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August 29, 2002 - Leonardo DiCaprio has failed to put in expected appearances at the beginning of the World Development Summit in Johannesburg despite recently calling on President Bush to travel to the summit. Read more.

August 24, 2002 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca has news on Leo DiCaprio in Las Vegas for the Bruce Springsteen show, complete with news on the "huge-ass entourage of models" that he was with.

August 22, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports Leonardo DiCaprio was feeling his oats Sunday at the Bruce Springsteen after-concert party at A.J.'s restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel when he let it be known he wanted hip hop music piped in, or else he was going to party elsewhere. Didn't work though -- it is the Hard Rock Hotel, not the Hard Hip Hop Hotel. Leo stuck around anyways. Leo also sharing a table and a bottle of Belvedere, a premium vodka, $310, at Light, the Bellagio nightclub with Michael Jordan, Mark Wahlberg and pal Tobey Maguire. Finally, Leo took multiple rides Sunday on the Big Shot at the Stratosphere, with two friends and a bodyguard.

August 20, 2002 - The Mirror reports Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted using a golf cart on Hollywood's Sunset Strip.

August 19, 2002 - The Sunday People reports an ex-schoolmate of Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed how the star played the fame game early on. "Leo always mixed with pupils who had showbiz links. He thought they would be helpful to him," he said. 

August 19, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports celebs at the Hard Rock for Bruce Springsteen's concert on Sunday night including Leonardo DiCaprio, Vin Diesel, Steve Van Zandt, and a member of Springsteen's E Street Band were spotted dining at Nobu (Hard Rock Hotel) on Friday night.

August 17, 2002 - Leo is on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly along with Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis for their fall movie preview, on Gangs of New York. Check out the story here.

August 17, 2002 - The New York Post reports Oliver Stone is also gearing up with his own Alexander movie, this one starring Colin Farrell.

August 16, 2002 - Variety reports Director Baz Luhrmann is drafting his "Romeo & Juliet" star Leonardo DiCaprio into his Alexander the Great epic.

August 16, 2002 - The New York Post reports Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rose McGowan and Tobey Maguire have all booked rooms at the Hard Rock Hotel for an "intimate" performance by Bruce Springsteen Sunday.

August 15, 2002 - Leonardo DiCaprio joined several other celebrities calling for President Bush to attend the "World Environment Summit." A video clip of Leo commenting at feedroom.com has since been removed.

August 15, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Wednesday, "This is weird. Yesterday at a press conference, actor Leonardo Dicaprio lashed out at President Bush for his environmental policy. Yeah, after hearing about -- after hearing about it, the President said, "I thought he died on the 'Titanic.'"

August 14, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Leonardo DiCaprio at the Global Green USA Releases Climate Change Report, which calls on President Bush to attend the upcoming Earth Summit in South Africa. Check out photos from the Hollywood event here.

August 14, 2002 - Here's Leo's message to President Bush: "I'm here as a concerned citizen," Leo stated. "My purpose is quite simply to urge President Bush to attend the Johannesburg world summit. Mr. Bush, we're asking for your support to be the President that looks towards the future. Here is your opportunity to do the right thing for generations," an impassioned Leo continued, "I believe we need a new sense of shared destiny, a sense that we're all in this together. Despite the fact that we're the biggest economy, we're the largest polluter. President Bush, please go prepared to join the vast majority of nations in constructing a concrete plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

August 13, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Leonardo DiCaprio at Global Green USA Releases Climate Change Report, which calls on President Bush to attend an upcoming Earth summit in South Africa. Check out the event held at the Standard Hotel in Los Angeles, California on Monday here.

August 13, 2002 - "Mr. Bush, we're asking for your support, to be the president that looks towards the future," Leonardo DiCaprio told a Monday rally organized by Global Green USA, an affiliate of Green Cross International.

August 7, 2002 - The New York Post reports pals are saying Britney Spears is still obsessed with her former *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake and she hit on Leonardo DiCaprio at the Playboy party to make 'Stinky' jealous. "She is desperate to hook up with someone who will make Justin jealous," said another spy. "She is 21 going on 9 years old [Note: She's actually 20 until December 2nd], and just can't get over the fact that he has moved on."

August 4, 2002 - Pop Idol loser Darius Danesh says he isn't a great fan of Leo, who was at a London club recently. Darius says, "He was a bit stand-offish. But I bought him a drink and he lightened up."

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