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18 Movies You Didn't Know Were Books

Posted 02.20.2013 | Books
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Hollywood loves using books as source material - this year's Best Picture category at the Oscars features "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Argo," "Silver Lin...

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What Does This 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' Actress Look Like Now?

www.tmz.com | Posted 01.09.2013 | Celebrity
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Kelli Maroney is best known for playing the courageous cheerleader Cindy in the 1982 classic comedy "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." Guess what she loo...

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Is August 1996 The Worst Movie Month Ever?

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 08.08.2012 | Entertainment
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There has been a lot of talk about how great the summer of 1982 was for movies. And, boy, it really was. (Among the 1982 summer releases were "E.T...

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Top 20 Prom Scenes From Our Favorite Teen Movies!

The Huffington Post | Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.03.2012 | Teen
Read More: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mean Girls, High School Musical 3, Drive Me Crazy, Never Been Kissed, Prom Movies, Jawbreaker, Pretty in Pink, Napoleon Dynamite, Prom Night, Teen-Movies, Prom, Carrie, Back to the Future, Prom Movie Scenes, Prom Scenes, Grease Movie, Teen News

Prom is the pinnacle of any high school career, and movies that represent them right are golden in our book! Whether they're romantic, awkward, hilar...

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Nicolas Cage Almost Starred In 'Dumb & Dumber'; Considers Himself Led Zeppelin

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 04.15.2012 | Entertainment
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Being alone in a room with Nicolas Cage was, to say the least, surreal. Not because of his star power, nor for any lifelong adulation that I may have ...

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Expando: A Conversation With Eagle Timothy B. Schmit

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.03.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Glenn Frey, Poco, I Love Lucy, Timothy B. Schmit, Pat Boone, Kid Rock, The Eagles, Crosby Stills & Nash, David Cassidy, Steely Dan, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Restless Heart, The Tymes, Dwight Yoakum, Toto, Don Henley, The Kingston Trio, Boz Scaggs, Graham Nash, Joe Walsh, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

According to Timothy B. Schmit on the name of his new album, he says the word itself came from a mobile home he used to live in when he was a kid.

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Vans Shoes Visionary, James Van Doren, Passes Away At 72

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 01.03.2012 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES — The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascen...

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John Wyatt, Founder Of Cinespia's 'Hollywood Forever' Screenings

| Katie Bain | Posted 11.26.2011 | Los Angeles
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My LA: John Wyatt Current Gig: Founder of Cinespia. Wyatt turned a trip to the cemetery into one of Los Angeles’ pre-eminent summertime cultural ...

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Weekend Recommendations -- September 15-18

Girl at a Bar | Posted 11.15.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sarah Silverman, Lobster Festival, Airplane!, Moby, Hollywood Bowl, Surfer Blood, Joy Division, Don Henley, La Around Town, We Barbarians, Peter Hook and the Light, Lucinda Williams, Los Angeles News
Girl at a Bar

Labor Day has come and gone, but fall doesn't officially begin until Friday, September 23rd. So before we welcome in the cool autumn breezes, here's to one last weekend of sizzling summer celebrations.

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PHOTOS: The Funniest Stoner Movies

Posted 06.20.2011 | Entertainment
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For a bunch of corporate suits, Hollywood, like, loves to get stoned. Or at least pretend, anyway. The big film studios know their audience: people...

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Return of the Son of...: A Conversation With Dweezil Zappa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

Dweezil Zappa has a new live record out titled Return of the Son of.... It isn't exactly a Frank Zappa greatest hits album, so here's what Dweezil was going for with the selections on this project.

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New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

The songs on Wilco's self-titled album are laden with fat, beefy hooks although there isn't the usual amount of boundary pushing here.

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Boredom in School and its Effects on Your Child's Health

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, High School, The Breakfast Club, Schools, Boredom, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Healthy Living News
Jenifer Fox

Some have argued children must learn to accept boredom. Learning how to get through it is part of the point, right? Wrong. Overcoming boredom isn't a matter of character development.

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