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In just eight months’ time, Justin Timberlake’s feelings toward former love Britney Spears have gone from hurt to hate. At least that’s what Us Weekly alleges in its current cover story, “Britney Vs. Justin: The War Is On.” The article, which surfaced on New York newsstands Wednesday and will be available nationwide Friday, suggests that pop music’s hottest couple are feuding like the Hatfields and the McCoys, singling out Timberlake’s video for “Cry Me a River” as the latest, and loudest, bomb dropped. The video, which premiered November 25, features 18-year-old model/actress Lauren Hastings playing what could only be construed… Read more »

Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean has his Johnny No Name, now ‘NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has his Chip Skylark. Kirkpatrick’s alter ego Skylark – actually an animated character – will poke fun at ‘NSYNC-like pop groups in the season premiere of Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents.” In an episode titled “Boys in the Band,” Kirkpatrick provides the voice of a pop star kidnapped by the evil babysitter Vicky. Skylark is featured heavily in the episode and performs in a 90-second video for a song called “Icky Vicky” at the conclusion of the show, according to Nickelodeon. The episode will air March 1… Read more »

Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean has his Johnny No Name, now ‘NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has his Chip Skylark. Kirkpatrick’s alter ego Skylark – actually an animated character – will poke fun at ‘NSYNC-like pop groups in the season premiere of Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents.” In an episode titled “Boys in the Band,” Kirkpatrick provides the voice of a pop star kidnapped by the evil babysitter Vicky. Skylark is featured heavily in the episode and performs in a 90-second video for a song called “Icky Vicky” at the conclusion of the show, according to Nickelodeon. The episode will air March 1… Read more »

Nearly a week into his stay at a live-in rehab center, Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean is learning how to surrender, addiction experts say. “The first thing you have to do is give up – you have to say, ‘This thing is bigger than I am,’” said Buddy Arnold, president of the Musicians’ Assistance Program, an organization that helps musicians get clean. “You’re being asked to give up your best friend, your coping tool that works all the time.” McLean entered an undisclosed rehab facility on Sunday to deal with alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety, according to his Backstreet bandmates. The… Read more »

Their embraceable debut (1997’s Middle of Nowhere, featuring the Number One single “MMMBop”) sold millions of copies and established Hanson as TRL’s preeminent poster-teens. The grittier follow-up (2000’s This Time Around) alienated bubblegum-dependent younger fans and has yet to go platinum in the states. Now the brothers Hanson – Isaac, Taylor and Zac – are hard at work on a record they hope will marry the success of one to the punchy feel of the other and in the process show the world what they’ve know all along: Hanson are a hard-working, musically gifted and educated rock band. Sessions for… Read more »