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Alf Clausen, the veteran composer with two Emmy wins and 30 nominations whose whimsical scores brightened such television series as The Simpsons, Moonlighting and, purely coincidentally, Alf, has died. He was 84.

Clausen died Thursday at his Valley Village home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Kaarin Clausen, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy about eight years ago, she said.

From The Simpsons‘ second season in 1990 until its 28th in 2017, Clausen crafted many of the spirited melodies that contributed to the cutting-edge lunacy of the Fox animated show. From 23 Emmy nominations, he — along with lyricist Ken Keeler — won in 1997 and ’98 for the songs “We Put the Spring in Springfield” and “You’re Checkin’ In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center).”

His harmonious relationship with the show would not last, however, with Clausen filing a lawsuit against Disney and Fox in August 2019 after he was dismissed from The Simpsons.

10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 teen comedy that defined an entire generation, is set to get a sequel. Gil Junger, who also directed the first film, is behind 10 Things I Hate About Dating, a project which he describes as having a similar vibe without being a direct sequel to the first entry. Junger says it is "a love story for people who've deleted the apps and re-downloaded them."

In 1999, teenagers didn't have any real idea what an app was or how relevant they would become to modern life. Instead, the original movie, inspired by Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, was a fresh and clever rendering of analog high school culture featuring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik, among others. However, don't expect legacy characters to make an appearance in the sequel.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Junger spoke about the sequel he's developing...

Director Gil Junger has been chatting about the direction of 10 Things I Hate About Dating, which won’t be a romcom this time…

After many years and one part-shot movie that never got released, director Gil Junger is finally working on a fresh follow-up to his delightful 1999 romcom, 10 Things I Hate About You.

The original starred Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. And as we’ve explored in the video that should pop up here, filming began on a sequel just over a decade ago. Filming, however, never finished…

In the last few weeks though, Gil Junger has revealed that he has a trilogy of follow-ups now in the works. 10 Things I Hate About Dating will be first, with the plan being to follow those with 10 Things I Hate About Marriage and 10 Things I Hate About Kids.

But it...

After making his feature scripting debut with 1992's "The Cutting Edge," an agreeable figure skating riff on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" starring D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly, Tony Gilroy quickly established himself as a Hollywood screenwriter to watch. Though he received only scattered praise for delivering a hugely engrossing adaptation of Stephen King's "Dolores Claiborne" and penning the niftily plotted medical thriller "Extreme Measures," his major rewrite of "The Devil's Advocate," which transformed a difficult-to-pin-down project into a shamelessly entertaining box office hit, placed him on the town's A-list.

While Gilroy didn't have a singular voice like his top-paid peers Shane Black, Joe Eszterhas, and Daniel Waters, he was highly valued by filmmakers for his wit, sense of storytelling structure, and lack of preciousness. He wasn't above tinkering on Michael Bay's silly "Armageddon" or Antoine Fuqua's action-comedy "Bait," which was likely because a) the money...

Ahead of her directorial debut, ask the actor about her 00s romcoms, working with Heath Ledger and Julia Roberts and whether she is still a Duran Duran fan

Julia Stiles has been on our screens for almost three decades. After studying theatre in New York as a child, Stiles was cast as a disturbed teenager in the 1998 Michael Steinberg thriller Wicked. This led to her break-out role as the antisocial older sister of Larisa Oleynik and potential girlfriend of bad boy Heath Ledger in the 1999 Shakespeare-influenced 10 Things I Hate About You (based on The Taming of the Shrew). On screen, she then dated Freddie Prinze Jr in Down to You, and swapped ballet for hip-hop with Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance.

As Stiles grew up, so did her characters. She played a young assistant to Betty Rizzo from Grease (Stockard Channing) in The Business of Strangers.

10 Things I Hate About You director Gil Junger discusses plans for a new trilogy with a follow-up in development. The 1999 teen comedy starred Julia Stiles as high-achieving teen Kat Stratford and the late Heath Ledger as the edgy new student Patrick, who was hired to win her over. Based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, the movie is considered a cornerstone in the romantic comedy genre.

