John Hughes gave so much to so many: He gave Molly Ringwald's knickers to Anthony Michael Hall, he gave Ferris Bueller the day off, and he gave all of us Jake Ryan. He also, for better and for worse, influenced how millions think about romance. Some of us may have one or two unrealistic ideas about how the hottest man in the world is supposed to show up at our sisters' weddings and rescue us from the crushing banality of it all, or some deranged notion of our families just disappearing one day (hey, different strokes). So whatever gets … Read More

The "teen king" film maestro of adolescent angst had some powerful feelings about high school himself: his wife of 39 years was his high school sweetheart. Adolescence was an era during which he famously referred to himself as a "misfit loser," which must not have turned Nancy off. They married in 1970, and then John took off for art school. Readers' Blog: Everyone says that getting married young is a bad idea...or is it?

The Hugheses based themselves in Chicago and practiced a relatively Midwestern mentality in the face of showbiz and fame. They had two sons, … Read More

Fans of 1980s teen flicks are in for a real bummer as legendary angst-sploitation director John Hughes passed away today (August 6th) of a heart attack. He was 59 years old.

Movies from the John Hughes collection didn't just mimic but shaped an entire generation of young people. His archetypal teens (and other scamps) have come to represent how we actually remember the 1980s (a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal). While JH wrote some classic films (including Mr. Mom, Vacation, Home Alone, Pretty In Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful*), his greatest impact was through his … Read More

Two police chiefs and a third man in Ohio were arrested on Wednesday night, accused of plotting to break into the home of the woman who carried the twin girls born to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick on June 22. The men, Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter and Bridgeport Police Chief Chad Dojack, along with Bruce Callarik, the son of the mayor of Bridgeport, allegedly planned to sell information about the actor couple and their babies and sell the information to tabloids.

"Matthew and Sarah Jessica have complete faith in the legal system," a representative … Read More

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Rumor. Adrian Grenier has smelly man-parts, oh no! [thesuperficial] Circumicised Men May Be Better In Bed

It's about time. K-Goss finally removed wedding ring. What took her so long? [US Magazine] Jon Gosselin, Lover Hide With Lindsay Lohan's Dad

Confirmed. Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker are living apart. Very sad. [ninemsn]

After 12 years of marriage, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are reportedly living in separate … Read More

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are reportedly separating, according to Limelife. SJP is has decided to take the kids to live in Brooklyn, while Matthew will stay in their West Village townhouse. The couple, who have been married for 12 rumor-plagued years and have an almost five-year-old son and newborn twin daughters, have supposedly agreed to be bi-borough parents. But we find this kind of fishy.

First, they have newborns. Even parents who aren't getting along aren't crazy enough to try and shuttle month-old babies between two homes, and as a source acknowledges to Australia's … Read More

Matthew Broderick will be staying home with newborn twins Marion and Tabitha when his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, goes back to work shooting the sequel to 2008's Sex and the City: The Movie, according to Life and Style. "Matthew's ready to pick up the slack as the movie gets underway," a source close to the family says.

The most recent Broadway show for the Tony winner, The Philanthropist, ended just days after the twin girls were born on June 23 in an Ohio hospital, so now the source says he's free to devote himself to his new … Read More

It sounds like Matthew Broderick was near speechless over Monday's birth of his twin daughters.  "I'm very happy," Broderick told People.  "I don't know what else to say."

The twins arrived about a month earlier than their mid-summer due date via a surrogate mother in Ohio, Sarah Jessica Parker's home state, but there don't appear to be any complications.  "I just got back," Matthew told reporters, indicating that the Brodericks were present to welcome their new brood.  "I've already seen them."  The twins weighed in at 6 lbs. and 5 lbs., 11 oz., and all reports indicate that … Read More

So, are Neil Patrick Harris and his longtime partner David Burtka expecting a baby via a surrogate mother? Star magazine reported earlier this week that the couple were going through Growing Generations, the same agency that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick used for the twin girls they are expecting in July. Sources even revealed that Neil and David had made it through the screening process and were relieved that they could start going through surrogate profiles to find the right woman to carry their baby. The source even went on to say, “Neil and David … Read More

Former Saturday Night Live star Maya Rudolph and her partner, There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson, are expecting their second child, Rudolph announced Tuesday on The View. "Somebody spilled the beans, but I'd rather break it here," Maya told Barbara Walters. "I'm having another one. I've got another bun in the oven. No. 2. I'm so excited."

Rudolph and Anderson have a three-year-old daughter, Pearl, who was born a few months after they finished filming Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion in 2005. Maya had a small role in the film, and Paul was the 80-year-old … Read More