Drew Barrymore: A Look Back

Today is Miss Drew Barrymore's 31st birthday. (BTW, nobody else good was born today, so there will be no regular celeb birthday post. And yes, I'm well aware of Kyle MacLachchchlan.) In her honor, I dug out a reading of Drew's astrological chart (pictured at left) that I wrote waaay back in 1998. (Reduce, reuse, recycle, I always say). Here's an excerpt:

"Few people are born with such an obvious karmic mixed bag as Drew Barrymore. Though she's only 23 [again, this was 1998; she's now 31], her checkered history is now something of a modern fairy tale: Inheriting the acting gifts of her Barrymore predecessors as well as their capacity for self-destructiveness, Drew starred in E.T., one of the most successful films of all time, at age 6 ... and found herself in drug rehab at 13. Bouncing back from a precocious addiction to alcohol and cocaine, Drew slowly found her way back into the spotlight, graduating from skanky B-movie fare like Poison Ivy and TV's The Amy Fisher Story to meatier film roles. Now a lauded leading lady and, by all appearances, a content and grounded young woman who fairly bubbes over with enthusiasm for life, Drew has gone from rehab to Cinderella, and from Playboy model to role model. What prevented Drew from yielding to the dark side of her Barrymore heritage and ending up on the trash heap of burned-out, washed-up child stars? A look at her astrological chart provides an interesting perspective on the unpredictable bundle of gifts, weaknesses, and unique quirks that make up Drew Barrymore...." [More]

Link to the full piece here. I know, I know, the web design is so last century, but readability be damned, I just couldn't bear to get rid of the butterfly belly-button background. Happy birthday, Drew!