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Mel C: Preggo Spice
8/22/2008, E! Online
Melanie Chisholm has tapped her girl power, finally confirming reports that she has a little Spice in the oven with an assist from partner Thomas Starr. "Some happy...
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Beckham gets traffic ticket in Hollywood
4/9/2008, AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Beckham has been given a penalty, but not the kicking kind. The Los Angeles Galaxy star got a traffic ticket when he was pulled over Tuesday...
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Spice Girl and 'N Syncer's Reality TV Hookup
4/7/2008, E! Online
First Dancing, now Singing. Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown and Joey Fatone can't get enough of reality TV. The Dancing with the Stars runners-up, and pop stars in...
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Sporty Spice finds "Time" for new album
2/28/2008, Reuters
Now that the Spice Girls reunion tour has ended, Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm is getting ready to release her fourth solo album in April. "This Time," on her own Red...
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Sayonara, Spice Girls
2/27/2008, E! Online
The Spice Girls' shelf life has finally expired. What started out as plans for an 11-date comeback tour and inevitably morphed into an all-out, months-long...
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Spice Girls "would love" to perform for Mandela
2/18/2008, Reuters
The Spice Girls would love to perform
for former South African President Nelson Mandela, but said on
Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his
planned...
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Spice Girls' driver helps nab suspect
2/18/2008, AP
The driver of a tour bus for the Spice Girls has helped police in Michigan arrest a man suspected in a carjacking. Police say the bus driver called 911 to report a possible...
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Spice Girls tour likely their last
2/15/2008, Reuters
Don't hold your breath waiting for
the next Spice Girls reunion. Geri Halliwell, a.k.a. Ginger
Spice, said a second outing "probably won't happen ever again."
The...
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Geri Buzz Kills Another Spice Reunion
2/15/2008, E! Online
Girl power, by the looks of it, is a finite thing.
Geri Halliwell has crushed the hopes of tween girls worldwide, putting the kibosh on any future plans for a Spice Girls...
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Spice Girls say sorry for cutting tour short
2/6/2008, Reuters
The Spice Girls said sorry to
disappointed fans on Wednesday for cutting short their reunion
tour and denied it was hit by bitter in-fighting.
They have cancelled concerts...
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Spice Girls concerts canceled
2/1/2008, AP
The Spice Girls have dropped Australia, China, South Africa and Argentina from their world tour, which reportedly has been drawing a disappointing turnout at some...
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Spice World Shrinks
2/1/2008, E! Online
The Spice Girls aren't heading south for the winter. Or east, for that matter.
The comeback quintet announced Friday that their world tour will wrap up later this...
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Posh Spice sleeps in the buff with Becks
12/6/2007, AP
Victoria Beckham goes to bed naked. And she's got a very good reason — her husband.
"You don't sleep with David Beckham," the 33-year-old Posh Spice tells Elle...
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David Beckham, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes cause chaos at L.A. Spice Girls show
12/6/2007, Yahoo! Music
It was a greatest-show-on-earth evening, featuring Roberto Cavalli-designed showgirl costumes; a pack of S&M leatherboys led on leashes; a candy-cane-striped poledance...
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Spice Girls kick off world tour in Canada
12/2/2007, Reuters
"Girl Power"
returned on Sunday as Britain's Spice Girls kicked off their
long-awaited world reunion tour with a more sophisticated look
than when they first stormed the...
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Spice Offspring Felled by Pox Power
11/30/2007, E! Online
A pox on the Spice Girls' houses.
The assorted offspring of the reunited girl group have been hit by an outbreak of the chickenpox, Geri Halliwell said Friday on...
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Spice Girls Call Foul on Fake Cancellation
11/26/2007, E! Online
What the Spice Girls really, really want is to set the record straight: Despite rumors to the contrary, no concert tour dates have been scrapped.
The pop stars are calling...
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Spice Girls strut down Victoria's Secret runway
11/16/2007, Reuters
While difficult to upstage nearly
nude supermodels strutting down a catwalk, the Spice Girls
stole a share of the spotlight on Thursday as they kicked off a
reunion tour...
