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November 30, 2002 - skiplest writes "Deesboxers on the MTV forums claims to have had the chance to preview the upcoming Christina Aguilera video 'Beautiful.' To get the details, click here."

November 29, 2002 - Carmen Electra was on Last Call with Carson Daly and talked about working on the 'Pussycat Dolls' show. Electra says Christina Aguilera "was great" and added, "She's an amazing dancer." Check out a transcript here.

November 29, 2002 - The Sun reports Pop Idol winner Will Young has blamed Christina Aguilera's raunchy performance of 'Dirrty' on Top Of The Pops for her beating him in the album charts. "My single went straight in at Number Two," he moaned. "Had it not been for Ms. Aguilera wearing a couple of rubber bands and not much else on Top Of The Pops, it may even have been No1." Young's 'Don’t Let Me Down' is one of the lowest-selling Children In Need singles ever — shifting a measly 45,000 copies in the first week.

November 29, 2002 - Click2Music.com is holding a contest where fans can win a weekend with Christina Aguilera at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas - including a full day on Christina's private Stripped Island. Learn more and enter the contest here.

November 28, 2002 - Christina Aguilera is featured in the December issue of Maxim where they brought up the supposed rivalry with Britney Spears. "The press pits us against each other. Oh, God! I heard a rumor that I was with Justin Timberlake," she said. "So I wanted to put an end to that one real quick. But the press - I think they would've loved to see that happen, 'cause it's so 'Britney and Christina versus each other.'" Check out the scans at Stars2ya.com.

November 28, 2002 - The Sunday November 24th issue of the weekly US publication 'Parade' had a brief comment in it reguarding Christina Aguilera's video for 'Dirrty'. It was under the mail-in / opinion section titled 'Walter Scott's Personality Parade'. In it, a writer's letter is quoted in asking for the editior's view of XXX-Tina's view of the video. Read more.

November 28, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org. has scans of Christina Aguilera from her cover appearance on Germany's GQ magazine. Check them out here.

November 27, 2002 - The New York Post reports Playboy is negotiating with Christina Aguilera to make her the first-ever non-nude celebrity featured in the magazine's history.

November 27, 2002 - x-tina_gyal69 writes "A few weeks ago, Christina Aguilera was at the z100 radio station in New York doing an interview. Check the pictures out here."

November 26, 2002 - dragonznpiano writes "Christina Aguilera was on MTV Asia where she performed 'Impossible', which was rumored to be the third single from 'Stripped'. Check out some of the pictures from the show at ChristinaAguilera.to."

November 24, 2002 - Franklin Soults of the Boston Phoenix reviewed Christina Aguilera's album 'Stripped' and her recent image makeover as well. Soults says in reference to Aguilera's "I want the boys with the flava" comment in Rolling Stone magazine: "Her preference doesn’t mark this white female as a freak of culture, just a product of her times, but it may help explain why she differs from white performers ranging from Teena Marie to Madonna and Elvis to Eminem. Each of them adopted a black style and refashioned it. For Christina, sounding black (and almost looking black on the album cover) is just her most profound way of dressing up. Not only isn’t this necessarily a bad thing, it’s often downright thrilling." Read more.

November 24, 2002 - Netscape Music has part one of the intimate interview with Christina Aguilera. She discusses her new song 'Dirrty,' how she deals with criticism as well as how she's gaining control of her songs and style on her latest project. Check out the interview and a performance of 'Beautiful' here.

November 23, 2002 - Funk Flex of Hot97 in New York sat down with Christina Aguilera to talk about her new album and much more. Aguilera talked about what she does when she's in New York, her favorite restaurants in the city, the artwork on her new album, her breakup with Jorge Santos, the controversial 'Dirrty' video, and the importance of supporting artists albums. Listen to the interview here.

November 23, 2002 - Christina Aguilera is on the cover of the current issue of Blender magazine, with several sexy photos inside. Check out scans from the feature here and read the article here.

November 22, 2002 - Music industry insiders are buzzing after Christina Aguilera's back-to-back trips to New York City strip clubs that had the singer fondling the breasts of other women. "It's all anybody wants to talk about now," a music insider tells Globe magazine. "Christina obviously doesn't mind being seen in public fondling other women's breasts. I get people asking me all the time, 'Is Christina a lesbian?' It's the question of the hour." Read more.

