I was disturbed (and let's face it, a little heartbroken) to hear the news that Andrew Keegan has been accused of beating his girlfriend. Like many other Teen Beat-loving girls, I had a major crush on Andrew back in Camp Nowhere — and it may or may not have stretched into the 10 Things I Hate About You era. Even though Keegan had his heyday during my teenage years, I get a bit nostalgic anytime he shows up on my radar.
Who amongst us wasn't guilty of once plastering our bedroom walls with photos of Jonathan Taylor Thomas or Boy Meets World's Ryder Strong? Even if you've moved on to a more mature imaginary relationship with Robert Pattinson or John Krasinski, who was your tween/teen crush?
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Devon Sawa. LOL!! He was so cute in Now and Then.
1And I just looked him up out of curiosity and apparently he is a girlfriend beater as well. Strange. And sick.
2As a pre-teen I'd get every single issue of Tiger Beat, Teen Beat & BOP. I had never seen Andrew Keegan in anything until the later seasons of 7th Heaven but always liked the pictures of him in the magazines. My tween crush was Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
3Adam Brody. Still have it!
4I had the HUGEST crush on Edward Furlong from Terminator 2! And Kirk Cameron =)
5Mike Vitar. He was Benny the Jet on The Sandlot.
6Won't lie: I've had a crush on Johnny Depp for over 10 yrs. As for embarrassing tween crushes? Justin Timberlake and Nick Carter hold the top spots
7OH definitely Andrew Keegan and Devon Sawa (loved the few moments he was in Casper with Christina Ricci!) And yes, Jonathan Brandis was very very hot!!! Oh taking me back to the Bop Magazine days!
8JTT! and Justin Timberlake
9I kinda feel so lame that I had so many. The thought of Leo, JTT, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and David Boreanaz back in their heydays still tugs at the heart strings. I wonder what JTT is doing these days, since the other guys are still around the showbiz scene.
10I was all about Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
11Johnathan Brandis was probably my biggest one. So sad that he died
. Everyone was obsessed with
JTT (Johnathan Taylor Thomas) when I was in middle school. Oh man, and Gavin Rossdale.
12Brad Renfro. He's dead, too.
13All the above: Jonathan Brandis, Andrew Keegan, Ryder Strong, JTT, Johnny Sepp.
Also...Joshua Jackson from Dawson's Creek, and Seth Green.
14Elijah Wood and Brad Renfro, haha
15Christian Slater in the 90's
16I find this news very upsetting as well. Andrew Keegan is a doll....those dimples, sigh. Well, he is only ACCUSED so...maybe it's not true? But if he is a beater, I want him to go to big jail, dimples or no!
17I think I had obscure crushes compared to everyone else, I remember all my friends were in love with Andrew Keegan. I was in love with Lee Thompson Young (The Famous Jett Jackson) and Shawn Ashmore. *sigh and swoon*
18JTT and Devon Sawa (Little Giants, anyone? sigh), and then later Taylor Hanson. Tee hee
19Jonathan Brandis and Mike Vitar were definitely favorites. Also anyone remember that boyband 5ive? Scott from 5ive was definitely dreamy.
20definitely Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Mike Vitar, and; I'm unbelievably mortified to admit; Nick Lachey and (ahhhhhh) Lance Bass! I know; how sad is that especially now that he's gay! but I was young; I'll blame it on that...
21oh, and Joshua Jackson - I remember thinking how heartbroken I was going to be when he got married - and now he's with Diane Kruger (not that I care; I don't like him anymore)...
22some of these comments make me feel old! i was all about neil patrick harris (something about that doogie was hot) and jordan knight from nkotb. i really loved john stamos (aka uncle jesse) but he wasn't exactly a teen!
23lol, I never liked any teen guys. I was born in 84, and it was all about George Clooney when i was 13. That's right when his batman came out, and who cared if he was over twice my age? lol.. I saw One Fine Day and i went beserk... it was bad.
24He used to go out with Leeann Rimes and didn't treat her very nice either.
25RE: "Christian Slater in the 90s"
Christian Slater is still hot and is still a busy actor!
