Friday, December 14, 2001
Year-end trivia
By STEPHANIE McGRATH -- AllPop
As with every year, 2001 was full of rumours, many of which
turned out not to be true.
Here's a list of the year's juiciest scoops. See if you can
guess whom the rumours were about:
A major pop princess and her major pop prince were rumoured to have been
in a fatal car crash.
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(Britney & Justin)
This boy band was reported to be breaking up about 65 times this
year.
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(Backstreet Boys)
This R&B queen and this boy band star (who is famously attached) were
rumoured to have locked lips once at a party.
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(Beyonce & Justin)
This once-powerful girl group was rumoured to be both on the verge of
announcing a major tour and on the verge of splitting up for good.
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(The Spice Girls)
This pop and movie star took diva-like behaviour to new heights when
she reportedly requested everything from: "A white dressing room with white
flowers, white tables, white tablecloths," to mangoes, papaya and apple
pie for 90 minutes of work on a
charity video.
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(J. Lo)
This TV sweetheart and rising movie princess was rumoured to be dating
Alec Baldwin (who is much, much older than she is).
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(Jennifer Love Hewitt)
This Canadian pop act was rumoured to have split. Later reports claimed
that one of the members was leaving the group while the others hoped to
continue in the music business.
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(The Moffatts)
This movie heartthrob reportedly got a bit pudgy while filming
in Rome and was constantly rumoured to be about to marry his model
girlfriend.
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(Leo DiCaprio)
This star of two gross-out teen flicks nixed her wedding plans with a
famous VJ and is now said to be romancing David Schwimmer of "Friends"
fame.
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(Tara Reid)
One half of this pop duo heard that his act was breaking up from the media --
before his musical partner had time to alert him.
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(Savage Garden)
Two members of this U.K. pop act have become more than friends.
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(Hannah & Paul of S Club 7 )
Robbie Williams used to be good friends with this pop singer but has
recently been quoted as saying that her eccentric behaviour was
"genuinely scaring me".
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(Geri Halliwell)
This TV vampire and heartthrob recently got married, and reports say that
his new wife is pregnant.
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(David Boreanaz of "Angel")
This star of a wholesome drama says she regrets baring her body in a
racy magazine spread.
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(Jessica Biel of "7th Heaven")
