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May 31, 2004 - Mandy Moore appears on 'The View' on Friday with her 'Saved!' co-star Macaulay Culkin.

May 31, 2004 - Mandy Moore, who plays Hilary Faye in the new film 'Saved!', tells 'Entertainment Tonight' she didn't really know any "Hilary" types growing up, but she "sort of figured she was like any other popular girl in high school, but instead of being obsessed with boys or shopping ... she was obsessed with Jesus!" She also revealed working with the cast was a blast -- especially Macaulay Culkin! "I loved Mac," Moore said. "I don't know if I had any preconceived notions of who he'd be ... he shocked me. He's so normal, so funny, always cracking people up. He's so talented." Read more, and watch a couple video clips, here.

May 31, 2004 - Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times reviewed Mandy Moore's new movie 'Saved!', giving it 3 1/2 stars. Ebert writes, "'Saved!' is an important film as well as an entertaining one. At a time when the FCC is enforcing a censorious morality on a nation where 8.5 million listeners a day are manifestly not offended by Howard Stern, here is a movie with a political message: Jesus counseled more acceptance and tolerance than some of his followers think. By the end of the movie, mainstream Christian values have not been overthrown, but demonstrated and embraced." Read more.

May 31, 2004 - Mandy Moore visited MTV's 'Total Request Live' on Thursday (May 27) at MTV Studios in New York City. Check out pictures here.

May 31, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Friday night to promote her new film 'Saved!'. Mandy talked about all the attention the New York Post gave her when she was staying in New York, performing in concert for a winking President Bush -- she tried to insist it wasn't a flirtatious wink, how she is a horrible dancer, and her first play in the 6th grade - where she played a stripper in 'Guys And Dolls'! Read on for a transcript.

May 31, 2004 - On Thursday's 'Scarborough Country', actor and born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin, host Joe Scarborough, and SeeThePassion.com's Jennifer Giroux discussed the Michael Stipe movie 'Saved!', starring Mandy Moore, and whether or not the movie mocks Christianity. Watch the segment at MSN.com.

May 31, 2004 - Us Weekly caught up with Mandy Moore for a Q&A and asked the singer if she likes to party as much as some of her peers. "I find that life boring," Moore admitted. "I'd much arther go out, pick up food, bring it home and watch TV." Her behavior at school was similar. "I was invisible at schoo," Moore revealed. "I was just quiet, shy Mandy."

May 31, 2004 - Mandy Moore recently visited KROQ in Los Angeles, a station that wouldn't give her music any airplay, but she came in to talk with Kevin & Bean about her new movie 'Saved!'. They joked about one of the morning show guys' Dave Sanchez being all dressed up for Moore, prompting Mandy to talk about how guys never seem to approach her. Mandy says sometimes other celebs are the only people you ever get a chance to meet. Moore says that while she's religious, she's not like the character she played in 'A Walk to Remember'. They wrapped up the interview with Dave trying to pick up on Mandy with cheesy pick-up lines. Listen to the interview here.

May 28, 2004 - Us Weekly spoke with several celebrities including Mandy Moore and Jessica Simpson about their personal prom stories. Moore said, "I didn't go to prom. I went to homecoming, and some girl cussed me out [because I was famous]. Thanks for ruining prom!" And Simpson added, "I went to prom three years in a row, always with older guys. Even if I didn't like them, I'd make them like me just so that I'd get invited."

May 28, 2004 - Watch a scene from Mandy Moore's new film 'Saved!', where the singer turned actress, playing the role of 'Hilary Faye', tries to make an intervention and ends up throwing a bible at co-star Jena Malone ('Mary'). Watch the scene at MSN.com.

May 28, 2004 - Mandy Moore was photogrpahed arriving for 'The Late Show with David Letterman' at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Wednesday (May 26). Check out pictures from LFI.

May 28, 2004 - Mandy Moore and the cast of 'Saved!' talked to MSN about the film set to open in theaters on Friday (May 28). Watch the video clip at MSN.com.

May 24, 2004 - Mandy Moore, who appears on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' on Wednesday, 'TRL' on Thursday, and 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Friday.

