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    10 Former Trainwrecks

    Who had furthest to go from freak to geek?

  • Nicole Richie
    Nicole Richie enjoyed quite a stretch as a bad girl. She struggled with an addiction to heroin, was arrested twice, and tales of her rampant partying filled the pages of gossip mags. These days, Nicole has cleaned up her act and abandoned the club scene for the stroller set.
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  • Ashlee Simpson
    Drunken incidents at McDonalds are a thing of the past for Ashlee Simpson, another star who cleaned up after getting knocked up.
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  • Leonardo Dicaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio was once notorious for his bar-hopping and bed-hopping ways. These days, he's in a relationship with supermodel Bar Refaeli and directs his energy towards environmental causes instead of staying up 'til dawn.
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  • Colin Farre;;
    Colin Farrell burst on the scene with a bottle of booze in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and gained a reputation as the bad boy every girl wanted to reform. After voluntarily checking into rehab in December 2005, Colin has drastically toned down his wild ways and seems more content playing the role of doting dad rather than womanizing lush.
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  • Robert Downey
    Between 1996-2001, Robert Downey Jr. was either doing drugs, in jail for doing drugs, or in a treatment center to help him stop doing drugs and going to jail for doing drugs. Since completing his last court-ordered drug treatment program, Downey seems to have kicked his habit, and is back on top of the A-list with "Iron Man" and a list of projects second to none.
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  • Britney Spears
    Since losing control over her life, Britney Spears finally seems to be on the straight and narrow, and is back to being a pop princess rather than tragic train wreck. Hopefully she’ll keep up the good work even after the conservatorship is over.
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  • Drew Barrymore
    Drew Barrymore seemed destined to follow the path of so many child stars before who threw away their careers before they were even legal. Drew was smoking cigarettes by 9, developed an alcohol habit by 11, pot habit by 12, and was doing coke at 13. By the time she was 14, Drew had been in rehab twice, once following a suicide attempt. Today, Drew is one of the most successful actresses and producers in Hollywood, and is currently starring in the HBO feature movie "Grey Gardens," which premieres this weekend.
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  • Angelina Jolie
    From a blood-wearing, knife-wielding, bisexual, alleged heroin user to a humanitarian and mother of 6, no one has reformed as radically as Angelina Jolie.
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  • Charlie Sheen
    Charlie Sheen brought excess to a whole new level in the 90's with his addictions to drugs and sex. These days, the guy who claims to have slept with 5,000 women, and who spent $50,000 on prostitutes in 14 months, is married with children, on a cheesy CBS sitcom, and has mastered the art of staying out of trouble.
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  • Madonna
    Madonna has reinvented herself many, many times. These days, it's hard to believe the yoga loving, baby adopting, Kabbalah enthusiast was once a controversial envelope-pushing sexpot who loved to get religious leaders up in arms.
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    10 Former Trainwrecks

    Who had furthest to go from freak to geek?

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  • 10 Former Trainwrecks
  • Nicole Richie
  • Ashlee Simpson
  • Leonardo Dicaprio
  • Colin Farre;;
  • Robert Downey
  • Britney Spears
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Charlie Sheen
  • Madonna