#90s teen magazines

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YM Magazine September 1996

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Now some 90s nostalgia from XY magazine featuring Colton Haynes

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FAB FAX (?) ABOUT THE DOORS

From the July 1968 issue of TeenSet Magazine.

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Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson for Teen People magazine, 1998

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Jonathan Brandis: Can You Love Him As A Bad Boy?

Teen Beat, April 1994

Here's Jonathan trying to get the hang of being a cartoon voice without banging his head on the microphones.

Practically since Jonathan Brandis appeared on the scene, he's been christened "the boy next door" or "the all-American good guy." His old friend from Danbury, Connecticut, Blossom star Jenna von Oy, sums up the general consensus of Jonathan by saying: "He's still a sweetheart, the same person I knew when I was little."

The Dark Side

But would you believe the actor who showed his "feminine" side in Ladybugs, and wins the hearts of girls everywhere each week as Lucas on seaQuest DSV, has a secret longing to flex his acting wings and play the bad guy?

"Bad guys are twice as interesting," explains the blond-haired, blue-eyed Jonathan, "In the future, I'd love to be a bad guy in a [live-action] film."

Well, the future is here-sort of. Besides his sea-duties on Sunday nights, Jonathan has joined the Saturday morning cartoon clan as the voice of evil magician

"Mozenrath" in Disney's Aladdin. "Mozenrath is a great evil wizard," Jonathan told us, "the complete opposite of Aladdin.... He conjures up enough trouble to make Aladdin's life a living hell. It's really fun."

Toon Time

Jonathan is having a ball playing Mozenrath and he loves being the voice of a cartoon character. "It's a totally new experience for me," he says.

Actually, Jonathan could be head of publicity for Disney's Aladdin—he just can't stop talking about it! "It's a great cartoon," he says, "and there are kids playing kids, which rarely happens. Usually in car-toons, the actors providing the voices are much older than the young characters they are playing."

Oops, Did I Do That?

"It's very different from seaQuest," explains Jonathan of his Mozenrath duties. "It happens really quickly. Plus, it's a great workout for your voice. At first, I found myself doing a lot of body movements with the voice, and the director had to tell me to stand still because my face kept bumping the microphone. Or I would get too close to the mike which would make my lines really loud."Eventually Jonathan learned how to work as a cartoon voice and he's been having fun with it ever since! What's even better is that his fans love this "other side" to his personality, too – tons of fan mail proves that. Bad boys are lovable, too!

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Anna Faris in GQ Magazine, 1998

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From Teen, November 1999.

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Do you have boys on the brain? (Teen, June 1997)

LOL @ Jensen Ackles on the spoon and also on the quiz results page.

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prayer in c

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Seventeen magazine September 1998

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Katie Holmes photographed by Mark Seliger for Rolling Stone (September, 1998)

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bop magazine, brad's serious side brad renfro hopes to go beyond the babeliness

“i always used to do poetry when i was really young, but i never took myself seriously,” brad renfro, now 13, admits. “i would do poems that were very demented.”

that’s changed. today, the talented teen from knoxville, tennessee takes himself and his creative projects very seriously indeed. and as evidenced in his 1994 film debut the client and last year’s the cure and tom and huck, brad also works very hard in hope that he’ll be judged for his talent as well as his good looks. it’s a trait you’ll find in all of his endeavors.

“i play in a band,” brad says, “but i don’t want to become like this teen idol where the only reason somebody would buy my record is because some girl who saw me in a movie was like, ‘oh my god, he’s so cute. i’m gonna buy this album.’”

though it’s been suggested to brad that those good looks might lend themselves to good album sales if he did put out a cd someday, that’s not what he wants. “you don’t understand,” he said, “i want you to take my music seriously as well as the rest of my art.”

the bottom line is that brad wants people to appreciate his serious side. so far, he's earned the respect of his professional peers. oscar-nominated actress susan sarandon, who co-starred with him in the client, has said of her young co-star: "he did a very professional job. he worked hard. and he came prepared. that's a lot more than i can say for some leading actors who are three times his age with three times as much experience."

“a tear ran down my cheek…”

brad's talent and work ethic have also earned him some serious comparisons to other peers. "i read in a magazine that someone compared myself to river," brad's said of the late river phoenix, another young actor who had his share of troubled teen roles. "a tear ran down my cheek that somebody would compare me to river phoenix. he's someone who's completely a genius."

like any up-and-coming actor, brad hopes this appreciation for his artistry will continue. and if critics' reviews are any indication, he's sure to be rewarded with respect. "i just wanna try to keep it that way," he replies.

yet as much as brad wants to be taken seriously, there still exists within him a silly side, as many classmates and co-stars can attest. brad's been known to emerge from his hotel room with underwear on his head for the sheer amusement of his co-workers.

but despite brad's light-hearted tendencies and

much-rumored roughness, it's respect that he craves as an actor-or a musician, or a poet. basically, brad says, "i like people to take me seriously for whatever the hell i am."