November 22, 2002 - Kelly Osbourne hasn't been too happy with Rolling Stone for their repeated naked women covers. "Christina Aguilera looks like Jay Leno in your last issue," she told the mag. "It's not as if she's an ugly girl. If she wore less makeup, I think she would be pretty. But she looks like Dee Snider from Twisted Sister at all times. At least Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty. At least she didn't look like a teenage boy that had a sex change." Read more.

November 22, 2002 - Blender magazine asked Nelly whether he feels Christina Aguilera is ripping off his St. Louis slang by spelling the title of her new song 'Dirrty'. "As long as she recognizes where it's coming from and as long as she doesn't take credit for something she didn't bring to the table, then it's fine," Nelly said. "But she's talented though - the girl can blow."

November 20, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Tuesday, "During MTV's European Music Awards, a woman jumped on stage and took off all her clothes. Yeah. True. Yeah. Then security jumped up and led Christina Aguilera back to her seat."

November 19, 2002 - Scans of Christina Aguilera's article in people magazine have been posted. In the article, Scott Storch, who produced many of the songs on 'Stripped' estimated that it cost RCA $100,000 to $200,000 of studio airtime while Aguilera "played Ping-Pong". Pal and stylist Stephen Sollitto reveals that Christina has "met someone really nice. He's sort of in the music industry and a few years older." Check out the entire scanned article here.

November 19, 2002 - Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, Norah Jones and John Mayer are all set to perform at the VH1 Big in 2002 Awards, premiering December 15th on VH1. The Sopranos’ Drea De Matteo and Michael Imperioli will host the event. The show will be filmed at Los Angeles' Grand Olympic Auditorium.

November 19, 2002 - Bill Aicher of Music-Critic.com reviewed Christina Aguilera's latest effort 'Stripped', giving it a 3 out of 5 score. Aicher says, "What's most impressive about 'Stripped' (as with anything she does) though is Aguilera's voice. The biggest difference here is that she's singing a lot of heartfelt ballads and torch songs (well, as 'torch' as pop gets). She's always been the pop-queen with the best voice, and it really comes through here." Read more.

November 18, 2002 - Reuters reports Christina Aguilera topped the UK singles charts with 'Dirrty', topping last week's champ Westlife, whose 'Unbreakable' dropped to #4. Read more.

November 18, 2002 - alissimo writes "I have bought the German GQ magazine, where are very hot pictures and an interview with Christina. I have translated the interview for English speaking Christina Aguilera fans. My English isn't very good, so there are a few mistakes in the translation! Read more.

November 17, 2002 - Check out the cover for Christina Aguilera's second single, 'Beautiful' from her album stripped. Check it out here.

November 17, 2002 - Marilyn Manson tells The Mirror he is hot for Christina Aguilera after her raunchy performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards. "I just saw Christina Aguilera's crotch close up," he said. "Closer than her gynaecologist."

November 17, 2002 - MTV.co.uk has interview clips with several of the stars from the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (November 14). Moby is quoted as saying, "I feel a little bit inadequate in some ways because I just saw Christina Aguilera and she has like 400 dancers." Bon Jovi added, "I wanna see what Christina Aguilera's gonna wear... hopefully nothing." Watch the interviews here.

November 17, 2002 - Still more photos from the MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona have been posted. Included in the various shots are Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Kelis, Las Ketchup, Holly Valance Pamela Anderson, Marilyn Manson, Pink, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Eminem, Bon Jovi, Tatu, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugababes, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, the Calling, and Pink. Check out pictures from Star File, Big Pictures (page1 / page2), Rex Features, LFI, and ShockYourMind.org.

November 16, 2002 - Big Pictures has photos of Christina Aguilera at Sean 'P Diddy' Combs' party in the Hills of Bacelona after the MTV Europe Awards in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday (November 14). Check out pictures here.

November 16, 2002 - Ted Casablanca of E! Online says he hears that Eminem or his higher-up employees have reportedly been busy sending out embarrassing pictures of Christina Aguilera over the Internet, and Ted advises it's "really time to let that one go, pal." Read more, including comments from Slim's '8 Mile' co-stars here.

November 16, 2002 - ShockYourMind.org has the Christina Aguilera performance of 'Dirrty' live at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (November 14) in Barcelona, Spain. Check it out here.

November 15, 2002 - Globe magazine reports Christina Aguilera was a Maxim-um diva at her Maxim photo shoot. A shot needed the pop tart to be partly immersed in water, but right before she was ready to dip, she called a break and phoned her masseuse to come to the set for an emergency rubdown. The crew waited hours while Aguilera got her massage and had her makeup re-applied. "Christina truly believes the world revolves around her," fumed a spy. "We all had to shift schedules and just wait for her. She never apologized or explained why she needed the massage!"

