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Madisyn Weiss – Spreading the Love and Awareness for Autism

Madisyn Weiss – Spreading the Love and Awareness for Autism

Madisyn Weiss is a young adult diagnosed with a high-functioning form of Autism Spectrum Disorder known as Asperger’s. When she is not conducting celebrity interviews for her blog at https://spreadingtheloveweb.com/, she is helping to throw fun-filled red carpet events with the help of media partners (like Teens Wanna Know!) Madisyn is passionate about raising awareness

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Pop’s Past Goes Future with Magdalena Bay

Pop’s Past Goes Future with Magdalena Bay

Retro-pop futurism hits new peaks with Magdalena Bay, a Los Angeles-based duo dripping with semi-ironic style. Following the release of mini mix vol. 1—a genre-bending 12 minute flurry of nostalgic production and saturated visuals—Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin have followed up with two new songs: Venice and Good Intentions. Read on for an inside look

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5 Fast Facts about singer and actor Erich Schuett

5 Fast Facts about singer and actor Erich Schuett

Erich Schuett started performing in front of crowds at age five, and by the age of nine he was already singing, dancing, and acting in competitive engagements. Erich’s accomplishments include: played Friedrich for the Broadway 50th Anniversary National Tour of The Sound of Music; finalist in the American Protégé International Vocal Competition; sang at Carnegie

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5 Fast Facts with TikTok star JakesAlright (Jake Sellers)

5 Fast Facts with TikTok star JakesAlright (Jake Sellers)

JakesAlright (Jake Sellers) is a social media influencer with over 350,000 followers on the platform TikTok. He is one of many creators with the “Popular Creator” barge on his profile and also has a growing Instagram profile. Here’s 5 fast facts about Jake Sellers! He really stans his fans… The most special moment that i’ve

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5 Fast Facts with celebrity interviewer Tyler Boronski

5 Fast Facts with celebrity interviewer Tyler Boronski

Tyler Boronski is a multimedia reporter that has covered professional athletes and celebrities for the last 5 years, including actors and YouTubers/Social Media Influencers Tana Mongeau, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Mark Dohner, and Brandon Routh for his YouTube channel. His sports coverage hasled him to be featured on ESPN, NBC Sports, and SB Nation. He also acts

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5 Fast Facts about TikTok star Trinity Morisette

5 Fast Facts about TikTok star Trinity Morisette

Trinity Morisette is a 16 year old American social media influencer with close to 2 million followers on TikTok. In addition to being a video creator and model, she is also a “positivity influencer” who took a stand against cyberbullying and pioneered the “Kindness Matters” movement after receiving massive amounts of hateful comments on one of

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5 Fast Facts about actor Travis Bryant

5 Fast Facts about actor Travis Bryant

Travis Bryant is an American actor who you might recognize from the CW’s supernatural series Legacies or Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Kid Danger, BET’s American Soul, YouTube RED’s digital series Weird City, as well as Sofia the First as fan-favorite character Tyler in Season 4. His latest is the faith-based film ‘Breakthrough’ starring Marcel Ruiz, Topher Grace, and Chrissy Metz

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5 Fast Facts about Country Singer-Songwriter Queeva

5 Fast Facts about Country Singer-Songwriter Queeva

15–year-old up-and-coming songstress QUEEVA has released her first album How Do You Know on July 12. She co-wrote every track on the album with mentor and hit songwriter Jamie O’Neal, who is also credited as producer of the album. Born in Chicago, IL, QUEEVA was raised with five siblings in a creative Irish clan speaking both Gaelic and English and

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5 Fast Facts about Singer-Songwriter LiLi Joy

5 Fast Facts about Singer-Songwriter LiLi Joy

16-year-old singer-songwriter LiLi Joy, a member of Team Blake on NBC’s The Voice this past season is releasing EP of original music titled Colours You Can’t See on Wednesday, August 14th featuring her previously released songs “Float” and “Sink” along with new track “Glow.” “Sink,” LiLi Joy’s debut single that dropped in June, is an

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5 Fast Facts about Instagram star OfficialNakia (Nakia Jenkins)

5 Fast Facts about Instagram star OfficialNakia (Nakia Jenkins)

Instagram star Nakia Jenkins, better known as @OfficialNakia, is an American social media video creator, Instagram personality and influencer from Montgomery, Alabama. He is most popular for his funny videos reacting to beauty content on Instagram and has amassed 250,000+ followers. What’s surprising about Nakia is that he does not have a huge YouTube presence,

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Emily Ann Roberts Interview – “Someday Dream” Meaning Explained!

