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October 31, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asking fans how well the expected Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' to do in first week sales had most either thinking overly optimistic or overly pessimistic. Nearly 42% said she'd sell over 600,000 copies, while almost 20% said she wouldn't even sell 100,000 units. According to HitsDailyDouble.com, based on one-day sales, Aguilera will sell between 300-325,000 copies, a figure only 5.32% selected. Meanwhile, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter looks set to sell around 100,000, while Eminem looks set to dominate with his '8 Mile' soundtrack selling between 700-800,000 copies. Read more. For complete poll results, click here.

October 31, 2002 - Jenny Eliscu of Rolling Stone magazine was on Your World with Neil Cavuto on Wednesday to talk about the raunchy new image of Christina Aguilera and comparing her to Britney Spears. Read here for a transcript.

October 31, 2002 - Christina Aguilera was on KIIS 102.7 where she talked about her piercings, not being afraid about her sexuality, the double standard with sex in videos, where she mentioned Ricky Martin's similarly sexy video, and the message behind 'Dirrty'. Download and listen to the clip here.

October 31, 2002 - Globe Photos has more footage of Christina Aguilera leaving the Ed Sullivan Theatre after appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on Monday (October 28). Check out the pictures here.

October 31, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Wednesday, "The other night, Christina Aguilera was spotted at a New York strip club -- it's a good one, too. She was spotted at a New York strip club receiving several lap dances from female strippers. True story. That's right. Yeah, the manager of the club immediately denied the story 'cause he was worried Aguilera would ruin the strippers' reputations."

October 31, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Wednesday, "Christina Aguilera is posing nude on the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In the article, she says she recently slept with her first white guy -- she slept with her first white guy and did not care for the experience." Jay turned to Kevin, "No -- let me. No, no, look. You're snickering." Kevin said, "I'm not snickering... I never slept with a white guy." Jay said, "No, but see, this is not fair. Did you see the white guy she picked?" Kevin said, "No." Jay said, "Take a look. You see what I'm saying? Right there." Screen shows recent picture of Michael Jackson.

October 30, 2002 - The New York Post reports a tipsy Christina Aguilera and her entourage were spotted getting several lap dances at Flashdancers, a New York City strip club featuring only female dancers.

October 30, 2002 - Craig Seymour of Entertainment Weekly reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', giving it a grade of C+. Seymour says the new album "comes off like a desperate bid for musical relevance" and has "a cluttered patchwork purse of sounds." He added, "Aguilera's performance seems genuinely aching. Unlike other singers with her range, she seldom tries to sound ethereally pretty (Mariah Carey) or overly controlled (Whitney Houston) --- but she's not afraid to revel in her own vocal power." Read more.

October 30, 2002 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a decade-old push by mass marketers to erase the stigma attached to being "dirty" is gaining momentum. "When I hear the word 'dirty,' I guess I think of the Dirty Bird [dance], the Dirty South [rap lingo], Dirty Girl beauty products, dirty denim and now Christina [Aguilera's] new song," said Ashley Strahan, a second-year fashion merchandising student at Bauder College in Buckhead. "To me, 'dirty' is more fun than it is a turnoff. I guess it sort of means, 'Let loose.'" Read more.

October 30, 2002 - Dave Gottlieb, the senior VP of marketing at RCA who's handling the 'Stripped' campaign, insists that all is going according to plan with Christina Aguilera's new album. ''Christina was sure about how she wanted to present herself, and we have to respect the artist,'' Gottlieb told the Boston Globe. ''The only disappointment we have is that it hasn't done as well at radio as we believe it should have. As far as what else 'Dirrty' has done? People are talking about the song and the video. I mean, this is the umpteenth interview I've done about her image. People know Christina is back.'' Read more.

October 30, 2002 - Trace Gallagher of Fox News spoke with Christine Aguilera who gets down and dirty in her latest video of her latest release 'Stripped', completing her transformation of her girl next door of a few years back. "There are so many people, 'It's like a complete 360, wow, what is she doing? What is she trying to be?' If anything, what was I trying to be before? You know, that's what I've saying I'm so happy this really does speak for me and it is me." And the 21-year-old ex-Mouseketeer's comparisons to another club member, Britney Spears, helped Aguilera to define herself in another way. "That playing it safe, cookie-cutter virginal kind of fame that I really saw, after a little while of being superficial and fake, and like I wasn't being true to myself."

October 30, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's official site Christina-a.com has been updated with a new section. Now you can download beautiful wallpapers for all resolutions, screensavers and AIM buddy icons. Check it out here.

October 30, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has the scans of the cover art, including the 'thank yous' for Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' posted. If you haven't picked up the CD yet, check them out here.

October 30, 2002 - Christina Aguilera performed at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City last night (October 28) on the Late Show with David Letterman. Check out photos of the singer arriving at BigPictures and departing on WireImage.com.

October 30, 2002 - LFI has photos of Christina Aguilera shopping in SoHo in New York on Monday (October 28). Check out the pictures here.

October 30, 2002 - The latest Lycos 50 shows Britney Spears' female pop star dominance over rival Christina Aguilera has ended for the first time ever. Christina got the #10 spot while Britney landed at #12, the first time Spears has dropped out of the top 10. Their one word description for Aguilera: 'Ho'. Other music acts in the top 50 include Eminem at #13, Nelly at #22, Las Ketchup at #26, Avril Lavigne at #27, Jennifer Lopez at #30, and Shakira at #42. Read more.

October 30, 2002 - Brian Hiatt of Entertainment Weekly previewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', and spoke with former 4 Non Blondes leader Linda Perry, who wrote and produced Aguilera's latest single 'Beautiful', a track Perry thought Christina would never record. "I never in a million years expected her to gravitate towards that," says Perry. "And when she did, it was hard for me to let go of that song, because it's really special for me. So the deal was, 'I need to hear how you sing it.' And when I heard her, I said, 'okay.'" Read more.

October 30, 2002 - Dan Aquilante of the New York Post gave a mostly positive review of Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped'. While "her voice is weakest is on the straight-ahead rockers such as 'Makeover'," most of the remainder of the album "will sustain Aguilera's career. It has honesty, passion and gives her the kind of credibility that isn't even within reach of most teen-pop stars." Read more.

October 30, 2002 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped'. Farber called Aguilera's skills "technical, not interpretive." He added, "Only those with a strong stomach for sap will be able to stand her many entreaties to listen to your inner voice." Read more.

October 29, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack looks set to easily win next week's album chart battle with its release tomorrow. Most figure it will sell at least 800,000 copies, while Christina Aguilera ('Stripped'), Nirvana ('Nirvana'), Shaggy ('Hey Sexy Lady'), and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter ('Now Or Never') will battle for the rest of the top 5 slots.

