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January 30, 2004 - Duane Byrge of the Hollywood Reporter reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Saved'. He writes, "Its larkish style, combined with its anti-authoritarian bent should win some enthusiastic teen followers, as well as the Babble-onians of the Upper West Side and Hollywoodland." Read more.

January 30, 2004 - David Rooney of Variety reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Saved'. He called Moore the "real surprise" of the film, claiming she's "infinitely better served by this material than by her recent excursions into vanilla sentimentality, 'How to Deal' and 'Chasing Liberty'." He explained, "Recalling her harder-edged performance in 'The Princess Diaries,' Moore's role here is a controlling monster cloaked in a patina of sanctimonious piety and hidden insecurity. And if there's a criticism to be leveled at the actress's highly amusing turn, it's that the director cuts away too early from Moore's exuberantly cheesy pop stylings as she croons for Christ." Read more.

January 30, 2004 - Popdirt.com's previous poll asking which pop couple is most likely to get married by year's end saw 16.3% vote for Mandy Moore and Andy Roddick, just beating Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri at 15.7%, closely followed by *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz with 14.3%. Least likely to marry apparently are Vanessa Carlton and Stephan Jenkins, receiving only 2.7%. Check out the complete results here.

January 26, 2004 - HipOnline.com recently caught up with Mandy Moore to discuss her movie 'Chasing Liberty'. Asked if she enjoyed doing a romantic comedy, Moore responded, "I didn’t have to be the funniest person in the world; I’ll leave that up to Jeremy [Piven]. I love these sorts of movies. It’s the kind of movie I’d go see with my girlfriends." Check out the entire interview here.

January 26, 2004 - With 'Saved!', Mandy Moore joins the long list of stars who've come to Sundance to shred their image. In the movie -- a send-up of Christian life in middle America -- Moore plays the Bible-thumping villain of the piece, a self-righteous do-gooder who's desperate to "save" -- i.e. convert -- the sinners in her school. "I've always played the girl that gets the guy, which I'm very over," Moore tells Kevin Williamson of the Calgary Sun. "I don't get any guy here -- nothing. It was fun for me playing against type, if you will. I was so weirded out and excited that (the filmmakers) would have even thought of me. And to be part of such an amazing cast was an opportunity I couldn't pass up." Read more, including co-star Macaulay Culkin's comments on Michael Jackson's current child molestation charges, here.

January 26, 2004 - Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin took part in a portrait shoot for 'Saved' at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday (January 22) at Gateway Center in Park City, Utah. Check out pictures from FilmMagic.

January 26, 2004 - Mandy Moore attended the film premiere of 'Saved' during the Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday (January 21) in Park City, Utah. Check out pictures from GettyImages (premiere / afterparty), WireImage, GlobePhotos.

January 26, 2004 - Mandy Moore posed for the camera after being interviewed by MTV at Park City, Utah during the 2004 Sundance Film festival on Wednesday (January 21). Mandy is also co-starring with actor Macaulay Culkin in a film called 'Saved' which is screening at Sundance. Check out pictures from SplashNews (use the search feature 'Mandy Moore Sundance MTV').

January 22, 2004 - Mandy Moore was sighted at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday (January 20) in Park City, Utah. Check out pictures from WireImage.

January 19, 2004 - Mandy Moore responded frankly to posters on her official message board that were scrutinizing her career moves. She said in a posting on Friday: "Damn... You guys are bit intense. Let me break it down for you. What you see is what you get. There is no plan, but rather an idea of continuing to do what I have been do doing all along. Although it may not seem like much to you guys, there have been many an oppurtunity to go down a completely different path and take advantage of resources I would have never felt comfy with (whether it be movie roles, the music I have sung, magazine covers, endorsment deals, etc). I'm not here for some 'quick buck'." Read more.

January 17, 2004 - allyouwanted writes "According to the Winnipeg Free Press in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Mandy Moore has something that the Britney Spears' and Christina Aguilera's of tomorrow and today lack: subtlety. You won't see her kissing Madonna, or getting married in Las Vegas for 24 hours, or her butt get slapped in crazy music videos. Mandy is not inclined to flaunt her body, however, her character swims nude in the her newest movie Chasing Liberty. Of the little you do see (in the dark), is not Moore." Read more.

January 14, 2004 - Lance Bass of *NSYNC, Brooke Burke, and Mandy Moore were amongst the stars on hand for The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards on Sunday (January 11) at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Check out pictures here.

January 14, 2004 - The Associated Press reports that squeaky clean Mandy Moore got sick drinking apple juice topped with non-alcoholic foam while filming her new movie 'Chasing Liberty', which featured a scene where she had to act drunk after drinking what was supposed to be beer. Mandy revealed that she threw up on the concoction, and that "being a girl, the tears come along with it." After crying and puking, she needed her hair and makeup redone. Read more.

January 14, 2004 - Ivor Davis of the Los Angeles Times caught up with Mandy Moore for a Q&A and asked the singer who she would you most like to emulate in show business. "I love Bette Midler," Moore said. "I think I'd probably faint if I ever met her. She's accomplished everything — Broadway, TV, movies, recording. Plus, she's a mom, a wife and a household name. She's unique and I have so much respect for her." Read more.

