Count Gwyneth Paltrow among the legions of Sixteen Candles fans to be shocked by the age of former actor Michael Schoeffling, who played high school heartthrob Jake Ryan in the 1984 film. On Thursday, ...

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Taking to social media, a story on Paltrow’s Instagram account dropped this would be bombshell about that film’s Hughes-ian heartthrob, Michael Schoeffling’s Jake Ryan: Now before you look ...

I, too, think about young Michael Schoeffling from Sixteen Candles a lot. According to user Camille_Toh, "He’s not MIA at all. His model daughter has an active IG, and he shows up there.

"Toni" Schoeffling, 80, passed away on January 18th. Born in Manhattan, NY, Toni spent most of her life in Long Island City where she worked for 20 years at Chemical Bank. Toni loved to travel and ...

Republican strategist Scott Jennings and attorneys Arthur Aidala and Michael Van Der Meer touched off a heated discussion Tuesday night after bringing up the lax prosecution of Black Lives Matter ...

However, Schoeffling was actually a few years older than his Sixteen Candles character Jake Ryan, who was around 17 or 18 in the movie. This means that Jake would likely be turning 58 this year.

Jeremy Chan/Getty Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele remain close. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Key, 53, opens up about maintaining a friendship with his Key & Peele collaborator ...