October 29, 2002 - Christina Aguilera tells the Associated Press that she had to battle with her RCA Records label to raunch up her image in her new video for 'Dirrty'. "The label wanted to push the cookie-cutter, kind of play-it-safe, almost virginal kind of imagery that wasn't me," she says. "I really wanted to squirm away from that, because I really thought it was really fake and superficial and untrue of what I was about, and it was really really hard for me to live up to that anymore." Read more.

October 29, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has the video for Christina Aguilera's performance of 'Beautiful' on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday. Dave intro'd her saying, "Please welcome the always provocative, Christina Aguilera." After her performance, Dave said, "You look fantastic, by the way." Watch the clip here.

October 29, 2002 - Rob O'Connor of Launch.com reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', which drops today. O'Conner said, "Overall, the album is a little more rock, a little more sophisticated and includes actual artistic input from the artist herself. A wonder in these modern times." Read more.

October 28, 2002 - Christina Aguilera tells the Sunday Mail that pressures from her career and failed romances caused the singer to suffer a nervous breakdown. "I went through a little breakdown around April because I felt that I couldn't trust anyone," she revealed. "I've been hurt by a few guys since I split up with my first love and I had a real hard time. I've had to learn the hard way through back- stabbings and betrayal." Read more.

October 27, 2002 - Christina Aguilera is musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday (October 28).

October 27, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has photos of Christina Aguilera performing at the B96 Halloween Bash in Chicago on Thursday (October 24). Check out the six pictures here.

October 27, 2002 - ABC Broadband's Fly Screen has the debut video from The Androids, 'Do It With Madonna'. The video features look-a-likes of Christina Aguilera, Pink, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, and of course Madonna. The guys insist above all the pop tarts, they'd rather do it with Madonna. Watch the clip and more here.

October 27, 2002 - dragonznpiano writes "At the B96 Halloween Bash in Chicago, Christina Aguilera announced the second single from her upcoming album 'Stripped'. The song is called 'Beautiful' and is produced and written by Linda Perry, Christina co-wrote the song. The single will hit the radio on November 12, 2002. A video date is yet not set. However, RCA spokesperson said they planed to release a new single in January 2003."

October 27, 2002 - Matt Chock of the Cornell Daily Sun weighed in on the Thai government being upset with Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' video: "Something tells me that Thai officials are just upset that Thai internet sex sites are outnumbered 2 to 1 by sites featuring fake nude pictures of Christina Aguilera."

October 27, 2002 - Anders Smith Lindall of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the B-96 Halloween Bash at the Allstate Arena on Thursday night, which included a performance by Christina Aguilera. Lindall said, "Aguilera's appearance strengthened her claim to the title of pop songstress who can actually sing. Her pyrotechnic prowess was on display in 'Impossible,' a bluesy jam that she penned with fellow charttopper Alicia Keys. And when her canned backing track began to skip in the middle of 'Beautiful,' Aguilera didn't melt down. 'Stop the track, stop the track,' she demanded off-mike, and then sang a verse, chorus, bridge and several refrains entirely a cappella." Read more.

October 26, 2002 - Amy C. Sims of Fox News reports that with pop stars now entering their 20s, many are eager to shed their adolescent image. *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and his Backstreet Boys counterpart Nick Carter each are releasing their debut solo albums and are trying to shed the sweet for sultry. "Fourteen-year-olds are over Justin, but women in their 20s now think he's hot," said Atoosa Rubenstein, editor of Cosmo Girl. On the female side, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera have each sexed up their images, which may turn off some teens. "As Britney has changed her image, there is a direct correlation with her drop in popularity," said Rubenstein. "Aguilera's new video is one step away from pornography. Teenage fans feel alienated by the new image -- they can't bring it home." Read more.

October 26, 2002 - Read here for a transcript to Christina Aguilera's Stripped in New York City MTV special. Unfortunately, persons speaking are not identified.

October 26, 2002 - Michelle Branch did a diary for Us Weekly on the day of her VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards performance. Talking about her makeup and wardrobe, Branch said, "My stylist is in Europe with Christina Aguilera - I don't know why she needs a stylist: She doesn't wear anything."

October 26, 2002 - Alyssa Vitrano of YM.com caught up with Christina Aguilera and asked the singer to clear up the whole fued with Eminem. "The reason why he got so mad, and why he retaliated so harsh at me, was partly because he was trying to separate himself from whole pop MTV thing and he saw me on this MTV show choosing my 10 top videos," Slim said. "I guess he got really angry because I chose 'Stan' as one of my favorite videos — I thought [Eminem] was a really cool rapper — but [then I realized] that song was about killing his wife. I heard that and was just like, that's not cool. It's a personal issue. Watching what my mom had to go through, I don't take that stuff lightly. [Christina grew up with a father who was violent toward her mother.] I wasn't dissing him, but I said my piece — I told girls out there not to put up with a guy's sh**. I guess he heard that, because I heard him talk about it when he dissed me in an interview. How cliché is that? Like you get mad at a girl for speaking her mind — it's so high school." Read more.

October 26, 2002 - Avril Lavigne is this week's Entertainment Weekly cover story, where she weighs in on being termed ''the anti-Britney'. "I don't like that term -- 'the anti-Britney.' It's stupid," Lavigne protests. "I don't believe in that. She's a human being. God, leave her alone!" As for her more explicit counterpart, Avril asked, "Have you seen Christina's video?" Lavigne screws her face into a yucked-out expression at the thought of 'Dirrty' and says "Poor girl." Read more.

October 25, 2002 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News spoke with Christina Aguilera about Sarah Michelle Gellar's spoof of the MTV Making the Video for 'Dirrty', saying she was amused by the piece, but adds, "They could have done a better job with it." As for Aguilera's frank songs about sex in 'Stripped', she complained of a double standard saying, "In Ricky Martin's video, he's having an orgy, and that's fine. But when a female does it, they call you every name in the book." Read more.

October 25, 2002 - Tanya L. Edwards of MTV News thoroughly analyzed the sexual overtones displayed throughout the Christina Aguilera controversial video 'Dirrty' from her forthcoming album, 'Stripped'. The video includes references to bondage, sadomasochism, the Thai sex industry, muscular female fetish, furry characters fetishes, and more. Read more.

October 25, 2002 - Elysa Gardner of USA Today spoke with Christina Aguilera about her new album 'Stripped', which reveals more of an urban influence. In addition to Keys, rappers Redman and Lil' Kim make guest appearances. "I've always been a hip-hop fan, so that's going to come out more in my music," Aguilera says. She cites 'Dirrty', featuring Redman, as "the hardest, most beat-driven song. It's about being 21 and, you know, getting down and getting a little gritty and street with my friends. And not worrying about looking pretty, or caring who's around." Read more.

