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December 25, 2003 - The Toronto Star reports Kid Rock was in town this week promoting his new CD but found time to drop by Revival bar's Christmas party last Monday night and jam with the band, VIP Jam. Rock went onstage at 1:30 a.m. and played until almost 3, singing, rapping, playing keyboard and guitar.

December 25, 2003 - Kid Rock revealed his Christmas plans telling Star magazine, "I have a Christmas Special coming up on VH1. 'A Kid Rock Christmas'. We'll cook dinner and a lot of it's smart-ass stuff. But that's what Christmas is about. A lot of people getting together to have a good time."

December 15, 2003 - After Star magazine reported Kid Rock was a big fan of Good Housekeeping magazine, the homemaking publication now is offering the rocker to visit them. "We're sending him an invitation," editor Ellen Levine told Star. "We'll welcome him to 'GH', teach him how to make our famous popovers. I think he needs to know how to make souffle... In his soul, he's a 'Good Housekeeping' kind of guy."

November 30, 2003 - Sources close to Star magazine's Victoria Gotti tell her that Kid Rock was so upset by the breakup with Pamela Anderson that when she broke the news, he asked her, "It's not because of Tommy is it? Please tell me we're not breaking up because of him." A source revealed, "Rock is nursing a broken heart. He's devastated. He still loves Pam so much."

November 30, 2003 - Stuff magazine caught up with Kid Rock for a Q&A and asked the singer if he would get in big trouble if he was caught drinking a Miller rather than a Coors Light. "The only time I'd drink a Miller is if they didn't have Coors. [My Coors contract] says to make every effort not to be photographed with another beer. And I do. I was down in Mexico riding motorcycles with ['Monster Garage's'] Jesse James, and they didn't have any Coors Light down there. So I called the office and said, 'Hey, could you ship some Coors Light down here?' They're like, 'Oh, man, you guys are way in the fu**ing middle of Mexico.' I go, 'Cool, because I'm fu**ing walking around getting filmed drinking Mexican beer - just want to let you know!' I'm a team player."

November 27, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Kid Rock's mother Susan Ritchie and sister Jill Ritchie are furious with Pamela Anderson after the actress decided to juggle romances with her son and Tommy Lee, Anderson's ex-husband. When the two met up at Kid Rock's VH1 Christmas Special taping, a soiurce revealed, "They hate her so much. It wasn't a fistfight, but they were yelling. All of the family is mad at Pam, but he just loves that girl."

November 25, 2003 - Outkast, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Kid Rock, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Eve, Pamela Anderson, Matchbox Twenty, Carmen Rasmusen, Shania Twain, Viveca Fox, Erika Christensen, Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles, and Nikky Hilton were on hand for VH1 Big in 2003 on Thursday (November 20) at Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California. Check out pictures here.

November 22, 2003 - Kid Rock was on Last Call with Carson Daly on Thursday night to discuss his new self-titled album, his upcoming 'Kid Rock Christmas' special on VH-1, his 10-year-old boy, and more. Read on for a rough transcript.

November 22, 2003 - Kid Rock performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday (November 18). Check out pictures from GettyImages.

November 22, 2003 - Dan Aquilante of the New York Post caught up with Kid Rock for a Q&A as the singer is promoting his new self-titled album. Asked whether making a record that isn't just one kind of music makes it difficult to get radio play, Kid responded, "This is the stuff I love and the music I wanna play. I'm on a few classic rock stations and a few country stations, but I'm not cool enough for a lot of stations... or maybe they're just threatened by me." Read more.

November 19, 2003 - Reuters has a video clip of Pam Anderson and Kid Rock answering questions about their relationship when they strolled the red carpet at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, while Britney Spears and brother Bryan posted for photographers. In addition are clips of Hilary Duff, Amy Lee, Ashanti, Metallica, and Pink strolling the red carpet, while Sean Paul and Chester Bennington and Phoenix of Linkin Park were interviewed briefly, and Lance Bass then intro'd the show with Monica. More clips include Britney performing 'In The Zone', Pink performing an acoustic version of 'Trouble', Linkin Park accepting an award, Rod Stewart performing, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake accepting an award, Metallica performing, and Kid Rock's acceptance speech. Watch it all here.

November 19, 2003 - 3 Doors Down, Ashanti, Ashlee Simpson, Avril Lavigne, Bone Crusher, Bow Wow, Brandy, Britney Spears, Chevelle, Clay Aiken, Evanescence, Ginuwine, Good Charlotte, Heather Headley, Hilary Duff, Jenny McCarthy, Jermaine Dupri, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, and JC Chasez of *NSYNC, Kid Rock, Lionel Richie, Macy Gray, Metallica, Missy Elliott, Nick Cannon, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, OutKast, Pamela Anderson, Paula Abdul, Phoenix and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Pink, Randy Jackson, Rod Stewart, Ruben Studdard, Sean Paul, Sheryl Crow, Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath, and Uncle Kracker were on hand for the 31st Annual American Music Awards on Sunday (November 16) at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Check out pictures here.