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Sporty Spice ready to take "final bow"
11/12/2007, Reuters
Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm is glad
she overcame her reluctance and agreed to a reunion of the hit
group.
Nearly a decade after the five-member group became four --
when...
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Spices Set for "Amazing" Return
11/12/2007, E! Online
The five are ready to become one and things couldn't be more "spectacular."
That's the word from Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm, who, on the eve of...
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Spice Girls premiere new video on British TV
11/2/2007, Yahoo! Music
The new Spice Girls video will be premiered on British TV later this evening, it has been confirmed.
"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" is the first new single from the...
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Spice Girls single 'leaked'
10/23/2007, Yahoo! Music
The new Spice Girls single has been leaked online, a number of weeks before its official release next month, it has emerged.
The reformed girl band return with "Headlines...
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Spice Girls Make Secret Deal
10/16/2007, E! Online
The Spice Girls have found the perfect fit for their new album.
In the latest example of name-brand artists using nontraditional means to sell their music (see: Radiohead;...
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Betty, Victoria's Secret Add Hint of Spice
10/16/2007, E! Online
Things really starting to Spice up on TV.
Victoria Beckham will guest as herself in an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty, one week before she and her fellow Spice Girls are...
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Spice Girls to tour in $20 million jet?
10/8/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls are planning to shell-out $20 million on a trio of jets for their comeback tour, it has been claimed.
The reformed girl band goes back on the road in...
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Spice Girls Make "Headlines"
10/5/2007, E! Online
The Spice Girls have freshened up their repertoire.
With a reunion tour coming up in December and a greatest-hits album coming out next month, the re-formed girl group is...
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Concertgoers Still Hot for Spice Girls
10/2/2007, E! Online
It's a Spice World, and we're just living in it.
Posh, Baby, Sporty, Scary and Ginger proved they still hold huge appeal for the masses by selling out their...
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U2 and Spice Girls to team up?
10/1/2007, Yahoo! Music
If reports in today's (October 1) papers are to be believed, U2's Bono has written a song for the Spice Girls.
Aside from penning lyrics for his do-gooding stadium rock...
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Spice Girls gig sells out in less than a minute
10/1/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls comeback gig has sold out in 38 seconds, after fans who registered for tickets online were notified they had gone on sale.
More than one million people in...
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Spice Girls to play secret reunion gig?
9/14/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls must be feeling a bit left out this week.
A few months ago they were the reunion that everyone was desperate to get tickets for, then a certain band called...
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Girls Gone Festive
8/20/2007, E! Online
Turns out the Spice Girls don't have a monopoly on girl-powered concerts this fall.
Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne and Fiona Apple have teamed up for a new femme-fueled...
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Victoria Beckham to offer fashion advice
8/16/2007, AP
Victoria Beckham will offer her fashion ideas in a new book, "That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between," to be published by HarperCollins in...
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Spice Girl Emma Bunton has baby boy
8/10/2007, AP
It's a baby boy for "Baby Spice" Emma Bunton.
The 31-year-old Spice Girls singer gave birth to a son, Beau, at London's Portland Hospital on Friday, a spokesman said.
He...
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Baby Spice, Popped Star
8/10/2007, E! Online
Baby Spice may have finally found a worthy successor for her moniker.
Spice Girl Emma Bunton became a first-time mother Friday, giving birth to son Beau in London.
The...
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Spice Girl Brown married since June
8/8/2007, AP
Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who gave birth to Eddie Murphy's daughter in April, married her boyfriend, Steven Belafonte, in June, according to Clark County marriage...
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Mel B's Wedding Secret
8/8/2007, E! Online
Whether she's received child support or not, it turns out Melanie Brown has had spousal support for some time now.
The British pop star, who filed a paternity suit...
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Murphy pressed to help raise daughter
8/4/2007, AP
A day after Eddie Murphy confirmed that he is the father of Melanie Brown's baby, the former Spice Girl's lawyer complained that Murphy isn't accepting his parental...
