NEWS ARCHIVES - NOVEMBER 2001

Billboard Charts
Hot Adult Contemporary - All Or Nothing - 9

Another Date for Jenny Jones Show
From the O-Town Street Team's information, another Jenny Jones Show which featuring O-Town is coming up on Monday (December 17), but they did not say that what time it will air, so stay tune!

Other Updates On This Site
A link added to the -> Links page!

Request O-Town
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O-Town On Jenny Jones Show
(Thanks to Evie and Jenn from In The House With O-Town for this news)

O-Town will be at a taping of the Jenny Jones show on Thursday November the 29. If you live in the Chicago area you should check it out. We don't know when this episode will be aired yet, but we will inform you when we find out.

Other Updates On This Site
A link added to the -> Links page!

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Free Tickets of O-Town
You can get FREE tickets to Jenny Jones TV show taping on November 29th! Jenny Jones will spend the entire hour with Ashley, Trevor, Dan, Erik and Jacob of O-Town! The show tapes in Chicago, so if you're in the area and can make it to the Jenny Jones studio you'll have a once in a lifetime chance to get up close and personal with your favorite group of guys...O-Town! Call this number 312-836-9485 (keep in mind, this is not a toll free call for those of you who do not live in the Chicago metro area). You can click here for more information on the Jenny Jones show.

Other Updates On This Site
Few interviews added to the -> Interviews page!
A link added to the -> Links page!

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O-Town Online Chat Tomorrow
(Thanks to Evie and Jenn from In The House With O-Town for this news)

On the 28 of November (tomorrow) MSN is hosting a chat with O-Town. It starts at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). To be a part of this chat, follow this link : http://chat.msn.com/msnlive_feature.msnw?id=artist/otownnov_2001 and there is a link to "Enter the chat". If you cant be there, we will have the transcript posted within a few days.

Live From New York Released Today
If you didn't get a copy of their new DVD or VHS of Live from New York, go get now in your local store or go to www.amazon.com and buy it!

Movie biz hoppin' with pop stars
Britney Spears, a former Mousketeer, is at the center of an aggressive drive into the movie business by a handful of young pop stars molded by the music industry and MTV.

Not since the 1960s, when singers like Elvis Presley, Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Johnny Cash crooned their way onto movie screens, have studios produced as many star vehicles to showcase the hip-shimmying musical talents of the day's teen idols.

Their holy grail is ``The Bodyguard,'' starring Whitney Houston, which grossed $122 million and relaunched a pop song that became a perennial hit. The soundtrack is one of the best selling of all time.

That's why there was much gyrating going on in the corridors of ICM Monday after its film agents signed Spears. The curvy 19-year-old now appears ready to make a full-out attempt at movie stardom she hopes will begin on Feb. 15, when Paramount and MTV Films release the Tamra Davis-directed ``Crossroads,'' a film financed by her record company.

Spears has hardly gone unnoticed by Hollywood, and has recently been up for several high-profile parts to help that transition.

She is set to play herself in a small scene opposite Mike Myers in ``Austin Powers in Goldmember,'' and she has been vigorously courted by Harvey Weinstein for a small but showy role in Miramax's screen adaptation of the Bob Fosse musical ``Chicago.'' While Spears is currently concentrating on promoting her latest disc, an untitled screen vehicle is on the drawing board with writer James V. Hart.

But as any MTV suit knows, not all recording stars play well in two dimensions. And though studios may view these projects as a means to capitalize on the booming soundtrack business, they can't count on music revenues to hedge their bets if the films don't perform.

Film and music licensing rights often are held by rival companies, and synergy between the two industries is tenuous at best. Realizing a profit can be tricky for the agencies, too -- Endeavour formerly represented Spears for film -- given the labyrinthian nature of packaging a crossover project.

Eminem, whose ``Untitled Detroit Project'' will be released by Universal next year, is signed to Interscope, a division of Universal Music Group. His film will have an Interscope soundtrack.

But ``Crossroads'' won't have a soundtrack at all (three of the film's songs appear on Spears' new album, ``Britney,'' from Jive, a division of BMG).

The box office reports are full of pop vehicles that misfired. This fall saw the disappointing film outings of Mariah Carey in Fox's ``Glitter'' and members of 'N Sync in Miramax's ``On the Line.''

Nevertheless, Paramount has high hopes for ``Crossroads'' and Universal is predicting its Eminem film, an Imagine co-production directed by Curtis Hanson, will be a critical and commercial success.

Although ``Bones,'' the recent Snoop Dogg horror flick, and ``The Wash,'' with Dogg and Dr. Dre, recently opened to dismal results, ``Exit Wounds'' made a movie star out of DMX.

And Universal and Jersey Films hope the same will be true of Redman and Method Man, who star in ``How High,'' out next month.

These performers have created a cheap labor force for the Hollywood star system as it strains to meet the public's ever widening demand for instant celebs.

``There are more movies than brand-name actors,'' said Jersey co-chair Michael Shamberg. ``That's what these actors are, brands.''

Like their '60s counterparts, they're also manufactured entities. Even artists with ``street cred,'' such as Eminem and Snoop Dogg, have created a brand or persona through MTV and the hype machine of the music labels.

