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August 29, 2001 - The Scottish Daily Record talked to a Scottish student named Joy McAvoy who met Eminem at the Glasgow's Gig On The Green event last weekend. She went on to party with Eminem at the city's Cube nightclub before returning to his hotel. Read more.

August 28, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports the version of Eminem's 97 Bonnie and Clyde will be on Tori Amos' new album Strange Little Girls, which features remakes of a dozen songs made famous by male artists. Amos tells Spin magazine of the Em track, "This is not about the person called Eminem. I'm seeing a woman in a victim situation. I'm seeing it as a mother. ... This transcends Eminem. ... All of the songs [on the album] support the theory that the view changes depending on where you're standing."

August 28, 2001 - Police  had to temporarily stop an Eminem concert after 45 people were injured when the audience surged forward as Slim came on stage. Eminem was cooperative prompting a spokesman for Strathclyde police to remark, "Eminem and his band did all they could to help the situation and we are grateful for his support." Read more.

August 28, 2001 - Xtra reports Eminem apparently swallowed purple Ecstasy tablets and encouraged young fans to "smoke weed and get f***ed up" during his concert with his band D-12 in London, though police say it was actually chewing gum. Read more.

August 28, 2001 - NME reports Eminem was joined on stage by Marilyn Manson at the Reading leg of the Carling Weekend Festival on Saturday where they performed The Way I Am. Read more.

August 27, 2001 - News of the World has a exclusive story from Marshall Mathers II, Eminem's father, who is pleading to his son saying, "You're convinced I'm a drunk who never answered any of your letters. Well, I want you to read this and realise you've been fed lies all your life. Now you'll hear the truth for the first time." The elder Mathers also says the letters Eminem said he sent him never got to him, "I've since read interviews where you say you wrote letters to me and they came back, ‘Return To Sender'. I can say on the word of God that I didn't receive even one letter from you." Read more.

August 26, 2001 - Eminem is shown on Yahoo performing at Astoria in London on Thursday. Check the pictures out here.

August 25, 2001 - The Sun reports Eminem shrugged off being hit in the face by an empty beer can as he waited to go on stage at the Astoria in London on Thursday night. 

August 25, 2001 - The Sun reports Eminem talked to Hailie on the phone while in London keeping 30,000 fans waiting for his performance with D12 Friday night. Read more.

August 23, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports the NYPD shut down a video shoot by Eminem, LL Cool J, and Jay-Z in the South Bronx on Saturday as the three didn't have a permit. They ended up shooting the video in an alternate location at the subway shuttle platform under Grand Central Terminal on Monday.

August 23, 2001 - Eminem's grandmother Betty Kresin has told the Daily Record, "I'm so pleased that my grandson is playing in Scotland as that's where his family is from. I took great pains to let him know of his ancestry when he was younger, he should be proud to be part Scottish. I hope he acknowledges his Scottish roots while he is onstage there." Em's playing in Glasgow soon.

August 23, 2001 - Eminem won Video of the Year for Stan at the Source Awards in Miami. Eminem's performance was pretaped Friday on Watson Island according to Miami.com for the show that will air on UPN on the 28th. Read more.

August 23, 2001 - The Sun reports Debbie Mathers has revealed her son has reduced his drug use saying, " "Everybody's telling me he's cut down to two or three tabs of Ecstasy a day. All I can do is pray for my son."

August 21, 2001 - More details on Eminem's interview with Q magazine as he admits, "Everything that I am doing right now is for Hailie. The money. The money -- it's for her college." Read more.

August 21, 2001 - MTV has a story on top rappers doing albums with their 'posse' including Eminem and Nelly. Serena Kim, Vibe magazine's music editor said of the projects, "In general, posse albums tend to be a lot weaker than the star's album. It's usually about a posse of semitalented people versus a supremely talented star." Read more.

August 21, 2001 - The Sun has photos of Eminem getting a tattoo on his arm in tribute to his late uncle Ronnie. Check out the pictures from Tuesday's column here.

August 19, 2001 - The Star reports Boy George is convinced Eminem is responsible for inciting his fans into an incident outside a concert in London where a mob chanted Eminem's anti-gay lines at him. George says, "If the police hadn't been there, I would've been killed! I've never been so scared."

August 18, 2001 - The Sun reports Eminem apparently wants to sample Barbara Dickson's Caravan Song for his new album.

