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Anthony Michael Hall may not be getting any younger with each passing day, but his incredible performances over the years have most certainly cemented a legacy that very few could overpower; one that will live forever. In fact, his early roles in the entertainment industry among pieces like The Breakfast Club (1985) even had the actor cum producer recognized among the ‘Brat Pack.’

Anthony Michael Hall | Credits: Reacher / Prime Video.

So when it came to the 2024-released documentary on the same, titled Brats, Hall was expected to grace the screens with his appearance alongside Demi Moore and Rob Lowe as well. And, for the record, he was asked to be a part of the project. But Hall turned down the chance of starring in the same of his own accord as he wanted to move forward in life instead of looking back.

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What is the net worth of Demi Moore?

From her early days starring in St. Elmo’s Fire to her Brat Pack era to her much more recent full-frontal nude scene in The Substance, she is a Hollywood legend.

She has worked for decades, costarred with and even married other A-listers, and entertained generations.

After all of that, we certainly hope that she’s rolling in dough.

Demi Moore attends the “Brats” premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at Bmcc Theater on June 07, 2024. (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) What is Demi Moore’s net worth?

According to online estimates — which we would always be wise to view as educated guesses — Demi Moore’s net worth is around $200 million in 2024.

That is an impressive fortune, even by A-list actor standards.

Her wealth makes her a standout. But then, so does her career, her beauty, and her acting talent.

Demi Moore’s SAG Awards win for outstanding performance by a leading female actor on Sunday may be another stepping stone on her path to Oscar semi-inevitability, but what stands out has been her transparency and owning of her narrative, as exhibited in acceptance speeches that connect the dots from “that little girl who didn’t believe in herself” to her current stature as an icon of longevity.

It’s understandable to still be in awe of her Golden Globes speech for The Substance. Looking radiant on the stage, the actress eschewed a list of thank-yous to eloquently address the movie’s message about female insecurities. Let’s read the words: “I had a woman say to me, ‘Just know, you will never be enough. But you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.'”

With much respect to this anonymous sage,...

Debates can be had over whether certain actors “count” as members of the Brat Pack, a label applied to a certain subset of young actors who all came of age in the 1980s. Molly Ringwald is without question one of them, but she’s not a fan of the term. “I think it kind of in a way sort of minimized the work that we were doing. I mean that’s the way that I felt,” she said on a recent reunion panel for The Breakfast Club at MegaCon Orlando.

NME reports that the now-veteran actor called the Brat Pack term “a pejorative,” one that proved hard for those actors to escape over the years since New York Magazine writer David Blum coined it for a 1985 feature.

This isn’t the first time someone dubbed a member of the Brat Pack has spoken out about the term’s effects on...

Andrew McCarthy‘s recent documentary “Brats,” about his time as a teen idol in the 1980s alongside peers like Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy, charted the actor’s path from irritation and outright hostility toward the “brat pack” label to grudging affection, as he recognized that the movies he looked down on while he was doing them — films like “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Less Than Zero,” and “Mannequin” — meant more to an entire generation of filmgoers than more “serious” prestige fare like “The Falcon and the Snowman” ever could.

The danger for those of us who grew up on the movies is that the trajectory will be reversed — that films that seemed meaningful to our teenage eyes aren’t really all that great when viewed outside the lens of indulgent childhood nostalgia. Yet revisiting one of McCarthy’s most popular films via a new 4K Uhd release...

Golden Globe nominee Rob Lowe has shared a new update regarding the current status of Sony Pictures’ upcoming St. Elmo’s Fire sequel. In the 1985 movie, The West Wing alum portrayed the role of Billy Hicks, a charming saxophonist who’s not quite ready yet to grow up and face his responsibilities, despite already being married with a baby.

During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lowe confirmed that St. Elmo’s Fire 2 is still in development, after over seven months since the reunion project was first announced. However, he hinted that it may still take a while before the long-awaited sequel could go forward into production. "We’re putting together St. Elmo’s Fire 2. So we’re back working together… I’m dead [serious.] Yes. We’re gonna see what those people are doing at our ages now. This is a real thing," Lowe said. "I know. It’s great.

Disney’s general entertainment streamer has a great library, but what’s the ad experience like?