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Spice Girls add 3 shows to reunion tour
7/27/2007, AP
The Spice Girls have added three dates to their reunion tour, bringing the total number of concerts to 14 in December and January.
A show in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 2...
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Spice Girls confirm documentary
7/12/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls will star in a new BBC documentary this autumn and are rumored to be working on the new Children In Need song.
The reformed pop icons go on a reunion world...
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Beckham insists she's just a normal girl
7/9/2007, AP
Victoria Beckham insisted Monday that she's "just a normal girl from London" who happens to be "living quite a surreal life" with her soccer star husband David and their...
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"Girl power" back as Spice Girls reunite for tour
6/28/2007, Reuters
"Girl Power" is back with the
announcement that the Spice Girls, who topped charts in the
late 1990s, are reuniting for a tour and greatest hits album.
Ginger, Sporty,...
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Spice Girls announce reunion tour
6/28/2007, AP
The Spice Girls wannabe stars again. Following a calculated publicity buildup, the original Girl Power group of the 1990s announced Thursday that they have agreed to get...
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Five Become One: Spice Girls Reunite
6/28/2007, E! Online
Fans holding out hope for a girl-powered pop reunion can breathe a zig-a-zig-ah sigh of relief.
The Spice Girls finally told us that want (they really, really want) to...
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Posh: Not the Boss from Hell
6/25/2007, E! Online
Victoria Beckham just snagged herself a housewarming gift better than anything the Cruises might have in works.
The artist formerly known as Posh Spice has accepted...
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Mel B: Test Shows Murphy Fathered My Dreamgirl
6/22/2007, E! Online
Eddie Murphy wanted a paternity test, he got one.
After months of first disputing then keeping quiet about the paternity of ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown's daughter, the...
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Spice Girls spark speculation of comeback
6/22/2007, Reuters
The Spice Girls are to make an
announcement about their future plans next week, sparking
speculation that one of the world's most successful girl bands
is set to reunite...
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Mel B: Test Shows Murphy Fathered My Dreamgirl
6/22/2007, E! Online
Eddie Murphy wanted a paternity test, he got one.
After months of first disputing then keeping quiet about the paternity of ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown's...
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Spice Girls memo leaked?
6/21/2007, Yahoo! Music
A memo from Simon Fuller about the long-mooted reunion of the Spice Girls has apparently been leaked, revealing a string of rules.
Fuller, who managed the girl group as...
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Victoria Beckham films her L.A. story
6/12/2007, AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Beckham was on the pitch — only it was Victoria Beckham and she was at Dodger Stadium. The former Posh Spice, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers...
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Spice Girls back in studio
6/8/2007, Yahoo! Music
Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham has revealed that the experience of singing again with the Spice Girls was "truly terrifying."
Reported by London's Daily Mirror, she admitted...
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Victoria Beckham claim Spice Girls reunion will happen
6/6/2007, Yahoo! Music
Victoria Beckham has claimed a Spice Girls comeback will "definitely" happen in the coming months.
The former member of the girl group appeared at an awards ceremony in the...
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Sporty snubs Spice Girls
5/22/2007, Yahoo! Music
Mel C has all but ruled out the return of the Spice Girls, confirming rumors that she is the stumbling block in a possible reunion.
In recent months, the pop world has been...
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Beckham and wife moving to Beverly Hills
5/7/2007, AP
LOS ANGELES - David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, are moving to Beverly Hills this summer.
Beckham, 32, and his 33-year-old wife-- the former Posh Spice of the Spice...
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Spice Girls Christmas comeback?
5/7/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls are considering an offer of approximately $2 million each to play a reunion show this Christmas, according to reports.
Mel B, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell,...
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The Murphy-Brown Name Game
4/24/2007, E! Online
Like it or not, Eddie Murphy is one step closer to having another Dreamgirl to his credit.
Ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown announced Tuesday that she has given her newborn...
