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'Fault' fans can check out the celebs at Cleveland fan event. Cleveland fans of the young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars , get ready to celebrate. The film adaptation’s stars, as well as the novel’s author, are inviting you to join them for a Q&A event and film clip sneak peeks at Tower City Center this Wednesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Actors Shailene Woodley ( Divergent , The Descendants ), Ansel Elgort ( Divergent ), Nat Wolff ( Admission ) and author John Green (TIME Most Influential People 2014) are all on hand to greet fans. Cleveland is one of four cities to take part in this special “ Demand Our Stars ” tour. Fans voted to win a stop on the tour, and Cleveland topped the list with more than 200,000 votes. Most of the film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , in 2013. The book and film tell the story to two teenagers who find love against the backdrop of a cancer support group. The movie opens nationwide June 6. Follow us on Twitt...

When I set out to write this story, I wondered what my lede would be. How could I hook you, gentle reader, into this story? How could I make you want to learn more about filmmaker Tom Megalis and his new film, Sonny Days: Youngstown Shakedown II ? Then I quickly realized I couldn’t top Megalis’ own story about how his film came to fruition. Here. Let’s let him tell it:  “One day I get a call from talent agent David Sedelmeier at the Talent Network in Pittsbugh,” Megalis begins.  “Sedelmeier says , ‘Some woman in Youngstown is looking for a comic filmmaker to make a film for her.’ To him, the whole thing sounded really weird and messed up and crazy.  “So naturally, that’s the kind of call I had to make.” Turns out, the story was all true. Pamela Kovach, a Youngstown-area doctor, wanted to honor her deceased husband, John Kovach, Jr., by making a sequel to his gangster film, Youngstown Shakedown .  Megalis and his partner, Jon Kasunic , headed t...