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November 30, 2003 - Steppin' Out magazine spoke with Dido and asked the singer what she felt about singers such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles, or even now Jewel stripping their clothes to sell albums. "It's weird, isn't it? First of all, I think Christina Aguilera is an amazing talent. I think she has a great voice. But it's weird, isn't it," she said. "Look at Beyonce, who is an extraordinary talent. She writes, she sings, she produces, and she looks incredible. And trust me, I'm a woman and I know it's great to show off every asset you've got. But what I've noticed in this society is that somehow wearing almost nothing has detracted from the other things in other people's eyes. People see artists like Britney Spears as something less because of it. It's really weird because you would think, well if you look that hot, why can't you show it off and be really sexy? Do you know what I mean?" Read more.

November 30, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Volumized.net added some pictures of Christina Aguilera leaving The Ivy restaurant in Beverly Hills on Wednesday (November 26). Check them out here."

November 30, 2003 - The WB gives its viewers an up close-and-personal, all-access pass to the Christina Aguilera 'Stripped' Tour. Filmed in November at London's Wembley Arena, the one-hour special features actual performances during the live concert, including re-mixed and re-tooled version of her signature song 'What A Girl Wants,' as well as many of her hits such as her new album's first single 'Dirrty' and 'The Voice Within'. The show airs Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT. Check out a video preview here.

November 30, 2003 - WENN reports that Christina Aguilera has spoken out against her critics, proclaiming herself a "great role model". Aguilera stated, "I consider myself to be a great role model, but everyone has their own idea of what a role model is. When I was showing my navel some years ago, some people thought that was too much and that's so minor compared to a lot of the things that I've done now. But I'm a grown woman and I have a mind of my own. I'm not forcing anyone to dress or act like I do, but this is what I consider my art and my form of release and I think it's beautiful. People who are threatened by that are just very closed minded."

November 27, 2003 - xanthe writes "As a Christina Aguilera fan, when defending my favourite singer I constantly have one line thrown in my face from Britney Spears fans. 'You're Jealous.' I am accused of being jealous that Britney has sold more albums than Christina, or that Britney's Madonna kiss received more attention, among other things." Read more.

November 27, 2003 - Christina Aguilera's hit 'Can't Hold Us Down' featuring Lil' Kim gets a super Latin style remix from Jimmi Jammes. Download and listen to the track here.

November 25, 2003 - Anonymous writes "In early early 2003, Christina Aguilera was featured in Maxim Magazine as a member of the Pussycat Dolls. Featured in the magazine were a couple of amazing photos. The pictures, taken by Dominick Guillemot, are beautiful and sexy, any Christina fan will love them. Check them out here."

November 25, 2003 - Feproductions.net has outtakes of Christina Aguilera from her YM magazine photo shoot. Check them out here.

November 23, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "GoBritney.com has a clip of Britney Spears admitting to Christina Aguilera randomly kissing her one night at a club. Britney says: "We were at a club, and she came up to me and she put her tounge down my throat! Like, hello! I havn't seen you in two years!" Check it out here."

November 23, 2003 - Christina Aguilera was spotted on Thursday (November 20) having dinner at the Ivy restaurant in Beverly Hills. Check out pictures from Volumized.net.

November 23, 2003 - grace_04 writes "These are new classy Christina Aguilera promotional pictures for WB's 'Stripped In London'. Check them out here."

November 23, 2003 - Us Weekly caught up with Pink and asked the singer what she thought about the bad blood she apparently has with Christina Aguilera after her recent comment that Pink copies Aguilera's fashion style. "I don't know if there's every been good blood," Pink said. "Comments like that are exactly why I dropped out of high school. Drama is not for me. What can I say? The girl needs to be on meds. But she has a great voice. She should sing more and talk less." As for meeting Madonna on Live with Regis and Kelly, Pink says it was "bizarre", adding, "She was my idol! I told her I was convinced we were never supposed to meet. She thought I was crazy."

November 23, 2003 - Feproductions.net has photos of Christina Aguilera walking her two dogs in Los Angeles on Thursday (November 20). Check out the pictures here.

