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September 30, 2001 - The entire track for On The Line by the On The Line Allstars (Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Mandy Moore and True Vibe) is on the Digital Island website at 28, 56, and 100 kbps speeds. You can check them all out here, though how long they remain up is anybody's guess. Also, amazingly, the entire full length version of Celebrity is located under the parent directory [scroll down] as well as a rehearsal video for Pop here.

September 29, 2001 - Jay Leno joked during his monologue on Friday, "Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's vacation home was broken into. Thieves made off with $5,000 in possessions. The good news is police caught the thieves, but among the items stolen -- a home video with 'personal' footage on it. Well, since Britney claims to be a virgin, it's just two hours of her going, 'No, I said no. No.'"

September 29, 2001 - The Ananda Lewis Show's official website sent out word that the rescheduled air date for the members of *NSYNC and their families on the show is set for Monday, October 8. Check your local listings for stations and times. 

September 28, 2001 - The tracks on the soundtrack to the Lance Bass and Joey Fatone starring movie 'On The Line' were announced and include performances by *NSYNC, Britney Spears, and even a Joey Fatone solo effort. Read more.

September 27, 2001 - The Sun has mugshots of four of the suspected burglars at the couple's rented home in Destin, Florida. There is fear that even though the tape containing "personal moments" between Britney and Justin was recovered, there may have been copies made which could be sold to the highest bidder or put out on the internet. Check out the mugshots and read more here.

September 27, 2001 - The Globe reports Justin Timberlake paid $45 grand for a pair of courtside season tickets to the new basketball team in Memphis that was previously in Vancouver, the Grizzlies.

September 26, 2001 - AP reports police arrested four teenage boys Saturday night on burglary charges and grand theft in Destin, Florida, after they broke into a rental home of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Read more.

September 26, 2001 - The MTV Europe Music Awards have been announced where *NSYNC will battle Britney Spears and Atomic Kitten for Best Pop act. The show that will be held November 8 in Frankfurt, Germany. Read more.

September 26, 2001 - Besides the controversial cover of Arena magazine that was pulled, Justin Timberlake was also interviewed and talked of his relationship with Britney in a broader, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus perspective. Read more.

September 25, 2001 - We hear that *NSYNC's Gone will be debuted on TRL on Wednesday, so be sure to tune in.

September 24, 2001 - Mandy thanked fans for sticking up for her on her official site message board and talked about how while she posts on her board which is rare compared to her peers, she understands Britney Spears and *NSYNC don't have the time she might have. Read more.

September 23, 2001 - Getmusic.com's cartoon program Absolute Zero talked to *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake he was interrogated about his hairdo and outfits. Check it out here.

September 23, 2001 - According to the New York Post, the Nile Rodgers remake of We Are Family which Britney Spears and *NSYNC are scheduled to take part in is facing controversy as Joan Rivers has mounted a boycott of the idea she originally was set to help sponsor. Read more.

September 22, 2001 - The pop community is well represented in the What's Going On remake that benefits AIDS research and relief to victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Included on the song are NSYNC, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, and several others. Read on for the lyrics.

September 22, 2001 - Indianapolis Star movie critic Bonnie Britton had some pretty good things to say about the Lance Bass starring film On The Line giving the flick 2 1/2 stars in her review. Britton says "Bass is sweet and perfectly suited to the role of a nice shy guy who gets what's coming to him." Read the full review here.

September 21, 2001 - According to Worldpop, Britney Spears and NSYNC's Justin Timberlake have pulled out of a Michael Jackson's charity CD in aid of victims of the US terrorist attacks on September 11. Destiny's Child and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys still are set to appear on the CD. 

September 21, 2001 - The Star reports *NSYNC's Lance Bass is heating it up with 31 year old Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie star Kristy Swanson. The tab reports Swanson has dumped Alan Thicke as she's "tired of dating older men who lack the stamina to keep up with her" according to an insider.

