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July 29, 2006 - Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter were on hand for 'An All Star Night At The Mansion' charity event at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, California on Tuesday (July 11). Check out pictures here.

July 29, 2006 - MuchMusic.com caught up with Brian Littrell for a Coupla Questions, including if the Backstreet Boys star will always remember what he was doing when he heard the news about Kevin Richardson leaving the group. "Yes, I will never forget having kind of a sit-down meeting on the European leg of the 'Never Gone' tour, the end of last year," he explained. "It was just before I had written 'Welcome Home', the single off the CD. You know, I was kind of like, scratching my head, thinking like, how can we lobby and rally the troops to maybe get him to think otherwise. But unfortunately that didn't happen. But I wish him well in any and everything that he does - he'll always be a part of the Backstreet Boys." Read more.

July 29, 2006 - Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter and his brother Aaron Carter, starring in the new reality show 'House of Carters', spoke during the 2006 Summer Television Critics Association press tour for the E! Entertainment Network at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Tuesday (July 11) in Pasadena, California. Check out pictures here.

July 29, 2006 - People magazine reports Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter and his brother Aaron Carter came to blows inside their home on Monday, the night before the two brothers announced their new E! reality show House of Carters at the Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles. The whole scuffle was caught on tape. "You'll see it on the show," promised Aaron. Read more.

July 29, 2006 - Nick Carter spoke with MTV News about his former bandmate Kevin Richardson's recent decision to leave the Backstreet Boys. "All we can do is be supportive in any decisions that any of us make," Carter said. "Like I said before, we still want to be able to do records and there are fans out there that want to hear our music, and we're going to push on. But the door was always open for him. It's still open. If he wants to come back to perform again, he can. We respect his decision." Read more.

July 29, 2006 - Janet Charlton's Hollywood reports that Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, trying to work off the weight he's recently gained at 24 Hour Fitness in West Hollywood, was confronted by a guy who asked the singer, "Hey remember me? I was the friend of a girl you used to date." He named the girl, and moody Nick snarled, "I remember you - and she's a fu**ing bitch!" The outburst silenced the weight room, prompting Carter to leave shortly afterwards. Read more.

July 16, 2006 - Billy Masters of Filth2go.com reports that in wake of Kevin Richardson leaving the Backstreet Boys just as the group his the studio to work on a new album, former member Sam Licata, who was in the group performing as Phoenix Stone before departing in 1993, is wanting to rejoin the band. Read more.

July 16, 2006 - Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough was on the phone with Darren B. Lamb of CHUM FM in Toronto on June 15th. He talked about his previous visit to Toronto, visiting the city for the Dorough Lupus Foundation, the Boys planning a new release later this year, Kevin Richardson's plans to leave the group - which were just a rumor at the time of the interview, and more. Listen to the interview here.

July 16, 2006 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Thursday night, "Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson has announced he's leaving the group to move on to the next chapter of his life. I believe that chapter is VH1's, 'Where Are They Now?'"

July 16, 2006 - Aaron Carter, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, and 'American Idol' season five finalist Ace Young were on hand for the Los Angeles Film Festival 2006 premiere of 'Across The Hall' on Friday (June 23) at the Museum of Television and Radio. Check out pictures here.

July 16, 2006 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Tuesday night, "Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys has announced that he has announced to quit the group. [Audience aws] Yeah, Richardson said he wanted to get out when the group was on top, and then he waited 11 years."

July 16, 2006 - Backstreet Boys star Brian Littrell spoke with MTV News about Kevin Richardson's decision to leave the group. "During the Never Gone tour Kevin had kind of relayed his personal thoughts and his individual aspirations, personally and businesswise, things that he wants to further accomplish in his life," Littrell explained. "And he's the oldest member of the group and he's just at a different place in his life. There is no bad blood whatsoever." Now, the Boys are back in the studio working on new material. "We're in the process of trying to put this record together for a fourth-quarter release, so we're excited about it," Littrell revealed. Read more.

July 16, 2006 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Monday night, "The Backstreet Boys' oldest member Kevin Richardson has announced he's leaving the band. Everybody has the same reaction. The Backstreet Boys are still together? I had no idea."

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