November 22, 2003 - Maddfan writes "Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears have always been cordial with each other from the very beginning. They both dismissed rumors of a feud or rivalry between each other, although I believe they both were/are secretly in competition with each other. But if you think about it, the way Christina explained the situation in Blender, Britney kind of gave her the cold shoulder at the VMA rehearsals. Kind of like "I'm the new Queen of pop and I’m best friends with Madonna, ha-ha, I'm not going to talk to you anymore". I know that sounds petty on my part but that’s just the impression I got as I read the article." Read more.

November 22, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "Brazen, Outrageous & Unrepentant, Christina Aguilera takes no prisoners. Like it or not, she is a force to be reckoned with and so is her over-the-top style, crazy red carpet costumes that no one else even dares to try on. Except for maybe Cher who Christina seems to share a closet with. Style Star takes a look at this talented ex-Mouseketeer who transformed herself from a squeaky clean pop princess to a Dirty diva all before she turned 21. You can watch Style Star on the Style Network on November 30, at 6:00 pm ET."

November 22, 2003 - Access Hollywood's Billy Bush was one-on-one with Pink during a recording session and asked the singer if their was a feud between herself and Christina Aguilera. "Not really. I've never liked her, but there's no feud," Pink responded. Watch a video clip here.

November 19, 2003 - Britney Spears was on MTV's Total Request Live on Tuesday to promote her new album 'In The Zone'. Spears responded to criticism from Christina Aguilera that she was "fake" and "superficial" by pointing out Aguilera kissed Madonna as well, adding that despite her "amazing voice", "she says things sometimes are are kind of rude." She also joined Tyra Banks to weigh in on guys like Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, Paul Walker, Will Smith, and Ben Affleck. Read on for a transcript.

November 19, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Christina Aguilera's bit at the MTV Europe Music Awards where she threw darts at a board of Kelly Osbourne's face, which was followed by Osbourne onstage badmouthing Aguilera and getting booed in the process was edited out of the U.S. re-broadcast and many re-runs. According to a source, Kelly's mother Sharon called a top MTV exec and yelled, "We're part of the MTV family. How could you allow this?" If the exec didn't cut the scene from the final broadcast, Sharon warned him, "I will bite your balls off," the source added.

November 17, 2003 - The new poll at popdirt.com asks, "Which female pop singer is most likely to someday be in a leaked sex tape?" Christina Aguilera is one of the choices. Vote here.

November 17, 2003 - The Sun reports Christina Aguilera moaned that Britney Spears hardly spoke to her at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, the scene of that kiss with Madonna. Christina is also angry that TV cameras ignored her own kiss with Madonna but showed Britney’s smooch in full. "MTV didn’t screen my kiss properly — they got Justin’s reaction," Aguilera complained. "How predictable — let’s see how the ex responds. It’s Pathetic."

November 17, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Apparently Christina Aguilera has recovered form her sickness, as she was spotted in Disneyland having fun earlier today showing off her Mickey Mouse ears. Check out pictures from Volumized.net."

November 17, 2003 - Martin Kelly of The Washington Dispatch is furious after watching Christina Aguilera's performance dressed as a nun at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland. He said, "The good burghers of the windy city allowed one of the most egregious acts of disrespect for the Catholic Church in recent times, which if repeated on the streets would earn the MTV board prosecution under Scotland’s unfortunately necessary, anti-sectarianism laws." He added, "Miss Aguilera is a cultural phenomenon that has completely passed me by. I can’t name one of her songs, I don’t even know what her voice sounds like. She is a completely closed book, and one that I would prefer did not sully a nun’s habit for the purpose of making an entrance. She may devote her spare time to the performance of good works and small acts of corporal mercy – I am not the keeper of her conscience. However, the boys (and it will be boys) at MTV, the alpha predators at the top of the jungle of the music business, know that if it’s sensational, it will sell. And like greedy trial lawyers, for them it’s all about the money." Read more.

November 17, 2003 - According to a London poster at WoBforums.com, Christina Aguilera isn't impressed with Britney Spears' new video 'Me Against the Music' featuring Madonna. Aguilera told CD:UK over the weekend, "Well, I thought it was same old same old... like nothing we haven't seen before. The bowling pin formation with the dancers behind you. I think I was expecting something better." Read more.