While speaking with People, the director behind the cult classic shared that he's working on a follow-up film titled 10 Things I Hate About Datingalongside Andrew Lazar, who produced the 1999 movie. While the project is not officially greenlit yet, Junger revealed that he's co-writing the script with Naya Elle James, which will serve as the first of a new trilogy, completed by two more films titled 10 Things I Hate About Marriage and 10 Things I Hate About Kids. Read his comments below:

10 Things I...

"How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways?" That's the tagline featured on many of the posters for the 1999 teen classic,10 Things I Hate About You. Based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," the film was a fun balance of the playwright's sensibilities and the teen movie boom that exploded during the late 90s. It's one of the best-received films of its kind from that era and is still beloved today, which could be why the film's director, Gil Junger, is confident that a sequel will be successful. In fact, he has ideas that will go beyond making just one follow-up.

During a chat with People, Junger revealed that he is working on a follow-up to 10 Things I Hate About You and is penning the script with Naye Elle James. The director also says that the film's original producer, Andrew Lazar, is on board,...

The 1999 high school comedy, 10 Things I Hate About You, helped usher in Heath Ledger as a new breakout star on American shores. The movie was a modern day retelling of the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew and featured an ensemble cast that also included Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Andrew Keegan, Allison Janney and Larry Miller. The teen romance film would also become a hit as it opened second at the box office (having gone up against The Matrix) and grossed over $50 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. It would also spawn a TV show adaptation on ABC Family in 2009. Deadline is reporting that the director of the original film, Gil Junger, is now planning to make a sequel trilogy to the 1999 comedy.

The sequel trilogy will also have a nod to the late star, Heath Ledger, who played the school’s rebellious student, Patrick Verona.

A sequel trilogy to '10 Things I Hate About You' is in the works.Director Gil Junger - who helmed the original 1999 teen romantic comedy - is co-writing a script with Naya Elle James titled '10 Things I Hate About Dating', and the movie would be the first in a set of three, with the others titled '10 Things I Hate About Marriage' and '10 Things I Hate About Kids'.The movie hasn't yet been greenlit but the 70-year-old filmmaker teased he, Naya and original producer Andrew Lazar have "some pretty good ideas".He added to People magazine: "'10 Things I Hate About Dating' is definitively in the works as a feature film. We're developing it right now."Rather than a teen-centred story, the movie would focus on an older cast and Gil would love to get Julia Stiles, who played Kat Stratford in the original, involved again.He said:...

10 Things I Hate About You director Gil Junger has revealed that an entirely new trilogy of follow-ups is in development.

According to a new report, we could be in line to get a whole slew of projects following up on the classic 1999 rom-com, 10 Things I Hate About You.

Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s play The Taming Of The Shrew about a warring would-be couple, the 1999 film starred Julia Stiles and the late Heath Ledger. It retooled the play’s basic set-up into a classic American high school formula, with the teenage protagonists running afoul of each other at house parties, the football field and more, cleverly folding Shakespeare’s set-ups into genre conventions that we all know and love.

Gil Junger, the original film’s director, has revealed to People that over a quarter of a century later, the concept is being reimagined once more, with a trilogy being planned this time.

Gil Junger, the director of 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), is planning a sequel trilogy with a nod to Heath Ledger.

The teen romantic comedy in which Ledger starred alongside Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik became a cult classic, and Junger wants to revisit its universe.

In a new interview, the filmmaker revealed he is co-writing a script alongside Naya Elle James that they have titled 10 Things I Hate About Dating. The film would be the first of three with subsequent installments titled 10 Things I Hate About Marriage and 10 Things I Hate About Kids.

Although the film has not been greenlit, Junger tells People the sequel “is definitely in the works as a feature film. We’re developing it right now.”

10 Things I Hate About You is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Junger says Molière’s The Misanthrope would inspire his follow-up film.

10 Things I Hate About You, the beloved ’90s rom-com, is being adapted into a Broadway musical. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen and Girls creator and writer Lena Dunham are attached to write the show’s score and book, respectively, after long-circulating rumors.

Jepsen will co-write the score with Ethan Gruska, whom she’s worked with on her last project The Loveliest Time. Dunham will co-write the book with Jessica Huang (The Paper Dream of Harry Chin), reports Billboard. Mike Bosner is set to produce the show, having recently helmed the 2022 starchy musical Shucked! and 2014’s jukebox biographical show Beautiful — The Carole King Musical.

“I can tell you 10 things I’m excited about right now or just skip to number one which is working on this dream project with this dream team!” Jepsen wrote on her Instagram.

Tom Kitt, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal,...

