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December 29, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Jessica Alba fielded questions from fans on MTV Asia's 'Sweet As Honey' special, promoting the Asian release of her movie 'Honey'. One fan asked who her favorite music artist was, and she responded, "My favorite artist right now is Christina Aguilera," she said. "I love love love her new album and she's such a great singer. I also love The Strokes and Lenny Kravitz." She also dismissed rumors of dating Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, after the two had been spotted out on the town the night before, saying, "What?...Nick's a nice guy, you know... and he and I are just friends. Trust me, if we were dating, I'd have nothing to hide - it's too much of a beautiful thing.""

December 25, 2003 - Anonymous writes "The third annual Backstreet Boys Fan Convention (charity fundraiser) will be held on March 5-7, 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). For those of you who have not heard about this successful event, it supports ALL five of the Backstreet Boys' charity organizations and also brings together Backstreet Boys fans from all over the world. We have been honored to have with us for the past two years, Paula Dorough (Howie D's mom), Jackie Littrell (Brian's mom) and Angie Herring (Howie D's sister). Fans from Belguim, Holland, South Africa, Canada & the United Kingdom have also joined us. Not to mention, both Howie D & Brian have called both years to say "HELLO" to the fans." Read more.

December 25, 2003 - eLgato writes "On December 18th, Howie Dorough phoned into Los Angeles station 102.7 KIIS-FM. DawnJElmer from the Backstreet Boys Mature Fan Club summarized the conversation. She says: "That was too funny. I loved it when Joey from 'N Sync brought up the bit about Howie doing the voice of Santa in Dora The Explorer. Howie seemed so embarrassed about that & about ready to kill him. Howie also said he is leaving tomorrow to go back to FL & is moving all his things back home so sounds like he will be there for quite a while. He also mentioned about the BSB's new cd, about his cruise & also the thing he is doing in New York in Feb. He brought up the thing with Johnny Wright too so it definitely is true since I heard it myself. That's all I can think of right now. Maybe someone else will have more to say. I was so thrilled to hear Howie. It totally made my day hearing his beautiful voice. I love that man.""

December 22, 2003 - JustBackstreet.net has the audio of Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough's new song 'Free From Within'. Download and listen to the track here.

December 22, 2003 - HowieDLuv writes "The Dorough Lupus Foundation, founded by Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough, needs your help. They would like to have the U.S. Postal Service put out a Lupus stamp to promote Lupus awareness. They need 25,000 signatures to make this dream a reality so sign it and e-mail it out to friends and relatives too. You'll be doing a great thing for the DLF. Check it out here."

December 22, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Not-Like-You.Com has some never seen pictures of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter with sister Angel in Hollywood pumping gas. Check out the pictures here."

December 22, 2003 - The Boston Globe reports that the Backstreet Boys will release a new album in '04. The group will gather in various places to begin writing -- "and getting back in shape, at least vocally," next month said Marcus Siskind, who co-owns Blue Jay Recording Studios in Carlisle Massachusetts with band member Kevin Richardson. He says they will begin recording a short time later. A number of songs will be recorded in Carlisle. "We won't know what the final effort will look or sound like," said Siskind. "The industry has changed so much since they last released an album and toured." Read more.

December 18, 2003 - Responding to Jane Carter's claim that her ex-husband Robert mistreated her during their marriage, the father of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter and teen pop singer Aaron Carter told The New York Daily News, "The only abuse I gave her is verbal abuse." He claims that she caused the family even more grief. In response, Jane shot back: "It's false. He's trailer trash." Robert also claims Jane was "coming on to" his cousin … "and he's gay." Jane denied the allegations, laughing, "That is not true. [His cousin] is gay. He was working with me on the Backstreet Boys fan club." Read more.

December 18, 2003 - Denise McLean, mother of Backstreet Boys star AJ, was on Q95.5 Detroit. Check out a transcript of her conversation here.

December 15, 2003 - Jane Carter tells The New York Daily News the claims that she mishandled her son Aaron Carter's funds are "ridiculous." She claimed her husband, who, along with her, thought it was a good idea to put their children to work, has mistreated her for years. "I know what kind of a person my husband is," she said, adding that she thinks Aaron chose to move to his father's Florida home recently because "his dad lets him party like crazy." Jane said she filed for custody of Aaron and his twin sister, Angel, this week in a Florida family court. "I would love to talk to my son, but [Robert] is not allowing me," she said. Read more.

December 15, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Entertainment Tonight reports, that Aaron Carter has officially severed personal and professional ties with his mother, Jane Carter, claiming she caused him certain financial discrepancies. Jane, together with Aaron's father Robert, has co-managed her 16-year-old son's career for the past decade. In an official statement from Aaron's publicist, the singer stated, "I feel betrayed by my own mother," adding, "All these problems started when she booted my dad. I worked hard for months and I come home and owe money!" Aaron has moved in full-time with his father and is currently seeking new representation to co-manage his career with Robert."

December 15, 2003 - The Backstreet Boys, Carmen Electra, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, *NSYNC star JC Chasez, Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, and Shania Twain were on hand for The 2003 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday (December 10) at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out pictures here.

December 15, 2003 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports at Tabu (MGM Grand) on Tuesday were JC Chasez of *NSYNC, Nick Carter and A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys, motocross star Carey Hart, Playboy playmate Tishara Cousino, 'Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis and Vanilla Ice.

December 15, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Not-Like-You.Com has a video of the Backstreet Boys Wednesday at the Billboard Awards and an Access Hollywood interview where the Boys discuss Paris Hilton's porn video. Watch them here."