November 15, 2002 - The Europe MTV Music Awards saw a long list of celebrities in attendance in Barcelona on Thursday (November 14). Amongst those on hand were Eminem, Anastacia, Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Marilyn Manson, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Robbie Williams, Wyclef Jean, Pamela Anderson, Christina Aguilera, Holly Valance, Sugababes, Alicia Keys, Kylie Minogue, and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Check out pictures from Big Pictures, LFI, WireImage.com, Yahoo, and Getty Images.

November 15, 2002 - Songs by Madonna and Prince inspired Cliff Boyce to swing his hips and rub his thighs. But it was Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' that got the aerobics instructor stripping down to his red bikini briefs. The dramatic dropping of his stretchy jeans and shiny vest barely raised an eyebrow. In fact, this booty-shaking class at the Buckhead Crunch Fitness club was wondering what took him so long. It was, after all, 20 minutes into "cardio striptease," the latest aerobics-workout fad to flirt its way into Atlanta. Read more.

November 15, 2002 - Cyclone of Australia's Beat magazine gave brief thoughts on the new albums from Christina Aguilera and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. On 'Stripped', he says, "The main problem is that the new 'Xtina' sounds like everyone (Keys to Mariah Carey to Pink) but herself. Stripped is compelling and almost convincing - it's confusing!" Read more.

November 14, 2002 - The Billboard album sales chart is in and shows Eminem's soundtrack for '8 Mile' has again landed atop the charts, beating out *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake who debuted at #2 with his 'Justified' solo debut. '8 Mile' sold 508,000 units, a 28% drop, but enough to told off the 439,000 units sold of 'Justified'. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter saw his 'Now or Never' solo debut drop from #17 to #63 in its second week out. Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' suffered a 49% sales hit to 168,000 units and falls two two slots to #4. Read more.

November 14, 2002 - Robbie Williams told Sara Cox on her Radio 1 Breakfast show the other day that he was humiliated after Christina Aguilera failed to recognize him. "Do you know what she did that was really funny? She used to say that she fancied Robbie Williams," Robbie said. "We bumped into each other a few times and I thought she was very sweet and I shook her hand and she came over and we said Hello. Months later I walked into a club in LA and I tapped her on her shoulder and she looked up at me and I went: 'Hiya' and she went: 'Uh?' And I went: 'Robbie' and she went: Robbie who?' 'Williams - Robbie Williams from Stoke-on-Trent.' I feel very, very small now and she just played it off like she didn't even know who I was. It was horrible. There I was, being made to look an eight-year-old idiot in front of her." Read more.

November 14, 2002 - A fan on Christina Augilera's LiveDaily.com forum claims to have seen footage from the singer's new yet-to-be-released video for 'Beautiful'. Check out details from what was seen here.

November 14, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera at a photo session prior to the 2002 MTV European Music Awards in Barcelona on Wednesday (November 13). Check out pictures from WireImage.com.

November 14, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns answered another fan e-mail which was posted on her LiveDaily.com forum. Shelly tells 'ComeOnOverChristina': "I can't wait to be able to talk to fans again , but it's still a bit premature. I've got SO much I'm doing right now..which, of course, I'll tell fans about once I'm all through with it. I was supposed to be in the 'Beautiful' video (I am so disappointed that I couldn't fly out in time for the shoot!). Christina wanted me in it so bad (she wrote the concept and vignettes and things for it), but I'd have had to fly out right when Mikey got sick, plus in a bit of a rush, and I just opted against it. It's going to be a killer video though..very touching. I'm so darned proud of her!" Read more.

November 13, 2002 - Britney Spears leap-frogged back over Christina Aguilera in the Lycos 50 this week, jumping 5 spots to #10, while Aguilera slipped two to #11. Read more.

November 13, 2002 - According to a posting at LiveDaily.com, Christina Aguilera's mother Shelly Kearns responded to a fan e-mail who was inspired by Christina's new 'Stripped' songs 'Cruz' and 'Soar' after a school professor put him down. Shelly writes, "For heavens sake! I mean, he of all people should have supported and encouraged you. That's what teachers and leaders are supposed to do. But you know, they are just people. Some of them 'get it' and can see the big picture, and some are just small minded and shallow and cannot see outside the tiny little circle of thought that they've locked themselves in. Many people are like that.. thus, we have so many haters out there." Read more.

