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MY LIFE IN 10 PICTURE DREW BARRYMORE

Drew Barrymore once quipped, “I’m certainly not known for being boring.” Indeed, having grown up a scion of an acting dynasty, she first found fame at age 7. A chaotic home life revolving around an absent father and a mother who was “more like my best friend” quickly led to rehab stints, and emancipation and estrangement from her family.

“But you know what’s exciting? I got my s--t over with at, like, 14,” a reflective Drew says. “Mid-life crisis, institutionalised, blacklisted,

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