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July 2003 Issue

It’s Raining Teens

They’re everywhere, and they’re targeting a teen near you! Mark Seliger captures the girl-power goddesses and cute-boy wonders currently wowing Hollywood, while Krista Smith pops a quiz on their crushes and pet peeves. Related article: “Teen Engines: Riding with the Kid Culture,” by James Wolcott.

A. J. TRAUTH Birthday: September 14, 1986. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Las Vegas. Big break: “I’m still waiting for it.” First job: A fashion show at a Las Vegas shopping mall. Upcoming project: The Stevens Get Even, the movie version of his Disney Channel series, Even Stevens; however, “my band, Badge, is my main focus now. I play guitar and harmonica and sing.” Favorite gadget: iPod. Computer: iBook. Favorite designer: Diesel Jeans. Britney or Christina: Neither. Favorite guy’s guy: Jimi Hendrix. Favorite pretty-boy: Mick Jagger. PS2 or XBox: “I don’t play video games.” Car: 1995 Honda. Pet peeve: “Lack of organization.” Celebrity crush: Barbra Streisand. Favorite bands: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin. Favorite old TV show: Sanford and Son. Catchphrase: “Rock ’n’ roll.”

EMILY VanCAMP Birthday: May 12, 1986. Sign: Taurus. Hometown: Port Perry, Ontario. Big break: The WB’s Everwood, in which she stars as Amy Abbott. Upcoming project: Playing Sharon Stone’s daughter in A Different Loyalty. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Zero. Favorite lip gloss: Kiehl’s or MAC Lipglass. Cell phone: Samsung. (“I get service everywhere.”) Computer: Sony Vaio. Car: “I don’t drive yet.” Favorite guy’s guy: Kevin Spacey. Favorite pretty-boy: Josh Hartnett. Celebrity crush: Ashton Kutcher. Pet peeve: “People who interrupt.” Catchphrase: “Don’t fight battles you can’t win.”

BRITTANY SNOW Birthday: March 9, 1986. Sign: Pisces. Hometown: Tampa. Big break: Playing bad girl Susan LeMay on Guiding Light. Ongoing project: Starring as Meg Pryor on NBC’s American Dreams. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: One. Favorite lip glosses: MAC Lipglass, Bonne Bell, Urban Decay. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite guy’s guy: James Dean. Favorite pretty-boy: Ryan Phillippe. Favorite music: John Mayer, Linkin Park, 50 Cent. Pet peeve: “Reading out loud off a menu.” Idols: Reese Witherspoon and Marilyn Monroe. Celebrity crush: Charlie Hunnam. Favorite old TV show: I Dream of Jeannie. Most embarrassing moment: Being mistaken for an Olsen twin at a Golden Globes party. Catchphrase: “Keep smiling.”

AARON MEEKS Born: Aaron Joseph Meeks. Birthday: April 26, 1986. Sign: Taurus. Hometown: Los Angeles (Watts). Big break: Playing a street-smart Harlem kid who befriends Peter Falk in Showtime’s A Storm in Summer (2000). Upcoming project: The Showtime series Soul Food. Cell phone: Nokia. Favorite designer: Rocawear. Britney or Christina: Christina. Favorite guy’s guy: Kobe Bryant. PS2 or XBox: Both. Favorite band: The Roots. Car: Honda. Idols: Denzel Washington and Chris Tucker. Celebrity crush: Beyoncé Knowles. Favorite video game: NBA Live 2003. Favorite subject: Science. Favorite old TV show: Family Matters.

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ASHLEY OLSEN Birthday: June 13, 1986. (She’s two minutes older than Mary-Kate.) Sign: Gemini. Hometown: Los Angeles. Big break: Full House, starting at nine months old. Upcoming projects: “S.A.T.’s and college.” (For other projects, see Mary-Kate’s profile.) Number of Juicy Couture outfits: “A lot—from two years ago, when they were hot.” Favorite lip glosses: Rosebud Salve, Chanel Sheer. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite guy’s guy: Brad Pitt. Favorite pretty-boy: Brad Pitt. Pet peeve: “Hair in food.” Idols: Drew Barrymore and “Martha [Stewart], because of, like, everything she’s created within her brand.” Celebrity crush: Brad Pitt. Favorite book: The Nanny Diaries. Favorite old TV show: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Catchphrase: “You know."