November 17, 2003 - Carolyn Brown of MSNBC weighed in on all the negative remarks top female pop artists have dished out at each other, including Christina Aguilera and Kelly Osbourne, Aguilera and Pink, and more. Brown said, "As awful as it may sound, it could just be girls being girls. Is it not inherently female to be critical of one another? There is no denying it, ladies. Most of you have probably had fights at work with other women, or talked behind their back, muttering a certain adjective — (rhymes with 'witch'). It’s not unusual for women to work against each other in this modern world, instead of supporting one another." She added, "The public may be just as much to blame for the altercations. The sparring matches foster plenty of media attention, and for someone like Kelly Osbourne, who recently got dropped by her record label, it’s much needed attention at that. Could it be that these outrageous divas are staging the entire thing, just for attention?" Read more.

November 17, 2003 - During Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, anchor Jimmy Fallon said Christina Aguilera had to cancel two shows due to acute bronchitis. Then he explained that it "used to be called a-cute bronchitis; but, actually now it's called a-skank bronchitis."

November 17, 2003 - Scans of Christina Aguilera's article in Blender magazine have been posted. In the piece, Aguilera is critical of pop peers Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears. "Look at people like Beyonce or Britney," Aguilera said. "They’re desperate to come across as sweet, good little girls, but then you see them in photo shoots that are extremely sexual—tight little booty shorts, and not much else. So why do they try to be virginal in interviews?" Aguilera then held her finger to her mouth, Lolita-like, and affects a note-perfect Spears impersonation. "'Oh, gosh, I haven’t kissed a boy in I don’t know how long!'" Check out a typed out version of the article here and scans here.

November 17, 2003 - Groovevolt.com reports that the other night in New York, Pink ran into Christina Aguilera at a "shi-shi-fu-fu" resturant, "They gave each other the nastiest look I have ever seen. Christina asked to be moved to VIP and Pink was escorted downstairs. This has been going on for almost a year," according to a source. Read more.

November 17, 2003 - Anonymous writes "For people who are totally in love with Christina Aguilera's supposed "artistry" and 'writing-skills", may I pose a question - Does she really mean what she sings about." Read more.

November 16, 2003 - Stan writes "During Madonna's appearance on MTV's Total Request Live on Thursday, Damien, the DJ, asked her about the VMA performance and he just mentioned Britney Spears but Madonna said "Christina AND Britney...yes". He asked her if the kiss between her and Britney was a "passing on the baton" and she said "Well, performing with Christina and Britney and kissing them was kinda like... breathing the air of longevity into them cause they are in the same position I was in.""

November 16, 2003 - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog goes after nearly everyone on his new rap single 'I Keed' from his debut album 'Come Poop With Me'. The pooch with the voice of Robert Smigel jokes about or gives mention to *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, the Strokes, Eminem, Mariah Carey, Shakira, 'American Idol' stars Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, R. Kelly, Mandy Moore, 50 Cent, the White Stripes, Pink, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Elton John, and Jennifer Lopez. Watch the video for the song at MTV.com.

November 16, 2003 - amusicfanofsoul writes "Melissa Rivers reviewed Christina Aguilera's MTV Europe Music Awards opening outfit on E! News Daily. Here is what she had to say: "Everyone's gonna think I'm gonna say something terrible about Christina, well I’m not. Check out that newly toned body she’s got. Remember kids, this is a costume. She is performing at the MTV Europe Music Awards, whatever. Check out the cleavage, flat stomach, great with the brown hair, cleavage working again, no fat working anywhere. If you’ve got the body to ware it, GO FOR IT on stage." Melissa had two freeze-framed pictures on the screen that she drew on to highlight the cleavage, stomach, hair, cleavage again and her legs, indicating no fat anywhere. Then at the bottom it said in bold pink letters, "GO FOR IT!"."

November 16, 2003 - In an interview with Germany's Bravo magazine, Christina Aguilera has again upped her feud with Pink and added a backhanded remark about Madonna. "I think now Pink simply acts unnaturally," Aguilera sneered. "Her rebel thing starts getting boring to me. Do they still believe her? Well, not me!" As for the Material Girl performing with her rival Britney Spears, instead of perhaps herself, Aguilera says, "It might sound arrogant, but I don't need her support." She explained, "I still admire her today for what she has achieved. I'd like to have a career like her: sing, act, become a mother someday - however, with one difference - I would like to be successful as an actress, too!" Read more.

