1 of 8

(Matt Sayles / AP)

1.	Permanent diet may equal longer life
2.	Fox 11's Jillian Reynolds untouched as layoffs lay waste to the TV station's staff
3.	Illegal immigrants again in the budget spotlight
4.	California IOUs to be shunned by big banks after today
5.	Tremor patterns under San Andreas fault offer insights into earthquakes

Singers for hire?

Red Carpet Rewind: Mariah Carey: How to dress like a diva

Hollywood's guide to green-card romances

Mandy Moore rates the top crossover stars

Magazine covers that shook the world

Child Stars: Blessed or Messed?

By Deborah Netburn, Times Staff writer

Fergie

Stacy Ferguson joined the cast of “Kids Incorporated” in 1984 when she was 9 and stuck around for six seasons. Fast-forward twenty years later and she has a successful solo career, a gig promoting Candies, and a spot in the inexplicably successful band Black Eyed Peas. But there was a meth addiction in the intervening years that she blamed on her time as a child actor.

Bottom line: She’s rich now, but she’s earned it.