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November 27, 2000 - Dido is interviewed in this week's Entertainment Weekly saying kind words of Eminem... "He's totally charming, and I get absolutely no misogynist vibe from him whatsoever." Eminem returns the favor saying, "She has an unbelievable voice, and her success is long overdue."

November 27, 2000 - Entertainment Weekly is imagining small sceen roles big name rappers should take, and for Eminem, they say he could mend fences with GLAAD  by coming out as the slim, shady new boyfriend of Jack on NBC's Will & Grace.

November 27, 2000 - In Spin's article on Eminem being named Artist of the Year, they quote Charles Barkley as saying, "You know it's going to hell when the best rapper is white and the best golfer is black." They feature a 5 page story on the rapper as well.

November 27, 2000 - Spin lists The Marshall Mather's LP as the #3 Album of the Year saying, "Best case: price of outlaws without a clue who's the law. Worst case: a cynic getting over with five octaves of hate speech." They list The Real Slim Shady as the #1 Single of the Year saying, "In a world without fake Slim Shadys, they would have to be invented-except that no one else can do exactly what he does. So the living doll handles the invention himself, Marshalling all his voices into an army of me me me. My name is legion. Say my name, Switch me charis, Tickle me Elmo."

November 25, 2000 - Eminem.com won the Best International Artist Web Site in the inaugural British Online Music Awards in London Thursday.

November 25, 2000 - Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga is telling Launch.com, "No, we're not looking to cut a deal. We have a pretrial coming up next week (December 8), and I told attorneys that he can plead guilty to both or either one of the charges, but that it would not change our position that some substantial jail time is appropriate."

November 23, 2000 - Eminem has been offered by prosecutors to drop one of his two charges if he pleads guilty to the other, though they're standing firm on recommending to the court that Eminem goes to jail or has a lengthy period of probation on the charge. Eminem's lawyers are studying the offer but oppose any recommendation of jail time.

November 22, 2000 - The Star reports comments regarding Eminem and Kim still living together may be part of a legal strategy for their pending divorce, according to lawyer Neil Rockind, who says "Sometimes by moving out of oa home, one spouse or the other can be voluntarily abondoning any interest or legal claim to it."

November 22, 2000 - Porn star Jenteal rated Eminem a 1 out of 10 for Metal-Sludge.com, 1 being a scrub and 10 being a hottie. 

November 22, 2000 - Eminem was named overall artist of the year, plus The Real Slim Shady won single of the year in Spin Magazine's music awards, which will be published in January's issue.

November 19, 2000 - Everlast has stabbed back at Eminem in "Whitey's Revenge" where he asks "Will the real Slim Shady please act up?" and challenges Slim to a fight. Everlast also terms Em as an "Ecstasy junkie" and of being a mainstream sellout.

November 18, 2000 - Eminem won Best Album: The Marshall Mathers LP and Best Hip-Hop Artist at the MTV Europe Awards.

November 17, 2000 - MTVasia is reporting that the D-12 tour bus was torched last Saturday in Denver, Colorado which destroyed the bus and $40,000 in equipment. The incident didn't effect D-12 on the Anger Management Tour.

November 17, 2000 - Rick Dees again reported the Eminem story that he's dating a 16 year old named Peaches. You can check out the report here, at the very end.

November 15, 2000 - Entertaindom.com reports more strange comments from Suge Knight, who says Eminem and Puffy are showing a bad example for kids saying, "They're backed by huge record companies, who say, 'That guy's gotta keep making me money. He can't do that from jail.' It's the kids who end up suffering. They do what they see on TV, get arrested and are represented by some public defender that has no chance of getting them off."

November 14, 2000 - Eminem has been nominated for Best Male Artist in the 2001 American Music Award which will be seen January 8th on ABC.

November 12, 2000 - Eminem is shown here after lifting his hockey mask in a performance at the Palace of Auburn Hills on October 29th. Eminem is touring with Limp Bizkit on the Anger Management Tour.

November 12, 2000 - The Seattle Times is previewing the Monday Anger Management Show in the Tacoma Dome. Music critic Patrick MacDonald says of Eminem, "There have been other white rappers before Eminem, most notably the Beastie Boys, but few with the gifts that he has. His raps flow with clever wordplay, he sets up little vignettes that work like short stories, and he turns all the frustrations and setbacks in his life into works of art." Check out the full story here.

