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March 31, 2002 - Searches for rapper Eminem on pay per search engine Overture.com continued to run strong in the month of February despite his relative low profile ahead of the release of 'The Eminem Show' likely a few months from now, to be followed by the release of his debut film role, '8 Mile'. Searches for his name 'Eminem' topped 145,000, while his real name only got 1,813 and 'Slim Shady' got 9,478. His most searched for song lyric was for 'Stan', while the most popular misspelling was 'Eminen'. For a complete list of Slim Shady searches and misspellings, read more.

March 31, 2002 - Eminem and his record label Interscope Records have been sued by French composer Jacques Loussier who claims the rapper stole parts of "Pulsion" one of his track 'Kill You' that appears on 'The Marshall Mathers LP.' Read more.

March 31, 2002 - Sir Elton John was on Last Call with Carson Daly on Friday when he explained his decision to peform with Eminem at the Grammy awards in 2001. Elton reasoned, "Because I loved the record and I looked for him -- and everyone was giving him -- for being, saying the lyrics are homophobic. I looked at him, I said, 'You're not a hateful guy at all.' And I really loved the album. And I thought -- it was a shocking album. I loved it. It's like, I was talking to you earlier about watching a video last night by System of a Down, and I just hadn't seen anything that, kind of, wow! For a long time. And when you see that thing, it stays with you and it's very powerful. And Eminem I found very powerful. And I defended him and I got a lot of crap for it because I'm a gay man, blah, blah, blah. But you know what? And I met him and we rehearsed, and I knew he was a sweetheart. And -- you know, he's -- for me it was a privilege to actually do something with someone like that."

March 30, 2002 - Rapdirt.com's previous poll asking 'What was the top rap song of 2001?' saw D12 'Purple Pills' take the prize, with the Fabolous hit 'Can't Deny It' coming in a distant second. Our latest poll asks what you think the vital cog in the D12 hit will fair in 2002 with his latest effort to soon be released, 'The Eminem Show'. Vote here.

March 29, 2002 - A  poster on the GroupieCentral.com message boards shared a run-in she had with Eminem and D12 about a year ago. lonchick writes, "We were invited to join D12 in the penthouse to smoke more weeds and stuff. Our aim was to know what was Marshall Mathers like and not shagging him although we had opportunities to do it, but we refused, as we were enjoying ourself with them all, smoking and just letting time go by..." Who knows if her story is to be believed, but check out what she says all went down here.

March 18, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem and ex Spice Girl Geri Halliwell have been meeting up regularly for cosy lunches and dinners after meeting by the pool of the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Los Angeles when both stayed there. A friend of the former Ginger Spice said, "You wouldn’t expect them to have much in common — certainly in terms of their lifestyles. But their relationship seems to work. Geri is having a great time. She and Eminem have been out together a few times, bowling and for meals. Who knows whether it will lead to romance?" One of Slim's memorable lyrics was, "I can’t figure out which Spice Girl I want to impregnate." Has he made his decision? Read more.

March 16, 2002 - US Weekly reports Eminem is embarrassed after being spotted getting a facial at Ole Henriksen Face/Body salon in Los Angeles, only to have it reported in US Weekly. A source said, "He's freaked out now, being so masculine and all." The source didn't have much sympathy for Slim adding, "If he didn't want to be seen, then he shouldn't have arrived with a ton of cars and security."

March 10, 2002 - US Weekly reports Eminem, Mark Wahlberg, and Ray Liotta all were spotted getting facials on the same day at the Ole Henriksen Face/Body salon in Los Angeles.

March 10, 2002 - According to Trickology.com on Thursday, Eminem called into Hot 97 to say that his new album 'The Eminem Show' is "angry." It's now coming out May 28 and his movie is supposed to be out in September. So indeed, if this is true, the disc has been delayed at least a month.

March 5, 2002 - MTV News reports Eminem's D12 pal Proof is giving details on the rapper's new LP, 'The Eminem Show.' Proof said, "It's not that angry, and it shouldn't be, 'cause he'd be fake.' If he's still talking the same sh**, what would be the maturity in it? If he's talking [about how] he's broke or wants to kill everybody, [that won't work anymore.] He's happy now. The muthafu**er got some money. He can't keep saying the same sh**." Read more.

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