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Mendler is following a path to fame the channel has mapped over the past three years as it has launched serial stars into orbit: the supernova Miley Cyrus in 2006, Selena Gomez in 2007, the Jonas Brothers in 2008 and Demi Lovato this year. (See pictures of Disney stars throughout the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making New Mileys: Disney's Teen-Star Factory | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...maximize profit from every pop-culture nugget it creates - this is a company that made billions of dollars from movies based on Pirates of the Caribbean, a cheesy 10-minute boat ride - works only if it continues to create appealing characters and stories that it can cross-promote. When Gomez released her new album, Kiss & Tell, on Sept. 29, she celebrated with an appearance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She has a song that plays during the end credits of the first Tinkerbell DVD. While on hiatus from her show, Wizards of Waverly Place, she made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making New Mileys: Disney's Teen-Star Factory | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

Marsh says it's not deliberate, but the company also seems to minimize its exposure by casting the most gosh-darn wholesome teens it can find. The Jonases, Cyrus, Gomez and Lovato wear purity rings and talk about their Christian faith. "I don't know if they find them wearing the rings or if that becomes part of the image," says Frederick Levy, a manager of child actors and the author of the new book Acting in Young Hollywood. He notes that generally, children who are less jaded make better TV stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making New Mileys: Disney's Teen-Star Factory | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...term, talent agencies have become more aggressive in finding their talent before we do." And locating them, he says, is by far the hardest part. When Disney was looking for a young Latina star, Marsh says, he looked at thousands of kids and found one he wanted to pursue: Gomez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making New Mileys: Disney's Teen-Star Factory | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...that it can be reviewed in Amber Alert cases or mined for leads in certain criminal cases. For example, if a detective in a bank-robbery case has a partial license-plate number, he or she can request a review of scans in the vicinity of the crime. Gomez says the request must go through well-defined channels and protocols; investigators cannot simply call up the data independently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: License-Plate Scanners: Fighting Crime or Invading Privacy? | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

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