September 20, 2001 - Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman is reporting a slew of stars, possibly including *NSYNC and Britney Spears, have signed on or are close to signing on to record a remake of Nile Rogers penned hit, We Are Family. The plans are a Saturday recording of the song with one group of stars in New York. Money raised from the effort will go to World Trade Center victims and their families. Read more.

September 19, 2001 - Monday someone posted that *NSYNC's Ananda Lewis Show was on. It's possible it was on in some markets, but most ran a show related to the terrorist acts last Tuesday. The site has a email list for info on when the *NSYNC show will be broadcast. Sign up here.

September 19, 2001 - WENN reports Britney Spears used fights with her boyfriend Justin Timberlake as inspiration to write lyrics to her new album, Britney. Read more.

September 19, 2001 - According to reports in British tabloids, Justin's grandmother is telling them Britney and her grandson have split... Problem is, they call her Granny Nolan... When she's Granny Sadie Bomar! I've also seen 'Nomar'? Read more.

September 18, 2001 - The Enquirer reports Justin Timberlake threw his back out while rehearsing for the Ananda Lewis Show causing frantic producers to summon a chiropractor to give Justin a quick back adjustment, which seemed to work as he went on with the show, which aired yesterday.

September 18, 2001 - Justin Timberlake tells the Autumn/Winter issue of Arena Homme Plus he's not nervous about fan reactions to the pictures in the mag saying he trusted the photographer Steven Klein. Read more.

September 18, 2001 - Early sales results in from HitsDailyDouble.com indicate that Mariah Carey's debut week for Glitter will be a mega-disappointment as she currently is showing 77,529 album sales with 65% of the figures in. The figure puts her at #7 in the countdown with Jay-Z trouncing everyone in a weak, tragedy filled week with 299,853 units sold. NSYNC looks much weaker with only 42,832 sales to this point, putting them at #19. 

September 18, 2001 - Michael Jackson is planning to get top artists together to record a new song that will raise $50 million for the survivors of the terrorist attacks in the United States last Tuesday. Destiny's Child and the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, Britney Spears, NSYNC’s Justin Timberlake and Mya are already slated to Jacko on the track. Read more.

September 16, 2001 - NSYNC's Justin called into TRL Friday after Joey and talked of his feelings following the horrific events in New York, D.C., and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Read on for a full transcript.

September 16, 2001 - Joey Fatone of *NSYNC called into TRL's Special Edition on Friday to talk about the horrible terrorist tragedy in the United States on Tuesday. Read on for a transcript.

September 15, 2001 - A bloodied Justin Timberlake surrounded by images of the American flag on the cover of Arena magazine provide an eerie feeling following the terrorist attacks on the US on Tuesday. Check out Justin's photo spread here. No word on if the mag got pulled following Tuesday's tragedy.

September 14, 2001 - The Star is reporting *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake was chased down by outraged golfers after he attempted to duck out of a autograph signing commitment after Knollwood Country Club let him play a round at their prestigious New York course. Read more.

September 14, 2001 - *NSYNC.com's Melinda posted an update today from Lance Bass in response to the terrorist attacks in New York City on Tuesday. Read more.

September 13, 2001 - From the *NSYNC fan club, "We have been getting thousands of e-mails from fans around the world concerned that *NSYNC was in NYC at the time of the terrorist attack. We can confirm for you that none of the members of *NSYNC were in NYC. They are OK." Read more.

September 11, 2001 - It appears *NSYNC's performance and 4 awards at the Video Music Awards for Pop are helping album sales this week as for the first time since the debut week, the band is set to rise up the charts for the week. With a lackluster week for album sales in general, *NSYNC looks set to have around 85,000 in album sales and is currently in the #12 position, up from #15 last week, according to HitsDailyDouble.com. System of A Down appears poised to take the #1 spot.

September 11, 2001 - Time.com's Christopher John Farley reviewed the MTV Video Music Awards and gave a huge thumbs down on the performances by *NSYNC and Britney Spears. Read more.

