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November 29, 2004 - Eminem's fourth album 'Encore' sold more than 870,000 copies during its second week in stores, making for a 10-day total of 1.5 million copies, according to SoundScan. The second week total was enough to easily beat out Destiny Child's fourth album 'Destiny Fulfilled', which moved over 496,000 copies to take the #2 spot, and Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, who sold 363,000 copies of 'Crunk Juice'. Read more.

November 29, 2004 - Despite his death in 1996, Tupac Shakur's songs just keep on coming. Check out his latest single 'Thugs Get Lonely Too', featuring Nate Dogg and produced by Eminem, from Real.com.

November 29, 2004 - Eminem performed in front of London's Tower Bridge for a live broadcast of the BBC's 'Top Of The Pops' on November 19th. Check out pictures from Abaca, GlobePhotos, and BBC.co.uk.

November 29, 2004 - Us Weekly reports that Eminem has managed to halt the release of an unauthorized DVD called 'Eminem AKA', which was scheduled out on December 7th. Marshall Mathers demanded that Universal Records help pull the documentary, which featured several of his realtives and included old family photos and pictures drawn by Marshall when he was a kid.

November 29, 2004 - Eminem was on German show 'Total TV' promoting his latest album 'Encore' when he decided to moon the millions watching for a second time this year. Check out pictures from TheSun.

November 22, 2004 - Curvy Eminem fan Kimberly Lee spoke with News of the World about her bedroom romp with the rapper after meeting him at a Hollywood bash thrown by his friend Kid Rock. "Eminem had a huge suite and we started kissing on the white sofa in the living room," Lee revealed. "He soon started touching me and he gently peeled off my black halter-neck top leaving me in only a short black skirt. As I sat there topless, he began to kiss and caress my boobs. Then I took down his baggy jeans and showed him the time of his life. That's when he started doing his little sex commentaries—as though they were rap songs. Then after 20 minutes or so, Eminem turned his full attention on me...and I'm telling you now, he knew exactly what he was doing. There is nothing you can teach Eminem on how to satisfy a woman." Read more.

November 22, 2004 - The Glasgow Daily Record reports Eminem was shocked while on the pot backstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome after his burly bodyguard squeezed into the stall next to him and knocked the partition wall over, collapsing it onto Slim Shady. "One of Em's minders went into the artists' toilets and was so big that he accidentally pushed a partition wall down, which fell on to Eminem when he was on the toilet," a source revealed.

November 22, 2004 - Eminem performed his new single 'Just Lose It' on BBC's 'Top Of The Pops' show on Friday (November 19). Watch a brief clip from his performance here.

November 22, 2004 - Eminem appeared on MTV's 'Total Request Live' on Tuesday (November 16) at MTV Studios, Times Square in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

November 22, 2004 - In addition to giving back to Detroit charities, The New York Post reports Eminem just gave $50,000 to the Fresh Start program on Rikers Island that provides prisoners with vocational training and job placement services that allow them to attain and maintain economic self-sufficiency upon their release.

November 22, 2004 - On Tuesday's 'Total Request Live', Eminem blasted the violence that occured the previous night at the Vibe Awards in Santa Monica, California. "The whole concept behind 'Toy Soldiers' was to put an end to basically what we saw last night, which disgusted me," he said, referring to a track on his just released 'Encore' album. "It's like when LL (Cool J) and Kool Moe Dee were feuding, it didn't have to come to this. This was stupid. Before it comes to this, let's stop it right now in hip-hop." Read more.

November 22, 2004 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com is turning his nose up on news that Eminem's latest album 'Encore' sold "only" around 737,000 copies in its first few days of release. Friedman suggested that many of Slim's fans were "turned off" by his anti-Bush rhetoric, the parody of Michael Jackson, and lip-synching 'Mosh' on 'Saturday Night Live'. Read more.

November 15, 2004 - Rolling Stone caught up with Jadakiss for an interview where he talked about hooking up with Mariah Carey ('U Make Me Wanna'), Kanye West ('Gettin' It In'), and Eminem ('Welcome to D-Block') on his latest album 'Kiss of Death'. Watch the interview here.

