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Christian Bale on the set of "American Psycho" (Eric Robert/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

“American Psycho” at 25: How Mary Harron turned a misunderstood novel into a masterpiece

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Melissa Barrera, Tanya Saracho, Mishel Prada on the set of "Vida" (Starz)

“We are an invisible people”: Creator Tanya Saracho on the end of her queer Latinx series “Vida”

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Cynthia Erivo, Greta Gerwig, Lulu Wang, Barack & Michelle Obama, and Ava DuVernay (Getty Images/Salon)

Diversity didn’t die with the Oscars – here are the kickass creatives to celebrate and support

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Rick Springfield (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Rick Springfield: From “Jessie’s Girl” to “God, the devil and sex”

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Steve Martin and John Candy in “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” (Paramount Pictures)

How “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” redefined Thanksgiving

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Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, and Sadie Sink in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

“Stranger Things” and the sinister innocence of Reagan’s America

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(Getty/Monkeybusinessimages)

Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us

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(Brian Harkin)

Andrew McCarthy stretches his wings: “I do have a strong yearning to escape”

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Lea Thompson in "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Paramount Pictures)

“Some Kind of Wonderful” at 30: On the John Hughes film’s epic romances — on- and off-camera — that endure

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"The Breakfast Club" (Universal Pictures)

When you grow up, your heart doesn’t have to die: Kevin Smokler and Jason Diamond on the perfectly imperfect world of John Hughes

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"Nightmare on Elm Street" (New Line Cinema)

The psychos down the street: Slaying the suburban slasher flicks of my youth

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Mia Sara, Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (Paramount Pictures)

Secrets of the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” soundtrack: “Oh my God, this song is about Cameron”

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Matthew Broderick in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (Paramount Pictures)

Ferris Bueller’s missing soundtrack: Why we shouldn’t mourn what we never had

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Jon Cryer in "Pretty in Pink" (Paramount Pictures)

The trouble with Duckie: How “Pretty in Pink’s” most lovable character gave a generation of teenage boys the wrong idea

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Michael J. Fox in "Back to the Future" (Universal Pictures)

I went “Back to the Future” but nothing was there: How I lost Hill Valley and where I found it

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"The Goonies" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

We’re all “Goonies” in Astoria: Following the lucid dream of the Goondocks, 30 years later

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Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson in "The Breakfast Club" (Universal Pictures)

There’s nothing to do when you’re locked in a vacancy: “The Breakfast Club” and the luxurious intimacy of uninterrupted time

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Dave Goelz

“A puppet needs to project a personality”: The original Muppeteer on how the business has changed

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Billy Zabka (Bjoern Kommerell)

William Zabka: 30 years later, the “Karate Kid” cast is like a frat

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