A few years back, Andrew McCarthy was having a conversation with his then 20-year-old son, Sam, who was telling him a funny story about a buddy’s dating life. Then the boy made a comment that struck a nerve. “You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?” In the days that followed, McCarthy — who rose … Read more
Rob Lowe is embracing the famous Brat Pack label after previously slamming the nickname, saying it was “designed to belittle us.” David Blum of New York Magazine first coined the term Brat Pack in 1985, when he compared a group of then rising stars in their 20s, including Lowe, to the famous Rat Pack. Though the … Read more
Rob Lowe has learned to live with the Brat Pack moniker despite calling it “horrible.” The “9-1-1: Lone Star” actor, 60, opened up about the infamous label attributed to him and fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson during the start of their careers in the 1980s, in a new interview … Read more
It’s for the culture! Rob Lowe teased a sequel to the 1985 classic “St. Elmo’s Fire.” Almost 40 years since the coming-of-age film was released, Lowe, 60, said that the project is in the “early stages” of development during an interview with Entertainment Tonight on July 29. Rob Lowe teased a sequel to the 1985 … Read more
Apparently, he forgot about him. Andrew McCarthy, 61, who directed and created the Brat Pack documentary “Brats,” has revealed that Judd Nelson, 64, originally was enthusiastic about participating before he declined to appear in it. “At the beginning when I am calling everyone up, there’s one moment where I’m saying to someone, “Don’t tell … Read more
Not so pretty. Andrew McCarthy said that he wasn’t a fan of his 1986 coming-of-age film “Pretty in Pink” at the time that it came out. “I didn’t think it was that interesting,” said McCarthy, 61, in an interview with PEOPLE published Saturday. “I didn’t quite get the movie at the time. I thought, this … Read more
The brats are striking back. In the new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985. At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a … Read more
Don’t call them brats. Over the years, the members of the “Brat Pack” — a collection of popular young actors in the 1980s — have made it clear that they weren’t, and in some cases still aren’t, fans of the group nickname. The phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover by David Blum. … Read more
Judd Nelson wants nothing to do with the Brat Pack — or does he? The “St. Elmo’s Fire” star, 64, turned down former co-star Andrew McCarthy’s offer to appear in the new Hulu documentary, “Brats,” about the ’80s-era group of actors. But Nelson seemingly makes a cameo — though only over the phone — at the … Read more
Don’t you forget about her. “Brat Pack” member Andrew McCarthy, 61, has cleared up why Molly Ringwald is missing from his documentary “Brats,” out Thursday on Hulu. “She said she’d think about it and that was really the end of It,” he told Us Weekly. “Brats” is about the famous group of ‘80s stars, their … Read more
Turns out there wasn’t a whole lot of prettiness behind the scenes of one famous movie filmed during the prominent “Brat Pack” era. Jon Cryer, who starred in the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink,” revealed that he and co-star Andrew McCarthy did not get along off-camera. McCarthy has assembled several members of the group, including … Read more
For almost 40 years, actor and writer Andrew McCarthy has suffered from what he terms PTSD — but it doesn’t involve the usual Hollywood ills like substance abuse, stays in rehab or messy divorces. His trauma stems from a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985, about a group of popular young actors (including … Read more
The Brat Pack is back. A new trailer for the documentary “Brats” about the Brat Pack shows the famous ’80s stars reuniting. As director Andrew McCarthy – who is also a member of the Brat Pack – says in the trailer, the phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover that gave the stars … Read more
How can he miss them if they won’t go away? Judd Nelson says he “politely declined” to be in “Brats,” Andrew McCarthy’s upcoming Hulu documentary about the ’80s-era Brat Pack, of which both Nelson and McCarthy were charter members. “It seems strange to have that subject matter be something for edited entertainment,” Nelson, 64, told … Read more
Leave it to “The View” to bring two formerly feuding co-stars together. Jon Cryer appeared Friday on the daytime talk show and revealed it’s where he and his “Pretty in Pink” co-star, Andrew McCarthy, turned over a new leaf. “He and I famously did not get along when we were shooting ‘Pretty in Pink,’” Cryer, 58, … Read more
Remember them? The ’80s-era “Brat Packers” are reuniting for a new Hulu documentary called, appropriately enough, “Brats.” Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jon Cryer, Ally Sheedy and Emilio Estevez, among others, will all be featured in the new project. It will be “a revealing look a the cultural phenomenon they became in the 1980s … Read more