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December 29, 2001 -  Remember this was a posting from a 'friend' posted on a message board, but according to the person, "A friend of mine met Jorge at a dance class yesterday and he said that Christina and him were NOT together anymore. I know some people were trying to figure out what Christina's mom meant by "single" so now ya know. Jorge is not working on any tours or anything right now, he's just going to various dance classes. Just thought I would let you guys know."

December 29, 2001 - . US Weekly reports Christina Aguilera was spotted at Kitson in Los Angeles picking up two green Christmas stockings decorated with bones for her dogs.

December 29, 2001 - A fan on the Christina Aguilera message board, Inlovewithxtina, was banned by moderators of the board for posting the item reported last night on our site from US Weekly discussing a possible sex tape featuring Christina and an unidentified man. Under the new name downwithchristina!, the poster blasts, "This is completley unfair! All I did was post an article that was in Us Weekly magazine about a Xtina Sex Tape. I even refrained from talking about her and sex saying 'We're not supposed to talk about it!' If its in a magazine I should be able to report it! Please let me back in!" The topics discussing the sex tape have all been locked by moderators as well. UPDATE: The mentioned thread was deleted by moderators.

December 29, 2001 - Well again Mariah Carey dominated one of our polls, this time asking the favorite song of the year. Carey came out on top with her hit, Loverboy, which beat out the Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, and Lil' Kim collaboration, 'Lady Marmalade'. Popdirt.com's latest poll asks which official site's message board is best. Vote for Christina Aguilera's board at LiveDaily.com here.

December 28, 2001 - US Weekly reports a source has revealed to them the possible existence of a Christina Aguilera sex tape, one that she may not even know about herself. Said a source, "A guy from L.A. is going around bragging about being with Christina and showing his friends a tape, taken months ago, of her getting hot and heavy with him. It's pretty graphic."

December 27, 2001 - In a Star item last week (later picked up by UK tabs) that is sure to get Shelly Kearns' blood boiling, the tabloid reports Christina Aguilera bought her mom a $1 million house for Christmas. They describe the place as a 6 bedroom home in Wexford, PA and mysteriously quote her saying, "This home Christina bought me is all I've ever dreamed of. This is the first time in my life that I ever got anything that I actually chose myself, of my own taste. I've always had to make do with the family hand-me-downs. This is beyond wonderful!" Of course fans on Christina's message board would have heard her talking about the new home in July.

December 23, 2001 - zipster writes "The widely known "Christina MP3 Heaven" has taken a break. Closing Dec. 24. 2001, Hmers1 has stated that it WILL reopen but he needs a break from updating. Read more."

December 20, 2001 - Splash has vidcaps of Christina Aguilera from the ABC Before They Were Famous special when she appeared on Star Search in 1988. Check out the Christina photos here.

December 19, 2001 - Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns put the following answer on her daughter's official website when asked if Christina was single, "Yes, she is single. Someone told me that there's a rumor going around which states that Christina got married. That one is totally untrue." This has caused several to proclaim she and boyfriend Jorge Santos have broken up. While early reports suggest he wasn't at her 21st birthday party, the widely interpreted use of 'single' is unmarried (and her complete answer uses that context), so there may be some people speaking too early on this. Stay tuned.

December 18, 2001 - zipster writes "It's official, the site once called "ChristinaAguilera.to" is now closed. Owner Kerbear states, "I have supported Christina with a website for 3 years now. I started the site because I talked to Shelly a few times and thought she was incredibly sweet." She later adds, "There doesn't seem to be a point to run the site any longer after being accused by her own mother of lying."" Read more.
Note: This news was emailed to me: "I would just like to let you know that Kerry, the webmaster of Christina Aguilera.to, has not officially closed her site. Rumor has it that she will be bringing it back in January, and that it's only a temporary closure."

