Teen idol Taylor Lautner found a way to dodge mobs of screaming teenage fans while filming The Twilight Saga: New Moon - he hid in a senior citizen's bowling alley.

The 17-year-old heartthrob's fanbase of overeager girls grew exponentially while he was holed up in Vancouver, Canada filming the vampire franchise with co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

Lautner admits he was forced to get creative when he needed an escape from the hysteria. And he was delighted to discover geriatrics didn't know who he was.

He says, "It's tough. We don't have much down time... But also everybody kn

Veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood has taken aim at the politically apathetic youth in his native U.S. - insisting the nation is filled with "teenage twits".

The 79-year-old is disgusted by the lack of interest young Americans display in world events.

The Oscar-winner's latest film Invictus tells the true story of South African president and civil rights leader Nelson Mandela.

And Eastwood admits he's hinging his hopes on star Morgan Freeman to deliver a dose of harsh reality to absent-minded teens.

He tells America's GQ magazine, "(The U.S. is) becoming more juven

Snoop Dogg will open trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday (16Nov09) as part of a global drive to encourage young people to enter the business world.

The rapper is set to ring the famous bell on Wall Street before taking part in the annual Mentoring Madness event, which will see him team up with business leaders to give a speech on the importance of entrepreneurship.

Snoop Dogg will take part in an international webcast to discuss ways to get more teens interested in the industry, according to Allhiphop.com. He will also announce the winner of the MTVU Movers and Changers competition, which will give one y

Janet Jackson was stunned by her 'flashmob' dance tribute at The Grove in Los Angeles on Saturday (14Nov09), when hundreds of fans responded to a Twitter.com alert and showed up to perform the Nasty singer's routines.

The shopping mecca was one of three L.A. locations for the dance-off - and the only one Jackson herself attended.

And she admits she'll never forget her first visit to The Grove.

She says, "I've never been to The Grove and there was this balcony and I happened to walk out and there was just this sea of people... and I'm seeing all these kids doing the steps to the different so

Canadian crooner Michael Buble has defended Britney Spears over her lip-synced shows - slamming Australian journalists for their harsh criticism of the star.

Spears has come under fire since she took her Circus tour Down Under, with many media outlets blasting her decision not to sing live.

The pop star was subsequently forced to dismiss rumours of a mass walkout at her gig in Perth earlier this month (06Nov09) when the press reported hordes of fans had left in disgust after they realised she was lip-syncing.

But now Buble has come out in defence of the Toxic hitmaker, insisting her fans ca

Michael Jackson's eldest son Prince Michael has inherited his father's rare skin condition, according to the King Of Pop's sister La Toya.

The late Thriller icon suffered with vitiligo, a condition which causes depigmentation in patches of skin - making the pop star change colour.

And La Toya Jackson reveals the singer passed the disorder down to his 12-year-old son.

She says, "Vitiligo is on my father's side and Prince has it, too - on his arms and chest."

The Strokes' hit record Is This It has been named the best album of the last decade in a new magazine poll.

A panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label bosses voted the New York band's 2001 debut into first place in the list of 50 albums compiled by British music magazine NME.

The Libertines' 2002 effort Up The Bracket claimed second place, while Primal Scream were third with Xtrmntr, ahead of the Arctic Monkeys with their 2006 debut release Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs rounded out the top five with Fever To Tell.

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