Wilson III, William W. (Executive Producer), & Fywell, Tim (Director). (2005). Ice Princess [Motion picture]. US: Walt Disney Studios.
17-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. As a skater, Casey decides on a project that shows the [...]
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Ice Princess [DVD] 2005
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My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
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My Chemical Romance. (2006). Welcome to the Black Parade [CD]. Burbank, CA: Reprise Records.
The Black Parade is the third studio album release of My Chemical Romance. It is a concept album classified as a rock opera centering on a character known as “the Patient” who dies over the course of the album. The album [...]
Seventeen Magazine – September 2007
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Seventeen Magazine, September 2007
The content of Seventeen includes information and advice about fashion and trends, celebrities, beauty – skincare, hair and make-up – and lifestyles. It also has a health section about nutrition and exercise, a sex and body section, and quizzes and horoscopes. The article length is kept deliberately brief, high quality photographs emphasize [...]
Family Guy – Blue Harvest
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MacFarlane, S. (September 23, 2007). Blue Harvest, Family Guy. Fox.
Family Guy is a prime example of a cult cartoon. The show was originally cancelled after it’s third season, only to come back three years later when there was enough a following to get it back on the air. In this sixth season premeire, the writers [...]
Beauty and the Geek
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Kutcher, A., Goldberg, J., & Santora, N. (2005-present). Beauty and the Geek. The CW.
This Reality show teams up eight female beauties and eight male geeks in what is called “The Ultimate Social Experiment.” Each team consists of a male geek and a female beauty. Throughout the season the beauties and the geeks compete against the [...]
The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
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The Shins. (2007). Wincing the Night Away [CD]. Seattle, WA: Sub Pop Records.
The Shins first gained popularity when a selection of their songs appeared on the Garden State Soundtrack in 2004. They have a fun jingly sound and compelling lyrics that could interest any young adult listener.
Myspace.com – a place for friends
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(2003-2007). Myspace.com: a place for friends. Retrieved December 6, 2007 from http://www.myspace.com.
Myspace is a place where users can create profiles and do a variety of other things such as, messaging other users, adding friends, creating bulletin posts, listen to music, post pictures and potentially dozens of other things. Myspace users have a main profile and [...]
Last.fm – the social music revolution.
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Miller, F., Stiksel, M., & Jones, R. (2002-2007). Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution. Retrieved December 6, 2007 from http://www.last.fm.
This revolutionary site allows users to download a program that will track and log songs that they listen to with certain media players already installed on the computer. Users can set up profiles where they can [...]