Hulu has a ton of great content to watch. The streamer comes with originals of its own, alongside a huge library of licensed titles, including next-day streams of primetime shows from ABC and Fox, titles from the FX cable network, and a lot more.

Unfortunately, Hulu also has the reputation of having one of the worst advertising experiences of any streaming service. I took a deep dive into the streamer to see what watching ads on Hulu is really like. You can read my thoughts below to see if ad-supported Hulu is the right choice for you.

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Jon Cryer, known for his funny role as Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men, surprised fans when he took on a very different role in the 13th season of NCIS. Instead of making people laugh, he brought a serious, fresh energy to the show as Dr. Cyril Taft, a Navy surgeon with a unique personality. This change showed just how versatile Cryer is, adding something new to the NCIS world.

Jon Cryer in Two and a Half Men | Credits: CBS Broadcasting

What made his role stand out was not just his unique personality. It was how Cryer mixed humor with serious acting, leaving fans eager to see more.

Why is Jon Cryer’s NCIS role so memorable?

Famously known as Alan Harper from Two and a Half Men, Jon Cryer made a surprising leap from comedy to drama with his guest appearance on CBS’s NCIS. In Season 13, he played Dr.

The procedural drama Wild Cards on the CW was green-lit for a second season in May, but like so many CW shows before, it floated in the bubble about whether the network would be canceled. For fans of this intriguing Canadian-us show, it was a relief.

Season 2 of Wild Cards is currently in production and will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 6 in the US. Not only will we have more crime-fighting stories led by Max and her partner, Ellis, who is portrayed by Vanessa Morgan of Riverdale and Giacomo Gianniotti of Reign, respectively. A handful of guest stars will also join the roster.

It's big news, considering we didn't have much coverage between the renewal and the guest star update. The CW has a history of keeping mum on show spoilers, even when updates are considered spoilers. Wild Cards has followed the same pattern, so we'll take what we can get regarding its content.

Chicago – It’s New Year’s Eve, so what better day for a look-back to the 10 Best Films of 2024, a soul search exercise in experiences. How do you break down a hundred and a half films in a year to a 10 in the end? Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Wbgr-fm and Wssr-fm gives it his best shot.

If there was one trend that defined 2024, in my observation, was the perhaps beginning of the end of the superhero genre? The only huge hit was Deadpool & Wolverine ($640M), with Venom: The Last Dance in second ($132M) barely reaching its budget in domestic box office. Madame Web, Kraven The Hunter and Joker: Folie Á Deux were box office duds.

I format my 10 Best to reflect the on-air reviews I do weekly on Wbgr-fm and Wssr-fm and occasional appearances on Missourinet.com. Each of the 10 Best will be in the on-air or audio format for your listening pleasure.

The holidays are officially in full swing and that means a lot of folks are heading into some well-earned time off, and probably some long-overdue catchup on the biggest movies of the year. As we all know in 2024, trying to find out what’s streaming where is half the battle when you’re wondering what to watch.

Whether you’re looking for major box office hits like “Beetlejuice Beeltejuice” and “Inside Out 2” or lesser-known gems like “Thelma” and “The Bikeriders,” there are a ton of 2024 movies that you can watch on streaming over the holiday. Want to caught up with some awards contenders? “Conclave,” “Challengers” and “Emilia Perez” are all streaming now too, among others. Rather catch up on horror? “The Substance” is on Mubi and, naturally, Shudder has you covered with “Oddity,” “In a Violent Nature” and more.

Whatever you’re looking for, here are all the 2024 movies you can stream right now.

(This story was updated on Dec. 18 at 9:55 a.m.)

In the race to produce a documentary special about the killing of United Healthcare CEO and alleged shooter Luigi Mangione, ABC News may be first out of the gate. Variety has learned that ABC News Studios is crashing the one-hour special “Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder — A Special Edition of 20/20,” which will air on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.

The special will also be available to watch live with Hulu + Live TV and stream the next day on Hulu.

Per the logline, “The one-hour film takes a deep dive into a story that riveted the nation, providing a minute-by-minute investigation of the cold-blooded execution of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the shocking social media backlash that turned the alleged murderer into a folk hero for some. The special also reveals new details about the hunt for the suspect,...

