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September 29, 2001 - The August search results on Goto.com for D12 are in and the band got a respectable 51,592 searches for the month, while frontman Eminem got 163,761 searches on his own right. What's interesting is searches for band members who don't have 'universal' names like 'Proof' or 'Bizarre' so absolutely no search traffic. Kon Arist and Kuniva show no searches, making me wonder, do any individual members of the group even have a public identity? And yeah, the same non results apply to the group's real names and aliases.... Except Eminem of course. Read more.

September 29, 2001 - Shirley Manson talked to the BBC's Radio 1 where she admitted her and her Garbage bandmates are big fans of Eminem and she admits during recording of their forthcoming album, "The Eminem record we had on constantly, it was one of our favourite records of last year." Read/listen to the full interview with Shirley here.

September 27, 2001 - "O" star Mekhi Phifer and "Girl Interrupted's" Brittany Murphy have joined the cast of Eminem's upcoming movie debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

September 26, 2001 - The MTV Europe Music Awards have been announced and Eminem leads the way with multiple nominations for himself and D12. The show will be held November 8 in Frankfurt, Germany. Other rap acts up for awards include Outkast and P Diddy. Read more.

September 26, 2001 - The makers of Eminem's new movie are holding open casting calls this Saturday and Sunday at the Academy Of Arts and Sciences in Detroit. They're looking for men & women over 18 to play club kids, factory workers, truck drivers and other bit parts for the film due out 2002. 

September 25, 2001 - D12 and cartoon band Gorillaz have joined forces to create a track which is yet to be named. A source told the Sun, "Damon was nervous, but it turned out brilliantly." 

September 20, 2001 - The Daily Mirror reports a plane carrying the members of D12 (not including Eminem) were on a Virgin Atlantic flight that was nearing its destination of JFK Airport from London Heathrow when a bomb threat was called in. Read more.

September 20, 2001 - D12 and Kottonmouth Kings will be touring this fall beginning October 15 in New Haven, CT with the tour winding up on November 20 in their home town of Detroit. Eminem will not join them as he's filming his autobiographical movie. Read more.

September 18, 2001 - Allpop's Verve magazine talked to the guys from D12 (without Eminem as he was in LA shooting his movie). The group seemed pretty pissed when asked if they were Eminem times six replying, "That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard," says Bizarre. "We all had individual careers. This is the all-star team, man. Every one of us was handpicked, and we've all been together for the past seven years. Nobody was taught how to rap or had to sharpen their skills up." Read the full interview here.

September 16, 2001 - News of the World reports Eminem has been seeing ex-wife Kim as the two have been seen on dinner dates. Also, earlier this week in court, Eminem's pistol whipping case was delayed until February.

September 11, 2001 - Music legend Bob Dylan says he supports Eminem, but he's never heard of the rapper. He tells Time magazine, "I almost feel like if anything is controversial this guy's gotta be doing something right."

September 7, 2001 - Eminem came home empty handed and conveniently he wasn't at the VMAs this year but Jamie Foxx did take a shot at him during his opening monologue saying, "Ever since Slim Shady and Elton John fell in love at the Grammy's last year, they're both changing their names. Elton John will be known as Lil' Homey-O. And Slim Shady is changing his name from Eminem to I'm-in-himm."

September 4, 2001 - NME reports British tabloids are saying Eminem will join Michael Jackson on stage  may perform a duet with Jackson at this weekend's 30th Anniversary concert in New York.

September 1, 2001 - Las Vegas oddsmaker Joe Lupo has given Lady Marmalade the nod as favorite to win MTV's video of the year giving it 3-2 odds. Beautiful Day by U2 is at 2-1, Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On at 4-1; Janet Jackson's All For You at 5-1; Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice at 10-1; and Eminem's Stan at 15-1. Betting on the awards is prohibited though in Nevada since the outcome is known. 

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