MARY-KATE OLSEN Birthday: June 13, 1986. Sign: Gemini. Hometown: Los Angeles. Big break: Full House. Upcoming projects: Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and a Warner Bros. feature. Ongoing projects: Lifetime Network production deal, Columbia Records albums, Wal-Mart clothing and fragrance line, etc. “You can’t choose a favorite—for us it’s kind of like a company and it all runs together.” Favorite lip gloss: Cherry ChapStick. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite pretty-boy: Heath Ledger. Favorite bands: Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band. Pet peeve: “When people eat bananas and make that noise.” Celebrity crush: Andy Roddick. Favorite designer: “I like being really eclectic.” Favorite book: The Great Gatsby. Favorite old TV show: “I don’t watch a lot of TV.” Catchphrase:Ciao!

EVAN RACHEL WOOD Birthday: September 7, 1987. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina. Big break: Playing Jessie on ABC’s Once and Again. Upcoming projects: Thirteen, with Holly Hunter, and The Missing, Ron Howard’s 2004 thriller, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Never heard of them. Britney or Christina: Alanis Morissette. Favorite guy’s guy: Ewan McGregor. Favorite pretty-boy: Orlando Bloom. PS2 or XBox: Nintendo. Favorite music: Rufus Wainwright, Bright Eyes, Beck, Nirvana. Pet peeve: “People who do things because they think they should be doing them.” Idol: Jodie Foster. Celebrity crush: Ewan McGregor. Favorite subject: Science. Favorite book: “I’m reading Lolita.Favorite old TV show: Daria. Catchphrase: “Love, Smurfette.”

HILARY DUFF Birthday: September 28, 1987. Sign: Libra. Hometown: Houston. Big breaks: Her starring role in the Disney Channel’s Lizzie McGuire (recently made into a hit movie) and the film Agent Cody Banks, with Frankie Muniz. Upcoming projects: The films Cheaper by the Dozen and The Cinderella Story, as well as a CD. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: “Probably together [with her sister, Haylie] over a dozen.” Favorite lip glosses: Nars, Lancôme Juicy Tubes. Britney or Christina: “Britney all the way.” Favorite guy’s guy: David Beckham. Favorite pretty-boy: David Beckham. Favorite band: Boomkat. Idol: Princess Diana. Favorite designer: Louis Vuitton. (She collects the bags.) Favorite old TV show: I Dream of Jeannie. Pet peeve: “Chipped polish and wastefulness.”

LINDSAY LOHAN Birthday: July 2, 1986. Sign: Cancer. Hometown: Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Big break: Playing a set of twins in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. First job: A Jell-O commercial with Bill Cosby. Upcoming projects: Freaky Friday, out this summer, and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, out next spring. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: A dozen. Favorite lip glosses: ChapStick, Kiehl’s Lip Balm. Favorite designer: Christian Dior. Britney or Christina: “Britney, but I love Christina’s voice.” Favorite guy’s guy: “James Dean, but I love Brad Pitt.” Favorite pretty-boy: Justin Timberlake. Pet peeve: “People who are fake.” Idol: Madonna. Celebrity crush: Ashton Kutcher. Favorite old TV shows: Saved by the Bell, Who’s the Boss? Catchphrase: “Peace and love."

SOLANGE KNOWLES Birthday: June 24, 1986. Sign: Cancer. Hometown: Houston. Big break: Starring in Bow Wow’s video for “Puppy Love.” First job: Background dancer with Destiny’s Child (she’s Beyoncé’s little sister) on the Christina Aguilera tour. Upcoming project: Johnson Family Vacation, with Bow Wow and Cedric the Entertainer, due in 2004. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: “As many as I can get.” Favorite lip gloss: Bonne Bell’s Lip D’Votion. Britney or Christina: Both. Favorite pretty-boy: Brandon Boyd of Incubus. Favorite bands: Incubus and Coldplay. Pet peeve: “Singing to the music when you don’t know the words.” Idol: Aretha Franklin. Favorite book: Juniper Tree Burning: A Novel, by Goldberry Long, and the Bible. Favorite old TV show: The Cosby Show. Catchphrase: “Peace out.”

LACEY CHABERT Birthday: September 30, 1982. Sign: Libra. Hometown: Purvis, Mississippi. First job: Les Misérables on Broadway at age nine. Big break: Playing Claudia Salinger on Party of Five. Latest project: Daddy Day Care, with Eddie Murphy. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: None. Favorite lip glosses: MAC, Biotherm. Favorite designers: Marc Jacobs and BCBG. Britney or Christina: Jessica Simpson. Favorite guy’s guy: Jude Law. Favorite pretty-boy: Leonardo DiCaprio. Favorite band: U2. Car: Mercedes CLK. Pet peeve: “People who don’t stomp their cigarettes out.” Idol: “My mother, or Meryl Streep.” Celebrity crush: Joaquin Phoenix. Favorite old TV show: The Wonder Years. Favorite sport: “I actually watch golf.”

