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January 29, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports *NSYNC's Lance Bass was amongst the celebrities at the grand opening of Light, a new nightclub at the Bellagio. Others on hand included Tara Reid, David Spade, Sting, Leonardo DiCaprio and newly engaged Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards.

January 29, 2002 - MTV reports *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, Brian McKnight and Jamie Foxx will join hoops stars and legends (including former LA Laker great Earvin "Magic" Johnson) in the inaugural 989 Sports' All-Star Hoop-It-Up tournament. The games, which will put a celebrity, an NBA star, a WNBA star and an NBA legend on each team, will be held at the First Union Center in Philadelphia on February 9 during the NBA's All-Star Weekend.

January 29, 2002 - SFX has the latest on the *NSYNC 2002 Celebrity tour. The groups ticket price range of $39-$110 seems quite high if fan reaction is any indication. Check out the latest concert lineup here.

January 28, 2002 - Anonymous writes "*NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and girlfriend Britney Spears were seen departing a private airport in Chicago late last week for the Caribbean island of St.Thomas to spend a vacation for Justin's 21st birthday and ahead of Britney's movie release."

January 27, 2002 - Jonathan Takiff of the Philadelphia Daily News profiled the continuing tend of pop stars crossing over into film. Takiff examined the successes and failures of Mandy Moore, Eminem, Mariah Carey, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, and Madonna. Takiff said, "Even though 'Glitter' and 'On the Line' bombed badly at the box office and soundtrack chart, and the advance word on Spears' road trip isn't promising much besides the chance to see the pop queen in a wet T-shirt, these low-budget films are all likely to recoup their relatively slight investments through home video, airline and TV showings." Read more.

January 25, 2002 - People magazine reports that during the filming of *NSYNC's commercial for Chili's restaurants, the group almost had to have a fill in for Justin Timberlake ala Wade Robson for Joey Fatone during the 'Pop' video. Apparently Justin was held up at the Nassau airport causing the commercial's director Rob Pritts to go on a frantic manhunt for a replacement. Just as the Justin lookalike was ready, Justin ended up making it to the set.

January 25, 2002 - Splash has photos of *NSYNC's JC Chasez and new girlfriend - actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, having lunch at trendy cafe 'Lulus' in Beverly Hills. The couple dined outside. Check out the pictures here.

January 24, 2002 - Radio 1 spoke with Christina Milian about working with *NSYNC where the young singer admitted, "Yes, I had a lot of fun. I got to hang out with them, they're goofy guys. One thing I admire is how humble they've stayed with all the success and everything. They're just cool guys. I built a great fan-base from that tour, we were doing stadiums of 60,000 to 120,000 every night, it was the best experience ever." Listen to the interview here.

January 24, 2002 - Billboard reports *NSYNC have announced an initial list of 5 concert stops that begin March 3 in Portland. The Portland show goes on sale Friday through Ticketmaster, while seats for a March 8 performance in San Jose, Calif., a March 10 gig in San Diego, and an April 2 concert in Auburn Hills, Mich., go on sale Saturday. Read more. In addition, the Seattle P-I reports tickets for a March 4 show at the Tacoma Dome go on sale Friday.

January 24, 2002 - Brittany Candrian of BYU Newsnet reports BYU student and songwriter Clinton Poulsen has accused *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake of stealing parts of his song 'See Right Through You' and putting it on the group's "Celebrity" album bearing the same title. Poulson claims, "We had some experts analyze the song and there's no doubt in their minds that he definitely took parts of my song and put it in his." Read more.

January 24, 2002 - America Online today announced that they've formed an alliance with $NSYNC (Needlessly Screwing Your Naive Children) which will bring exclusive content of the group to paying AOL members. JC Cha$ez said of the alliance, "To be working with AOL provides a great opportunity to build a stronger connection to our fans around the world. There are so many amazing opportunities ahead of us, and together with AOL, we are bringing more of this excitement to our fans with online chats, concert tickets and previews of music and videos." This move follows their previous alliance with Chili's, where the group agreed to provide a new $logan for the restaurant chain in exchange for Chili's financially backing the upcoming $NSYNC (Nagging Slogans for Yet N'other Corporation) 'Celebrity' Tour. Read more.

