Where are they now hotties.....

I got to thinking. We are always posting pictures of the hottest guys going these days, but what about the guys we USED to drool over when we were teens. I realize that our teen demographic probably won't recognize most of these guys, but you can all Google, right?

One of my first celebrity crushes happened in 1984. I dare any of you to tell me that you didn't want to be Elisabeth Shue sitting at a fire on the beach listening to Banarama that year. Okay, so now that I know that Ralph Macchio was 23 when The Karate Kid came out and I was, like, eleven, it's kind of creepy. But that didn't stop me from plastering the inside of my locker with pictures of him that I cut out of TigerBeat.

Ralph is doing a little more writing and directing these days, but he does make an occasionally appearance. One of my favs was seeing him on Entourage a few years ago. He was playing a married man trying to sneak out of the house to go to the Playboy mansion with Pauly Shore. It was hysterical. He's nearing fifty now (so scary) but at least he's not so scrawny. I think he still looks pretty dang good. Thanks for for being my first celebrity crush, Ralph.

A few years later, my dad got remarried and I got a step-brother who reminded me so much of Ralph that it was just creepy to like him anymore. The new crush would have some serious shoes to fill. A little show called, Blossom, came on the air and Ralph was a distant memory. Hello, or WHOOOOA (for those of you with a really good memory), JOEY LAWRENCE. He wasn't the little pip squeak from Gimme a Break anymore. He had a bod to die for and a head of hair that any girl would kill her. Plus, he could sing, kind of.

He's dropped the Y so he's just Joe now. Hairless Joe. I'm kind of over the whole Mr. Clean look but he's still doing pretty good. He's popped up in episodes of CSI, an ABC Family movie a few years ago, Dancing with the Stars, and my favorite, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber with Jennifer Love Hewitt a few years ago. If you haven't seen this one, rent it, it's awesome. I was prepared to stay with Joey until the end, but I was completely blindsided by another celebrity crush. Sorry, Joey.

In my defense, I was double-teamed so I didn't have a chance. Yes, I'm talking about The Corey's. Who didn't love these brothers from another mother?

Some of my favorite movies are Dream a Little Dream, The Lost Boys, The Goonies, License to Drive, and Blown Away. Sadly, they both got caught up in childhood fame and lost themselves to drugs. Corey F. has been sober for quite some time and seems happily married with a gorgeous little boy. Corey H. has had a much bigger struggle and I didn't post a now picture because, quite honestly, they were all very disturbing. But I think he's back on track and found out while looking for info on them that they are going to be doing a reality show on A & E together that starts this summer. I will definitely be tuning in!

So, did you have a crush on any of these guys? If not, who was your biggest teenage crush?

What I'm reading...Bloom by Elizabeth Scott

xo,

Steph

All that matters is what's inside...as long as your outside is wearing the tiara!

REVENGE OF THE HOMECOMING QUEEN, July 3,2007, Berkley Jam Books

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