November 15, 2004 - Eminem visits MTV's 'Total Request Live' on Tuesday.

November 15, 2004 - The Sun reports Radio 1's DJ Tim Westwood believes Eminem has more influence than any politician after his new album 'Encore' topped the UK charts after only two days of sales, which set a record. "Eminem is as important and influential as any politician — maybe more so because he has the ear of the hip-hop generation," he said. "If you want to access today’s youth it's through hip-hop. The people he is speaking to are the youth who wouldn't normally vote. If he ever went into politics he would be excellent."

November 15, 2004 - Rolling Stone caught up with Eminem for a Q&A and asked him about Paris Hilton appearing in his 'Just Lose It' video, who many think would be someone he'd be dissing instead. Em explained, "Well, when I was on MTV with La La it kinda slipped out. La La said, 'How did you manage to get Paris?' I said: 'Well, I love Paris. I love her almost as much as she loves herself.' Then I was like, 'Damn, that was fu**ed up.' I try not to attack people who haven't attacked me first. As far as the image she portrays right now, as far as the way my girls look at her, do I want them to grow up to be like that? No. But for a video, for entertainment, that's a different thing. The song is about goin' to the club and losin' it, and you get so drunk you say the wrong thing. And we needed somebody to punch me, slap me and pull my hair. Our first candidate was Jessica Alba. We couldn't get Jessica, and Paris happened to be in town." Read more.

November 15, 2004 - Dan Aquilante of the New York Post reviewed Eminem's new album 'Encore', claiming the latest CD from the world's top selling rapper "doesn't disappoint." Aquilante writes, "This disc is a clear continuation of his Grammy-grabbing 'The Eminem Show'; that's why it's called 'Encore.' Vented rage, violence as the solution and broken-home whines and poses are the heart and soul of this record... His raps are guilty pleasures. He's ironic, witty and a prankster at heart. Humor boils under his deadpan gangsta smirk and hard words." Read more.

November 15, 2004 - Anonymous writes "As late as August, Game thought he had it — Dr. Dre's last-ever recorded rap verse. While working on Game's debut LP, Dr. Dre got in the booth and rapped on a track; shortly afterward, he told the young artist, "That's it." No more Dre raps. Earlier this year, Dre announced he had given up on his long-awaited 'Detox' album to focus on producing the wealth of talent signed to his Aftermath imprint, which includes 50 Cent, Game, Busta Rhymes, Eminem and Eve. Now Dre's plans have apparently been revamped, which is hinted at on Eminem's 'Encore'. Read more."

November 15, 2004 - In a rare television interview on 'Your World', Michael Jackson explained to Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera why he's angry at Eminem for his 'Just Lose It' video, which he calls "demeaning and disrespectful". Jackson also talked about his new projects. Watch the segment at FoxNews.com.

November 15, 2004 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News reviewed Eminem's new album 'Encore', claiming the album shows the rapper "often acts levelheaded, analytical, even contrite. At least by his standards." Farber added, "On 'Encore,' he can be maddening, self-involved, repetitive and still prone to blaming others. But in his most inspired moments, Eminem focuses his frustration, not just on the usual critics and celebrities but, at last, on himself." Read more.

November 15, 2004 - Elton John was Chris Moyles' very special guest on Monday morning on his Radio 1 program. As well as giving a preview of an Eminem-produced Tupac Shakur track featuring Elton John, he talked about the truth about those engagement rumours to boyfriend David Furnish, his new album 'Peachtree Road', and threw in a few explitives much to Moyles' discomfort. Listen to the interview and the Tupac clip 'Ghetto Gospel' at BBC.co.uk.

November 8, 2004 - Damon Hodge of Las Vegas Weekly weighed in on Eminem's controversial new single 'Mosh', claiming its video "nearly out-Fahrenheits 'Fahrenheit 9/11'." He writes, "'Mosh' keeps the spirit of rap activism, Eminem's global popularity allowing him to reach more people than Chuck D ever could, and his don't-give-a-f--k attitude lets him push the envelope further than Chuck ever did with all his Black Panther-tinged elocution." Read more.