November 16, 2003 - The WB is giving its viewers an up-close-and-personal, all-access pass to the Christina Aguilera 'Stripped' Tour on Sunday (November 30) at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT with the special presentation of 'Christina Aguilera Stripped in London'. The network filmed a November performance at London's Wembley Arena, and the one-hour special will feature actual performance filmed at the live concert, including re-mixed and re-tooled version of 'What A Girl Wants', 'Dirrty' and 'The Voice Within.' "We are always looking for ways to expand on the viewing experience for our audience, particularly through the use of popular music," said Jordan Levin, Co-CEO of The WB Network. "Christina Aguilera is one of the most exciting performers in pop music and has a great relationship with our target audience." Read more.

November 16, 2003 - Three of the world's most popular female singers have visited the M.E.N. Arena in quick succession - but Manchester rates Christina Aguilera head and shoulders above the rest and she's coming back for another sold-out gig, reports Manchester Online. Aguilera nabbed 33% of the results in a poll of locals, beating Mariah Carey's 12% and Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles at 11%. Read more.

November 16, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "Latina Magazine has named Christina Aguilera their #3 Woman Of The Year. She has been belittled for her revealing clothes, her dirrty lyrics, and even for trying to promote herself as Latina to capitalize on the surging Latin music market. "For a long time, I had been uncomfortable with the image that had been built around me," the Grammy-winning pop star recently said. "I'm not that girl." Instead, she's the kind of mujer (woman) we can respect: one who thrives in a tough industry by letting her music do the talking."

November 16, 2003 - grprincess writes "Yesterday Craig Kilborn joked about how Christina Aguilera had bronchitis and had to cancelled some appearances. She was ordered to "take 2 doctors every 6 hours.""

November 13, 2003 - Edith Bowman of Radio 1 spoke with Christina Aguilera on Thursday right before the MTV Europe Music Awards. Check out the brief interview here.

November 13, 2003 - Stan writes "In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, with Jessica Simpson on the cover, they have a tiny feature called 'Loose Talk'. In it they quote Christina Aguilera saying, "Even if he loses, I'm doing him after the fight"... and it says "Christina was overheard saying that at the recent Oscar De La Hoya/Shane Mosley boxing match (She didnt clarify).""

November 13, 2003 - Sheffield Today reviewed Christina Aguilera's recent concert at the Hallam FM Arena, where they say the singer "belted out hit after hit, proving her talent goes much further than her trademark leather chaps and knickers combo." They added, "This girl is unrecognisable as the bottle blonde who first arrived on the music scene four years ago, in [Britney Spears'] shadow. She is now putting her rivals in the shade." Read more.

November 13, 2003 - Top of the Pops fed Holly Valance quotes from various other singers to see if the Australian could figure out who they refer to. She was asked about the quote, "I couldn't care less about stupid diets. Eating is sensual and fun. I'm not going to let it be spoiled by calorie counting." Holly correctly answered, "I reckon this person doesn't give a monkeys. I think it's Christina [Aguilera]. When all the weight thing came out she just said, "Get stuffed!" to everyone." Read more.

November 13, 2003 - A fan on Christina Aguilera's forum at LiveDaily.com reports that Shannon Doherty was featured in an interview clip on The Morning Show on B94 where she supported the 'Dirrty' singer. Britina says that when they got on the subject of what music she likes and she said she "loves Christina's new stuff. Bitches gotta support bitches."

November 13, 2003 - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday night and talked about several celebrities. Triumph joked, "My mama, my mama is an Afghan who looks exactly like Celine Dion... And my sister is -- my sister is not musical, but she smells like Christina Aguilera." Talking about his new album, Triumph also joked about Jennifer Lopez. "Well, I called some real musicians. I called J.Lo, and she backed out. And if you've ever seen J.Lo back out, you know it is not pretty."

November 13, 2003 - Mimi_Red writes "Madonna was on Live with Regis and Kelly yesterday, promoting her new children's book. They asked about the Britney Spears kiss and Madonna said that she also kissed Christina Aguilera and she does not understand why nobody ever seems to talk about that kiss. Kelly Ripa clarified that after the Britney kiss for "some unexplained reason" MTV shot to *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake in the crowd for his reaction and missed the whole Madonna/Christina kiss. Madonna exclaimed: "Oh that's why" and then added that she was on Regis and Kelly to clarify that she HAD kissed them both!"