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Four of five Spice Girls reunite at chirstening
4/23/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls were reunited at the christening of Geri Halliwell's daughter in London yesterday, with only Melanie B absent.
Geri, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunto,n and...
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Eddie Murphy Named Spice Baby Daddy
4/13/2007, E! Online
When it comes to the birth certificate for Melanie Brown's newborn daughter, there's a big blank spot where the child's moniker should be.
But the former Scary...
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Mel B's Dream Girl
4/3/2007, E! Online
Melanie Brown has spiced up her life with the arrival of a baby girl.
A spokeswoman for the former Scary Spice confirmed that Brown welcomed a "completely healthy"...
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Sporty Spice blocking Spice Girls reunion?
2/26/2007, Yahoo! Music
Mel C is blocking the reunion of the Spice Girls, group's former manager, Simon Fuller, has claimed.
Fuller says they are planning to return "with a big bang," which will...
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Spice Girls reunion imminent?
2/16/2007, Yahoo! Music
The Spice Girls are on the brink of confirming plans to reform, it has been claimed.
After months of speculation, it has been reported that the pop group has agreed to the...
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Geri Halliwell says there will be no Spice Girls reunion
11/29/2006, Yahoo! Music
Geri Halliwell has announced her retirement from the music business and put the dampers on a Spice Girls revival.
In an interview with Britain's OK! magazine, Halliwell...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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The Beckhams get 'intimately' scented
8/18/2006, AP
LONDON (AP) — Soccer star David Beckham and his pop-star wife Victoria are set to get intimate with the unveiling of a new fragrance for men and women next...
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Mel B a Maybe for Live 8
6/21/2005, E! Online
Thanks to Scary Spice, Live 8 is in danger of a girl power
deficit.
Melanie Brown, the Scary fifth of the former
international chart-topping pop group the Spice Girls,...
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U2, McCartney, Coldplay Top Live 8 Lineup
5/31/2005, E! Online
Bob Geldof is at it again.
Two decades after he
masterminded Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever mounted, to
fight famine in Africa, the 58-year-old...
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With Live8, Geldof urges G8 to stamp out poverty
5/31/2005, Reuters
Charity rocker Bob Geldof on Tuesday
announced plans for five star-studded concerts aimed at
pressuring world leaders into eradicating African poverty.
Twenty years after...
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Bob Geldof Confirms Plans for Concert
5/26/2005, AP
Live Aid founders Bob Geldof and Midge Ure confirmed Thursday they are planning a star-studded concert to fight poverty in Africa — but insisted it wouldn't be Live Aid...
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Beckhams Sue Former Nanny Over Comments
4/30/2005, AP
David and Victoria Beckham are suing their former nanny for claiming in the British press that the couple's six-year marriage is on the rocks.
The former nanny, Abbie...
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Beckham Nanny's Mum Until Suit Resolved
4/29/2005, AP
Britain's High Court on Friday accepted a promise from David and Victoria Beckham's former nanny that she will not make further claims about the celebrity couple's marriage...
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The Earlier the Better for Chart Entries
4/15/2005, Reuters
A superstar act in your camp has
almost completed a new album. Do you drop it in or near the
fourth quarter with the huge traffic it enjoys during the
holiday selling season...
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Simon Cowell Center Stage With 'Idol'
1/31/2005, AP
After more than two decades working his way up — behind the scenes — in the music industry, Simon Cowell sits center stage.
Cowell's withering putdowns of the...
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Baby Emma's All Grown Up
1/29/2005, Reuters
Former Spice Girl Emma "Baby Spice"
Bunton is ready to prove she can make it on her own.
Now known as just Emma, the 29-year-old has just released
her second full-length...
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Beckhams Plan Lavish Christening Party
12/23/2004, AP
Soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, were to host a lavish party Thursday evening for the christening of their sons, Romeo, 2, and Brooklyn, 5.
The couple's...
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Beckhams Plan Lavish Christening Party
12/23/2004, AP
Soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria were hosting a lavish party Thursday for the christening of their sons Romeo and Brooklyn.
