Don’t you forget about her. Molly Ringwald is speaking out about a controversial scene in “The Breakfast Club.” The Brat Pack actress, 57, reunited with the movie’s stars — Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Emilio Estevez — for the “Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club 40th Anniversary Reunion” at the … Read more
Molly Ringwald has a new perspective about her relationship with late director John Hughes. The 57-year-old actress appeared on Monica Lewinsky’s podcast Tuesday and reflected on being cast in Hughes’ 1980 comedies “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink” as a teenager. “In terms of, did I know that I was a ‘muse,’ … Read more
Andie Walsh who? During a recent appearance on Vanity Fair’s “Scene Selection,” Shailene Woodley, 32, confessed that she didn’t know who Molly Ringwald was at the time that Ringwald played her TV mom. “I didn’t know who Molly Ringwald was,” the “Big Little Lies” actress said about the ‘80s teen movie icon. “I was 15, … Read more
Molly Ringwald solidified herself as the teen queen of the 1980s, with lead roles in “Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club.” But the budding actress was eager to transition to more mature roles after appearing in those coming-of-age flicks, and came close to scoring parts in two iconic movies. In an interview … Read more
Molly Ringwald’s perfectly marvelous road to becoming a mom began with one simple place. Ringwald revealed in a new interview with The Times that she conceived her daughter, Mathilda, at Studio 54. The “Sixteen Candles” actress, 56, shares Mathilda, 20, and twins Roman and Adele, 14, with husband Panio Gianopoulos. Ringwald as Sally Bowles in … Read more
You could pretty much call Molly Ringwald late filmmaker John Hughes’ muse. The teen comedy queen, now 56, starred in a mélange of Hughes’ films of the 1980s, including “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Pretty in Pink.” While the fashions of the decade were wild with big hair and neon colors, Ringwald, however, wasn’t … Read more
As the star of John Hughes films such as “Pretty in Pink” and “Sixteen Candles,” Molly Ringwald was the poster girl of ’80s teen cinema. But four decades later, Ringwald, 55, can’t watch 1985’s “The Breakfast Club” with her own teenage daughter — Adele, 13 — because of its sexist tropes. “She’s very liberal. I … Read more