November 13, 2002 - A tired Kelly Osbourne phoned into MTV's Total Request Live on Tuesday where she premiered her new video for 'Shut Up' and confirmed that she spit on Christina Aguilera's Bentley. Osbourne admitted she hadn't met Aguilera, but she's been at the same parties she's at and avoided her. She basically dislikes her because friends of hers who have worked with Christina have had bad things to say about her. Read on for a transcript.

November 12, 2002 - According to HitsDailyDouble.com, the soundtrack to Eminem's movie '8 Mile' is ahead of Justin Timberlake's 'Justified,' though they list only 34.4% of the numbers so far. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera's album 'Stripped' so far slipped two to number four in it's second week on the charts. As it stands now, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter saw his debut 'Now or Never' drop off the top 50. Check out the chart results here.

November 12, 2002 - People magazine profiled Christina Aguilera's new single 'I'm OK', which deals with the singer's abusive father Fausto Aguilera. "She'd run upstairs and put on 'The Sound of Music' -- that was her favorite video," says Marcie Reilly, a friend since seventh grade. "Somehow, singing would come out of it, and that's how she'd escape all the fighting and the horror." Read more.

November 12, 2002 - Eddie & JoBo interviewed Christina Aguilera backstage at the B96 Halloween Bash in Chicago a while back, and the interview has been posted on the website. They talked about the new record for a bit, which Aguilera said is a "more mature sound." They talked about her last Chicago appearance, where she fell off the stage. As for comments that she's transformed into a "skanky video vixen," Aguilera talked about the double standard and now that she's 21, she's gonna do what she wants. Her thoughts on the Rolling Stone article and their piercing road map. Listen to the 7 1/2 minute interview here.

November 12, 2002 - CKY singer Deron Miller took part in a 20 questions segment with Metal-Sludge.com in a remarkably candid interview. Miller seemed to have knowledge in every genre of music, even pop acts like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, whom he shared his opinions of. Miller rated Britney a 9 saying, "Looks great on TV, but I need to see her in person so I can tell what she really looks like. Seeing Gwen Stefani in person took her from an 8 to a 4. I'm sure Britney's a solid 9." As for Aguilera, Miller rated her a 2 and blasted, "Our road manager toured with her and gave us some horror stories. Apparently, no one is allowed to make eye contact with her. Don't worry, I wont look at you." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Getty Images has a couple photos featuring Christina Aguilera walking outside of the Ivar on Thursday (November 7) in Hollywood, California. Check them out here.

November 9, 2002 - Reuters has a clip of Eminem at the premiere of his new movie '8 Mile' in Westwood, California the other night. Christina Aguilera compliments Em along with co-star Brittany Murphy. Queen Latifah talked with them as well as co-star Mekhi Phifer. They also showed several clips of the film and talked about it. Watch the 2 1/2 minute clip here.

November 8, 2002 - Last night's premiere of '8 Mile' at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California had a huge list of celebs in attendance. Amongst them were Eminem, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson, Macy Gray, Avril Lavigne, Obie Trice, Queen Latifah, Mya, and many more. Check out pictures from Star File, Big Pictures, Globe Photos, Rex Features, LFI, Yahoo, and WireImage.com.

November 8, 2002 - Access Hollywood's Billy Bush caught up with Christina Aguilera after her new bum debuted at number two. But it's the video that has everyone, up including Christina's family, talking. She said after TRL's Spanking New Music Week appearance, "No spanking. That was cut out from the video." Billy joked that was about the only explicit thing that was cut from the 'Dirrty' video. To a nearly naked cover, she bares just about all. It seems it runs in the family. "My grandma said, if I had a body like you, I'd be on there, too," Aguilera bragged.

November 8, 2002 - The Daily Show has a funny take on Christina Aguilera's new video 'Dirrty' being banned in Thailand for containing offensive phrases such as "Thailand's Sex Tourism." The show says Aguilera "defends the signs, saying they are the best way for her to celebrate her Thai heritage until she can translate her Spanish heritage pride album, 'Mi Reflejo', into Thai." They also added that Thai officials "admitted concern that Aguilera is getting too thin for her own good and is wasting her rich voice on such interchangeable pop." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Craig Kilborn joked during the Late Late Show monologue, "I don’t know if you heard but the Britney Spears restaurant in New York is going out of business. Well the good new is, Christina Aguilera will still be working the corner."

