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NEWS ABOUT: boy bands

boy bands stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Sorry, girls, only two chances left to snag a singing Jonas Brother. The eldest, Kevin, popped the question to his girlfriend on her New Jersey doorstep this morning, and "she said yes, yes, yes like 500 times super fast in a row," he tells People. Kevin, 21, met... More »

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engagement • Jonas Brothers • boy bands • celebrity engagements • Kevin Jonas

Japanese Boy Band Star Found Drunk, Naked, Screaming

Incident in public park cost singer ad deals

Apr 23, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A member of SMAP, Japan’s most famous boy band, was arrested today after he was found naked, drunk and screaming in a public park at 3am, Asahi Shimbun reports. Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi, 34, reportedly screamed “What’s wrong with being naked?” at an officer while being removed. He had... More »

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alcohol • Japan • alcohol abuse • boy bands • drunk • drunkenness • Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi

Jailed Boy-Band Schemer Plots Reality Show

It's 'Making the Band meets Charlie's Angels meets Bernie Madoff'

Mar 18, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even from jail, boy-band creator-slash-Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman is all about the spotlight. The ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys founder is plotting a reality show he can star in from behind bars, the New York Daily News reports. “It essentially would feature Lou's disembodied voice on a speakerphone,... More »

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reality TV • jail • Ponzi scheme • N'Sync • boy bands • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

NEW RELEASE

 New Kids Score Block Party 

New album could be best yet from reunited '90s boy band

Sep 2, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics applaud the comeback album from reunited boy band New Kids on the Block, which, while it “may not break any ground musically,” is in fact “the best album of their multi-platinum career,” writes Glenn Gamboa in Newsday. “The best cuts” on The Block “... More »

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music review • album • New Kids on the Block • boy bands

 Summer of Jonas Bros. Looms  

Squeaky-clean trio set for Miley-sized media onslaught

Jun 17, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brace yourselves: Disney is prepping a summer media blitz for the squeaky-clean, tween-rockin' Jonas Brothers that'll put Hannah Montana to shame. The former Christian rock band made up of three real-life siblings is starring in two movies, releasing an album, and touring Europe and the US—before getting their own... More »

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music • music industry • Disney • Hannah Montana • Jonas Brothers • boy bands

Boy-Band Brain Gets 25 Years
for Fraud

Pearlman gets max for scamming investors, banks out of $300M

May 22, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lou Pearlman, the honcho behind the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced yesterday to the maximum of 25 years in federal prison for masterminding a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of some $300 million, the AP reports. "The sympathy factor just doesn't run very high... More »

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fraud • conviction • N'Sync • boy bands • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

 New Kids on the Block
 Plan Reunion on 'Today'

All is right with the world

Apr 1, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a performance to mark the 20th anniversary of their hit album Hangin' Tough, the New Kids on the Block will reunite Friday to perform on the "Today Show," a source tells People magazine. The boy band sold more than 50 million records before returning to civilian... More »

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Today show • New Kids on the Block • Jordan Knight • Jonathan Knight • Donnie Wahlberg • Joey McIntyre • Danny Wood • Hangin' Tough • boy bands

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