Book publishers such as Macmillan, Random House and Scholastic later paid tribute to Paulsen, known for the teen adventure novels “Hatchet” and “The River.” “Beloved author Gary Paulsen has passed away at the age of 82,” Random House Kids …

The 1978 film Halloween became an unexpected hit that made director John Carpenter’s career and kickstarted the slasher sub-genre that would pretty much define horror movies well into the 1980s. It also, even more unexpectedly, launched a …