Like them, he is a slickly packaged teen heartthrob with enought talent to want to be taken a bit more seriously than that.

Jonathan might not be a hot commodity these days, but Jess has gone on to score another teen heartthrob in Justin Timberlake.

Perhaps because of this hipness problem, some of today's teen heartthrobs seem ambivalent about being identified that way.

The former teen heartthrob, whom I used .

It's hard to believe that Justin Bieber is approaching legal adulthood, but the teen heartthrob turns 18 on March 1.

Celebrities have included actors/actresses, models, singers, athletes, teen heartthrobs, television hosts, and comedians.

But the 22-year-old was reminded Thursday that his status as a teen heartthrob is almost impossible to escape.

New Kids, of course, were the reigning teen heartthrobs of their day.

Edd Byrnes and Troy Donahue would go on to become teen heartthrobs.

Now, he's going to have to deal with the problems and bonuses of being a genuine teen heartthrob.