“Landman” is here. Taylor Sheridan’s latest series, based on the Texas Monthly podcast “Boomtown,” has started streaming on Paramount+, and it’s already a sensation. It’s the biggest global series premiere on Paramount+ in two years, with more than 5.2 million views on the streaming service and the Paramount Network, where it aired following the second episode of “Yellowstone” 5B.

Set in the oil fields of Texas, “Landman” is full of colorful characters essayed by some of our very best actors. Let’s get into it, shall we? Can we get a yee-haw?

Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman” (Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+) Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris

Tommy Norris is a crisis executive (basically a fixer) at a fictional oil company M-Tex Oil. In the opening scenes of the series, he is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and forced to deal with a situation where an oil tanker...

Demi Moore and Rob Lowe are counted among the best stars that came out from the Brat Pack genre of films in the 1980s. Brat Pack referred to a group of young actors who co-starred in many coming-of-age films of that time. While Moore and Lowe were a hit on-screen pair after co-starring in St. Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night, they also “had a thing” off-screen.

Demi Moore and Rob Lowe in About Last Night | Credits: TriStar Pictures

Demi Moore has earlier claimed in her memoir Inside Out that her memories with Rob Lowe are clouded due to her past drug addiction. But she thanked the Perfect Strangers actor for beautifully talking about their brief relationship in his memoir Stories I Only Tell My Friends.

Rob Lowe’s confession of brief love with Demi Moore impressed the Ghost actress Demi Moore with Emilio Estevez in Wisdom | Credits: 20th Century Fox

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Nearly 40 years later, St. Elmo’s Fire is continuing to burn bright for its stars.

After first teasing a sequel in July, Rob Lowe recently gave an update that the followup to the 1985 coming-of-age film is “moving along” as he and co-star Demi Moore are in contact about the film.

“We’re very much in contact now because we are actively trying to do [the] St. Elmo’s Fire sequel,” said Lowe on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.

“It’s going a little more slowly than I would have liked,” he added. “But that’s a good thing because we’re trying to find the right writer and the right story. But all of the actors, everybody is on board. Everybody is excited.”

The original Joel Schumacher film starred Lowe, Moore, Andie MacDowell, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez as a group of recent...

The former One Direction star died tragically last week, and this new Hulu special investigates what led to his untimely death.

The pop music and entertainment worlds were rocked last week with the news that former One Direction member Liam Payne had died. Since then, rumors and speculation have spiraled around the star’s final night in an Argentinian hotel room. An ABC News special titled “One Direction: Liam Payne’s Final Days” will debut on Hulu on Wednesday, Oct. 24 and will investigate what led to Payne’s tragic death and the impact it has had on fans and the music industry around the world. You can stream “One Direction: Liam Payne’s Final Days” with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

How to Watch ‘One Direction: Liam Payne’s Final Days’ When: Thursday, Oct. 24 TV: Hulu Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu. 30-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month hulu.

The planned sequel to 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire still lacks a director and doesn’t even have a writer yet, but the original cast have all agreed to return.

Back in August we learned that there was a plan in place to bring back the core cast of St Elmo’s Fire for a belated sequel. When Rob Lowe, one of the stars of St Elmo’s Fire, broke news of the sequel, he stated that negotiations were happening but that none of the cast were yet confirmed. A few months on, Lowe (who seems to be the film’s unofficial spokesperson) has popped up again to confirm that every member of the original film’s core cast will be returning. That means Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham are all set to reprise their roles in the film.

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Rob Lowe is teasing that there is still plenty of fuel for the “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel.

The actor said during SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa” that the full cast of the original 1985 film are confirmed to reprise their respective roles, and that “The Substance” Oscar contender Demi Moore has especially been instrumental to the revival.

The feature, which was originally directed by late filmmaker Joel Schumacher and co-written by Carl Kurlander, also stars Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham. MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley co-led “The Substance” with Moore.

A possible sequel to “St. Elmo’s Fire” was announced in June 2024 after the release of McCarthy’s documentary “Brats” which revisited the era of the Brat Pack actors.

“We’re very much in contact now because we are actively trying to do ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ sequel,” Lowe said,...