The couple's agents have...
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Usher Emerges as New King of Pop in 2004
12/20/2004, Reuters
You only need one word to sum up
the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The
rest of us were just overnight visitors.
It began innocently enough, right at...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Emma Puts 'Baby Spice' Behind Her
12/6/2004, Reuters
Emma Bunton was once known as Baby
Spice; that is, when she was one-fifth of multi-million selling
girl group the Spice Girls . These days, she is known as...
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Eminem Tops Charts Ahead of Holiday Season
11/24/2004, Reuters
Eminem topped music charts for a
second week, warming up a recent cold spell for record
companies who hope the rapper and big releases from acts like
U2 and Gwen Stefani ...
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Beckham's Wife Expecting Third Child
8/29/2004, AP
Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, are expecting their third child in March, the couple announced Sunday.
"This is fantastic news. We are both...
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Label Debuting with Tamyra Gray
5/21/2004, Reuters
In launching 19 Recordings, Simon
Fuller and his 19 Entertainment juggernaut are moving to
increase the brand's power in the United States.
Tom Ennis, VP of 19...
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Beckhams Consult Lawyers About Reports
4/13/2004, AP
England soccer captain David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, have consulted attorneys over what to do about newspaper reports that he had extramarital affairs, said a...
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Second Woman Said to Claim Beckham Affair
4/11/2004, AP
The tabloid saga of soccer star David Beckham's love life took a fresh twist Sunday when a second woman reportedly claimed she'd had an affair with him.
Malaysian-born...
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Westlife Blow May Spell End for Irish Boy-Band
3/9/2004, Reuters
Chart-toppers Westlife announced Tuesday
that singer Bryan McFadden was quitting the group, a move that
could signal the beginning of the end for the Irish...
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Simon Questions Price of 'Idol' Fame
1/15/2004, AP
Simon Fuller is no professional singer. He does not dance and he doesn't play an instrument. Yet there he is — collecting a fortune at the top of the pop charts.
As...
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50 Cent Proves His Worth
12/21/2003, Reuters
Across the pop, R&B and rap
genres, among top singles and albums, 50 Cent dominates the
2003 Year in Music charts.
The rapper from Queens, N.Y. has the No. 1 song of the...
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Former Spice Girl Becomes Face Of Roc-A-Wear
5/15/2003, USRN
Former Spice Girl, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham, has been selected to join Naomi Campbell in a multi-million dollar advertising campaign for Roc-A-Wear clothing which is...
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Posh Spice Kidnapping Plot Suspects Also Charged In Sotheby's Theft
11/4/2002, USRN
In a strange twist to an already bizarre case, five of the men arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham this weekend appeared in a London...
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Spice Girls May Get Back Together, As 'Scary' And 'Sporty' Mels Meet
9/29/2002, USRN
The Spice Girls could reunite for a concert tour and a new album. Former "Scary Spice" Melanie Brown has begun making overtures to former members of the 1990s U.K....
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Former 'Posh' Spice Girl To Stand Trial For Slander
7/8/2002, USRN
It's not easy being an ex-Spice Girl. Just ask the former "Posh Spice," Victoria Beckham, who's now heading to trial for slander.
A British Court Of Appeal is allowing...
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Spice Girls Are Finished...For Now, Says Melanie C, As She Readies Tour
3/8/2001, USRN
"Sporty Spice" Melanie C is currently wrapping up a solo Mediterranean tour that took her to Greece, Israel, and Africa, among other places, and she is preparing to embark...
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Westlife Accuses Spice Girls Of Not Promoting 'Forever' Properly
11/8/2000, USRN
Irish boy band Westlife has accused the Spice Girls of not getting off their rear ends to promote their new album Forever, which hit stores yesterday (November 7). Westlife...
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Spice Girl Posh To Get Big Payday For Spice-y Autobiography
10/19/2000, USRN
The life story of Victoria Beckham--Posh Spice of the Spice Girls--is something a lot of people are going to want to read about--or at least that's what Penguin Books is...