November 11, 2003 - Anonymous writes "We've all witnessed Christina Aguilera's "rebirth" of such, as the former prefabricated star broke the mould to reveal 'the real her'. It's no secret that Christina used to be a 'puppet' like Britney Spears, and she has voiced her distaste for the industry numerous times. With the recent quotes from her Blender magazine story supposedly causing an uproar among her fans, I've heard people saying that it was low of Christina to talk trash about Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears, and that they hope B and B have 'class' and don't respond." Read more.

November 11, 2003 - Steve Mckenna of The Glasgow Daily Record weighed in on last week's MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow. He says, "I've been to the MTV Awards three times and no matter what the city, it was the same event with just a little local flavor. It was, undoubtedly, a great night for Scotland and our capital and I expect the tourist trade and our credibility will have been boosted. The one thing that wasted the entire event for me was host Christina Aguilera. I thought she did a great job and was slick and professional, but the event was as she warned 'dirrty'. I love adult entertainment but I also know a name for people who use it to entice young children." Read more.

November 11, 2003 - The Associated Press reports Christina Aguilera canceled the final two concerts of her British tour Monday, saying she had acute bronchitis. In a statement, Aguilera said, "I am terribly sorry for any inconvenience caused, but my doctor has ordered me to my bed and told me I cannot perform for at least 10 days." Aguilera was scheduled to perform before a sell-out crowd in Telecast Arena in Newcastle Monday, and at Manchester's MEN Arena on Tuesday. Aguilera's next scheduled tour stop is December 1st in Tokyo, Japan.

November 11, 2003 - b0rntoplay writes "Justin Timberlake had 'Cry Me a River' and now Christina has her Blender Interview. It seems that everytime an artist wants attention, they go in the same direction. This time however, Christina has not only attacked Britney Spears, but Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child as well. The preview for next month's Blender magazine reads: "What does it take to become Blender's woman of the year? For Christina Aguilera, a fearless approach to record making, a goor pair of assless chaps and a refreshing eagerness to talk trash: About MTV, Beyonce and Britney, Britney, Britney. 'These people aren't artists!' she roars, 'They're just.....fake'."" Read more.

November 11, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "On November 18, at 9:00 pm ET/PT, VH1 All Access will air a show called 'Britney vs. Christina'. The show plunges deep into the lives of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. It will also compare the two and see who really overpowers who." 

November 11, 2003 - amusicfanofsoul writes "Christina Aguilera has gone "balls out" for her newest Blender Magazine issue. Christina even goes to the length of criticizing artists such as Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears for not being "true and honest artists" and "fake!" Last year Christina sold a whopping 143 million copies of her Blender issue, the biggest sell in the history of Blender. Check out the photos here."

November 11, 2003 - Anonymous writes "The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports that the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh partnered with Continental Real Estate for the first Shop to Stop Domestic Violence event last Sunday at the Galleria. More than 600 guests turned out to enjoy foods from Galleria and Waterfront vendorswhile they shopped after-hours. Christina Aguilera's mother, Shelly Kearns, shared her experiences as a survivor of domestic violence at the hands of Christina's father. Listening to her emotional message were chair Rebel Heasley, co-chair Pat Violi,Bruce Engelhardt and WC&S executive director Shirl Regan. Tickets were $100 each, so they raised about $60,000."

November 11, 2003 - The Sunday Mail reports Kelly Osbourne faces a ban from MTV events for her onscreen attack on Christina Aguilera at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Music channel executives confronted Kelly, 19, in her dressing room at the award ceremony. They branded her behavior "childish and unnecessary" and warned her she might be banned from the channel's future events. An MTV insider confirmed, "Backstage producers made it very clear they were really annoyed. They felt it was in bad taste. Put it this way, Kelly's certainly not on their list for the next MTV awards." Read more.

November 11, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "Christina Aguilera has millions of fans across the globe, owns million dollar homes, drives a $250,000 dollar Bentley, and she's not even 25 years old yet. She is one of the biggest pop stars in the world today. For Christina, it's all about what a girl wants, and this girl obviously wants it all. She's got multi-platinum selling albums, exclusive endorsement deals, and millions in the bank. From the Mickey Mouse Club to the Millionaires Club, you'll see why 'It's Good to be Christina Aguilera.' The show will air on E!, on November 16, at 10:00 pm ET/PT."

