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November 29, 2002 - A second Eminem home has been put up for sale on ebay. This is the rapper's Sterling Heights home. The auction describes the property saying, "Own a piece of Eminem's history. This is the house that Eminem bought after he became famous. He spent a large sum of money to up date the Kitchen, all the Bathrooms, the Jacuzzi Room and Basement. The house has an Indoor Jacuzzi and a Sauna Room. In the back yard it has a Golf Green and an In Ground Pool. Located on the Clinton River, it's a great home for entertaining. Enjoy the wild life watching deer, fox and many birds on this beautifully landscaped 3 acre estate." The auction price is currently at ebay's maximum bid of $99,999,999.00 -- obviously a fake bid. No doubt the owners said they might as well try to sell their home with the mania that exists. Check out the auction here. Meanwhile, the top bid of Eminem's former family home has dropped to "only" $12 million, likely after other fake bids were removed.

November 28, 2002 - Eminem's granmother Betty Kresin spoke with Radio 1 about her new book on her family life, including info on Eminem. "There's lots of things in that book that you really don't know," she said. "We're having a little trouble with the publisher because I'm not a book writer and it was wrote the way that I know how to write, like 'I was born in August on a hot summer day' and I think they're more interested in what happened to Marshall, but I have people out there that always ask 'grandmother, what about you?' - they want the whole life story." She added, "I'm not trying to get rich off my grandson, it's more to get the true story out of my grandson."

November 28, 2002 - Garbage singer Shirley Manson wrote in her online journal that she went to see the '8 Mile' film earlier this month. Manson said, "Went to see '8 Mile' last night and I swear to God, it's a real 'feel good' kind of a ride. Almost like 'Rocky' for a new generation. Perhaps it's a little sentimental, a little Hollywood or what have you, but I totally enjoyed it... especially the rapping contests towards the end of the movie and I swear... Eminem's acting is extremely impressive. He holds his own, no matter what they say and ooooohhhhh yummy yummy I got love in my tummy, you even get to see that boy's little white ass! Wheee HOOOoooo." Read more.

November 27, 2002 - The Mirror reports Mariah Carey is giving details on her romance with Eminem. "He concentrates entirely on pleasing you," gushes 32-year-old Mariah. "Some of the unmentionables he whispers in your ear... they really turned me on!"

November 27, 2002 - Earlier this year, Papa Roach revisited the Anger Management tour with Eminem that they had previously been a part of in 2000. "Sh** Eminem's a fu**ing icon now. But he's pretty mellow to tour with," frontman Jacoby Shaddix tells Australia's Beat magazine. "On the last tour he was busy working on the soundtrack and score to his movie 'Eight Mile'. He was intent on getting that done". So there weren't any rock shenanigans from him? "I think it's just a matter if you've got time to party then you'll go out and party. But it was a time for him that he had to handle business. He's a cool guy though. I can tell you that he worked out everyday on the tour - he's trying to get a little muscle on him." Read more.

November 26, 2002 - Mekhi Phifer tells Us Weekly that he got along well with his '8 Mile' co-star Eminem. "We went to football games and spent New Year's and Thanksgiving together. His aunt made the turkey!"

November 26, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Eminem mom trying to dupe people by selling an 3000.00 dollar car for 35k. A fellow friend did bid for it on ebay without the intention of buying it but with the intention of protecting suckers from falling trap in Eminems trailor ship trash. Read more.

November 26, 2002 - Gene Schabath of The Detroit News spoke with Roland Fraschetti, a Macomb County commissioner from St. Clair Shores who bought the childhood home of Eminem on November 8th for $45,000 with partner Sebastian Lucido. "It amazes me," he said of the current $10 million plus bidding. "We're trying to find out more about the bidder," Fraschetti said. "We have three bids over $10 million but we question their sincerity. We know there are sincere bids out there in the six figures and some sincere bids in the seven figures but I don't know about the eight-figure bids." Read more.

November 26, 2002 - Twisted Tunes on 98Online.com in Baltimore has spoof tracks on Eminem's 'Cleaning Out My Closet' -- a gay themed 'Comin' Out the Closet'. Also goofed was Nelly's 'Hot In Herre', a weather themed 'Hot Out Here'. Download and listen to those and others here.

November 26, 2002 - Following the big success of '8 Mile', a second soundtrack entitled 'More Music From 8 Mile' is being released on December 3rd. Eminem won't be featured on any of the tracks, but Notorious BIG ('Juicy'), Tupac Shakur ('Temptations'), and OutKast ('Player’s Ball') will. Check out the entire track listing here.

November 26, 2002 - In addition to the Benzino diss track 'The Sauce', Eminem put out another attack track with 'Nail In The Coffin'. You can listen to both tracks, and the Benzino track that instigated it - 'Crush, Kill, Destroy', at Trickology.com.

November 25, 2002 - The Sunday Mirror reports model Jade Jagger (daughter of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger) was desperate to rendezvous with Eminemat the MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona last week. But try as she might, no introductions were made. "She hung around outside his dressing room for ages, desperately trying to catch the attention of anyone connected to him," an insider revealed. "His entourage were made very aware of the fact she wanted to get an introduction, but it just didn't happen. He really didn't want to know." Read more.

November 25, 2002 - This is supposedly Benzino's response to Eminem for his recently released response to his own diss track. "Em is soft, always has, always will be. I never had any security in my life, not one. We was in Puerto Rico and his punk ass wouldn't even come to the hotel. So thats like a little kid or a little spoiled brat that can't have his way. But at the end of the day, the bottom line is that this kid is sucking out the streets. And remember, when Eminem was birthed, he was birthed thru MTV, and hip hop, and with the way MTV treated hip hop back then, it was like a pimp messing with a chick. So they was prostituting hip hop, and then they had a baby with hip hop, and here comes Eminem." Read more.

November 24, 2002 - WENN reports Ja Rule has issued a harsh warning to Eminem and Aftermath for signing his arch rival 50 Cent. "If you're gonna be authorizing (50 Cent) to spew records on me, then I wanna do what I gotta do to take you're company under," he said. "And that goes for Dre, Em or whoever."

November 24, 2002 - DrudgeReport.com reports NY Times queen columnist Maureen Dowd says her friends are smitten with Eminem. "Our suffocating yuppie love has turned Marshall Mathers into Jerry Mathers," Dowd says. "Eminem is now as cuddly as Beaver Cleaver.... He'll have to be very smart and very wicked if he doesn't want to hear himself in elevators." Dowd continues: "'My 11-year-old daughter is repulsed that I like him,' a friend says." Read more.