Many of the new crop of films, like the teen romps of a generation ago, are cheap and safe for a family audience. Pop star salaries are lower than A-list actors', and the 'N Sync, Britney and Mariah films reportedly each cost less than $10 million, an amount the studios are likely to earn back through TV, home video and airplane licensing fees, if not at the box office.

But the sort of exploitation filmmaking that generated huge revenues for Elvis' producers from films such as ``Blue Hawaii'' and ``Roustabout'' no longer plays in theaters. Today's fickle teens are quick to smell a cynical marketing ploy.

Steven Beer, an indie film veteran and attorney for Spears, O-Town (which was itself assembled over the course of the ABC reality series ``Making the Band'') and Aaron Carter, said executives ignore the fundamentals of script and character at their peril.

``Too often agents, managers and artists think there are shortcuts to making great cinematic entertainment,'' Beer said.

``Crossroads'' producer Ann Carli says a movie that rests entirely on a pop star's untested shoulders is a dicey proposition. Spears worked with an ensemble cast on ``Crossroads,'' and director Davis kept a writer on the set for emergency rewrites.

Excised from Spears' script were improbable lines like, ``What's so great about being me?''

These days, pop music trends are arguably even more ephemeral than in the era of crossover stars like Elvis and Frank Sinatra. A year of production delays can doom a studio to release a star vehicle driven by a fading name.

Take ``Glitter,'' a film dreamed up as a synergistic product for Columbia Records and the motion picture group. After the studio's interest in the project dimmed and it sold domestic distribution rights to Fox, Carey left the label to ink an $80 million deal with Virgin records, taking the ``Glitter'' soundtrack with her. Delayed by the singer's emotional and physical breakdown last summer, the record, and the film, bombed.

At a time of soaring marketing costs, the most a studio can ask is not just that the pop star toplining a film will give it an opening-weekend push, but that the movie itself will have legs to carry it beyond the original buzz.

That's Universal and Imagine's expectation for their Eminem project. By attaching Oscar-nominated ''Wonder Boys'' director Hanson, they hoped to create something that defied formula and might have a life of its own outside the notoriety of Eminem's name.

``It could have been designed exploitatively, but it was not executed that way,'' said Universal Pictures co-chair Stacey Snider. ``It came in like 'Rebel Without a Cause.'''

Other Updates On This Site
Few pictures and information added to the -> Singles page!
Gallery 38 added to the -> Pictures page!
Few links added to the -> Links page!

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Billboards / Other Charts
Rick Dees Top 40 - We Fit Together  - 27 -> 25
ARC Weekly Top 40 - We Fit Together  - 22 -> 16
Gavin Top 40 - We Fit Together - 29 -> 27
Gavin.com - We Fit Together - 29 -> 27

O-Town Overseas
December 2001
Mechernich bei Bonn BEBabylon 12/17
Berlin Columbiahalle 12/19

February 2002
Places: Dates:
Leipzig Haus Auensee 2/08
Dresden Alter Schlachthof 2/10
Bremen Pier 2 2/11
Hannover Capitol 2/12
Furth Stadthalle 2/14
Stuttgart Hegelsaal 2/15
NL-Kerkrade Rohdahalle 2/16
Emsdetten Stadthalle 2/17
Bielefeld PC 69 2/18
Braunschweig Stadthalle 2/19
Wien Gasometer 2/21
Munchen Colosseum 2/22

Other Updates On This Site
Gallery 36, 37, and the video captures of We Fit Together added to the -> Pictures page!
A new link added to the -> Links page!
A new award added to the -> Site Awards page!

Request O-Town
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Magazine Appearances
December 2001
Bop
O-Town is on the cover!
Inside:a pinup, 6 page article on the band,some little pics, and a quiz

December 2001
Popstar
Inside:Pin ups of all 5 members (seperate),and there are pix scattered around!

Television Appearance Reminder
-08:00am (MTV) Inside O-Town: A Making The Band Special
-09:30am (MTV) MTV's Top 21 Under 21

New Top Banner
I changed the banner on the top, is that cute! But it's only used for this site not for the link exchange banner. Hope you like it!

Other Updates On This Site
Gallery 35 added to the -> Pictures page!

Request O-Town
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O-Town Online Chats Coming Up
O-Town will be going to have 2 chats with you. The first one is on Tuesday, November 28 6:30 PM EST on MSN, and the second on is on Tuesday, December 4 8:00 PM EST on AOL (keyword "live"), so don't miss them if you want to ask everything about them!

New CD Featuring O-Town / Hangin' With O-Town
(Thanks to Evie and Jenn from In The House With O-Town for this news)

-Much Music's yearly CD "Much Dance" is out! And O-Town's "All or Nothing (Remix)" is on it!

-The book "Hangin' With O-Town" is now available! It's got lots of pictures and information on the guys. Another cool gift just in time for the holidays.


Television Appearance Reminder
07:00am (MTV) Making The Band
07:30am (MTV) Making The Band
08:00am (MTV) Making The Band
08:30am (MTV) Inside O-Town: A Making The Band Special
09:00am (MTV) MTV's Top 21 Under 21
12:30pm (MTV) MTV's Top 21 Under 21
03:00pm (MTV) Inside O-Town: A Making The Band Special
08:00pm (MTV) MTV's Top 21 Under 21

Other Updates On This Site
Over 10 interviews added to the -> Interviews page!
Gallery 34 added to the -> Pictures page!
2 awards added to the -> Site Awards page!
Few links added to the -> Links page!