May 20, 2004 - 'Entertainment Tonight' fashion guru Cojo on Mandy Moore at the 'Saved!' premiere. "Mandy is one of these people that always looks good," Cojo remarked. "I think she takes the garbage out and she's got JIMMY CHOOS on and a sweet little mini. She's so young, but never overdecorated. Mandy is quite a respectable young lady!" Watch the clip here.

May 20, 2004 - Mandy Moore showed off her new hairdo in Los Angeles on Thursday (May 13). Moore also had to ask a local policeman for directions. Check out pictures from Colourpress.

May 20, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on hand for a 'Saved!' press conference on Tuesday (May 18) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Check out pictures from WireImage.

May 20, 2004 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports Mandy Moore's new movie 'Saved!' has been blasted by Jerry Falwell and the Christian Film & Television Commission. The movie, which has been shown at a few film festivals, opens wide May 28th, and there is buzz that 'Saved!' might be met with protests and boycotts. Read more.

May 17, 2004 - Mandy Moore has signed with Sire Records, the Warner Bros. imprint whose roster includes the Distillers, the Von Bondies and Hot Hot Heat, she told Reuters on Friday. Moore said she has started writing songs for her new album, but does not yet know how it will sound. In some ways, Moore said she felt pressure following up an album featuring "11 or 12 of the best songs out there," with a set of her own music. On the other hand, "I have no expectations, and people out there really have no expectations because I haven't had great musical success. So that allows me the freedom and creativity to do whatever I want." Read more.

May 17, 2004 - The New York Post reports Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows was yet again spotted with Mandy Moore and four others at Jacques-Imo on Columbus Avenue.

May 17, 2004 - Mandy Moore was on hand for the 'Saved' Los Angeles premiere on Thursday (May 13) at The National in Westwood, California and the after party at the Beverly Hills High School, where she posed with ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama. Check out pictures here.

May 13, 2004 - Us Weekly reports Mandy Moore was spotted celebrating her 20th birthday with pals at Spice Market in New York City.

May 13, 2004 - The New York Post reports Mandy Moore spent the other afternoon getting her toes sucked by actor Bobby Cannavale on the set of 'Romance and Cigarettes' while director John Turturro watched approvingly. Moore in the past has been self-concious about her "big feet" especially after getting ribbed by *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake when she was 15. Moore complained in Bliss magazine, "When I was just 15 and supporting *NSYNC on tour, Justin said to me, 'Damn, you have big feet!' I do and I'm quite self-concious about them anyway so I was just like 'Urgggh!' inside."

May 9, 2004 - Mandy Moore was photographed having lunch with her mother Stacy in the West Village of New York City on Thursday (May 6). Check out pictures from LFI.

May 9, 2004 - The New York Post reports Mandy Moore and two friends were spotted buying a dozen cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery.

May 9, 2004 - The New York Post reports Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows was again spotted with Mandy Moore and four others at Jacques-Imo on Columbus Avenue. Duritz recently splashed praise on Moore's 'Coverage' album on his official website.

May 5, 2004 - A top makeup man raved to Liz Smith of The New York Post about 'Saved' and 'Romance and Cigarettes' star Mandy Moore. He said, "Aside from being one of the nicest girls I've worked with, Mandy Moore has the most beautiful skin I've seen on anyone over the age of 6!" The makeup guy would prefer not to be credited with this compliment: "Who needs to know my name?"

May 2, 2004 - Mandy Moore, Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, and Marc Anthony were on hand for the 2004 Costume Institute Gala 'Dangerous Liaisons' on Monday (April 26) at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Check out pictures here.

May 2, 2004 - Mandy Moore was photographed on her cell phone after she purchased an iPod in Soho, New York City on Friday (April 30). Check out pictures from LFI.

May 2, 2004 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Thursday night, "The National Equirer reports Monica Lewinsky wants to get 5 to 10 million dollars for the movie rights to her relationship to Bill Clinton. Monica Lewinsky says she wants Mandy Moore to play her in the movie about her life. Mandy Moore? Michael Moore would be more like it!"

May 2, 2004 - The New York Post reports Adam Duritz of Counting Crows with Mandy Moore and four others at Jacques-Imo on Columbus Avenue. Just a couple weeks ago, Duritz publicly praised Moore's 'Coverage' album on his official website.

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