November 23, 2002 - Joey Pantoliano, who was just whacked on the 'Sopranos' was on Last Call with Carson Daly on Friday and compared the message in his new book 'Who's Sorry Now?' to Eminem. "That, you know, basically, the human spirit is very resilient, and it's really a tribute to dedication and America," 'Joey Pants' said. "All of our heroes. Look at Eminem. I mean, I am so -- I don't know him. I've been introduced yet, but I so identified as a 51-year-old male with Eminem and the work that he did. And that the movie -- the fact that this movie did $54 million this weekend, it's not about a bunch of kids watching this. There's adults going to see this guy, and I think he's the James Dean of the new millennium. I mean, I think he's got so much to say. He's a genius. An to his music, and I can't wait to see his movie."

November 23, 2002 - Launch.com reports Eminem and Jay-Z shared the stage in Detroit on Thursday night (November 21). Jay-Z was in town on his 'Principal For A Day' tour, performing at St. Andrews Hall, when Eminem joined him onstage for a performance of their hit song 'Renegade,' from Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint' album.

November 23, 2002 - Eminem has hit back at Benzino with a 3 1/2 minute blast that goes after The Source and the mag's lack of cred, his age, and says kiss our ass on the behalf of Aftermath. Download the track here and read on for the lyrics.

November 23, 2002 - Debbie Mathers, now Debbie Nelson spoke with 'Primetime' reporter Jay Schadler in an epsiode that aired last night. Debbie says her son Eminem has "got a persona to live up to, an image." She added that she doesn't take the lyrics her son writes literally. "That's just artistic expression," she said. "He's very sad on the inside. He is hurting a lot. And I can see it. I can see through my son. I know him like the back of my hand." Read more.

November 22, 2002 - Nelly tells Rolling Stone he feels good to be representing the Midwest right now. "It's funny about Midwestern music right now. Eminem is from the Midwest, I'm from the Midwest, and we seem to be the ones having the most success right now," Nelly said. "It's different here -- the East is hardcore, and the West side is funk-oriented, but the Midwest is a collection of everything; we connect with listeners." Read more.

November 21, 2002 - Mariah Carey phoned Rick Dees on KIIS FM last Thursday all the way from Paris. She will be performing live at the Rick Dees Jingle Ball, December 19th at the Pond of Anaheim in California. Mariah talked about her appearance on 'Fame Academy', her new album 'Charmbracelet', the stories that have her dating Eminem, dealing with the tabloids, and more. Listen to the 20 minute interview here.

November 21, 2002 - *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake tells the December issue of Blender magazine that his bandmate Chris Kirkpatrick could kick Eminem's butt, though he doesn't think it is necessary. "I don't think he ought to. There's no reason to get bent out of shape about something Eminem says," he said. "But I think if they were in a fight, Chris would kick his ass. Chris is a tough little... Chris is tough. And he has a Napoleon complex too, so he's extra tough. His toughness comes from the heart, because he was always the little guy at school -- so he always had to stick up for himself." Read more.

November 21, 2002 - Ja Rule was on Last Call with Carson Daly on Wednesday where he promoted his new album and new movie before performing 'Thug Lovin'' again without Bobby Brown. Ja had good things to say about the success of Eminem in '8 Mile', saying it opens a big door for hip hop stars and is helping him secure more movie roles and interest in his own scripts. As for rival DMX, he was sounding pretty smug. "I think he's really pissed at me," he said. "You know, I'm havin' a good time right now, man. I'm, you know, doin' movies, you know, making records. I'm having a good time. I mean, you know, I think it's a thing where he -- he's cold right now. You know what I mean? And I'm hot. And he's seeking for ways to get hot. He's scrambled. You know what I mean? He's like a wild pit bull right now. Like -- he doesn't know how to get hot right now. And he's -- really, he's barking up the wrong tree. I'm not the dude for that. You know what I'm sayin'?" Read on for a complete transcript.

November 21, 2002 - Mekhi Phifer was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno to briefly chat about his role in the Eminem starring '8 Mile'. Mekhi talked about how at first he didn't want to take on the role, until he met Eminem and saw how passionate he was about the project. Read on for a transcript.

November 20, 2002 - The American Music Award nominations on Tuesday had Eminem receive nominations in the Male Artist, Album, Hip Hop Artist, and Hip Hop Album categories. The Osbourne family will host the event on January 13th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, which airs live on ABC. Check out all the nominees here.

November 20, 2002 - Jenny Jones interviewed Eminem's grandmother Betty Kresin on Monday (November 18) on set in Chicago, Illinois. She was likely plugging her new book 'The Ties That Bind', which talks about the upbringing of Slim. Check out photos of grandma here.

November 20, 2002 - The former residence of Eminem is being auctioned on ebay and bidding has already topped $1 million, even though the home was sold to Lucido and Fraschetti earlier this month for only $45,000 by Slim's uncle Todd Nelson. "Sure, some of the bids could just be people showboating, but you have to figure with that number of people, some have to be legitimate," Fraschetti told The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens. Check out the auction here. The auction runs until December 14th.

November 20, 2002 - Bill O'Reilly of Fox News launched his new website and has also just put out another attack article on hip hop, this time with Eminem in his sights. "Any way you slice it, Marshall Mathers sells degenerate behavior to kids. The entertainment industry, long devoid of any social conscience whatsoever, provides Mathers with cover and calls him a creative genius and a sensitive soul," he blasts. "Students of history will remember they called Caligula that once as well. The problem I have is that the regular folks, people with kids, have not risen up and scorned Eminem and his enablers. I mean Ed Sullivan almost broke a blood vessel when Elvis swiveled his hips on Sullivan’s Sunday night TV program. Now, Marshall Mathers can threaten to kill his mother and we Americans just shrug. What has happened to us?" Read more.

November 19, 2002 - Cecelia Goodnow of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says adults are seeing Eminem in a new light after seeing '8 Mile'. "I thought it was an introduction to a world I didn't necessarily know about, in an intimate and personal way," said Janet Leduc, 45, who accompanied two 13-year-old boys to a downtown screening this week. "The idea of bringing generations together -- there is something there. Parents have been frightened by this rap music; (that) it lays seeds for violence and guns." Read more.

November 19, 2002 - Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. went to see the new Eminem film '8 Mile' and is sharing his thoughts how the message of the film sees "Jimmy is just a poor white boy trying to make it in a black man's world." Pitts said, "perhaps the harshest thing they say about him isn't a curse word at all. They call him Elvis. Black folks have always had this thing about Elvis. On the one hand, we loved him ... the fact that Billboard magazine counts him one of the most successful black music artists of the '50s seems ample evidence of that. But in some ways we hated him, too. Every time they called him the king of rock 'n' roll, it felt like a bone wedged sideways in the throat." Read more.

