Can the Kids Hold Adult Crowds? Teen Idols Try to Sell Grown-Up Images
Guarino, Mark, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic
Watching teen idols reach their drinking age can be awkward - just ask any thirtysomething woman once shouldering serious love for David Cassidy.
The two currently serving the most time on America's bedroom bulletin board circuit are Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. Formerly co-stars of The Disney Channel's "The Mickey Mouse Club," both singers at age 22 can now be found purring, moaning and busting dance moves that would make even Goofy feel dirty.
Britney Spears tried convincing the public she was not a girl but yet not a woman two years ago and fell flat on her face (she is reportedly gearing up for …
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Article title: Can the Kids Hold Adult Crowds? Teen Idols Try to Sell Grown-Up Images.
Contributors: Guarino, Mark - Author.
Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).
Publication date: July 23, 2003.
Page number: 18.
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