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A distinctive element of Tiger Beat was its covers, which featured cut-and-paste collaged photos – primarily head shots – of current teen idols. For the first twelve issues, Thaxton's face appeared at the top corner of the cover (at first the magazine was titled Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat ), and he also contributed a column. [ 6 ]
Founded in 1956, the first issue of 16 hit the newsstands in May 1957, with Elvis Presley on the cover. [1]Its longtime editor-in-chief, former fashion model and subscriptions clerk Gloria Stavers, transformed 16 from a standard general-interest movie magazine into a major fan magazine focused on the preteen female as its primary reader base.
People would speak to her growth rather than make eye contact, and to make matters worse, the visual effects were compounded by “a skin-crawling itch” that she says felt like “torture”.
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The '90s may have given us Dawson's Creek and the best years of Saved by the Bell, but still, it's no match for the '00s when it comes to teen-focused TV. The first decade of the new millennium ...
By Dre Weston Being a child star in Hollywood has numerous perks, including access to a ton of cash at a very early age. But what lurks behind the glitz and glamour is a dark side few young stars ...
The difference that the 70s' "Teeny Bopper syndrome" had with prior idol phenomena was that these new teen idols were directed at even younger girls, down to 15 years old, who were too young to have heard the Beatles and were not attracted to the new hard rock music of the time that their elder siblings listened to. [4]
Many of the modern-day teen idols are females marketed as "role models" to teen and tween girls, a departure from the traditional role of the male teen idol marketed as the idolized teen "heartthrob". Actress Mischa Barton became a teen idol through her role on The O.C., with Entertainment Weekly naming her character Marissa Cooper “It Girl ...