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...proposed title: So We Bombed a Few Pubs NASA Long-suffering agency's Odyssey finally orbits Mars. Of course, Martians have been living among us and mutilating cattle for decades SADDAM HUSSEIN Iraqi dictator sends conciliatory e-mail to U.S. programmer, then gets embroiled in 'N Sync-rules, Backstreet-sucks chat-room debate Losers Elton John Pianist disparages the Dalai Lama's Afghanistan peace pleas. He goes on to disparage Galliano for abandoning the strapless, male ball gown JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Teen idol's planned novel dropped by publisher. He's, like, gonna work way, way hard on his cursive writing...
Adam D. Hayner ’04—Brian, the Backstreet Boys...
...play up to the image. I dress up and sing like him, but that generally requires alcohol. In high school, I stole the show as Brian in a fundraising concert. I can’t sing, but I can lipsynch and dance so I can definitely be a convincing Backstreet Boy if I want...
...nimble and quick to catch hot trends: "They've got an incredible track record of breaking new artists and building mass stars." In the expanding worldwide market, Jive has posted the kind of stratospheric sales numbers that the industry hasn't seen since Beatlemania: 60 million for four Backstreet albums, 30 million for two Spears albums and 14 million for 'N Sync's No Strings Attached. The question now is whether Jive can keep its numbers up as its customers--and its key artists--start to outgrow their teen years...
...roll, popular music has been de facto rebellious, at least insofar as the term is defined by record labels and soft-drink ads. All it takes to be a rebel in America, it seems, is to be young and loud. In a music culture where a rebel is the Backstreet Boy with a goatee or the rapper with a lifestyle like a CEO's--where being political means playing party music at the odd benefit for Tibet--the mantle hardly seems worth fighting...