November 19, 2002 - Brian McCollum of TeenMusic.com says Eminem's new movie '8 Mile' shows the Detroit hip-hop scene as better than it really was. McCollum says, "Finding good Detroit hip-hop in the mid-1990s was often an exercise in patience. Many young rappers were loathe to innovate, mimicking the commercial sounds out of L.A. and New York. Local stations mostly ignored hometown artists. Hip-hop showcases at clubs like the Shelter and the Palladium -- including nights with Eminem -- usually played to sparse audiences." Read more.

November 18, 2002 - The Mirror spoke with Eminem at his MTV European Music Awards after-show party and asked him about his film '8 Mile' which many are saying could get an Oscar. "It's funny, because getting an Oscar is something that I've never aspired to or even really wanted," he said. "I wouldn't have ever thought down those lines, because all that mattered to me was the rap music." Read more.

November 18, 2002 - The Sunday Mail reports Eminem has been offered £500,000 to top the bill in front of 50,000 fans at Scotland's national stadium. "Eminem wants to play outdoors next summer and a deal is being finalized by a top promoter to bring him to Scotland," said an insider. "His fee will be no problem as he is one of the biggest box office draws in the business." Read more.

November 18, 2002 - Thea Brown of the Cornell Sun reviewed Eminem's film '8 Mile', giving it 2 1/2 stars. Brown says, "Would this film have been as interesting if Eminem didn't play the lead? I think not, but that's not necessarily a negative comment. Eminem's physical presence in the film, as strange as it may sound, lent to it a certain degree of authenticity which would not have been there had Rabbit been played by, say, Ryan Phillipe." Read more.

November 18, 2002 - Reuters reports last weekend's box office champ, the Eminem drama '8 Mile,' slipped to No. 2 with $21.3 million, taking its 10-day total to $86.4 million. Topping the box office was 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', making $87.7 million in North America over the weekend. Read more.

November 17, 2002 - In yet another sign of ridiculous celebrity auctions, the car formerly driven by Eminem's mother Debbie Mathers is being auctioned on eBay for $35,000. The red 1995 Geo Prism has gray interior, automatic transmission, and 115,229 miles. It comes with a spoiler and a black bra. The seller claims, "This is the first car Eminem himself drove after getting his legal driver’s license!" and "Many conversations between Eminem’s mother, himself, and his brother Nathan have taken place in this very car!" Nobody has bid on the car yet, and the auction ends November 20th. Read more.

November 17, 2002 - The Detroit Free Press reports Ali Miyzaan, who makes a brief appearance in Eminem's movie, '8 Mile,' is recovering from a gunshot wound to the stomach he received while at opening night of the film at Detroit's Phoenix Theatre. Miyzaan was shot while trying to intervene in a robbery attempt and fight that spun out of control in the theater parking lot. "I sat there for a minute watching, but I couldn't stand to see it anymore," Miyzaan said. "I was really just trying to stop it." Read more.

November 17, 2002 - MTV.co.uk has video interview clips from the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (November 14) in Barcelona. included was Moby who commented again on the controversy surrounding Eminem and him. Watch the clip here.

November 17, 2002 - Still more photos from the MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona have been posted. Included in the various shots are Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Kelis, Las Ketchup, Holly Valance Pamela Anderson, Marilyn Manson, Pink, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Eminem, Bon Jovi, Tatu, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugababes, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, the Calling, and Pink. Check out pictures from Star File, Big Pictures (page1 / page2), Rex Features, LFI, and ShockYourMind.org.

November 16, 2002 - S Club chatted with fans from The Sun's offices in London and were asked about meeting Prince William and Prince Harry. Tina says, "William did tell me that he bought the new Eminem album." Bandmate Bradley added, "They were like any normal down-to-earth young men. I was talking to them about Eminem. William said he likes that type of music, but he did put across that he likes other music too. He said: 'One would listen to it when we are driving in the car.'" Read more.

November 16, 2002 - Entertainment Weekly caught up with Nas and asked the rapper if he thought he could take Eminem in a rap battle. "I respect the guy's art, but I don't think it's wise for anybody to challenge me right now," Nas said. "There's really nobody out there that's reached where I'm at yet, and I'm only using one percent of my whole 10 percent. If it gets turned up all the way, I'm gonna lose everybody and they're going to be thinking I'm from another planet." Right before that comment, Nas had said in regards to battling other rappers, notably Jay-Z, "We should worry about getting together to fight our real enemies and not each other." Read more.

November 16, 2002 - Eminem has capped the most successful week of his career with three MTV Europe Music Awards at a ceremony in Barcelona, topping all winners at the show. He was named best male artist, beating off competition from last year's winner, Robbie Williams, plus best album and best hip-hop artist. Read more.

November 16, 2002 - During Jay-Z's chat with Carson Daly on Last Call, he was asked for his thoughts on Eminem... Jay said, "Genius."

November 16, 2002 - The New York Post spoke with Eddie 'E-Nice' Eder who runs the 'Cop Shot MC Battle' out of his record store. He credits Eminem as one of the dwindling number of rappers who has received massive commercial success but also paid his dues. "Em has been on the underground circuit," Eder said. "To real hard-core hip-hop fans, he isn't someone who came out of the blue." Michael Peterson, creator of the 'Lyricists' Lab' MC battle at Brooklyn's Cafe Iimani added, "No one in hip-hop can say that Eminem is not a great lyricist. That's why he is respected in this game. It's not about his color." Read more.

November 15, 2002 - The Europe MTV Music Awards saw a long list of celebrities in attendance in Barcelona on Thursday (November 14). Amongst those on hand were Eminem, Anastacia, Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Marilyn Manson, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Robbie Williams, Wyclef Jean, Pamela Anderson, Christina Aguilera, Holly Valance, Sugababes, Alicia Keys, Kylie Minogue, and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Check out pictures from Big Pictures, LFI, WireImage.com, Yahoo, and Getty Images.

November 15, 2002 - After seeing the movie '8 Mile,' audiences may have one question on their minds: Did that really happen? After all, there are obvious similarities between the pugnacious rapper turned actor Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Emimen, and the fictional character Jimmy Smith, a.k.a. Rabbit. Take Entertainment Weekly's quiz and find out if your instincts are right when it comes to finding what's real about Slim Shady's first big film role.

November 15, 2002 - The London Daily Star reports Eminem and Robbie Williams have struck up an unlikely friendship. They've been out together and even over to one another's houses.