Emily Ann Roberts Interview – “Someday Dream” Meaning Explained!

All-American sweetheart, country traditionalist and talented singer/songwriter Emily Ann Roberts just released her debut EP Someday Dream on July 12. This continues a wave of success which began with her tenure on The Voice’s 9th season (where she came in 2nd) and recent accolades from her performance at this year’s CMT Fest 2019 — including

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5 Fast Facts about actress & singer Kacey Fifield

5 Fast Facts about actress & singer Kacey Fifield

Kacey Fifield is a 14 year old singer/songwriter/actress from Los Angeles, California who started acting when she was 8 years old.  She appeared in multiple films, commercials and TV shows (including Nickelodeon).  Kacey started her singing lessons when she was 10 years old and soon after she has released her first original single “When I grow

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Todd Haberkorn on Flux Destiny: Fortuna’s Rings, favorite character he’s ever voiced, biggest pet peeve and more – interview!

Todd Haberkorn on Flux Destiny: Fortuna’s Rings, favorite character he’s ever voiced, biggest pet peeve and more – interview!

Todd Haberkorn (@ToddHaberkorn) is a VIP in the voice acting industry, having played a wide variety of characters is everything from Ben 10 to Monster High. He is especially well known in the world of anime, where he is revered for his work as Natsu in Fairy Tail, and for such titles as “Digimon,” “Sailor

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5 Fast Facts about Kids4Community Founder Kenan Pala

5 Fast Facts about Kids4Community Founder Kenan Pala

Kenan Pala is the 15-year-old founder of Kids4Community , a non-profit organization with a mission to introduce children and teens to the concept of charitable work early in their lives. For instance, earlier this year 200 kids and their parents volunteered their efforts at a Kids4Community event to help San Diego’s homeless population, assembling 600

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Liana Ramirez dishes on new role as Roxy on Power Rangers Beast Morphers in TWK interview!

Liana Ramirez dishes on new role as Roxy on Power Rangers Beast Morphers in TWK interview!

Liana Ramirez (@lianakramirez) is living the dream of any young actress, landing a lead role on a show tied to an inconic franchise — in this case, the Power Rangers. Liana plays Roxy, a villianous female Ranger, on Nickelodeon’s new Power Rangers Beast Morphers. Prior to this, Liana had roles on shows like Lab Rats

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Kaylyn Slevin’s Sneaker Ball with Sofie Dossi, Lexi Jayde, Tati McQuay, Nia Sioux, Ashton Arbab

Kaylyn Slevin’s Sneaker Ball with Sofie Dossi, Lexi Jayde, Tati McQuay, Nia Sioux, Ashton Arbab

It’s prom season, and TWK hit @kaylynslevin Kaylyn Slevin’s first annual Sneaker Ball (to collect formal wear for disadvantaged youth) to find out the answer to: 1) Is it better to go with a date to prom, or a friend? and 2) If you had all the money in the world, what would you buy

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Maddie Ziegler & Giacomo Gianniotti Interviews at My Friend’s Place 2019

Maddie Ziegler & Giacomo Gianniotti Interviews at My Friend’s Place 2019

@maddieziegler @GiacomoKG #myfriendsplace TWK interviewer Keira Pena talks to Maddie Ziegler @maddieziegler and Giacomo Gianniotti at the My Friend’s Place Gala 2019, a fundraising celebration to support youth homelessness prevention programs. http://myfriendsplace.org/ Host: Keira Pena http://instagram.com/keirapena Follow Teens Wanna Know: Instagram: http://instagram.com/teenswannaknow Twitter: http://twitter.com/teenswannaknow Facebook: http://facebook.com/teenswannaknow Visit our Café Press store for merch http://cafepress.com/teenswannaknow Business

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Issie Methven: 15-year-old making a splash in London theater!