January 14, 2004 - The People's Choice Awards gave fans a chance to have their say and the 2004 results were made public at the Pasadena Civic Center. Watch a video clip of Mandy Moore presenting an award with her 'Chasing Liberty' co-star Mark Harmon at Reuters.

January 14, 2004 - Mandy Moore is thrilled about her love match with tennis star Andy Roddick. "I'm 19 and this is my first serious romance, so it's a big deal," she tells Louis B. Hobson of the Calgary Sun. "Love is a big deal in anyone's life, but when it's your first love, it seems so very special." Mandy added, "I never thought I'd date someone who was such a heartthrob. It was really weird at first, but I'm finally used to women fawning all over him. He's oblivious to all the attention which is why I love him all the more." Read more.

January 14, 2004 - Us Weekly quotes Mandy Moore saying her boyfriend Andy Roddick "thinks I look most beautiful in jeans, a t-shirt and flip-flops. I love that! I wouldn't want to be with someone who expected me to dress up and put makeup on every day."

January 12, 2004 - Popdirt.com's new poll is asking which couple is most likely to get married by year's end, and Mandy Moore and Andy Roddick are one of the nominees. Vote here.

January 12, 2004 - Mandy Moore appears on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on Tuesday, the Sharon Osbourne Show on Friday, and Last Call with Carson Daly on Friday.

January 12, 2004 - Mandy Moore answered a few questions from TRL fans at MTV.com, including what she thought was the favorite part of filming her new film 'Chasing Liberty'. "My favorite part of filming the movie was just being in Europe," she responded. "I had never been to Venice or Prague and completely fell in love with them." Read more.

January 12, 2004 - Adam Nayman of the Toronto Eye reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Chasing Liberty', giving it only 2 stars. He writes, "The thoroughly unremarkable 'Chasing Liberty' makes it three negligible movies in a row for Mandy Moore, the pouty pop starlet with designs on crossover success. But at least this time out she's allowed to have some fun — neither 'A Walk to Remember', in which she played a cancer-stricken Baptist, nor the similarly downbeat family drama 'How to Deal', offered her much in the way of levity." Read more.

January 12, 2004 - Mandy Moore tells Betsy Pickle of Scripps Howard News Service she has no intention of breaking away from her good-girl image and becoming the next pop star gone wild. "I'm honored to be considered a role model," she says. "I don't see why people consider it to be such a burden and shun it. At the end of the day, yes, you have a responsibility to be yourself. But you have to realize the position that you're in I have a responsibility with the projects that I do and the way that I dress and what I choose to speak about or become involved in. That's just, I guess, what we choose to do." Read more.

January 12, 2004 - Joe Baltake of the Sacramento Bee reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Chasing Liberty'. He writes, "Movies don't get more disposable than this one. That's not to imply that it's bad — just depressingly ordinary. Sitting through it, I found my mind wandering. As one forgettable moment followed another, I thought that someone probably spent a better part of a year writing its script, that some studio executive read it and liked it enough to give it the go-ahead, that actors auditioned for it and that Moore sat up nights learning her lines and thinking about her character's motivation. Locations were scouted, caterers were hired to feed the cast and crew, and journalists probably visited the set. In short, a lot of time, talent and money was spent on a film that probably no one will really care about." Read more.

January 12, 2004 - New York magazine reports songwriter Jive Jones is considering legal action against Denise Rich and her former business partner Ric Wake for allegedly refusing to pay him producer royalties for songs he wrote with Rich, including Mandy Moore's hit 'Candy'. Jones complained, "It’s really funny because she’s so rich. I made Mandy Moore from the song." Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on hand for the premiere of 'Chasing Liberty' on Wednesday (January 7) at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures here.

January 10, 2004 - Rita Zekas of the Toronto Star spoke with Mandy Moore and British actor Matthew Goode about their new film 'Chasing Liberty', which saw director Andy Cadiff fight to get them both to play the lead roles. "I did the auditioning process and they made me sweat," Goode said. "Andy fought for me, an unknown." Mandy interjected, "Matt had no idea who I was." Goode responded, "I thought she was a bit of a diva. Someone said she was sweet as candy." Moore swats at him. And later, when asked about her boyfriend Andy Roddick, Mandy seemed to throw cold water on a long-term romance. "How can you say it will last forever?" she asked rhetorically. Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Ellen DeGeneres and Mandy Moore tried their hands at mowing a lawn during the taping of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' on Wednesday (January 7) in Los Angeles. The show is slated to air today. Check out the picture here.

