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November 22, 2003 - Variety reports Jessica Biel is on board to play the female lead in "Stealth," a big-budget action movie from director Rob Cohen. The full story at canoe.ca has since been removed.

November 13, 2003 - Jessica Biel is the latest celeb to get collagen lip overload, according to AwfulPlasticSurgery.com.

November 6, 2003 - Alyssa Milano, Anastacia, Beverly Mitchell, Danielle Fishel, Jessica Biel, and *NSYNC star Lance Bass were amongst the stars on hand for 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Halloween Party at The Mondrian Hotel on Friday (October 31) in West Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from FilmMagic.

November 4, 2003 - Us Weekly quotes Jessica Biel talking about her 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' role, "I wouldn't have done the movie if it required nudity. That's one of my big problems with horror films - I hate it when movies do that just to sell tickets, just for young boys to go, 'All right, boobs!'"

October 24, 2003 - Jessica Biel was on MTV's Total Request Live last week and answered a few questions from fans, including what kind of music she likes. Biel responded, "Okay, I like all kinds of music. Right now I am loving Bob Marley's box set 'Songs of Freedom,' and Gavin Degraw's new album.I also am in LOVE with Christina Aguilera's album 'Stripped.' She has the most amazing voice! I also love the classic artists like Steve Miller Band, Lynard Skynard, AC/DC, and Tom Petty." The actress added that she loves "50 Cent and Jurassic 5 too!"

October 22, 2003 - Jessica Biel stopped by MTV's TRL Studios to promote 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' on Friday (October 17) at MTV Studios, Times Square in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImageand GettyImages.

October 20, 2003 - Jessica Biel will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday (October 24).

October 20, 2003 - 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' debuted as the top weekend movie with $29.1 million, pushing Quentin Tarantino's bloody vengeance saga 'Kill Bill Vol. 1', into second place with $12.5 million.

October 18, 2003 - Liz Braun of the Toronto Sun reviewed Jessica Biel's new movie 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' giving it 2 out of 5 stars. The review at canoe.ca has since been removed/relocated.

October 17, 2003 - Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel were amongst those in attendance at the 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Hollywood Premiere on Wednesday (October 15) at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, DailyCeleb, CelebrityPhoto, GettyImages, and WireImage (arrivals1 / arrivals2 / afterparty).

October 17, 2003 - Jessica Biel is speaking her mind about the infamous Gear Magazine photo shoot. Biel told Teen Scene, "I want to say that because I was 17 years old, it was my first adult photo shoot. It was supposed to be sexy and fun and not at all naked." She went on to say, "It was just supposed to be underwear, but I got in a situation where I was encouraged and I was not looked after by the people I was working with."

October 17, 2003 - KTLA has a clip with Jessica Biel talking about her new film 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.

October 17, 2003 - MTV News chatted with Jessica Biel talking about her new film 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. She says, "It definitely stands on its own — very different from the original. It's modernized, it's stylized, it's unique, it's like a ... I kind of look at it as a psychological, emotional thriller. It's definitely a re-imagining." Read more, including video clips, here.

October 16, 2003 - Ed Gonzalez of slant magazine reviewed Jessica Biel's new movie 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', giving it only 1 1/2 stars. He writes, "Not only is this useless “revision” of the Tobe Hooper classic ignorant of history, it panders to its modern audience with look-Ma visual brouhaha." Read more.

October 14, 2003 - How does an Jessica Biel find herself on the wrong end of a chainsaw? "It is so weird," the 21-year-old tells TV Guide Online. "I just think, 'Okay, now it is time that I do an acting piece that is going to be Oscar-worthy.' I have all these ideas about what is going to come out next, and then something like this falls in my lap! Initially, I was very intimidated and very concerned about remaking this classic. Then I read it, and it was great. And I met with [director] Marcus Nispel and he's great. Nothing like I ever expected. And it just happened. I never think, 'Oh, I've got to do a horror film,' or 'I've got to do an action movie' to get completely out of what I've done before."

October 13, 2003 - Jessica Biel will be on Live with Regis and Kelly today and she'll visit MTV's Total Request Live on Friday.

October 5, 2003 - Jessica Biel spoke with Entertainment Tonight on being the new "Scream Queen" in 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. 'ET' has since removed the video.

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