Charlie Sheen hasn’t forgotten the moment he learned he lost out on the starring role in “Born on the Fourth of July.” During Thursday’s episode of “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” Sheen, 60, recalled that his brother, Emilio Estevez, was the one who informed him that Tom Cruise was cast as Sergeant Ron Kovic in Oliver … Read more
Charlie Sheen is getting real about what it was like having a brother who was a member of the infamous Brat Pack. During an appearance on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” on Oct. 6, Sheen discussed how he felt when his brother, Emilio Estevez, was at the height of his fame as a member of … Read more
Emilio Estevez has shared some behind-the-scenes stories from his famous father’s time filming “Apocalypse Now” 49 years ago. The “Breakfast Club” star, 62, opened up about his dad Martin Sheen’s infamous “meltdown” on the set of the Francis Ford Coppola film during Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “In the documentary ‘Hearts of Darkness,’ … Read more
Brat-tea. Emilio Estevez has opened up about the “nightmare” experience he had working with director Joel Schumacher on the beloved 1980s movie, “St. Elmo’s Fire.” The “Mighty Ducks” star, 62, discussed the making of the Brat Pack classic during his appearance on Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast when host Josh Horowitz asked … Read more
Emilio Estevez wasn’t thinking clearly when he met his “The Breakfast Club” co-stars. The stars of the 1985 film reunited for a 40th anniversary panel at the C2E2 convention in Chicago Saturday, during which Estevez, 62, revealed he was high on painkillers when the cast and late director John Hughes first got together for a … Read more
Detention is back in session. The cast of “The Breakfast Club” — Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy — reunited Saturday during a panel at the C2E2 convention in Chicago. The event marked the first time that the five actors were together publicly since the cult classic film came out in 1985. The … Read more
Talk about catching some Quack Flack. “Mighty Ducks” star Joshua Jackson revealed Emilio Estevez scolded him on set when he was just a teenager after he seemingly ignored a flock of fans. Jackson said he had finished filming a scene for “D2: The Mighty Ducks” — the second installment of the hit Disney trilogy — … 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
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
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
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
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
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