New Brat Pack

The New Brat Pack refers to a group of actors and musicians (largely born between 1975 and 1981) who participated in the pop culture youth explosion of the late 1990s and early 2000s. These artists were first mentioned in a November 1997 article of Entertainment Weekly.
Film
Romantic comedies
The teen romantic comedy took off in the late 1990s with such films as Down to You, She's All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, Drive Me Crazy, the American Pie series, and others. These films made stars of Freddie Prinze, Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, and Chris Klein.
Horror and suspense
New Brat Pack horror and suspense films began with the Scream trilogy, as well as films such as Urban Legend, The Faculty, I Know What You Did Last Summer (and its sequel), as well as suspense thrillers such as Disturbing Behavior, The Skulls, and The Curve. These films launched the careers of such "scream queens" as Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Television
On television, My So-Called Life starring Claire Danes and Jared Leto came on the scene, paving the way for later teen television dramas. The Fox network introduced Party of Five and its stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jeremy London, and Scott Wolf and later aired That 70's Show which starred Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace. New networks such as UPN had Clueless and Moesha while The WB carried Felicity, Smallville, Popular, and Dawson's Creek. Other television programs starring the New Brat Pack included Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7th Heaven, Teen Angel, Sweet Valley High, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Dawson's Creek was the standout hit, however, and made stars of its young leads (James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Michelle Williams, and Kerr Smith).
Music
Around this time, boy bands such as , the Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees. as well as pop singers like Britney Spears, Fiona Apple, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, and Jessica Simpson, rose to stardom and are also considered members of the New Brat Pack.
Members
Actors
*Drew Barrymore
*Jordana Brewster
*Jason Biggs
*Scott Caan
*Rachel Leigh Cook
*Claire Danes
*Leonardo Di Caprio
*Clea Duvall
*Sarah Michelle Gellar
*Topher Grace
*Adrian Grenier
*Mila Kunis
*Melissa Joan Hart
*Jennifer Love Hewitt
*Katie Holmes
*Joshua Jackson
*Chris Klein
*Ashton Kutcher
*Ali Larter
*Heath Ledger
*Joseph Gordon-Levitt
*Tobey Maguire
*Ryan Phillipe
*Freddie Prinze, Jr.
*Tara Reid
*Christina Ricci
*Keri Russell
*Seann William Scott
*Alicia Silverstone
*Amy Smart
*Kerr Smith
*Shannyn Sossamon
*Nick Stahl
*Julia Stiles
*James Van Der Beek
*Michelle Williams
*Reese Witherspoon
*Elijah Wood
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Musicians
*Christina Aguilera
*Fiona Apple
*Norah Jones
*Alicia Keys
*Brandy
*John Mayer
*Britney Spears
*Justin Timberlake
*Jessica Simpson
*Mandy Moore
*Jennifer Paige
*Blaque
*Anastacia

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