October 25, 2002 - Pop rivals Kelly Osbourne and Christina Aguilera weren't pictured together at the Nintendo Goes Platinum! party on Wednesday (October 23) in Hollywood, California. Sharon Osbourne had recently bragged that Kelly had put boogers on her Bentley while Kelly herself called Aguilera "one of the most disgusting human beings in the world" and that she "looks like a fu**ing drag queen". Check out photos from LFI and WireImage.com.

October 25, 2002 - Extra TV chatted with Christina Aguilera about her controversial new video 'Dirrty' which she says didn't get a negative reaction from her mother Shelly Kearns. Christina says, "My mom loved it!" As for her equally controversial Rolling Stones nude cover shoot, Aguilera commented, "I think it’s great! I think the female body is something to be proud of, not to be ashamed of." Read more.

October 25, 2002 - Globe magazine reports Christina Aguilera seems to like to leave behind a trail of trash wherever she goes. After she and her dancers rehearsed a dance number for an upcoming music video at Moro Landis Studios in Los Angeles, the messy bunch left behind a trail of empty water and Gatorade bottles, trash, food cartons, and even a few bottles of half-consumed beer. Globe suggested she hire a maid with her "ever-expanding entourage".

October 25, 2002 - MuchMusic got a second opinion on the posters written in Thai for Christina Aguilera's latest video 'Dirrty', allegedly promoting "Thailand's sex tourism" and "Young underage girls". According to the Canadian International Translation Service in Toronto who interpreted the posters, one sentence translates to "Sex Tourism Of Thailand," and the other reads, "Drink For The Black Dog."

October 25, 2002 - Globe magazine reports Christina Aguilera "really identifies" with Mariah Carey after the singer's breakdown, something Christina herself dealt with after being hurt by boyfriends and close associates who sold her out. An insider said, "Poor Mariah suffered her own breakdown after her love life collapsed. And believe me, Christina knows what Mariah went through. She really opens her heart to Mariah and all her problems."

October 24, 2002 - Tanya L. Edwards of MTV News thoroughly analyzed the sexual overtones displayed throughout the Christina Aguilera controversial video 'Dirrty' from her forthcoming album, 'Stripped'. The video includes references to bondage, sadomasochism, the Thai sex industry, muscular female fetish, furry characters fetishes, and more. Read more.

October 24, 2002 - Industry insiders are weighing in on Christina Aguilera's dramatic image change and how it may affect her music career, and it seems most seem to view her raunchy rebirth as a negative. "Adolescent hormonal boys are watching it, sure," said one exec to the New York Post. "But what about the 13-year-old girl whose parents won't buy it?" As for Aguilera's bragging of her clitoral piercing, a record honcho guessed, "I don't think anybody at her label is happy about something like that." It seems Aguilera is difficult for RCA to control though, as a source revealed, "It's my way or the highway with her," noting that she had already fired former manager Steve Kurtz. Read more.

October 24, 2002 - A portion of Rolling Stone's feature on Christina Aguilera has been posted on their website, including photos that appeared in the magazine. The mag follows Aguilera as she auditions dancers for 'Dirrty', including her ex-boyfriend Jorge Santos, who happened to make the cut. As for another, her manager 's daugher Allison Azoff suggests, "I thought that white girl was a good freestyler." Christina responded, "Yeah, I guess we have to have one white person, right?" Aguilera also talked about another ex-boyfriend since Santos, whom she refers to as "Asshole", whom many suggest is the white guy she went out with, actor Tobey Maguire. Check it out here.

October 24, 2002 - Access Hollywood had a video clip on Christina Aguilera tonight on her Rolling Stone cover. The singer talks about her father Fausto Aguilera's history of domestic violence, her thoughts about "hurting herself" after a recent break-up, and the song 'I'm Ok' on her album 'Stripped' that deals with her pain. Watch the clip, that features a few more photos from the Rolling Stone shoot, here.

October 24, 2002 - Christina Aguilera tells the German magazine YAM that 'Dirrty', the first single off her album 'Stripped', is not pornographic. "It may have a couple of indecent scenes, but it is exactly how I wanted it to be," Aguilera said. "I'm not interested in moralists. I am happy, and the video is certainly not pornographic. I feel good in sexy outfits. I hate conservative people, and hey, I'm only 21 and in no circumstance want to dress like a square." Read more.

October 24, 2002 - More excerpts from Christina Aguilera's cover story in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine are shared in the New York Post. The singer may have alienate one of her largest fan bases when she commented on fellow singer Jennifer Love Hewitt, "She wants a bunch of white boys I don't want... I would scare the sh** out of her if she came to one of my sleepovers." She did try to backtrack a bit from the remark adding, "I don't discriminate because of color. I actually dated my first [white] one recently." Both singers have been linked to Carson Daly and Enrique Iglesias. Read more.

October 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's official site has more new photos of the singer. Check out the 9 photos here.

October 23, 2002 - America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that the exclusive premiere of 'Infatuation,' an unreleased song from Christina Aguilera's new album, 'Stripped', was streamed over 1.98 million times in 24 hours on AOL Music. Members weighed in enthusiastically with nearly 90% of those who voted, rating the song awesome or good. This one day total for a First Listen surpasses the previous record held by Britney Spears for 'Boys (Co-ed Remix),' from the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack, which was streamed 1.35 million times in 24 hours. Read more.

October 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera has responded to criticism that she was dressed like a hooker at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this year. "If I was in a back alley at midnight, and wearing a get-up like that, I could see yes, that's a little bit hookerish," she admits. "But I'm at a damn awards show! I'm an entertainer! I'm playing a part." Aguilera says she loved her MTV outfit and would wear it again.

October 23, 2002 - The full version of Christina Augilera's song with Alicia Keys on piano is available for download. Check out 'Impossible', which is featured on Aguilera's 'Stripped' album, due on October 29th, here.

October 23, 2002 - Katrillion.com offered a celebrity makeover for Christina Aguilera after they "barely recognized her under all that makeup." Amongst their recommendations: "Stick to a light gloss like Urban Decay's XXX Shine Lip Gloss in Carney." Read more.

October 23, 2002 - The cover of Rolling Stone's new issue featuring Christina Aguilera has been posted. It features the 'Stripped' singer stripped, strategically nude, with a guitar neck covering one breast, while her hand fondles the other. Check it out here.

October 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera has told Aftonbladet that she had ended her fued with Eminem. "Three years ago he decided that I said some bad things about him on MTV," Aguilera told the Swedish newspaper. "Just recently, at the American MTV Awards, I met him and we could talk about this. I told him that I never said what he thought I said and he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, that’s over and done with now.’ Then we hugged each other." Read more.