Request O-Town
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Good Morning America
This is a summary for the O-Town latest appearance, Good Morning America, and thanks to Evie and Jenn from In The House With O-Town for this news:

"Around 8:30 am they showed about a minute long clip of the guys performing to the crowd. They were singing "Girl". About ten minutes later they sang "We Fit Together" - the full length with Jacob playing guitar. They were all wearing jeans, except for Trevor who had on baggy gray pants. Jacob was wearing a tan leather coat over a plain white shirt, Ashley had on a black tee shirt (I think it was Triple 5 Soul) and a blue zip up sweatshirt over top. Dan and Erik-Michael both had on military-ish shirts over their tees. Erik's was wearing a black turtleneck under and Dan had on a cute Curious George tee. Trevor had on a big black Enyce turtleneck. At around 8:40 they had a small interview with the hosts. They talked about MTB3, the music business and how blessed they are. After the commercials, they sang "All Or Nothing"."

New URL
I found a short subdomain and I made a very short URL for this site, and the new url is http://o-town.b3.nu, but you still can use the old one, which is http://o-townup-2-dates.cjb.net/, if you like.

Television Appearance Reminder
07:00am ~ 6:30pm (MTV) Making The Band
07:00pm (MTV) Inside O-Town: A Making The Band Special

Other Updates On This Site
Gallery 33 added to the -> Pictures page!
Pic of the Week updated!

Request O-Town
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? O-Town
Before your family dishes out the big bird and all its trimmings this Thanksgiving, many artists will be serving up some musical munchies on television to whet your appetite. And be sure to save room for dessert after the sun goes down, since late-night programs also have some sweet sounds lined up.

Pop, R&B and country are on the menu for the 75th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, with performances by O-Town, Boys II Men, Joey McIntyre and Usher slated to take place atop floats cruising down Central Park West and Broadway in midtown Manhattan, according to a Macy's spokesperson. Tony Bennett, Charlotte Church, Billy Gilman, Kenny G, Jon Secada and LMNT (three O-Town finalists that didn't make the cut) round out the musical lineup for the event, which will be broadcast live on NBC from 9 a.m. to noon.

Country is the predominant genre of CBS's "All-American Thanksgiving Parade," a compilation of highlights from the Macy's parade as well as holiday marches in Nashville and Detroit. Lee Ann Womack and Ray Stevens lead the musical charge in Nashville, while Lee Greenwood tops the roster in Detroit, according to a CBS spokesperson. The special, airing from 9 a.m. to noon, will also visit Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for performances by Vince Gill and Brad Paisley.

After the parades, Enrique Iglesias will be among the halftime entertainment at the Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers game, which begins at 12:30 p.m. ET The late game, the Dallas Cowboys versus the Denver Broncos, will feature Creed as its halftime fanfare.

If you're still awake after the turkey's sleep-inducing amino acid L-tryptophan takes effect, you can catch U2 on a live broadcast of NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" at 11:35 p.m. ET, according to a network spokesperson. The program will be broadcast to U.S. servicemen and women stationed in 175 countries and aboard 150 Navy ships via the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.

U2 will also be the subject of a CNN profile during the cable channel's "People in the News" program, which is scheduled to air at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will provide lip service to the "Good Morning America" crew on ABC at 7 a.m., more than a half-day away from "Being Mick," a one-hour special on the classic rocker that airs on the same network at 10 p.m. and features interviews with Wyclef Jean, Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, Pete Townshend, U2 and the Who, an ABC spokesperson said.

Later in evening, Ben Folds will appear on NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" at 12:35 a.m., while Leona Naess visits "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn" at 12:37 a.m.

Television Appearance Reminder
09:00am  (ABC) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
02:00pm  (MTV) MTV 20th: Everybody Talk About... Pop Music

Other Updates On This Site
Gallery 32 added to the -> Pictures page!

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A "Happy Bird Day" Begins With Parade and O-Town
Lady Liberty has plucked Tom Turkey from the top spot in the 75th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and, for the first time, children of city cops and firefighters will lead marchers down Broadway tomorrow.

The Statue of Liberty float, which will be adorned with the flags of all 50 states, was chosen over the traditional gobbler as a tribute to the victims and heroes of the World Trade Center disaster.

The NYPD and FDNY kids were given a prominent spot at the head of the parade to thank the city's Bravest and Finest for their heroism after the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We were looking for a different way to salute these city workers, and we thought this would be a wonderful since the parade is really a celebration for children," said Macy's spokeswoman Ronnie Taffet.

While this year's parade will be heavy on patriotism and flag-waving, organizers promised there also will be plenty of fun for the huddling masses lining the route — and a fabulous flotilla of huge balloons.

"For 75 years, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has brought the country together," said Robin Hall, who is directing the festivities for the first time. "The parade remains a symbol of continuity and stability. In light of recent events, this is an especially significant year for the parade."

Mayor Giuliani said the city has been on heightened alert since the twin towers attacks, so there is no need for extra security along the 21/2-mile parade route.

A high-ranking police source said 1,700 cops would patrol the parade, a slight increase from last year. The extra officers are needed because of new traffic restrictions, the source said.

