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February 23, 2004 - Ratethemusic.com reports Jessica Alba is warning all men they need to clean their hands thoroughly if they ever hope to land a date with her. "I don't like filthy hands," she explained. "That's been my pet peeve since I was a little kid."

February 1, 2004 - Jessica Alba was in the studio with Q102's Chio In The Morning in Philadelphia to talk about 'Honey' and getting 'Punk'd'. q102philly.com has since removed the pictures and audio.

January 22, 2004 - Globe magazine reports Jessica Alba has explained when she appeared on several episodes of '90210' at the age of 16, she was treated like anything but a star. "Aaron Spelling made me sign this contract that we weren't allowed to look at any of the actors, refer to them by their characters' names or their names," she said. "So I was like, 'How am I supposed to do a scene with somebody I can't even look at?'"

January 22, 2004 - Just months after proposing to the mother of his infant daughter, model Rhea Durham, 25, it looks like actor Mark Wahlberg, 32, may not have only pulled the plug on their relationship but he also may have fallen for Honey star Jessica Alba, 22. "He's just taking a break," a friend of the actor tells Star magazine, "and exploring his feelings for Jessica."

January 7, 2004 - The New York Daily News reports Mark Wahlberg and Jessica Alba spent New Year's Eve in Miami, starting with a private dinner at the Delano Hotel, where Lenny Kravitz, Adrien Brody, Michelle Rodriguez, Jamie Foxx and Rufus Wainwright also celebrated. "Mark and Jessica came together. They were very publicly all over each other," a snickering source said.

January 4, 2004 - Right after after Mark Wahlberg broke off his engagement to fiancee Rhea Durham, the actor was spotted "getting cozy" with Jessica Alba in Miami, a spy tells The New York Daily News. The pair were having dinner on Tuesday night at the Astor Hotel with several friends, including Adrien Brody. "They were all sitting at the same table, sharing a bucket of Champagne. But Jessica was chatting up Mark. They were definitely together," said the spy. Dinner didn't seem to appease their appetite. Alba and Wahlberg later "got in a limo and left together," said the source.

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