It Could Happen to Drew
Hollywood’s golden girl on love,
relationships and her inextinguishable career
by Bret Love

Few actresses achieve success as early in life as Drew Barrymore, who became an international star at the age of seven after her breakout turn in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. But even fewer manage to battle back from the brink of adolescent burnout to become one of Hollywood’s most beloved beauties.

At age 34, Barrymore seems to have hit a stride in her professional life lately, with He’s Just Not That Into You (which she both starred in and executive produced) bringing in over $100 million at the box office, her HBO film Grey Gardens garnering universal critical acclaim and her directorial debut, Whip It!, due in theaters later this year. It’s a far cry from the controversy of her teen years, when drug addiction, battles with her parents and a penchant for outlandish behavior made her seem like a safe bet to be another child star tragedy in the making.
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The countdown has begun: ‘tis the season for fantasy football prep, now that the Organized Team Activities (OTAs) are here. Without further delay, here’s our early take on the running backs...
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MC Lars
It’s not hard to imagine MC Lars, one of nerdcore’s most famous ambassadors, lip syncing to Weird Al songs as a youngster. It was a bit of idol worship then, when the twenty-something rapper found himself recording with the accordion-totting parody king last year. Weird Al is just one of well over a dozen or so guests who stopped by to share the mic with MC Lars for his latest This Gigantic Robot Kills...
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Top Shops
For Maria Von Trapp, it was cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels. For me, it’s Barney’s and Anthropologie. If you’re reading this, chances are you enjoy shopping. In my case, I kinda love it. It isn’t even the act of buying that gets me; it’s seeing what’s out there – the novel, the unusual, the well-designed – and there are a few places I enjoy visiting again and again, just to see what’s new...
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