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August 31, 2002 - Janel Maloney of the hit show 'The West Wing' gave fashion reviews on KTLA along with Sam Rubin of MTV's Video Music Awards on Thursday. Check out what they had to say on Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Enrique Iglesias, Outkast, and more here.

August 31, 2002 - Celebrity Vibe has photos of Def Jam Island Records & Blender Magazine Post MTV Awards Party in New York on Thursday (August 29). Included at the bash were the Clipse, Russell Simmons, Charli Baltimore, Ja Rule, Foxy Brown, Vita, Christina Aguilera, Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, Ashanti, and Anna Kournikova giving a lap-dance to boyfriend Enrique Iglesias. Check out all the photos here.

August 31, 2002 - MTV News has a backstage report from Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards, which includes news that Christina Aguilera and Eminem shared some time together which at initial glance could have easily been construed as an argument, but once the two finished their animated chat, they shared a quick embrace. "Now that's an MTV moment," exclaimed an applauding Brandy. Read more.

August 31, 2002 - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog issued a statement to his fans on his official website Friday, following his near bust-up with Eminem at the Video Music Awards on Thursday. "I would like all of you to know that I am fine, that the scuffle at the MTV awards involving Eminem, Moby and Eminem's trusty friend who threw my pooping paper in the air did not result in permanent injury," Triumph assured fans. "As soon as Christina Aguilera came out, I licked myself as a test and my pink thing was perfectly functional. You will be glad to know that Moby also licked himself and all systems were go. Read more.

August 31, 2002 - Friday's Gossip to Go with Flo on K104 had the DJ's and Flo talking about Michael Jackson's birthday present turned Artist of the Millenium Award at last night's MTV Video Music Awards. They also talked about the Pepsi firing of Ludacris after conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly announced a boycott. Finally, they gave Christina Aguilera a rough time for her racy outfit at the VMAs. Listen to the clip here.

August 31, 2002 - Tons of photos from last night's Video Music Awards are on the net today, including shots of *NSYNC, Enrique Iglesias with girlfriend Anna Kournikova, Avril Lavigne, Eminem, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Christina Milian, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Justin Guarini, Kelly Clarkson, Ludacris, Kylie Minogue, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Willa Ford, and more. Check out photos from Yahoo, WireImagecom, GlobePhotos, GettyImages, and LFI (PressRoom, Arrivals1, Arrivals2, and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs Party).

August 30, 2002 - More details on Christina Aguilera's interview before the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday. Christina explained her new album is tentatively titled 'Stripped' and clarified, "Everyone is gonna think sexual not like that but emotionally and personally stripped down so you can see me for the first time. It's a personal me record." Read here for a transcript.

August 30, 2002 - This week's popbitch.com e-mail newsletter says Christina Aguilera is duping Nelly in an effort to sound 'urrban', referencing the 'rr' in Nelly's 'Hot In Herre'. Popbitch writes, "Now Christina Aguilera has jumped on the bandwagon. The mucky midget has announced that her second album will be called 'Dirrty'. Is it a reference to her cl**rring?"

August 30, 2002 - mario_galdamez on the LiveDaily.com message board says Cabana Boy Geoff Alan 93.3 FM in San Diego wasn't too keen to play the new Christina Aguilera release "because she was very mean to him, and that personality really matters. He also said that Christina should remember that she is what she is because of the public support. Then he asked some girl who called in to get her opinion and the girl said that the song was 'ok' and then the DJ said that he doesn't like anything by Christina because of her attitude, but if the listeners like the song, then he will play it."

August 30, 2002 - Groovevolt.com has details on Christina Aguilera's soon to be released album now titled 'Listen', which drops on October 29th. Erik Bradley at WBBM/Chicago beamed, "Produced by Rockwilder, it’s a total smash! I couldn’t wait to play this on the radio. She’s comin back strong." Look for a video to the album's first release 'Dirrty' on MTV around September 20th, while the music network will devote a Christina Week when the album hits stores. Read more.

August 30, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos from the Stuff Magazine 2002 MTV VMA Pre-Party on Wednesday (August 28) at Lot 61 in New York City, where Christina Aguilera and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake were in attendance. Check out the WireImage.com pictures here and a big one of Christina from RexFeatures.

August 30, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks which female pop star was best dressed at the MTV Video Music Awards. Vote for Christina here.

August 29, 2002 - Associated Press spoke with industry insiders on the big fall lineup of new albums hitting stores. Alex Pappademas, an associate editor at Spin commented on Christina Aguilera's yet to be titled new album saying, "There's always a sense with these teen-pop people that they are very micromanaged. She seems like she's breaking out and doing controversial things ... (but) there's always the possibility of a backlash against her, like, she's trying to be something she's not." Pappademas seems to be betting on *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake to be the big winner with his solo debut. "There's going to be a lot of attention paid to this, because of all the boy-band types he seems to be the who will break out," he said. Read more.

