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March 29, 2000 - More feedback on Tyra's Oscar dress as The New York Post's Richard Johnson said people at the Oscars were complaining about Tyra's interview style and worried about stepping on her dress as she was interviewing people. People at the Oscars seemed to think Tyra was overeager and jubilant.

March 26, 2000 - Tyra Banks did the Oscar warm up show and interviewed Angelina Jolie as well as Salma Hayek, though Mr. Blackwell didn't think much of her outfit, and to be honest neither did we. Quoting the legend "A lavender tulle and satin strapless gown that must have been borrowed from the Gone with the Wind archives. And this one should've been gone, too. Sorry, Tyra. Better luck next time." We've also included a dressed down Tyra look for the rehearsals of the event.

March 26, 2000 - A nice close up of Tyra up for auction at eBay. The autographed 8x10 has not received a bid at $15 and closes April 3.

March 21, 2000 - eYada.com's Rush and Malloy had fashion guru Mr. Blackwell on and he commented on Tyra by calling her "invisible" in the fashion sense.

March 14, 2000 - Anybody notice Tyra Banks in some of the new WNBA commercials with Teresa Witherspoon? She doesn't have the smoothest looking jumper but I'm sure she'd draw big crowds if she were to join Teresa on the court. Hey, we are talking about basketball here!

March 14, 2000 - Wonderful World of Disney original Life-Size got 13.5 million viewers this weekend, not bad for the aspiring actress eh?

March 7, 2000 - Tyra not only was in the movie Life Size this weekend, but also made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Thursday. Unfortunately I was unable to catch either event, but reviews of the performance were mixed, as Variety reports "Tyra Banks definitely has what it takes to play a living doll, but the lesson she teaches our poor isolated girl is certainly questionable. Under her influence, Casey learns to pay more attention to her girlie side, and opts to hang out with the airheads at the mall. Not exactly the kind of message parents may want their daughters to take to heart." But at least they do say there are charming moments in the film.

February 14, 2000 - Tyra Banks was talked about in this weeks Parade magazine, where a reader asked Walter Scott about her appearance on Oprah in which she admitted a man in showbiz broke her heart, who Scott identifies as Seal. He goes on to say Tyra has sworn off dating celebs and rumors of her and Tiger having a relationship are false.

February 12, 2000 - Tyra made her singing performance today with Kobe Bryant with her backup vocals in his debut single K-O-B-E. The song and style is very similar to Eminem and I'm almost certain that Tyra was lip-synching her lyrics but she looked damn good anyways.

February 12, 2000 - The New York Post Page Six column today reported that Tyra has a strong interest in raw fish, having dined at Sushi Samba on Park Avenue three times during Fashion Week.

February 1, 2000 - Tyra Banks comes in second place to Cindy Crawford in the 1999 Sally Beauty Supply's Best Tressed Celebrity Survey which polled 1000 American's over 18.

January 19, 2000 - Tyra Banks to join up with supermodels such as Carol Alt and Marla Maples in a charity event to help fight infant AIDS in Atlanta during Super Bowl week. The models will be helping out with spa duties which will cost patrons $300 per session.

January 13, 2000 - Tyra Banks to team up with Kobe Bryant in a musical duet for NBC for the single K-O-B-E, which is featured on his debut album. "TeamUp Celebration 2000" on Feb. 12, will be hosted by Ahmad Rashad and Summer Sanders.

September 21, 1999 - Tyra Banks' agent strongly denies her clients rumored lesbian relationship with WNBA star Teresa Weatherspoon and Tyra's interest in having children by artificial insemination, calling the allegations "completely and utterly ridiculous".