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Brat Pack icon Andrew McCarthy says drinking 'derailed my career entirely'

For Andrew McCarthy, fame didn’t cause his alcoholism — it only allowed him to "afford better vodka. "During the 1980s, the actor became one of the defining faces of the "Brat Pack," the influential group of young stars, including Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, among others, that helped influence a generation of teen films. But during his rapid rise in Hollywood, McCarthy was also struggling with alcoholism, a battle that eventually led him to seek treatment in the ’90s.

'The Thorn Birds' star Rachel Ward traded 'empty' Hollywood for farm life in Australia

"The Thorn Birds" star Rachel Ward candidly opened up about leaving Hollywood behind to become a farmer in Australia. Born to an aristocratic family in Britain, Ward, now 68, launched a successful modeling career across London, Paris and New York City before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1980s to pursue acting. However, during a recent episode of the Australia Broadcasting Company (ABC)'s docuseries "Australian Story," War explained that she quickly became disillusioned with the...

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