Most of Shakespeare’s most famous plays have made it to Broadway. Othello is currently running with Denzel Washington at the helm and a production of Romeo & Juliet starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor recently wrapped, though the pop-inspired reimagining &Juliet is still playing. Another Shakespeare classic, The Taming of the Shrew, is heading to Broadway in the form of a musical inspired by the classic 1999 film, 10 Things I Hate About You.

The adaptation of the film has musician Carly Rae Jepsen attached to co-write the score with producer Ethan Gruska.

The 1999 teen romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, is set to be turned into a musical on Broadway by a creative team laden with Grammy and Tony awards.

The stage adaptation will be scored by “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska, and will be based on a book by Girls star Lena Dunham and veteran playwright and librettist Jessica Huang. The direction and choreography will be done by Christopher Wheeldon, with musical arrangements and orchestrations to come from Tom Kitt.

The original Touchstone Pictures movie, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew play, was a breakout film for Ledger and Stiles and had a cast that included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Allison Janney and Larry Miller. Ledger played Patrick Verona, the bad-boy heartthrob who is paid to pursue the rebellious, hard-headed Kat Stratford (Stiles) as part of...

A new stage musical adaptation of the popular 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You is being developed for Broadway, with Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska collaborating on the score and Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang at work on the book.

Two-time Tony winners Christopher Wheeldon will handle direction and choreography with Tom Kitt (Next To Normal) on music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations. Mike Bosner will produce.

10 Things I Hate About You is a retelling of William Shakespeare’s 1594 play The Taming of the Shrew, and the film launched the careers of Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, showcasing a breakout performance by Alison Janney. The film became a generational touchstone with its keen insight into 1990s teen life as seen in a Seattle suburb.

Casting and a production timeline for the musical was not announced.

Jepsen launched a major music career with her 2012 hit “Call Me Maybe.

Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen are turning the 1999 rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You into a Broadway musical!

The 38-year-old Girls creator and the 39-year-old “Run Away With Me” music superstar have teamed up to adapt the Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger-led movie for the stage, per Variety.

Carly is co-writing the score with producer Ethan Gruska, who also worked with her on her latest album The Loveliest Time.

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Lena will co-write the book with acclaimed playwright Jessica Huang.

Tony-winning director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, Tony-winning music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Shucked producer Mike Bosner are among the creative team.

10 Things I Hate About You is a take on William Shakespeare’s 1594 play The Taming of the Shrew.

“The film was a box office hit and gained cult status thanks to its keen and witty examination of...

Quick LinksJohn Wayne’s McLintock! Broke Several Western TropesJohn Wayne’s McLintock! Is Based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the ShrewMcLintock! Was One of Several Films Starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara

McLintock!(1963) was both true to form and a departure for star John Wayne. By this point, he'd become well-known for his presence in Western films. And the formula remained crowd-pleasing even if not always a sure-fire win. Just three years prior, Wayne's The Alamo (1960) had performed below expectations, leaving Wayne disappointed. With McLintock!, he would return to the Western genre yet again, but this time on his own terms. The movie itself would take a more comedic approach than viewers had, perhaps, previously seen for Wayne to great success.

McLintock! took inspiration from surprising sources and proved to be a major win for Wayne. Not only that, he was able to do things his way and exert...

Timothy Dalton played James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, but the actor told Vanity Fair that he previously turned down the opportunity to replace Sean Connery after Diamonds Are Forever.

“There was a time when Sean Connery was leaving. I can’t say I was offered it, but I was asked if I’d like to do it or not,” Dalton explained. “And I said ‘No,’ because it seemed to me that the age of 24 or 25 doesn’t seem quite right for this character. … He needs to be [older]. You could play it at that younger age, but I don’t know that I’d believe it that much.”

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Dalton doesn’t regret turning down the role at that time, saying, “You don’t want to follow Sean Connery, who was truly,...

Timothy Dalton said in an interview with Vanity Fair that he turned down an original offer to play James Bond in his mid-20s because he didn’t think the character should be that young. Dalton also didn’t want to directly follow Sean Connery, whose initial run as 007 ended after six movies with 1971’s “Diamonds Are Fever.” Franchise producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli approached Dalton in the early ’70s to replace Connery.

“There was a time when Sean Connery was leaving. I can’t say I was offered it, but I was asked if I’d like to do it or not,” Dalton said. “And I said ‘No,’ because it seemed to me that the age of 24 or 25 doesn’t seem quite right for this character. … He needs to be [older]. You could play it at that younger age, but I don’t know that I’d believe it that much.

