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October 25, 2004 - World Entertainment News Network reports that Christina Aguilera has landed a licensing deal with British company Basic Box Limited to design her own clothes and accessories range, which will go on sale across Europe next spring and will target fans in their twenties and above. "It will mirror Christina's status as a fashion icon," Aguilera's publicist Meghan Prophet explained.

October 25, 2004 - In Touch magazine spoke with Nelly and asked the rapper about working with Christina Aguilera on 'Tilt Ya Head Back.' Nelly said, "She's just a cool person. It's amazing watching her in the vocal booths, running through riffs. I'm like, 'Oh, you can hit that note. Girl, are you serious?'"

October 25, 2004 - Mary J. Blige, Omarion, Pink, Deborah Gibson, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Taylor Hanson, Christina Aguilera, Joss Stone, Nelly, Pete Yorn, Vanessa Minnillo, Faith Evans, Xzibit, and Mark Hoppus of blink-182 attended the City of Hope Spirit of Life Award Honoring Van Toffler on October 7th at Green Acres Estate, Home of Ron Burkle in Los Angeles, California. Check out pictures from FilmMagic (show / inside).

October 18, 2004 - acollins43 writes "Ok, you can bash me for all I care but this is really bothering me lately, and I have to get this out of my system. Here it goes; first off this Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera thing needs to stop." Read more.

October 18, 2004 - The Sun reports that Christina Aguilera has deliberately moved the release date of her next UK single 'Carwash' to October 25th so she can go head-to-head with Britney Spears' remake of the Bobby Brown tune 'My Prerogative'. Read more.

October 18, 2004 - The New York Post reports that when Christina Aguilera's album 'Stripped' included a track called 'Make Over', many noticed the beat and pace was remarkably similar to the 2001 Sugababes tune called 'Overload'. Aguilera and Linda Perry were listed as the song's writers when 'Stripped' first came out, but now ASCAP also lists Sugababes writers Jonathan Lipsey, Felix Howard, Cameron Mcvey and Paul Simm as 'Make Over' writers. Also, Aguilera's 'Stripped in London' DVD does not include 'Make Over'.

October 18, 2004 - A friend of Jordan Bratman tells Us Weekly that he's ready to propose to girlfriend Christina Aguilera "any day now". But a source close to Aguilera is perhaps sending a signal to Bratman to rethink his proposal plan. "She's happy with things they way they are," the source said.

October 18, 2004 - News of the World reports Christina Aguilera confessed her love for kinky bondage sex every day if possible. "If a lover wants to experiment with handcuffs, then that's fair enough for me," Aguilera said. "What's the point of holding back that side of your personality if it's horny and turns you both on?" The singer added, "I'm a red-blooded women who doesn't feel guilty about making love. And it's only human nature to fulfil that need every day if you can." Read more.