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Posh Spice Victoria Beckham On The Road To Recovery
9/26/2000, USRN
"Posh Spice" Victoria Beckham is home resting after her bout with viral meningitis, according to "Scary Spice" Mel B. U.K. tabloid reports had indicated that the singer was...
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Spice Girl Diagnosed With Viral Meningitis
9/1/2000, USRN
Spice Girl Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, which has forced her to fly home from Germany to England and cancel many of her scheduled...
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Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm Remembers Princess Diana
8/30/2000, USRN
The tragic death of Princess Diana of Wales occurred on this day in 1997, following a car accident in Paris. The vehicle in which Diana was traveling had a high-speed...
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Spice Girls Title Next Album
8/25/2000, USRN
The Spice Girls have announced the name of their eagerly anticipated third album. Forever is slated for a November 6 release, and marks the first studio recording by the...
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New Spice Girls Album Due In November
8/3/2000, USRN
The Spice Girls's third studio album on Virgin Records--and their first without former group member Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell--is now scheduled for an early November...
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Spice Girls To Pay $600,000 In Scooter Suit
7/20/2000, USRN
A High Court judge in England ruled yesterday that the Spice Girls must pay almost $600,000 to an Italian scooter manufacturer for damages in a lawsuit that the girl group...
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Fred Jerkins Talks Spice Girls
5/18/2000, USRN
Fred Jerkins and his younger brother Rodney Jerkins of the Darkchild organization recently completed their work on the Spice Girls upcoming album. The duo is currently...
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Spice Girls Video Battle
3/10/2000, USRN
The ownership rights for several early Spice Girls videos are at the center of a legal battle between three former film-production-company associates in London. The early...
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Will Smith Gets Spicy At The Brit Awards
3/6/2000, USRN
Will Smith presented the outstanding contribution to British music honor to the Spice Girls at the Brit Awards, which were held at London's Earls Court on Friday (LAUNCH,...
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Spice Girls To Get Lifetime Achievement Award Tonight
3/3/2000, USRN
The biggest names in the British music business will be at Earls Court in London for the Brit Awards ceremony tonight (March 3). All eyes will be on the Spice Girls after...
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Baby Spice Emma Bunton Keeping Busy With Solo Debut
3/1/2000, USRN
Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton is keeping busy rehearsing for the Brit Awards in London on Friday (March 3), and preparing to join the Spice Girls in picking up the Lifetime...
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Will The Spice Girls Reunite At The Brits?
2/25/2000, USRN
Spice Girls Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm and Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton are divided over whether their former group mate
Geri Halliwell (the erstwhile Ginger Spice)...
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Spice Girls Lose Scooter Lawsuit Battle
2/24/2000, USRN
The Spice Girls are facing a bill for $1.6 million in damages from the Italian scooter firm Aprilla after losing a well publicized legal battle in British High Court. The...
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Geri Halliwell Offers The Spotlight To The Spice Girls
2/23/2000, USRN
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, who is nominated for best British pop act at the 2000 Brit Awards, has confirmed that she will not join the rest of the Spice Girls when...
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Spice Girl Strolls London Catwalk, Jay-Z Gets Fashionable
2/17/2000, USRN
Spice Girl Victoria Beckham stole the limelight at the London Fashion Show at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington yesterday. She hit the catwalk wearing...
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A Spicey Reunion In Court
2/8/2000, USRN
Spice Girls fans might be happy to hear that all five members of the popular group have reunited. Unfortunately, however, the reunion is not in the recording studio --...
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Spice Girls To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
2/8/2000, USRN
The Spice Girls
will receive the lifetime achievement award at the upcoming Brit Awards on March 3 -- an honor that many previous recipients took much longer to earn. ...
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The Skinny On The Posh Spice Rumors
1/28/2000, USRN
Spice Girl Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham spoke with a British television reporter aboutrecent rumors concerning her health and, specifically, her weight loss.