Timothy Dalton rejected the chance to replace Sir Sean Connery as James Bond.The 78-year-old actor played the iconic character in 'The Living Daylights' in 1987 and 'Licence to Kill' in 1989 - but Timothy has revealed that he actually rejected an opportunity to play Bond earlier in his career.The movie star explained to Vanity Fair: "There was a time when Sean Connery was leaving and - I can’t say I was offered it, but I was asked if I’d like to do it or not. And I said no, because it seemed to me that the age of 24 or 25 doesn’t seem quite right for this character."Timothy believes that the coveted role is suited to an older, more established actor.He said: "You could play it at that younger age, but I don’t know that I’d believe it that much."Timothy also admitted...

The promenade dance, commonly referred to as a prom, is a dance party that high school students attend and which is typically held near or at the end of the school year. The event may be for either junior or senior year students individually or act as a combined event that includes both demographics. A Prom King and Queen may be revealed as well, and the event is noteworthy for many of those who attend. Girls may spend months looking for the perfect gown to wear at prom, which may end up being quite pricey as well. Providing a corsage for a prom date is another important aspect of prom, one which is meant to signify generosity and consideration and which should complement the colors of the dress for a unified look.

The tradition of prom has been depicted in numerous motion picture productions over the year as well, and...

Despite releasing at the end of 2023, one of 2024's biggest sleeper hits at the box office was "Anyone But You," a romantic-comedy starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as former lovers who cross paths at a destination wedding and pretend to be a couple in order to placate their respective families. Given the film's financial success, it shows a potential bright future for the rom-com genre, which in recent years has struggled to have the success it once had throughout the 2000s with hits like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Knocked Up."

Thanks to "Anyone But You," there are a lot of audiences with a renewed interest in satiating their desire for a raunchy, laugh-out-loud rom-com, especially ones with the hard-to-resist enemies-to-lovers trope, a disastrous wedding, or perhaps a reinterpretation a well-known story in the modern era. We've selected 15 of the best movies like "Anyone But You," including some superb romantic-comedies from recent history,...

Colman Domingo, the star of shows like Euphoria and films like The Color Purple and If Beale Street Could Talk, has shared that his role as Victor Strand in the spin-off in The Walking Dead universe,Fear the Walking Dead, changed his entire career.

His role in Fear the Walking Dead was not exactly his first performance on television. Domingo had been featured before in numerous Law & Order episodes, but afterward he mostly stayed on the stage playing several characters in theater adaptations of classics like A Christmas Carol, Henry V and The Taming of the Shrew. In 2015, all that would change.

Domingo was a guest on theHappy Sad Confused podcast, and he recalled being approached with the idea of starring in a TV show and his initial thoughts were, "I was a theater snob. I was like, 'Absolutely not.'" The actor claims that it took a little...

With Valentine’s season finally here, the urge to watch rom-coms of the past and present is more prevalent than ever. Watching two people fall in love over the course of an hour and a half despite the wacky hijinks and shenanigans that get thrown their way offers a charming and romantic experience for audiences. Love stories have always been an important and beloved part of pop culture and media, but arguably no decade was better for the genre than the late 1990s and early 2000s.

From How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days to 13 Going on 30 to The Wedding Planner, that era produced beloved classics that still get referenced and watched in 2025. One classic 1999 film was not only the strongest of that era, but continued to be cherished by rom-com fans all the way through the modern day. 10 Things I Hate About You became a genre-defining classic thanks to...

Nothing quite screams the late aughts and early 2010's like a comedy loosely related to a classic work of literature. There was She's the Man starring Amanda Bynes, which was based on the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night. There was the absolute classic that was 10 Things I Hate About You, starring Julia Styles and the late-great Heath Ledger, which was based on The Taming of the Shrew. In 2010, one comedy came about loosely related to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Now, Easy A starring Emma Stone, is coming to Hulu next month.

10 Things I Hate About You star Julia Stiles remembers working with the late actor Heath Ledger on the teen comedy that would change the lives of all the young performers who worked in the film. Decades after they played Kat Stratford and Patrick Verona, Stiles recalls the "energy and passion" of the performer who sadly passed away in 2008 after an accidental drug overdose.

