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August 24, 2002 - Mandy Moore and her pal Angie posted a response to a fan wondering if the singer liked being in Wilmington, North Carolina when you were doing 'A Walk to Remember'. Mandy responded to Angie's message about the town saying, "I absolutely adore Wilmington. What a picture perfect location to shoot a film! I would love to buy a house there one day. I miss it. Angie -- we had a blast, right? Ahhhh memories." Read more.

August 20, 2002 - After being hit by a disgruntled poster, the Mandy Moore forum was brought offline by Ross (aka. TheCh4D), and today has returned. Wade writes, "A combination of skillz, coolnessism, a manipulative mind frame, and possibly perfect timing on Ross’ part to ‘frame’ someone (that I believe he didn’t even know he was doing) lead to a misjudged, rude, and cruel post accusing a member who, by the help of countless people, was pretty much framed. I have personally expressed my deepest regrets and sorrow to this member and this post was only posted for a period of less than fifteen minutes." Meanwhile, now that the forum has returned, bills50000 has requested that Mandy set him up on a date with Kelly Osbourne, only days after he gave a cucumber to Vanessa Carlton backstage at a recent concert in New York. Read more.

August 19, 2002 - Tom Russo of the Boston Globe advises *NSYNC star Lance Bass to pack 3 DVD's on his trip to outer space. Russo shares his comments on the Britney Spears starring 'Crossroads', the Mandy Moore starring 'A Walk To Remember', and Lance's own 'On The Line', none of them very positive thoughts, with the worst comments saved for Lance's movie. "The movie is easily the most lightweight - and patience-testing - of this bunch," he commented. Read more.

August 18, 2002 - Amongst the updates on the Tuesday Buddyhead.com update: "Mandy Moore is the teenage Kathy Lee Gifford and deserves to die a horrible death. Now. Please."

August 14, 2002 - Mandy Moore's official site message board apparently was nuked by someone who got the moderator's password. bills50000, a former moderator at on the forum, who was fired from moderating duties after his now infamous surprise visit to Mandy's Florida home, explained, "The incompetant webmaster proceeds to demod the moderator and then ban the moderator. At this time, all the users started spamming, and the incompetant webmaster closed the message board. Good joke of the day."

August 12, 2002 - After dozens of posts concerning her Blender photo shoot, Mandy Moore responded in an angry and frustrated tone at some of the criticism. Mandy sighed, "Man.... posts like this make me kinda say...'Oh give it up!.' First of all, Blender is NOT a men's magazine. It doesn't say anything about it being so on the cover. It's owned by the same people who run Maxim... big deal. The same photographer who shot my picture in People mag's 50 Most Beautiful shot these photos. I am not going to justify me doing the shoot, because I don't feel I need to. I happen to really like the pictures. So the dress is a bit shorter that anything I have been photographed in before... whoop dee do.... I have long legs lol. It's not like I am in some cut-off belly baring shirt and booty shorts. Look at the headshot inside. How is that overly sexy? Guys, you're going to have to trust me a bit more. If I say I'm not comfy posing in such and such, I am not going to. Period. I am not contradicting myself at all. No one makes me wear anything I don't want to. I choose to wear it because I liked it. It's something I would wear out on a night on the town. Geeez." Read more.

August 11, 2002 - leftofcenter writes "The September 2002 issue of Blender magazine features Mandy Moore on the cover. The photos of Mandy in this issue are creating controvery among fans at her official message board. Read the 3 page long debate here. View the photos in question here."

August 9, 2002 - Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh gave a run-down of several women on a 1 to 10 scale. On Britney Spears, he commented "Great ass," but only gave her a 6. Kelly Osbourne rated an 8, while Mandy Moore ("Really gorgeous just too wholesome") also rated an 8. Read more.

August 7, 2002 - Mandy Moore offered advice for contestants on 'American Idol' to Access Hollywood. "Just surround yourself with the best people possible. Make sure you include your fans and your good friends and everything because they are going to be the people that you can trust," said Moore. Read more.

August 6, 2002 - Metal-Sludge.com has a great and candid 20 questions with MTV's Iann Robinson. Besides spending much of the 20 questions ragging on Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, he also was asked if he prefered Mandy Moore or Christina Aguilera. "Neither," he responded. "Both suck." Read more.

August 6, 2002 - RexFeatures, LFI (page1 / page2), and WireImage.com all have photos from Sunday night's Teen Choice Awards. Amongst the stars in attendance were BBMak, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jack and Kelly Osbourne, Mandy Moore, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, and American Idol finalists, judges, and hosts. The show airs on Monday, August 19th at 8 PM EST on Fox. Read more.

August 6, 2002 - Mandy Moore checked in with fans on her official message board after taking home a Teen Choice Award last night for Choice Breakout Performance, Actress, for 'A Walk To Remember' and Choice Chemistry with Shane West. Mandy said, "Heheh thanx guys! I was very excited for the awards today. What a nice suprise! But winning choice chemistry, are you sure? I don't think so... lol. Thanks again to those of you who voted and responded to the movie too." Before you think Mandy didn't have chemistry with Shane, she later clarified, "Nono I didn't mean that. I am saying that to my knowledge, Shane and I did NOT win that award. Heheh.... sorry for not making that clear." A photo caption had indicated she did win the other award. Read more.

August 5, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks which female pop star do you think would be the toughest fighter? Vote for Mandy Moore here.

August 4, 2002 - Mandy Moore checked out a tennis match in Toronto featuring Andy Roddick causing a fan on her message board to wonder if she was dating the tennis star. Mandy said, "Can't a girl be a tennis fan? It just so happens that my mom is a tennis fanatic and we scored some tickets. The game was great and Andy is a fantastic player. It was a pleasure to see him win. I had never been to a game before, but I picked a great one to watch. My good friend Al (he played Eric in 'Walk') has been visiting me and he was watching the match as well. What an enjoyable day, but it's off to [the] set for me and then straight to the airport and back to LA for the Teen Choice Awards. Busy, busy." Read more.

August 2, 2002 - A fan named Sarah on Mandy Moore's official forum told the singer her mother and a lot of other people she knows keep telling her, "Oooh, Mandy is going to slowly fade more into acting, and eventually will be a full time actress and not a singer anymore." Mandy responded by saying, "Sarah... goofball!! No... my life is centered around music and I am aching to get back into the studio. Have no fear."

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