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"That Girl Was, Is, And Will Always Be Nada"


Feeling nostalgic? John Hughes has been in the news this week. First there was a profile of the writer/director in the Los Angeles Times (he helped write Drillbit Taylor, but under a pseudonym, shh!) and a NPR piece about Long Duk Dong. Now, Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, has posted a YouTube clip (to promote her new book) in which she reenacts a key scene from Pretty in Pink using dolls. More »

6:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Dodai
3,743 views, 39 comments

silver screen showdown

Sixteen Candles Or Pretty In Pink: Which Is Better?

Over on EW.com, writer Dalton Ross reports that while his wife loves Pretty In Pink, he feels that Sixteen Candles is a much better movie. When he tells her so, she gives him a "deathly stare." (He doesn't mention that his wife is Christina Kelly — formerly of Sassy, YM, Jane and ElleGirl.) In any case, Ross makes the case that women like Pretty In Pink, while guys like Sixteen Candles. (He also acknowledges the greatness of Breakfast Club and Weird Science.) But in the battle of the Ringwald vehicles, Ross builds an argument for the superiority of Sixteen Candles that is quite sound. (We're putting aside the fact that SC is terribly racist.) First, John Hughes wrote and directed Sixteen Candles, while Pretty In Pink was directed by Howard Deutch. Secondly, while the cuteness of Duckie cannot be denied, Ross insists that Jon Cryer is merely doing his best Anthony Michael Hall. More »

10:30 AM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Dodai
5,832 views, 273 comments

Latest by n/a: Comment on Sixteen Candles Or Pretty In Pink: Which Is Better? I love both but 16 is better. Jake Ryan's hotness is timeless. Farmer Ted is by far the better geek. And why is Kristy Swanson so interested more »