January 23, 2002 - The Las Vegas Sun's Kate Maddox reports *NSYNC was so impressed with the original hair care products of Vegas stylist William Whatley, who provided hair advice at the American Music Awards, that they've signed Whatley as the official hair-care product for the group's upcoming tour.

January 23, 2002 - *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake explained the group's decision to star in a series of commercials for Chili's Grill & Bar, a move continuing the heavily commercialized group's coroporate alliances. Justin said, "The Chili's team gave us creative license to take their Baby Back Ribs jingle and make it feel like our own version with our own kind of sound. We really worked hard to create an incredible jingle and music for the commercials and we think our fans will really enjoy them." Not coincidentally, Chili's will be the lead sponsor of the band's next concert tour.

January 23, 2002 - A Justin Timberlake fan on the message board recounted her experience at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, contrary to earlier negative reports about the *NSYNC member. Lashaunda says teenybopper girls screaming at Justin caused a disruption on the course when he waved at them, and if he didn't, they yelled out insults. She also said men were shouting mean comments whenever he made a bad shot.

January 22, 2002 - Earlier we had reported that the Backstreet Boys had overtaken *NSYNC in internet searches on pay-per search engine FindWhat by a wide margin. Well turns out *NSYNC has retained their lead on the larger Goto.com, with *NSYNC searches at 226,491 and Backstreet Boys searches at 201,766. Why the discrepencies? Likely because Goto affiliates with AOL, which has a high percentage of US users, while Findwhat probably has a more international user base. Read more.

January 22, 2002 - During Britney Spears visit to France over the weekend, the singer was on Britain's ITV Saturday morning music show "CD:UK" that she and *NSYNC's Just Timberlake will marry. Britney said to host Cat Deeley, "It will happen some time in the future, but not this year." 

January 21, 2002 - The latest poll at popdirt.com has NsyncWorld.com and NSYNCStudio.com nominated for "Which pop star's fan site is the best on the net?" Vote for your favorite of the two here.

January 21, 2002 - In an abstracts.net poll asking 'Have *NSYNC waited too long to release a follow up video to Pop?', 60.6% said no while 39.4% said yes, with 1007 total votes.

January 20, 2002 - Allpop's Stephanie McGrath spoke with horeographer, producer, and writer Wade Robson on working with Britney Spears and *NSYNC. Wade talked about creating 'Gone' with Justin Timberlake revealing, "We just really clicked musically right away. I'd be sitting at the keyboard playing something and he'd start to say 'Go and do this', and I'd be doing it. [We were] finishing each other's sentences." Read more.

January 20, 2002 - Anonymous writes "New issue of Smash HIts has *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and girlfriend Britney Spears on the cover. In the magazine, the two do an interview where Justin admits he and Britney want a huge family, the size of a basketball team."

January 20, 2002 - Britney Spears spoke with reporters at a news conference to promote her new album and film where she admits, "I wish I'd never said anything about being a virgin now." As for her relationship with *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, Britney said the two plan to marry "in the future" but she's too busy on her career to plan anything like that this year. Read more.

January 20, 2002 - MTV News reports *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick will be debuting his FuMan Skeeto spring and summer sportswear clothing lines at the February 11 Girls Rule! fashion show, which is sponsored by Teen magazine. Read more.

January 19, 2002 - Another fan of the Backstreet Boys and apparently a fan no longer of *NSYNC's Justin blasted Timberlake revealing, "After we watched AJ do his thing we decided to go chase Justin Timberlake down and he pissed me off so bad that I called him a di**head to his face. Justin turned around and just glared at me. I gave him a stupid look right back and said 'Yeah, that's right. I called you a di**head!" Read more.

January 19, 2002 - A fan of the Backstreet Boys and apparently a huge fan of A.J. McLean posted the details of her meeting with the singer at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on Friday. BSBgirl11984 said AJ "better stick to singing. Golfing isn't his strong point. The poor boy hit more trees then a monkey swings on in a lifetime." She added, "I still am so glad that I got to meet AJ, and truly stare at him for about seven hours straight. And he was standing right next to us... and he talked to us." Read more.

January 19, 2002 - Austin360.com reports endorsement loving *NSYNC is at it again as the group will appear in three new TV ads for Chili's. The group's rendition of the Baby Back Ribs jingle will debut during the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Austin-based GSD&M announced Thursday. GSD&M, Chili's ad firm, created the jingle in 1995. This will be the first time the restaurant chain will use celebrities in their ads. This won't be the first time *NSYNC will promo a restaurant, having done McDonalds commercials in the past. 

