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July 30, 2003 - When it came time to shoot Mandy Moore's love scenes in 'How to Deal' with co-star Trent Ford, they were as awkward as all actors will tell you their love scenes are. "Trent's a pretty confident guy. I'm a pretty shy modest girl in many ways, so it's always awkward doing a scene," Moore told ComingSoon.net. "Especially because at that point in time you've become friends and you're friends with everyone on the crew. It's just an awkward time for everyone because the crew guys don't just want to watch you seeing what you're doing and the director doesn't want to have to give you direction like, 'Um, don't kiss for that long' or 'Are you adding tongue?' There's just so many weird elements that go into being romantic on screen and it's so choreographed too. People don't realize it's like my cheek has to be in this position, his head has to be tilting this way, we have to linger couple inches apart before we actually kiss so any sort of romance is long out of the way before you actually get to do it." Read more.

July 30, 2003 - Anonymous writes "The trailer for the Mandy Moore and Elijah Wood starring R-rated adult themed film 'All I Want' (formerly titled 'Try Seventeen') is viewable at IMDB.com. See it here. The film premieres on Starz on July 31st at 8 PM."

July 25, 2003 - Mim Udovitch of the New York Times profiled the darkening hair used by singers such as Mandy Moore, Christina Aguilera, Pink, and briefly by Britney Spears -- mostly focusing on Moore with her new movie 'How to Deal' out. Udovitch says, "As a teenage pop tart, Ms. Moore was, as it turned out, too much of a natural to actually succeed. In her Neutrogena commercials, her interviews, and especially in her videos, including one directed by Gregory Dark, a porno veteran, she came across not as a girl Pinocchio, but rather a real little girl. She did not seem subliminally furious, and she did not seem to be trying to remap the geopolitical landscape with nothing more than her abdominal muscles and a stylist. Rather she seemed intelligent, slightly awkward and sincere. She appeared as uncomfortable in the parts of her videos that called upon her to be a pouty sultry nymphet as, well, a 15-year-old." Read more.

July 23, 2003 - Mandy Moore chatted with The CBS Early Show's Hannah Storm about her new movie 'How to Deal', her role model status, love life and upcoming album 'Coverage'. Watch the video interview here.

July 23, 2003 - Mandy Moore is featured on the cover of this week's Entertainment Today, where the actress/singer admitted to struggling with the musical side of her career. "I wasn’t surprised, I wasn’t shocked in terms of my musical career not being as successful as anticipated," she admitted. "I’m happy that I’m still allowed the opportunity to do music and go in the studio and record and do what I love, ’cause that’s my passion. I’m just as blessed and lucky to be able to have the opportunity to do stuff in the film world, and people have been so accepting of that transition. So I’m just counting my lucky stars that I’m around and there’s an audience out there still, because that allows me to do what I love to do." Read more.

July 23, 2003 - Us Weekly caught up with Mandy Moore to ask about her boyfriend and tennis star Andy Roddick. With Mandy buying a $1.7 million home in Los Angeles that has the singer still living with her parents, she was asked if mom and dad have ever walked in on Andy and herself. "I've been lucky enough that it has never happened," Moore revealed. "I've been both lucky and smart." Asked what it is like to date Roddick, Moore took a dig at ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama responding, "I'm very, very much in love. I have never dated someone who is such a heartthrob. It's weird - girls are flipping out and want to rip his clothes off. That's my boyfriend!"

July 23, 2003 - Mandy Moore phoned into the Kidd Kraddick show Friday morning to talk about her latest film, 'How To Deal'. Moore also talked about her next film which she is working on in Prague and the guy they helped bust claiming he was dating Mandy. Download and listen to the interview here.

July 21, 2003 - Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed Mandy Moore's latest film effort 'How to Deal', giving it a 'C' grade. Ebert says Moore "has such an unaffected natural charm that she almost makes the movie worth seeing." But, "the movie never really pulls us into the story and makes us care, the way those other three movies do." Still, Ebert concludes, "What the movie establishes above all is that Moore has a future in the movies, maybe even in the horror film she's making with Wes Craven." Read more.