December 15, 2003 - JiggaWHAT writes "On December 10th, the long-awaited episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show featuring the Backstreet Boys aired. AJ McLean talked about his drug and alcohol addiction, his childhood, the group, and more. AJ said he abused Jack Daniels, cocaine, sleeping pills, prescription pills, percaset, 'shrooms, and other illegal drugs. He said his first time doing drugs was on the night the group shot the video for "The Call." He also said that the group, for a long time, had no idea about this stuff. AJ overdosed twice; he said his eyes rolled in the back of his head, he had convulsions, and he foamed at the mouth. About 25 minutes into the show, the other four members of the group surprised him in person. Kevin talked about how he had had it and told AJ that he was dead to him. AJ said that Kevin saved his life. Howie talked about how proud of AJ he is. Nick said AJ has given him strength. Brian addressed how God has blessed them all, and he's glad AJ knows this now. AJ's mother Denise was also there. Videos and audios of this episode are available for download at Backstreet.net."

December 15, 2003 - JiggaWHAT writes "Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough called into the Los Angeles radio station 102.7 KIIS-FM Tuesday night to talk about the return of the Backstreet Boys. Howie told JoJo, the DJ, that the group is in town for the Billboard Awards. They're going to walk the red carpet and do a lot of press, basically get the word out that they're back. They're also making demos, then they'll hit the studio on January 4th. Howie said that the solo albums have been put off. They want the group album to come first because the time is now right for the group. They want to get the group album out as soon as possible. Then after they tour, they'll put out the solo albums. JoJo told Howie to give AJ McLean hell for not returning his phone calls for the past 6 years. Howie laughed. Howie also dropped a bomb when he said that the Backstreet Boys are once again being managed by Johnny Wright. And now, the Backstreet Boys have been added to Johnny Wright's WEG website. Check it out here."

December 15, 2003 - MTV News caught up with Backstreet Boys star Kevin Richardson following the group's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. "We're all excited," Kevin said. "All of us hadn't been together in the same room in like six months, so it was wild. It was good to be back together again." The group will begin work a follow-up to 2000's 'Black & Blue' next month. "We've got some stuff written, but we're gonna go in with an open mind and just explore and experiment and see what happens," Richardson said. Read more.

December 15, 2003 - The Las Vegas Sun reports that besides Pink and new boyfriend Tommy Lee in attendance at the Interscope Records Billboards party Wednesday night at ghostbar were Backstreet Boys Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson and AJ McLean, who was still sober and still drinking only bottled water. Also there were Black Eyed Peas, and Gwen Stefani and Adrien Young of No Doubt.

December 15, 2003 - justbackstreet writes "JustBackstreet.net has the video of the Backstreet Boys performing 'Winter Wonderland' (it's incorrectly labeled as 'Living In A Wonder Land') from the Billboard Music Awards for Good Day Live. Download and watch here."

December 10, 2003 - NSYNC star Lance Bass, Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean and his on/off girlfriend Sarah Martin were on hand for the 'Luck Of The Paw' Casino Night to benefit Animal Avengers at The Victorian in Santa Monica, California on Sunday (December 7). Check out pictures here.

December 10, 2003 - Eric Michael Estrada of O-Town, Loon, Brandy, Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough, Truth Hurts, Tweet and Nax Lux of Next were on hand as Michael Jordan and Philips Electronics launched the Limited Edition Jordan MP3 Player on Wednesday (December 3) at CineSpace in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures here.

December 7, 2003 - elgato writes "Nick and Aaron Carter recently did an interview with BOP Magazine while they were in New York for a Twister Moves gig. When asked if there was anything he'd like to clear up, Nick replied: "If anybody thinks that there's problems between the Backstreet Boys, there's not. We support each other 150%. I just did something with AJ and Howie in Germany. The only reason I can't see Kevin is because he's all over the place doing his musical stuff, and Brian is raising his baby." When asked about his solo album he said, "I'm gonna go back to more dance music, like me and the Boys did in the earlier days. My first solo album was very rock-orientated, but a lot of people couldn't relate with what I was doing because of where I'd come from. So I'm taking the rock edge and putting it together with dance pop, and I'm kind of gonna go back to that stuff again." Read more at BoyMostLikely."

December 7, 2003 - elgato writes "The Backstreet Dirt Forums have a few photos of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, which were taken by the paparazzi. Check them out here."

December 7, 2003 - BiancaBR writes "The Spanish website BSBLatino.com has known through reliable official sources that this time the return of Backstreet Boys as a group seems not only possible, but almost certain. Backstreet Boys are currently negotiating their return to the studio for the beginning of 2004, to record what would be, their fifth album. Read on for more.

December 3, 2003 - Scott Maxwell of the Orlando Sentinel caught up with Denise McLean, mother of Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean, who is out with a book on her son entitled 'Backstreet Mom'. In the book, McLean talks about AJ's addiction and the boyband's troubles with former manager Lou Pearlman. "It was an amazing amount of betrayal," she said of Pearlman. "It wasn't even, 'I've been ripped off.' It was, `I've been betrayed'." As for her son's thoughts about mom doing a tell-all. "Well, we're very close," she said. "So I let him help edit." Read more.

December 3, 2003 - Askmen.com caught up with Willa Ford for a Q&A session and asked the singer about the negative websites concerning her past relationship with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. "Hmm... you know, it was crappy," Ford admitted. "It was crappy only because, screw the fans, what about the fact that we were going through our relationship and this was breaking us up at the seams? Recently, we have reconciled, you know... we even thought of patching things up and getting back together, but the more we hang out, the more it seems like an unrealistic desire. I have grown to be quite independent. I am really dependable, but he is the opposite, he is real flaky. You know? Some people are really sadder and they cannot help others... but in terms of the drama with the fans... whatever!" Check out the entire interview here.

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