A “Pretty” Cool Night With Molly Ringwald

An enthusiastic crowd of moms, dads, and teenage girls gathered last night at Bookends bookstore in Ridgewood, NJ, to hear Molly Ringwald read from her new book, GETTING THE PRETTY BACK: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick. For those of you who missed it, here are some fun things we learned about the actress during the Q&A, and from hanging out with her this week in NYC:

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An avid reader, one of Molly’s favorite authors is J.D Salinger. In fact, GETTING THE PRETTY BACK is divided into nine chapters as a nod to Salinger’s Nine Stories.
John Hughes movies aside, one of Molly’s favorite movies to work on was The Tempest, which she starred in when she was just 13 years-old.
With her jazz album finally completed and set to release in the fall, Molly hopes to one day master the ukulele.
Chelsea Handler’s first book, My Horizontal Life, was edited by Molly’s husband, Panio Gianopoulos. Panio and Chelsea will get a chance to reunite when he accompanies Molly to her appearance on Chelsea Lately on Monday, May 3^rd. Tune in!
Molly calls her writer husband Panio, “the master of transitional sentences”.
Does Molly still wear pink? Absolutely! In fact, the actress sported bright pink socks beneath her metallic silver heels last night at her signing.