As reported by CinemaBlend, Stiles appeared as a guest on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, and spent some of her time reflecting on co-starring with Heath Ledger in the film. Stiles and Ledger played Kat and Verona, respectively, and the couple ultimately became one of the iconic duos in the '90s teen comedy sub-genre. Here's what Stiles had to say about working with the actor who eventually won the posthumous Oscar for his role as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight...

It has been nearly 17 years since Oscar winner Heath Ledger’s death, and now his one-time co-star, Julia Stiles, is remembering the actor. Stiles starred with Ledger in 1999’s classic teen romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You. Per People, Stiles, while promoting the film Wish You Were Here on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, touched on working with Ledger on the movie.

“He was such a force,” said Stiles, who co-wrote and makes her directorial debut with Wish You Were Here, which hits theaters Jan. 17. “He walked into a room and just lit it up and had so much energy and passion, and it’s really sad that he’s gone,” Stiles said.

Ledger died on Jan. 22, 2008, at the age of 28, of an accidental overdose of prescription medications including OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax, Valium, Restoril, and Unisom, per the Los Angeles Times. He was posthumously awarded an...

When "10 Things I Hate About You" was released in 1999, it featured a cast of swoon-worthy young stars. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who wasn't sold on the movie at first), Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, and Larisa Oleynik were the film's core four, but the supporting cast was rounded out by actors like Gabrielle Union, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, and Allison Janney, and everyone delivers a fun performance. The contemporary movie is actually an adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play "The Taming of the Shrew," setting the romantic comedy at a modern high school instead of the olden days. It's about a pretty girl named Bianca (Oleynik) who isn't allowed to date until her uptight older sister Kat (Stiles) is taken; as a result, Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) pays the rambunctious Patrick (Ledger) to woo Kat. Hijinks ensue.

If you're a fan of the classic teen comedy, but you're getting tired of rewatching Kat recite the titular poem,...

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William Shakespeare's extensive body of work has been subject to countless adaptations. Whether it's a film clearly based on Shakespeare's story or one with more subtle connections, there are plenty out there to choose from. One of these is the 16th-century comedy The Taming of the Shrew, which was memorably retold in the beloved 1999 teen movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Despite the basic plot being the same, these two tales have some notable differences.

10 Things I Hate About You and its source material, The Taming of the Shrew, essentially follow two sisters and their potential love interests. The sisters are vastly different — the eldest is deemed a "shrew" or just generally difficult to be with, while the youngest is highly desirable. With the film being a modern version of the original play, there is plenty that diverges from Shakespeare's initial premise,...

Brian Cox has given a frank response to one of his iconic stage roles going to Anthony Hopkins onscreen. Cox is an award-winning performer on both stage and screen. Since his career began in the 1960s, he has been nominated for two British Theatre Association Drama Awards, five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, and seven BAFTA Awards.

Cox is best known in the modern age as one of the leads of the Succession cast, having played patriarch Logan Roy across all four seasons of the popular HBO drama. However, he has held a variety of onscreen roles in iconic properties over the years, including playing Samara's father in The Ring, William Stryker in X2: X-Men United, CIA Deputy Director Ward Abbott in The Bourne Identity and its sequel The Bourne Supremacy, Captain O'Hagan in the Super Troopers movies, and more.

Brian Cox Shares His Thoughts On Not Being Cast...

When Amy Heckerling scored a teen comedy hit in 1995 with "Clueless" by working from the Jane Austen's 1816 novel "Emma," Hollywood figured there might be a potential goldmine in youth-skewing films based on classic works of fiction. Gil Junger certainly found this to be the case with "10 Things I Hate About You," his high school-set take on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," while Robert Iscove scored a box office hit with his "Pygmalion" riff "She's All That." So it wasn't all that shocking when Roger Kumble found intrigue and no shortage of sex appeal via "Cruel Intentions," his scheming rich kids reworking of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' "Les Liaisons dangereuses."

Why did the film work so well? Columbia Pictures' willingness to release the film with an R rating allowed Kumble to push much further with the sensuality. He also had an absolute juggernaut of a young cast in Sarah Michelle Gellar,...

Kerem Bürsin never planned to be a Turkish megastar.

Though he was born in Istanbul, he spent his formative years living internationally and attended high school in Texas, where he began acting in theater productions. He then set off for L.A., where he worked with the legendary Roger Corman, but still “kept coming across the matter of my nationality,” as he tells Variety.

“Some agents were telling me, ‘I have to change your name,'” he says. “I would ask them why, and they would say: ‘Because you don’t look Turkish, you don’t sound Turkish and you’re pretty much American. So it’s just not going to work.'”