November 15, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports claims J.R. Watkins, the woman who recently released a book about Eminem called 'Cleaning Out My Closet' says Eminem ended a relationship with Mariah Carey because the pop star "wanted his undivided attention." Watkins tells The National Enquirer, "He told me Mariah was too high-maintenance and jealous of the time he spent with his daughter." Carey's spokeswoman told the Daily News, "This is laughable." A friend of Carey's added, "This is a guy who has had an obsession with her for years. He had a poster of her hanging up in his room. He had pictures of her in his wallet." Read more.

November 15, 2002 - When Moby accepting his MTV Web Award at the Europe Music Awards in Barcelona on Thursday night, he addressed his fued with Eminem. "The last time I was at a VMA, An MTV award, I had a little problem with Eminem and I just wanted to say that truth be told, I wish Eminem well. I hope he goes on to have a lot of success. I hope he has a nice life and from my perspective, I have nothing but peace and respect for Eminem, so thank you."

November 15, 2002 - The Ru Report caught up with '8 Mile' star Mekhi Phifer and asked him how he ended up on the box office smash. "When I first heard about it, I wasn’t that interested," he admits. "I never heard of Eminem expressing interest in doing films. I thought maybe he was doing the movie because of his popularity and I didn’t want to be a part of that. I didn’t want to be a part of something that just because he’s a rapper and he sold X amount of millions of records that he’s doing a movie. It’s going to be his movie, he’s going to have to carry the movie so I had to be in something that’s going to be remembered and appreciated, so I wanted to make sure that was going to happen. But I went down there, met him, we read together, we talked and I just had love for him. I felt his passion." Read more.

November 14, 2002 - The Billboard album sales chart is in and shows Eminem's soundtrack for '8 Mile' has again landed atop the charts, beating out *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake who debuted at #2 with his 'Justified' solo debut. '8 Mile' sold 508,000 units, a 28% drop, but enough to told off the 439,000 units sold of 'Justified'. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter saw his 'Now or Never' solo debut drop from #17 to #63 in its second week out. Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' suffered a 49% sales hit to 168,000 units and falls two two slots to #4. Read more.

November 14, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Some of the ideas being bandied about for this year's Super Bowl include a pairing of Bob Dylan and Eminem or an all-star group of divas led by Vanity Fair music issue cover girls Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Sheryl Crow and Alicia Keys.

November 13, 2002 - elgato writes "The HitsDailyDouble final numbers are in for this week's Billboard Album Charts. The huge success of Eminem's movie '8 Mile' kept the soundtrack moving at record stores throughout the United States. According to HitsDailyDouble.com, the '8 Mile' soundtrack brought in another 505,000 albums sold. Justin Timberlake's 'Justified' managed to sell 445,000 copies. 'Justified' falls short of the number one debut and the 600,000 copies sold that industry insiders were expecting of the *NSYNC star's solo debut. U2's new greatest hits compilation takes 3rd while Christina Aguilera's critically acclaimed album 'Stripped' takes 4th, selling another 170,000 copies. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter failed to make the top 50 with 'Now or Never'. Check out the chart here."

November 13, 2002 - The New York Post reports Eminem is making women weak in the knees, as more than half the audience seeing '8 Mile' have been women. "I can't believe that I like him, but I do," admitted Victoria Balfour, a 48-year-old Manhattan writer. He has a wounded vulnerability. It makes us feel protective." Read more.

November 13, 2002 - Rapdirt.com's latest survey asking how much do you think '8 Mile' will make in its opening weekend had 20% of you say over $75 million, which led the pack. The actual figure was $54.5 million, which 13.6% had guessed the range of ($50-$75 million). For complete results, click here.

November 12, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Monday, "And Eminem's movie, '8 Mile,' number one. $54 million. The rapper's movie beat 'Santa Claus.' Knocked 'Santa Claus' right off the top spot. Yeah. In fact, today, to compete, Santa changed his name to Old Fat Bastard. Santa's going by his rap name now. Trying to compete with the Eminem thing."

November 12, 2002 - Brittany Murphy was on the Late Show with David Letterman on Friday where she admitted to having a romantic fling with Eminem off screen as well as on. She said simply in response to how it went, "Well, it went. It came and went." Read on for a transcript.

November 12, 2002 - Eminem was again on Access Hollywood on Monday, where he talked about how Proof was his ghetto pass back in his early days in Detroit, and how the scripts he scribbles on little sheets in the movie is just how he did it in reality. Read on for a transcript.

November 12, 2002 - Extra TV has a video clip on '8 Mile' after it ruled the box office over the weekend. The focus was on 8 Mile Road, the location of Slim's debut role, and where the rapper grew up. Emimem says, "Detroit is a different thing than New York and Los Angeles. It's a whole different world here." Watch the clip here.

November 12, 2002 - The New York Post reports theater owners are being driven nuts by kids trying to sneak into Eminem's R-rated film '8 Mile'. They've been waving fake IDs, trying to bribe ushers, sneaking in without tickets and begging older strangers to act as their guardians. "They try everything. The security guards really have their hands full this week," said an assistant boss at the Union Square Stadium 14. Read more.

November 12, 2002 - Eminem should be careful not to become intoxicated with the success of '8 Mile', John Shaw, president of Movieline International tells USA Today. "I don't think he has to strike while the iron's hot," Shaw says. "He's a huge star musically and proved himself on screen. He has a Marlon Brando-like rebel image. If he wants to maintain that, he should be selective about his next movie and take his time." Read more.

November 12, 2002 - Fans stormed Broadway during Eminem's MTV TRL performance that closed down Times Square and nearly caused a riot. MTV was forced to close its shades by the NYPD until some sort of order was restored in the complete clogged streets on Friday (November 8). Check out pictures from the scene at BigPictures.

November 12, 2002 - Brittany Murphy talked with MTV's Total Request Live on Monday to discuss the movie '8 Mile', working with Eminem on it, her desire to work with Dr. Dre in the future, and her admission that yes, the rumors about her and Eminem having an off-screen romance were true, but they aren't anymore. Read on for a transcript.

November 12, 2002 - According to HitsDailyDouble.com, the soundtrack to Eminem's movie '8 Mile' is ahead of Justin Timberlake's 'Justified,' though they list only 34.4% of the numbers so far. Meanwhile, 'The Eminem Show' also seems to be getting a boost by the film. Bone Thugs N Harmony dropped to #21. Nelly drops in at #22 with 'Nellyville', and LL Cool J slips to #27. Check out the chart results so far here.

November 12, 2002 - Howard Stern still couldn't get over the fact that Eminem's movie '8 Mile' did so well. He said they're calling him the new Elvis. Howard said Elvis stole from the black man but Eminem is a black guy. Robin Quivers said that Eminem is almost the only white guy in the movie, but she said Eminem was actually a good actor and sounded surprised that she was saying that. She also said that Eminem's real mother must be happy because she's being played by Kim Bassinger in the movie.