November 8, 2002 - KTLA was on hand as the stars were out in full force Wednesday night, for the premiere of the highly anticipated movie '8 Mile' starring Eminem. Kid Rock was looking forward to seeing it and that it sounded like his own early days. Christina Aguilera hears it's a great movie and she says she needs to hire his promotional staff for sure. Watch the clip here.

November 8, 2002 - Christina Aguilera was on Access Hollywood on Thursday from the red carpet of last night's '8 Mile' premiere. Aguilera said that Eminem's people had been calling her all day asking her to appear, and she decided to go because she heard the movie was so good and Eminem did well in it. She even sounded open to dating Em when Pat O'Brien asked said, "Next we'll hear you two are dating," responding something to the effect of "That would be interesting."

November 8, 2002 - Extra TV was on hand at the premiere of '8 Mile' in Los Angeles where star Eminem was a man of few words, but they were able to speak with Christina Aguilera, who ended her famous beef with the rapper and explained how. "We just went back and forth talking about it and it ended in a hug," she revealed. Check out the video clip here.

November 8, 2002 - Ted Casablanca of E! Online reports Christina Aguilera was spotted at Virgin Megastore in New York's Union Square with her arms crossed, huffing and puffing after a pair of guys checking out new releases noticed Eminem's 8 Mile offering stuck behind a disc by some obscure Swedish band, which they subsequently re-arranged. Ted said, "Surely she wasn't the CD-change-a-roo culprit? As Christina-love's own 'Dirrty' is quite kick-ass-crack enough, I'm positive she wouldn't bother with such nonsense."

November 8, 2002 - Christina Aguilera made a surprise appearance at the '8 Mile' premiere in Los Angeles. "I hear great things [about Eminem's acting ability], I really do," Aguilera insisted on her way up the red carpet. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't. I heard that the movie's great. I heard it's directed wonderfully. I heard that he's great in it, so I'm really excited." Read more.

November 7, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Christina Aguilera has signed a long-term worldwide co-publishing agreement with BMG Songs. "I’m so happy to extend my relationship with the BMG family to BMG Songs," Aguilera gushed. "Scott Francis and his team understand my desire to write songs not only for myself, but for other artists as well. I look forward to working with them, showering with them and writing songs that will last a lifetime." Read more.

November 7, 2002 - elgato writes "The Canadian album charts aren't that much different from the U.S. charts this week. John Williams of Jam! Showbiz reports that Eminem ruled Canada's album chart last week, selling 44,500 copies of the '8 Mile' soundtrack. Nirvana's greatest hits album landed at #2. Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' took #3. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter's 'Now or Never' debuted at #11."

November 7, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Wednesday, "This week, the Mattel toy company announced they're coming out with a doll line of the singer Shakira. A Shakira doll. Yeah, and get this. They're also coming out with a blowup doll inspired by Christina Aguilera. I thought that would be fun have. That's a good doll. A sexy doll."

November 6, 2002 - Good news for Christina Aguilera as the New York Post reports that the singer got her purse back. She had left it behind at Flow on Saturday night, and Long Islanders Dave Spevak and Shaun Lippman picked it up. The pair were offered a reward to bring it to the Mercer, but they duo declined the $1,000 offer in lieu of photographs with the pop princess.

November 6, 2002 - A transript to Christina Aguilera's interview with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show has been posted. The singer talked about her new album 'Stripped', her new single 'Beautiful', the reports of her hanging out at strip clubs and drinking, and a lengthy discussion about schmootz. Check out a transcript here.

November 6, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera, Sum 41, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith at MTV Studios in Times Square, New York on Monday (November 4). Check out pictures from the show and the stars leaving.

November 6, 2002 - The New York Post reports Christina Aguilera watched a midnight performance of drag singer Candice Cayne at Barracuda Bar in Chelsea. Aguilera stayed until 3:15 a.m., leaving 'early' because she has such a busy work schedule.

November 6, 2002 - MissE119 writes "Hitsdailydouble.com has posted the final placement of albums for this week. Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack takes first place with about 750K, followed by Christina Aguilera with about 350K on 'Stripped'. Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys also makes his debut in the top 20s at number 16 with 68.5K sales of 'Now or Never'. The entire chart can be seen here."

November 6, 2002 - USA Today music critic Steve Jones took part in an online chat with readers and was asked a few questions about new albums from *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. As for Aguilera's album, he commented, "The best thing about is that she toned down all the vocal affectations that made her first album so annoying." Read more.