Eventually he returned to his home country — which turned out to be the right decision, as lead roles in globally exported TV shows “Waiting for the Sun” and “Love Is in the Air” have made him one...

Last year, Anyone But You had audiences excited about the great return of the rom-com genre. The film had promising star potential in Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney. However, its stars are dimmed considerably by a story that halted any real character development. Anyone But You is adapted from William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. A hallmark of movies based on Shakespearean stories is their ability to find a strong central message amid a cacophony of intertwining narratives, and Anyone But You contorted its source material so much that all of its ensemble characters fall flat.

On the contrary, a very different contemporary Shakespeare adaptation did the Bard justice 25 years ago. 10 Things I Hate About You is adapted from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, another comedy. In this film, Julia Stiles stars as the shrew in question, Kat Stratford, a radical feminist high schooler and punk...

John Wayne was a humbled man early in the 1960s. His passion project, "The Alamo," had fallen well short of box office expectations in 1961. An epic Western about the siege of the basement-less San Antonio mission, Wayne directed the film and took its failure personally. He didn't need a hit; even at his lowest point in the 1970s, a Wayne picture at a certain budget level was an automatic greenlight. Still, Wayne was a prideful man who actively tended to his legacy; he was mindful of his fan base, and sought their approval. So Wayne came charging out of his corner in 1962, and knocked out every last naysayer with Howard Hawks' "Hatari!," "How the West Was Won," "The Longest Day" and John Ford's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

The Ford movie could've been Wayne's Western swan song, but a rifle-toting Wayne astride a horse still held commercial appeal,...

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10 Things I Hate About You is one of the most popular and beloved teen movies and rom-coms of the 1990s, and though it told a complete story, it almost got a very dark sequel that Im glad never happened. Teen comedies and rom-coms went through a great run in the 1990s and early 2000s, and among the best is 10 Things I Hate About You. Directed by Gil Junger, 10 Things I Hate About You is a modern take on William Shakespeares comedy The Taming of the Shrew, set in an American high school in 1999.

10 Things I Hate About You follows new student Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who, after learning that his crush, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), cant date anyone unless her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does, comes up with an elaborate plan with his friend: trick arrogant but wealthy senior Joey (Andrew Keegan) into paying...

Celebrity divorces last longer than celebrity marriages, and perhaps afford the public more sheer entertainment. Hearing about the clashing of egos, the mutual narcissism, the profligacy — it all makes us rather relieved to be living our littler, more anonymous lives.

“It’s easy to get into a marriage,” a Californian lawyer said, rubbing his hands with glee, “and very difficult to get out of one.” Love curdles into hatred, and soon enough it’s like the Wild West.

Currently, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who said “I do” two years ago in Las Vegas, are hiring their attack dogs, i.e. their expensive attorneys, to argue about ownership of a $60 million-plus house in Beverly Hills, which has twelve bedrooms and twenty-four bathrooms.

Affleck earned $38 million last year — Jennifer might want a piece of that. Will she keep the $5 million engagement ring? There is much additional community property – a “bachelor pad” in Brentwood,...

Yvonne Furneaux, the glamorous actress who had memorable performances in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Le Amiche, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, has died. She was 98.

Furneaux died July 5 at her home in North Hampton, New Hampshire, of complications from a stroke, her son, Nicholas Natteau, told The Hollywood Reporter.

She also was the female lead in the Hammer horror film The Mummy (1959), starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Though she considered the project less than ideal, she said she ultimately learned from those actors that “if you don’t take a film like The Mummy seriously and put your heart and soul into it, then you can bring it down,” she explained in Mark A. Miller’s 2010 book, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema.

She starred in Italian, French, German and Spanish films during her career.

In Le Amiche (1955), a hit at the...

Leslie Fhima, a 65-year-old dance instructor, competed on The Golden Bachelor, but was rejected by Gerry Turner. She's now trying to prove she's over him. Leslie's constant social media posts about her happiness may seem desperate. His ex-wife Theresa Nist posts about her family and garden without seeming to try too hard. Leslie and Theresa remain friends despite fighting over Gerry, but Leslie refuses to consider dating him again, fearing she'll be his second choice.