July 21, 2003 - John Anderson of New York Newsday reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'How to Deal', giving it only 1/2 star. Anderson writes, "Rising ingenue Mandy Moore may be more than just another pretty face, but you'd never know it by 'How to Deal,' a movie which you will find almost unbearable unless you are 1. already a huge Mandy Moore fan, 2. 12 years old and 3. clinically dead." Read more.

July 21, 2003 - Christy Lemire of the Associated Press reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'How to Deal', giving it 2 out of 4 stars. Lemire says that like 'A Walk to Remember', Moore is "still poised and likable, but this time the material bubbles up to unbelievable heights." She added, "Eventually, the right movie will come along for Moore, who continues to show that compared other actress-singers her age, she's the real on-screen deal." Read more.

July 20, 2003 - Jeff Strickler of the Star Tribune reviewed the Mandy Moore starring 'How to Deal'. Strickler says, "Moore has an engaging screen presence. She exudes a maturity that seems beyond her real-life age of 19, and that serves her well in this project. Halley is the antithesis of the stereotypical starry-eyed teen. She's not surprised by setbacks because she expects them." Read more.

July 20, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Mandy Moore fan site M-Moore.org has videos of the singer/actress on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the Late Show with David Letterman, TRL, and E! News Daily. Download and watch them all here."

July 20, 2003 - Actress Allison Janney spoke with The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm about her new movie 'How to Deal', and how she had a great experience working with Mandy Moore on the project. "She taught me a thing or two. I was intimidated by her because she's so young, so accomplished and so grounded," Janney revealed. "At the beginning of the scenes, she did a little improv and I thought that was so brave of her. She wanted to get the scene going before the cameras rolled. So when the cameras rolled we would be in the middle of the scene, things would be happening and alive. I loved her for that. She wasn’t afraid to make a fool of herself. I'm always afraid to make a fool of myself." Watch the interview here.

July 20, 2003 - Mandy Moore tells Teen People that dating tennis star Andy Roddick has inspired her, especially when it comes to singing love songs. "I used to think that I had it all figured out," Mandy said. "Then I went through a period of [thinking], 'I don't know what's going on.' But being in love gives you something to fall back on. You have something to relate to."

July 20, 2003 - Stacie Orrico, Mandy Moore, and Martin Lawrence stopped by MTV's TRL 'Backstage Pass' Week on Thursday (July 17) at MTV Studios in Times Square, New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages and WireImage.

July 18, 2003 - Today Show host Katie Couric talked with singer and actress Mandy Moore about her new movie: 'How to Deal'. Mandy admits she doesn't really deal with the character she plays, which makes it all the more challenging. Mandy also spoke about 'A Walk to Remember', the new movie she's filming in Prague, and her forthcoming album 'Coverage'. Watch the interview here.

July 18, 2003 - Mandy Moore and her boyfriend Andy Roddick were on hand at the 'How To Deal' New York premiere on Wednesday (July 16) at Loews Lincoln Square. Check out pictures here.

July 18, 2003 - Mandy Moore was a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night, where she talked about filming her new movie in Prague and how she's fallen in love with the city, her quest to stand in line to get someone's autograph -- so Conan signed his for her, the process of selecting a butt double for her new film, and the reason she was there, to promote 'How to Deal', which is in theaters today. Read on for a transcript.

July 18, 2003 - XxmissyxX writes "Mandy Moore appeared on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' looking all grown up in more ways than one. She wore a low cut purple designer dress, which showed off her shapely new figure. Basically, she showed more skin. This is a first for Mandy considering she has said in the past that she has been uncomfortable showing off her body because she was either too lanky or too skinny. But now its obvious that Mandy is stepping out of her shell and showing the world what she's got, both physically and emotionally."

July 18, 2003 - Allison Janney, who plays Mandy Moore's mother in the movie 'How to Deal' tells the New York Daily News that her romance with tennis star Andy Roddick was the gossip of the set. "I heard that she was so interested in him, and the next thing I knew they were an item," the 'West Wing' star said at the film's premiere in New York on Wednesday. "The girl asks for what she wants, and she gets it."