October 18, 2004 - Top Of The Pops reports that after Robbie Williams' slammed Christina Aguilera in his 'autobiography, 'Feel', he now has had second thoughts and wants to smooth things over with the singer. "She looks like a cross between someone in a gay club at six in the morning and someone's who's trying to save trees," Williams said in his book. Now, the singer says, "I deeply regret slagging her off. I hope a personal letter can mend bridges between us." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Anonymous writes "I know this has probably been written thousands of times, but oh well, here I go. I am starting to get irritated about you naive Britney Spears fans. You guys seem to always want to act so ignorant towards Christina Aguilera in some essays when the essay isn't even about Christina! Why do you guys always have to bring her down to make your point? And it's even more irritating that some of you write essays about how you don't like bias and hypocritical Christina fans when you guys do the exact same thing!" Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Once again, Britney Spears manages to thwart Christina's plan to steal Britney's crown as the ultimate Pop princess. When Britney Spears' career is looking great, Christina's on the other hand is going straight to hell, yet Christina fans insist that she will be here in 10 years time as opposed to Britney. Well obviously these Christina fans need to take a hint, her latest single 'Carwash' was an instant bona fide flop, and her summer tour was a disaster, with dismal ticket sales of a pathetic 40%." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Anonymous writes "I am going to first off say that all female pop stars who have been around for some time now "Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Pink" are very talented. All have amazing voices (well Britney is a good performer and ground breaking artist so I guess that makes up for vocals) They have all had numerous hits, all have won Grammys (again except for Britney) all have been around for year and I am sure years to come. But the thing it, I have noticed that a lot of female pop stars don't like Christina." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - nr1983 writes "Lorna Luft, daughter of Judy Garland (most famos for her song 'Over The Rainbow'), who has been 'labeled the other daughter' and has lately outshone her older half sister Liza Minnelli, claims that Singer Christina Aguilera can sing but doesn't do so and only yodels instead of singing." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Everyone made it seem like ‘Beautiful’ was such a ground breaking song and I really don't see how. I hear so many fans say "her message in the song was something that everyone can relate to and it was so touching"....did you happen to read the credits of that song? Christina didn't write ANY of the lyrics, or ANY of the music. Linda Perry did." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Since the release of 'Stripped', Christina Aguilera tells The Glasgow Daily Record she feels sexually comfortable and unafraid of standing up to sexism. "It's been taught to us from the beginning of time with men trying to gain power by suppressing the woman and making her feel wrong about her sexuality," Aguilera argues. "And making up words that label women for being expressive of their sexuality. I'm up against older men, 20 years my senior. You either take that and learn to live under that thumb, or you take that and learn to be on the same page as them and you learn to change the game. One day I will do that - but this is the beginning." Read more.

October 11, 2004 - Nelly is out with the video to his new single 'Tilt Ya Head Back', featuring Christina Aguilera. Watch it online at Launch.com.

October 11, 2004 - Anonymous writes "'Access Hollywood' has a clip from the set of the videoshoot for Nelly and Christina Aguilera's hot duet 'Tilt Ya Head Back'. Watch the video clip at AccessHollywood.com."

October 4, 2004 - JoJo, Christina Aguilera, Ludacris, Will Smith, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Sean Paul, and Angelina Jolie attended 'Sharkspeare in the Park', the 'Shark Tale' premiere held at the Delacorte theatre in Central Park, New York City on Monday (September 27). Check out pictures here.

October 4, 2004 - Anonymous writes "I was watching that MTV special she did for sex, voting and politics. There was a segment where a girl and her baby had to leave her home and go to a shelter because her boyfriend would beat her everyday. Then Christina throws her pitiful excuse of an 'abuse story' into the girl’s conversation." Read more.

October 4, 2004 - It was a superstar feeding frenzy in New York as the A-list cast of 'Shark Tale' made a splash at the animated film's world premiere on Monday night, including Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith, and Missy Elliott. Watch footage from the premiere, including interviews with the stars, from 'Extra'.

October 4, 2004 - Joanna Weiss of the Boston Globe reviewed Drew Barrymore and Christina Aguilera's docmentaries for the MTV 'Choose or Lose' campaign, giving Aguilera's 'Sex, Votes, and Higher Power' special the best marks. "Indeed, there's something oddly admirable about Aguilera's special," Weiss wrote. "First and foremost, it has a point: Yes, kids, the government affects something you find fairly important. In her hometown of Pittsburgh, Aguilera interviews teens and 20-somethings about sex and its consequences. There are young women who had accidental pregnancies; a victim of domestic violence; recruits of the 'Silver Ring Thing' who have pledged to stay virgins until marriage. Because this is serious stuff, Aguilera has dialed the tart-o-meter down to roughly '6.' The sweaters are high-necked but oh-so-tight, and the skirts cut off at the top of the thigh. Her hair is curled and primped into a bun, professionally tousled. She's adopted an intent 'tell me more' look and an NPR accent." Read more.

