) To many teenagers in the '80s, John Hughes' films were gospel set to new-wave soundtracks. "The Breakfast Club" remains the standard-bearer for teen ensembles. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Ryan's mother role is her best in ages Apr 21, 2007
Jonathan has Brody, a pretty and sensitive actor with Jon Favreau's voice and not a lot of range, profess a fixation on The Breakfast Club. But this is a movie whose weight and complexity are a lot more like his dad's best films, with a multi-generation pop soundtrack that mirrors the age difference between characters. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
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Jonathan may have Brody'sfixation on "The Breakfast Club." But this is a movie whose weight and complexity are a lot more like his dad's best films, with a multi-generation pop soundtrack that mirrors the age difference between characters. There are health crises and old flames and lifelong grudges and a genuine high school beer bust for the 26-year-old Carter to get through. (CTNow.com)
America's sweetheart's stunning return Apr 20, 2007
Jonathan may have Brody, a pretty and sensitive actor with Jon Favreau's voice and not a lot of range profess a fixation on "The Breakfast Club." But this is a movie whose weight and complexity are a lot more like his dad's best films, with a multi-generation pop soundtrack that mirrors the age difference between characters. There are health crises and old flames and lifelong grudges and a genuine high school beer bust for the 26-year-old Carter to get through. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Neighborhood watch Apr 13, 2007
When a disgruntled adolescent cracks open a missing-person case by training his binoculars on a neighbor, The Breakfast Club meets Rear Window. The result should satisfy dating crowds from high school to night school. (SunSpot.net)
Full Story from Daily Titan Apr 10, 2007
She brags of being a Sudoku buff and her top five films in the "stuck on a deserted island" game are pretty legit: "Fargo," "Edwards Scissorhands," "Dazed and Confused," "The Breakfast Club" and "The Princess Bride.". She dislikes Frisbee golf, country music, hunting, Pig Latin and Six Flags commercials. (U-Wire.com)
Teens' short films are tiny, tasty Mar 25, 2007
John Hughes captured -- in broad brush-strokes, anyway -- what it was like to be a white suburban kid in 1980s America: His "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Weird Science" all came out between 1983 and 1987. A new book, "Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes," celebrates the man and his work, and writers Steve Almond, Lisa Borders, Emily Franklin, and Elizabeth Searle, who all contributed, will be at the Coolidge... (Boston Globe)
Carol Richards, 84; sang 'Silver Bells' Mar 23, 2007
In Chicago, she regularly appeared on Don McNeill's "The Breakfast Club" radio show but stopped performing after marrying Swiedler. Swiedler had six children and she had five. (Los Angeles Times)
What's your favorite Brat Pack film? Mar 20, 2007
Molly Ringwald, the teen queen of 80s movie classics Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, has grown up and moved on to Broadway ... The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles had their moments, but Duckie and Annie Potts and the Dice Man really bring back the 80s for me like no other teen actors from that time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Ex-teen queen Ringwald breaks from pack Mar 20, 2007
Molly Ringwald forever will be known for her three Everyteen roles in the mid-'80s John Hughes trifecta of "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink." But those ducky days are long behind her, and although she still does the occasional TV movie, most of her recent work has been in theater. She played Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of "Cabaret," did "When Harry Met Sally" in London, and was an incest victim in the very dark comedy "How I Learned to Drive.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Letters' introduce promising author, heroine Mar 18, 2007
The Breakfast Club in Letters from Rapunzel, the debut young-adult novel from former Tar Heel Sara Lewis Holmes. The narrator - slipping up on her 13th birthd "> | Published March 18. 2007 3:30AM Local Headlines AP Headlines Sports Strange News 'Letters' introduce promising author, heroine By Ben Steelman Staff Writer Grimm's Fairy Tales meet The Breakfast Club in Letters from Rapunzel, the debut young-adult novel from former Tar Heel Sara Lewis Holmes.The narrator - slipping up on her 13th... (The Morning Star)