September 11, 2001 - Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman talked to Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal on the way to the Michael Jackson concert Friday where she had trouble getting past the press because of *NSYNC arriving when she did. The grandmother of 20-somthing Sophie Dahl, who's dating the much older Mick Jagger, responded when asked if she's heard of the group, "No, what are they?" 

September 9, 2001 - Chris Kirkpatrick will be on with Conan O'Brien on Friday, September 21st. Conan's other guest will be David Gray.

September 8, 2001 - The New York Post talked to fans attending the Michael Jackson concert last night in New York, including Chris Kirkpatrick who said of he and his *NSYNC partners, "You're going to see five fans on stage pretending to know what they're doing." Read more.

September 8, 2001 - Conan O'Brien had a segment on Friday for Triumph's appearance at the VMA red carpet, the show, and the press conference afterwards. For a transcript to what happened, including shots at J.Lo of course, and Jessica Simpson, *NSYNC, Pauly Shore, Will Smith, and others, click here.

September 8, 2001 - Howard Stern was at the Video Music Awards last night and complained on his radio show this morning that the *NSYNC performance was boring.

September 8, 2001 - Jay Leno was wondering about the whole Britney snake thing and made fun of Michael Jackson performing with *NSYNC. Read more for a transcript.

September 8, 2001 - Justin Timberlake is making more comments that may upset Nirvana fans as Spin magazine quotes him saying, "It's gonna suck for the next Nirvana or whatever 'cool' rock band comes along in about ten years from now. The next generation of critics are being raised on *NSYNC and Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys. Their measurement of quality is going to be different. It's going to be interesting to see the next Nirvana blasted for not having a big stage show."

September 7, 2001 - MTV's Gideon talked to the guys from *NSYNC following their big night at the Video Music Awards where they took home 4 awards. Read a transcript here.

September 7, 2001 - NSYNC continued to get awards last night as they came from behind to beat the Backstreet Boys out for Viewer's Choice. Read an acceptance speech transcript here.

September 7, 2001 - WireImage.com has several photos of the *NSYNC at the Video Music Awards last night, amongst several music stars. Check out the photos here.

September 7, 2001 - Following Britney Spears' sexy performance at the Video Music Awards, Jamie Foxx said to Justin and Britney, "You doin' good, boy. Don't work too long now. You better go do something that. I'm catching jungle fever over here. Girl you, go put your top on or something. Give it up for Britney Spears! Hey, come on, man, you better get busy. Anyway, because because i f-u-x. The next guy kisses stranger in the mouth."

September 7, 2001 - *NSYNC won the Best Group Video Award for Pop where Tenacious D. presented the surprised band again with the award. Justin said U2 should have won. Read their acceptance speech here.

September 7, 2001 - NSYNC came on stage for the third time in the night to accept the award for Best Pop Video as Nikki Costa and Sheryl Crow presented the award. Joey thanked his Pop stand-in Wade this time. Read their acceptance speech here.

September 7, 2001 - Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, and Dream presented Best Dance Video to *NSYNC for Pop at the Video Music Awards last night. Read here for their acceptance speech transcript.

September 7, 2001 - Staind was on with Howard Stern today and when Aaron Lewis was asked what he thinks about teen pop acts like *NSYNC and Britney Spears, Aaron said he doesn't think that they should get the same recognition as real bands because they don't even write their own songs or play their own instruments. Another band member said it was more of an honor to be on Howard's show than to be on the VMAs.

September 7, 2001 -  A jam packed lineup of top pop stars, including *NSYNC, will collaborate for a remake of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," to raise funds for AIDS victims in Africa. Read more.

September 7, 2001 - When *NSYNC was asked on the red carpet of the VMAs if Pop was their strongest video they've done to date, Lance responded "That and Bye-Bye-Bye I think are our two strongest ever."

September 6, 2001 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports *NSYNC's Lance, Joey, and Chris were spotted at the Lounge in Hollywood along with celebrities such as Kate Hudson and Heather Graham. Read more.

