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  • Rob Lowe's family moved to California when he was a teenager, where he became fast friends with the likes of Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. "For the first time, I met people my own age that wanted to act and that wanted to be filmmakers," he says. "It was great to fall in with a crowd that had similar likes." Lowe is pictured in Los Angeles in 1983.
    'I Wanted A New Life,' Says Actor, Author Rob Lowe
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    It isn't easy to transition from teen idol to Hollywood star — and while heartthrob Rob Lowe may have succeeded, that's not to say his career hasn't seen some historic highs and lows. He chronicles his journey from the Brat Pack to The West Wing in a new memoir, Stories I Only Tell My Friends.