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March 31, 2001 - Justin Timberlake is shown here outside the Ivy Restaurant in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

March 31, 2001 - Apparently Access Hollywood will be hanging out with Britney Spears and *NSYNC this weekend and they will be reporting on them Monday as they will all be on hand at the Family Celebration to honor Bill Clinton this weekend.

March 29, 2001 - As was revealed earlier this week in our message boards, The Star reports Britney Spears is prepared to dump Justin and has shunned his offers of marriage. A friend tells the tabloid, "Brit won't make the commitment. She has told Justin that she doesn't want to mess up a good thing by getting married."

March 29, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports *NSYNC is scheduled to perform along with Faith Hill, Rod Stewart, and Marc Anthony at the Family Celebration, where former President Bill Clinton will pick up a Spirit of Life Award, which salutes him as an advocate for children.

March 29, 2001 - Lou Pearlman is interviewed in the Toronto Sun viewable on Allpop. Pearlman talked about the allegations of double-dipping as both producer and manager and his justification due to investing millions into the two bands. Read more.

March 29, 2001 - *NSYNC and Justin Timberlake separately are featured on a kill pop-icons game on Newgrounds.com. There are dozens of other celebs to mame as well. Check it out here for the Justin game and here for the *NSYNC game if you're so inclined.

March 28, 2001 - Britney told Carson on TRL Tuesday that she thought the *NSYNC remake of Janet Jackson's That's the Way Love Goes was "real hot" and she admitted it was one of her favorite Janet Jackson songs.

March 25, 2001 - Thanks Miz Timberlake. MTV's Spring Break this morning and they had a show where Destiny's Child was counting down their top 10 favorite spring break performances, *NSYNC's Tearin Up My Heart on Spring Break Fashionable Loud in 1999 was their #1 pick.

March 25, 2001 - To add to the overcommercialization of *NSYNC, the guys now have introduced released juice-filled fruit snacks, an official product from Zeeks Inc and Winterland in association with Brach's and Hot Hits. The snacks come in five fruity flavors: lemon, strawberry, fruit punch, orange and grape and are priced around $3. Each piece of fat-free candy, has one of the guys' names on it.

March 25, 2001 - Drew Lachey is commenting on comparisons to their rivals saying, "No, we're not a stadium group. I think music fans have unreal expectations of the music business now. Right now, we have basically three phenomena going on: Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears. It's very rare you see this in your lifetime, let alone see three of them at the same time that can go out and sell the type of records that they do, and the type of tours that they can put together, and sell consistently back to back to back." Read more.

March 24, 2001 - Variety reports Timberlake is in talks to join Brandy in The O.Z., which is Fox's hip-hop take on the classic The Wizard of Oz.

March 23, 2001 - eYada.com's Dan and Scott interviewed the producer of Warner Bros. Britney Spears 2032 short film featuring Justin Timberlake. You can listen to the Thursday archive about 2 hours into the show here.

March 23, 2001 - *NSYNC were at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards on Monday.

March 22, 2001 - If you want to pick up the mustard color leather 'jean jacket' similar to the one Justin is always wearing, it's on sale at only $79.99 at WilsonsLeather.com. Check it out here. Yeah, I bought one.

March 22, 2001 - MTVasia.com reports *NSYNC have enlisted the Neptunes to help produce their upcoming album. Read more.

March 21, 2001 - Launch.com reports that following Michael Jackson's induction at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, reporters asked Justin about *NSYNC and Michael doing a duet, "Who said that? Keep saying it...maybe it will happen." Read more.

March 21, 2001 - *NSYNC were at the Planet Hollywood in New York City's Times Square on Sunday to debut a new handprint shirt with proceeds going to their Challenge For The Children charity. Read more.

March 21, 2001 - *NSYNC inducted Michael Jackson at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame event Monday night prompting Gary from the Howard Stern show who was at the event to say was very gay. Gary added that Jackson looked very odd and he had something black on the end of his nose that didn't look right.

March 20, 2001 - In an abstracts.net poll asking if *NSYNC's next full album be their last, only 15% said yes while 85% said no, with 2051 total votes cast.

March 18, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick predicting a dire future for 'boy bands.' "I see the vocal groups going away. They've been hot a little too long," he says. "I see real bands that really play instruments being the hot new thing. I'm not saying that *NSYNC is washed up. We actually do know how to play instruments." Chris says the new album out in June will include the guys using intruments.

March 18, 2001 - An *NSYNC signed embroidered blue jean jacket is being auctioned on AllStarCharity.com with proceeds going to benefit Challenge for Children. Read more.

March 18, 2001 - A Super Bowl XXXV football autographed by *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Aerosmith, and Nelly is being auctioned at AllStarCharity.com. The football currently is bid at $1225 and the auction ends March 23rd. Read more.

March 17, 2001 - TRL revealed Friday, to nobody's surprise, that *NSYNC's video of the Janet Jackson hit That's The Way Love Goes will be eligible for voting on the show for the next two weeks.