Ringwald gives 'Charity' her all Mar 15, 2007
So what if she was the iconic star of all those teen movies of the mid-'80s -- the sweet-16 star of Sixteen Candles, the prom queen of The Breakfast Club, the poor-but-noble heroine of Pretty in Pink. Ringwald is 39 now, and she isn't interested in talking about her teenage years. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
By golly, it's Molly Ringwald Mar 12, 2007
"Ringwald, 39, began her career singing with her father, Bob Ringwald, a jazz musician. She grew up in Sacramento, Calif., then moved to Los Angeles in 1978.Her father almost took a job at the now-defunct Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando.She's appeared on "The New Mickey Mouse Club" when she was 8, was a cast member for one season in "The Facts of Life" and began her film career when she was 14 as Miranda in the 1982 Paul Mazursky film "Tempest," starring... (Florida Today)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Mar 3, 2007
As a member of the U.S. Army stationed in the South Pacific, Paar entertained troops with impersonations and other comic bits during World War II. He returned to radio after the war, appearing on "The Breakfast Club" and "The $64 Question." He worked as a summer replacement for Jack Benny, a comic influence, and had his own radio show, "The Jack Paar Show," on NBC. A 1947 magazine poll touted him as "the most promising star of tomorrow.". After ending his "Tonight Show" run in March 1962, Paar... (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
'The day the music died ' Feb 24, 2007
Yes, Estevez might have starred in The Mighty Ducks, The Breakfast Club and St Elmo's Fire, but even that is not provocation enough. Then again, Estevez's new film Bobby, which he wrote and directed, could easily get under the skin of some white supremacists. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Events added to CIAA party lineup Feb 24, 2007
9 p.m. The Breakfast Club, 225 N. Caldwell St. $10 after 11 p.m.. NEW IT'S LUXURIOUS: The Luxe is billed as the hottest multi-alumni tip-off party. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Entertainment)
Waterfront revamps, reorganizes video stock Feb 21, 2007
Whether you are looking for the complete second season of "Lost," a sophisticated foreign film to impress your girlfriend or the 80s classic, "The Breakfast Club," the newly remodeled Waterfront Video, located in Marble Works, has every movie that could possibly suit your whim. Waterfront Video, which has an additional branch in Burlington, first opened in Middlebury in September of 1998. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Student profile Feb 19, 2007
My favorite movie is either When Harry Met Sally or The Breakfast Club. My favorite food is anything covered in cheese. (Scranton Times, PA)
REAL CLASS ACT Feb 11, 2007
And that included a young boy from Glasgow who used to stay up late drooling over Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club on his tiny TV set. That boy was James McAvoy, the talented Scotsman who now stars in his own Reagan-era-style romantic comedy Starter for 10, opening Friday, as well as the Last King of Scotland starring Oscar-nominee Forest Whittaker. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Along came MOLLY Feb 3, 2007
" - Molly Ringwald WHAT: "Sweet Charity" WHEN: Tuesday through Feb. 11 WHERE: Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St. TICKETS: $24.50 to $57.50 (box office, Ticketmaster) INFO: Quick word association: Molly Ringwald. Ninety-nine out of 100 people will reply "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink" or "The Breakfast Club," the three iconic teen, coming-of-age comedy/dramas from the mid-'80s in which Ringwald played everything from the flame-haired geeky girl to the flame-haired prom queen. Those... (Buffalo News)
Spaced out with the Skins generation Jan 26, 2007
They were so neatly variegated the pretty one, the anorexic one, the gay one and so on that you wanted to put them in detention in The Breakfast Club. These were well-off kids whose extra-curricular activities included tap-dancing and playing the clarinet. (Times Online)
Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen Jan 25, 2007
There's no denying Walat has cribbed her plot from every high school movie since "The Breakfast Club." Popular sophomore Vicki Martin (Jessi Campbell) is dating the star of the basketball team and flunking most of her classes. Her teacher says she'll get detention if she doesn't join the math squad. (Variety)
