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November 28, 2001 - There's a six page article in the magazine 'Who Weekly' discussing Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore's addiction to shopping and how they spend their millions. According to the article, Christina is the least demanding. Read more.

November 28, 2001 - Shocking blind item in this week's Star as they dish, "This pop-music queen may not be as innocent as she claims. There's a NYC nightclub deejay who's telling his friends he showed the young lady some of the ways of the world that are usually not discussed in public - when he worked her 16th birthday party not too long ago. And he swears he wasn't her first!" Age and recently certainly narrows the mix, as well as someone who's well known at 16. Britney Spears, Mandy Moore? Who do you think, or is the deejay just full of it?

November 23, 2001 -  A post on the official site message board providing a scoop on Mandy Moore's role in her new movie 'A Walk To Remember' not only did bring thanks from Mandy herself, but turned into a catfight between the moderator Jon (bills5000) and the original poster Angelika, who is a friend of Mandy's brother Scott Moore. Angelika blasted Jon saying, "Alright... I am going to go ahead and speak about this if you won't drop it. You are a punk Jon. You know damn good and well why I threatened you. And I do stand by it. I am going to go out on a limb when I say that you are a pathetic guy, and I am telling you right now that if you don't drop all of this.... I am going to keep going after your sorry ass. I was trying to be nice and take the heat off you some, but you know what? You don't deserve it, you were wrong. What you did was crossing a boundary. You are NOT Mandy Moore's friend. You ARE NOT welcome in her personal life." Read the full online war here.

November 17, 2001 - MTV reports Mandy Moore has contributed 4 different songs towards the soundtrack of the movie which she also stars in, 'A Walk To Remember.' The album will include the new Moore songs "It's Gonna Be Love" and "Only Hope," a cover of the New Radicals' "Someday We'll Know" by Moore and Switchfoot's John Foreman, and "Cry" from her self-titled album released earlier this year. Read more.

November 16, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of a newly brunette Mandy Moore as well as Dream, Alicia Keys, LMNT, and several other artists who were at the Teen People Third Annual What's Next Issue event in New York City on Wedneday. Check them out here.

November 13, 2001 - The New York Post reports Mandy Moore was spotted in a Hogan store last week and told a customer who mentioned she was afraid of flying, "Oh, don't worry - the skies have never been safer." Mandy then purchased a Hogan bag that she claimed "would make the perfect travel bag!" Mandy's father is an American Airlines pilot.

November 10, 2001 - The Sydney Herald Sun reports industry insiders are suggesting that Mandy Moore's poor record sales were the key decision behind Sony's decision to not fly her and her band all the way to Australia to perform for just 20 minutes at Rumba, as it would be financially unviable. Moore has been stating on her message board repeatedly that she nor her manager had any involvement in the decision, but apologized in any event.

November 7, 2001 - Mandy Moore posted a response to the overwealming chatter about her message board's moderator Jon urging fans to quit talking about the incident. Mandy said, "Stop talk (sic) about the whole incident of last weekend. It was topic that shouldn't have been brought to this message board in the first place and was wrong of myself to even address. It is unfair to Jon and all of you to get so worked up over something that has already happened. Everything has ended ok... Everyone is ok... So therefore, it's not of relevance. I apologize to all of you for everything!!! Please keep your heads up and smile..." Now whether this advice is heeded or not is yet to be seen.

November 7, 2001 - Mandy Moore lashed out at message board member RuNvS on her official site who accused her boyfriend of being a pedophile by saying, "It's all to have your own opinion... as much as you criticize others who have their own (pathetic as you may think they are). You don't hafta be rude. That's being idiotic. Heed your own advice. vent all you want. Tell me how much you hate me... I don't care, but don't freakin call people names (Wilmer's a pedophile? Come on dude... get original). That's immature."

November 7, 2001 - Fans continued to express their grief over Mandy Moore's last minute cancellation at the Rumba show in Australia. Mandy said on her official site's message board, "I can only attribute our cancellation of the trip to the record company. We were all told last week and you can imagine how upset the band, makeup artists, etc... were to hear the news, as they declined other jobs and didn't book flights to be with their families for Thanksgiving. It is not fair. Plain and simple. We were all planning on and looking forward to going."

November 6, 2001 - Following Mandy Moore's stunning e-mail on Halloween explaining an uncomfortable situation the singer was put in that previous weekend with the moderator of her official site's message board, the situation continues to go unresolved and unforgiven. Seventeen-year-old moderator Jon, user name bills50000, has so far refused an overwhelming demand that he step down for his unexpected visit to Mandy Moore's home which he's presented sufficient proof he was invited... but it doesn't matter. Read more.

November 6, 2001 - Mandy Moore is fronting a campaign by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients to encourage school students to donate money for cancer research. Mandy said, "Because I am a past participant of the Pasta For Pennies program, I am very familiar with both the program and its cause, and I am very passionate about supporting the Society's mission." The program takes place in February 2002 and lasts three weeks. Read more.

November 6, 2001 - Mandy Moore posted an update Sunday telling fans that her Australia trip was cancelled. Mandy said, "It was NOT my decision, it was above me and without my knowledge until the deal was done. And for all Australian fans who have heard otherwise- I apologize." Mandy also called out against a message board poster about the moderator Jon incident saying, "Some of you are very misinformed and have put out false info (webmasterposter person). not cool. sorry." Read more.

November 3, 2001 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks "Which female pop singer is the most talented vocalist?" Voting is capped at 1 time/day. Click here to vote for Mandy or whoever your favorite is.

November 1, 2001 - A fascinating development occurred over the weekend as a moderator at the Mandy Moore official site message board visited Mandy's home over the weekend and spent the night. Mandy says, "YES, I felt a little freaked out... but who wouldn't? I was in my house with my parents, my boyfriend, cats, dog, etc... watching home movies and relaxing. I felt uncomfortable having someone not only that I didn't know, but my brother and his friends didn't really know, in my house to sleep over." Mandy's brother did in fact know he was coming over based on a chat transcript Jon had saved on his computer to prove it. For more info, click here.

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