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This blog is intended to help parents keep up with pop culture and technology as a way of staying connected to their teenage children. Parents can often seem to be behind the curve since whats "hot" in both technology and pop culture often changes so ra

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  • Twilight Saga: New Moon at Habbo Hotel Virtual World for Teens

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:53 in technology, movies, twilight

    Habbo Hotel is a multi-dimensional virtual world and community for teens. Teens create online characters and can explore public hang-outs, activities, connect with friends and decorate their own rooms. Habbo has partnered with Summit Entertainment t...

  • Nightlight: A Parody - Twilight Lampooned

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 18:23 in books, twilight

    When the Twilight book series first caught on, I wondered if it would become the next Harry Potter. I think I can say at this point that the Twilight phenomenon has definitely reached Harry Potter levels. A new sign of its pop culture status is the ...

  • Fanlala - Social Networking Fan Website for Teens and Tweens

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 15:21 in technology, celebrity, twilight

    Fanlala is a safe, family friendly, social community fan website for teens and tweens aged 8-14. The website provides young fans the latest news, articles and photos of their favorite celebrities. Teen members can connect to each other in Fanlala by...

  • New Moon Soundtrack, Other Merchandise and News

    Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 10:50 in music, movies, twilight

    The premiere of the second movie in the Twilight franchise, New Moon, is still over a month away, get the excitement in the air is palpable. The New Moon Soundtrack was slated for release on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Tuesday is the day of the week ...

  • Vampire Diaries, Teens and Ian Somerhalder

    Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 11:18 in TV, lost, twilight

    Vampires are continuing to ride high in pop culture, with a new television show, The Vampire Diaries, adding to the many books, TV show and movies already filling our thirst for vampire lore. Although not completely new, The Vampire Diaries is based ...

  • Twilight's Kristen Stewart to Play Teen Prostitute

    Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 10:56 in movies, celebrity, twilight

    Image via WikipediaKristen Stewart, of Twilight and New Moon, will be starring with James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo in a small independent film, Welcome to the Rileys, in which she plays a 16 year old stripper/lap dancer/prostitute. A bit different ...

  • Twilight Weekly Spotlight - News update series on ReelzChannel

    Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 12:54 in movies, TV, twilight

    Twilight Weekly: Spotlight is supposed to premiere tonight, August 10, 2009 at 10pm ET on the cable's ReelzChannel. ReelzChannel is a cable TV channel that airs news about movies. With Twilight as popular as ever, evidenced by its near sweep of the T...

  • Why are Vampires so Popular?

    Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 14:26 in books, twilight

    Blood, Fire, and Pillars of Smoke: The Rise of Vampires in Pop CultureGuest Post By Rona Sharon Author of Royal BloodAs popular themes go, vampires may very well win the prize of "most commonly resurrected." You may love them, hate them, or are tryin...

  • If I Stay: New Teen Book Not Just For Teens

    Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 09:14 in books, movies, twilight

    If I Stay, the new novel by Gayle Forman to be released this Thursday, April 2, is being touted as the next Twilight, because of its ability to attract both teens and their parents. However, If I Stay really has much more in common with The Lovely Bo...

  • Twilight Director's Notebook and Movie DVD

    Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 10:01 in books, movies, twilight

    This coming March, Twilight fans will have two exciting items hit the stores just a few days apart. Twilight: Director's Notebook, written by Catherine Hardwicke, will be released on March 17th. Then on March 21st, The Twilight Two-Disc Special Editi...