November 8, 2003 - The Sun reports Pink told MTV Europe Music Awards producers she wouldn’t go on stage if hostess Christina Aguilera mentioned her name, making it impossible for her rival to introduce her. She was overheard shouting to aides: "If that bitch mentions my name once I’m not going on stage — and I’m not kidding." An insider at BMG, where both artists are signed, remarked, "It was a bit difficult but we managed to get away with it. Pink was adamant Christina should not mention her name or she would upset the whole show by not coming out to perform at the end. It might sound like a silly threat but, believe me, Pink has the courage of her convictions. She doesn’t like being told what to do and no amount of pressure from us could change that. We struck a deal with MTV before the show that Christina wouldn’t introduce Pink for her performance. There really is no love lost between them." Read more.

November 8, 2003 - MTV News has a run-down of Thursday night's MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland. *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake won three trophies, while Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles took home two. But the big story of the night was the on-stage verbal sparring between host Christina Aguilera and her less successful rival Kelly Osbourne. During the pre-show, Aguilera refused to walk the red carpet if Osbourne — a guest VJ for the event — was present. Kelly responded by called Aguilera's music "crap" and saying she was a "cow." Then later during the awards, a skit was aired of Aguilera throwing darts at a board decorated with a picture of Osbourne. This irked the Ozzy offspring, who voiced her disapproval when she came onstage to present an award. "If Christina Aguilera has to resort to throwing darts at my head after everything she's achieved and everything she's done, then she's a really sad, sorry person," Kelly said. "And I take it as a complete compliment." Aguilera later retorted with a voice of mock sympathy: "Honey, if you can dish it out, you've got to learn how to take it back." Read more.

November 8, 2003 - N.E.R.D., Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles, Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, Dido, Jane's Addiction, Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, Kelly Osbourne, Kylie Minogue, Michael Stipe of R.E.M., Missy Elliott, Pink, Sean Paul, The Darkness, and The White Stripes were on hand for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 on Thursday (November 6) at Ocean Terminal Arena in Edinburgh, Scotland. Check out pictures here.

November 8, 2003 - Reuters has a highlight clip from Thursday night's MTV Europe Music Awards featuring red carpet interviews with the night's big winner, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, host Christina Aguilera, Travis frontman Fran Healy, Pink, and Kylie Minogue. They also have clips of Timberlake being presented awards and his acceptance speeches during the show, Aguilera's show open and close, nun strip-tease and acceptance speech, Sean Paul's acceptance speech, Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles's performance of 'Baby Boy' and acceptance speeches, and Travis' performance of their anti Iraq war anthem 'Beautiful Occupation'. Watch the lengthy highlight clip here.

November 8, 2003 - The Glasgow Daily Record spoke with St. Mirren soccer star Allan Russell, who got the chance to carry out Christina Aguilera at Thursday night's MTV Europe Music Awards in Scotland on Thursday night, leaving Rangers star Peter Lovenkrands, who had pined for the singer, dejected. "I got a kick out of seeing Peter leaving the do after I'd been chatting up Christina," Russell said. Allan won the job after a top-secret casting for the Model Team Scotland, for whom he works part-time. Read more.

November 8, 2003 - Christina Aguilera was photographed leaving the Sanderson Hotel in central London on Wednesday (November 5). Aguilera is in town to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. Check out pictures here.

November 8, 2003 - The Mirror reports Christina Aguilera and Pink and their entourages have been deliberately put in separate hotels in a desperate bid to stop them from fighting ahead of the MTV Europe Music Awards. "Two hotels may cost a fortune but it's worth it to separate them," a record company insider remarked. "Everyone's on tenterhooks about what will happen at the actual ceremony. We can't keep them apart for ever." Read more.

November 8, 2003 - Pop, hip hop and rock stars rehearsed in preparation for the MTV Europe Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland on Wednesday (November 6). Check out a video clip featuring comments from *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, the disappointment from an organizer that Britney Spears won't be able to appear, Christina Aguilera talking about her hosting duties on the "big night", Vin Diesel talking about his anxiety hosting, Dido talking about being thankful to Eminem, the Black Eyed Peas rehearsing, and more, from Reuters.