There will also be cops — plus firefighters, Emergency Medical Service workers and Port Authority cops — riding the floats. On one, uniformed officers will hold gigantic banners depicting American flags and the silhouettes of the towers.

Giuliani, who skipped the parade last year while undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer, will march tomorrow.

The parade will start, as always, at 9 a.m. at 77th St. and Central Park West and wind down Broadway to Herald Square.

An estimated 50 million viewers will watch the broadcast of the parade on NBC/Channel 4. The "Today" show's Katie Couric, Matt Lauer and Al Roker will anchor the coverage. The parade will also be shown live on cable station New York 1.

This year, five new giant helium balloons will join the 10 floating faves. And if parents don't immediately recognize them, the kids certainly will cheer as Curious George, a revamped Big Bird, Pikachu, Jimmy Neutron from Nickelodeon fame and the Cheesasaurus Rex from the Kraft macaroni and cheese box float by.

For the old-timers, this year's parade marks the return of classic balloons like the Elf and Harold the Fireman, along with the Hippopotamus and Toy Soldier.

Plus, all the favorite floats — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and, of course, Santa — will be there.

The roster of entertainers has something for every generation and just about every taste. The performers include Tony Bennett, Boyz II Men, Usher, Billy Gilman, O-Town and soprano Charlotte Church.

Miss Universe, Denise Quinones August of Puerto Rico, will be there, and singing cop Daniel Rodriguez will perform "The Star Spangled Banner" from the Daily News' Big Apple Float.

Workers will blow up the balloons today beginning at 3 p.m. near the American Museum of Natural History. But Transportation Department engineer Henry Perahia won't decide until the last minute whether the big ones will fly.

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies and a high of 50 degrees tomorrow. But it's the wind speeds that Perahia was most concerned about.

"If winds gust from 11 mph to 15 mph, the force on the balloon doubles, making it twice as heavy to hold," he said.

The city required that the big balloons be grounded if winds reached 23 mph and gusts hit 34 mph after a Manhattan woman was nearly killed in 1997, when a wayward balloon knocked a lamppost on her head.

Parade Tips

The 75th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off tomorrow at 9 a.m. at 77th St. and Central Park West. It will be broadcast on Channel 4 and New York 1 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The parade heads south down Central Park West to Columbus Circle, continues down Broadway and ends 21/2 miles later at Herald Square around noon.

Television Appearance Reminder
05:00pm  (MTV) Making The Band Special

Other Updates On This Site
- Main page design updated!

Request O-Town
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O-Town Will Be Performing On "Good Morning America"
O-Town will be performing live on "Good Morning America" this Friday, November 23rd. Catch an interview with the guys and a live performance of "We Fit Together" and "All Or Nothing" live from the corner of 44th and Broadway in Times Square!

O-Town Marathon On November 23!!!
MTV will be airing Making The Band all day long from 7:00am - 7:00pm at November 23 for 12 whole hours. And it will be airing some O-Town shows after that day, so I promise that you will not miss any of their shows on November 23.

"Live From New York" Video Clips
Hey! I added the video clips of their new DVD "Live From New York", if you want to see the video clips, please go to the -> Video page!

New Calendar Updated!
Besides there are their television appearances in the calendar, I added some special events, release date of their CDs, DVDs, and VHS', so it fill tons of stuff in there, to see their appearances, check out the -> Calendar page!

Other Updates On This Site
- Links updated!
- Calendar updated!
- Video updated!

Request O-Town
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O-Town & LFO To Open For Britney Spears
LFO has announced that it will open for Britney Spears on select December dates of her Britney 2001 U.S. tour, including December 11 at the FleetCenter in Boston; December 14 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina; December 15 at Philips Arena in Atlanta; and December 16 at the New Orleans Arena. O-Town is opening Spears's current concerts.

LAUNCH spoke to LFO singer Rich Cronin recently, and he said that LFO feels very comfortable with its new record label, J Records, a private joint venture between Clive Davis and BMG Entertainment. "It feels good. Like Brad always says, 'It's very much like being at Arista,' because a lot of the same people we dealt with at Arista are there, but at the same time it's different because it's cool to be in something from the ground floor, and it's very interesting to be with Clive Davis on the ground floor of his new venture."

Cronin added that LFO was one of a handful of artists that Davis, the current chairman/CEO of J Records, was allowed to take with him when he parted ways with Arista. "He got to pick three artists from Arista that he would bring to his new company, and he chose us as one of them. And J Records is a very classy act, I think," he said. "It's a very classy outfit."

In related news, Cronin was in Los Angeles last week to tape an episode of the new WB show Raising Dad, which stars Bob Saget and newcomer Kat Dennings.

LFO will be in Los Angeles on December 21 and 22 to shoot the music video for the title track from its latest album, Life Is Good. In addition, LFO will join Pink and several other artists in performing on the Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve telecast, which tapes in Los Angeles on December 9 airs on December 31.

Other Updates On This Site
- Links updated!

Request O-Town
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O-Town Set For Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
O-Town will take a break from it's supporting role on Britney Spears' current U.S. tour to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday (November 22). Tony Bennett, Billy Gilman, Jon Secada, and many other music stars will join O-Town in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the parade this year.

