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This week's New York Magazine has declared Gossip Girl to be the best teen drama of all time. (The magazine's cover went even further with its proclamation: "Best. Show. Ever.") Really, now? I love the show — but is it better than, say, My So-Called Life or Dawson's Creek? I'm putting the question you, dear readers. The restrictions: Nothing from a decade when most of us weren't alive, no Read more
Today Claire Danes turns 33! While the birthday girl is all grown up these days as the star of Homeland and wife to hot actor Hugh Dancy, we will always remember Claire as the angsty teen heroine of My So-Called Life, Angela Chase. As one of our favorite '90s starlets, Claire's portrayal of Angela gave us someone we could relate to growing up. She went through the same friend dramas, family Read more
Here's another post from our friends at Circle of Moms! Every week, we bring you the best parenting and motherhood stories from our partners at Circle of Moms, including this post from Mary Beth Sammons about moments moms don't want to miss. At the risk of sounding like my mom, I’ve come to realize our kids do grow up so fast. Even though some of the moments (like the teen years) can seem Read more
If you've been holding your breath about The Hunger Games, it's time to let it out, because the movie fulfills any and all hopes you could have. Not only is the adaptation loyal to its cherished source material, as a film, it's simply incredible. Based on Suzanne Collins's novel, The Hunger Games portrays a dystopian future in which what's presumed to be North America has been broken up into 12 Read more
On this week's episode of Glee, things are taken to a whole new world of drama. I knew the Winter finale episode "On My Way" was going to be big, but I didn't really know what I was getting into. The New Directions head to Regionals to take on the Warblers, but the whole show choir thing feels a little trite as tragedy after tragedy takes place in the community. The episode feels a little (OK, Read more
How one t-shirt can keep a child from contracting AIDS Cyndi Lauper works to empower LGBT youth through lipstick Lauren Conrad styles hospitalized teens for the holiday What's on Rachel Zoe's holiday shopping list? Alexa Chung brings the drama on 24 Hour Catwalk Taylor Swift's new bangs: yay or nay? Stacy Keibler's holiday must have Read more
Something wicked this way comes! The CW's new witchy drama The Secret Circle, which recently got picked up for a first season, is celebrating Halloween, and the characters are going all out. There's no telling what sort of spells the teen witches will get into on the holiday, but for now, check out Cassie and her friends in their costumes, which run the gamut from little red riding hood to, um, Read more
The costume: Katniss Everdeen Need a quick, easy Halloween costume idea? Look no further than District 12, home of The Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen. We know what you're thinking: Isn't that book series for teenagers? Yes and no: though teens were its initial target audience, the strong sociopolitical commentary and action-packed drama appeal to readers of any age. (Seriously, a friend Read more
MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom attract tons of viewers, as well as criticism that they glorify teen pregnancy. For its next young-people-growing-up-fast docuseries, MTV is leaving the babies out. Starting after the honeymoon, Married Young will follow young couples in their first year of marriage. If this all sounds familiar, that's because the network ran the series Engaged & Underage a Read more
If The Vampire Diaries doesn't bring enough supernatural drama to your Thursdays, then you'll be happy to know that the CW's new series The Secret Circle will pick up the slack this Fall when it premieres in the time slot after Diaries. Like that show, the series is also based on L.J. Smith's novels, but instead of vampires, the stars are witches. Britt Robertson plays Cassie, a teen that moves Read more
