Ypulse Essentials: 'Rock 'n' Roll' Remake, Cell Phone Allowance, 'I Kissed A Squirrel…'
Posted by casey on 07-31-2008
'Rock 'n' Roll' remake (Howard Stern to remake The Ramones classic. He kind of looks like he could have been a Ramone, no?) (Variety)
- Don't mess with Texas… (cheerleaders. More mean girls for Lifetime when "Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal" premieres Saturday)
- '90210' to go (limited edition classic "90210" cast iPod Nano….um ok. Plus whatever happened to teen heartthrob Freddie Prinze Jr.? He's working for the WWE behind the scenes. Weird.) (Entertainment Weekly) (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Cell phone allowance (mobile carriers launch plans to help parents limit teens' minutes) (New York Times, reg. required)
- High gas prices… (ruining teen fun, according to the L.A. Times, reg. required)
- Cheap drunks (40% of teens say they received alcohol for free from an adult over the past month) (MSNBC)
- 'I kissed a squirrel' (and hundreds of other Katey Perry knockoffs on YouTube. Plus Miley's number one…again, her third number one album) (Reel Pop) (Marketwatch)
- From Be Bratz to Zibbie Zone (list of 100 kids virtual worlds - did you know that there are 60 youth worlds live at the moment, with another 53 in development? Wow) (Virtual Worlds Expo)
- Influence of social networking and gaming on kiddies (key stats from Virtual Worlds News's "Online Play: Earning Mom's Trust and Children's Interest" report) (Gamine Expedition)
- Nick on the big screen (Nickelodeon is releasing a preschool-aimed movie that combines episodes of "Dora the Explorer," "The Backyardigans," and more, reformatted for theater screen) (Media Post, reg. requirede)
- Phasing out the pager (the latest in drug dealer fashion: wearing not one but two pairs of pants) (Wicked Local)
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