October 4, 2004 - Anonymous writes "I read this article by another anonymous that was bashing Christina Aguilera and saying how irritated they are of Christina's "sob stories", and I read some post by some people and noticed how naive and ignorant some of you were! I wanted to write this in an essay instead of posting it in the same essay. Well, here I go." Read more.

October 4, 2004 - Producer Dorian Moore (aka Doe) tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Nelly's single 'Tilt Ya Head Back', featuring Christina Aguilera, was meant as a song for Nelly and Britney Spears. He says Spears' label Jive pulled out because the song sounded too urban. Aguilera and Janet Jackson were considered next, and Aguilera landed the song. Read more.

October 4, 2004 - popdirt's previous poll asking which pop star would be able to charge the most for a concert ticket in the year 2020 saw Britney Spears edge out Christina Aguilera, 31.6% to 25.6%. Next up was Mariah Carey with 13.9%, while Avril Lavigne came in fourth with 7.4%. Check out the complete results here.

October 4, 2004 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Wednesday night, "Christina Aguilera has joined a campaign that encourages young voters to vote. When asked about it, Aguilera said, 'If I can't get teenage boys to pull a lever, no one can'."

October 4, 2004 - Syndicated columnist Liz Smith spoke with Christina Aguilera at a press junket for her new movie 'Shark Tale', where she had a political message ahead of the November 2nd presidential elections in the U.S. "Fifty million women didn't vote in the last election. Can you believe that," Aguilera asked. "I mean, women had to fight for the right to vote, and now they don't? I think that's just disrespectful. It's every American's right and duty to get out there and vote." As for why she was one of those fifty million in the 2000 election, Aguilera admitted, "Four years ago, just as I came to voting age, I was too caught up in my career, and I didn't vote." Read more.

October 4, 2004 - Christina Aguilera was photographed on Sunday (September 26) on the streets of Manhattan, New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

October 4, 2004 - Christina Aguilera, JoJo, Eve, and Ludacris appeared on MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios on Monday (September 27) in New York City. Check out pictures here.

October 4, 2004 - nr1983 writes "Christina Aguilera will soon be releasing her 2005 Calender. You can see special picture outakes to be featured in the calender at epdx.tk."

October 4, 2004 - In an interview with The Sun, Christina Aguilera is commenting on Britney Spears' recent marriage to Kevin Federline, her second of the year. "I think everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon of marriage," Aguilera said. "If it's right for them, then it's right for them. But I'm not going to do it like that. I'm very focused on my career at the moment. I'm happy and feel the best I've ever felt. I don't know if Britney got married to get attention because I don't know her any more. I don't know the man she married and I don't know her." Through gritted teeth she added: "I wish them luck." Read more.

October 4, 2004 - Fonzworth Bentley brought the Burning Questions to Christina Aguilera for 'Access Hollywood', which was what she would be doing if she wasn't a celebrity. Aguilera admitted, "If I wasn't a celebrity, I'd still be working on being a celebrity." As for her absolute weakness, the pop tart admitted, "My boyfriend [Jordan Bratman]." Watch the video here.

October 4, 2004 - Christina Aguilera was photographed arriving at the Regency Hotel for the film 'Shark Tale' press junket on Sunday (September 26) in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages and LFI.

October 4, 2004 - Christina Aguilera is out with the video to the 'Shark Tale' single 'Car Wash', featuring Missy Elliott. Watch it online at Launch.com.

October 4, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Britney Spears is a hypocrite? Britney is a slut? Trash? Fat? Over? These questions would not sound so bizarre if they were not coming from raving Christina Aguilera fans. Let us have a little recap of the "Dirrty" one's image resume. Christina swapped all of her clothes for a faux ghetto accent, suddenly developed gargantuan-sized breasts, gained approximately 15 pounds, and sucks face with every female soft-core porn star in Hollywood. How does she not fit those crass accusations placed on Ms. Spears?" Read more.

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