January 18, 2002 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca repots *NSYNC's JC Chasez was spotted partying at the Sunset Room in Los Angeles following the American Music Awards. Ted says JC was "surrounded by many gal-pals and one superbeefy bouncer." The openly gay writer claimed, "JC proved he's definitely the cutest boy bander in the bunch--this week, at least."

January 18, 2002 - This so far is unconfirmed and based on a message board posting from a friend of Chris Kirkpatrick's mother, but word is that Joey Fatone's girlfriend Kelly Baldwin and mother to his baby daughter Brianna was involved in a fatal auto crash today. Kelly is reportedly OK but her friend Bianca, died and her friend Felisha is in the hospital and not doing well. The *NSYNC star is said to be really shooken up and is scared over the incident that apparently was in Los Angeles. Read more. 

January 18, 2002 - The Globe reports that during Britney Spears and her *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake's trip to a gay club in New York, a bunch of lesbian women were giving Britney the eye. A witness said, "She was fantastic. She was getting a lot of attention from the girls and a lot of them were flirting with her. Obviously, she wasn't interested. Still, she was really nice to everybody who came up to her. But there was this huge lesbian girl who kept staring at her. When she made a move toward her, Britney's bodyguards immediately intervened."

January 18, 2002 - Brian McKnight talked with MuchMusic about his recent collaborations outside of the R&B genre which he says make him more than a R&B singer. McKnight said of working with the *NSYNC star on 'Superhero', "Justin wasn't necessarily new territory cause I've had a lot of pop success. I think that even [working] with Nate Dogg, I just wanted to get together with some of my friends and find associations that when you saw it on paper and it says Brian McKnight and...but when you hear the song you're like 'ahhh! I get it'."

January 17, 2002 - NSYNC's JC Chasez is currently dating bandmate Lance Bass' leading lady from his movie 'On the Line', Canadian actress Emanuelle Chiriqui. The two met on the set when JC was filming his later removed appearance in the movie and they "hit it off really well," but at the time JC was still dating his ex, J-14 writer Bobbie Thomas. They were seen together at a restaurant in New York City recently, in addition to sitting together at the People's Choice Awards, which has fueled speculation that the two are an item.

January 17, 2002 - According to a recent interview with soul singer Angie Stone in a recent MTV interview revealed some news on Justin Timberlake solo project: "Justin [Timberlake] and I hit it off," she said, smiling. "Justin loves the Mahogany Soul album. While we were doing the Billboard Music Awards, he was singing 'More Than a Woman' and 'Pissed Off' during the soundcheck. He's going, 'Your CD's in my car right now, you have to work on my solo project.' I saw him in the studio today." Read more.

January 17, 2002 - Brandon Gray of Zap2it.com spoke with *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick and JC outside the Peopel's Choice Awards on Sunday where they addressed the controversy that the guys would be in the new Star Wars flick, 'Attack of the Clones'. Chris explains, "You know, we were little kids with the light sabers running around, and it was real flattering to even just be at the ranch and hanging out. And I'm sure that if anybody who is as big a Star Wars fan as us if not bigger would have gotten the same opportunity, they would have taken it." Read more.

January 17, 2002 - Britney Spears tells the new issue of Cosmo that she appears on the cover of that after she saw her boyfriend Justin Timberlake in the *NSYNC video for Gone the first time, she was "devastated" over the watching her boyfriend make out with the woman on the video. Britney said, "You could have just taken a knife and stabbed me." Apparently, Britney was so upset when she saw the video that she stormed into a bathroom and didn't speak to anyone for a while. Eventually, she and Justin talked it over and decided that the best solution was for her not to watch videos that upset her.

January 17, 2002 - Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson and *NSYNC's Lance Bass were among approximately 100 celebrities and everyday heroes that carried the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic torch as it made its way through downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. Read more.

January 17, 2002 - NSYNC Web Guide has photos of Justin Timberlake who was paired with celebrities Joe Pesci, Samuel L. Jackson and professional golfer Justin Leonard during the Pro-am at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. For the photos and the tee-off schedule, click here. Additional photos at Yahoo!

