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Madonna is taking her children to visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

It goes without saying, I believe, that every thirty-something American would call “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” one of their favorite John Hughes movies. And I’ve never really found the post-1990, post-“Home Alone” Hughes oeuvre platable, so an entire decade of productivity is automatically excluded from a list of favorites. With those stipulations in mind, I…

For years movie critics have been trying to figure out why we haven’t had a great Iraq War picture. After six years, the Iraq War is still too “hot”–politically divisive and emotionally unresolved–for filmmakers to distill the experience of overextended veterans and those who waited for them. The only movie that’s come close to bringing…

In a video interview with Sally Quinn, producer of “On Faith” at The Washington Post, actress and producer Rita Wilson (one half of a Hollywood celebrity super couple with Tom Hanks) shares why she loves the Greek Orthodox faith (“I love my church. I find the Greek Orthodox Church a sort of a wonderfully moderate, accepting…

Meryl Streep portrays pioneer feminist and foodie Julia Child.

The news of director John Hughes’ (“The Breakfast Club,” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” Pretty in Pink”) passing this morning is made even more poignant by the fact that the latest season of “Skins,” a gritty BBC teen drama full of Hughes’ influence, premieres tonight on BBC America. Powered by sex, drugs, and ennui, “Skins” follows…

The Hollywood Reporter obituary was simple: John Hughes, director of “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “Home Alone,” died of a heart attack Thursday. He was 59. Hughes died while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan to visit family. He is survived by his wife of…

My final advice for TLC star Kate Gosselin on life after Jon.

Okay, we know it feels like Michael Jackson’s face is everywhere these days, but officials at the Field Museum in Chicago weren’t seeing things when they noticed that a 3,000-year-old bust of an Egyptian pharoah bears an uncanny resemblance to the reconstructed face of the late singer. The distressed face of the stone carving shouldn’t…

Martha Williamson uses a memorable scene from "The Shawshank Redemption" to describe the promise of prayer.
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