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August 20, 2002 - Ricky Martin recently chatted with CNNenespanol.com and was asked if he gets tired of fame. "It is very easy to get tired of fame because there are many sacrifices," he said. "But thanks to the people who I have around me and the foundations and love in the home have made me a strong human being." Check out an English translation of the interview here.

August 18, 2002 - One of the constant issues with male pop stars is the 'is he gay?' questioning. The results of last month's search queries on pay-per search engine Overture.com though suggest it isn't a huge issue with searchers. We tracked down the ratio of normal searches vs. '[singer name] gay' searches, to figure out who is most associated with being homosexual. Read more.

August 14, 2002 - Yahoo! has a photo of Ricky Martin with former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Puerto Rican Gov. Sila Calderon at a peace conference at the Caribbean Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Monday (August 12). At the conference Arias denounced a recent U.S. decision to cut funding to the U.N. Population Fund, saying the lives of poor women were being put in jeopardy. Check out the photo here.

August 13, 2002 - The 'American Idol' judges stopped by to critique the artists on MTV"s Total Request Live on Monday. Simon started it off by making a nasty remark about Shakira's 'Objection (Tango)' saying, "Right, that sounds like Ricky Martin with a high voice. Out of 10 we'll give the song 2."

August 5, 2002 - Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review Journal spoke with New York native Marc Anthony about his disgust for being grouped in the "Latin explosion." Anthony fumed, "When the hell does race or religion play a card in what you do artistically? Do you think I have talent or not?" He added, "It's socially significant music. And you're gonna tell me (Martin's) 'She's All I Ever Had' is Latin music? And (Lopez's) 'If You Had My Love' is Latin music? I was just going bonkers." While J.Lo and Ricky don't seem to have a problem with it, Anthony sighed, "Everybody else was cool with it, (saying), 'It's our time.' Who's time is it? I was born in New York. It was always my time." Read more.

August 5, 2002 - Chaunce Hayden of Steppin' Out magazine caught up with Paulina Rubio and asked her about some musical peers. As for Ricky Martin, Paulina calls him her favorite celebrity friend. "We grew up together," she explained. "He was in Menudo and I was in a girl group that competed against them. I love Ricky! We're family. I'm also close to Mark Anthony." Read more.

August 2, 2002 - Associated Press reports Ricky Martin heads the list of five winners of the 16th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards to be presented September 20th at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. On October 12th, many NBC stations will broadcast the hourlong Kennedy Center ceremony. Read more.

July 22, 2002 - The National Enquirer reports Ricky Martin was spotted buying baby clothes at the Old Navy store in Los Angeles. Martin bought up several hundred dollars worth of merchandise, shocking moms at the store.

July 18, 2002 - RickyFanForum administration met with Ricky Martin’s management and were advised that RickyFan.com is no longer his official site. In addition, Ricky's new English CD should be out in November while a Spanish CD should drop about four months later. Martin plans on touring in the Summer of 2003. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - Ricky Martin tells the New York Post that contrary to rumors, he has no problems with Sony boss Tommy Mottola. He also is scoffing at Michael Jackson's claim that Mottola is racist. "They've done an amazing, outstanding job for me all over the world," Martin said of Sony. "Tommy has always been my friend. He's been there unconditionally for me, 24/7." As for the specific racism charges, "Really I don't think it has any foundation," he said. "I've met Michael a few times, and I wish him the best. But I have no idea why he said that." Read more.

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