October 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's official site Christina-A.com is now redirecting fans to a new label site which still appears to be under construction. Areas open include a bio page, photos, news and tour info, and the main page which includes media clips. The fan section and "Shelly's Spot" still are not up yet. Check it out here.

October 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera talked with Rolling Stone magazine about her many piercings, which she says she likes to get if she's "having a bad day." Aguilera has displayed five in her ears and one each in her nose, lower lip and right nipple, but there are more. Aguilera confesses that she has a diamond-studded "ornament" known only to her doctor and selected lovers. "It's really beautiful and expensive, and I like it a lot," she admits. "I've gotten a lot of compliments on it. It just seemed erotic in a place that most people wouldn't have the guts to do it." Read more.

October 22, 2002 - Capital FM in London spoke with Christina Aguilera about rumors she was dating *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. Christina says, "I can so clarify that we’re definitely not going out! Definitely not! Never was! I’m not into dating a guy from a boy band, it’s not my thing. We’re just friends and I see him around but there’s definitely nothing there. We might meet on occasions and kind of end up hanging out at the same bars, or clubs, but that’s it, nothing else." Read more.

October 22, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has photos of Christina Aguilera from a photocall she did at the Sanderson Hotel in London on October 11th. Check them out here. They also have photos of the singer's Beverly Hills mansion Christina was leasing before buying recently for $2.75 million. Check out two photos of the home here.

October 21, 2002 - Popdirt.com's last poll asking which pop diva's new single is your favorite had 47.9% of you say Mariah Carey's new single 'Through The Rain', followed by Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty', which got 34.3%. Madonna was next with 9.9% on 'Die Another Day', while Jennifer Lopez was last with 7.9% for 'Jenny From The Block'. For complete results, click here. Popdirt.com's new poll asks how well you think the Christina Aguilera album 'Stripped' will due its first week out of the gate in the US. 'Stripped' is out October 29th. Vote here.

October 21, 2002 - The censors at MTV may have been asleep at the wheel for Christina Aguilera's MTV Diary episode. During a segment from her photo shoot, you can clearly see the singer's nipple ring on her right breast. Meanwhile, the singer's webbed crotchless pants may have exposed more than the network thought as well. Check it out video captures here.

October 20, 2002 - dragonznpiano writes "Watch Christina Aguilera perform 'Beautiful' on her MTV special 'Christina Aguilera Stripped in NYC'. Download the video at ShockYourMind.org."

October 20, 2002 - Stars2ya.com has 200 video captures from Christina Aguilera's MTV Diary episode. Check them out here.

October 20, 2002 - Christina Aguilera was featured on MTV Diary earlier yesterday. They followed Aguilera during her Pussycat Dolls rehearsals and performance, and while she was in studio at Linda Perry's home -- where they also played ping pong, a trip home to Pittsburgh where she checked out her old childhood home, and 'Pirate Day' at the Kearns home. Read a partial rough transcript here.

October 19, 2002 - WillaFord.org has an audio clip of Ed The Sock giving his thoughts on Willa Ford, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. Ed supports Willa but says Britney's virginity was nothing but a marketing ploy, so he supports girls like Willa and Christina who are honest about their sexuality. Download and listen to the clip here.

October 19, 2002 - David LaChapelle, the director to Christina Aguilera's latest video 'Dirrty' has responded to criticism that posters in the video say 'Thailand's Sex Tourism' and 'Young Underage Girls' in Thai. "I had absolutely no knowledge that this poster contained such offensive words, and I sincerely regret the insult," LaChapelle said in a statement. "Thailand is a beautiful country with a long cultural history that I truly respect. I would never intentionally do anything to insult the people of Thailand. Please accept my deepest apologies." LaChapelle's production company and that the singer had no idea what the posters promoted, according to a spokesperson for Aguilera's U.S. label, RCA Records.

October 19, 2002 - ChristinaFan.com has the interview Christina Aguilera did for CD:UK available to download and view. It is a huge file though at 53.6 MB. Download and watch here.

October 19, 2002 - A few new song clips from Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' have been posted. They include 'Impossible', 'I'm OK', 'Make Over', and 'Beautiful'. Check them all out here.

October 19, 2002 - MTV's Total Request Live talked about the new controversy Christina Aguilera's video for 'Dirrty' is having in Thailand. The video features posters that say "Thailand's sex tourism" and "young, underaged girls." A spokesperson says Christina had no idea about the translations and that the posters were obtained by a non-Thai speaking member of the video director's company. Guest host Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs asked Suchin Pak what she thought of the video. Suchin said, "I think it's definitely something to talk about. I don't know if I like it or hate it but, you know... A little different. A little 'Dirrty'."

October 19, 2002 - If you don't want to join Christina Aguilera's I-Squad, this is what she had to say to her fans: "Hey everybody, this is Christina Aguilera. I just had to reach out there myself and thank every single one of you personally on my I-squad for all the hard work you've been doing. You don't know how much I appreciate all your phone calls and everything you've done to make 'Dirrty' the success it is." Read more.

October 19, 2002 - Snickerbox writes "If you join Christina Aguilera's I-squad team (or are already a member) you can hear an exclusive clip from Christina to her fans. You can join or login here."

October 19, 2002 - Nicholas Fonseca of Entertainment Weekly weighs in on the new albums coming out from Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, and Shania Twain. EW gives Aguilera revival odds of 5-2, Shania Twain 1-1, Whitney Houston 10-1, Jennifer Lopez 3-1, and Mariah Carey 5-1. Read more.

October 18, 2002 - It's been a while since fans have heard from Christina Aguilera, but the pop princess is back and out promoting her upcoming album 'Stripped'. Aguilera says, "I'm very comfortable with what I wear." She called her album "extremely personal." Watch a two minute video clip from Reuters here.

October 18, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com asks today, "Who's right? As radio backs away from Christina Aguilera's new single, 'Dirrty,' primarily citing "poor callout." The video is still #1 at MTV's TRL, has had 3.5 million downloads at AOL and is pulling phones at radio. With the album streeting 10/29, we'll find out the answer to that soon enough." 

October 18, 2002 - New York Observer columnist Simon Doonan commented that Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' video is "a world-class example of contemporary, slutty hoochie-dancing, made all the more shocking when you remember that her audience is primarily made up of 9- to 12-year-olds."

October 18, 2002 - Lloyd Grove of The Washington Post got another e-mail from a London-based American who says he spotted Lance Bass of *NSYNC too. "I am quite sure that Mr. Bass was in London on Saturday night," the e-mailer revealed. "I sat next to him at the Mayfair Club in London. He was there for the PR party for his band mate Justin Timberlake's solo album. I didn't talk to him, he doesn't seem like a very intellectual chap, but I can report that Mr. Timberlake was getting very friendly with one Mme. Christina Aguilera."