November 12, 2002 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (GLAAD) has no plans to protest Eminem's new film, '8 Mile.' "His last album ['The Eminem Show'] didn’t contain homophobic lyrics the way his other one did," a GLAAD spokesman said. "We were always protesting the lyrics, not the man."

November 12, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Eminem brought daughter Hailie, who turns 7 on Christmas, to the Detroit premiere of his movie '8 Mile', but he had relatives cover her eyes during his sex scene with Brittany Murphy. Kim didn't attend the premiere, despite reports that the two are back together.

November 12, 2002 - Us Weekly quotes Eminem on the fleeting nature of fame saying, "Fans are so fickle and so quick to turn on you... Suddenly, you're not cool no more. You're like the Kris Kross jeans or something."

November 12, 2002 - Eminem's maternal grandmother Betty Kresin has completed the book 'The Ties That Bind', which talks about her own upbrining as well as Eminem's friendship with his uncle Ronnie, Kresin's sone from a later marriage who died in an apparent suicide in 1991 - an event that has played a major role in Eminem's lyrics. Kresin's agent Barbara J. Zitwer commented, "She has a story to tell on her own, but she also happens to be Eminem's grandmother, so it sheds incredible light on his music. It's like 'Angela's Ashes', the lives these people led."

November 11, 2002 - Soul Train chatted with Angie Martinez who revealed she would like to work with Eminem musically. "As far as other collaborations... Man, I don't know, I've been lucky," Martinez said. "I've worked with everybody from Jay-Z to Missy to Mary J. Blige, so I've been really lucky. I'm a huge Eminem fan, if that ever happened that would be incredible." Read a transcript and/or watch the interview here.

November 11, 2002 - Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald reviewed Eminem's debut film '8 Mile' giving it 3 out of 4 stars. Rodriguez said, "'8 Mile' doesn't prove that Eminem is a good actor, but it does show that he has a rare kind of charisma that manages to be sullen and puppy-dog vulnerable at the same time. If the singer acquits himself better than most other contemporary pop stars who have taken a stab at movies, it's because all that the character of Rabbit requires him to do is reprise the same persona that he's already had plenty of practice perfecting: the glowering, misunderstood street poet." Read more.

November 11, 2002 - Eminem ruled the box office as expected this weekend as '8 Mile' pulled in $54.5 million in it's opening. The haul makes Mile one of the top R-rated debuts (between Hannibal's $58 million and American Pie 2's $45.1 million) and shatters the record for a film debut by a music star (Aaliyah in Romeo Must Die; $18 million). "The big question was whether anyone other than hip-hop fans would see this movie," says Gitesh Pandya, president of boxofficeguru.com. "The answer surprised us all." Read more.

November 11, 2002 - John Anderson of Newsday gave a positive review of '8 Mile', giving it 3 1/2 stars. Anderson writes, "We do know, almost begrudgingly given the content of Eminem's oeuvre, that '8 Mile' is among the best studio films of the year 2002 and, thanks to its racial content, should serve to maintain the media fire under the ultimately toothless Eminem." Read more.

November 11, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times spoke with several moviegoers who watched Eminem's '8 Mile', which raked in $54.5 million over the weekend. They also spoke with TRL host Carson Daly, who commented, "His audience is expanding. For people who don't know him, people who say, 'What is this Eminem guy all about?,' they'll go see this movie, and answering that question is what this movie does best." Read more.

November 11, 2002 - The Orlando Sentinel has a video review of Eminem's new movie '8 Mile', which Jay Boyar gave 3 out of 5 stars. Check out the review, which includes clips of the film, here.

November 11, 2002 - The Detroit Free Press has a guide to several of the landmarks that are featured in the Eminem film '8 Mile', including the stamping plant at 950 E. Milwaukee in Detroit, the trailer park at 20785 Schultes in Warren, Intermezzo at 1435 Randolph in Detroit, and more. Read more.

November 11, 2002 - The Detroit Free Press reports one of the Detroit-area homes that Eminem lived in was sold Thursday and likely will turn up on eBay. "This is a very emotional thing for me, because this house has been in our family for 50 years," said Todd Nelson, whose sister, Debbie Nelson, is Eminem's mother. "I didn't want to sell it, but I had to because my finances won't allow me to live here any more." Read more.

November 11, 2002 - With the success of Eminem, labels are desperately trying to re-create the success a white rapper brings to the table, but have failed with names such as Tow Down, Genovese and Hot Karl. The Los Angeles Times spoke with the rappers and their respective current/former labels as to what went wrong -- or why they didn't get much, if any, chance to succeed. "It seems like white rappers have to do it off the first single," Hot Karl said. "The bar is so high, and if you don't come up to the bar, you don't have a career.... I wasn't really given the chance." Read more.

November 10, 2002 - Get Real Detroit spoke with '8 Mile' director Curtis Hanson and asked him when the film became a Detroit movie. "The first script said Detroit, but it could have been anywhere," Hanson said. "And the assumption was that it might be anywhere, and when I came here to get to know Marshall, I got to know the city better. I knew it a little bit already, but I spent time really getting to know it and getting to know the truth of where he came from. What I concluded was that the story had to take place in the past. Originally it was in the present, but the truth of this story really was in the past. It’s not many years in the past, but in terms of pop culture and hip-hop, six years is a long time." Read the rest of the interview here.

November 10, 2002 - James Hill of BET.com reviewed Eminem's new film '8 Mile' giving the Eminem starring movie generally positive reviews. Hill said, "Ironically, this slowly building film is built around the fact that when it comes to rap, race matters. Rap is not simply a matter of talent. If so, Talib Kweli would be all over the radio, not Ja Rule. Image is 50% of the game. Em's image, like Rabbit's, is validated due to his Black posse and blue-collar beginnings. Like Arthur Ashe or Jackie Robinson, Em's acceptance is an exception to the rule. He succeeds despite being White, not because no one notices it." Read more.

November 10, 2002 - Eminem's new film '8 Mile' grossed $20.9 million on Friday as it opens strong for the weekend box office, well ahead of 'Santa Claus 2' at $6.1 million in the #2 spot, despite being shown at nearly 1,000 fewer theaters than the Tim Allen Christmas film. Read more.

November 10, 2002 - Carol Costello of CNN Saturday Morning News spoke with the network's film correspondent Paul Clinton earlier today to talk about Eminem's new movie '8 Mile'. Clinton saw the film and said, "It's pretty good. I mean I am not a rap fan, by any stretch of the imagination. But Eminem is quite good. He really has -- whatever it is, he's got it. He gets on there, he grabs the screen." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Reuters has a clip of Eminem at the premiere of his new movie '8 Mile' in Westwood, California the other night. Christina Aguilera compliments Em along with co-star Brittany Murphy. Queen Latifah talked with them as well as co-star Mekhi Phifer. They also showed several clips of the film and talked about it. Watch the 2 1/2 minute clip here.