The Twilight Zone Helicopter Crash is one of the most infamous accidents in Hollywood history. It claimed the lives of three people – veteran actor Vic Morrow and two child actors – Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6). It led to a nine-month involuntary manslaughter trial, and numerous lawsuits and was considered the moment Hollywood finally started to take child labour laws seriously. It’s become a permanent stain on the legacy of director John Landis, and ghoulish footage of the incident is on permanent record, proving how complicated sequences can have deadly outcomes in only a split second. Indeed, in this episode of JoBlo Scandals, we’re digging into the Twilight Zone accident and the man at its heart, director John Landis.

Before the accident, Landis was one of the top directors in Hollywood. Two movements were going on in seventies films that forever changed the medium. One was the “New Hollywood” movement,...

Critics are calling Demi Moore‘s turn in “The Substance” a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. Easy, right?

The satirical horror film was written, directed and co-produced by Coralie Fargeat, and is now Mubi’s biggest box office hit ever, grossing over $10 million stateside and nearly $20 million worldwide. Those numbers may sound like chump change after pundits referred to “Joker: Folie à Deux’s” $37 million opening as “a flop,” but the indie movie from Mubi had a much smaller budget and puts the distributor on the map like never before.

IndieWire calls it “An instant horror classic.

In August 2024, Studio Ghibli's beautiful yet heart-wrenching war film, Grave of the Fireflies, was added to Netflix's worldwide streaming catalog. One month later, the movie has earned a place of honor on Netflix's new Global Top 10 film list for non-English works.

According to Netflix's viewing data for Sept. 16-22, Grave of the Fireflies is currently the seventh highest-viewed film among worldwide subscribers. Released in 1988, it is one of the handful of Ghibli works directed not by Hayao Miyazaki but rather Isao Takahata, who likewise co-founded Studio Ghibli. While Grave of the Fireflies barely cracks an hour and thirty minutes, it has still racked up over 2,200,000 hours of watch time across 1,500,000 total hits. Netflix's Global Top 10 List, ranked from most to least viewed, can be seen below.

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Demi Moores latest project, The Substance, is a hit with critics so far, but this comeback needs one more thing to be completed. Demi Moore was one of the biggest stars of the 1980s and 1990s, and even though she has continued to be active in her career, her latest project, The Substance, is being considered her big comeback. After a long rotten streak on Rotten Tomatoes since 2011, Moores career has been thriving again with high-rated projects like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Please Baby Please, and the documentary Brats.

Now joining Moores current streak is The Substance, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. The Substance follows Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), the star of a popular TV aerobics show. On her 50th birthday, Sparkle is fired and later gets in a car accident. At the hospital, shes offered The Substance, a black market cell-replicating serum that temporarily creates a better...

Despite the fame, fortune, and fans associated with stardom, the prospect of becoming a celebrity as a child carries with it numerous difficulties that most people never even begin to consider. From fairly standard childhood insecurities amplified by being in the spotlight to the terrifying dangers of abuse of all kinds, being a child star is often not the glamorous existence that some might think. In the new documentary “Child Star,” premiering on Hulu on Tuesday, Sept. 17, former child star Demi Lovato interviews others who have survived being famous at a young age to reveal the sometimes harrowing experiences that they have lived through. You can watch “Child Star” with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

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If John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club remains the quintessential ‘80s Brat Pack movie, what ranks as a close second? If we’re talking headcount, Joel Shcumacher’s critically panned commercial hit St. Elmo’s Fire (which might be getting a sequel) tops them all. The movie follows a tight-knit group of seven Georgetown post-graduates navigating young adulthood and helped define the “Brat Pack” as a play on the fraternal friendship forged by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the ‘50s and ‘60s. In addition to advancing Schumacher’s directorial career, St. Elmo’s Fire partially launched the careers of stars Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, and Mare Winningham, most of whom would be associated with the Brat Pack for the next 40 years. The subject is documented in the new Hulu documentary, Brats, written and directed by McCarthy in a tender and touching snapshot of...

The St. Elmos Fire reboot gets a promising update from an original cast member. Co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher, the original movie, which was released in 1985, follows a group of recent graduates from Georgetown University as they navigate the challenges of transitioning to adulthood. Upon release, it found success at the box office, mostly thanks to the St. Elmo's Fire cast, which included names like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Andie MacDowell.