November 8, 2004 - Eminem, B Real of Cypress Hill, U2 singer Bono, 50 Cent, and Dr. Dre were on hand for the launch of Shade 45, a new satellite radio station, at the Roseland Ballroom on October 28th in New York City. Check out pictures here.

November 8, 2004 - The Sun reports that Eminem revealed he never misses his daughter Hailie's school plays and has even read storybooks to her class. "In school, when they have plays and field trips, I don't miss them, even if I've got to deal with the craziness," he revealed. "Last year I went and read to the class. Two books. It was reading month or something."

November 8, 2004 - Interscope execs were in full panic mode after Eminem's upcoming album 'Encore' was leaked to the internet ahead of its scheduled November 16th release date. "This is catastrophic news," a label insider explained. "Security has been so tight on this album nobody can figure out how the album has got out there. We now think thousands of people around the world are downloading it. This is a very, very serious issue for us." Read more.

November 8, 2004 - The New York Daily News reports Eminem guzzled six Yoohoo sodas during his Sirius radio appearance last week. The rapper declined to diss 'Saturday Night Live' lip-syncher Ashlee Simpson because his niece and daughter are big fans of the 'Pieces Of Me' singer. Probably a good thing, because days later he apparently lip-synched 'Mosh' himself.

November 8, 2004 - The New York Post spoke with Eminem's rep after it appeared the rapper was lip-synching his anti-Bush track 'Mosh' on 'Satuday Night Live'. The rep insisted Eminem was merely trying to "duplicate the sound on his album. He had a vocal track on for double vocal effect [on the first song], to make it more powerful. Lots of hip-hop artists do that. Tupac [Shakur] did it."

November 8, 2004 - Eminem's performance of 'Mosh' on 'Saturday Night Live' appeared to be lip-synched, even thogh his second performance of 'Just Lose It' was live. The sound matched the radio friendly recorded version, there were no verbal miscues, and Em said nothing after the performance - leading many to believe his mic was off. The most apparent clue was when he lowered his mic and words were still being rapped. Watch a clip from that portion of the "performance" here.

November 1, 2004 - In an interview with Vanity Fair, Eminem talked about his difficulty finding the right woman. "If I wanted to go to a club and meet a girl, they're seeing Eminem," he said. "And the reason they're approaching me is because I'm Eminem. I will never be able to get over that insecurity... because I do have insecurities." He added, "I've dated a few famous women and gone down that route, thinking that would work, and they end up being crazier than I am."

November 1, 2004 - Eminem's performance of 'Mosh' on 'Saturday Night Live' appeared to be lip-synched, even thogh his second performance of 'Just Lose It' was live. The sound matched the radio friendly recorded version, there were no verbal miscues, and Em said nothing after the performance - leading many to believe his mic was off. The most apparent clue was when he lowered his mic and words were still being rapped. Watch a clip from that portion of the "performance" here.

November 1, 2004 - After his court scare on assault and gun possession charges, Eminem tells the December issue of Vanity Fair he was scared straight. "Nothing woke me up more than standing in front of a judge, and my life is in his hands," he said. The rapper said that because of that, he will never leave Detroit. "This is all I've ever known, all I ever want to know," Eminem explained. "I've seen the world, I've explored the world, I've traveled it, I've played in places; it's great to visit — this is where I want to live. I don't want to go to L.A. and get caught up in the party scene. All I ever wanted to do was to make enough money from music to be able to support myself and make a living, and have a future for my daughter. That was my plan from the beginning. It, getting this big — I never planned it."

November 1, 2004 - Eminem's long time nemesis Moby is happy with the rapper's latest video for 'Mosh', showing both share similar political beliefs. "You know that Eminem and I have had our differences in the past," Moby writes on his journal at Moby.com. "But this video is the best thing that I've seen all year. It's an amazing song and an even more amazing video. Please go watch."

November 1, 2004 - Sky News reports Eminem is trying to develop a movie in which he would play an international spy who can kill villains and score with beautiful women just like James Bond does in '007', but can rap too.

November 1, 2004 - Eminem has rushed out an animated video to his 'Encore' anti-Bush single 'Mosh' ahead of next Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. Watch the video online in 300k, 100k, or 56k formats.

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