Paramount Pictures The 1980s were a fertile time for teen comedies in general, but even among the other films in the subgenre, the movies of John Hughes rose above the pack. In a series of films beginning with “Sixteen Candles” in 1984, Hughes charted the…

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images The public’s fascination with celebrities can be all-encompassing: the most intimate, granular details of their personal and professional lives are sought after and pored over by fans and recalled in exacting fashion by biographers and media outlets. Sometimes, that need for information…