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  • Jon Cryer Writing Memoir, Promises To Be ‘Candid’

    Another celebrity memoir will be hitting bookshelves soon. (Or your Kindle and iPad, if that’s what you’re into.)

    Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer has signed a deal to write a memoir that will be released in Spring 2015. The actor signed a deal with publisher New American Library, a Penguin imprint.

    The book will cover everything from Cryer’s infamous role as Duckie, the best friend of Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh in Pretty in Pink who pined for her while she was busy falling for Andrew McCarthy’s Blane McDonnagh, all the way to Cryer’s current role as Alan Harper on the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.

    Many people are most excited about the Charlie Sheen section the book will more than likely cover. Being one of the people so close to the action when Sheen left Two and a Half Men, surely Cryer could shed some light on Sheen’s alleged substance abuse problems, his constant “winning” and other erratic behavior, as well as his public fight with show creator Chuck Lorre.

    In a statement announcing the book, Cryer said, “In these times of truly global crisis when fear is outracing hope, I think we can all be grateful that the guy who played Duckie in Pretty in Pink is writing a book. It’ll be filled with just what you’d expect from me; juicy tidbits on international monetary policy, catty comments regarding agriculture in Central Asia and, of course, forbidden anecdotes about stamp collecting. And maybe I’ll talk about Charlie Sheen.”

    While we aren’t currently sure what all Cryer will include in his memoir, New American Library promises the actor “will open up about friendships and relationships, pay tribute to his mentors and offer readers a front-row seat as he reminisces about his life and experiences in showbiz over the last 30 years.”

    Cryer took to Twitter to post a link to The Hollywood Reporter article about his upcoming memoir with the simple caption, “This.”

    Fans are excited about Cryers upcoming memoir.

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  • Molly Ringwald: 30 Years Post ‘Breakfast Club’

    Molly Ringwald played the role of The Breakfast Club’s Claire Standish 30 years ago. Now the actress is looking back at her time in the film–the one that ultimately launched her very successful career.

    Just 16 at the time, Ringwald’s role as Claire could have been so many female high school students in the 1980s–no doubt one of the reasons the film was so successful. Just a year later, Molly Ringwald went on to star in the very successful Pretty in Pink, in which she starred opposite a very young and handsome Jon Cryer. Yes, that’s the very same Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men fame.

    Molly shared a Twitter post of the school in The Breakfast Club in honor of the film that was immensely popular three decades ago.

    She also shared a tweet that included a photo of her with Pretty in Pink costar Jon Cryer.

    Molly Ringwald has taken to concentrating on her music during the past couple of years. Fans might be surprised to learn that she hadn’t planned on being an actress, but actually hoped to make it big in the music world instead. She released a cover album of jazz music in 2013, which includes Don’t You (Forget About Me) which, although not a jazz tune, is a familiar one to fans of The Breakfast Club. She has even gone on the road performing cuts from her album, most recently in Stowe, Vermont. Interestingly enough, she had the following to say about the song–and her films–during an interview with a Burlington, Vermont publication.

    “I try to distance myself in that I don’t feel like I live in the past,” she told the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press ahead of a concert set for Saturday. “I feel like I have to have respect for the past as well. I’m cognizant of the fact that those movies meant a lot and still do mean a lot to a lot of people.”

    She added, “I don’t really talk about those movies that much. It’s not really where I’m at right now.”

    So why was Don’t You (Forget About Me) on the album then?

    John Hughes, the beloved director of The Breakfast Club, died while Molly Ringwald was recording her album.

    Do you feel old knowing that The Breakfast Club is 30 years old?

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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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