They’re defying gravity — and testing my patience. The new movie “Wicked,” based on the long-running Broadway show, is doing big business at the domestic box office. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the musical “Wizard of Oz” riff is expected to gross more than $100 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, adding to … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. 2025 is officially so “Brat.” Charli XCX recently announced she’ll headline six North American ‘Brat Arena Tour’ concerts next spring. While on … Read more
Now that’s Brat. Charli XCX hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and mentioned Martha Stewart’s feud with The Post journalist Andrea Peyser during her opening monologue. The singer, 32, used Stewart, 83, wrongly claiming Peyser was dead in her Netflix documentary, and Peyser’s subsequent “I’m alive bitch!” clapback, as an example of what “brat” is. … Read more
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore’s on-screen chemistry was hard to resist — even for the actors. Lowe, 60, disclosed that he “briefly had a thing” with Moore, 61, in the ’80s while talking to Kelly Ripa this week on her podcast, “Let’s Talk Off Camera.” Ripa casually mentioned Moore when she disclosed that their 1986 movie … 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
He is brat. Rob Lowe sees a similarity between the “nepo baby” and the “Brat Pack” labels — and can relate to both. “It’s funny: I think the last time New York magazine coined a term as new and widely accepted and zeitgeisty as ‘nepo baby’ was probably when they coined the term the ‘Brat Pack.’ … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. This tour is so brat. Starting Sept. 14, co-headliners Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are hitting the road on their nationwide, 23-concert arena ‘Sweat Tour’ with special guest … Read more
A political earthquake has shaken up the presidential race. Was it Joe Biden dropping out a little more than three months before election day — a move with no precedent in the past half century? Don’t be silly. Could it be the assassination attempt on Donald Trump two weeks ago, and the energized Republican National … Read more
He didn’t want to light those 16 candles again. The Hulu documentary “Brats” (now streaming) about the famous Brat Pack has some big omissions. It covers the famous group of ’80s stars, including Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy — but notably, Anthony Michal Hall and Molly Ringwald don’t appear, … Read more
For once, it’s good to be a brat. Gen Z is preparing for a reckless “brat summer,” inspired by the release of Charli XCX’s wildly popular new party album, “Brat.” The LP — which scored millions of streams in the first week of its release earlier this month — is comprised of bass-thumping dance anthems such … 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
Don’t you forget about them. “Brats,” the new documentary about the Brat Pack (now streaming on Hulu) covers the famous group of ‘80s stars, their memories about their heyday, and their gripes with that moniker. The circle of stars associated with the label are Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony … 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
She said “I don’t” — but he had other plans. A woman whose ruined wedding proposal went viral admits she’s a “brat” for the way she behaved, after things didn’t go her way. Rebecca Gordon confessed on social media that she “cried for like an hour” and was “sad” after her dream of the perfect moment … Read more
The 1980s: when the hair was crimped, the pants were parachute and the movie stars were as fresh-faced as could be. The decade produced a surprising volume of hit coming-of-age movies, featuring actors often in their late teens and early twenties. Some of these charismatic stars would come to be known as the Brat Pack, … 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
The 2024 Tribeca Festival will offer the world premieres of a Brat Pack documentary, a movie starring Lily Gladstone and films that trace the lives of the music world figures Linda Perry and Avicii, organizers said Wednesday as they announced the event lineup. Also on the schedule will be a feature starring Jenna Ortega, a … Read more
She swears there is no bad blood between them. Reba McEntire denied allegations that she called Taylor Swift an “entitled brat” at the 2024 Super Bowl after the country singer’s performance of the National Anthem. “Please don’t believe everything you see on the Internet,” McEntire, 68, wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday. “I did … 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