GREGORY SMITH Birthday: July 6, 1983. Sign: Cancer. Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia. Big breaks: American Outlaws, with Colin Farrell, and The Patriot, with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger. (“I took a bullet for Heath Ledger and a bullet for Colin Farrell, and they both ended up on the cover of Vanity Fair.”) First job: A Tide commercial at 14 months old. Ongoing project: Playing Ephram Brown on the WB’s Everwood. Favorite gadget: Panasonic cell phone with a camera. Britney or Christina: Avril Lavigne. Favorite guy’s guy: Frank Sinatra. Favorite pretty-boy: Treat Williams. Favorite Music: Cat Stevens and Bob Dylan. Car: Old black Dodge Durango. Celebrity crush: “Not at the moment.” Favorite video game: Halo. Favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye. Pet peeve: “I hate department stores.”

CHRISTINA MILIAN Born: Christina Flores. Birthday: September 26, 1981. Sign: Libra. Hometown: Baltimore. Big break: Duet with Ja Rule on “Between Me and You.” First job: Wendy’s commercial at age nine. Upcoming projects: Torque, starring Ice Cube, out this summer; Warner Bros.’ If You Were My Girl; and a self-titled album. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Nine or 10. Favorite lip gloss: MAC Lipglass. Britney or Christina: Gwen Stefani. Favorite guy’s guy: Brad Pitt. Favorite pretty-boy: Brad Pitt. Favorite music: 50 Cent. Pet peeve: “Ignorant people.” Idols: Madonna and J.Lo. Celebrity crush: Nick Cannon. Favorite sport: “I’m a Lakers fan.” Favorite book: The Bible. Favorite old TV show: In Living Color. Catchphrase: “Cool, dude.”

MANDY MOORE Born: Amanda Leigh Moore. Birthday: April 10, 1984. Sign: Aries. Hometown: Orlando, Florida. Big break: Signing with Epic Records at age 14. First job: Singing the national anthem at sporting events from age 11. Upcoming projects: New Line’s How to Deal, out this month, and Saved, which opens in September. Coverage, an album of covers, also comes out in September. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: “No joke, probably 25.” __Favorite lip gloss:__Delux. Favorite designer: Marc Jacobs. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite band: Coldplay. Pet peeves: “People who are fake, and people who take life too seriously.” Idol: Bette Midler. Celebrity crush: “I have a boyfriend.” Favorite sport: Tennis. (Her boyfriend is Andy Roddick.) Favorite old TV show: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Catchphrase: “We’ll see ya.”

RAVEN Formerly known as: Raven-Symoné. Birthday: December 10, 1985. Sign: Sagittarius. Hometown: Atlanta. Big break: Playing Olivia on The Cosby Show from the age of three. Upcoming project: The second season of That’s So Raven on the Disney Channel. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Twelve. Favorite lip gloss: MAC Lipglass. Favorite gadget: Cuticle cutter. Cell phone: Sprint with a camera. Britney or Christina: Christina Spears. Favorite guy’s guy: Vin Diesel. Favorite band: 112. Car: Mercedes-Benz ML55 S.U.V. Pet peeve: “Fake people.” Idol: Janet Jackson. Favorite designer: Prada. Favorite book: Poems of Passion, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Favorite old TV show: All in the Family. Catchphrase: “This is a serious situation.”

SHIA LaBEOUF Birthday: June 11, 1986. Sign: Gemini. Hometown: Los Angeles (Echo Park). Big break: The current Disney hit Holes, starring Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight. Upcoming projects: *Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle; Dumb and Dumberer;*and the Project Greenlight film The Battle of Shaker Heights. First job: A guest spot on ER, playing a child with muscular dystrophy. Cell phone: Panasonic. (“It has a freakin’ camera on it.”) Computer: iBook. Britney or Christina: Eric Clapton. Favorite guy’s guy: Marlon Brando. Favorite pretty-boy: Colin Farrell. PS2 or XBox: PS2. Idol: Gary Oldman. Favorite video game: Grand Theft Auto. Favorite old TV shows: Kids Say the Darndest Things, The Cosby Show. Little-known fact: ”My name means ‘Thank God for beef.’ ”

