With a name like River Phoenix, what’s a boy to do but wander? Which, as the young star of “Stand By Me” affirms, is the only life for him … “My family kept traveling, living out of a VW van. We’ve ...

Since its release in 1986, Stand by Me has taught generations of kids some crucial how-to’s: how to swear, how to search for a dead body and how to pull off the perfect Barf-o-Rama. At the same time, ...

The Summer of 1986 made me the horror fan I am today. It was the season of Aliens, The Fly, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, and Stand By Me. While the latter was released nationally on August ...

One of the year`s best movies, ”Stand by Me,” almost didn`t make it to the screen, thanks to false starts and rejection by executives at every major studio. ”Stand by Me,” the story of four adolescent ...

Kiefer Sutherland denies he stayed in character and bullied his “Stand by Me” cast in 1986. Sutherland, 57, looked back on the 1986 coming-of-age film during Thursday’s episode of “The Talk,” which ...

EXCLUSIVE: More than a hit song, “Stand by Me,” by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E. King, has transcended the notion of a “standard” — it’s been recorded more than 1,000 times and has made more ...

Those words, uttered by Vern Tessio in “Stand By Me,” have become a calling card for the classic coming-of-age movie released in 1986. Next year, that childhood tale turns 40. “Stand By Me” opened ...