Issie Methven: 15-year-old making a splash in London theater!

Issie (Isabelle) Methven just turned 15 a few weeks ago, but you wouldn’t guess it from her long list of prestigious London theater credits including her professional West End theatre debut as Little Cosette in Les Miserables, Summer Hathaway in Original UK Cast of School of Rock, Jane Banks in Mary Poppins, and Brigitte Von

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Sarah Abbott: teen actress on new Netflix thriller “The Silence”

Sarah Abbott: teen actress on new Netflix thriller “The Silence”

Teen actress Sarah Abbott has made a splash with her lead role performance in the Lifetime movie “Mommy’s Little Princess,” where she plays Lizzy, an adopted girl who discovers she has royal blood and takes on the persona of a princess from hell. Coming up next, she can be seen in the feature film The

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A Place Called Home (APCH) w/ G-Eazy, In Real Life, Kaylyn Slevin & More (Stars and Strikes)

A Place Called Home (APCH) w/ G-Eazy, In Real Life, Kaylyn Slevin & More (Stars and Strikes)

Young stars came out to help raise funds for A Place Called Home @apch2830, a charity which helps kids in South Central L.A. with arts, education and wellness to help them develop healthy, fulfilling and purposeful lives. Watch highlights, interviews, and bowling trivia! https://apch.org/ Featuring: G-Eazy, Jonathan Zeichner, Rachel Crow, Kaylyn Slevin, Ava Cantrell, Bryson

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From Star Trek Discovery to Bajillionaires: teen actress Arista Arhin’s on a roll!

From Star Trek Discovery to Bajillionaires: teen actress Arista Arhin’s on a roll!

Arista Arhin @aristaarhin is a Toronto native currently starring as Young Michael Burnham in Star Trek Discovery airing now on CBS. She’s also got a brand-new show premiering March 2nd called Bajillionaires. She plays Alicia Windsor, one of a group of friends running a start-up out of their parent’s garage. This 14-year-old started as a

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Rising star Natasha Bure talks Faith, Hope & Love – and her butterfly thumbs!

Rising star Natasha Bure talks Faith, Hope & Love – and her butterfly thumbs!

Natasha Bure (@natashabure) is a singer, author, actor, and YouTuber with a growing fan base, currently at 400,000 Instagram followers and 100,000 YouTube subs. She has perfomed on the hit show The View as well as NBC’s The Voice, and starred in Hallmark Channel’s Switched for Christmas. She has also published a teen advice book

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Team1rhr Unity Event w Casey Simpson, Bryana Salaz, Patrick Minor, Francesca Capaldi, Anna Seavey

Team1rhr Unity Event w Casey Simpson, Bryana Salaz, Patrick Minor, Francesca Capaldi, Anna Seavey

Tired of all the negativity on the news and social media? Got people around you bringing you down? Check out the advice from influencers on how they stay positive and HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON AND SUBSCRIBE! Interviews: Casey Simpson, Connor Finnerty, Bryana Salaz, Siena Agudong, Jayson Maybaum, Reese Herron, Isla Stanford, Jaheem Toombs, Lulu Lambros,

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The exquisite photographic eye of 17-year-old Kelly Needleman

The exquisite photographic eye of 17-year-old Kelly Needleman

Kelly Needleman is a Northern California teen in his junior year of high school with a gift for photography and filmmaking. His pictures have appeared on the websites for National Geographic, CNBC and ABC thanks to a keen eye for composition and his knack for capturing ethereal, almost magical qualities from the landcapes he photographs.

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‘All These Small Moments’: Brendan Meyer from The OA and Mr. Young talks about latest film

‘All These Small Moments’: Brendan Meyer from The OA and Mr. Young talks about latest film

Brendan Meyer is the lead in the new film “All These Small Moments,” which also stars Molly Ringwald, Brian d’Arcy James, newcomer Sam McCarthy, Harley Quinn Smith, and Jemima Kirke and directed by Melissa B. Miller Costanzo. It opens January 17th in select theaters, and the 18th on VOD. Set in New York, the movie

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Abla Sofy: GUESS’s New “It” Girl is Arabic and Proud – Interview!