Singer Trevor Penick told LAUNCH that O-Town is already working on its sophomore album, and expects to tour overseas early next year. "We're going to go over to Germany and the U.K. and do a little short tour over there, probably in January. Right now we're writing for the next album," he said. "We're currently doing songs and putting demos together to get ready to show Clive (Davis), and the next album's going to be coming out either late spring or early summer next year."

For the airing time, please go to the -> Calendar page!

Other Updates On This Site
- Some pictures added to the picture section!
- Links updated!

Request O-Town
You can request O-Town on TV & radio by going to the -> Request O-Town page!

Billboard Chart / Others
Rick Dees Top 40 - We Fit Together -  30 -> 27
ARC Weekly Top 40 - We Fit Together - 26 -> 22
Gavin Top 40 - We Fit Together - 31 -> 29
Gavin.com - We Fit Together - 29 -> 27

Another TV Show from O-Town Coming Up!
Another new show for O-Town coming up on Nov 22 is "MTV 20: Everybody Talk About...Pop Music", and O-Town will be featuring in that show. Also MTV has said that they will be airing the live show taped for the video/DVD on January 4, but they did not announced that what time will the DVD air. For the time of the new show, please check out the calendar.

Other Updates On This Site
- Calendar updated!
- Links updated!

Happy Birthday!
Today is Trevor's birthday, he's going to be 22 years old. Happy birthday! Hope him has a nice weekend.

Late Updated / Site Design
Sorry for the lately update because besides I have to change the design of my site, I have something happen in my family, and that's why I updated at night. But oh well, do you think this new design is prettier than the last one? I think that's better.

Other Updates On This Site
- Links updated!
- Site re-designed!

O-Town DVD/VHS In Canada
You could also buy their new DVD and VHS, Live In New York) in Canada, but the release date will be December 4th, so it's kinda late.

Making The Band
MTV will run the premiere of the Making the Band, O-Town Concert Special on November 20 at 10:30 pm. It will be repeated on the 22 at 12 pm, 23 at 10 pm, and the 24 at 9 am and 3 pm. They will also show a MTB marathon from 7 am until 10 pm on November 23.

Other Updates On This Site
- Pictures updated!
- Tons of links added to the link section!

Birthday Countdown
Only 1 days till Trevor's birthday!

MTV's Top 21 Under 21
MTV will be going to premiere a show called "MTV's Top 21 Under 21" on November 24 at 9:00 in the morning, which will featuring O-Town, and so if you want to know what is their position in the top 21, don't miss the show. You could also look our calendar for more O-Town TV appearances.

O-Town Got An Award
O-Town won an award for the best song buy their released single "All Or Nothing" at Kiss 92's Fannie awards on Friday. However, they didn't appear in that award because they had a concert on that night.

Other Updates On This Site
- Pictures updated (almost updated everyday)!
- You Know You Are An O-Town Fan When updated!
- 1 new fan fiction added!

Birthday Countdown
Only 2 days till Trevor's birthday!

Picture of Their DVD: Live from New York
Kiwibox has the cover of O-Town's new DVD, Live from New York, and it added to our picture gallery!

New DVD Autographed Copy Contest
Now Kiwibox and O-town are getting together to put together an awesome contest for the new technology issue. The grand-prize winner will receive an autographed copy of their new DVD!! Runners-up will receive a copy of the O-town cd and hot O-Town posters!!

What you have to do in this contest?
Since this is our Technology Issue, we are going to have you use some Kiwibox technology. Go into the Archives of Kiwibox. You can locate them on the front page at that bottom left corner. Search for all of the articles that have ever had the words O-Town or DVD in that article. Compile a list of the links to the article, and the sentence the word is used in. Put this list into an email and send it to [email protected] Only one email person. For every article you find, you get an extra entry into the contest. The winners will be chosen by random draw. This contest will end on November 30th.

For more information, click here!

FOX Kids Jammin' With O-Town Sweepstakes
Wanna see O-Town in concert? Or win tons of good stuff? One Grand Prize winner will receive a TON of Hit Clips merchandise, and...Winner and one person will travel to an O-Town concert, receive a limo ride to the concert, meet the band, and watch the concert within the first 20 rows. Well then go here: http://foxkids.com/winbig/tiger/ and see how you can win!

You Know You Are An O-Town Fan When
We added a new section named "You Know You Are An O-Town Fan When", and it's abbreviated as "YKYAAOFW" at the left menu. There are over 150 reasons to become an O-Town fan, so you could check it out and know if you are a big O-Town fan or not.

Other Updates On This Site
- New section "You Know You Are An O-Town Fan When" added to this site.
- 2 winamp skins added to the download section.
- Utilities updated.
- Trevor pictures added.

Birthday Countdown
Only 3 days till Trevor's birthday!

More Info About O-Town DVD / VHS
Synopsis: 
A combination of SURVIVOR and the Backstreet Boys, the pop quintet O-Town sprang from a television show which capitalized on the success of both reality tv programs and the incredible success of teenage boy bands. The five heartthrobs have achieved chart-topping success with some bubblegum pop gems such as "Liquid Dreams" and "All or Nothing." This concert, filmed in front of an enthusiastic audience at New York's ornate Hammerstein Ballroom, includes performances of 12 of O-Town's best tunes.

DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Song Access
Music Video

Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - 1. O-Town - Star

Other Updates On This Site
- More links added to the link section.
- A new award added to the site award section, thanks to Lucinda!
- More Jacob pictures added to the pictures section, and we will add Trevor's pictures before his birthday!

