Entertainment + Teens= An EXPLOSIVE Equation?  Caitlin McCrary,
Staff Writer November 4, 2011 Filed under Entertainment, Fine
Arts, Top Stories  Entertainment is one of the most influential
powers in the world today, and teenagers are mainly the ones
affected by it. The reason is simple: we have grown up in a
technological era—an age where we have more contact with
celebrity gossip than we have ever had. We have easy access to
the tabloids, television sets, magazine covers, internet blogs,
and movies, which are screaming to be read and watched, and are
plastered with images of these celebrities who act bad to be
cool. Some, like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay
Lohan, who lead a life of parties, indulging in short-term
relationships, drugs, and alcohol, are influencing their young
fans—even though they think their (celebrities) lifestyle is not
ideal.  What’s more troubling than that is the subtle messages
being sent to society, which tend to go unnoticed. For example,
there are film directors that p