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“The greatest thing that ever happened to me is I went bald for my acting career,” Bill Burr recently told NPR.

Seeing that Burr is no burly action star like The Rock or Vin Diesel, a conspicuous lack of hair doesn’t seem like it would be an advantage in Tinseltown. But Burr assures us it’s better than at least one alternative. “Back in the day, when I actually had hair … Hollywood, they talk about racism and sexism and it goes beyond that,” Burr explained. Based on his experience, though, there’s no group more ostracized in show business than gingers.

“Like, they even like divide up redheads,” he insisted. “There were rules about redheads. I was in the ‘redhead drawer.’ I was in the Opie, Ron Howard, Howdy Doody drawer, and I didn’t get the gun. I didn’t win the fight. I didn’t get the girl.

By the time O-Town wrapped their third season of Making the Band in 2002, the boy band had two top 10 hits, toured with Britney Spears and were putting the series behind them as they prepared to launch their second album. As a new iteration of the show, helmed by disgraced Sean “Diddy” Combs, premiered months later, they never fathomed how they would be impacted.

Now, as the group nears 25 years since forming on the musical reality series, they’re facing brand damage, hesitant show bookers and a major event cancellation due to being associated with Diddy through Making the Band. Yet the group’s episodes were helmed by another disgraced music mogul — late Lou Pearlman — and they weren’t involved with the series once Diddy took over.

“We already inherited our own infamous producer/manager [Pearlman] from our version of Making the Band and now another version and its mogul is affecting us,...

Some '90s sitcoms, like Townies, struggled to differentiate themselves from more popular shows, leading to their cancelation. Shows like Hangin' With Mr. Cooper and Two Guys and a Girl had unique elements but still faced cancelation due to low ratings. Despite talented casts and well-written scripts, sitcoms like Sports Night and NewsRadio failed to attract a strong audience, leading to their decline.

The affection for many '90s sitcoms persisted into the subsequent decades, but a few series have been neglected. Certain sitcoms like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Friends have become synonymous with the decade and the legacy of such shows has overshadowed some overlooked gems. While a few of the forgotten '90s shows only lasted for a few episodes, others have multiple seasons to their names. Shows like NewsRadio and Grace Under Fire lasted for a few years, but aren't widely discussed anymore.

Unfortunately, when airing on television networks,...

In the 1980s, a group of young actors gained popularity through a collection of coming-of-age movies that became classics.

These movies have aged like fine wine, immortalizing the group forever as teen idols despite the passing of decades.

Who are these infamous actors, and why do we love them so?

Fans call them the Brat Pack, a group of eight -- five males and three females.

While the world adored the Brats, the group hated the association with the name and each other.

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Who Is the Brat Pack?

These days, fans consider the Brat Pack to be a group of popular '80s actors who appeared in most of the movies made at the time.

The men in the group include Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and Anthony Michael Hall.

And rounding out the group are powerhouse female leads Molly Ringwald,...

Netflix's comedy film Old Dads features a mix of up-and-coming actors and well-established comedians, including Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, and Bokeem Woodbine. The movie follows three middle-aged dads who struggle to adapt to a changing world after selling their business to a Millennial owner. In addition to the comedic elements, the film tackles themes of anger issues, poor behavior, and the consequences faced by the characters' friends and family.

Netflix's comedy film Old Dads includes a mixture of up-and-coming actors and well-established comedians. Old Dads is a movie that follows three middle-aged dads – Jack Kelly, Connor Brody, and Mike Richards – who struggle to adapt to the ever-changing world around them. When the trio sells their business to a Millennial business owner, they're shocked to learn that their company will look different under the new management. Additionally, Jack has a hard time getting a handle on his anger which causes...

FX Networks has given a green light to Pariah, a comedy pilot penned by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia writers/producers John and Dave Chernin and starring funnyman Bill Burr.

The premise is such: Following an on-air meltdown, volatile TV personality “Joe Abbott” (played by Burr) is exiled from show business and forced to navigate society as a man with no apparent skills.

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The pilot will be directed by It’s Always Sunny star Rob McElhenney, whose Rcg Productions is producing with FX Networks. (At this early stage,...

