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April 30, 2003 - According to the Hollywood Reporter, Erika Christensen, Mandy Moore, Lauren Ambrose and Alicia Witt are in discussions to star opposite Joan Allen and Kevin Costner in the family drama 'The Upside of Anger'. Mike Binder wrote and will direct the project, about a mother (Allen) and her four strong-willed daughters (Christensen, Moore, Ambrose and Witt) who must suddenly deal with life without a husband and father. Production is set to begin in late August or early September.

April 28, 2003 - Fans can check out clips of three new songs on Mandy Moore's upcoming 'Coverage' album, including 'Senses Working Overtime' (XTC), 'Can We Still Be Friends' (Todd Rundgren), and 'Drop The Pilot' (Joan Armatrading). Listen to the 30-second clips here.

April 25, 2003 - Mandy Moore sent out the following message to all those on her fanclub mailing list. Read it here.

April 25, 2003 - Mandy Moore will appear in a skit on MADtv this Saturday, April 26th, at 11 PM ET/PT on Fox.

April 23, 2003 - The title of Mandy Moore's movie shot last year has been changed from 'Try 17' to 'All I Want'. The indie film also starring Elijah Wood has also been scrapped for theatrical release and will premiere on the Starz channel in August of this year. In the film Mandy plays a 21 year old theater student named Lisa who tries to seduce the younger and more innocent character played by Elijah Wood. Read more.

April 20, 2003 - Mandy Moore chatted with Blender about her fourth album 'Coverage', which takes her in a different musical direction, something she apparently wanted to do all along. "It felt like everyone I was working with on my other albums was against me," she said. "I didn't like the songs [from my last album]." The new album sees her cover music from before she was born, such as 'Drop the Pilot' by Joan Armatrading and 'Whole of the Moon' by the Waterboys. "The idea was to present these songs in a way my age group can relate to," she said.

April 16, 2003 - Last night's episode of 'Fake I.D. Club Junior' saw Mandy Moore needing some help from her mom with that first hookup with her current beau tennis star Andy Roddick. "I had seen Andy's picture in magazine," Mandy explained. "And thought he was cute. And so I wanted to go meet him. I figured while I was up there they were having a tennis tournament." But she had to enlist her mother to make the first move. "I was working that day and I sent her to one of his matches. I said, you bring him, you bring Andy back to the set with you because I want to meet him." Mandy's mom said, "Great, like he's going to want to meet some old fart." But mom's cupid attempt paid off. "We really hit it off after my mom brought him to me and we've been dating ever since. I was the ballsy chick for once."

April 16, 2003 - Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Alba, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, Lil' Bow Wow, Mandy Moore, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos were amongst the stars who were on hand at Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards 2003 on Saturday (April 12) at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. Check out pictures from StarFile, Globe Photos (pressroom / arrivals), BigPictures, and RexFeatures.

April 13, 2003 - Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Alba, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, Lil' Bow Wow, Mandy Moore, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos were amongst the stars who were on hand at Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards 2003 on Saturday (April 12) at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. Check out pictures from CelebrityPhoto.com (arrivals / pressroom), Getty Images (backstage / pressroom / arrivals), LFI (pressroom / arrivals), WireImage.com (backstage / show / arrivals / pressroom), The Sun, and Yahoo.

April 13, 2003 - Switchfoot writes on Mandy Moore's official message board: "Hey Guys, I saw some of you wondering if Mandy was really posting at a different message board: hostboard.com/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=1986 Well, there answer is NO! It was shut down by the Host Board Administration. They wrote a message saying, 'It was shut down because they frauduently mis-represented the person the board was intended for.' They also said, 'We publically apologize for any harm done from these message board owners.' And great news, hostboard.com said to go to mandymoore.com for the offical board. By the way, these liers have started a new board, saying it is supported by Mandy! And they said the old board was hacked into... unreal!"

April 11, 2003 - Mandy Moore entered her last teen year with her 19th birthday on Thursday (April 10). Wish her a happy birthday at her official forum -- which she hasn't posted on since it switched back to Sony -- here.

April 8, 2003 - Us Weekly asked several celebs, including Mandy Moore, what they would be doing if they weren't a celebrity. Mandy responded, "I would be a journalist. English was always my favorite subject in school. I would actually ask the teacher for longer writing assignments."

April 4, 2003 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports Mandy Moore was spotted flying from LAX to Fort Lauderdale on a Monday night. Mandy schlumped into her first-class seat wearing a sheer white tee, tight hip-huggers and camel-colored moccasin-boots. The singer/actress waited ages in baggage claim and then dipped outside and slipped into a BMW X5.

April 1, 2003 - Mandy Moore is featured in the April issue of Movieline magazine. Check out scans from ShockYourMind.org.

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