Abla Sofy: GUESS’s New “It” Girl is Arabic and Proud – Interview!

Abla Sofy has a lot going for her. This Moroccan-born beauty hangs out with Bella Hadid, appeared on BRAVO’S ‘The Second Wives Club,’ modelled for BEBE, starred in a music video with French Montana and Daddy Yankee, and is now the first Arab model ever to have a billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood as

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Jackson Dollinger talks ‘Sydney to the Max’ and more in interview with Teens Wanna Know

Jackson Dollinger talks ‘Sydney to the Max’ and more in interview with Teens Wanna Know

Jackson Dollinger is set to become one of Disney’s newest rising stars with the January 25 premiere of the Original Disney Channel Series, Sydney to the Max. Jackson plays Young Max, the tween version of title character’s Sydney father who is shown in flashbacks set in the 1990s. We got the chance to ask Jackson

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Ananya Birla crusades for better mental health and becomes India’s first Platinum artist in English

Ananya Birla crusades for better mental health and becomes India’s first Platinum artist in English

Ananya Birla is a rising pop-star from India. She is the first artist to achieve Platinum status in India with english-language songs (“Meant To Be” and “Hold On”) and recently released a third song called “Circles”with Universal and Island Records UK — which also just went Platinum! She has worked with Afrojack and Mood Melodies,

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Free2Luv’s Unstoppable Tour de Force Cirque Highlights and Interviews

Free2Luv’s Unstoppable Tour de Force Cirque Highlights and Interviews

@Free2Luv, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting bullying, hosted the fundraiser Unstoppable Tour de Force Cirque at the Regent in downtown Los Angeles November 3rd. The event featured a team of young cirque artists including aerialists, jugglers and contortionists as well as plenty of young Hollywood celebrities and influencers united to speak out against bullying,

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Ethan Paisley – remarkable teen auteur shares his passions, inspirations and more

Ethan Paisley – remarkable teen auteur shares his passions, inspirations and more

If you haven’t heard about Ethan Paisley, take note. This 18-year-old filmmaker has already had two films selected at Cannes Film Festival, given a TED talk, and won the “Best Young Director” award at the Young Entertainer Awards. These are just a few of his accomplishments, which you can read more about on his website.

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Beautychickee Christina Marie TEENA Skincare Launch Party Exclusive Interviews!

Beautychickee Christina Marie TEENA Skincare Launch Party Exclusive Interviews!

Popular YouTube beauty guru Christina Marie, better known as @Beautychickee, has just launched her skincare line with her “Clar-i-ty” facial cleanser. To celebrate, the 19-year-old threw an exclusive party at the posh Mondrian Hotel in L.A. for a few of her friends and fellow influencers. TWK’s Keira Pena got the exclusive scoop, interviewing Christina and

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Ava Cota: Former Dance Moms Star Builds Her Own Empire at Age 16

Ava Cota: Former Dance Moms Star Builds Her Own Empire at Age 16

Ava Michelle Cota (@avamichelle2002 on Twitter) seems to be on a mission. At just 16 years old, the “Dance Moms” veteran is absolutely killing it on the creative front as not only is she a professional model and dancer, but she also has a forthcoming EP as well as a sporty/chic collaboration clothing line, “AVA

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Que 9 and Brooklyn Queen Interview and Try Not to Laugh Challenge

Que 9 and Brooklyn Queen Interview and Try Not to Laugh Challenge

Detroit has two rising teen stars you need to check out. Rappers Brooklyn Queen @brooklynqueen03 (“Keke Taught Me How to Do It”) and her best friend Que9 @que9bmb (“Sophomore EP”) are currently performing together on the FACTS Tour and stopped by TWK to ask some questions they’ve always wanted to know about each other —

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Paxton Booth from Coop and Cami Ask the World Interview

Paxton Booth from Coop and Cami Ask the World Interview

Paxton Booth (@Paxton_Booth on Twitter) stars alongside @RubyRoseTurner @LotusDakota and @OliviaSanabia on Disney Channel’s new show Coop and Cami Ask The World. The show is about two siblings who have a popular streaming channel that crowdsources opinions from millions of followers to help them make most of their day-to-day decisions. Paxton plays Ollie Wrather, the

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High School Nation Tour’s Mimi Saballa Q&A!