August 18, 2001 - Beyonce tells Seventeen magazine she's not sure if Eminem started rumors the two were a couple but she adds, "I'm not mad at him, I was thinking maybe we should entertain the rumor."

August 18, 2001 - Add another artist who'd like to work with Eminem as Nelly Furtado tells Worldpop, "I'd love to work with Eminem. I think he's a really, really talented vocalist. He's doing stuff rhythm-wise and flow-wise that hasn't been done before." Read more.

August 17, 2001 - Eminem talks to Q magazine this month about Hailie admitting, "When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn't. Anybody who takes it literally is 10 times sicker than I am."

August 17, 2001 - Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is set to appear in the next video for D12, though a spokesperson for D12 at Interscope wouldn't comment on the CDNow report.

August 17, 2001 - Launch.com reports on November 6, Shady World Productions and Ground-Zero Entertainment will release The Slim Shady Show on DVD and VHS. The 70-minute show comprises 42 minutes of animation and 28 minutes of other footage in an edited and unedited format.

August 17, 2001 - Worldpop reports D12 has been upgraded at the forthcoming Carling Weekend and Gig On the Green festivals, playing on the main stage instead of the smaller Carling Tent. Read more.

August 15, 2001 - NME.com reports D12 has issued a statement on the Esham assault incident claiming, "An incident occurred backstage at the Warped Tour, spurred by D12's concern for the safety of their guests. Both D12 and the other party involved have been asked to leave the tour. Eminem was home in Detroit and not on tour with D12 when the incident took place." Read more.

August 11, 2001 - MTV reports Eminem is going to appear on Jay-Z's new album in a track called The Renegades. Read more.

August 10, 2001 - The Sun reports Tori Amos' version of Eminem's '97 Bonnie & Clyde will be reworked to come from a women's perspective. Amos reveals, "When you kill your wife, you can't control who she befriends in the afterlife."

August 8, 2001 - A Macomb County Judge ruled that Eminem's mother is entitled to only about $1600 of a $25,000 settlement she won against her son, with the remaining $23,354.25 going to her attorney, Fred Gibson. Read more.

August 8, 2001 - More comments from Esham following his run in with D12 as he tells the Detroit Free Press, "Their only intention was to harm us physically. They didn't come there to play. I think they were there to sabotage us." An unnamed source countered the accusation saying, "D12 isn't out to start fights on the road. They know that they could only lose by doing that. Seeing everything Eminem went through these last two years has made them wise." Read more.

August 8, 2001 - The Newcastle Evening Chronicle reports Eminem may have helped a 12 year old girl come out of a coma after playing Slim's music prompted a dramatic recovery. Read more.

August 7, 2001 - Billboard talked to Esham who suffered a broken nose, ruptured eyeball, concussion and hearing damage after being assaulted by D12. Esham says, "[Marshall] Mathers gave the word. This was straight-up attempted murder . . . It got this bad because those guys idolize us." Police are investigating.

August 7, 2001 - The Sun reports Bloomingdale's asked Eminem to come up with a display for Enyce, and he suggested dummy of himself on a toilet surrounded by posters of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. A store boss turned down the idea saying, "The toilet would have been very hip, but not tasteful."

August 7, 2001 - ABC.net.au has an interview with Eminem during his recent trip to Australia. Check it out here.

August 7, 2001 - Vans has kicked D12 and Esham off the Warped Tour lineup after the two acts were involved in a scuffle. Interscope spokespeople maintain Eminem was in Detroit at the time of the incident. Read more.

August 5, 2001 - The New Zealand Herald profiled Eminem and D12 as writer Russell Baillie gives his insight saying “Effectively, the D12 album helps to extend the already lengthy shelf life of his own Marshall Mathers LP of last year. And mixing it with the rough'n'ready crew helps to maintain some hardcore credibility after his music-industry acceptance, as represented by his duet with Elton John at this year's Grammy Awards.” Read more.

August 5, 2001 - Worldpop reports D12’s latest hit Purple Hills has been banned by 140 radio stations in America who fear legal action by the US government's Federal Communications Commission if they play it.

August 3, 2001 - Popbitch.com reports Eminem used the pseudonym Peter Gunn last week at his hotel stops in Australia.

August 2, 2001 - The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Group have launched a petition (July 31) requesting both Eminem and Marilyn Manson be removed from the bill of the Scottish festival, Gig On The Green. Read more.

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