January 16, 2002 - According to folks at the UK *NSYNC Street team, word has it that *NSYNC will perform at the Grammy Awards with rapper Nelly, where the two acts will team up on *NSYNC's latest single, 'Girlfriend'. There also are rumored dates for a U.S. tour beginning in Portland on February 28.

January 15, 2002 - Anonymous writes "According to WorldOfBritney.com, Britney Spears and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake arrived in Germany today to kick off her 10 day promotional tour of Germany, England, and France."

January 15, 2002 - NSYNC was the winner at Sunday night's 28th People's Choice Awards in the category of Favorite Musical Group. For photos of the guys at the show held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, visit here.

January 15, 2002 - NSYNC's JC, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Lance Bass were at the People's Choice Awards Sunday night where they told Access Hollywood details about their Star Wars film experience. While they said they've heard about the Saturday Night Live skit about their possible Star Wars cameo, they haven't seen it. The guys explained, "We were actually up at the ranch editing our concert special together. No, no, it's the truth. We ended up dropping into some scenes and we don't know if it's gonna make it or not or whatever. We were just kind of background."

January 13, 2002 - One of Josh Hartnett's skits during last night's Saturday Night Live episode was a skit goofing on the George Lucas decision to use *NSYNC in his new Star Wars movie.

January 13, 2002 - Britney Spears, *NSYNC, O-Town and LFO have cameo roles in the basketball-themed movie Longshot which will be released straight to video on March 5. *NSYNC also contributed the song "Feel the Love" to the movie's soundtrack. Read more.

January 13, 2002 - Rapsheet.com's Alan C. Page talked with Mystikal on his feelings about being on the hip-hop turned pop label, Jive Records. Mystikal says their influence is great for his publicity appearances, "I definitely don’t have a problem going to the radio station. Britney Spears gon’ stop that. Backstreet and *NSYNC. We have some of their power, which is kind of cool." Read more.

January 12, 2002 - For the first time since February of 2000, the Backstreet Boys over overtaken *NSYNC in search queries on seach engine Findwhat.com, and by a wide margin at that. While pay-per-search king Overture.com's results are not yet available, based on trends from November 2001, it isn't difficult to project they also will reflect this change. For the month of December 2001, queries for *NSYNC, NSYNC, 'NSYNC, etc. totaled approximately 32,000 searches while Backstreet Boys, BSB, and Backstreetboys totaled around 49,000. Look for an even wider margin in January with controversy surrounding Nick Carter and his Florida arrest. Read more for a full list of search queries.

January 12, 2002 - The Globe reports Britney Spears has been reading books and watching videotapes on the art of lovemaking so that *NSYNC fiancee Justin Timberlake won't be disappointed with her on their planned Valentine's Day wedding at Britney's home near New Orleans. A pal of Britney told the tabloid, "Britney jokes about not taking her sex books out of the house. She says, 'I don't want Justin to know I'm learning to be a tiger in bed. I want it to be a surprise on our wedding night.'" Read more.

January 12, 2002 - Elton John and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake were on MTV's Total Request Live on Friday where the pair premiered 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore' and quized each other. When asked what Justin's most prized possession was by Elton, an audience member screamed 'Britney' causing Justin to blast, "That's not a possesion, you don't posses women, that's wrong man!" His answer was "My voice."

January 12, 2002 - A seat filler for the American Music Awards reported back from the Wednesday night show and had more details on when the trio that represented the group went to accept their award. The seat filler said, "When they won the award you could tell he was shocked and I think sad to hear the booing, he didn't know how to start accepting the award after hearing that. I was sad for him. But I think Justin's comment lightened the mood, but JC and Chris both kind of glared at him after he said it, in a not nice way WTF way." She later added, "They did seem tense with each other, even before the booing."

January 12, 2002 - Ananova reports LucasFilm representatives say the decision as to whether to drop *NSYNC from the 'Star Wars Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones' movie hasn't been made yet. The decision is likely to be made on the final edit. Joey Fatone had earlier commented that the decision had already been made to drop the group's scene from the movie.

January 12, 2002 - Edna Gundersen of USA Today talked with Elton John about *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake playing a young Elton in his latest video 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore'. John hinted that Justin may be in line to star in his biopic saying, "I think it's far more interesting watching Justin Timberlake play me than it is me playing me, to be honest." Read more.

