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...world look the other way when it comes to dealing with the appalling poverty and diseases burgeoning in our own backyard. Unfortunately, pressing social issues still take a backseat to pretentious religious ones in many developing nations. Praveen Grover New Delhi Unique Partnership The article about the alliance be-tween former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush [Dec. 26?Jan. 2] should be required reading for every politician in the country. You agree on some things and you disagree on others, but you work out the differences with dialogue and respect for each other. That is the way things...
...SPROUSE, both 13, who currently star in their own show on the Disney Channel and also appeared on the sitcom Friends. The new brand, D.C. Sprouse, hangs on the twins' cuteness and likability and will include DVD movies, CDs, clothing, sports gear and video games to appeal to the tween-boy audience. "They're real boy boys," says an Olsen rep of the Sprouses. "They like skating, sports, all of that." O.K., but if you want to know what boys are really into, here's a tip: try girls...
...network says this cartoon is aimed at kids from 6 to 14. Is that even possible? Well, older kids will appreciate the savvy pop-culture parodies and the heroine, a sassy, tween fly with a nonconformist streak. When a clique of her trendy peers decides it's no longer cool to regurgitate food--part of the natural fly digestion process--she defiantly barfs on a plate of garbage and declares, in a Spartacus moment, "I am a fly!" The barfing jokes explain why the 6-year-olds will like...
...that got KATIE HOLMES' little tween heart pumping way back when? As a youngster, "I used to think I was going to marry TOM CRUISE," Holmes told Seventeen magazine last fall. Does Cruise read Seventeen? The action star, 42, is squiring the pert Dawson's Creek actress, 26, around Italy, with reps for both admitting they're "dating." Skeptics note the pair have summer films to promote--Batman Begins for her and War of the Worlds for him--making this a nice time to toss the paparazzi some A-list meat. Indeed, Cruise's exes--Oscar winner Nicole Kidman...
When I first heard about The O.C.—the surprise hit tween drama on Fox that began its second season yesterday—I was shocked and a little angry. Once again, Hollywood had taken a ridiculous concept and ran with it, at the expense of everyone from Southern California like myself. This trend began with Orange County, the hopelessly terrible movie with Jack Black and Forrest Gump’s kid, and now, I feared, this would become a long-running fad. Having grown up in Orange County—specifically Irvine, a particularly plastic suburb?...