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Getting the handle of rum was easy enough. As was the whiskey. They might not be full, but the bottles will serve my purpose. After all, I'd promised Rebecca I'd bring something and my parents will never miss them.

The convention center is in the middle of Hartford, about a forty-minute train ride from our college campus to the edge of the city. The building is nestled into a hill. The five glass-windowed stories of the lobby stare out across the highway like a king surveying his lands. To one side of the center is the attached hotel, a river of white stairs spilling between them.

As we hurtle toward the Oscars, the Sundance Film Festival has already come and gone in the mad rush of awards and festivals that marks this season as the busiest in the film industry. Artists new and old, young and seasoned come together in Park City, Utah to buzz and be buzzed about, creating hype around projects both fiercely independent and modestly mainstream.

Original author: March Issue    Dear YA Reader, This past month I traveled from cold, to hot, and then back to the cold again. My. Continue reading

Based on the celebrated YA novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures is the magical story of a boy struggling to find himself. . .

A decade has passed since the Academy bumped the Oscars ceremony up from March to February, but they still feel like they

Noah Lomax is a very young adult, having burst onto the scene with Playing for Keeps last year as well as a recurring role on the creepy zombie series The Walking Dead. Now with Safe Haven, Lomax plays the conflicted son to Josh Duhamel's character. The smart young man here shares many experiences he's had on-set, as well as anecdotes with may of his co-stars. As adult as he may seem, we're pretty sure Noah is still not allowed to actually watch The Walking Dead. At least we hope so!

  Melanie Dickerson (@MelanieAuthor) Answers Your Questions about New Teen Romance Read in a Twitter Q&A 2/14 at. Continue reading

The Fosters    From executive producer Jennifer Lopez, ("American Idol," "What to Expect When You're Expecting," "The Back-Up Plan") and. Continue reading