They've got the cover of Rolling Stone, an assortment of love-proclaiming tees at tween-tailer Libby Lu, and, now, a slew of Teen Choice Awards surfboards from Monday's show. The brothers Jonas racked up awards in a number of categories:

• Best Love Song for "When You Look Me in the Eyes"
• Breakout Group
• Best Single for "When You Look Me in the Eyes"
• Best Summer Song for "Burnin' Up"
• Male Red Carpet Icon (for their collective fashion sense)
• Male Hottie (Yes, the

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So, over the weekend, I popped into my local Barnes & Noble to find hordes of teenage girls eagerly awaiting the midnight release of Stephenie Myers’ Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in her Twilight series. The teenage fans of the series wore shirts proclaiming their love for the vampire, Edward, and lined up to pose – prom-photo style – with the new book cover.

This ties into the Twilight fervor I witnessed at Comic-Con. Sadly, I missed Summit Entertainment’s… Read More

So, it almost takes all the fun out of it: I've already read about the big winners at tonight's Teen Choice Awards, airing tonight on Fox at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The show was held over the weekend at L.A.'s Gibson Amphitheater and photos and news are all over the Internet. But I'm not going to drop any spoilers in this space (though proceed with caution to the link above: it contains the names of several winners.)

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Curious about Comic-Con? Is it a place for actual kids, or just the overgrown ones (like me)?

Well, I think there’s plenty for kids to get a kick out of on the show floor – and we saw many a young Jedi, Superman, and Joker wandering the hall with their parents.

But we have to hand it to friend of Family.com, The213.net, for truly serving up a kid's perspective: Visit The213.net to… Read More

I returned from Comic-Con with a bagful of goodies, a nasty cold and lots of movie news.

Comic-Con is about the most exciting place on earth if you want to get sneak peeks of everything the big studios are preparing for coming years.

I attended the Disney/Pixar preview panel and got to get sneak peeks of both Bolt, coming out on November 21 and of Up, the new Pixar release for 2009.

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I have to say, it's quite delicious to be able to buy or rent a whole season of a favorite television show and watch it at my own pace: No commercials. I can rewind to see something again and I can watch the entire season in a few nights or one day or one month -- none of that waiting between episodes. (I suppose the same thing is possible with a DVR, but you don't get the pretty, pretty boxes.)
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