-- In the Around the Blogosphere post earlier this week, I sent you readers off to the wonderful We Love You So, which is the official blog of "Where the Wild Things Are." Now I'm sending you back there, for a follow-up to the previous post. This time it's only one image, of a very famous movie poster. Click it here and see for yourself. (We Love You So)

-- Natalie Portman was in Toronto earlier this week, plugging her new movie "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits." The good folks from Movieline cornered her for a chat, and they asked the actress to play their little "My Favorite Scene" game. Portman was into it; her pick was "Dirty Dancing." Which moment, you ask? Follow the link to find out! (Movieline) Read more...

"Twilight" stuff. It's a pretty random assortment, though much of it predictably relates to this week's "New Moon" trailer. I'll admit that I've been somewhat remiss in bringing you these weekly round-ups, but its been crazy up in this MTV newsroom lately. Before the jump, you've got top stories 6 through 10 for the past week. After the jump, 1 through 5. Enjoy.

10. Rounding Up Your Reactions To Rachelle Lefevre Being Re-cast in 'Eclipse' -- You all know that Bryce Dallas Howard replaced Rachelle Lefevre in "Eclipse." It made quite a big splash, that news. So big that I felt compelled to dig through your comments and share some highlights in a dedicated blog post. This blog post.

9. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' Plagiarism Controversy Devolves Into Hilarity -- Some nutjob writer decided that because she and "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer wrote a book featuring a wedding, a honeymoon and a troubled pregnancy, all of it with supernatural undertones, Meyer's later effort was a work of plagiarism. I won't reprint the other writer's name here because let's face it folks: she's gotten more than enough press already.

8. EXCLUSIVE JUDD APATOW BLOG: 'Funny People' Director Answers Questions You Haven't Asked -- Unbelievably, this guest blog entry from "Funny People" director Judd Apatow is still popping. Glad y'all are enjoying it.

7. 'New Moon' Trailer Tease Goes Interactive! -- The latest "New Moon" trailer hits today, but the teaser for said trailer hit on Wednesday. We decided to try out a new piece of web tech on you community-loving Twilighters, and this here interactive trailer tease is it.

6. An Early Taste Of The 'New Moon' Trailer On Wednesday -- More on that new "New Moon" trailer. This was the news brief informing you of the upcoming trailer tease. Now it's not upcoming anymore. So this news brief is pointless, a relic of bygone days. Read more...

-- Wait... you mean an IESB rumor has been debunked?! I don't believe it. A weekend rumor that Steven Spielberg is interested in at the very least producing an adaptation of the hit video game "Halo" has been officially put to rest. Microsoft commented on the "news," stating that any "Halo" motion picture projects are officially on hold while the publisher concentrates on making games. I can't imagine why. Maybe it's the $60 price tag vs. the $10 movie ticket. (Kotaku)

-- Molly Ringwald wrote out a lengthy, heartfelt remembrance of her tragically fallen "Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles" director, John Hughes. A lot has been said of Hughes in the past week, but Ringwald's reminiscence eclipses them all. (The New York Times) Read more...

Following the death of ‘80s film icon John Hughes last Thursday, you may have come across a trailer for an unreleased documentary, titled “Don’t You Forget About Me” (if not, watch it here), about the filmmaker and his beloved movies. Attached to the trailer was the news that the people at Alliance Films, a Montreal-based distributor, were reportedly busy making a deal to buy the doc. According to Variety, the world distribution rights to the doc were secured by noon on Friday.

The 75-minute film, directed by actor Matt Austin-Sadowski (the Green Ranger on “Power Rangers: S.P.D.”), is described as being similar to Michael Moore’s “Roger & Me” because it primarily involves the filmmakers’ attempt to locate and interview Hughes. There is also a look at the “Breakfast Club” director’s life and career, and the doc features interviews from many of the stars of Hughes’ films, including Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Kelly LeBroc (Unfortunately, neither Molly Ringwald nor Matthew Broderick appear). Additionally, directors Kevin Smith and Jason Reitman appear to discuss Hughes’ influence.

Whether “Don’t You Forget About Me” will hit theaters is unknown, but despite all the love shown to Hughes last week it’s hard to imagine it could be a big hit by the time it opened. Though the quick acquisition of the doc reeks of opportunism, actually putting out a film takes a long time, and the public mourning is already pretty much over.

Really, the most appropriate distributor for this thing is either Universal or Paramount, as it would best be released as a supplement disc to either studio’s Hughes film box set (“High School Flashback Collection” and “Too Cool for School – The John Hughes Collection,” respectively). But whatever kind of release it gets, I’m still interested in checking it out, just as I would have been had it come out while Hughes was still alive.