October 17, 2002 - Star magazine reports celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and Paula Abdul flock to the Uvasun tanning center in West Hollywood. They don't use the passe cancer causing tanning beds, but instead use the center's safe airbrush spray-tan called Mystic Tan. You may not recognize them there though, because no makeup is allowed for the treatment.

October 17, 2002 - The Mirror reports pop diva Christina Aguilera went into a fury after a minder showed up with Evian water for the singer at the MTV studios in London this week. A source revealed, "She wanted 10 bottles of still, frozen mineral water, 10 more chilled and 10 to be at room temperature. But when the poor runner turned up with Evian she yelled, 'I can't have Evian!' and then the runner had to go and get the same amount in Buxton." Read more.

October 17, 2002 - Associated Press reports Christina Aguilera's latest music videos has Thais decrying not its explicit dancing and revealing costumes but a Thai-language billboard in the backdrop that alludes to the country's sex industry. Aguilera dances in a boxing ring next to a wall with posters in Thai that read "Thailand's sex tourism" and "Young underage girls." Local distributors of Aguilera's new album have decided not to air the video for the song 'Dirrty' on local television, according to Saharat Wannachomphu, marketing director for BMG Thailand Co. Read more.

October 17, 2002 - muzicX writes "The November issue of Interview magazine has a review of Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' by Rebecca Wallwork. This is what she had to say,'Despite calling in producers like Pink's fairy godmother Linda Perry, Aguilera's most valuable asset is her voice, especially now that she's working the lower register. On 'Make Me Over,' it's a thrill to hear the caterwauler sounding like she's just woken up. While the lyrics plow fresher ground than genies in bottles ('I'm Ok' addresses her parents divorce), it's the range of style that Aguilera covers that makes this one of the best bets for the fall.""

October 16, 2002 - The November issue of Blender includes an advertisement for their December issue featuring a spread-eagle posed Christina Aguilera wearing handcuffs and fishnets. Check it out here.

October 15, 2002 - Veteran rocker Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac has criticized Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for their skimpy stage outfits. WENN reports Nicks saying, "Their jeans are too low, their tops are too see-through. Personally, I think sexy is keeping yourself mysterious. Otherwise, it's, like, if you see somebody running naked down the street everyday - you stop looking."

October 15, 2002 - According to a posting at LiveDaily.com, Komchadluek reports that Christina Aguilera's new video 'Dirrty' has been banned in Thailand. A BMG Thailand representative said that they have already told about this to RCA, and want to hear the apology from Christina. The paper repeated that the video had a lot of sexual content, including the offensive Thai written phrase, "Trip for Sex in Thailand" in the video's background. Read more.

October 15, 2002 - Snickerbox writes "ChristinaFan.com now has an exclusive MP3 of a track off the European release of Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' single called 'I Will Be.' It is a full version. Check it out here."

October 15, 2002 - The Mirror reports *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake has been approached by several women during his time in London, including model Lucy Mans, Tara Palmer Tompkinson, Ms Dynamite, and Christina Aguilera. Britney's rival arrived at Chinawhite with her 12-strong entourage, including rapper Redman and two bodyguards when she caught the attention of Timberlake. They played their "who can buy the most expensive bottle of champagne" competition before Aguilera left at 1:30 am. Justin and *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass left at 4 am, but Justin later met with Aguilera at the Sanderson Hotel, where they had hired the whole of the eighth floor. "They seemed to get on extremely well," a spy revealed. "Christina said earlier in the week she didn't even know he was in London. You could have fooled me." The two took part in a steamy game of truth or dare. Read more.

October 15, 2002 - The London Telegraph reports *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and pals have been playing the "who can order the most expensive drink" game at the Mayfair club. Partying with Christina Aguilera, a pal of Justin's bought a Methuselah of Cristal priced at $23,000 Justin, the cheap skate he is, spent just under $8,000 on a Methuselah of Moet.

October 14, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has 12 video captures from the Sarah Michelle Gellar spoof of Christina Aguilera's MTV Making the Video for 'Dirrty' on Saturday Night Live. Check them out here.

October 14, 2002 - WENN reports Christina Aguilera stunned bosses at cd:uk when she refused to rehearse for her performance of 'Dirrty' and wore a raunchy outfit in front of the show's young audience. "Everyone was taken aback," a producer complained. "It's usual for artists to rehearse before performances but Christina wasn't up for it. She got someone else to stand in for her. It was a first, that's for sure." Read more.

October 14, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera on in London on Saturday (October 12) where she appeared on cd:uk, the UK's top weekend pop show. Aguilera performed 'Dirrty', and chatted with the show's host, Cat Deeley. Check out the pictures here.

October 14, 2002 - Zoriana Kit of the Hollywood Reporter and Clay Phillips of Access Hollywood debated whether Christina Aguilera's new image is "too sexy" to Access Hollywood. Kit commented, "She's not doing anything, come on, she's always had a sexy persona. I mean if Mandy Moore started dressing this way, that would be you know, drastic. If Christina started wearing suits, that would be drastic, but you know, sex sells and as long as she's got the voice to back it up, I don't think it's gonna be a problem." Phillips countered, "I don't think it works for her. I don't think she needs it. If she couldn't sing. If she didn't have a voice, than whatever darling. Go do what you need to do to get attention, but shes got too good a voice. I think shes gone too far." Read more.

October 14, 2002 - News of the World reports *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake was spotted at London's Click Club for a romantic dinner together with Christina Aguilera, as both are promoting their new albums. A BMG source revealed, "Justin's been seeing 'Charmed' actress Alysa Milano, but has been getting close to Christina."

October 14, 2002 - Garbage singer Shirley Manson told fans in her online journal what she did on Tuesday, October 1st: "Arrived this morning at around 8:30am. Tired and grumpy and dying for a shower. Cheered myself up by watching the new Christina Aguilera video on the net and it was everything I could ever hope it would be (Totally and utterly icky). And I should erect a statue to whoever it was who had the grand idea of putting her in such an outfit that even a stripper would disregard from her wardrobe on the grounds that it looked 'too cheap'. Hooray hooray. Oh life can be so glorious sometimes!" Read more.

October 13, 2002 - Sarah Michelle Gellar performed as Christina Aguilera in a spoof of MTV's Making the Video for her new 'Dirrty' video. Before that, Tina Fey joked that by just watching the video, she had caught a venereal disease. I put the video clip up on KaZaA (though my video capture makes it half-green), but you can also check out a transcript by reading here.

October 13, 2002 - A seller on eBay (Budget CD and Records) is currently selling Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', and has scanned the front and back cover. Track two shows that 'Can't Hold Us Down' features Lil' Kim, not Eve as was originally reported earlier this year. Check out the auction and the full tracklisting here.