November 9, 2002 - The Detroit News caught up with Detroit rapper Obie Trice at the Detroit premiere of Eminem's new film, who appears briefly in the film '8 Mile', and was also at the premiere premiere in Los Angeles. "It's good to be home," he said. "I was in L.A., and that was nice, but now I'm at home and it's my man Eminem's movie. He worked hard and now he can reap the rewards." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - The Detroit News caught up with Lisa Lisa, a disc jockey for WDRQ-FM, who is credited with providing Eminem his first break. "He was probably one of my top five rappers," Lisa Lisa recalled. "But his style was nothing like it is now. He was kind of comical. He would always have a lyric or two that would make all of us bust out laughing." She added, "He was like a perfectionist. He would work with the producer mixing the track right up to the last minute before he would have to go on." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - The Detroit News spoke with J.R. "Jen" Watkins, who says Eminem and Kim don't live together now but are back together as a couple, leading Eminem to cut ties with her. Eminem's publicists won't say whether Kim and Eminem are considering remarriage and he won't talk about it other than to say: "Kim is back in my life." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Extra TV was on hand at the premiere of '8 Mile' in Los Angeles where Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson revealed they won't be getting married this weekend. Check out the video clip featuring the pair here.

November 9, 2002 - Pat O'Brien of Access Hollywood continued his week long interview with Eminem about his new film '8 Mile' on Friday. Pat asked Slim if he ever wanted to do a movie as part of a scheme, getting together with screenwriter Scott Silver to come up with the material, the long days on the set, where he'd get up at 4 AM, being physically constrained by the camera lens, and more. Read on for a transcript.

November 9, 2002 - CNN Live at Daybreak had a short feature on Eminem with his new movie '8 Mile' out today. The transcript includes comments from Eminem, Busta Rhymes, '8 Mile' director Curtis Hanson, CNN correspondent Jason Carroll, and Spin magazine's Alan Light. For a transcript, click here.

November 9, 2002 - CNN Talkback Live had a short segment on Eminem and his new film '8 Mile' which opened today. Host Arthel Neville talked with ABC Radio's Scott West and Martha Zoller of WDUN. Read on for a transcript.

November 9, 2002 - Eminem spent most of the hour on MTV's Total Request Live on Friday talking with host Carson Daly about his new film '8 Mile', how he's dealing with being the biggest act in music right now, going through the show's 'Wringer', and telling fans why they should see '8 Mile'. The crowd was one of the biggest ever, forcing them to close the shades on the fans outside. For a transcript to the chat, read here.

November 9, 2002 - Ed Gonzalez of slant magazine reviewed the new Eminem film '8 Mile' giving it only 2 out of 4 stars. Gonzalez said, "Remarkably, if not entirely accidental, Silver challenges the ownership of rap. Rabbit's (read: Eminem's) success suggests that while rap has its origins in black history, it's okay for a white man to rhyme if he's lived below the poverty line alongside the black man. [Screenwriter Scott] Silver, though, dubiously undermines the importance of race in Rabbit's struggle for acceptance." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Joel Siegel of ABCNews.com reviewed Eminem's new movie '8 Mile' and admitted, "I was not expecting a film this fine." Siegel added, "It's impossible to tell whether Eminem can be a great actor. Two reasons: The part he plays is too close to his real life. And all the performances are terrific, including Brittany Murphy as his girlfriend and Kim Basinger, as his trailer-trash mom." Siegel gave the film an A-. Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Brandy Parrish of CountingDown.com reviewed '8 Mile' giving the Eminem starring film a B+. Parrish said, "It's not that '8 Mile' plays to the lowest common denominator, but there aren't any surprises here either. There are moments where I was looking for something more than what's happening on the surface, the subtleties that I've become used to in Hanson movies aren't a priority, but maybe it requires a second viewing. Is this movie as tough and raw as you might expect, not really, but if it were it would not offer anything to a broad audience and this movie does." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - USA Today reports it will take more than familiar backdrops and faces to impress the residents of 8 Mile, who disagree on both the merits of the film and its star Eminem, even though no one has seen the movie yet. "I'm going to see ('8 Mile') the first day it comes out," says Lamar Swanson, 44, who has lived in Detroit since 1968, when the riots set the city afire. "But not because of that silly white guy; I don't even like that music. I just want to see if someone can make a movie about how life here really is. It hasn't happened yet." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - While everybody expects '8 Mile' to open on top at the box office this weekend, Brad Peppard, president of Los Angeles-based CinemaScore which produces research measuring potential audience size for Hollywood's studios, said his company had looked at '8 Mile,' but the lack of a good comparison for a hip hop artist of Eminem's current stature crossing over into movies made predicting the box office next to impossible. "We just couldn't find any data we thought was reliable," he told Reuters. Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Associated Press reports Eminem's new film '8 Mile' had its Detroit premiere Thursday night (November 7) at the Phoenix Theatres on, appropriately, 8 Mile Road. It opened nationwide today. "I'm happy to see Eminem doing his thing on the big screen," said Obie Trice. "Motown is finally coming back. It's not an R&B thing but a hip-hop thing." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Bill Higgins of Variety gave Eminem a tough time for all the security he brought along at the premiere of '8 Mile' earlier this week. Higgins said, "The rapper made his way down the press line with a speed that gave new meaning to his film character's nickname: 'Rabbit.' To watch the trenchcoat-wearing, NFL linemen-size bodyguards waddling after him was visual comedy at its best." Read more.

November 9, 2002 - Eva Simpson of The Sun reviewed Eminem's new film '8 Mile' and told readers, "You don’t have to be a rap fan to enjoy this movie, it stands on its own. If only all pop star’s films could be this good." Read more, including news on how Obie Trice pays tribute to bumbling telly chef Ainsley Harriott on the '8 Mile' sountrack cut 'Adrenaline Rush', here.

November 9, 2002 - Chris Ayres of the Times of London reports that Eminem is being hailed as the next Elvis Presley thanks to his role in the film '8 Mile'. He cites the universal praise of the new film, how his fan base has stretched to those in their 50s, and like The King, Eminem is "a white man who took a black cultural product, in this case hip-hop, and sold it to a white audience, making hundreds of millions of dollars in the process." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Last night's premiere of '8 Mile' at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California had a huge list of celebs in attendance. Amongst them were Eminem, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson, Macy Gray, Avril Lavigne, Obie Trice, Queen Latifah, Mya, and many more. Check out pictures from Star File, Big Pictures, Globe Photos, Rex Features, LFI, Yahoo, and WireImage.com.

