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  • Molly Ringwald Played Claire Standish 30 Years Ago

    Actress Molly Ringwald, once called the greatest teen star of all time, celebrated her 46th birthday last month, and will see the 30th anniversary of the release of her iconic coming of age comedy-drama The Breakfast Club next year. Though, The Breakfast Club was actually set on March 24th, 1984 in suburban Chicago in the script penned by director John Hughes. Ringwald played “princess” Claire Standish.

    The Breakfast Club concerns five teens of varying high school crowds spending a Saturday together in detention, and eventually realizing that they are more complex than their respective stereotypes would deem, all while battling a corrupt principal. The film is regarded as one of the best teen movies ever produced, and was likewise noteworthy for featuring the “Brat Pack,” which included actors Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy.

    Ringwald had also appeared in the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, and was a major box office draw during her 80’s heyday. With a reported budget on $1 million, The Breakfast Club became a major success, raking in $45,875,171 domestically and $51,525,171 worldwide. The film has a 91% “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was ranked #369 by Empire magazine in their The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time list in 2008

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    Fans of the movie took to Twitter recalling the 3-decade anniversary of the Brat Pack’s day in detention:

    Since the height of her stardom in the 1980’s, Ringwald has acted steadily, and has most notably appeared as a regular cast member of ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager. The actress was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit, which she’d shared with actor Mark Derwin.

    Ringwald married Greek-American writer and book editor Panio Gianopoulos in 2007. The couple has a daughter, Mathilda Ereni, and twins, Adele Georgiana and Roman Stylianos. Her pregnancy with the twins was written into the story of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

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  • Rob Lowe Turns 50, Regrets Missing Out on Madonna

    If you want to find a perfect male teen icon from the 80s, you don’t have to look any further than actor Rob Lowe.

    Lowe, who turns 50 years old today, was an ultimate member of the Brat Pack along with Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.

    Members of the teen-oriented group appeared together in films such as The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire.

    Lowe released his first memoir, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, in 2011, full of wild stories of his youth. But, apparently, The West Wing actor has more to tell. His new book, Love Life, includes stories about marriage, parenting, the hot tub at the Playboy Mansion, playing saxophone for President Bill Clinton, and missing his chance to hook up with superstar singer, Madonna.

    After the Material Girl’s 1984 concert in L.A., she invited Lowe backstage.

    “She had flawless skin and eyes that imparted secrets…she asked what I was working on and I told her a bit about St. Elmo’s Fire, which I had just finished. ‘I play the bad boy,’ I said. Madonna just smiled. She seemed to like that,” the book reads.

    Months later the two met up at the Palladium nightclub in Hollywood, a “giant dance club that was filled with rabid ‘boy-toy’ doppelganger fans of both sexes.”

    Lowe and Madonna were sitting talking about what to do at the end of their date (ahem) when she jumped up and said, “Let’s dance!” Lowe declined, saying he would wait there for her, and teased her causing her “crazy.”

    “‘No I’m not,” she said defensively. “I’m just not going to let success f–k up my fun.”

    And that was that. Madonna – 1, Rob Lowe – 0.

    But Lowe shouldn’t have too much regret. He had plenty of fun with other females in the 80s including Melissa Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie fame, German actress Nastassja Kinski, and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.

    Lowe was also involved in a controversial sex tape scandal in 1988 when he videotaped himself having sex with two women, ages 16 and 22, in a hotel at the Democratic National Convention. The second part of the tape, which was one of the first commercially available sex tapes to be sold, showed he and friend Justin Moritt having sex in a Paris hotel room with an American model named Jennifer.

    The scandal ruined his image, but Lowe later recovered, mocking himself on Saturday Night Live and appearing in the 90s comedy Wayne’s World. He also appeared in other comedies such as Tommy Boy, and the Austin Powers trilogy.

    Lowe’s recent book, Love Life, appears on bookshelves on April 8.

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