November 6, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Christina Aguilera is continuing her sapphic behavior where she was spotted chatting up a woman at Centro-Fly dressed like her in a tank top and tight pants. Moments later, the two were dancing at the club. "They were outrageous," says a spy. "They were French-kissing and caressing each other. And they knew everybody was watching." A male friend of the girl tried to get in on the hot girl on girl action, but club security kept him away. No word if Christina took the woman home. "Another girl grabbed Christina on the dance floor," Aguilera's rep said. "They were dancing. You know how it gets. But there was no kissing!"

November 6, 2002 - Dave Gottlieb, RCA's head of marketing, tells MTV News that the quick release of Christina Aguilera's new single 'Beautiful' isn't as damage control for her controversial 'Stripped' debut track 'Dirrty'. "It gives Christina the chance to explain herself beyond a party song and video that caused a lot of discussion," Gottlieb said. "It lets her discuss the album more and it lets people in to how great an album it is and that it's not made up of 15 other songs just like 'Dirrty,' it's made up of 15 other songs of all different types." Read more.

November 5, 2002 - The New York Post reports Christina Aguilera's pocketbook was stolen when she left it behind during a visit to John Street Bar & Grill's "Drunk Love" party, where she was spotted cuddling with some sexy female friends. Inside the purse was reportedly Aguilera's cell phone, two-way pager and wallet. When Christina called the number her phone, the thief actually answered. Aguilera's purse still hasn't been returned. Read more.

November 5, 2002 - Christina Aguilera appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on Monday and while she was happy her song 'Dirrty' beat out the 'Eminem' hit 'Lose Yourself', she did have good things to say about her rival's work. "I love this song, actually," Aguilera said as it played in the background to host Carson Daly.

November 5, 2002 - Sal Cinquemani of slant magazine reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', giving it 3 out of 5 stars. Sal says the album is anything but 'Stripped' though. "Lacquered in so much gloss and pretense, 'Stripped' is more an event than an album," Cinquemani said. "From its breathy interludes to the rock-R&B hybrid 'Fighter,' 'Stripped' is so overproduced and overwrought that it could easily pass for a Janet album." He does add in Aguilera's favor, "Despite all the high drama, though, Aguilera proves her point: she is not Britney Spears--and that might be all it takes to transcend the dreaded sophomore slump." Read more.

November 5, 2002 - Christina Aguilera addressed the fact that ex-boyfriend Jorge Santos was in her 'Dirrty' video on MTV's Total Request Live on Monday. Aguilera said, "Yeah, my ex-boyfriend, one of my dancers as some people know the story was -- but he had to audition and, uhm, you know he ended up workin' it out like the best out of a lot of the guys so I was like, you know personal stuff aside, I have to give it to the guy who does the best job so, you know." She added, "And he was workin' it. He was workin' it. I was like okay. We were cool. Committee still keep in touch. He's a good guy you know unlike other guys in the past."

November 5, 2002 - Stars2ya.com has video captures of Christina Aguilera from her appearance earlier today on MTV's Total Request Live and Jon Stewart. Check them out here.

November 5, 2002 - Over half the sales numbers are in for this weeks album charts at HitsDailyDouble.com, and as expected, Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack leads the pack on pace to sell well over 700,000 units. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera comes in the #2 spot where she may be able to clear around 350,000 copies. It appears Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter will clear around 65,000 units of 'Now or Never', and fail to make the top 10 at #18. Read more.

November 5, 2002 - While David Gray beat out Pop Idol Gareth Gates atop the UK album charts, further down the list sees Christina Aguilera at #19 with 'Stripped' and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter at #91 with 'Now or Never'. Check out more of the UK charts here.

November 4, 2002 - Christina Aguilera appears on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday, as well as MTV's Total Request Live.

November 4, 2002 - MSNBC's website has video clips from Christina Aguilera's appearance on the Today Show, where she performed 'Beautiful' and ’Impossible’ from her new album 'Stripped', as well as an a capella version of her hit single ’Come On Over’ for her fans in Rockefeller Plaza. Check out all the performances here.

November 4, 2002 - Christina Aguilera's official site has added a new page of photos featuring the singer, including more from the topless photo shoot featured on the MTV Diary special. Check them out here.

