The Brat Pack at 40: How the clever nickname for Hollywood’s brash young pretenders caused the group to split and impacted their careers

The Brat Pack at 40: How the clever nickname for Hollywood’s brash young pretenders caused the group to split and impacted their careers

It all started with a magazine article. David Blum, a 29-year-old journalist from Queens had just landed a job working for New York magazine when his editors signed off on a major cover story assignment. Blum, the lucky sod, was to travel to Los Angeles to interview rising Hollywood talent Emilio Estevez. Indeed, Martin Sheen’s eldest son had recently scored a hit with The Breakfast Club, and his next picture – a choppy coming-of-ager called St …