December 18, 2001 - Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns posted a new diary update on her daughter's official site to preview their plans for Christmas and apparently send a message to those attempting to stage a coup against the official site. Shelly states, "It seems that selfishness and total lack of respect and graciousness towards each other is quite popular in today's society. This aggressive behavior is even respected by some as a show of strength. But real strength lies in quietness and wise, peaceful communication, and in understanding that when you hurt anyone, you hurt yourself. So then, find the way to accomplish what you need to without attacking. We should do the unusual...to try and do everything coming from love rather than anger." Read more.

December 18, 2001 - The Sun has photos of Christina Aguilera arriving to her 21st birthday party riding backseat on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Christina partied at Deep though supposedly wasn't aloud to drink since she didn't officially turn 21 until today. Check out photos here.

December 17, 2001 - Some of the more visible parents of today's top pop stars are drawing some search engine interest of their own. Topping the Overture.com search queries are Lynn Harless, the often visible mother of *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake who received 108 searches during the month of November. Next up was Britney Spears' mother Lynne Spears who received 106 searches. Joe Simpson, father of Jessica Simpson received 89 searches. Surprisingly, the most vocal parent on the web, Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns, didn't receive the 25 search limit to even be listed.

December 17, 2001 - Anonymous writes "No major Christina Aguilera dirt is uncovered with this batch of questions, but Shelly Kearns talks about crazy fans picking through her trash, her PA home, the teams, her family roots for and that the rumors of Christina and Jorge being engaged are false. Check out more here."

December 16, 2001 - Following the backlash caused by Shelly's angry comments to those looking to stage a coup against Christina Aguilera's official site webmaster, Al Gomez, Shelly has posted several more messages with the mindset that "If I give my opinion, just like all of you do here every single day (and in a heck of a lot more nasty way than I did!), and it's not what you all expected, then I am 'attacking', 'rude', etc etc etc." Shelly later suggested plans to meet in a chat session with herself and Al Gomes. To keep up on that developing situation, visit here.

December 16, 2001 - J-14 had a short blurb in their Dec/Jan issue saying "If you're shocked by Christina Aguilera when she releases her new studio album that's cool with her. The 'Lady Marmalade' singer wants to kick showgirl look up a notch, promising that her next video and CD will be ever racier than Britney. 'To be honest, I'd really like to go too far,' she says. 'I feel like I can flirt the limits for many years.'"

December 16, 2001 - The New York Post is asking in today's blind item: "Which pop princess keeps her weight own by taking laxatives? The downside is she sometimes has accidents requiring even more costume changes than normal."

December 15, 2001 - Comments from Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns left fans singled out by the star's mother by name for petitioning the official site's webmaster have caused a major backlash on Aguilera's official site with several fansites threatening to pull the plug. ChristinaBlue, singled out by Kearns, insisted e-mails sent to her by Al Gomes were legit and the message headers would prove it. She understandingly added, "I can see why you would believe Al, if he is the one who told you these emails were fake, because you trust him. I would too." Read more.

December 15, 2001 - Shelly Kearns came on to the LiveDaily message boards to both squash rumors that RCA had dumped the singer and slam those that have been critical of the official site's webmaster, Al Gomez. Shelly said Friday, "You all need to give Al a break," adding "Al had the Xmas page up on time. Yep. Totally on time. It was the server, MusicVision. The traffic was so high that half the people could see it and half couldn't. That's it. Not Al's fault, as well as a ton of other things that you all don't know about from this end." Read more.

December 12, 2001 - Christina Aguilera posted a holiday message to her fans recapping 2001 and talked about her delayed upcoming album, but the lack of specifics left many fans fuming on her official site's message board. Christina "Please know that you are all in my heart and on my mind as I am working to complete this album--your album." Augilera was light on specifics though as she talked about being influenced by Mariah Carey, Dr. Dre, Moby, Madonna and others but gave no specific details about any collaborations or songs. Read more.