Since being rejected by Gerry Turner during the season finale of The Golden Bachelor, Leslie Fhima has been desperate to prove that she's over getting her heart trampled, but she's not fooling anyone. Leslie, a 65-year-old dance instructor from Minneapolis, Minnesota, walked into the Bachelor mansion along with 21 other amazing older women. Despite facing stiff competition, Leslie was able to stand out from the crowd and capture the 72-year-old Gerry's attention. After a season of getting to know each other,...

Movie draws inspiration from Shakespeare & includes Shakespearean references in storyline and dialogue. Real band, Letter To Cleo, plays in several key scenes, adding to movie's cool and authentic vibe. Heath Ledger chose iconic song for memorable scene, showcasing his charm, humor, and acting range in the film.

10 Things I Hate About You has remained a favorite movie of rom-com fans for decades with the movie's production delivering one of the genre's best entries from the 1990s. The movie tells the story of interconnected romances in among various high school students with the central focus being on bad boy Patrick (Heath Ledger) who is persuaded to ask out the brash and angsy Kat (Julia Stiles) who has shown no interest in the dating scene. The movie is filled with romance, humor, and fun characters that make it a great movie to revisit.

Movies like Anyone But You clearly draw inspiration...

Ian Gelder, the British actor who played Kevan Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones and the villain Zellin on Doctor Who, has died. He was 74.

“It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling husband and life partner Ian Gelder,” the actor Ben Daniels announced on Instagram. Daniels revealed that Gelder had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer five months ago and that “neither of us had any idea that it would all be so fast.”

“He was my absolute rock and we’d been partners for more than 30 years. If we weren’t together we spoke to each other everyday,” Daniels wrote. “He was the kindest, most generous spirited and loving human being. He was a wonderful wonderful actor, and everyone who worked with him was touched by his heart and light.

Ian Gelder, a British actor known for his role as Kevan Lannister in “Game of Thrones,” died Monday of complications from bile duct cancer. He was 74.

Gelder’s partner, Ben Daniels, confirmed his death in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

“It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling husband and life partner Ian Gelder,” Daniels wrote. “Ian was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and yesterday he passed at 13.07. I’d stopped all work to be his carer but neither of us had any idea that it would all be so fast.”

Gelder played the younger brother of Lord Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) in 12 episodes of the HBO series “Game of Thrones.” He appeared in multiple television series, including “Doctor Who,” “Snatch,” “Fifteen-Love,” “Casualty,” “Father Brown,” “The Bill,” “Edward the King,...

Remakes of classic films are often at the mercy of a particular form of critique; inevitably drawing comparisons, more often than not unfavorable, to the original. Shot-for-shot adaptations pose a particular set of bugbears for critics and audiences alike, but, arguably, the greater risk comes from "updating" a classic. Some alterations make sense: Refusing to drown Ariel in The Little Mermaid springs to mind as a good call for Disney. Bringing the story of The Taming of the Shrew to a 1990s American high school in 10 Things I Hate About You gave a centuries-old story a new perspective. Hans Christian Andersen and William Shakespeare have been ripe for the picking long before copyrights became an issue, and there is a certain leniency offered to a cinematic adaptation of another medium, even if the phrase "I preferred the book" is the go-to for those who have never even seen the movie.

Whether you love it or hate it—or just hate that you might, kinda, maybe be chill with it—Will Gluck’s Anyone But You has found its audience. The Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell two-hander defied critics and connected with plenty of folks happy to bake in the Australian sun as the film’s stars swam around Port Jackson Bay and debated what it means to be “hot girl fit.” In theaters, the movie over-performed and grossed more than $200 million worldwide, and now on Netflix it’s soared to the top of the movie viewing chart around the world.

It turns out folks love an old-fashioned romantic comedy (surprise) when the leads are attractive and the jokes land. And even when some jokes do not land, the structure of Anyone But You’s story is sound. Indeed, its tale about two one-night stand exes who insist they hate each...

Anyone but You cleverly adapts Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" with modern-day rom-com twists and comedic chaos. The film pays homage to classic rom-coms based on Shakespeare, like "10 Things I Hate About You" and "She's the Man." Through character names, quotes, and themes, Anyone but You effectively references Shakespeare's original work while putting its own spin on the story.

In their new romantic comedy, Anyone but You, actors Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are actually adapting one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, "Much Ado About Nothing." Anyone but You is a rom-com that follows Bea and Ben, two people that form a somewhat meaningful connection that is quickly and accidentally broken. Later, Bea and Ben reunite when their mutual friends are getting married, and to meet their own ends, they decide to pretend that they are in a relationship. Comedic chaos ensues from there.