Birthday Countdown
Only 4 days till Trevor's birthday!

O-Town Magazine Appearances
O-Town will be in the following magazine appearances:

Teen Beat - November 2001 (Frankie Muniz on the cover)
Tiger Beat - November 2001 (Various)
Bop - November 2001 (O-Town on the cover)
Popstar - December 2001 (Aaron Carter and Hilary Duff on the cover)

Another Update
- Some Jacob pictures were added to Gallery 24.
- Calendar updated!
- A new award from O-Town Showdown added to the site awards section!
- Some links added to the link section!

Birthday Countdown
Only 5 days till Trevor's birthday!

New O-Town DVD / VHS
O-Town will be releasing a DVD / VHS called "Live from New York". This concert was captured on the last night of their sold-out summer tour at New York City's famed Hammerstein Ballroom show on October 10th. Features over an hour long LIVE concert containing 12 songs such as "We Fit Together," "Every Six Seconds," "Painter," "Sensitive," "Baby I Would," "Liquid Dreams," "All or Nothing" and more. The expected release date is on November 27, and you could pre-order it from cdnow.com and amazon.com, so go ahead and buy them!

Large Updates Today
I updated more Erik pictures in the picture section. Besides, some new wallpapers were added to this site, thanks to Krazy 4 O-Town. Also some new links were added in the link section, enjoy!

New O-Town Show On MTV
MTV will be going to air a new O-Town called "Making The Band Special", and MTV will play at November 22 and 23. So don't miss it, for the time please check out the Calendar, which you may go through the left menu.

O-Town's New Single A Perfect 'Fit'
O-Town's latest single, "We Fit Together," was a natural follow-up to the last single, the ballad "All Or Nothing," according to groupmembers Dan Miller and Trevor Penick. "'All Or Nothing' was kind of an oxymoron--a slow, break-up love song," Miller explained to LAUNCH.

Miller and Penick also told LAUNCH that O-Town wanted to follow "All Or Nothing" with a fun, up-tempo track, and the group decided that "We Fit Together" was a perfect fit for the new single. The singers added that it was also a lot of fun shooting the music video for the song on a boat filled with beautiful women.

"In 'We Fit Together,' we just wanted to get something a little more upbeat and a little bit more R&B, and we got to do that," Miller said. "So we did the upbeat R&B thing and it's on a boat, and we're just having fun with about 50 beautiful women."

Penick added, "That's right, and there's one in particular..."

Miller continued, "Yeah, there is one that we've grown a little more attracted to then the others, but it's just kind of fun...and fun."

The third season of O-Town's reality-television show, Making The Band, will begin airing January 4 on MTV. Tonight (November 9) Britney Spears and O-Town perform at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Billboard Chart
Mainstream Rock Tracks - 6 - "All Or Nothing"

Pictures Updated / Site Awards
I have uploaded more pictures for you, and Erik's pictures are uploaded to the pictures section. Also we made a new section called "Site Awards", because we just won an award, thanks to The O-Town Sound.

O-Town On TRL Yesterday
O-Town was on Total Request Live with Carson yesterday. And because Carson needed to go to watch Michael Jackson on stage (where near to the TRL studio) so he let O-Town take over the TRL for about the first 30-40 minutes and let them countdown from No.9 to No.7. After that, Carson was back and host the TRL again with Michael Jackson interview. A while later, when after the commercial break, O-Town performed "We Fit Together", and they give out their albums to the fan in the studio.

O-Town TRL Review
(Thanks to Evie and Jenn from In The House With O-Town gave us this information about the TRL yesterday)

"Here's what we've heard about O-Town on TRL (11/07) if you missed it : They performed We Fit Together and then All Or Nothing at the end. Jake was wearing a cute shirt that said "Same shirt, different day", Ashley was wearing his usual jean jacket, and Trevor's hair looked good and kinda spikey. Thanks to Kelly for the info."

Other Pictures Updated
Hey, guys! I have uploaded more pictures from Ashley, and I uploaded some pictures of Dan, so if you're fans of them, go check them out!

Celebrity Birthday
Nov. 11: Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is 79. Comedian Jonathan Winters is 76. Jazz singer-pianist Mose Allison is 74. Singer-guitarist Andy Partridge of XTC is 48. Singer Marshall Crenshaw is 47. Actress Demi Moore is 39. Actress Calista Flockhart is 37. Actor Philip McKeon (``Alice'') is 37. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 27.

Nov. 12: Actress Kim Hunter is 79. Playwright-actor Wallace Shawn is 58. Singer Brian Hyland is 58. Singer Neil Young is 56. Country singer Barbara Fairchild is 51. Actress Megan Mullally is 43. Bassist David Ellefson of Megadeth is 37. Actress Tamala Jones is 27. Actress Anne Hathaway is 19.

Nov. 13: Actor Jack Elam is 85. Producer-director-actor Garry Marshall is 67. Actor Joe Mantegna is 54. Actress Sheila Frazier (``Superfly'') is 53. Actress Whoopi Goldberg is 46. Actress Tracy Scoggins is 42. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 34. Actor Steve Zahn is 33.

