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Of all the demonically possessed kids to ever show their devilish faces in a horror movie, Regan McNeill in “The Exorcist” is easily the most terrifying — and memorable. Is there anyone who grew up in the ’70s and wasn’t absolutely petrified by the sight of her freaky head spinning all the way around? Or later, when the footage was reinserted into the film, the image of her crawling, spider-like, down a staircase?
It seems only fitting, then, to bring this month’s Halloween-themed Rich or Rehabs to a close with a primer on the queen of the child horror stars, the actress who played Regan: Linda Blair.
Only a few child actors have been nominated for an Academy Award. Tatum O’Neal, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Justin Henry and Anna Paquin are among them. And so is Quinn Cummings.
In 1977, when she was just 9-years-old, she appeared in “The Goodbye Girl” as Marsha Mason’s daughter. She landed an Oscar nod as Best Supporting Actress for her role, but Vanessa Redgrave ultimately took the prize for her work in the film “Julia.” So what happened to Cummings after her big night in the Oscar spotlight?
In 2003, a group of prep school kids joined Jack Black and, through the power of rock ‘n’ roll, urged a nation of moviegoers to stick it to The Man.
Since then, the preteens who starred in “School of Rock” have grown up and now find themselves in different places in their lives, although several of them still seem pretty committed to making music. In part one of a two-part Rich or Rehab — think of it as the Strollerderby equivalent of a cliffhanger — I attempt to track down 10 of the key School of Rockers.
Of all the mean girls in the history of television, the meanest might have been Nellie Oleson from “Little House on the Prairie.”
I mean, look at her picture over there. Just look at it. You want to punch her in the face, don’t you? Or at least convince Laura Ingalls (aka Melissa Gilbert) to swat her senseless with her braided pigtails, right?
Well, here’s the thing about that obnoxious, ringlet-haired, self-righteous, arrogant little Miss Oleson. She was played by a young actress named Alison Arngrim, who, by all accounts, seems to be completely unobnoxious. Which means you can’t, in good conscience, really want to hit her, back then or now.
Speaking of now, you may be wondering what Arngrim has been up to since she stopped regularly terrorizing sweet little girls with nicknames like Half Pint. Allow me to bring you up to speed.
Remember Meeno Peluce? He had the most excellent white-kid ‘fro ever, and during the late ’70s and early ’80s, he appeared in some of the era’s most well-known TV shows: “Starsky and Hutch,” “Happy Days,” “The Love Boat,” “The A-Team,” “Silver Spoons,” and the list goes on. But the part Peluce may be best known for is his 
role in the short-lived time travel-meets-history series, “Voyagers!”
Of course, “Voyagers!” went off the air way back in 1983. So what happened to Peluce in the years that followed?
The Scripps National Spelling Bee crowned Kavya Shivashankar its new champion last week. All the media attention on the Kansas girl who clinched a victory by correctly spelling the word “Laodicean” may have reminded some observers of the 2002 documentary “Spellbound,” which followed the often intense competition between several smart young wordsmiths during the 1999 bee. 
Since 10 years have passed since that sharply captured showdown in Washington, D.C.’s took place, it’s only natural to wonder what has happened to some of the key kids who starred in “Spellbound.” Allow me to attempt to provide a few answers A-S-A-P. (That spells, um, ASAP.)
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Wendy Michaels 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
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