January 11, 2002 - Access Hollywood reported Thursday that to Britney Spears and *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake are hosting a Super Bowl party February 3rd at Planet Hollywood in New York City. Guests can bid on items like a cameo in Britney's video. Proceeds benefit the singers' respective charities.

January 11, 2002 - Access Hollywood's Tony Potts talked with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake about the controversy going on with Michael Jackson and his appearances on the American Music Awards and it's effect on a Grammy Award appearance. Justin said, "We let the people who are political play the political game, and we just do what we do." When Tony asked Britney Spears, she said, "I think it is kind of cool that they separate the two so like that, you know. If you perform on one, you shouldn't perform on the other, because they're both amazing, and the audience wants to be surprised on each one." This prompted her *NSYNC date Timberlake to say, "Another perspective... And that's the way we see it." 

January 10, 2001 - NSYNC won the American Music Award Wednesday for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group but Justin Timberlake made a bit of a faux pas that probably upset AMA chief Dick Clark when he told the crowd, "Oh, quit booing. U2's going to get Grammys." Justin, don't plug the competing show, especially when the two heads are at war with each other!!. JC and Chris told the crowd, "Thank you, guys. Thank you, everybody. Record company, Johnny, our family, God, the fans, thank you guys very much for supporting us. Thank you. God bless you guys." Justin then hammed it up by approaching the mic and not saying anything as girls in the audience screamed.

January 10, 2002 - The Sun has a 42 second preview of Elton John's latest video for 'The Train Don't Stop' which features *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake. Check out the clip here. The full video premieres on Friday during MTV's Total Request Live.

January 10, 2002 -  Teen People will hold an online chat with *NSYNC member and FuMan Skeeto chief Chris Kirkpatrick on Tuesday, January 15 at 7.30 P.M. ET. Check out more on the chat here.

January 10, 2002 - jengreen9 writes "*NSYNC received two Grammy nominations this year for Best Pop Vocal Album, "Celebrity" and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Gone." The guys will be doing a very special performance of "Girlfriend" (with a surprise guest) on the Grammy's telecast, so be sure to check out the show on February 27th at 8:00PM EST on CBS. "

January 10, 2002 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports Britney Spears and her *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake were spotted with a bodyguard on a flight from Memphis to New York City, flying Northwest Airlines. When the two got off the plane, Britney tried to hold hands with Justin, but he wasn't going for that apparently. Read more.

January 10, 2002 - Splash has photos of a bikini clad Britney Spears and a shirtless Justin Timberlake from their vacation in Maui last weekend before they got to Los Angeles for Wednesday's AMA's. Check out the pictures of the pale *NSYNC star sporting his cross tattoo getting much needed 'rays and a black bikini wearing Britney frolicking on the beach with friends here.

January 10, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of *NSYNC's Justin, JC, and Chris at the 29th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Check them out here.

January 10, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Joey Fatone called into "The Carson Radio Show" on 93.3 FLZ (Tampa) Wednesday. Joey revealed that *NSYNC was cut from the Star Wars Episode II movie, because "everybody was making a big deal about it." Hear the whole interview by clicking here."

January 8, 2002 - WENN reports *NSYNC's Joshua 'JC' Chasez has admitted he has become more sociable following the terror attacks on September 11. JC said, "Before the attacks, I used to be a hermit. After it happened, I fell into a funky depression. But then I said, 'OK, let's turn it around.' Since then, I've made a conscious effort to go out and see people instead of just calling them -- to be a little more social. I used to be more into being by myself."

January 7, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports *NSYNC's Lance Bass was spotted partying with pals at Green Valley Ranch club Whiskey Sky in Henderson, Nevada on Wednesday. More on the resort here.

January 6, 2002 - The New York Post reports Britney Spears and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake were spotted at the Four Seasons in Maui, likely where the couple are staying on their vacation.

January 6, 2002 - Pagesix.com reports Britney Spears and her *NSYNC boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, were thrown a private party on New Year's Eve by Britney's brother Brian. The party was held at Chateau, a club that isn't even open to the public until next month. Britney and Justin were spotted making out and dancing on tables, according to spies.

