The Brat Pack: Where Are They Now?

Brat Pack: Where Are They Now?

In June 1985, a New York magazine article reported on the antics of "The Brat Pack," a group of young actors taking Hollywood by storm. The '80s ended, and the Brat Pack (the casts of 'The Breakfast Club' and 'St. Elmo's Fire,' plus a few friends) scattered -- but the actors never went far from our hearts OR our screens. Take a look at them, then and now.


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Demi Moore

What She Did Then: She was the troubled pretty girl in the Brat Pack ensemble 'St. Elmo's Fire' and the lucky one who tamed Rob Lowe in 'About Last Night ...' (before the inevitable bittersweet breakup). In her prime (after 'Ghost'), the Pack's biggest star was Hollywood's highest-paid female actress.


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Demi Moore

Where She Is Now: After taking a break to raise her three daughters with ex Bruce Willis, she's been dipping her toes back into the acting pool, starring in this year's 'Mr. Brooks' as a career-driven detective. Plus: She wed much-younger hottie Ashton Kutcher. In other words, Demi got lucky again.



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Molly Ringwald

What She Did Then: John Hughes' go-to gal won the hearts of jock Jake (Michael Shoeffling) in 'Sixteen Candles,' badass Bender (Judd Nelson) in 'Breakfast Club,' and doofy Duckie (Jon Cryer) and preppy Blane (Andrew McCarthy) in 'Pretty in Pink.' Was there any guy who didn't love her in the '80s?


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Molly Ringwald

Where She Is Now: Her film career petered a bit after she turned down lead roles in 'Ghost' and 'Pretty Woman' (good call!), but she earned an MTV Award nod for her cameo in 'Not Another Teen Movie' and is currently garnering raves as Charity Valentine in the national tour of the musical 'Sweet Charity.'


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Anthony Michael Hall

What He Did Then: You know that movie where the nerdy kid becomes cool? Well, that's essentially how Hall's career played out: He was a supreme geek in '80s classics like 'Sixteen Candles,' 'Breakfast Club' and 'Weird Science' before he got an itching to play a jock in 'Johnny Be Good' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'



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Anthony Michael Hall

Where He Is Now: As they say, nerds rule the world, and Hall supposedly had a ball playing Emperor Nerd Bill Gates in the 1999 TV movie 'Pirates of Silicon Valley.' In 2002, his career was revitalized when his TV series 'The Dead Zone' took off. But next year comes his biggest film in two decades: 'The Dark Knight.'



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Andrew McCarthy

What He Did Then: He wooed Ally Sheedy in 'St. Elmo's Fire,' got Molly Ringwald (and teenaged girls everywhere) all hot and bothered in 'Pretty in Pink,' tried to get Robert Downey Jr. to quit drugs in 'Less Than Zero,' and -- we're ashamed to admit it -- made us laugh in 'Weekend at Bernie's.'



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Andrew McCarthy

Where He Is Now: 2008 could be the year Andy reclaims his '80s glory. He'll hit the big screen in the high-profile fantasy epic 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' and star with Brooke Shields in 'Lipstick Jungle,' a hot TV dramedy from the scribe of 'Sex and the City.' Sounds like everything's coming up McCarthy.


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Ally Sheedy

What She Did Then: Having played 'War Games' with Matthew Broderick in 1983, she popularized Pixy Stix sandwiches (also kleptomania and compulsive lying) in 'The Breakfast Club,' came between Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy in 'St. Elmo's Fire,' and adopted a wacky robot in 'Short Circuit.'


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