ALEXIS BLEDEL Born: Kimberly Alexis Bledel. Birthday: September 16, 1981. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Houston. Big break: Playing Rory Gilmore on the WB’s Gilmore Girls. Upcoming project: Returning to N.Y.U. First job: Started modeling during high school. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: None. Favorite lip gloss: Tarte lipstick. Computer: Apple PowerBook. Britney or Christina: Alicia Keys. Favorite guy’s guy: Ewan McGregor. Favorite pretty-boy: Jared Leto. Favorite band: A.F.I. Pet peeve: “Traffic.” Idol: Gandhi. Favorite designer: Alberta Ferretti. Favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut. Favorite old TV show: My So-Called Life. Celebrity crush: “The whole illusion for me is completely gone.” Catchphrase: “Cheers.”

AMANDA BYNES Birthday: April 3, 1986. Sign: Aries. Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California. Big breaks: The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon and the recent hit film What a Girl Wants. Upcoming project: “I’m going to enjoy summer.” First job: A regular performer on Nickelodeon’s All That, 1996–2000. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Eight. Favorite lip glosses: Prescriptives Gloss, Lancôme Juicy Tubes. Favorite designer: Narciso Rodriguez. Britney or Christina: Both. Favorite guy’s guy: Brad Pitt. Favorite pretty-boy: Brad Pitt. Pet peeve: “Fake people.” Idol: Jennifer Aniston. Celebrity crush: Orlando Bloom. Favorite book: Memoirs of a Geisha. Favorite old TV show: I Love Lucy. Catchphrase: "No prob."

BOW WOW Born: Shad Moss. Birthday: March 9, 1987. Sign: Pisces. Hometown: Columbus, Ohio. Big break: The Big Momma’s House soundtrack. Upcoming projects: A third album, Unleashed; a new clothing line, Shago; a new WB sitcom; and the film Johnson Family Vacation. Favorite gadget: T-Mobile Sidekick. Britney or Christina: “Christina for the voice, and both of them for the body.” Favorite guy’s guy: Denzel Washington. PS2 or XBox: PS2. Car: Ferrari. Pet peeve: “People touching my stuff.” Idols: DMX and 50 Cent. Favorite video game: NBA Live 2003. Favorite old TV shows: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Saved by the Bell. Catchphrase: “Most definitely.”

AARON CARTER Birthday: December 7, 1987. Sign: Sagittarius. Hometown: Jamestown, New York. (He’s the younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter.) Big break: Performing his single “Crush on You” at an awards show in 1997. Upcoming project: The film Feature Force. Favorite video game: Super Metroid. Computer: PowerBook G4, 17-inch. Britney or Christina: Christina. Favorite guy’s guy: Brad Pitt. Favorite bands: Survivor, Journey. Car: Mercedes G 500. Pet peeve: “People biting their nails.” Celebrity crush: Hilary Duff. Favorite designer: Louis Vuitton. Favorite sport: Bowling. Favorite subject: Math. Favorite old TV show: The Wonder Years. Catchphrase: “One time for the rodeo.”

KYLA PRATT Birthday: September 16, 1986. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Los Angeles. Big break: Multiple guest spots, beginning with one on Family Matters at age three. First job: A commercial for a CD-rom called Da Vinci, Time and Space. Ongoing projects: UPN’s One on Oneand Disney’s The Proud Family. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Three. (She prefers the miniskirt outfit.) Favorite lip gloss: Lancôme. Britney or Christina: Christina. Favorite guy’s guy: Vin Diesel. Favorite pretty-boy: Justin Timberlake. Favorite band: Blink 182. Car: Lexus truck. Idol: “My mother.” Celebrity crush: Justin Timberlake. Favorite video game: Grand Theft Auto. Favorite subject: Math. Favorite old TV show: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Pet peeve: “Liars—they’re everywhere.” Catchphrase: “Holla!”

ALEXA VEGA Birthday: August 27, 1988. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Miami. Big break: Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids (2001), playing the daughter of Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino. First job: Playing Burt Reynolds’s daughter on CBS’s Evening Shade at age five. Upcoming project: Spy Kids 3. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: One. Favorite lip gloss: Bonne Bell Cotton Candy Lip Smacker. Britney or Christina: “I love Christina’s voice, but Britney is more humble.” Favorite guy’s guy: Vin Diesel. Favorite pretty-boy: Josh Hartnett. Favorite designer: Lucky. Pet peeve: “People eating with their hair in their face.” Idol: Natalie Portman. Celebrity crush: Shia LaBeouf. Favorite subject: Math. Favorite old TV show: I Love Lucy. Catchphrase: “Dude, I’m out.”