Now, in a recent conversation with The New York Times, Moore confirms she has had discussions about the St. Elmos Fire reboot, but it's in its early stages. She further revealed that to her knowledge, pretty much everyone from the original cast is interested in the reboot or at least open to the idea. Read her full quote below:

There are some discussions, yes. Its kind of early, early stages,...

Kaitlyn Conley is a convicted killer, accused of manslaughter in the death of her former boss and the mother of her ex-boyfriend. But in the new three-part Hulu docuseries “Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison.,” Conley attempts to explain why she was wrongfully sent to prison for the 2015 killing.

ABC News Studios is behind the series, which launches Friday, Sept. 20 on Hulu. The series includes the first interview with Conley since her sentencing.

Hailing from Sauquoit, New York, Conley was seen as a “polite young woman” in town, per the docuseries, until she was accused of the death of Mary Yoder, who was the mother of her ex-boyfriend Adam.

In speaking out for the first time, Conley tells the doc that she is innocent, and details what she describes as a toxic relationship with Adam. She also offers her theories on who killed Yoder and why.

According to the series description,...

The Brat Pack may be getting back together.

Demi Moore, currently generating Oscar buzz for her daring turn in “The Substance,” revealed that discussions are underway with Sony, the studio behind “St. Elmo’s Fire,” to make a sequel to the seminal 1985 film.

“The update is definitely, conversations are happening,” Moore said in an interview at the Toronto Film Festival. “[The] studio has been really behind [and] driving this. As far as I know, everyone seems to be up for it, which I think would be amazing.”

The original movie explored the lives of a group of recent college grads as the navigated that difficult early period of adulthood, one filled with relationship troubles and career anxiety. It also helped elevate the profiles of Moore and fellow cast-mates like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy. Moore said there’s no script yet for the sequel and...

Some of the best, most iconic movies of the '80s starred the Brat Packthe name was a play on words of Rat Pack of the 1960s and was coined in a cover story by David Blum for New York in 1985. While there's no official list of actors included in the group, those most often associated with it include Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy. The recent documentary Brats, directed by McCarthy and streaming on Hulu, explored the careers of the actors, specifically the ways they were impacted by the "Brat Pack" label.

The fourth annual Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Paramount+ is only days away, live on August 15th from New York City. In celebration of the event, Rolling Stone and Variety are releasing their third annual Truth Seekers special issue for those who value journalism and documentary filmmaking.

The special issue will showcase interviews with some of the most distinguished professionals in the field. CNN foreign correspondent Clarissa Ward, known for her fearless reporting from conflict zones such as Ukraine and Gaza, shares her insights and experiences. Additionally, filmmaker Jamila Wignot...

After a brief fakeout for Independence Day last month, the ladies of “The View” are now officially on summer break. And yes, it’ll be a bit longer until you can return to the table with them again.

Friday marked the Season 27 finale, and it came with a bit of news from host Sunny Hostin. To wrap up the show, she announced that “after 10 years and 2,143 episodes, this is also the last episode we’ll do from this studio.” Indeed, when the show returns for Season 28, it’ll be at a brand new table in a brand new studio.

The episode also welcomed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to the show, where he picked apart Donald Trump’s racist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris.

But if you’re here, you’re probably wondering when exactly the Season 28 return will be. Well, worry not, we have that answer. It’ll be Tuesday,...

It's beginning to look like Season 5 of 9-1-1: Lone Star will be its last. Series star Rob Lowe has revealed that the cast and crew went into the fifth season with the expectation that there wouldn't be a sixth.

Speaking with Variety about the second season of his Netflix show Unstable, Lowe noted that everyone on Lone Star went into Season 5 "pretty much knowing that it was going to be the last season, so that affected everything we did." The actor, who stars as firefighter captain Owen Strand in the 9-1-1 spinoff, teased that the fifth and possibly final season of Lone Star will "show everybody what is still possible in network television if people have the appetite to do it."

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Former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, who was arrested on July 31 in connection to his failed 2020 coup to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is the subject of Neon’s latest documentary “Men of War.”