July 17, 2003 - Mandy Moore chatted with the Calgary Sun about her soon to be released movie 'How to Deal' and album 'Coverage'. "I'm excited that my next album will introduce my generation to some wonderful songs from the past ... (And) I'm thrilled at the prospect of going into a studio to record songs I've written or collaborated on," she said, insisting that she's not switching careers, just diversifying. "I'll never give up music because music is my natural high ... Everything is spontaneous for me so I can't see myself being tied down to just one thing." Read more.

July 17, 2003 - Popgurls.com did 20 questions with Sarah Dessen, the author of 'How to Deal', including several about the film adaption and its star, Mandy Moore. Asked if she had any preconceived notions of what she would be like in person, Dessen responded, "I had no idea what to expect. It's funny how celebrities always seem smaller in person, but she was just the opposite: she's REALLY tall. And I thought she'd act more like my students at UNC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) who are about that age, 18-19, but she was so serious and professional. I was really just concentrating on not acting like a total dork. I was so nervous I can't even remember what I said to her." Read more.

July 14, 2003 - The New York Daily News has a feature story on Mandy Moore as her latest film 'How to Deal' is set for release on Friday. While Laura Morgan, entertainment editor of Seventeen, which is putting Moore on its cover next month, was full of props for Mandy, the singer/actress was quick to give praise herself to peers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I have a lot of respect for Britney and Christina," Moore said. "With the barrage of media they've had to go through, it's admirable how they've come out and appear to be independent, strong-minded and confident young women." For her part, Morgan says, "Mandy presents the image [of a] young, smart girl," and, with Britney or Christina, "the life they lead is so different from the average girl's. Mandy is someone our readers could be friends with." Read more.

July 14, 2003 - The New York Post hears that the expectations for Mandy Moore's new film 'How to Deal' are so high, that the Sarah Dessen book the movie is based on has soared to No. 10 on the New York Times best-seller list. The film opens on Friday.

July 14, 2003 - Mandy Moore will be on the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and TRL on Thursday, Live with Regis and Kelly on Friday... all to promote her new movie 'How To Deal'.

July 9, 2003 - Entertainment Tonight spoke with Mandy Moore about her kissing scenes in 'How to Deal', her latest film out July 18th. "The boyfriend is not really happy to watch me kiss a boy on-screen," the singer said, referring to her tennis star boyfriend Andy Roddick. "But it is part of my job!" In any event, she says the kissing really was serious business. "Kissing scenes are very awkward and very choreographed," she explained. "People don't realize that!" Watch a video clip with Mandy here.

July 7, 2003 - Mandy Moore has posted another clip from her forthcoming 'Coverage' album at MandyMoore.com. This time Mandy tackles the Joni Mitchell classic 'Help Me'. She writes, "I was a little worried at first about covering this, because... well, because... she is Joni Mitchell! I think personally this is one of the songs I wanted to do most, because it was what I was feeling very much in my life and it was personally what I related to most lyrically. I really debated about doing a Joni song but 'Help Me' just got under my skin. I'd been humming it around the house and just finally gave into." Listen to the 30-second audio clip here.

July 6, 2003 -  MTV News caught up with Mandy Moore in London where she talked about choosing the butt double for her forthcoming movie featuring her character going skinny dipping. "There were about 10 pictures that came to me in a little manila folder," Moore explained the day before production moved to Prague. "I flipped through them. They were all girls standing facing the wall in bikinis and high heels. So I had to pick one, which was weird. I had [my] boyfriend and a couple of other guys look at them. ... I decided to go with the one I thought looked the most like me from behind." She added, laughing, "I shouldn't be doing that. I can't be objective about women's behinds." Read more, including Mandy's comments on her forthcoming 'Coverage' album, here.

July 1, 2003 - Mandy Moore is featured on the cover of Seventeen magazine's new back to school issue, which hypes her "totally wild and racy to-do list." Check it out here.

July 1, 2003 - Mandy Moore will be taking part in an online chat with fans to talk about her forthcoming movie 'How to Deal', which hits theaters on July 18th. No doubt she'll also field questions about her upcoming cover album 'Coverage' as well. Check out the chat on Thursday, July 17th, at 8PM ET/5PM PT at Lycos.com.

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