Brat Pack, the Glossary
The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s.[1]
Table of Contents
125 relations: A Few Good Men, About Last Night (1986 film), Ally Sheedy, Amateur pornography, American middle class, Andrew McCarthy, Anthony Michael Hall, Archetype, Bad Boys (1983 film), Bad Influence (film), Bad Kids Go to Hell, Betsy's Wedding, Blue City (film), Brad Pitt, Brats (2024 film), Brit Pack (actors), Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), C. Thomas Howell, Cabaret (musical), Charlie Sheen, Chicago, Child actor, Class (film), David Blum, Demi Moore, Disclosure (1994 film), Dreamlanders, Emilio Estevez, Entertainment Weekly, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, Frat Pack, Fresh Horses (film), G.I. Jane, George Clooney, Ghost (1990 film), Gossip Girl, Hail Caesar (1994 film), Hard Rock Cafe, Harry Dean Stanton, Heaven Help Us, Indecent Proposal, James Spader, Jami Gertz, Jennifer Grey, Joan Cusack, Joel Schumacher, John Cusack, John Hughes (filmmaker), Johnny Be Good, ... Expand index (75 more) »
- Groups of entertainers
- Nicknames in film
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film based on Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play.
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About Last Night (1986 film)
About Last Night (stylized as "About Last Night...") is a 1986 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore as Chicago yuppies Danny Martin and Debbie Sullivan, who enter a committed relationship for the first time.
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Ally Sheedy
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American actress.
Amateur pornography
Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models, actors or non-professionals performing without pay, or actors for whom this material is not their only paid modeling work.
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American middle class
Though the American middle class does not have a definitive definition, contemporary social scientists have put forward several ostensibly congruent theories on it.
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Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director.
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Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall (born Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall; April 14, 1968) is an American actor.
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Archetype
The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis.
Bad Boys (1983 film)
Bad Boys is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film set in a juvenile detention center, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, and Clancy Brown, Alan Ruck and Ally Sheedy in their film debuts.
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Bad Influence (film)
Bad Influence is a 1990 American psychological thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson starring Rob Lowe and James Spader.
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Bad Kids Go to Hell
Bad Kids Go to Hell is a 2012 black comedy thriller film directed by Matthew Spradlin, who co-wrote it with Barry Wernick.
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Betsy's Wedding
Betsy's Wedding is a 1990 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda.
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Blue City (film)
Blue City is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Michelle Manning and starring Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and David Caruso.
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Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer.
Brats (2024 film)
Brats is a 2024 documentary film, directed by Andrew McCarthy.
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Brit Pack (actors)
"Brit Pack" is a term that has been used to refer to specific groups of young British actors who have achieved success in Hollywood, as well as more generally to the entire group of such actors. Brat Pack and Brit Pack (actors) are groups of entertainers.
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Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)
Brothers & Sisters is an American family drama television series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.
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C. Thomas Howell
Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966), also known professionally as C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and director.
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Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff.
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Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in movies.
Class (film)
Class is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Lewis John Carlino, starring Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, and Cliff Robertson.
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David Blum
David Blum is an American writer and editor.
Demi Moore
Demi Gene Moore (née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress.
Disclosure (1994 film)
Disclosure is a 1994 American erotic thriller film directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore.
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Dreamlanders
Dreamlanders are the cast and crew of regulars whom John Waters has used in his films. Brat Pack and Dreamlanders are groups of entertainers.
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Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez (born May 12, 1962) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes.
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia or "LaG", is a public high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City.
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Frat Pack
The Frat Pack is a nickname given to a group of American comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest-grossing comedy films since the mid-1990s. Brat Pack and Frat Pack are groups of entertainers and nicknames in film.
Fresh Horses (film)
Fresh Horses is a 1988 American coming-of-age drama film directed by David Anspaugh, and starring Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald.
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G.I. Jane
G.I. Jane is a 1997 American action drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, and Anne Bancroft.
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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Ghost (1990 film)
Ghost is a 1990 American supernatural romance film directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli, and Rick Aviles.
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Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar.
Hail Caesar (1994 film)
Hail Caesar is a 1994 comedy film directed by Anthony Michael Hall in his directorial debut.
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Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London.
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Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor.
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Heaven Help Us
Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys) is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Dinner.
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Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal is a 1993 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Amy Holden Jones.
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James Spader
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor.
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Jami Gertz
Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress.
Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is an American actress.
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Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an American actress and comedian.
Joel Schumacher
Joel T. Schumacher (August 29, 1939June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
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John Cusack
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966)(28 June 1996).
John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
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Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bud S. Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall as the main character, Johnny Walker.
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Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, writer, producer, and television director.
Judd Nelson
Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959) is an American actor.
Kansas (film)
Kansas is a 1988 American crime drama film starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy.
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Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor.
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor and musician.
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Kyle XY
Kyle XY is an American science fiction television series created by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and produced by ABC Studios.
Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director.
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Less than Zero (film)
Less than Zero is a 1987 American drama film directed by Marek Kanievska, loosely based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Mannequin (1987 film)
Mannequin is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb in his directorial debut, and written by Edward Rugoff and Gottlieb.