October 13, 2002 - Christina Aguilera performed her new single 'Dirrty' on cd:uk and chatted with host Cat Deeley as well. The singer explained her decision to hook up with Redman on the opening track saying, "Uh, well basically, I'm a big fan of Redman's, was a big fan for quite a while, and he did a song called 'Lets Get Dirty' which was a huge hit, and I love that song, and experienced kinda the club life myself, being 21, turning 21 I wanted my 1st single to have that sorta hip-hop clubbing feel, so I called up the same producer, Rockweiler, and he gave me a track which was kinda similar, so I played up to the similarities about it, invited Redman to be a part of it, called it 'Dirrty', but kind of in an aggressive, not afraid to get gritty kinda way." Read the entire interview here.

October 13, 2002 - Rex Features has more pictures of Christina Aguilera promoting her new album 'Stripped' in London on Thursday (October 10), in addition to her performance in Brooklyn. Check them out here.

October 13, 2002 - ChristinaFan.com has scans of Christina Aguilera on the cover of Complete Woman magazine. They quote Aguilera saying of her new image, "Everybody wanted their all-American girl. Maybe that's why I'm rebelling!" Check it out here.

October 12, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks readers to judge their favorite of the new releases from Christina, Mariah, J.Lo and Madonna. Vote here.

October 12, 2002 - According to a posting at the LiveDaily.com forum, Christina Aguilera was featured on MTV Europe where the singer revealed she will be performing on the MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona on November 14, 2002. Christina said something to the effect, "Yes, I am going to perform on the EMA's, I'm so excited! And with the album coming out I'm just thrilled you know. It's finally going to be all me. People will hear the real me, and I couldn't be more happier with that." Read more.

October 12, 2002 - Nicholas Fonseca of Entertainment Weekly has ranked Christina Aguilera's new video 'Dirrty' on its 'Skank-O-Meter' opining the singer "scrapes a bottomless barrel in her new video." With 36 panty shots, EW gives 'Dirrty' an 8 on the 'Skank-O-Meter'. Read more, including their ratings on 'Fear Factor' and 'The Real World: Las Vegas', here.

October 12, 2002 - Billboard.com's Fred Bronson weighed in on Christina Aguilera's first single off her sophomore album 'Stripped', advising RCA to not release 'Dirrty' as a single. Bronson said, "Radio certainly hasn't responded, and having heard 'Dirrty,' I can understand why. In its fifth chart week, the song declines 48-50, having peaked at No. 48 two weeks ago. That's a good indication of what radio thinks of it." He added, "Every artist releases a clinker here and there; this one was Aguilera's." Read more.

October 12, 2002 - Christina Aguilera tells the Associated Press that reports she's dating *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake are untrue, and never will be. "I can clarify that we're definitely NOT going out — never would," she said. "We see each other occasionally, but there's nothing there. I'm single ... but always looking." Read more.

October 12, 2002 - The second half of Access Hollywood's interview with Christina Aguilera aired on Friday, where she explained what went down when the singer confronted Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards. Christina said she spoke her peace with Slim and it ended in a hug. Billy Bush said their battle was somewhat like a brother and sister fighting and Aguilera admitted, "Maybe because we both speak our mind and that can clash sometimes, I don't know." Check out a video clip here or read on for a transcript.

October 12, 2002 - Sarah Michelle Gellar was on Access Hollywood on Friday, where she talked about hosting Saturday Night Live tomorrow night. Sarah plans on spoofing Christina Aguilera's raunchy new video 'Dirrty' on the show, and explained the decision to make fun of it saying, "Well, have you seen the video?" But will Sarah Michelle be donning the Christina panties and chaps for the spoof? "I'm going to do some form of them. I'm hoping they are going to build something so that it looks like me, but isn't me. I'm hoping they are going to build one of those superman costumes where it looks like the butt is in there, but it's not real." Read more.

October 12, 2002 - Christina Aguilera explained to MTV's Total Request Live why she named her new single 'Dirrty' with two R's. "Having two R's like grrr. Like when you say you want to go dirrty 'cause that's how it is supposed to be kinda gritty and like the video, a little underground illegal stuff goin' on. So, uhm it's -- just my way of makin' it kind of personal and say it a bit differently if you want to go there." After the comment, Carson Daly seemed to echo those thinking Aguilera misstepped with 'Dirrty', and that the album as a whole is excellent. "I heard her new album it is excellent," he said. "You could take 'Dirrty' off the album and it makes sense. The rest of the album sounds -- she's still got those lungs and that voice. A song called 'Beautiful' like gigantic when everybody talked about 'Stan' from Eminem.

October 12, 2002 - Sharon Osbourne was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's Women In Rock issue and took the opportunity to slam Christina Aguilera. Sharon revealed, "Christina Aguilera needs to get her head out of her ass and fu**ing see the real world and see that she's got a great voice and she's very lucky, shut the fu** up, get a new stylist, and just go out there and sing. She's very precious. Kelly put boogers on her car. They were in the same studio, and they don't like each other, and so she's got this big Bentley that she drives around in, so Kelly picked her nose and put boogers on all the handles." Sharon says Aguilera, like other "kiddie bands" have "become idiots. They become prima donnas. That's why now I don't manage anymore." Read more.

October 12, 2002 - Our just completed survey asking which female pop star you found to be the least fan friendly had voters pick Britney Spears, with the singer receiving 38.4% of the more than 5,100 total votes. Next up was Christina Aguilera, who briefly led the voting at the start, who got 28.2% of the vote. Jennifer Lopez was next with 14.2%, followed by Mariah Carey and Madonna. Kylie Minogue and Michelle Branch received the fewest votes, presumably making them the most fan friendly. For complete results, click here.

October 11, 2002 - ShockYourMind.orghas the video from Christina Aguilera's appearance on Access Hollywood on Thursday. As for the image makeover that has raised many eyebrows and had Billy Bush ask if "clean doesn't work", Aguilera said, "Well, you know, it just doesn't work for me. I just had to come out with an album with a whole overall feeling. Dirrty' is kind of misrepresentative if you're going to look at the album and think the whole record has that feel because it's really not. I think it's overall a pretty powerful, uplifting, positive record." Read more.

October 11, 2002 - Scott Foley, former 'Felicity' star and husband to 'Alias' star Jennifer Garner stopped by MTV's Total Request Live on Thursday and was asked if he could be any music video which would it be and why. "If I could be in my music video probably the new Christina Aguilera one," he revealed. "'Cause she stole my underwear and has been wearing them around the whole time."

October 11, 2002 - The Scottish Daily Record reports Christina Aguilera made an unplanned appearance at Stansted Airport yesterday after her flight from the US was diverted when it ran low on fuel. The singer told reporters after arriving two hours late to London's Heathrow Airport, "We had to stop off to get some gas on the way."