November 4, 2002 - Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' advising listeners to not judge the album by its first release 'Dirrty'. Kot said, "What's encouraging is that Aguilera has figured out that growing up means more than just liberating her body of clothes. It means freeing her songwriting and production of commercial formula. And about half the time on the uneven but ultimately fascinating 'Stripped,' she succeeds. Now, all she needs to be taken seriously is to get rid of those skanky leather chaps." Read more.

November 3, 2002 - Tina Fey reported during the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update last night, "A tabloid reported that Britney Spears' New York restaurant Nyla is in trouble and may close after four months. In happier news, Christina Aguilera's Filthy Hot Dog Wagon is going strong."

November 3, 2002 - Debbie Bento of Chart Attack caught up with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to have him clear up reports that he had dated Christina Aguilera. "So, we met and we’re like 'Hi, how are you?' And whatever — that was it," Grohl recalled. "Then this one morning I was at home and my phone starts ringing at, like, 8:30 in the morning. Just ringing off the fu**ing hook. My girlfriend gets up to get it cuz she’s trying to sleep. I get up and she says 'Guess why people are calling you all morning? The local radio station’s saying you’re dating Christina Aguilera.'" He continued, "I’m like ‘WHAAAT?!’ So I fu**in' called the radio station and I was just like 'Hey, this is Dave Grohl and I hear you guys are sayin' that and can you please STOP?' They’re like 'So, is it true?' I’m like 'No! It’s not true!'" Read more.

November 3, 2002 - Christina Aguilera was again spotted at a New York strip joint according to the New York Post. This time Aguilera was even dirtier when the club's DJ played her single 'Dirrty'. The singer jumped on a couch in the Champagne Room and started bumping and grinding with two strippers. Later, she compared breasts with one particularly well-endowed dancer. "They were touching each other's breasts," said one elated eyewitness. "There was a lot of caressing going on." Her back-up dancers joined in on the fun, performing an impromptu striptease on the main stage.

November 3, 2002 - Someone at Groovevolt.com reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped', giving it an A-. The site writes, "Though 20 tracks might seem like too many, those who stick with the album will be in for a treat. The real highlights come in the way that Aguilera digs deeper inside of things, showing us a much more versatile side of herself that is truly breathtaking." Read more.

November 3, 2002 - Christina Aguilera spoke with MTV.com about her new album'Stripped' and the song 'I'm OK,' which is her take on her father Fausto Aguilera's abusive behavior before her parents separated. "It is such a hush-hush topic because it happens in the home," Aguilera said. "I definitely wrote that song not to badmouth him at all, but one, for a healing process for myself, and two, to give people hope or a voice to relate to. To know that you can get through it and that it will be OK." Read more.

November 3, 2002 - Catherine Halaby of the Yale Daily News reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' and surprised herself by saying the album "is just generally a good listen." Halaby writes, "So now you ask, who is the Real Christina? Is she a white/Hispanic Lil' Kim? A Mouseketeer Alicia Keys? Still that Somewhat Irritating Chick? Just an upscale centerfold trick? The answer is D, all of the above. By naming her album 'Stripped' and applying a strict rule of maximum nudity for all public appearances, she appears to be selling the 'liberation equals no clothing' equation. The album, however, is not slathered in sex." Read more.

November 3, 2002 - WENN reports Christina Aguilera has denied she has talked with Playboy about posing nude in the men's magazine. "That's a rumour I guess I have to squash, because I've never even talked to Playboy," she insisted. "It's not something I want to do - at least not right now. At this point in my career, I just want to be respected for my voice. And as I get older, I want to take singing even more seriously."

November 3, 2002 - Mark Morford of SF Gate gave his thoughts on Christina Aguilera shedding overblown pop confection image to overblown smut doll in her new 'Dirrty' video. "Her newfound authenticity thuds like a hammer," Morford wrote. "Our delicious little pop tart Aguilera has broken away from one extreme of prepacked teen queendom and reemerged as the exact flip side. She is now all excessive hollow superslut diva and all about screwing "playahs" and slathering on the excess makeup and acting all badass and sneery and completely, well, bitchy. In other words, she is exactly the same, but completely different." Read more.

November 2, 2002 - Christina Aguilera phoned in to the Mark and Kris show on Hot 99.5 FM in Washington DC. They talked about her new image, the new single 'Beautiful', comparisons to Britney Spears -- except she actually can sing, how the Washington Post actually gave a good review of 'Stripped' and her description of the album, how this is the real me coming out on this album, and more. Download and listen to the clip here.