November 19, 2003 - Entertainment Tonight has American Music Awards highlight clips including brief red carpet interviews with Hilary Duff, who talked about her excitement to meet Britney Spears, Clay Aiken, who talked about his sexy date, Ruben Studdard, who talked about his performance, and more brief remarks from Rod Stewart, Ashanti, and Sheryl Crowe. And in another clip, Cojo was backstage with Ruben, Paula Abdul, Clay, Kid Rock, Hilary Duff, and Rod Stewart. Watch the video clips here.

November 19, 2003 - Kid Rock was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday to perform 'Feel Like Makin' Love' and afterwards he spoke with Jay about his VH-1 Christmas special, 'Kid Rock Christmas'. Read on for a transcript.

November 17, 2003 - The New York Post reports during an interview with Fox News Channel's entertainment guy, Bill McCuddy, Kid Rock revealed how he upsets pal Sean Penn. When he wants to get under the actor's skin, Rock says, "Isn't Bill O'Reilly a genius?" "It gets him so mad, because he's like, 'No!'," Rock chortled. But Rock assured McCuddy that he's an O'Reilly Factor fan.

November 17, 2003 - Jimmy Kimmel joked midway through Sunday night's American Music Awards, and after Kid Rock had performed 'Feel Like Makin' Love': "By the way, if anyone is interested, Kid Rock is out in the parking lot and still feels like making love. Meet him by the el Camino." Later in the boardcast, Kid Rock took home Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist. He said in his acceptance speech: "One for the good guys. Always wanted to win something. My first option would have been the lotto. But I say thank you to my band, they are like my family. And hi to my son who is watching. Pamela, love you baby. And everybody here loves their wives that are sitting there, too. Girlfriends, friends, whatever. I want to thank the fat girl sitting right there. What's up, baby?"

November 17, 2003 - Jimmy Kimmel joked during his American Music Awards opening monologue on Sunday night: "Pamela Anderson is here with Kid Rock. And Kid Rock was dating Sheryl Crow who is now dating Lance Armstrong. Kid appears to be back with Pam, who I thought was back with Tommy. But I guess that's off now because Tommy in the paper Friday was kissing Pink. It's more confusing than 'Paradise Hotel,' it really is. And the only way I see this thing ending is with Lance Armstrong and Tommy Lee making a video on a boat together.

November 16, 2003 - Kid Rock was on hand for the Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute: A Celebration of Friends and Family on Monday (November 10) at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Check out pictures from WireImage.

November 16, 2003 - Kid Rock, Blink-182 and Puddle of Mudd were on MTV's Spankin' New Music Week on Tuesday (November 11) at TRL Studios in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages and WireImage.

November 13, 2003 - Kid Rock visited the Howard Stern Show on Tuesday morning to promote his new self-titled album. They played some cuts off the album and Rock talked a bit about the whole Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee relationship and how it was Pam that didn't want to commit to a marriage. Kid said that he's 32 now and has a 10 year old kid so he's ready settle down. Check out a transcript here.

November 11, 2003 - Kid Rock was on hand for the 37th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday (November 5) at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Check out pictures from GettyImages, WireImage, Yahoo, and LFI.

November 11, 2003 - Stuff magazine's interview with Kid Rock saw the rocker recalling the time he hung out with Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs at Shore Club in South Beach. He said, "I go, 'I'm drinking Jim Beam.' He goes, 'What's Jim Beam?' He had all this Cristal lined up. I go, 'See all that stuff? You know how much Beam you could get for what all that costs? Dude, you could have a party for a year'."

November 6, 2003 - Us Weekly has an update on Pamela Anderson's juggling of ex-hubby Tommy Lee and rocker Kid Rock. Asked why the on-off couple were back on, a friend of the Motley Crue drummer said, "Tommy loves her. He loves his kids. I can see him marrying her again." As for Rock, a waitress at his favorite hometown restaurant in Michigan said, "Pam hasn't been in with him in about six to eight weeks." And another source close to Anderson said, "She could never see herself marrying Kid because she could never stop loving Tommy."

November 6, 2003 - Kid Rock taped a concert Tuesday night for a 90-minute holiday-themed television special. A Kid Rock Christmas, to air December 14th on VH1, will include clips from Tuesday's show, an animated short that features Kid Rock doing his own version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' and a video excerpts of him eating Christmas dinner with his family and friends. Read more.

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