Nov. 14: Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis is 67. Actor Don Stewart is 66. Writer P.J. O'Rourke is 54. Zydeco singer-accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco is 54. Guitarist James Young of Styx is 53. Singer Stephen Bishop is 50. Actor D.B. Sweeney is 40. Actress Laura San Giacomo (``Just Shoot Me'') is 40. Rapper Reverend Run of Run-DMC is 37. Actor Patrick Warburton (``The Tick,'' ``Seinfeld'') is 37. Drummer Travis Barker of Blink-182 is 26.

Nov. 15: ``People's Court'' Judge Joseph Wapner is 82. Actor Ed Asner is 72. Singer Petula Clark is 69. Actor Sam Waterston is 61. Singer Frida of ABBA is 56. Actress Beverly D'Angelo is 47. Bandleader Kevin Eubanks (``The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is 44. Rapper ODB of Wu-Tang Clan is 33. Country singer Jack Ingram is 31. Actress-model Virginie Ledoyen is 25.

Nov. 16: Actress Marg Helgenberger  is 43. Jazz singer Diana Krall is 37. Actress Lisa Bonet is 34. Actress Tammy Lauren is 33. Singer Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd is 32. Actress Martha Plimpton is 31. Singer Trevor Penick of O-Town is 22.

Nov. 17: Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 63. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 59. Actress Lauren Hutton is 58. ``Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels is 57. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 57. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 43. Entertainer RuPaul is 41. Actress-model Daisy Fuentes is 35. Actress Leslie Bibb is 28. Guitarist Isaac Hanson of Hanson is 21. 

Other Updates On This Site
Some links are added to the link section today, check it out, and more Ashley and other O-Town pictures are coming up soon.

Single Released
"All Or Nothing" is releasing in your local music store, and the tracking list is weird, because there are 3 "All Or Nothing" in same version. So if you don't mind that happened, please go ahead and buy it, or you could buy it through the internet by going to cdnow.com.

Reminder
Don't forget that O-Town will be going to appear on Total Request Live tomorrow at 3:30pm. Inside the TRL, they will perform "We Fit Together" at the studio, so don't miss it!

O-Town: The Perfect Fit
If the sun always shines on TV (as A-Ha once proclaimed), the telegenic men of O-Town are enjoying an endless summer.

Following their birth on the weekly series "Making the Band," the fivesome — Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Dan Miller, Trevor Penick and Jacob Underwood — perplexed naysayers and beat Vegas odds when their first LP debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. In good company at Clive Davis' J Records house of hits (alongside labelmates such as Alicia Keys) the guys have, among other things, a tour with Britney Spears and a third season of "Making the Band" to keep them looking on the bright side this fall.

O-Town's Ashley (blond, Leo) and Jacob (auburn, Taurus) talked to Curtis Waller about what's in store on the small screen, their plans for their second album and why their fans are the best a band could ever ask for.

MTV: Looking back at how you got started on "Making the Band," did you think you would be having this kind of success?

Ashley Parker Angel: Man, when we think back about when we first embarked on this journey, I guess you would say it's kinda funny, 'cause we had a lot in our favor. The ball was in our court, 'cause we had a TV show, but there were a lot of different battles we had to fight. Fortunately, I think, we've been able to turn some heads because of Clive Davis and because of the songs that have been on the radio that have done well. Honestly, we owe it to our faithful, loyal fans who have been there from the very beginning. We owe it to Clive Davis, because when he came in, he brought a level of respect to the group and credibility. Things are rolling.

MTV: Since you started off on TV and have put out an album, are you guys thinking about venturing off into film, either as a group as individuals?

Ashley: All of us in the group have things that we would like to do at some point. As a group, we're focused on music right now. We're focused on touring right now. We're not really focused on any other avenues of entertainment like film or anything like that, 'cause right now we're filming a third season of the television show, so we've got that to worry about. We want to show hopefully a different side of things that people haven't seen in the first two seasons. That's going to take up a lot of our time, and we've got the Britney Spears tour. Down the road there'll probably be things that different ones of us will experiment with, but for right now all of our focus is on the group.

MTV: You released your album in January, and with "We Fit Together" getting a good reception right now, do you think there's another single left in the album?

Jacob Underwood: Yeah, we feel strongly about songs like "Love Should Be a Crime" and "Girl," but we're gonna wait and see how "We Fit Together" is doing. It's still on its up-climb. We started writing for the second album, and that's in our sights now. We're going to try to start writing and recording while we're out with Britney.

MTV: Do you guys have a studio that you take along with you, or do you see yourself doing recording in different towns while you travel?

Jacob: We actually write a lot when we're on the road. Fortunately Britney doesn't do seven shows a week like we were doing, so we have some time in the week to maybe track down a studio and go in and demo some stuff. We just had a little break a little while ago, and we wrote a bunch of songs on the road individually. We go in studios and we try to lay as many as we can down.

Ashley: It's hard to tell, with the stuff we've been coming up with, what will absolutely be on the next album. I think we all have our favorites, and it's still early. We haven't even sat down [and] heard the songs that the others are writing. It'll be difficult because Clive Davis, he's the hitmaker. He's the hit man. He's made it clear: If it's not a hit song, it really, really isn't gonna make the album. So we've been really stretching our writing muscles and growing as writers to try to express what's inside of us so that the fans can get more of a direct relationship with the music, 'cause they know it's coming from us. That's something we want to pride ourselves in. We've been really working hard at it. Hopefully a lot of the stuff we're writing will make the album.