September 6, 2001 - R&B Dominated album sales this week as 5 of the top 6 albums were from R&B acts, with Slipknot's Iowa the only non-R&B act. Aaliyah's tragic death helped catapult her album sales 800% for the week to land at #1, barely edging Mary J. Blige's new album, No More Drama.  NSYNC saw further sales erosion as Celebrity sales dropped another 26% for the week with the group clearing 94,208 albums, dropping it out of the top 10.

September 5, 2001 - Worldpop reports Britney Spears apparently flew into a jealous rage when a Croatian model was booked to star alongside boyfriend Justin Timberlake in the new *NSYNC video.

September 5, 2001 - Check out eZuma.com for 3 photos of Justin or Prince William and Britney were the either pair to marry. Don't worry, they aren't real, just a photoshop creation. Read more.

September 5, 2001 - A new PC game featuring NSYNC will hit stores November 1. The game is officially licensed by the band and features their own voices and never seen footage of the guys. Read more.

September 5, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of *NSYNC taping the new season opener of TRL Tuesday. Check them out here.

September 5, 2001 - A wickedly juicy blind item in this week's Filth2go.com column seems to point in the direction of Justin and Michael Jackson. Read more.

September 4, 2001 - Musichead.org has several photos from *NSYNC's performance in Philadelphia earlier this summer. Check them out here.

September 3, 2001 - In an abstracts.net poll asking if you believe the *NSYNC allegations made by Will of Big Brother 2, 19.1% said yes, while 55.2% said no and 25.7% were unsure. There were 755 total votes cast.

September 3, 2001 - Britney's Diary premiered on Saturday and highlights of the show and people's interpretations of Britney are being discussed on the message board. Of note, Britney did say something to the effect of "I can picture spending the rest of my life with Justin."

September 2, 2001 - Britney Spears tells YM that her and Justin's parents didn't know the two were living together until after the fact. Britney also refused to go into details on the couple's sex life to the magazine saying, "It's personal. The press will ask me things like how far I've gone or what's the worst thing I've done sexually. I'm not going to go there."

September 2, 2001 - Apparently JC's comments on *NSYNC having a 'ghetto pass' to Vibe may have offended some as in the October issue, reader Joya Nemley says "Why must R&B and rap be equated with the ghetto? That statement was ignorant." Nicole Ric said, "I wasn't amused by his ignorance. Just because you are R&B and hip hop doesn't make you ghetto."

September 2, 2001 - The Globe reports the guys from *NSYNC spent an entire afternoon playing with a record executive's collection of trains he's gotten from all over the world. *NSYNC gave an autographed copy of Celebrity to the exec's kids.

September 2, 2001 - A smug Rav Singh in his weekly News of the World column gloats, "One  of my sad rivals has just announced pop princess Britney Spears is engaged to lover Justin Timberlake. I told you the happy news over a year ago!"

September 1, 2001 - *NSYNC's appearance on The Ananda Lewis Show will be on September 14th. The syndicated talk show premieres on the 10th. Check your local listings for time and channel.

September 1, 2001 - Peoplenews is reporting Britney's reps aren't sure whether reports her and Justin are engaged as the British rep admitted, "As far as we are aware, these stories are not true. Britney has always said in interviews that she is too young to get married. She and Justin have bought each other matching Cartier rings, but that doesn't mean they are engaged." The American rep said in a 'sounding guilty' huff, "I have no comment at this time, I have no comment at this time!"

September 1, 2001 - Thanks Dayzee. "Set your VCR's girlz cuz Carson just said that NYSNC would be on some time next week.  Obviously this will be live from rehearsals at the Metro Opera House!"

September 1, 2001 - The BBC is reporting that the tabloid reports run by the Sun, the Mirror, and the Evening Standard of London and The Star of the US are 'rubbish' according to a spokeswoman for Jive Records. 

September 1, 2001 - Michael D. Clark of the Houston Chronicle reviewed the Backstreet Boys concert in Houston earlier this week and took a shot at *NSYNC saying, "*NSYNC had better toys and a bigger stage, but a lack of inter-band chemistry is its downfall. BSB also suffered from this in the past, but McLean's ongoing recovery has clearly brought them together." Read more.

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