High School Nation Tour’s Mimi Saballa Q&A!

Teen singer Mimi Saballa, is headlining the 10th annual High School Nation Tour (@HSNTours #highschoolnation on Twitter) along with rapper @TheRealSilento (“Watch me”) hitting various cities throughout the month of November. For those who don’t know, the High School Nation Tour is a traveling music & arts festival that travels to high school campuses across

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Meet Sophie Thatcher – Interview plus Gunpowder & Sky’s DUST “Prospect” film review

Meet Sophie Thatcher – Interview plus Gunpowder & Sky’s DUST “Prospect” film review

Sophie Thatcher is the star of Gunpowder & Sky’s DUST new film, Prospect, slated to open November 2nd. The film follows the path of a father-daughter team as they search for riches on a dangerous, toxic planet — and whose mission turns deadly very quickly. We got the chance to ask Sophie a few questions

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Teen author Carrie Berk does her part to help end bullying in America

Teen author Carrie Berk does her part to help end bullying in America

Carrie Berk is a bestselling teen author, influencer, and @NoBully_org Ambassador (#nobully) who has already published 21+ books by age 15. Her first book series, The Cupcake Club, was published with her mom’s help in second grade! One of her personal passions is to help stop bullying in America. To that end, her latest book

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Meet Zachary S. Williams, “I Am Frankie’s” newest cast member – Interview!

Meet Zachary S. Williams, “I Am Frankie’s” newest cast member – Interview!

I Am Frankie, Nickelodeon’s show about a teenage girl who is not what she appears to be, recently kicked off its second season. Joining the cast is Zachary S. Williams, best known for his recurring role in Oprah Winfrey’s Greenleaf series. Zachary stars as Zane Markosian, a student at Sepulveda High who loves theater. The

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Wengie & Yoobi joined by Brynn Rumfallo, Skylar Stecker, GEM Sisters to give kids school supplies

Wengie & Yoobi joined by Brynn Rumfallo, Skylar Stecker, GEM Sisters to give kids school supplies

Australia’s #1 Youtuber Wengie teamed up with Yoobi and other famous youtubers and social media stars Brynn Rumfallo from Dance Moms and America’s Got Talent, singer-songwriter Skylar Stecker, Youtubers Cassie Diamond and Alexa Mae, Youtubers the GEM Sisters, and Khloe from Khloe Kares to hand out over 400 boxes of school supplies to kids in

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Three Guests Interview – New tracks incl. “Sunset Lane” and more

Three Guests Interview – New tracks incl. “Sunset Lane” and more

Three Guests is a pop band comprised of two friends from Erie, PA, Noah DeVore and Jordan Rys. The duo first made waves with their debut single, “Marilyn,” which has over a quarter-million hits on Youtube. A four-track EP called 3G was followed up with their latest output, a recently released full album, Sunset Lane,

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How to make electronic music in Ableton with Rodin Flash – Interview & video!

How to make electronic music in Ableton with Rodin Flash – Interview & video!

EDM has taken the world by storm, and what used to be an underground movement which started with techno and house music parties (raves) in the 1980s has exploded onto the mainstream scene. Artists such as David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Marshmello and others have incorporated the heavy beats and electronic sounds of the

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Rising teen star Kolten Kirschke releases “Let Me Know” – Exclusive Interview!

Rising teen star Kolten Kirschke releases “Let Me Know” – Exclusive Interview!

Kolten Kirschke is a talented 13-year old singer/songwriter and actor who has been performing and filming professionally for the majority of his life in New York and Los Angeles. Known for his covers on Youtube, his new single “Let Me Know” drops TODAY! Its available NOW on all major music outlets. You can check it

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Lenay releases debut song and video “La La Land” – Interview!

Lenay releases debut song and video “La La Land” – Interview!

Fans of MTV’s 10 on Top no doubt remember its bubbly host Lenay, who shared the screen with co-hosts ranging from Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Victoria Justice, and Macklemore. That gig led her to a pretty massive social media following, with 8 million followers and counting. Now she is giving these fans something else to

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