October 11, 2002 - Dominic Mohan of The Sun sat down with Christina Aguilera for a revealing interview. The singer admitted she plunged into depression after being betrayed by a string of close friends and worn down by the brutality of the record industry. "I’ve had to learn the hard way, through backstabbings and betrayals," she said. "A couple of very close people to me who I confided in have sold me out for money — confidantes who were working for me and who I trusted. It’s sad learning in this business that money is more important to people than friendship. I am only young and I have had lots of lawsuits already." Read more.

October 11, 2002 - Photos from Christina Aguilera's press conference to announce the impending release of her new album 'Stripped' in London have emerged. Check out pictures from GlobePhotos, LFI, and WireImage.com.

October 11, 2002 - Ananova.com reports Christina Aguilera told reporters in London that she's more comfortable with her new raunchy image rather than pretending she is sweet and innocent. "I got to a point where I just couldn't do it anymore," she said. "I'm not great at faking my way through trying to live up to the perfect American virginal sweetheart kind of thing. I just have to be me. I have to do my thing." Read more.

October 11, 2002 - Reuters chatted with Christina Aguilera, who now is promoting her upcoming album 'Stripped' in London, where she denied rumors she was dating *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. "I just want a sweet boy," she revealed. As for Timberlake, who also is currently in the UK, Aguilera said, "Justin and I are just friends." Aguilera told reporters she plans on meeting Timberlake sometime during her London stay. On the personal new album, Aguilera revealed, "The track 'I'm Okay' is about my father. I'm literally crying on the record," she said. The song is about wife beating and has the line: "Daddy don't you understand the damage you have done." Read more.

October 10, 2002 - NSYNC star Justin Timberlake gave his thoughts on the new look Christina Aguilera is exhibiting on her new single 'Dirrty'. "She's in the midst of changing her image. I think that's apparent," Timberlake said. As for his thoughts on the transformation? "I think whatever floats your boat man," Timberlake told Radio 1 on Wednesday. "If she feels good with what she's doin' I think she should do it."

October 10, 2002 - Listen to 3 high quality 30 second clips from Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped'. Listen to 'Fighter', 'Beautiful', and 'Make Me Over'. Check them out here.

October 10, 2002 - Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst stopped by MTV's Total Request Live to talk about the band's new album, which he hopes to release sometime next spring and will likely be titled 'Less is More'. Fred says they weren't able to find a replacement for departed guitarist Wes Borland, so he does some of the guitar work, along with some all-star guest guitarists. Fred says he's on the intro to Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', which he says is Aguilera "sorta just recollecting you know all the drama from the past and obviously me and her had some drama so my name is this there and my voice is in there." Durst talked about Christina's nice ass and wanting to "make some babies" with the singer. Read on for a rough transcript.

October 9, 2002 - Click2music.com.au has an exclusive 'Dirrty' Christina Aguilera screensaver for download. Check it out here.

October 9, 2002 - The Sun reports the new Christina Aguilera video is too saucy for Channel 4 bosses who refuse to show 'Dirrty' before 9PM. An insider said, "It’s just too dirty." It debuts in the UK at 12:10 AM tonight.

October 9, 2002 - Several photo agencies have pictures of Christina Aguilera and Redman performing at the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday. Check out pictures from Read StarFileOnlinecom, LFI, and WireImage.com.

October 9, 2002 - Christina Aguilera has returned to the Lycos 50 for the first time in 16 months thanks to her new video for 'Dirrty'. Meanwhile, Jennifer Love Hewitt just missed cracking the countdown as 'Barenaked' gets released, and probably more due to her racy Rolling Stone magazine pictorial. Read more.

October 9, 2002 - Groovevolt.com reports that negative attention by the media over Christina Aguilera's new video for 'Dirrty' was part of the plan. "She wanted to gain a new identity in the teen-pop arena," said an insider. Read more.

October 8, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera from the MTV special 'TRL Presents: Christina Stripped in NYC 2002 at the Brooklyn Bridge' at Empire Fulton State Park in Brooklyn on Monday (October 7). Check out the pictures here.

October 8, 2002 - Craig Seymour of Entertainment Weekly blasted the first single off Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', giving 'Dirrty' a D- grade. Seymour said Aguilera "is making a misguided Mariah-like bid for street cred. And the burping, underproduced track is so scant and garish that you can almost imagine her wearing it." Read more.

October 8, 2002 - A poster on the LiveDaily.com message board shared an experience meeting Christina Aguilera when she worked at Sea World San Diego last summer. Despite Aguilera4Life's claim that she likes Christina for her music, she thinks the diva has an attitude problem. Aguilera4Life explains, "My co-worker decided to make idle chat with Christina and her group (I was too shy to talk to her). Christina never said a word. Christina's manager, [his] wife and Christina's boyfriend did all the talking. I noticed when my co-worker asked Christina a question directly, Christina never answered. Someone always spoke up, when everyone noticed she wasn't answering the question. When her pix was finished, we gave it to her for free. While I was saying 'goodbye Christina!,' she turned around and walked away, not even saying 'thank you'." Read more.

October 8, 2002 - Another fan from the LiveDaily.com message boards returned from the Christina Aguilera MTV special taping in Brooklyn with more info on the singer's vocal problems. jujublue writes, "Christina took so long to come out. She made a note to apologize later, though. She said her throat was bothering her, and that played a part in the delay. Redman said she wasn't feeling well either. She had on the cowgirl pants with Xtina written on them. It was yellow and black. She had a string bikini top on in yellow and black. She looked gorgeous. Her dancing was tight. Her singing was great." The last comment seems to refute the earlier claim that Aguilera lip-synched. Read more.

October 8, 2002 - ~*Gamada*~ on the LiveDaily.com message board returned from the Christina Aguilera MTV special taping in Brooklyn where the singer peformed her hit 'Dirrty' three times with rapper Redman. Unfortunately, the MTV host told fans that she was having a couple of problems with her voice so she had to lip-synch the track. The poster said, "We waited like 4 freakin hours in the burning sun. She took forever! She did not really talk too much to us. She seemed like [she was] tired." Read more.

October 8, 2002 - A fan on the LiveDaily.com message boards attended the MTV taping in New York today for Christina Aguilera, but was kicked out for attempting to take pictures. DreamyEyesFan explains, "Out steps Christina from her trailer, she had her hair down split in the middle like in the video, black top I think and the same cow rider pants, but instead of red they were yellow. It looked so hot cause it matched with her hair. So I had my little disposable camera and I ran towards Christina to snap some shots for you guys, and security stopped me. They asked me to leave, they were polite but I started to cry. They took the camera, I took about 5 pictures, and they were pretty DAMN good." Read more.