Do you have interest in a documentary about the life and pursuit of John Hughes? Would you see it in a theater? Do you fear it won’t be comprehensive enough without Ringwald’s involvement?

Weekend winner "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" and late filmmaker John Hughes, who died tragically last week, are the main things popping Around the Blogosphere today. Talked about a weekend of mixed emotions. I had a blast seeing "G.I. Joe" but felt positively numb as I plugged through my sizable collection of Hughes flicks on home video. Both were fixtures of my childhood, in very different ways. As you might have guessed, a strange sense of nostalgia accompanied my long weekend in front of screens large and small.

-- Ah, G.I. Joe figures. I loved those little guys. Even the worst of them were fun to play with. Just because the cartoon didn't kill dudes, it didn't stop me from having Joe and Cobra waste the many scrubs in my collection. See, there were a lot of lame G.I. Joe figures. And FilmJunk has compiled a list of the 10 worst. I don't agree with the inclusion of the Fridge, but everything else is spot-on. FilmDrunk) Read more...

by Joel Hanek

Mix an early-20s Jennifer Connelly, a cameo by John Candy, a plot that involves teenagers physically trapped in a building -- thus forcing them to spend time with one another, confront stereotypes and (inevitably) fall in love -- and then add a cross-promotion with Target that is basically an integrated marketer’s wet-dream. What is this crazy thing, you ask? John Hughes’ classic romantic teenage comedy, “Career Opportunities”.

The 1991 film, overshadowed for many by Hughes’ other monster early '90s releases ("Home Alone," "Dutch"), stars Frank Whaley, a charismatic goofball of an actor. He's got a million cameos under his belt and only a few starring roles -- most notably, “Swimming with Sharks," which co-stars Kevin Spacey. Read more...

The late John Hughes defined film in the '80s, reinventing popular comedies with teen-oriented works like “The Breakfast Club” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” His mark on the medium is visible even today, with concepts he introduced still being used to make high schoolers more relatable and road trips funnier. The impact extends beyond subtextual nods. There are many filmmakers who appreciate his work so much that they turn to overt references.

Most recently in “The Hangover,” Zach Galifianakis’s Alan said “My dad loves this car more than me,” referencing the car he and his soon-to-be-hungover pals are driving to Las Vegas. It is a throwback to the classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” moment when Cameron says of his father’s vintage Ferrari: “My father loves this car more than life itself.” Ironically enough, both vehicles are subsequently destroyed when hijinx ensue. Read more...

MTV staffer Jonathan Mussman had a unique opportunity to work closely during high school with John Hughes. I don't want to spoil the surprise, so why don't we let Jonathan take it from here...

by Jonathan Mussman

As someone who spent his teenage years growing up in Northbrook, IL on the famed Chicago North Shore, John Hughes was more than iconic -– he was everything I strived to be. A successful filmmaker who never once turned his back on his hometown. We lived and breathed John Hughes as he captured my high school life to an exact T on film. Read more...

The passing of iconic writer/director/producer John Hughes leaves a gaping hole in the film industry that will not be easily closed. In addition to all of the films he could have yet worked on, the rumor mill has been spinning over the last decade about a variety of sequels to some of Hughes’ most famous works. Here is a look at the sequels that could have been.

The Breakfast Club: Back in Detention

Back in 1999, Hughes was asked about the possibility of making a sequel to the film that redefined teen drama, saying, “I thought about it. I could do it in prose. I know what will happen to them. I know them. But to do it with real actors ... they'd never come back together again. There's no excuse that could ever put them in the same room ever again. There isn't anything in their lives after high school relevant to that day.” That seemed pretty final, but in 2005 Emilio Estévez, the jock of “The Breakfast Club,” said Hughes had an idea for a sequel with the students in college, “doing time again.” Estévez was looking forward to the film, as were we. Read more...

I hated “The Breakfast Club” when I was fifteen-years-old. I was also an a--hole. I had a chip on my shoulder the size of Mount Killimanjaro and I made every waking hour of my life a conscious attempt to be transgressive. I walked around in a dirty, brown raincoat, wore Sailor Moon t-shirts proudly, read Henry Rollins poetry in public and listened to far too much trip-hop. (Yes, in 1997 these things were considered edgy. No, Hot Topic didn’t exist yet.)

I didn’t really hate “The Breakfast Club” of course. I hadn’t even seen it. I just liked going around saying I hated it because everyone else loved it. Including my first true love, Jessie. She’d grown up with it, one of those rainy Sunday afternoon flicks that is ready-made for turning on halfway through and sitting through commercial interruptions just to get to the end. I remember watching it with her on the floor of her parents’ living room. We hadn’t started dating yet, so we were only sitting close enough that the air crackled between our fingers. Just far enough away to make it even more unbearably intimate than if we’d actually been holding hands. Read more...