December 11, 2001 - AguiLeraFatOne writes "A site has been created by webmasters of Christina Aguilera fan sites lashing out at the questionable practices of her official site's webmaster Al Gomes. It includes a short essay, examples of Al's sometimes rude interaction with fans, and a link to an online petition. Check it out here."

December 9, 2001 - Lisa Verrico of The Times of London talked about the release of the Christina Aguilera album 'Just Be Free' and the singer's decision to have a letter explaining the album included with it which prompted Verrico to blast, "What an idiot! Doesn’t she know that her fans will be even more keen to hear it now," adding "In fact, overall, Just Be Free is spunkier than most of Christina’s material of late. She could do with giving the album a careful listen herself." Read more.

December 9, 2001 - WENN reports Christina Aguilera and boyfriend Jorge Santos were together at the recent opening of a Miami, Florida nightclub, Living Room Downtown. Aguilera became upset when Jorge spent the entire night staring at the busty dancers parading on stage and ignoring her. 

December 4, 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Christina Aguilera made a quick stop into the Bridgetown Grill in Little Five Points not to eat, but as she explained, to use their bathroom. Bridgetown reps joked they have no plans to bronze the toilet seat Aquilera used.

December 3, 2001 - Fans of Christina Aguilera are again up in arms after griping that the official site says she'll be at the My VH1 Awards tonight. Most are of the opinion right now that she won't be there and are furious that the webmaster put the date on the official site as an appearance. It should be clarified though, she is nominated, and even if she isn't physically there, they likely have a recorded acceptance speech they'll play if they win. Read more.

December 3, 2001 - Britney Spears won a My VH1 Award on Sunday night in the category of Navel Academy (Best Bellybutton Appearance). As for Christina, she and Mya, Pink, and Lil' Kim took home awards for Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just My Video? and My Favorite Video. Neither were actually at the event. 

December 3, 2001 - MTV talked with Pink about lyrics in "Don't Let Me Get Me" which includes the verse, "Tired of being compared/ To damn Britney Spears/ She's so pretty/ That just ain't me." Pink said, "I've met Britney. She's really, really sweet. She's probably the sweetest girl I've ever met in my life. But every interview I would sit down, or just anywhere, really, and they'd be like, 'Well, how do you compare yourself to Britney and Jessica and Christina?' And I'm just thinking to myself that [they're asking this] just because we're the same age, or girls, young white girls singing pop music or whatever we do. But we're all different. And we all get our own respect." Read more.

December 2, 2001 - Christina Aguilera is included in the latest Popdirt.com poll asking "What Was The Top Pop Song Of 2001?" for "Lady Marmalade". Vote here.

December 2, 2001 - Caitlin Moran of the London Times looked at Britney Spears' career on her 20th birthday today. Moran talks of Britney's breakout success of Baby One More Time but talked about the challenge she faced when Christina Aguilera emerged from the pop scene. Moran said, "Looking back now, I like to think of the careers of Christina and Britney as being inextricably linked — and not just because they were child-stars on the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club at the same time. If pop is a high school, then the charts are a playground popularity contest in which pupils will flirt, flatter, fight and cheat to get the biggest following. " Read more.

December 1, 2001 - Pink was on the Howard Stern Show Friday morning and spoke with Howard for about an hour. Pink revealed details of her kiss with Christina Aguilera which she's saying has caused lesbian and bisexual rumors about the pair ever since. She says that she was just playing Spin the Bottle at her 22nd birthday part and it landed on Christina. Pink says that they would've used tongue but Christina didn't want to only because her boyfriend at the time, Jorge Santos, was there. Read more.

December 1, 2001 - Anonymous writes "If you're willing to fork over $885 for a ticket you can see Christina Aguilera (among others) perform live at this year's Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony. NBC Olympic coverage has released that the ceremony will be on February 24th, 6:00-9:00 at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium. It will also be televised world-wide with an estimated 3.5 billion viewers."

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