November 8, 2003 -  Christina Aguilera talked about hosting the 2003 MTV European Music Awards in an interview with Reuters. Watch the video clip featuring Christina as well as a brief comment from *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake here.

November 6, 2003 - Pink has revealed she snubbed the chance to present this week's MTV Europe Awards because she didn't want to share a stage with Christina Aguilera and said MTV bosses errored by putting Christina in charge because she does not have a sense of humor needed to counter-balance the wall-to-wall music on the night. Pink told The Glasgow Daily Record: "They wanted Christina and me to do it together but it just wouldn't work. It would be fun for me, but I wouldn't want to do it with her because that would take the fun out of it. I dropped out of high school because I hate drama and love music. I just want to get up to sing. I just don't like all the big female diva battles." Pink added that Aguilera "is not very entertaining. Comedians are the best hosts of these shows because you already have all the music people there." But not all is confrontational between the pair. Pink offered the following fig leaf: "But good luck to her. I hope she does well." Read more.

November 6, 2003 - The Sun reports Christina Aguilera stoked more fire to her diva battle with Pink by banning the singer from her after show bash at Elysium in London. "We had been given strict instructions not to let Pink in," a source at the club revealed. "We were told she was not on Christina’s guest list and she didn’t want her gate-crashing." Also banned was Kelly Osbourne, who is in town plugging her sophomore album. A source close to Pink said, "There is no love lost between them and this feud has been bubbling along. They fell out badly after a row on the set of Lady Marmalade and haven’t spoken since. Pink fancied paying Christina a visit because she’s always trying to stir things up. But she realized there might have been an embarrassing situation at the door so decided to turn back at the last minute." Read more.

November 6, 2003 - Christina Aguilera was on hand at a party at Elysium Lounge in London on Monday (November 3). Check out pictures from Volumized.net.

November 6, 2003 - Christina Aguilera has warned parents not to let their children watch tonight's MTV Europe Music Awards unless they are prepared to face up to the consequences. "Any parent who has ever seen an MTV awards show knows better than to think it's all family driven and there's not going to be any cussing and swearing," Aguilera told The Glasgow Daily Record. "I think they know what they're in for and if you're willing to take that risk by putting your child in front of the TV, it's your own fault. If that's the outcome and the parents are upset with the outcome, then take responsibility." Read more.

November 6, 2003 - The Glasgow Daily Record reports Ronan Keating has warned Christina Aguilera to be careful as the host of the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday because he ended up with an ulcer after hosting in 1999. "It's tough. It's a lot of work," Keating said. "I mean, it takes a lot of preparation to get it all together, and the links as well. But I enjoyed it in the end when it was over. I actually got an ulcer coming up to it. It's hell hell, but it'll be fun.'' Read more.

November 6, 2003 - ShowbizIreland.com reports that ahead of Christina Aguilera's concert in Dublin, Ireland, the singer partied in the capital and showed she has still has diva tendencies booking out two entire floors of Dublin's biggest pub Cafe en Seine for a quiet drink with a friend, moved from the Westbury Hotel to the Merrion Hotel, demanded a private room in the trendy Unicorn restaurant, started crying during her meal after a phone call to her boyfriend Jordan Bratman, and had bodyguards charge at any photographers that tried to photograph her. Read more.

November 6, 2003 - Christina Aguilera performed live in concert at the Wembley Arena in London again on Tuesday (November 4). Check out pictures from LFI.

November 6, 2003 - The Glasgow Daily Record reports a new innovation for the MTV Europe Music Awards will be the backstage camera which will capture host Christina Aguilera's multiple costume changes.

November 6, 2003 - Us Weekly's cover story for the week is young stars getting plastic surgery, and Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Randal D. Haworth weighed in on reports Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera have had breast augmentation. On Britney, he says, "It's very probable that she had augmentation." And Aguilera? "She could have implants," Haworth said. Spears has denied the claims insisting it was just "a major growth spurt" while Aguilera's pal told Us, "She's never had a boob job. That's just a rumor."

November 4, 2003 - Glasgow Rangers soccer star Peter Lovenkrands (bio/photo), who is desperate for a date with Christina Aguilera, saw his hopes dashed after rushing to her performance after his game at Ibrox too see her at SECC. The Glasgow Daily Record reports Lovenkrands was given the heave by his dream girl's minders when he tried to talk his way backstage. Now he plans to gatecrash Thursday's MTV awards in Edinburgh in another bid to date his dream girl.