Directed by Billy Corben (“God Forbid”) and Jen Gatien (“Limelight”) “Men of War” follows Goudreau, who, according to the film’s logline “finds himself in over his head and on the run after mounting the failed Venezuela coup and being chased by the American government who he spent his life fighting for.”

Goudreau, a former Special Forces soldier who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, planned to land in Venezuela via speedboat with approximately 60 other men in an attempt to capture Maduro, an authoritarian president. At the time, Goudreau said that he and his team were acting to protect Venezuela’s democracy after Maduro’s 2018 re-election, which was boycotted by the opposition and condemned as undemocratic by the U.

Rob Lowe has confirmed that talks are happening for a sequel to Joel Schumacher’s iconic 1985 Brat Pack film, St Elmo’s Fire.

Joel Schumacher made many films over the course of his career, but 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire, which Schumacher also wrote with Carl Kurlander, holds a special place for many. Made at the height of the teen movie boom spearheaded by John Hughes, the film starred an ensemble that came to be known as The Brat Pack – Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.

The film focuses on a group of graduates from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, following their journey as they begin to adjust to post-university life and the responsibilities of adulthood. The theme song, St Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) by John Parr became a 1980s classic, inextricably intertwined with the film in the same...

A feature film sequel to the seminal 1985 Brat Pack movie “St. Elmo’s Fire” is in early development, Rob Lowe confirmed in a recent interview. Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe, talked to “Entertainment Tonight” about their Netflix comedy series “Unstable,” and the actor spoke about the possibility of rebooting “St. Elmo’s Fire” as a Sony film.

“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe said about a potential sequel. He said the release of the “Brats” documentary earlier this summer from fellow Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy has “only added to the excitement around it.”

“But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages,” he said. “So we will see.”

The original “St. Elmo’s Fire” followed seven recent college graduates navigating their new adult lives, and co-starred Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, McCarthy, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. The late Joel Schumacher was director,...

Gonna be your man in motion, all I need’s this pair of wheels…Despite their notoriety and fame in the ‘80s, there hasn’t yet been a proper sequel to a single Brat Pack movie. But that may all change, as Rob Lowe – one of the key members of the gang of actors – says a follow-up to 1985’s St. Elmo’s Fire could be on the way.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Rob Lowe confirmed that some discussion has taken place but it might be too soon for fans to get their hopes up. “We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months…But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.” Lowe also noted that Andrew McCarthy’s recent Brats documentary – chronicling the history of the Brat Pack – “only added to the excitement around it,” which...

Rob Lowe says that talks about a potential St. Elmo’s Fire sequel are very real.

The actor shared in a recent interview that a follow-up to the 1985 film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher is happening, but don’t get your hopes up just yet.

“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.”

Lowe noted that the Brats documentary “only added to the excitement around” a sequel to the coming-of-age film, which also starred Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham.

Deadline reported in June that Sony was exploring the possibility of making a new version of St. Elmo’s Fire after McCarthy’s documentary Brats relived the memories of the “Brat Pack.

Keep the hope alive, St. Elmo’s fans! Rob Lowe revealed the current status of the St. Elmo’s Fire sequel following the release of the highly-anticipated Brat Pack documentary Brats. “We’ve met with the studio, and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe told Entertainment Tonight. He noted that the Brats documentary “only added to the excitement around it.” He continued, “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.” Back in June 2024, Deadline revealed that Sony, the production company behind the original film, was “exploring the possibility of making a new version” of St. Elmo’s Fire. The sequel would “hinge on reuniting original cast members.” Lowe is among the St. Elmo’s Fire pack, along with Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Mare Winningham. The film, directed by Joel Schumacher, was released in 1985 and...

Thanks to the recent Hulu documentary Brats, theres a renewed interest in the Brat Pack, the famous group of actors from the 1980s which included the likes of Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and Emilio Estevez, to name a few. Real ones who grew up with posters on their walls and dressed in similar fashion to the iconic band of misfits never lost their love for the group, but its that fresh spark that, according to Lowe, could lead to a legacy sequel of St. Elmos Fire if all the stars align.

