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July 28, 2002 - In People En Espanol's "Best & Worst Dressed" issue, Jessica Alba made the cut as one of the best-dressed TV star.

July 25, 2002 - Ryan J. Downey of MTV News caught up with Jessica Alba who talked about her role in 'Honey'. Alba hopes the film can have the cultural impact that 'Flashdance' had in the 80's. "I was just like, 'You know what? There is no "Flashdance" right now,' " she recalled. "You can say 'Save the Last Dance' was something similar to that, but it really wasn't. ... And you don't have ethnic girls that are the stars of a lot of movies right now. I had Janet Jackson and I had Paula Abdul — they were my icons when I was a kid." Read more.

July 24, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Jessica Alba at the 'Austin Powers In Goldmember' premiere in Universal City, California on Monday at Universal Amphitheatre.

June 4, 2002 - Jessica Alba is in final negotiations to star in the lead role in new movie Honey, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She will play a sexy, tough inner-city woman who finds success as a video choreographer.

May 17, 2002 - Fox has dropped the Jessica Alba starring Dark Angel - so she and her fiance are out of work.

May 11, 2002 - US Weekly quotes Jessica Alba responding to the best advice mother has given to her ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday: "Speak your mind. That's a good one. Unfortunately, I speak my mind a little too often."

May 7, 2002 - Extra TV had a brief clip on Dark Angel before last Friday's season finale. Jessica Alba said of the show's director James Cameron, "I love Jim. I totally understand him." Watch the clip here.

May 3, 2002 - Marisa Guthrie of the Boston Herald spoke to James Cameron ahead of tonight's season finale of 'Dark Angel', and perhaps the finale for the show. The story at bostonherald.com has since been removed.

May 3, 2002 - David Bianculli of the New York Daily News reviewed the final episode of this season's Dark Angel saying, "Whether it's enough to win "Dark Angel" a reprieve and a third season, only the ratings can tell. If Friday's episode is the show's last, though, at least it went out trying."

May 2, 2002 - Eleanor Black of the New Zealand Herald chatted on the phone with Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly who were unhappy to field questions on their impending marriage. They also didn't have much to say about if the show has a future beyond this season. The story at nzherald.co.nz has since been removed.

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