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| | | | "I have days when I wish I could go back to when I was 15 and live my life over, knowing what I know now. I wish I knew it was okay to be smart and strong on your own, and that girls don't have to validate themselves through boys." | Hollywood "It Girl" and star of Transformers, Megan Fox on peer pressure.
Cosmogirl, July 2008, p.145.
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| "Poorly...I was very angry then--I still am a little bit angry now that I think about it. Imagine, seventeen years later! I'm going to figure out why I'm still giving it energy."
Actor, Ashton Kutcher, responding to how the divorce of his parents effected him as a kid. Cosmogirl, May 2008, p.70.
| | "I think it's my faith that keeps me grounded, especially because I'm a Christ follower for sure. Live like Christ and he'll live in you, and that's what I want to do." | | Teen starlet, Miley Cyrus, on staying level-headed in Hollywood. Foxnews.com, Mar 28, 2008. | | | | "I don't know if it's because I'm Russian, but you could stick and IV full of vodka in me and I'd be immune. I've been through tours where I was smoking pot every day. I'm more of a stoner than anything else, but I've tried everything. Except heroin. I'll do them all again." | | Musician, Vanessa Carlton, bragging about drug and alcohol usage. Blender, October, 2007. | | | | "If I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one to drunk driving I would. This is my way of taking responsibility and being an adult. I'm in a completely different place now. I have a responsibility now to be someone I would want my child to look up to." | Nicole Richie on pleading guilty to a second DUI charge and becoming a mother. Interviewed on ABC 20/20, August 8, 2007.
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In only two weeks Coldplay's Viva la Vida has become the most legally downloaded CD in music history and shows no signs of slowing down. Find out why these guys are so popular now by reading the recent Rolling Stone interview with frontman Chris Martin.
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1. Viva la Vida, Coldplay
2. Where the Light Is,
John Mayer
3. Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
4. Camp Rock Soundtrack,
Various Artists
5. Albertine, Brooke Fraser
6. T.O.S., G-Unit
7. The Bird and the Bee,
Relient K
8. One of the Boys,
Katy Perry
9. Agony & Irony,
Alkaline Trio
10. Rockferry, Duffy
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Movies tickets are one of the three items teens spend most of their money on. Movies are more than entertainment. They are window into the values and beliefs of our culture. In Movies that Matter, Richard Leonard gives insight into more than fifty films with redemptive elements. This will help you know better questions to ask when watching movies.
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| Movie Teens are Watching
| 1. Wall-E (63.0M)
2. Wanted (50.9M)
3. Get Smart (20.2M)
4. Kung Fu Panda (11.7M)
5. Incredible Hulk (9.5M)
6. The Love Guru (5.3M)
7. Indiana Jones (5.1M)
8. The Happening (3.9M)
9. Sex & the City (3.8M)
10. Don't Mess Zohan (3.1M)
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