Tonight at 8p on The Sundance Channel’s The Mortified Sessions two of the ’80s biggest teen movies stars Anthony Michael Hall and Lea Thompson are going to share mortifying stories from their teenage years when the cameras weren’t rolling. We all went through our awkward teenage years, but did you ever wonder if celebrities also did. Well they did and they are telling their tales and showing pictures of it on this Sundance Channel show. Each week two celebrities like Sixteen Candle’s Geek and Howard the Duck’s rocker will share intimate stories from their youth. For example did you know that Eric Stonestreet has been dressing up as Fizbo the Clown since he was in high school? It is interesting tidbits like that one that make this show a must add to your weekly lineup, so start watching the show tonight at 8p.
Before Anthony Michael Hall was seeing the future (and past) on The Dead Zone, he was told not to see who he was seeing in The Gold Bug. You can barely recognize the 11 year old actor in that 1980 ABC Weekend Special. Kind of like I wonder when I look at him now is that the same guy we fell in love with when he was starring in the Brat Pack movies?
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Anthony Michael Hall aka Brian Johnson, Molly Ringwald aka Claire Standish, Ally Sheedy aka Allison Reynolds and Judd Nelson aka John Bender were reunited yesterday for a tribute to the man who made them household names. The 4 kids who were stuck in detention on a Saturday came out of the library to attend The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Remembers John Hughes and they all looked great. The look even better than they did when they made the timeless movie over 26 years ago. Can you believe the brain is 42, the princess is also 42, the basket case is 48 and the criminal is 50 because they sure as heck don’t look it. Too bad the athlete wasn’t able to join the brat pack honoring their leader.
Here is a guy who has been in the business for over 20 years, most of his life and yet he still takes the time to be grateful for all his success! Way to go Anthony Michael Hall I will miss The Dead Zone but you will always have a fan in me because of this post!
(I am sure he wrote this before Heath Ledger passed away and that is why there is no mention of his passing.)
Brat packer Anthony Michael Hall used the N-word twice while signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans last night, and it all went down outside the Laugh Factory, of all places. Hall, the star of such 80s classics as "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," uttered several obscenities as he joked around with fans and photographers outside the same Hollywood comedy club where Michael Richards made his infamous rant back in November. When a particularly large, Hispanic looking fan came up to Hall looking to take a picture with him, Hall jokingly said, "I am scared of this nigga right here." About a minute or two later, while posing for a pic with another fan, Hall says to someone off camera, "What up nigga?" Throughout the video, Hall half-seriously told several people to "get the f**k out of here" and joked that the cameraman would sell the video to a TV show — ha, close! During the taping, Hall also joked several times about being high.
Now we know why he only lasted one season on Saturday Night Live! I think he was joking. It wasn’t funny, but I don’t think he meant any harm. Side note, I saw in Weird Science this morning on cable and it still freaks me out he is the same guy that did those movies. He looks nothing like he used to.