October 7, 2002 - The Sun has photos of Christina Aguilera in New York hailing a cab as part of a spoof for her 'Christina Aguilera Stripped in NYC' special. "People were stunned when they saw her hailing a cab in the middle of New York," said an onlooker. "I don’t think they realized she was filming something for TV and must have wondered why she wasn’t being escorted into a waiting limo." Check out photos and more here.

October 7, 2002 - The Sunday Mail reports Avril Lavigne admits she could never take on the pop princess persona popularized by Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I know that I could never do that because I'm a writer and I like to rock it on stage – not dance around with a bunch of background dancers," she says, wrinkling her nose at the mention of Spears. "She's doing her thing and has had success and now I'm going to step up and do my thing." Read more.

October 7, 2002 - Stars2ya.com has photos of Christina Aguilera shooting her VH1 Special on 51st Street in Manhattan, NY on Saturday (October 5). Check them out here.

October 6, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Christina Aguilera and her posse of 15 invaded Vue the other night, where X-Tina demanded that bartenders mix up a keg of the super-trendy Cuban rum cocktail. The group downed 50 mojitos and two bottles of vodka before engaging in rounds of lap-dancing. "It was definitely hot," said a spy.

October 6, 2002 - christinaFETISH of the Christina Aguilera LiveDaily.com forum posted her experience at Red Rock Sollan on Saturday where MTV hosted a secret party for Aguilera. The fan revealed that during rehearsals of her performance, she took a photo and one of Aguilera's bodyguards asked to see the photo. He wanted the fan to delete it, but they said they only could on their computer, so the bodyguard confiscated the memory chip. Later, when Christina was hanging out in the bar, MTV staffers told the fans not to stare at her. Despite some of the diva-like behavior, Aguilera was "just the sweetest person in the world," because she signed an autograph on a napkin for her. She added, "As she left I got to say goodbye to her and kinda hold her hand as she walked away. I grabbed it and held it for a bit, as if I werent going to see her again. Her hand was very small and coochy LOL! It was warm as well." Read Part1 and Part2.

October 6, 2002 - Us Weekly reports Christina Aguilera "likes being surrounded by guys" when she's goes out clubbing, according to a source. The singer will often hang with eight or nine male friends.

October 6, 2002 - Sabrina Mehra of Bellaonline.com shared her thoughts on Christina Aguilera's new video for 'Dirrty', saying the pop tart had pulled a Mariah Carey. "Aguilera in ‘Dirrty’ makes Britney Spears in ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’ look like the most modest and chaste of virgin schoolgirls," Mehra said. "At least Spears wore her thong over her pants. When Aguilera parades her skanky underwear, she leaves nothing to the imagination. There’s a difference between being erotic and being plain tasteless, and Aguilera has not only crossed the line but has set up her entire household in the tasteless territory." Read more.

October 6, 2002 - jujublue from the LiveDaily.com message boards, who attended the 'Christina Aguilera Stripped in NYC' MTV special in New York on Friday provided details on the show which was hosted by Carson Daly. jujublue writes, "Carson came out and then Christina came out. She has such a natural beauty to her. She really looks good with some more weight. Carson went through his questions. He asked her about her album. How she felt about it. She said she was happy with it. Audience questions were asked next. A girl asked who she would like to portray her in a movie..She was stumped and said that Angelina Jolie would be a good choice because she was sexy, strong." Check out all of the person's comments, throughout the thread located here.

October 5, 2002 - Snickerbox writes "Yet another 'Dirrty' petition is surfaced, this time pro-Christina Aguilera. Check it out here."

October 5, 2002 - A petition has emerged in an effort to get Christina Aguilera's new video for 'Dirrty' off MTV. The petition states, "We the normal, civilized people that we are, should ban Christina Aguilera latest slut fest video 'Dirrty'. This should not be aired to kids on MTV! Some of the things shown in the video are sexual dance moves (Christina pounces up and down on a mans crouch; She is show wearing almost nothing - having girls touch her sexually; She has a big 'shower scene' in the video where her and tons of girls are taking a shower almost naked together, rubbing each other suggestively), almost a orgy, nudity (We can see Christina's butt under a skirt) and the songs content is needless to say dirty." Check out the petition, and sign if you agree, here.

October 5, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera performing on an MTV special 'Christina Aguilera Stripped in NYC' on Friday at the network's Times Square Studios. Check out the pictures here.

October 5, 2002 - Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel hosted MTV's Total Request Live on Friday and when Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' took the #1 spot for the first time, Benji proclaimed, "It took you three days to get her to the top but she finally is. I'm proclaiming this my favorite video all time in history, ever, ever."

October 4, 2002 - Stuart Derdeyn of The Vancouver Province reports Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' video was a big hit with MuchMusic viewers when it debuted Tuesday night, though viewers were given an advisory before the song. "This video was referred to our internal review committee and found to be acceptable," says Sarah Crawford, VP of public affairs at CHUM TV. "Right now it has to air with a viewer discretion advisory noting that there are themes of sexuality and imagery in the video." Read more.

October 4, 2002 - The New York Post reports Christina Aguilera was spotted dancing with some of the muscular men at the Beige party at B Bar and marveling wistfully, "I can't believe they're all gay."

October 3, 2002 - MTV's Total Request Live took it to the streets of New York City to get some fan opinions on Christina Aguilera's coming of age video 'Dirrty'. Check out what some of the fans had to say here.

October 2, 2002 - The Official site of Christina Aguilera's I-squad street team opened today. Check it out to participate in helping to promote Christina's new CD, and earn the chance to win cool prizes. Sign up here.

October 2, 2002 - An e-mail request campaign to try and resuscitate life back into Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' track appears to have backfired on a the end 107.9 in Sacramento. Nighttime DJ Chris K. writes to an e-mailer in Peru, "Please tell me where you are hearing that we don't play 'Dirrty'? We do play the song, granted not much, because it is not a hit. I am getting very irritated from these pointless e-mails from people who don't even listen to our radio station. Your e-mails will not get the song played more on our radio station. I couldn't care less about what people outside of Sacramento say about the song, I only care about our listeners and it appears that they don't particularly like the song. So please tell your fan group or whoever is behind all these e-mails to please stop." Read more.

October 1, 2002 - Kelly Osbourne has blasted pop peer Christina Aguilera, though she says she wouldn't tell it to her face, unless provoked. "Christina Aguilera is one of the most disgusting human beings in the world. She is despicable for so many reasons. She has an amazing voice, but that doesn't change the fact she's one of the world's biggest co**s. She looks like a fu**ing drag queen." But would she tell Aguilera if she ran into her? "I don't like arguing," she said. "I'd probably ignore her. But if she said something to me, I wouldn't hesitate to tell her what I think of her."

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