November 4, 2003 - MuchMusic reports Christina Aguilera warned fans to "expect the unexpected" when she hosts the 2003 MTV European Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland later this week. "I'm always kind of in the spotlight for what I wear, and sometimes what I don't wear." Aguilera told reporters at the Barcelona stop of her European tour. "And this is one of those events that's just, like, anything goes." Aguilera also struck out at the media, saying, "The press is just a bunch of rubbish anyway. They never get a story right. It's always rumors, and gossip, and over-sensationalised sh**."

November 4, 2003 - Christina Aguilera performed at the Wembley Arena London on Sunday (November 2). Check out pictures from GlobePhotos, WireImage, and volumized.net.

November 4, 2003 - While Madonna's daughter Lourdes constantly sings Christina Aguilera’s hits, her strict mother refuses to let her copy her sexy dance routines at home. "Lourdes absolutely loves Christina and Missy Elliot. She tries to sing like Christina — it’s very funny," Madonna told Access Hollywood. "But she’s not into the moves — just the voice, which is a good thing. The moves are far too sexy for my daughter." Read more.

November 4, 2003 - Christina Aguilera is gearing up for a brawl with fellow singer Pink, because she claims the rival singer kissing actress Kristanna Loken showed that she was just continuing to mimic her own behavior. "When has Pink not been copying me," she sneered to The Mirror. "In her fashion and so on, it's always like 'Gosh, I just wore that last week'. But I would kiss a girl again. The Madonna thing was a one-off but girls are nice to kiss, nice and soft. I'm sure Pink and this girl got whatever they did on camera and I'm sure that was the inspiration for it." Read more.

November 2, 2003 - The Sun reports that Christina Aguilera has claimed pop rival Britney Spears went overboard when she kissed Madonna at the MTV Awards. Christina also kissed the Material Girl — but says hers was just a peck on the lips. "Britney’s was a publicity stunt," Aguilera sneered. "Mine definitely wasn’t rehearsed that way."

November 2, 2003 - N*E*R*D star Shay has hinted that stars such as *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera could pop out to the band's Scottish gig next week. "Our shows are the unexpected. We are sporadic performers so there is no telling whatwill happen," he tells The Glasgow Daily Record. "We might hop out in the crowd and party with the fans and we may have a special guest. In the past we've had anyone from Jay-Z to Busta Rhymes to Justin Timberlake to Christina Aguilera on the stage with us. The list goes on and on. I know Christina and Justin will be in Edinburgh on the night and we can't wait because we have never been to Scotland before. I've hearda lot ofgood things about that place. Hopefully, there will be some special guests and our friends will come to hang out with us. But we don't wantto give away too much. We have spoken to a couple of friends who have said they'll come out and party with us." Read more.

November 2, 2003 - Blo Up has mixed the music video for Christina Aguilera's 'What A Girl Wants' with Aphex Twin's 'Come to Daddy' to create 'Daddy's Little Girl'. Download and watch the video here.

November 2, 2003 - mathewguiver writes "Christina Aguilera performed at Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland on Thursday (October 30). Check out pictures from the show at volumized.net."

November 2, 2003 - WENN reports Christina Aguilera has voiced her disappointment about not making People magazine's worst-dressed list. "I was actually disappointed that I didn't make this year's Worst-Dressed list in People magazine, because those are the people that go out there and make a statement," Aguilera said. "It's so boring looking at the best-dressed people. Who can't put on an expensive gown and hire the right people to make them look presentable and safe?"

November 2, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Recent events have brought comparisons between Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears to the surface once more. The two pop phenomenoms who rode the teen pop wave through 1999, were unable to escape comparisons through the early phases of their careers." Read more.

November 2, 2003 - XtinaFan writes "Today on CD:UK, they showed a short interview with Britney Spears which was recorded last week at Riverside Studio's when she performed on the show. Britney revealed that she was at a club and Christina Aguilera came up to her and kissed her. "I was in a club, and she just came up to me and stuck her tongue down my throat. I was like hello! I haven't seen you in a while, but hi!"" Read more.

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