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September 29, 2002 - The New York Post reports Alyssa Milano's movie career was almost cut short last year when financing for "Kiss the Bride" fell through at the last minute. Producer Jordan Gertner revealed, "We had all come to New York to start pre-production and had a letter of commitment for funds from the bank. It turns out the letter was a forgery, and we had been set up by a guy in Los Angeles, so we had to shut down production and come back to the West Coast." Eventually, new funding was found fortunately. The flick was nominated for best film at last summer's Hamptons Film Festival.

September 29, 2002 - Us Weekly reports that before Alyssa Milano started dating Justin Timberlake, she gave the *NSYNC star a test to see if he was worthy. "She asked Justin to name five Beatles albums and to name two songs off each of them," said an insider. Timberlake passed. Don't expect Milano to confirm this story though, as a source revealed that during her recent interviews for her TV show 'Charmed', radio DJ's were warned in advance that there could be "no questions about Justin, or if they asked a Justin question, she'd hang up," according to a source.

September 27, 2002 - Insiders tell Globe magazine that Alyssa Milano started popping up at the favorite nightspots of Justin Timberlake in what appears to be a successful effort to seduce the *NSYNC star. "Alyssa was obviously trying to sink her hooks into Justin," said a pal. "She seemed to show up everywhere he was - and it wasn't a coincidence." Read more.

September 26, 2002 - Anonymous writes "*NSYNC star Justin Timberlake was on the radio with Paul Cubby Bryant and they were talking about who he was dating, and he said 'maybe a little' to Alyssa Milano. Here's the transcript from that part:
Cubby: Tell us about Alyssa Milano, any seriousness to it?
Justin: I'm dating everybody.
Cubby: In other words, he's dating Alyssa Milano. I know that answer Justin.
Justin: Okayyy, maybe a little. 
The rest they talked about his new album, what the guys have been up too, and a bit on his personal life."

September 22, 2002 - Alyssa Milano has commented to Entertainment Weekly about the photographers to shot pictures of her and Justin Timberlake leaving the *NSYNC star's home. "He's a lot more used to it than I am," Milano said. "If celebrities walk down a red carpet, paparazzi should be allowed to take pictures. If we're walking out of our homes, I am totally against it." Milano, who has sued a webmaster in the past for posting nude pictures of her, says she's considering a lawsuit in this latest case of invaded privacy.

September 22, 2002 - Jon Caramanica, BET.com Deputy Music Editor wrote an open letter to *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. In it, Caramanica says he's not most impressed with him for his new music, nor his relationship with Britney Spears, Jenna Dewan, or Janet Jackson, but instead the Alyssa Milano score. "Alyssa Milano? This, my friend, is the coup de grace," he said. "For a whole generation of youngsters reared on the boob tube, the tomboyish Sam(antha) from 'Who's The Boss?' was the crush to have - great smile, fun attitude, overalls. In other words, completely non-threatening, even though she was a girl. She's grown up into a fine specimen; if only one could say the same of her career. Nevertheless, dating her must be like reaching through the television and grabbing hold of a piece of your childhood lost. Beautiful."

September 20, 2002 - Groovevolt.com has more on *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and his developing romance with Alyssa Milano. Check it out here.

September 20, 2002 - WENN reports that during last year's *NSYNC's Pop Odyssey tour, Justin Timberlake admitted to Us Weekly that his first crush was on Samantha from the hit show 'Who's The Boss', played by Alyssa Milano. He gushed, "I was so into Alyssa Milano. I thought she was really hot because she could play sports."

September 18, 2002 - Craig Kilborn joked during his Late Late Show monologue on Tuesday, "Alyssa Milano will not appear in a 'Who's the Boss' reunion movie because it would hurt her career, at least that's the word on her web site -- alyssaeatingabanana.com."

September 14, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue, "Alyssa Milano is in the news. Alyssa Milano says she turned down a recent request -- turned down a request to take part in a 'Who's the Boss' reunion movie. [Audience aws] Yeah, when asked why, Milano said, "Because it's a 'Who's the Boss' reunion movie."

September 14, 2002 - The Drudge Report says People Magazine editor Martha Nelson, in an effort to pump traffic at the newsstand ran an agressive "stalkarazzi" photograph of *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, who is captured in a close-up, through bushes, leaving his Los Angeles home with an actress (Alyssa Milano).

September 14, 2002 - Alyssa Milano reveals that she has no interest in reprising her role as Tony Danza's precocious daughter Samantha for a Who's the Boss? reunion movie. She tells TV Guide Online, "We've talked about it, but I'm not doing it. It was perfect for the eight years we did it, and to relive it would... I think everyone would be disappointed. I just decided that I didn't feel comfortable doing it."

September 14, 2002 - The photo of *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and his new girlfriend Alyssa Milano exiting from Justin's home in Los Angeles the morning after a night of partying at A.D. has found its way onto the net.

September 14, 2002 - Instyle.com has a photo of *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake with girlfriend Alyssa Milano at a videogame launch party.

September 7, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times reports pop diva Christina Aguilera threw a fit when Westlife had inhabited her usual VIP partying spot at A.D. the other night. A guest nearly bumped her off the balcony in an attempt to get out of the way. Fortunately, the Westlife guys, who have slammed the singer about an almost identical experience with Aguilera before, graciously gave up the booth. Meanwhile, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake added fuel to reports that he's dating Alyssa Milano when the two showed up together at the same club on Saturday.

September 7, 2002 - lilangeltc seems to back up the Justin Timberlake sighting with Alyssa Milano at A.D. the other night. "At A.D. He with with this brown haired girl [not Jenna] who looked familiar - but I don't know who she is. I wasn't stalking them the entire night or anything but I saw them walk in together and later during the night I saw them smoking [something ..? Don't know what] and drinking in a corner. He was drinking A LOT .. kinda worried about him, but you know - he's 21. He can do what he wants. I left before they did [3AM] so I don't know if they left together or not but I did see them kissing. "There were paparazzi people there, too - so I'm sure they'll be pictures .. somewhere .. soon."

September 6, 2002 - The premiere of Charmed will see Alyssa Milano dressed up as a sexy mermaid. Milano commented, "I went for a wardrobe fitting and I was like, 'Where's the seashell top?' They were like, 'It doesn't look good, so we're just going to add scales and paint them on your boobies.'" The show's two-hour season premiere airs Sept. 22 (8-10 pm/ET).

September 4, 2002 - LFI has photos of Alyssa Milano, Webster, and David Spade in the new film 'Dicky Roberts'.

September 2, 2002 - The New York Post reports Corey Feldman is bringing together all his fellow former child stars, including Alyssa Milano, for a "We Are the World"-style singalong. "It will be the funniest, coolest, weirdest thing ever," Feldman tells ncbuys.com. The spectacle will take place Sept. 18 at Tower Records in Hollywood.

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