November 2, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Wherehouse Music's one-day sales suggest Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack is set to top the charts next week, beating out Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' and Nirvana's greatest hits album. Others in the top 10 are Bone Thugs 'N Harmony at #4, Santana at #5, Tori Amos at #6, The Eminem Show at #7, Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boy at #8, Too Short at #9, and the Foo Fighters at #10. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter doesn't appear in the top 10.

November 2, 2002 - Gambitvids.com has the 'Dirrty' performance by Christina Aguilera and Redman for her Stripped In NYC MTV special. Download and watch the performance here.

November 2, 2002 - Eric R. Danton of The Hartford Courant reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' giving it generally positive marks. Danton said, "Aguilera goes about demonstrating impressive growth as a singer and, apparently, a songwriter." He concludes, "With all the controversy that tends to swirl around Aguilera, it's sometimes easy to forget that she is an immensely talented singer. Her talent shines through clearly on 'Stripped,' and though the album is ultimately a tad inconsistent, perhaps it's simply the next step toward Aguilera's fully realizing her dazzling artistic potential." Read more.

November 2, 2002 - Rolling Stone has photos from the JAM'N 94.5 Monster Bash in Boston on Sunday (October 27). Check out photos of Missy Elliott, Shaggy, Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland, and LL Cool J here.

November 2, 2002 - Christina Aguilera performed her new single 'Beautiful' on the Today Show earlier today in New York at the Rockefeller Center. Check out photos from the performance at GlobePhotos and LFI.

November 2, 2002 - Ed Masley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviewed Christina Aguilera's new album 'Stripped' giving it two stars. Masley says that the album "works best when Aguilera -- or Xtina, as she'd like you all to call her -- doesn't try so hard to prove how dirty, filthy, nasty she can be when rubbed the right way." He added, "If she's as lucky as she says she'd like to get, then 'Walk Away' would be the single to emerge as her defining moment here. But sadly, 'Dirrty' stands a better chance. And this time, she can't blame her handlers." Read more.

November 2, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday, "I guess this is what they call 'Casual Friday'. I can't even imagine what Christina Aguilera's wearing tonight, boy." Jay later played a clip of 'Dirrty' where they spliced him in the background as a dancer.

November 2, 2002 - Us Weekly reports that when Christina Aguilera arrived for the Nintendo Gamecube party on Hollywood Boulevard on Wednesday night, organizers had to kick out 10 non-celebs in order to make room for her and her posse. "The organizers asked 10 people to leave (the party) so Aguilera's group could get in," an eyewitness revealed. Fire marshals had ordered no more people could enter the capacity event, prompting the move.

November 1, 2002 - Musician Matt Morris writes in his journal (under the 'Share' section) on Thursday, "Well Christina's album is out - it hit the stores on Tuesday. I didn't know I would be as excited as I was when I saw our songs listed on the back of the CD> You know - a lot of hours went into those tunes - a lot of energy ('blood, sweat and tears' is the cliche that might be most applicable). 'Stripped' was the 'secret project' that I was working on for so long. I'm glad that it's done, to be honest with you ('all good things must come to an end'). The songs are out of my hands now, and I hope that they are well received." Read more.

November 1, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Halloween Tonight Show monologue on Thursday, "In fact, here's a little Halloween tip. If you can't afford a costume, just go out naked and say you're Christina Aguilera." Jay again focused on Aguilera talking about her admission on sleeping with a white man for the first time and not liking it. They had a rebuttal on Aguilera's comments from comedian Gilbert Godfried, who said, "How can Christina Aguilera say that I'm a bad lover? How is she able to tell that in only two minutes? Which, by the way, is three seconds longer than I lasted with Britney Spears. So there."

November 1, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Christina Aguilera performing on 'cd:uk' in London on Thursday (October 31). Check out the pictures here.

November 1, 2002 - Jessica Reaves of Time magazine is giving Christina Aguilera a gentle nudge towards the door in their 'Parting Shots' feature. Reaves writes, "While we understand her perfectly natural need to separate herself from the rest of the bubble-gum pop pack, there are signs she may be putting too much pressure on herself. We've noticed she seems to be forgetting things lately — her clothes, for example." Read more.

November 1, 2002 - A blind item in the new popbitch.com newsletter asks, "Which navel-bearing white US songstress greeted staff at her record company, on a recent visit to London, with the words 'get me some black co**, NOW!'"

November 1, 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."

November 1, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Christina Aguilera was spotted enjoyed the drag-queen show at Barracuda, a popular gay club in Chelsea (NYC).

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