DANIEL RADCLIFFE Birthday: July 23, 1989. Sign: Cancer. Hometown: London. Big break: Starring in the BBC’s David Copperfield. Upcoming project: Playing Harry Potter for the third time, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Favorite gadget: iPod. Britney or Christina: Christina. Favorite guy’s guy: Sid Vicious. PS2 or XBox: PS2. Favorite bands: Sex Pistols, Dandy Warhols, the Strokes, the Rolling Stones, and the Libertines. Pet peeve: “Being patronized.” Idol: Gary Oldman. Celebrity crush: Cameron Diaz. Favorite video game: NHL 2003. Favorite subject: English. Favorite author: Iain Banks. Favorite old TV show: Dad’s Army. Favorite food: Tuna. Catchphrase: “Cool!”

EMMA WATSON Birthday: April 15, 1990. Sign: Aries. Hometown: Oxfordshire, England. Big break: Playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Upcoming project: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Two. Favorite lip gloss: Stila. Favorite gadget: iPod. Cell phone: Nokia 3330. Favorite designers: Diesel, DKNY, and Miss Sixty. Britney or Christina: Neither. Favorite pretty-boy: Brad Pitt. Pet peeve: “When radio stations interrupt the song before it’s finished.” Celebrity crush: “Too many to name!” Favorite sport: Hockey. Catchphrase: “Dwarling!”

RUPERT GRINT Birthday: August 24, 1988. Sign: Virgo. Hometown: Hertfordshire, England. Big break: Playing Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Upcoming project: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Favorite gadget: Didgeridoo. Cell phone: Nokia with a camera. Computer: Hewlett-Packard. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite guy’s guy: SpongeBob SquarePants. PS2 or XBox: GameCube. Car: Lotus Elise. Pet peeves: “Vegetables, homework, exams, and school.” Idol: SpongeBob SquarePants. Favorite video game: Medal of Honor. Favorite author: J. K. Rowling. Fallback job: “Ice-cream man.” Catchphrase: “Wicked.”

MILO VENTIMIGLIA Born: Milo Ventimiglia, but his first agent wanted to change it to Milo Vent. Birthday: July 8, 1977. Sign: Cancer. Home: Orange County, California. Big break: Playing Jess Mariano on the WB’s Gilmore Girls. First job: A bit part on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Upcoming projects: Cursed, directed by Wes Craven, and a Gilmore Girls spin-off series. Britney or Christina: Brody Armstrong. Favorite guy’s guy: Sean Penn. Favorite bands: The Germs, Black Flag, the Distillers. Cars: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle and a Chevy Tahoe. Pet peeve: “Inconsiderate drivers.” Idols: His parents. Favorite designer: Volcom. Favorite author: Charles Bukowski. Favorite old TV show: “I don’t watch much TV.” Catchphrase: “My middle finger gets a lot of use.”

JARED PADALECKI Birthday: July 19, 1982. Sign: Cancer. Hometown: San Antonio, Texas. Big break: Playing Dean Forester on the WB’s Gilmore Girls. First job: Won a nationwide contest to be a presenter at the first Teen Choice Awards. Favorite gadget: Palm Pilot. Cell phone: Sprint PCS Touchpoint. Computer: Toshiba laptop. Britney or Christina: Britney. Favorite guy’s guy: Matt Damon. Favorite pretty-boy: Brad Pitt. Favorite bands: Pearl Jam and Radiohead. Car: Firebird. Pet peeve: “When I get blamed for something I didn’t do. I think I’m an easy target.” Idols: His parents. Celebrity crush: Jennifer Love Hewitt. Favorite video game: James Bond 007: Nightfire. Favorite book: The Great Gatsby. Favorite old TV show: Reruns of The Simpsons. Catchphrase: “Peace out.”

KALEY CUOCO Birthday: November 30, 1985. Sign: Sagittarius. Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California. Big break: Virtuosity, with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. First job: “I started modeling when I was, like, six.” Ongoing project: ABC’s 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, with John Ritter. Number of Juicy Couture outfits: Ten. Favorite lip gloss: Rosebud Salve. Favorite designer: Gucci. Britney or Christina: Britney. Pet peeve: “People smacking gum, but I do it.” Idol: Her grandfather. Celebrity crush: Michael Vartan of Alias. Favorite sport: Tennis. (A junior tennis champ, she had to decide between playing and acting.) Favorite book: The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold. Favorite old TV show: Three’s Company. Catchphrase: “Gi-normous!”