November 10, 2000 - Cool ad for SlimShadyWorld.com in December's Spin, a site which promises to give $15,000 a month in prizes plus news, chat, shopping, and animated series.

November 9, 2000 - Gay Boy Rick was on the Rush & Malloy show today, where he said of Eminem, "Some of his stuff is really South Park." He thought the Scott Thompson spoof of Stan was brilliant. You can catch the whole interview Gay Boy Rick at eyada.com. His website is at f***eminem.com where he has a parody of The Real Slim Shady.

November 9, 2000 - The New York Daily News today had the much anticipated story on Eminem and Peaches (they had been on vacation the prior week). While Eminem's spokesman Dennis Dennehy, insisted that "Peaches" was just a joke hatched on Hot-97, saying "She doesn't exist." The paper did speak with Peaches on the phone, where she said "Oh, I exist," and when asked if she knew Em, she replied, "Listen to whatever his reps say." Peaches said he was still living with Kim "because of his tour. But I think the divorce is finalized." So do you believe the Peaches story? Sound off on our message boards!

November 9, 2000 - December's Spin magazine said the Redman and Eminem collaboration in Off The Wall was part of their "Matches Made In Error."

November 8, 2000 - Radio One DJ's are giving a warning each time they play Stan where they tell listeners to tune off for 5 minutes if they are offended. A spokesman told the Sun, "We want to put the song in context. It has a powerful theme and if listeners feel they might be offended they are being told to switch off for five minutes." So far, only 2 complaints have come in, one on the song, one on the warning.

November 8, 2000 - In an Abstracts.net poll asking if you think Eminem will do jail time, 30.9% said yes, while 69.1% said no, with 2364 total votes.

November 6, 2000 - According to RAV, apparently Eminem has refocused his insults at Will Smith, calling his rap "weak and poppy" and "not the real thing." Smith fired back, "If Eminem is still here in five years, then we will talk."

November 5, 2000 - Eminem's Slim Shady Show at slimshadyworld.com premieres on November 7th and will feature Leonardo DiCaprio getting beaten up by Slim. Also in the news section, a slight shot is taken at rival DMX, saying the rapper lost his "gravely voice" and quotes a friend saying "he sounded like f***in Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons."

November 5, 2000 - Eminem is featured in an autographed picture auction on ebay. The photo, item #483160776, is bid at $31 and ends November 8th.

November 5, 2000 - Dilated Peoples rapper Evidence on the Eminem-Everlast feud in this week's Entertainment weekly warns, "For Eminem's sake, I hope there's never a physical confrontation. Everlast is a big guy."

November 5, 2000 - Worldpop reports that Randy Newman is a big fan of Eminem, saying of the rapper, "Eminem is a great artist. It's unfortunate his stuff is so rough and misogynistic. But it's also funny. What he is in part is a really great  narrative comic guy. The language scares people off. They take him seriously when he's not. But some of that stuff is really funny. I hope he doesn't think he has to live the life to get respect. That would bring him down."

November 5, 2000 - We hear from the message boards that Eminem's lyric notebook has apparently been found, minus Eminem's CD player and CDs. It turned up in the airport's bathroom, at least according to a failed attempt to auction the book on ebay.

November 3, 2000 - Entertaindom.com reports that now some students at the University of Illinois are trying to get the Eminem concert their next week cancelled on grounds that his lyrics violate the university's policy against discrimination. A University spokesman admits, "We can't cancel the concert now, we're in a contract. We sold 8,000 tickets in the first two hours of them going on sale, so although some students are opposed, lots of them want to see the concert. Universities are about artistic interpretation, and we can't censor a concert. We are going to have ample security because we are expecting some small demonstrations."

November 3, 2000 - Entertainment Weekly is reporting new details on the Eminem Stan video which you can check out here.

November 3, 2000 - Vanilla Ice is warning that his forthcoming album Skabz will include a track where he puts Em on blast for stealing his blonde hair.

November 2, 2000 - Seems Eminem lost his lyrics to his upcoming D-12 album while on a Delta Airlines flight from Cincinnati to New Orleans on Friday (October 27th). A publicist reveals the notebook with the lyrics has a picture of Britney Spears on the cover and was in a shopping bag with other music accessories. If you know of the notebook's whereabouts, there's a "very generous" reward being offered, just email found@eminem.com.

November 1, 2000 - We've added a couple of Eminem cartoon avatars in our message boards, so be sure and sign up and post away, as there also is monthly prizes awarded for posters.

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