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Mare Winningham
Mary Megan Winningham, known professionally as Mare Winningham (born May 16, 1959), is an American actress and singer-songwriter.
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Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress and director.
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Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter.
Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor.
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor.
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Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress.
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Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and translator.
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New York (magazine)
New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.
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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known by his stage name Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer.
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No Small Affair
No Small Affair is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore.
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Olivia Barash
Olivia Barash (born January 11, 1965) is an American actress.
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One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer is a 1986 American romantic comedy film, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong and Joel Murray.
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix.
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Oxford Blues
Oxford Blues is a 1984 British comedy-drama sports film written and directed by Robert Boris and starring Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays.
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Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation (also known as Parks and Rec) is an American political satire mockumentary television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.
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Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters.
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Pirates of Silicon Valley
Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martyn Burke and starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates.
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Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s.
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Ralph Macchio
Ralph George Macchio Jr. (born November 4, 1961) is an American actor.
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Rat Pack
The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. Brat Pack and Rat Pack are groups of entertainers.
Red Dawn
Red Dawn (Russian: Красный Pассвет) is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius with a screenplay by Milius and Kevin Reynolds.
Repo Man (film)
Repo Man is a 1984 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox in his directorial debut.
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Riverdale (American TV series)
Riverdale is an American television series based on the characters of Archie Comics.
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Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and podcast host.
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor.
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Sally Bowles
Sally Bowles is a fictional character created by English-American novelist Christopher Isherwood and based upon 19-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross.
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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.
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Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director.
Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall.
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Splat Pack
The Splat Pack is a group of independent filmmakers who, since 2002, have directed, written and produced horror films which are notable for their low budgets and extreme violence. Brat Pack and Splat Pack are groups of entertainers.
St. Elmo's Fire (film)
St.
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Striptease (film)
Striptease is a 1996 American black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Andrew Bergman, and starring Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick and Burt Reynolds.
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Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000.
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Taps (film)
Taps is a 1981 American thriller drama film starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton, with Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito and Evan Handler in supporting roles.
Teen film
Teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers, preteens and/or young adults by the plot being based on their special interests, such as coming of age, attempting to fit in, bullying, peer pressure, first love, teen rebellion, conflict with parents, and teen angst or alienation.
Television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.
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Tex (film)
Tex is a 1982 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Tim Hunter in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Charles S. Haas and Hunter, based on S. E. Hinton's best-selling 1979 novel of the same name.
The Blacklist
The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series created by Jon Bokenkamp and developed by John Eisendrath.
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The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Dead Zone (TV series)
The Dead Zone, also known as Stephen King's The Dead Zone (in the USA) is a science fiction drama television series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Juror
The Juror is a 1996 American legal thriller film based on the 1995 novel by George Dawes Green.
The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American supernatural black comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Harvey Bernhard with a screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer and James Jeremias, from a story by Fischer and Jeremias.
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The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks is an American media franchise.
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The Outsiders (film)
The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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The Pick-up Artist (1987 film)
The Pick-up Artist is a 1987 American romantic comedy drama film produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by James Toback, starring Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. (credited on-screen as Robert Downey) in the lead roles.
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The Resident (TV series)
The Resident is an American medical drama television series that aired on Fox from January 21, 2018, to January 17, 2023.
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The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)
The Scarlet Letter is a 1995 American romantic historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé.
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The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (often shortened to Secret Life) is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton.
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The West Wing
The West Wing is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.
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Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director.
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Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer.
Typecasting
In film, television, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character, one or more particular roles, or characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups.
VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American Basic Cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City.
WarGames
WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy.
We're No Angels (1989 film)
We're No Angels is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Neil Jordan.
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Weird Science (film)
Weird Science is a 1985 American teen science fantasy comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock.
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Wisdom (film)
Wisdom is a 1986 American romantic crime film written and directed by its star Emilio Estevez in his filmmaking debut.
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Young Guns (film)
Young Guns is a 1988 American Western action film directed and produced by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco.
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Young Guns II
Young Guns II is a 1990 American Western action film and a sequel to Young Guns (1988).
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Youngblood (1986 film)
Youngblood (released in the Philippines as Fight for Love) is a 1986 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Peter Markle, and starring Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb and Patrick Swayze.
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61st Academy Awards
The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988 and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.
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9-1-1: Lone Star
9-1-1: Lone Star is an American procedural drama television series that follows the lives of Austin, Texas's first responders.
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See also
Groups of entertainers
- Brat Pack
- Brit Pack (actors)
- CKY crew
- Dirty Sanchez (TV series)
- Dreamlanders
- Frat Pack
- Jackass (franchise)
- Nitro Circus
- Rat Pack
- Splat Pack
- The Dudesons
- Too Stupid to Die
Nicknames in film
- Biograph girl
- Brat Pack
- Disney's Nine Old Men
- Duke (nickname)
- Forces sweetheart
- Frat Pack
- It girl (disambiguation)
- King of Hollywood
- List of Hollywood-inspired nicknames
- The Great Stone Face
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat_Pack
Also known as Brat Pack (actors), Brat Pack (film), Brat Pack (movies), Brat packer, Brat-pack, The Brat Pack.
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