January 6, 2002 - Evelyn McDonnell of the Miami Herald put together New Year's resolutions of the stars in what she wished they'd had said and included the following of *NSYNC; "We resolve to break up (calm down, ladies) and build our careers as sensible, viable artists, rather than keep beating this dead dog of a ``boy band'' idea into middle age. After all, Curtis Mayfield didn't stay with the Impressions forever, did he?" Read more.

January 5, 2002 - *NSYNC were nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal ('Gone') while Justin Timberlake was nominated with Brian McKnight for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals ('My Kind of Girl') in the February 27th Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS. Check out more of the nominations here.

January 5, 2002 - Bill Zwecker of The Chicago Sun Times reports sources that have seen Britney Spears' new flick 'Crossroads' say it is ''clearly pushing the envelope as Madonna did when she was in her 20s." Zwecker also said the ''about-to-get-married'' rumor frequently reported between her and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake is making the rounds again.

January 5, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who plays Meadow Soprano on "The Sopranos," was spotted dining with a group of 8 at Red Square in Mandalay Bay where they were overheard speculating, "Who would win a fight between Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync or 98 Degrees? Nobody, is my guess. It would be stopped after the first claw mark."

January 5, 2002 - Elton John will be on MTV's Total Request Live on Friday, January 11th to show his new video 'This Train Don't Stop Here No More' for the 1st time. It's not confirmed that *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake who plays a young Elton in the video will be on there as they are still trying to work something out with him.

January 5, 2002 - The New York Post spoke with charts guru for Billboard magazine Geoff Mayfield who weighed in on the year end album sales figures which saw *NSYNC hit the #3 spot with 'Celebrity' shipping 4.4 million units and Britney Spears' 'Britney' which sold 2.9 million to land at #14. Mayfield said, "Everyone's anxious to see the pop bubble burst. They don't sell like they did a year ago - but most acts would like to sell as much as they do." Read more.

January 5, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Lynne Spears updated her entry on BritneySpears.com. Britney Spears and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake arrived in Kentwood Christmas Eve and spent most of the holidays there before departing to New York City. Britney will have a busy year but will always schedule time for her family and Justin."

January 4, 2002 - Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun Times spoke with George Lucas' spokeswoman Lynne Hale who admits *NSYNC boys went before Lucas' camera but the reports on the internet that they'll be seen briefly as anonymous Jedi knights are just rumor. Hale said, "We don't have any information on the scene."

January 4, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Wednesday night monologue, "According to The New York Post - and they're never wrong. George Lucas is giving the band *NSYNC cameos in the upcoming 'Star wars' movie. Yeah, and apparently, there's a reason for it. Apparently, Lucas cast *NSYNC because he wanted C-3PO to look less gay."

January 3, 2002 - The New York Post reports Britney Spears and *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake were spotted bumping and grinding at Cheetah's Sunday night gay party, where they partied it up until 4 a.m. The couple dropped by to celebrate the new release of Inaya Day, "Can't Stop Dancing."

January 3, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Early Tuesday morning [New Year's Day] shortly before 8:30 a.m., *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were seen departing New York City at JFK airport. Behind 2 bodyguards they walked through another side entrance to security holding hands followed by a few other people. Justin was in front wearing jeans and a hat and Brit was slightly behind in jeans also. They were on a flight to Hawaii with a stop in Los Angeles."

January 3, 2002 - The Sun reports Britney Spears has admitted to having a bit of a crush on UK pop star Robbie Williams. Britney said, "Obviously my boyfriend Justin, but Robbie Williams is pretty cute."

January 3, 2002 - Anonymous writes "A good source informs me that Britney Spears was seen in downtown New York last night holding hands with a person who looked like a guy. He/she was wearing a hat and had short hair and denim jeans. It was not *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake. She was in disguise but her wardrobe and limo gave her away. Is she cheating on him? Note: FWIW, posted by 'friend' of anonymous source..."

January 2, 2002 - One of the local Memphis newspapers is reporting *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears have been spotted on Saturday at Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous restaurant, where they dined with members of Justin's family. Robert Stewart Jr. waited on the table and said, "I usually wait on him whenever he's in Memphis."

January 1, 2002 - News of the World reports Britney Spears has told a friend that she and her *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake have 'great sex'. The couple also spent three nights in a suite in Rio ealier in the month.

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