August 29, 2002 - Star magazine reports Christina Aguilera marched up to a long line for the ladies' room at a Hollywood party demanding to use the restroom proclaiming to the attendant, "I'm sick - I have to cut in line!" Aguilera and pals ended up not taking no for an answer and occupied the facility for 20 minutes. Then when exiting she snapped at the attendant, "You were SO rude!" Apparently guilt or the thought that the attendant might blab to the tabloids made her second guess her diva-ish ways and upon returning to use the bathroom later, she apologized and handed the attendant a $100 tip. They must've blabbed anyways.

August 28, 2002 - Dirrty writes "You can download Christina Aguilera's new single 'Dirrty' (feat. Redman) in 3 formats. The song is amazing and with loads of attitude. Check it out here."

August 27, 2002 - It appears the rumor about Rick Dees premiering Christina Aguilera's new song 'Dirrty' today was untrue, but andpop.com reports that the song will begin playing on radio on Tuesday, according to a BMG representative. Read more.

August 25, 2002 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News looked at major artists who are releasing new music in the next four months, and the challenges they will be facing. Included in his commentary are Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, and TLC. Read more.

August 25, 2002 - According to a posting at RadioandRecords.com, the Christina Aguilera track 'Dirrty' featuring Redman will see its debut on the Rick Dees show Monday morning on KIIS. Be sure to listen in tomorrow morning (the program streams here) and find out.

August 25, 2002 - A Spanish radio station's website is reporting that they will be premiering Christina Aguilera's new song 'Dirrty' feat. Redman on Tuesday (August 27). Read more.

August 24, 2002 - Although her mother Shelly Kearns said Christina Aguilera would not attend the MTV Video Music Awards, she has been added to the presenter list. See mtv.com for a full list.

August 22, 2002 - Once again Mariah Carey tops a poll on popdirt.com, with the diva topping Christina Aguilera in a poll asking which female pop star do you think would be the toughest fighter. The wimpiest singer appears to be Vanessa Carlton, who only got .4% of the vote. For a complete list of the poll's results, click here.

August 21, 2002 - A fan on the LiveDaily.com message board claims to have met the guys from BBMak after BFD4 at Seahawks Stadium on Monday. sunny778 writes, "Then after the show I went to the after party and I got up to VIP and talked to two of the guys from BBMak again, which with one of them I was having a pretty good conversation. We talked about what kind of music they listened to, which was Vertical Horizon and Travis amoung others. I asked him if he liked Christina's music and he said yes, she is very talented, but then he said how disappointed he was when they met he because she wasn't very nice. But he did say that if I ever met her he hopes she's nice to me...how sweet. Then I said it was nice to meet you and he gave me a kiss on the cheek!" Read more.

August 19, 2002 - The LA Times reports Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, Usher, Aaron Carter, the Baha Men, Smash Mouth, Jessica Simpson and the A-Teens have all contributed to 'Disneymania,' an album of Disney songs due September 17th from Walt Disney Records. A TV special is being planned for the fall.

August 18, 2002 - Amongst the updates on the Tuesday Buddyhead.com update: "Christina Aguilera, just bought a new house in the 'inland empire' where her and her di**pig posse do speed all day, everyday," and "Spiderman knobbed Christina Aguilera." Read more.

August 15, 2002 - Sister2Sister's official website has a six-part video interview with Christina Aguilera. Jamie Foster Brown asked her about boyfriends, being a role model, people lip-synching, and then they went into the bathroom together, where Aguilera put eye makeup on Jamie, and then Christina confuses some pills Jamie had with birth control pills. The video appears to be a few years old. Watch the clips here.

August 15, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Wednesday, "Christina Aguilera has a new album out called 'Dirrty.' That's the name of the album, 'Dirrty.' Yeah, apparently, she got the idea for the title when she woke up and saw her pillow was covered with whore makeup. It's true."

August 14, 2002 - Globe magazine reports RCA execs are furious that Christina Aguilera delayed finishing her new album because she was in bed for six weeks, as she was still crying over her breakup with dancer Jorge Santos. "RCA spent $1.3 million making an album that sucks and probably won't even gross $2 million," said an insider."If it doesn't sell, they could bail on her."

August 14, 2002 - The touching moment when Christina Aguilera beat out Kid Rock, Macy Gray, and Britney Spears for the best new artist at the 2000 Grammys, as featured on the latest 'Driven' episode, can be viewed at shockyourmind.org. The clip includes comments from Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns, who wasn't able to be at the event. Watch the clip here.

