• Kristy McNichol came out without coming out—she let her publicist give a quote and a picture of her and her partner to People, the actress herself retained the off-the-radar status she has cultivated, and apparently enjoyed for nearly 20 years. Three words sum up all these matters: Good. For. Her.
• Five teen idols who came out before Kristy McNichol—an article I wrote for E! Online. I must admit the Wesley Eure item was something that had evaded my own radar until I began my research.
• What my kindergartner taught me about Gary Coleman.
• Just how long Coleman's ashes been in limbo?
• Not that you asked, but the Los Angeles Times did -- ask me, that is, for my two cents on Raven-Symoné: That's So Not Raven."
• Right this way for my E! Online coverage of Coleman's life and death, my takes on the saddest child-star stories and top teen-star troubles, and my looks back at Corey Haim and Brittany Murphy.
• More on the whys and wherefores of former child stardom in Essays.