November 8, 2002 - KTLA was on hand as the stars were out in full force Wednesday night, for the premiere of the highly anticipated movie '8 Mile' starring Eminem. Kid Rock was looking forward to seeing it and that it sounded like his own early days. Christina Aguilera hears it's a great movie and she says she needs to hire his promotional staff for sure. Watch the clip here.

November 8, 2002 - Christina Aguilera was on Access Hollywood on Thursday from the red carpet of last night's '8 Mile' premiere. Aguilera said that Eminem's people had been calling her all day asking her to appear, and she decided to go because she heard the movie was so good and Eminem did well in it. She even sounded open to dating Em when Pat O'Brien asked said, "Next we'll hear you two are dating," responding something to the effect of "That would be interesting."

November 8, 2002 - Extra TV was on hand at the premiere of '8 Mile' in Los Angeles where star Eminem was a man of few words, but they were able to speak with Christina Aguilera, who ended her famous beef with the rapper and explained how. "We just went back and forth talking about it and it ended in a hug," she revealed. Check out the video clip here.

November 8, 2002 - Ted Casablanca of E! Online reports Christina Aguilera was spotted at Virgin Megastore in New York's Union Square with her arms crossed, huffing and puffing after a pair of guys checking out new releases noticed Eminem's 8 Mile offering stuck behind a disc by some obscure Swedish band, which they subsequently re-arranged. Ted said, "Surely she wasn't the CD-change-a-roo culprit? As Christina-love's own 'Dirrty' is quite kick-ass-crack enough, I'm positive she wouldn't bother with such nonsense."

November 8, 2002 - Christina Aguilera made a surprise appearance at the '8 Mile' premiere in Los Angeles. "I hear great things [about Eminem's acting ability], I really do," Aguilera insisted on her way up the red carpet. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't. I heard that the movie's great. I heard it's directed wonderfully. I heard that he's great in it, so I'm really excited." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Brittany Murphy gave kind remarks for her '8 Mile' co-star Eminem to Entertainment Tonight. "The first time I met Marshall, he immediately made me feel comfortable with myself," Brittany remarked. "He's an extraordinary actor. He's very honest and straightforward." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Owen Gleiberman gave a glowing review of Eminem's new film '8 Mile', giving the flick an A-. "By the end of '8 Mile,' our desire to see Rabbit let out his rage is palpable, and the big rap contest is one of the most purely exciting scenes the movies have given us in years," Gleiberman raved. "All of the performers are terrific, but the triumph of Rabbit's rap lies in how far he'll go -- to dis somebody, to dis himself, to twist and syncopate and loop-the-loop his rhymes into an unholy ricochet of iambic fury. More than just a rap, he's laying down a Song of Himself. It's the sound of a life of fear and fever that has suddenly found its voice." Read more.

November 8, 2002 - Pat O'Brien was on hand at the premiere of '8 Mile' in Los Angeles on Wednesday and spoke with Eminem's co-stars Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, and Kim Basinger on the red carpet. All of them had great things to say about Marshall, including Murphy who gushed of their sex scenes, "He was the most respectful professional that I have ever done a scene with regarding that area." Check out a transcript here.

November 8, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem was surrounded by an several bodyguards at the premiere of his film '8 Mile' in the wake of the murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay. "Eminem’s people were really worried about his safety," a source revealed. "They were concerned something might happen as he walked up the carpet." Slim arrived looking glum and did not stop to chat to fans, instead was whisked straight into the auditorium. Read more.

November 7, 2002 - elgato writes "The Canadian album charts aren't that much different from the U.S. charts this week. John Williams of Jam! Showbiz reports that Eminem ruled Canada's album chart last week, selling 44,500 copies of the '8 Mile' soundtrack. Nirvana's greatest hits album landed at #2. Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' took #3. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter's 'Now or Never' debuted at #11."

November 7, 2002 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports one of the songs on Madonna’s upcoming album was inspired by Eminem, whose music she says she admires.

November 7, 2002 - Eminem talked with Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien about the scene in his new film '8 Mile' which his rapper character Rabbit defends a gay co-worker in a free-style rap. "I think they were trying to give me a chance to prove that, again, symbolically, I wasn't homophobic," he said. Watch a video clip and more on Slim's interview here.

November 7, 2002 - Reuters reports that not only is Eminem topping the charts this week with his '8 Mile' soundtrack, but he looks poised to have a big week in movie theaters as the '8 Mile' film opens Friday. "It's going to be a big week for Eminem. The movie opens Friday and it's already gotten great reviews," said Dennis Dennehy, a spokesman for Eminem's label Interscope, a unit of Vivendi Universal. Slim topped Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' in the charts, selling 702,000 units with Aguilera clearing about 330,000. Read more.

November 7, 2002 - Louis B Hobson of the Calgary Sun profiled Eminem's new film '8 Mile', which the rapper is refusing to make the interview junkets as is typical for new movies. The film's producer Brian Grazier is talking though, where he talked about meeting Slim for the first time. "He wasn't a star at that time, but I felt he had enormous charisma and that he could be explosive as a film star. I didn't care that he'd never acted. His music videos spoke for themselves," says Grazer. "I got him in my office and he just wouldn't talk. He wouldn't even look at me for about 15 minutes. When he finally started talking, he was fantastically articulate and eloquent." Read more.

November 6, 2002 - Access Hollywood chatted with Eminem about romance rumors where the rapper confirmed he had a relationship with Mariah Carey, but declined to go into detail. "The Mariah thing -- yeah, that's true. Those rumors are true," Slim said. "I'm not going to deny them. You know, we had somewhat of a relationship. I'm not going to get into all the details of it or whatever, but the Kim Basinger thing never happened." Read more.

November 5, 2002 - Elisa Gardner of USA Today was on the O'Reilly Factor on Monday night to debate with Bill whether Eminem deserved the favorable piece in the New York Times over the weekend. Elisa held up pretty well against O'Reilly and suggested it is parents and teachers who should be emphasizing the fiction that is part of Eminem's lyrics, just like in violent films. Read on for a rough transcript.

November 5, 2002 - WB11 previewed Eminem's new movie '8 Mile' and talked with his co-star Mekhi Phifer who says Slim gets a bad rap in the media. Watch the clip here.

November 5, 2002 - Over half the sales numbers are in for this weeks album charts at HitsDailyDouble.com, and as expected, Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack leads the pack on pace to sell well over 700,000 units. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera comes in the #2 spot where she may be able to clear around 350,000 copies. Meanwhile, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony looks to debut at #7, and Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz likely will debut at #14. Read more.