Speaking with ScreenRant, Lowe confirmed reports that a legacy sequel to St. Elmos Fire featuring the original cast is in the works, though he admits that its very early on in the process. How early? According to Lowe, five "verys." Check out his comments below.

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Rob Lowe has revealed that a sequel to 'St. Elmo's Fire' is in development.The 50-year-old actor starred as saxophonist Billy Hicks in the 1985 Brat Pack film that followed group of graduates as they adjust to post-university life in the real world and admitted that a follow-up is on the way, even if it is only in the "early stages" of development at present.He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "We've met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months. The 'Brats' documentary only added to the excitement around it. "But it's very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see."In the classic film, Rob starred alongside Emilio Estevez , Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.Just two years ago, Andrew - who played journalist Kevin Dolenz - admitted that...

A classic Brat Pack movie is getting revived nearly four decades later. Rob Lowe, who's a part of Hollywood's Brat Pack, has revealed that a sequel is in the works for St. Elmo's Fire.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lowe said that a sequel to St. Elmo's Fire is in its early stages. While the actor couldn't share much more information, he revealed that talks about the sequel have been ongoing for months. Lowe further hinted that the sequel's odds of getting greenlit are looking good due to the recent buzz surrounding the new Brats documentary, which details the rise of the Brat Pack in Hollywood during the 1980s.

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A new version of St. Elmo's Fire with the original cast is in the very early stages of development. Reuniting the Brat Pack remains a challenging aspect for the new movie. Interest in the 1980s Brat Pack has increased but getting the original cast back together may be difficult.

St. Elmo's Fire star Rob Lowe confirms reports that a new version is in development. Directed by Joel Schumacher, with a script he co-wrote with Carl Kurlander, the 1985 coming-of-age film follows a group of recent graduates from Georgetown University as they navigate the challenges of transitioning to adulthood and taking on new responsibilities. Other than Lowe, the St. Elmo's Fire cast includes Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell, and Mare Winningham.

During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant promoting Unstable season 2, Lowe confirmed the reports that a new version of St. Elmo's Fire with the original cast is in development,...

Rob Lowe is no stranger to politics. The actor starred on The West Wing for four seasons as Sam Seaborn, the deputy White House Communications Director. So why wouldn’t Lowe want to join Kamala Harris on the campaign trail as her running mate?

During an appearance on tt3444938 autoThe Tonight Show, Lowe threw his (fictional) hat in the ring to be Harris’ potential vice president. The actor interrupted host Jimmy Fallon’s monologue with a faux audition, proclaiming, “I’ll do it.”

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Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, and the original MTV VJs will host “Brat Pack Weekend” on 80s on 8 (Ch. 8) in celebration of this summer’s hottest 80s documentary, “Brats.” Starting Friday, July 26, tune in to 80s on 8 as Andrew, who directed “Brats,” and Rob handpick their favorite 80s songs and provide behind-the-scenes stories about the documentary now streaming on Hulu.

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“When we were making ‘Pretty in Pink,’” McCarthy says during the special, “John Hughes used to come to the set with a cassette recorder. And he’d have these little cassettes that he would just play. ‘Hey, guys, what do you think of this?’ And he did play. And he’d just play snippets of these songs. And we’d either give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. And a lot of those...

Cruise completely knocked me out. Rob Lowe recounts his hilarious sparring story from the set of director Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983), which co-starred the future Hollywood heavyweight and star of the Mission: Impossible franchise, the running man himself: Tom Cruise. As Lowe puts it, testosterone got the better of the two co-stars as they sparred in the hallway of their hotel while away from the films set. Lowe said during an interview on The Rich Eisen Show:

I love him [Cruise] so much. Hes the best. Hes so competitive that we used to box in the hallway of the hotel we were staying at during Outsiders. So much testosterone: Were 18-year-old guys stuck on location. So, we would wear headgear, and wed have mouthpieces in, but we would legitimately spar. And I just remember, Tom is jacked. Im like a pipe-cleaner arm. I hadnt started working out yet,...

St. Elmo's Fire captures the struggles of young adults navigating adulthood in Reagan's America, highlighting the excesses and anxieties of the era. The characters reflect societal expectations of wealth, politics, and identity, illustrating the challenges of growing up in a changing world. Critics may dislike the characters' privileged whining, but the film's portrayal of post-college uncertainties resonates with themes of generational transition.

