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June 26, 2000 - Justin was interviewed by Worldpop and commented on the Eminem diss saying "Even though he doesn't like us, I know Eminem's a talented MC and a good rapper." adding "When I put an album together I don't think, 'What's Eminem gonna think about this?'" more of the interview is on Worldpop.com.

June 26, 2000 - Joey commented on Justin in Live and Kicking magazine, saying "Justin is a handsome devil and he's very grown-up for his age. He's extremely dedicated too - I'd say he was athletic, goal orientated, driven...as well as out-going, funny and spontaneous. Justin's very good at everything!" He adds that Justin is a perfectionist, down to earth, and into lifting weights.

June 26, 2000 - Eyada.com's Dan and Scott were joking on their internet show that the new *NSYNC lip balm was actually flavored with the respective band member's sperm.

June 25, 2000 - Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake have reportedly broken up according to KIIS FM, who cites a story in the upcoming National Enquirer. They say this may be the reason their UK dates together were cancelled.

June 24, 2000 - Dotmusic reports that Britney Spears threw a temper tantrum during the video shoot of Lucky where she demanded a new outfit, yelled at the director, and had visitors sent off set, almost cancelling the entire shoot alltogether. Friends say she's in a bad mood because she's missing Justin Timberlake as both have busy schedules.

June 24, 2000 - Famous Fixins, a producer of celebrity-licensed promotional products, now has a lip balm flavor endorsed by Justin Timberlake, Vanilla, which should hit shelves mid summer.

June 24, 2000 - Tickets for *NSYNC's Challenge for the Children II Celebrity basketball game presented by Motorola in NYC went on sale Monday, June 19, 2000 through Ticketmaster and sold out within 15 minutes.

June 22, 2000 - Our opinion poll asking "Who do you think is the best choice as Justin's girlfriend?" brought in predictable results with 52.95% saying a non celebrity fan was the best choice, 39.88% said Britney Spears, 5.06% said Daniele Fishel, and 2.11% said Nicole Appleton. 1186 votes were cast.

June 21, 2000 - The *NSYNC tour hit controversy as a roadie for the group apparently asked a 15 year old girl to flash her breasts in order to get backstage. The girl said no, told her mom, and she then went ballistic. The band's handlers are currently investigating the incident.

June 19, 2000 - From the GroupieCentral.com message boards, so take it for what it's worth: "I was at a club recently where a few of the guys went after one of their shows. I personally did not hook up with [Justin] because pretty boys are not my thing, but I saw him drunk off his ass going from girl to girl on the dance floor. At the end of the evening a few of his favorites were escorted by secuity into their white van that they were using for transportation. That is all I know. He was very nice but didn't seem very apple pie to me."

June 16, 2000 - *NSYNC is going to be in a charity basketball game next month, on July 29 at St. John's University in New York City. The other team will feature Kobe Bryant, Usher and Jason Biggs and others. Part of the procedes go to The Justin Timberlake Foundation.

June 14, 2000 - Ellen K reports on Dees Sleaze Tuesday that Britney Spears and *NSYNC filmed a commercial for McDonalds in Vancouver, for the spot Britney got $1 million and *NSYNC got a total of $4 million. The commercials should begin airing in July.

June 14, 2000 - Rick Dees reports that Planet Hollywood coming out of bankruptcy will pay $1 million for Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, plus $5 million for *NSYNC to be spokespersons for their restaurant chain.

June 14, 2000 - Rick Dees reported Wednesday that Britney Spears was listening to the Ellen K report Monday while doing a video shoot in LA. She was satisfied to know Ellen didn't paint a story of her as a loose floosy. Justin Timberlake went to the video shoot and spent two hours together and Rick said "the were a couple meant to be from heaven."

June 14, 2000 - Rumors are circulating on GroupieCentral.com that Justin is dating an African American woman in the band Luvher named Tanicka Thomas.

June 10, 2000 - MTV aired the delayed replay of the music awards (what's up with that anyways, you can't delay awards shows in the internet age!) He was sporting the cornrows hairdo and he and the rest of the group were interviewed by Sisqo before the event. Justin was looking forward to Best Fight.

June 6, 2000 - More groupie news from Da G-Spot claiming Britney was in the VIP section when *NSYNC played in New Orleans. The event staff told the poster Justin "was following her around the whole time like a puppy dog" but they added "but it didn't stop him from kicking it to one of the girls in Sisqo's new girl group LuvHer at a club and turning around and making out with some other girl at the same party."

June 5, 2000 - Latest gossip on Groupiecentral.com has been that Justin is into black girls, causing a debate on whether it even makes a difference what color the girls are.

June 5, 2000 - Rick Dees reported at a recent *NSYNC concert in Tampa last month, Britney was there with his cap covering her face, meeting Justin afterwards with the two left arm in arm kissing according to witnesses.

June 3, 2000 - eBay has an autographed Teen People magazine of Justin up for auction. The magazine (item #347760005)  has a current bid of $11.50 and ends June 8th.

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