Ypulse Essentials: 'New Moon' Madness, Presidential PSA, Gen Y Wants Small Cars

‘New Moon’ madness (officially descends with movietickets.com reporting that fans have already ensured that 1,300 showings of the movie around the country are sold out including 900 midnight screenings. Wall Street Journal rounds up the reviews… as if the critics make a difference? Also Newsarama on the connection btwn Twilight, superheroes and comic books) (Los Angeles Times)

- Presidential PSA (as a joint effort between the NFL’s Play campaign and President Obama’s United We Serve effort, a spot to raise awareness about childhood obesity featuring president Obama and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will air on Thanksgiving Day. Also 100 high school students are selected to participate in Disney’s Dreamers Academy of 2010 at the Walt Disney World Resort) (USA Today)

- YouTube gets TV (in the UK, partnering with Channel 4 to offer full-length TV shows. Plus more on ‘FunnyOrDie’ as SNL for the web generation) (Variety) (Chicago Tribune)

- Sex, etc. (parents petition a library for offering a magazine about sexuality written for teens by teens, under the supervision of a national sexuality organization at Rutgers. Because teens won’t find less accurate, more gratuitous material online?) (Ames Tribune)

- T-Mobile Tap (targets tweens. This review gives it points as a stylish touch phone with multimedia features and a low price point, but laments a “slow interface and cramped touch keyboard”) (San Francisco Chronicle)

- ‘Glee’ spreads overseas (in the UK, The Guardian gushes over our favorite sleeper hit. Also Katy Perry lined up for the next “MTV Unplugged”) (AP)

- Good things come in small vehicles (for Millennials, who are driving the move towards more subcompact or compact cars, according to Ford. Also the generation gap at the office may be smaller than it appears according to a recent report in Canada) (New York Times, reg. required) (Vancouver Sun)

- High lead levels in toys (still cropping up, according to health groups. Also the Better Business Bureau lists the 10 worst toys to give kids this holiday season) (Boston Globe)

- Is transfer the answer (a recent survey finds one-third of college freshmen consider transferring to another school and 36 percent believe that there is a better college out there for them. Didn’t we all have that fleeting thought freshman year?)