The 1985 Brat Pack-led drama St. Elmo's Fire was far from a hit with critics, but the Joel Schumacher film captures a rarely examined aspect of growing up and coming of age amid Reagan's America. Since the release of Andrew McCarthy's Brat Pack documentary Brats, there has been renewed interest in revisiting St. Elmo's Fire. The movie topped streaming charts, and there's some buzz about a potential St. Elmo's Fire sequel.

Yet, if Letterboxd reviews are anything to go by, modern audiences still struggle with the film's...

In an interview with Andy Cohen, Andrew McCarthy revealed he never dated any Brat Pack members – although he admitted to having a crush on his “St. Elmo’s Fire” co-star Ally Sheedy. The actor, who just directed the Hulu documentary “Brats,” sat down with Andy during a new episode of Andy Cohen Live on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy (Ch. 102).

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“Did you ever date anyone in the Brat Pack? I know that you had a crush on Ally Sheedy,” Andy asked Andrew.

“I did have a little crush on Ally Sheedy,” Andrew said. “She was having nothing to do with me. No, I didn’t actually.”

McCarthy also shared that he lost his virginity at 17 to a girl he didn’t know during a Halloween party in his NYC apartment and mentioned that Judd Nelson was the most excited about his movie.

With the start of new seasons, both The Boys and House of the Dragon returned to Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of June 10-16. Neither one could reach the heights of Bridgerton, however, as the Netflix drama zoomed back to the No. 1 overall spot with the release of season three’s second half.

Bridgerton amassed 3.47 billion minutes of viewing for the week — the biggest single-week total for any show so far this year, beating the 3.04 billion for Fool Me Once in early January. Almost 2.5 billion of Bridgerton’s minutes, or more than 70 percent of the total, were for the four episodes that premiered June 13.

The Boys also opened its fourth season on Prime Video on June 13, and the show grabbed 1.19 billion minutes of watch time for the week (including viewing of previous seasons). That’s the largest one-week total for the show since Nielsen began releasing weekly streaming...

Who is Naomi’s celebrity relative on Season 3 of Claim to Fame? A clue last night was pretty spot on but how is she related to this person? More so, who exactly is her connection, and did any viewers guess correctly? Keep reading for more details.

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The houseguests on Claim to Fame are still evaluating all of the clues that they have been given. Each player gives three with one being a lie. Yet, there is also the clue wall which contains a plethora of clues for all of the contestants. That can mean anything and everything. Now, on the outside, viewers have done their best to figure out who each person is related to. Season 3 just premiered on Wednesday, July 10th, and much of the cast has been unmasked. So, what about Naomi as her clue definitely related to The Brat Pack?...

Hulu, which touched on the legacy of “Baywatch” as part of its 2022 scripted limited series “Pam & Tommy,” is heading back to the beach. The streamer is set to premiere the four-part ABC News Studios docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Matthew Felker (“Public Figure”) is the producer and director behind the project, which began production in 2019 as “Baywatch: The Documentary” before evolving into “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” and landing ABC News Studios as the series’ production company.

Per the longline, the docuseries promises “a nostalgic and insightful exploration of ‘Baywatch,’ the cultural phenomenon that defined an era, and an unprecedented look into the stars who brought the world’s most famous lifeguards to life. Through dozens of new cast interviews and never-before-seen footage, this docuseries unpacks how the show captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation,...

Anthony Michael Hall was asked to be part of Brats but turned down the opportunity.

“I was asked to be a part of it, but you know what, I’ll tell you my attitude is you have to wish everyone success,” Hall told TV Insider. “It was just something I chose not to do because I’m always trying to move forward and make new things and do new stuff.”

Brats, a Hulu documentary from Andrew McCarthy released in June, explored the 1980s group of young actors who often appeared in coming-of-age films. Hall, a member of the group, appeared in 1985’s The Breakfast Club and 1984’s Sixteen Candles when he was just 15 and 16.

The documentary included appearances from actors Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Timothy Hutton, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe and Lea Thompson, along with writer-director Howard Deutch, producer Lauren Shuler and David Blum, the journalist who coined the term “Brat Pack.