January 10, 2004 - Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Chasing Liberty'. He says that despite it's release in the "movie dead zone known as January... There are, though, signs of life in 'Chasing Liberty'. None of them are intelligent, but Moore is such an exuberant and feeling girl-woman that it's surprising how much you'll tolerate Andy Cadiff's zipless direction, just because the star seems happy." Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore told Mark Steins of Entertainment Tonight that though it would appear she bared some "behind" for her swimming scene in 'Chasing Liberty' -- it was actually a body double. "I'm a modest girl. No one has seen my butt besides me behind closed doors ... I actually had to choose a body double that would be stripping down and jumping into a river in Prague for me!" Read more and watch a video clip of Mandy talking moore about the 'butt' scene here.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore was photographed at her taping of 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on Tuesday (January 6) in New York City. Check out pictures from RexFeatures.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore's relationship with tennis star boyfriend Andy Roddick has thrust the singer and actress further into the spotlight. "I think it’s difficult for both of us, but probably for him more so, because he’s never been used to people asking about his personal life," Moore told the CBS Early Show. "I think being in this industry you sort of open yourself up a bit more for that kind of scrutiny. It’s odd. It’s weird to talk about each other. It’s weird for people to want to know bits and pieces of your relationship. And you want to keep a lot of that to yourself because once you admit you’re dating, people feel you owe it to them to answer any question." Read more and watch the interview here.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore tells The Associated Press even though she recently got a tattoo on the second toe of her right foot, don't look for a tattoo of her boyfriend Andy Roddick's name. "No, no names. I think that's the worst decision ever when getting a tattoo," she said. Moore also said that she's not interested in sexy photo shoots for men's magazines like FHM or Maxim. "It's not my cup of tea," she said. Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Gregg Shapiro of Windy City Media Group caught up with Mandy Moore for a Q&A about her new movie 'Chasing Liberty' and her latest album 'Coverage'. Asked if the album of covers was a conscious effort to separate herself from the pack of young female singers, or was it a way to show off your excellent taste in music, Mandy responded, "Thank you! It was a conscious effort to be creative and have fun and go against the grain. Because I had been absent from the music scene for two years and I know I hadn’t had too much musical success, so there were no expectations. I felt like I had the creative control to make whatever sort of record I wanted. When I started to compile a list of my favorite songs, the more I thought about it, I thought I can be selfish and kind of self-serving and do this music, not only just for me but to introduce people my age to it, who might be unfamiliar with some of these artists and music." Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore visited the NBA Store recently and expounded on one of her favorite subjects: The NBA. She says, "Hi Guys! Even though I am not exactly athletically gifted, I'm a hoops junkie. Always have been. Growing up in Orlando, I wanted a pair of Penny Hardaway sneakers so bad I joined a basketball league just so I could get them. My family had season tickets to the Magic back in the Shaq-Penny days. We had two really good courtside seats and two nose-bleed seats and it was always a battle as to who would sit where during the games. I love T-Mac, but it's tough forgetting those Penny-to-Shaq plays that would lift me out of my courtside seats. That's right, I usually won the battle." Read more.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore was photographed outside the NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City for her 'Today' appearance on Monday (January 5). Check out the picture here.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore appeared on Fuse's IMX with co-star Matthew Goode to promote their new movie 'Chasing Liberty' at Fuse's IMX Studios on Tuesday (January 6) in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages, WireImage, and check out Mandy arriving at SplashNews (use the search feature 'Mandy Moore Fuse').

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore read the childrens book 'If You Give A Mouse A Cookie' during the NBA's Read To Achieve Timeout Program, held in the 5th Avenue NBA Store on Tuesday (January 6) in New York. Check out pictures here.

January 10, 2004 - Mandy Moore is back on the big screen playing the president's daughter in the new romantic comedy, 'Chasing Liberty'. Check out a press junket interview with Moore and highlights from the film at KTLA.

January 7, 2004 - Mandy Moore appears on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday.

January 7, 2004 - Mandy Moore talked with 'Today' host Katie Couric on Monday about her career, boyfriend Andy Roddick, show she's been able to resist "sexing up" her image unlike her pop contemporaries, her latest album 'Coverage', and her new movie 'Chasing Liberty.' Watch the interview online at MSNcom.

January 7, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on MTV's Total Request Live on Monday to promote her new film 'Chasing Liberty', which is out on Friday. Mandy was asked about her Holidays, skydiving, boyfriend Andy Roddick, her mangled toenail which is now covered by a fake, she did a Q&A segment on ID'ing U.S. currency, and even commented on Britney Spears' annulment over the weekend. Mandy said, "It is me or is it kind of weird? I don't see how that's a funny joke, like let's go get married. I don't want to judge someone." Read on for a transcript.

January 7, 2004 - Mandy Moore appears on stage with VJ Damien Fahey during MTV's Total request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios on Monday (January 5) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage and GettyImages.

January 4, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday to promote her new movie 'Chasing Liberty', which hits theaters on January 9th. Mandy also talked about her boyfriend Andy Roddick, how she spent New Year's, her new tattoo on her toe, and her feeling that Trista and Ryan's televised wedding was "vomitocious". Read on for a transcript.

January 1, 2004 - On a rerun of Last Call with Carson Daly on Monday night, comedian Kathy Griffin was on and made a few wisecracks about Mandy Moore and Mariah Carey. Griffin also shared a story about Christina Aguilera throwing a diva act after being humiliated into getting onto a shuttle bus with her and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and the sassy strut that ensued once she was convinced to board, and the nasty look she gave Griffin when she reminded Aguilera it was just a bus, not a runway. Read on for a transcript.

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