March 17, 2001 - There's an online fan conference at ArtistsDirect.com with *NSYNC that is several months old but I haven't linked to it before. You need to sign up to view it and watch a Pringles ad and you'll get bombarded with *NSYNC merchandise ads (which are 20% off right now), and 8nsync trivia, but it's worth viewing.

March 17, 2001 - You can go online to Nick.com to vote for *NSYNC for Favorite Singing Group, Favorite Song (Bye Bye Bye) in the Kid's Choice Awards which air April 21st.

March 16, 2001 - Planethollywood.com has posted additional ticket status information on the upcoming *NSYNC tour. Read more.

March 15, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times reports the WB's Popstars all-girl band Eden's Crush will be the opening act of *NSYNC's summer concert tour.

March 14, 2001 - *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and Chris Kirkpatrick were at the MTV Icon special for Janet Jackson and the entire group performed a video of That's The Way Love Goes.

March 13, 2001 - The New York Post's Liz Smith reports that *NSYNC will be at Planet Hollywood in Times Square Sunday to unveil the *NSYNC-Planet Hollywood Celebrity Edition T-shirt benefiting "Challenge for the Children."

March 13, 2001 - *NSYNC was on Access Hollywood Monday where they previewed the Janet Jackson MTV Idol special.

March 13, 2001 - Seventeen recently ran a poll where Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were overtaken as the Hottest Couple by Joey and Pacey from TV's Dawson's Creek.

March 12, 2001 - Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath was given a serious diss by Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake Tuesday night at Guy's in Los Angeles, according to the New York Post. When McGrath attempted to say hello to the two, a bodyguard stopped McGrath and the two exchanged words. Spies at the club say Britney witnessed the incident but did nothing.

March 11, 2001 - Thanks Cotton Candi. Looks like the *NSYNC official fan club has informed members that meet & greets as they've been formatted before won't exist.

March 9, 2001 - Megastar reports Britney and Justin left a LA nightclub after a blonde tried to seduce Justin. A witness revealed, "Britney told her, 'Beat it, honey. I know what you're trying and it's not working.' But the girl wasn't afraid. She told her she was too young for the bar's 21 age-limit and threatened to phone the cops." Read more.

March 9, 2001 - EW had a photo of the Britney Beverly Hills home that's being described as the new home of Britney AND Justin.

March 8, 2001 - The New York Post's Liz Smith added credibility to earlier reports that Justin and Britney visited Neverland ranch, only to have Jackson reportedly say to an aide, "Why'd he have to bring her?"

March 8, 2001 - A preview of *NSYNC's tour video was on Access Hollywood Tuesday.

March 8, 2001 - Launch.com reports Britney and Justin visited Wynonna Judd was in a Los Angeles recording studio last Friday along with Ashley Judd. Read more about what Wynonna had to say about their meeting.

March 7, 2001 - The feud between the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC may have gotten worse as the Star reports Lance Bass threatened to pull out of On the L if Kevin Richardson were cast. Lance is the star and producer of the film.

March 7, 2001 - Just as Chris Kirkpatrick predicted, his and Kathie Lee's moment together at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party are in both the Star and Enquirer. A source revealed, "Kathie Lee was all over him. She had her arm around him for a long time, stroking his hair." Kathie was later heard saying, "That Chris is so cute. I'd like to wrap him up and take him home with me!"

March 7, 2001 - MTVasia.com reports Justin Timberlake was seen partying late into the night with several women at an ultra-hip Hollywood club while Britney was filming her first movie role. Read more.

March 5, 2001 - GroupieCentral.com reported in on Justin at the Grammys saying, "Justin's no fool. He knows that if he was behaving badly at the Grammys, a lot of people would see it and the word would get back to Brit Implants. So Justin was acting like a good boy. We'd venture to guess that if Justin didn't have a girlfriend, he's still be very picky."

March 4, 2001 - A funny review of Bigger Than Live from 11 year old Emily Coker with a teeny bopper to adult translation from her dad Matt is at OCweekly.com. Read more.

March 4, 2001 - Justin Timberlake is featured here in an autographed magazine cover auction on ebay. The autograph, item #1412920894, is unbid at $12.99 and the auction ends today.

March 3, 2001 - MTV reports *NSYNC will induct Michael Jackson into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame on March 19, on a ceremony to be televised on VH1 two days later.

March 3, 2001 - Justin Timberlake is pictured leaving the Casa Del Mar Hotel with a bodyguard Thursday.

March 2, 2001 - Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 list included *NSYNC at #8, the Backstreet Boys at #7, Britney at #4, and Tom Cruise at #1. Rankings are determined by income, popularity on the internet, television and in print.

March 2, 2001 - Rapper XHibit on Justin Timberlake's relationship with Britney Spears, "You know that dude from *NSYNC aint beating her down right. He aint doing her justice to that... He can't be dude!" Hear his full comments here at MTV.co.uk.

March 2, 2001 - MTVasia.com reports one of *NSYNC's security guards has been added to the lawsuit filed by 15-year-old fan Danielle McGuire and her parents claiming assault and battery during the incident which took place on 19 November at New York's Chase Park Plaza hotel. Read more.

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