MTV: Can you give us any clues as to what's in store on the new season of "Making the Band"? Do any of you guys get in the director's chair or anything like that?

Jacob: Since the first season, it was pretty much that "Real World" scenario where they just put you in the house, you have no say, you just get followed. So now that we've been doing it for a while, they're definitely giving us more control over when we're getting shot. It's more of us opening up and showing the fans who we are. It can only be to our advantage when we're being real. We like those moments when the camera is just there, and they've caught us writing music, actually sitting down and writing and trying to be creative while the camera is there, and then recording and having conversations with Clive about the album. It's gonna be very real. Now that we're on MTV, we have the opportunity to show a little bit more about who we are in our third season.

MTV: You really do have some dedicated and loyal fans. To what do you credit that devotion?

Ashley: It's because of Clive Davis and the songs that we've had out on the radio and the relationship that we've been able to build with the fans because of "Making the Band." That's really been such an in with us to show the public and to show people from a wide variety of ages who we really are, immediately. It's not like you're reading a magazine article. It's more than just seeing someone in concert. It's a series about your personal life. I think a lot of the fans connected with us from the very beginning, and that's the reason why. It just seems like there's these legions of fans that had to stay loyal to us from the very beginning, and it's growing.

Jacob: I think every artist out there loves their fans, and they have fans for different reasons. A lot of fans just have that connection with artists where they listen to their music and they come to their shows 'cause they appreciate their music and their music moves them. You can't help but love it. But our fans are there for a whole new reason. They've watched the show. They feel personally connected. Some fans come and they're like, "Yeah, I've been watching you guys on TV for so long, I wanted to come and see you in concert." They bought the record 'cause they watched us, and they really feel like they know us. It's a different connection.

I don't think any band's been this exposed this quickly and to more than just their music and what they listen to and what they write. It's our personal lives. You've met our mothers. You've met our families and our girlfriends on TV. And the fans are still there, sleeping in the streets to get into our shows, and you cannot help but applaud that dedication to a band. We really appreciate it. The only reason why we're still around is because of them. They requested our music when critics and people wanted it to go away. They were still there requesting it, regardless, and it just goes to show you make it because of the fans.

MTV: Is there anything you want to say to your fans directly?

Jacob: Well, I want to say that we really have given a lot of ourselves to them through the show, and the only thing that we hope is that they get a lot out of it, that they learn from it. That they take our experiences and realize we're just like them. We're them at home wishing to be where they see everybody on TV. I was sitting at home watching Michael Jackson videos saying, "I wanna be like him. I wanna be dancing onstage" and all this. They've kinda seen us before, when we were in that position. I just want to say thank you to them for sticking around and watching us and sharing our lives, and I hope they stick around and continue.

Guestbook Crashed / Pictures Updated
The bad news is the guestbook did not work since 2 days ago unfortunately, and bravenet.com have deleted my guestbook account, because their server has some problems and maybe delete some of their accounts accidentally. But the good news is I have uploaded 30 more O-Town pictures for you, and about 15 of them are Ashley photos, enjoy them!

News Single From O-Town
According to cdnow.com, O-Town will be going to release their new single, but not we fit together. The new single didn't have a title yet, but the tracking list is kinda weird:

1) All Or Nothing
2) All Or Nothing
3) All Or Nothing
4)Take Me Under
5) Baby I Would

There are 3 "All Or Nothing" and I don't know why they put the same song three times, and the release day is going to be November 6, tomorrow. So if you don't mind there are some same songs in it, go ahead and but it at your local music store!

Pictures Update
I told you yesterday that I uploaded 20 new pictures from O-Town, and few minutes later since that news below was posted, I uploaded 80 more pictures in the pictures section, so now you could view totally 100 pictures in this site.

O-Town On TRL
O-Town will be on Total Request Live with Carson Daly on November 7. If you can't see their performance on that time, MTV will replay the show at 8:00pm in the same day. Or if you can't see on that day, you could watch the replay at 07:30am morning at November 8. Don't miss it.

Big Updates On This Site
I updated tons of stuff to this site today, first of all there are 20 new pictures uploaded in the pictures, 1 more fiction added (8 chapters in it), and 4 wallpapers, thanks to Mayra for letting me to use those wallpapers.

Britney Spears's Tour featuring O-Town
Britney Spears' Britney 2001 tour kicks off tonight (November 1) at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, with special guests O-Town. Spears pushed back the tour opener one day due to production delays.

Spears told LAUNCH that she loved the large-scale production on *NSYNC's recent PopOdyssey tour and Janet Jackson's All For You world tour 2001, but that she won't be borrowing any ideas from either of them. "As far as the PopOdyssey tour, that show is definitely an inspiration for this, for this tour that I’m doing, as well as Janet's tour, but I'm not going to...I'm not doing anything similar to their show at all, actually," she said.

Spears added that she hopes her fans use the Britney tour as an escape from all of the recent tragic events in the world. "The main thing is I just would like for people to leave just being inspired, and just to make them forget about the day and who they are and everything going on in the world, and just have a good time," she added.

Spears will donate $1 from each concert ticket sold to help the children of the New York City police and firefighters.

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