August 10, 2002 - Getty Images has a pair of Christina Aguilera photos from Friday (August 9). X-Tina was photographed leaving a hotel in New York City. Check them out here.

August 9, 2002 - The New York Post reports Cris Judd has signed on with Roklin management in Los Angeles and, according to pals, "He is very keen to get into acting." Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband has also been hitting the Los Angeles club circuit hard. "He has been going out every night to the Lounge and AD, and is just having a good time," said a source. "He and a bunch of people always go back to Christina Aguilera's house to keep partying after the clubs shut." Read more.

August 8, 2002 - MTV News chatted with producer Glen Ballard who worked extensively with Christina Aguilera on her forthcoming album. Ballard says Aguilera has more talent than just the ability to sing. "I was very impressed by the fact that she has taken the role of being a writer quite seriously and really applied a lot of effort and class in drawing from her own inspiration," Ballard said of Aguilera. "I think she's a wonderful writer. We already know she's a great singer, but I think we'll be able to add to that. She's a really incredible writer." Read more.

August 8, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns again popped on to the LiveDaily.com message board earlier today and again made a correction on the name of her daughter's first single on the upcoming album. Shelly writes, "Just wanted to let you know a recent development...the single title when released will be spelled DIRRTY. The info on the official site will be changed soon."

August 7, 2002 -  Christina Aguilera's official site reports the singer is set to grace the covers of several magazine covers to help promote her upcoming album. Look for X-Tina in the October 26th Rolling Stone, the December issues of YM and Blender, the January issue of Maxim, and the January/February issues of Cosmogirl and Jane.

August 7, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's mother popped on to the LiveDaily.com message boards earlier today to correct the name of the first single off her upcoming album. Shelly writes, "I was talking to Christina on the phone about the single this morning, and she told me that I got the title wrong. It's NOT 'Let's Get Dirty'. The correct title is simply 'Dirty.'" Shelly added later, "Christina sounds very, very excited! I don't blame her. Wait till you hear this whole album. It truly is amazing." Finally, as to whether X-Tina would be at the VMAs, Shelly commented, "Oh, and no, Christina will not be at the VMA's. She'll be in the middle of photo shoots and video shoots and all kinds of things. It's about to start and she's really at her busiest right now." Read more.

August 6, 2002 - Metal-Sludge.com has a great and candid 20 questions with MTV's Iann Robinson. Besides spending much of the 20 questions ragging on Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, he also was asked if he prefered Mandy Moore or Christina Aguilera. "Neither," he responded. "Both suck." Read more.

August 6, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's official site announced today that the first single off her upcoming album will be 'Let's Get Dirty', which will be released mid-September. The video is to be shot in Los Angeles by Paul Hunter at the end of this month. 'Lets Get Dirty' was produced and written by Christina and Rock Wilder, (also produced Lady Marmalade), with three others chipping in, including Redman who does a rap for the song and will also appear in the video.

August 5, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks which female pop star do you think would be the toughest fighter? Vote for Christina Aguilera here.

August 4, 2002 - Christina Aguilera went ot US Weekly after being overcharged for recent purchases, including a nail salon in Los Angeles that charged her $400 for a basic $25 acrylic-and-airbrush treatment. Another popular clothing store in L.A. billed the singer $100 for t-shirts and other items that she never purchased. "I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me," she said, "but I think you should treat everyone, famous or not, with the same level of respect - it's not right."

August 4, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns is taking fan input on her daughter's official site that currently is being revamped. Shelly says, "Before this site goes up, I am determined to make sure your opinion is heard, and I've let everyone working on it know how I feel. So, please let me know ASAP the top 10 things you feel are crucial to what you would consider the perfect official Christina site." Read the advice she's been getting and contribute your own ideas here.

August 2, 2002 - Shelly Kearns posted details on her daughter Christina Aguilera's new album, ending months of confusion on the release date. "The real information is this: the album is late October," she said. "No exact date set yet. Hopefully the single is late August, if we can get the video and pix done by the deadline. But if not, not until after 9-11... probably 9-18 or so. Now that, folks, is the REAL truth about the album. Anything else floating around out there is incorrect." Read more.

August 1, 2002 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Justin Timberlake's spokesman says an interview that appeared in the Scottish Daily Record is "complete made-up garbage." The paper had quoted Timberlake saying in regards to Christina Aguilera, "Just look at her -- she's so hot. What a body on that girl. Christina is not into self-denial. She’s wild. After years with Britney, seeing Christina let loose and have fun without any inhibitions is amazing." Read more.

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