Actress Brett Butler hit rock bottom after her hit sitcom Grace Under Fire wrapped - she ended up living on the streets fighting a drug addiction.

The comedienne shot to fame as the star of the TV series, which was cancelled in 1998 amid Butler's ongoing battle with substance abuse. After several failed stints in rehab, Butler relocated to a farm in Georgia where she lived until she ran out of money and was forced to move into a homeless shelter.

She tells Entertainment Tonight, "I almost died like Michael Jackson... I was dying of addiction. I did everything but crack and needles prett...

On 30 Rock season 2, co-workers and friends are all trying to balance work and life, with the inevitable result of failed relationships, disastrous parties, at-work drunkenness, hard-core coffee addiction, world-class sandwich eating and occasional attempts to chop down Christmas trees. Also on DVD: Grace Under Fire season 1, Beverly Hillbillies seasons 1 & 2, Keeping up With The Kardashians season 1, Martin season 5, Mutant X the complete series, and The Simpsons season 11.

We saw it with Drew Barrymore and then again years later with Lindsay Lohan and most recently with Mary-Kate Olsen. Current "It" stars like the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus will undoubtedly follow suit in the next few years.

They are child stars that want to turn into more serious entertainers as they get older, hoping the fans that are also growing up will follow them into more adult ventures. They take on roles they perceive as "serious" or "artsy," they change their look to try to separate themselves from their younger image, and they often take behind-the-scenes hybrid titles...