26Wil Wheaton (Westley Crusher, from Star Trek: TNG) and I thought Jonathan Brandis was beautiful, but didn't watch that, er, submarine (??) show.
27Rider Strong and David Gallagher (Simon from 7th heaven)
28Whew, this brings me back. Andrew Keegan (btw, if you haven't seen 'The Broken Hearts Club' it's one of my favorites) and Devon Sawa definitely topped the list- I loved Little Giants! And Casper! And Lorelei, 'The Sandlot' is awesome- love that movie. I also really liked Jonathan Jackson...
29Omg, Jonathan Brandis died? He was one of my crushes. Then I had the major jones' for LeoD who made it out of the poster boy phase quite successfully.
30I was in LOVE with christian bale from newsies. I know every song in that movie. loooooove it.
31Jason Bateman!! I've loved him for soooo many years!! haha! and he's still really cute!
32I don't really remember having a crush. A short stint of a crush on Nick Carter (and didn't like JT) and never really noticed the other ones. One guy I did like is the older son on a show on Disney called So Weird, I think his character was Carrie Hart?
33Hmmm I really can't remember even though my tween years weren't that long ago...I was 14 when Pirates came out and became obsessed with him after that, even though I was a fan of him even before the Pirates franchise.
Some of the guys I remember having a crush on were Ben Savage (Cory from Boy Meets World), Zac Hanson (from Hanson, obviously), Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys), Lance Bass ('NSYNC...lol before i knew he was gay), Christopher Gorham (Harrison on Popular, Henry on Ugly Betty), and Shane West (A Walk to Remember).
34oops I meant to say Johnny Depp in the first paragraph, but you could probably figure out that out from my profile pic
Although I also had a major crush on Orlando Bloom when he was in Lord of the Rings and the
1st Pirates movie.
35Elijah Wood...I actually met my best friend in 7th grade in the Elijah Wood mailing list...that was like 15 years ago!
Devon Sawa, my 7th-8th grade boyfriend was the spitting image of Devon. SIGH
36Jonathan Taylor Thomas and then Justin Timberlake-apparently, I had a thing for J.T's with blonde hair!
37I was into Jonathan Brandis and Rider Strong (it's spelled with an i not a y).
38I made my dad rent Ladybugs over and over just so I could see Jonathan Brandis, I was taken aback when he died, I'll admit. Also had a huge crush on Ryder Strong. Whatever happened to him? I think I just a tad too old for JTT, though he was a cutie! And Joshua Jackson...oh those eyes!
39Jason Bateman than and now!
40NKOTB Joey Mac! Woop!
41OMG....where do I begin? Of course, when I was very young, it was all about Michael J. Fox on Family Ties and Kirk Cameron on Growing Pains. Then Mark-Paul Gosselaar, JTT, Mike Vitar...my walls were covered with their pics and posters from Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, and BOP. Of course, in high school, I was all about Joshua Jackson in Dawson's Creek, Jason Behr in Roswell, Scott Wolf in Party of Five...the list goes on and on. LOL. The good old days.
42Joshua Jackson and David Boreanaz...
43I never understood the obsession w/ Andrew Keegan.. I was a pretty big Devon Sawa/Ryder Strong/JTT fan, though.
44Leonardo DiCaprio ... when he was in R&J I swooned.
45Brad Renfro. such a cutie
Some of the answers make me feel old! My teen crush was Luke Perry/Dylan McKay in BH90210.
46Okay here we go...
Leo DiCaprio. My first REAL celebrity crush... the Romeo & Juliet/Titanic years were great. Definitely Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, JT... I did the boy band thing.
47Hmm for me it mainly was Macaulay Culkin. I loved him in My Girl, Home Alone, Richie Rich and The Good Son. I still get those feelings when I see him now, but he is not that cute anymore. I loved him in Partymonster too, which is a far cry from the other movies he did. But I respect him for it. I also had a crush on AJ from the Backstreet boys, Daniel Johns from Silverchair, Jari Litmanen ( A Finnish soccer player), Barry Watson from seventh heaven and basically every other long-haired boy haha.
48Yah RubyDreams, I was going to say that. He was engaged to Leann and he slept with Piper Perabo when she was filming Coyote Ugly.
He's a total assbag.
49JTT
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