Drew Barrymore

The scion of an acting dynasty and youngest host of SNL, Drew Barrymore was almost a cautionary tale of the perils of childhood fame and fortune after she made her debut in a Puppy Chow commercial at 11 months, brought the cute in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 7, started drinking at 9, club-hopping and smoking pot by 10, snorting cocaine by 12 and attempting suicide at 14. But this firestarter always manages to rise from the ash like a tattooed midriff-baring, late-night host-flashing phoenix. She did several stints in rehab, spent three months with recovering addict David Crosby and his

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