November 5, 2002 - While David Gray beat out Pop Idol Gareth Gates atop the UK album charts, further down the list sees Christina Aguilera at #19 with 'Stripped' and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter at #91 with 'Now or Never'. Check out more of the UK charts here.

November 5, 2002 - Globe magazine reports 8 Mile Road area residents are troubled to see their bloodstained boulevard being glorified around the world in Eminem's new movie '8 Mile'. "There are good people here with good hearts," said Angie Jones. "But it hurts to see their problems being used to make megabucks for Eminem and his Hollywood moguls. The movie will only exploit their problems for worldwide profits." Local journalist Jennifer Brooks said, "There are hookers trotting up and down 8 Mile Road all hours of the day and night. Drug dealers sell crack to young kids in the playgrounds. Prostitutes have sex with clients outside churches and in front of kids at schools. It's disgusting."

November 5, 2002 - The Eminem article in the New York Times that Bill O'Reilly was complaining about on his Monday show is online. In the piece, Slim expands further on his brush with the law and his drug use when he first exploded onto the scene. ''Fame hit me like a [expletive] ton of bricks,'' he said. ''I was just being pulled in every direction, doing everything under the sun, two shows a day, touring constantly, nonstop radio interviews, and I just got caught up in the drinking and the drugs and fighting and just wilding out and doing dumb things I shouldn't have been doing. But I came out of them and I conquered it. Something really bad could have happened to me. I could be in jail. I could have been shot. I could have been killed. And I'm proud of myself now for not only my accomplishments but for pulling through all that -- my criminal cases, my divorce. If I was still on drugs and still living the life that I lived three years ago, I would be a [expletive] failure.'' Read more.

November 5, 2002 - In a recent interview with Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien, Eminem opened up about what turned him around. "The first two years of fame is what scared me the most," Eminem said. "My life was out of control. I’m definitely a lot more in control of my life than I have ever been." You can watch a video clip that was on the Today Show on Monday morning here.

November 4, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem has spent $280,000 on a white Bentley for Dr. Dre. Slim picked up the ride in Beverly Hills as a Christmas gift for his producer. Eminem commented, "He knows I’d be nothing without him." Eminem is driving the car until it's time to present towards the holiday.

November 4, 2002 - News of the World reports Robbie Williams is plotting a duet with Eminem in a bid to crack the American music market. "It will be the perfect partnership. They have mutual respect for each other," An executive on Robbie's US label revealed. "Eminem is the world's biggest artist at the moment and a duet will catapult Robbie to the final level–making it in the US. They're both talented artists and it will be a very exciting project."

November 3, 2002 - Mary Huhn of the New York Post profiled the new book 'Cleaning Out My Closet' by Michigan secretary J.R. Watkins, a former female friend who claims to be Eminem's closest confidante. The book goes on sale Tuesday just before Slim's movie '8 Mile' hits theaters. Watkins denies any romantic interest in Eminem. "He was always involved, and I was married," she says. Read more.

November 3, 2002 - Eminem tells Launch.com that he was picky when decided which role to play for his first stab at acting in '8 Mile'. "When I first started doing videos and this and that, people were coming at me with, like, different little movie offers and stuff, and like, seeing if maybe I could act a little bit or something," Slim said. "And basically, we wanted to do a movie. Like, I always felt like if I was going to do a movie, then I wanted it to be first of all authentic, and have a reason to do it--not just, you know, bank off of my success or anything like that." Read more.

November 2, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Wherehouse Music's one-day sales suggest Eminem's '8 Mile' soundtrack is set to top the charts next week, beating out Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' and Nirvana's greatest hits album. Others in the top 10 are Bone Thugs 'N Harmony at #4, Santana at #5, Tori Amos at #6, The Eminem Show at #7, Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boy at #8, Too Short at #9, and the Foo Fighters at #10. Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter doesn't appear in the top 10.

November 2, 2002 - Newsweek profiled Eminem's '8 Mile' co-star Brittany Murphy who was mum on whether the two enjoyed any off-screen romance. The actress kept inquisitors at bay by dropping an Eminem lyric: "I am whatever you say I am." She still demurs. "I want to respect the one ounce of privacy he has left and the one ounce that I’m losing," she says. "I’m just grateful to have had him, in any way, shape or form, in my life." Read more, including an audio clip of Brittany on when she first met Eminem here.

November 2, 2002 - Ahead of the release of his debut film '8 Mile', Eminem is the cover story on this week's Entertainment Weekly. Asked whether he was worried about acting, Slim admits, "At first I thought it was going to be easy. I actually said that! [Curtis and I] had a conversation in my driveway and I said, 0'I don't think there's anything to this acting thing. Once I can focus on something and just give it 100 percent, I won't let you down.' And he laughed and was like, 'Marshall, I'm gonna tell you like this, it's not as easy as it looks.' When I started going through rehearsals I started realizing, fu**!" Check out the entire feature here.

November 2, 2002 - Radio 1 is looking for the UK’s biggest Eminem fan. If you think you’re the number 1 Eminem Show-Off we could be sending you and a friend to the Celebrity Premier of his debut movie '8 Mile' in Los Angeles. If you're in the UK and want to go, take the quiz here. If you're not, you can take it for fun.

November 1, 2002 - Access Hollywood landed the interview with Eminem, the only television interview he did for '8 Mile'. Asked how close the movie was to his real life, Em said, "It's symbolic. It's just symbolic. I mean, basically, you know, like obviously everything that happened in the movie didn't happen in my real life. I've lived in trailers, but I didn't grow up in a trailer. So, there's different things, but the basis of it is the same idea -- a lower-class, poor kid coming up wanting to do music, getting tugged every different which way by his friends and not knowing which way to go." Watch a video clip and read a transcript here.

November 1, 2002 - Andrew Johnston of the New York Post gave his thoughts on Eminem's debut acting role in '8 Mile'. Johnston said, "Any talk of Oscar buzz may be premature. Even though Eminem has displayed a fondness for role-playing in his provocative albums and videos, the film doesn't demand much of a stretch." He added, "The real question isn't whether Eminem can make it in the movies, but whether his die-hard fans will brand him a sellout for starring in a film that makes him look like a nice guy." Read more.

November 1, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem was a demanding diva on the set of his debut film '8 Mile'. "He would say 'Fu** this, I'm outta here' every day and threaten to walk off," blabbed an insider. "He insisted on having three personal trailers and never showed up on time. He was always smoking pot. Curtis Hanson, the film's director, finally laid down the law. He told Eminem: ‘You get yourself together or I'm walking.' It was fine after that."

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