Paradigm has signed UK actress Daisy Lewis, who joined PBS’s hit drama Downtown Abbey this season playing the governess of Tom Branson’s daughter Sybil. Lewis appeared last year in Radius-twc’s Pusher remake and starred opposite Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville in 2009′s From Time To Time, written and directed by Downton Abbey‘s Julian Fellowes. She’s also appeared on Netflix’s Borgia and guested on Season 3 of BBC’s Doctor Who. Lewis is also repped by Independent Talent Group in the UK. Downton Abbey makes its U.S. Season 4 premiere on January 5. Molly Ringwald has signed with Resolution. The actress is developing and exec producing a drama at Lifetime as a potential starring vehicle with Jon Scott Shepherd writing. Her credits range from the 1980s films Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club to the 1996 ABC comedy Townies and a five-year run on The Secret Life Of The American Teenager...

Lee Garlington has been steadily working in Hollywood since the '80s. "I haven't had to say, 'Would you like fries or Caesar salad with that?' since 1984," she said. But, the actress added, she hasn't peaked yet.

"I plan to peak in my 70s," Garlington told The Huffington Post in a phone interview. "I have another decade to go before I'm going to really hit my stride. I'm going to be Doris Roberts, knocking 'em dead on my big hit show."

A serial guest star and regular film supporting player, Garlington is perhaps best known for having one the biggest show business "tragedies": She was the original female star in the "Seinfeld" pilot. Garlington's regular TV appearances and supporting roles in films like "Field of Dreams" and "Cobra" made her a perfect subject for HuffPost's "Isn't That ... ?," a new feature highlighting those character actors you recognize from a variety of projects,...

Hell Hath No Fury like a Hamptonite Scorn! Or at least that’s what the likes of Madeline Stowe, Henry Czerny and Josh Bowman are about to find out when Emily VanCamp returns to the small screen in ABC’s highly addictive mystery thriller Revenge. But just how terrified should these actors be of VanCamp’s beautiful and duplicitous Emily Thorne, who returns to the Hamptons to exact — as the title suggests — revenge on the wealthy community that destroyed her family years ago? We caught up with the actors to find out just that. See for yourself after the jump.

Emily VanCamp

Maybe you could talk about your character and the deception in Revenge, and compare it to your role on Brothers & Sisters?

Emily: That’s interesting, but I don’t think there was much revenge in Brothers & Sisters. I suppose there’s always a bit of that in families,...

Midseason schedules have already been announced from Fox and NBC, but now ABC has revealed their plans for the midseason with the premieres of the new comedy series Mr. Sunshine starring Matthew Perry and Happy Endings featuring Elisha Cuthbert (24). As a result of the new comedy premieres, Courtney Cox’s Cougar Town will not return to the schedule until Wednesday, April 13th. Starting that same Wednesday ABC will premiere a three-hour comedy block starting with The Middle and concluding with Modern Family Fan Favorite episodes. For a full rundown of the new schedule and details on ABC’s two new comedy series premieres, hit the jump.

Mr. Sunshine follows Ben Donovan (Matthew Perry), a self-involved manager of a San Diego sports arena, the Sunshine Center, where curious mishaps and bizarre requests are nothing more than ordinary. Allison Janney (The West Wing) also joins in the laughs as his boss and arena owner Crystal,...

Chicago – It was nostalgia time as Molly Ringwald made an appearance at the Borders Books in Lincoln Park, Chicago, near the suburban locale of one her great collaborations with the late John Hughes, “The Breakfast Club.”

Ringwald was in town promoting her new book, “Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect LIpstick.” She signed books and met fans at the Chicagoland Borders in Lincoln Park, and posed for a couple of Exclusive portraits for HollywoodChicago’s photographer Joe Arce.

Molly Ringwald at Borders Books in Lincoln Park, Chicago, April 30th, 2010

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com.

Although Ringwald is best remembered for those early teen movies in her filmography, she established quite a career afterward with appearances in the miniseries “The Stand” [1994], the short-lived TV show “Townies” [1996] and a great cameo in “Not Just Another Teen Movie” [2001]. She currently can be seen on...

Actress Molly Ringwald is returning to the screen - to star in a new show about the early days of television. Molly will be featured in the pilot for Big Time, which centers on a fledging television network in the industry's early days. 33-year-old Ringwald, who now lives in France, will play the network head's new bride in the Warner Bros. project set in 1948, who takes advantage of her position to launch a career in TV. Big Time marks Ringwald's return to her TV series roots. The actress started her screen career on the comedy The Facts Of Life. She also starred on the mini series The Stand and the short-lived sitcom Townies. On the big screen, Ringwald recently appeared in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.