Rich kids are in again (The CW will spin off "90210," yes the "90210" we all remember. Recycling is good...for TV. Defamer offers casting advice) (Hollywood Reporter)
- Britney goes anime (in her latest video. Oh yeah, she makes music...) (Jossip)
- NIN (on YouTube...evidently Trent Reznor passed the $1 million mark in download sales as well. Plus YouTube on Tivo and on your own site -- for non-commercial use only) (New York Times, reg. required) (News.com)
- AOL buys Bebo (if they can integrate it with AIM, Bebo could be bigger in the U.S.) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- Nick's 'Big Green' initiative ("Designed to empower kids to take action on the environment through gaming and grassroots activity...") (Mediabistro)
- Obama ad contest (MoveOn solicits user generated ads to air on TV) (TechCrunch)
- Classic 'This American Life' (on childhood memories)
- Scent-free schools (this is kind of funny. I wish we could have banned Drakkar Noir in high school) (Huffington Post)
- It's not 'addiction' (it's "disconnect anxiety") (Textually)
P.S. YouthOutlook just launched its second youth blog-a-thon -- this time around the theme is violence. You need to be between the ages of 14-26 to participate. Get blogging!)
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Comments
Re the 90210 spinoff:
If they get Jason Priestley to play a teacher or parent, then it might be entertaining.
If they have an all-new cast, then it's going to have limited appeal for most fans of the original.
Posted by: Eric Jaffa | March 13, 2008 8:55 PM