It's far from a new...

Hey there, fellow fans of all things love and laughter! One genre that never fails to put a smile on my face and warm my heart is romantic comedies.

As someone who’s always believed in the magic of love stories and who’s spent countless movie nights indulging in rom-com marathons, I’m thrilled to share a curated list of ten timeless classics that define what rom-coms are all about.

Related: 10 Best Rom-Coms of All Time, Ranked by Viewers

By the end of this list, you’ll be ready to snuggle up with your favorite blanket, a bowl of popcorn, and some heartwarming tales that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside. Let’s dive in, shall we?

A Personal Affair with Rom-Com Magic

A certain magic in romantic comedies has always drawn me in.

The way they capture the dance of emotions, the quirks of relationships, and...

10 Things I Hate About You co-star David Krumholtz shares insights into the relationships with his castmates, calling friend Heath Ledger a "sweetheart." The classic romantic comedy is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 10 Things I Hate About You celebrated its 25th anniversary on March 31.

25 years later and “I hate the way I don’t hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.” Kat’s (Julia Stiles) heart-wrenching and tear-soaked poem reading, which was written for Heath Ledger’s character Patrick, still resonates today as the romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You celebrates its Silver Anniversary. And the geeky but well-meaning Michael Eckman himself, David Krumholtz, just (kind of) opened up about his relationships with his 10 Things castmates for its anniversary, telling ComicBook.com:

"I don't like answering questions about Heath Ledger. 'What was Heath like?' None of your business.

The 1999 teen drama 10 Things I Hate About You, directed by Gil Junger, is loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. In this romantic comedy, Patrick (Heath Ledger) is paid to date Kat (Julia Stiles) so that other boys from their school can date her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik). Just like in Shakespeare's classic, their father has declared that sweet, naïve Bianca cannot entertain suitors until her abrasive, stand-offish older sister Kat (Katherina in Shakespeare) does. Both stories begin with the same premise, but their overall message is different. The Taming of the Shrew is a questionable tale about a man who "out shrews" a woman he married for money and forces her into submission. Ten Things I Hate About You is a heartwarming film about two people who are largely misunderstood by the world coming to love and care for each other.

Anyone But You revives rom-coms with nods to Shakespeare, just like 10 Things I Hate About You did 25 years before. 10 Things I Hate About You modernizes Shakespeare's themes, giving Kat more agency and respect while removing misogynistic undertones. The clever screenplay of 10 Things I Hate About You stands out among teen comedies, becoming a timeless classic.

The recently released Anyone But You not only helped revive romantic comedies in the theatrical landscape, but it also looked to the work of William Shakespeare for inspiration in a way that used to make it clear that the 16th-century English playwright had his finger on the pulse of the human condition that would prove to be timeless. Much Ado About Nothing serves as the blueprint for the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell-led rom-com, but it's not the first film of this nature to use one of Shakespeare's plays to spin...

Richard Burton was one of the most influential actors of the 60s and one of the highest-paid actors at the time. He was known for his signature baritone voice and became a Shakespearean actor. He played Hamlet in the 1964 Broadway production of the popular play by William Shakespeare, where his performance was lauded by the general public.

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s Cleopatra

He has also been nominated for an Oscar many times in his career for his great performances in many films. However, his most popular aspect that made headlines was his turbulent relationship with Elizabeth Taylor. Now, a new book based on their life together suggests that Taylor is responsible for the downfall of Burton’s time as a classical actor.

Meeting Elizabeth Taylor Reportedly Put an End to Richard Burton’s Broadway Career Richard Burton as Hamlet in the 1964 Broadway play of the same name...

“Over the course of his career, legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka adapted many of Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare Manga Theater collects these adaptations into one volume. The book includes the following: The Merchant of Venice (1959), Robio and Robiette, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. Shakespeare Manga Theater is sure to be popular not just with Tezuka fans, but also provide a fun and useful educational tool for schools interested in presenting Shakespeare in a format that is easier for readers to engage with.” (Ablaze)

Regarding theater, almost no author is more prolific than William Shakespeare. It can be said that when it comes to manga, Osamu Tezuka is also one of the most well-recognized artists ever to tackle the craft. “Shakespeare Manga Theater” by Osamu Tezuka combines the work of these two great artists to create an anthology of works that is both unique and memorable, if not a...