The Spice...
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Madonna & Spice Girls On The Same Label As EMI And Warner Merge
1/24/2000, USRN
Madonna and the Spice Girls recording for the same corporation is one of the more benign upshots of the Warner Music Group's $1 billion merger with EMI Music. The...
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The Spice Girls Are Rockin' With Rodney Jerkins
1/14/2000, USRN
The Spice Girls are pressing onward with plans to release an album before the end of this year, despite a tumultuous start of the New Year for two of the girls. The bad...
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Spice Kidnapping Plot Exposed
1/10/2000, USRN
A plot to kidnap the Spice Girl's Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) and her son for a $1.6 million ransom has been uncovered and thwarted by Scotland Yard's elite...
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Posh Spice Shares Her Panties
1/6/2000, USRN
Spice Girl Victoria "Posh Spice" Adams apparently doesn't mind sharing her unmentionables with her hubby, British soccer star David Beckham.
Adams told the audience of...
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Baby Spice Launches Safety Campaign
12/23/1999, USRN
The Spice Girls' Baby Spice (Emma Bunton) launched a government safety campaign on British television Wednesday (Dec. 22), warning the public about the dangers of drinking...
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Spice Girls Get Waxy At Madame Tussaud's
12/9/1999, USRN
The Spice Girls have become the first pop group to be modeled by the wax masters at Madame Tussaud's in London since the "waxing" of the Beatles in 1964. Sporty Spice Mel C...
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The Spice Girls Are The Best Of The Worst
12/6/1999, USRN
The Spice Girls were awarded the title of worst band at London's 1999 Smash Hits Awards on Sunday evening (Dec. 5) at the London Docklands Arena. Ironically, it was just...
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Geri Halliwell Wins Spice U.K. Chart Battle With Emma Bunton
11/8/1999, USRN
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell celebrated the second consecutive U.K. No. 1 single of her solo career Sunday (Nov. 7), as "Lift Me Up" entered the charts in the top spot....
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Spice Girls Launch 'Forever' In U.K.
11/5/1999, USRN
The Spice Girls held a press conference in central London yesterday (Nov. 4) to formally announce the publication of their new glossy photo book, Forever Spice.
The book...
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Britney, Baby Spice, And Others On 'Pokemon'
10/11/1999, USRN
Britney Spears, 98 Degrees, Christina Aguilera, B*Witched, and Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton are just a few of the artists contributing tracks to the soundtrack for the feature...
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Solo Spice Girls To Do Battle On Charts
10/6/1999, USRN
In the U.K., betting on just about anything is fair game--even solo Spice Girl efforts. The renowned bookmakers at William Hill are betting on Geri Halliwell to come out on...
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Baby Spice Goes Solo For Pokemon!
9/30/1999, USRN
Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton will contribute a track to the forthcoming Pokemon soundtrack, according to her Spice Girl mate Melanie C, who spoke to LAUNCH about her own solo...
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Melanie C To Sport World Tour In Support Of Solo Debut
8/31/1999, USRN
Melanie C, also known as Sporty Spice of multi-platinum pop group the Spice Girls, will be venturing out on her own this fall as she traverses the globe for a live tour in...
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Sporty Spice Makes Solo Debut
8/20/1999, USRN
Mel "Sporty Spice" Chisholm, 23, made her solo debut in Sheffield on Thursday evening (Aug. 19).
Although it was her first public solo performance, she was not without...
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Spice Girls Creator Bob Herbert Killed In Car Crash
8/11/1999, USRN
Bob Herbert, the music manager responsible for bringing the members of the Spice Girls together in 1993, was killed in a car accident in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire in...
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Mick Jagger, Posh Spice, And Gary Cherone In News Bites
7/27/1999, USRN
A DNA test has confirmed that a bundle of joy recently brought into this world by Brazilian beauty Luciana Morad is in fact Mick Jagger's son. Jagger admitted that he and...
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Boyzone & Spice Duet For Charity
7/26/1999, USRN
Ronan Keating of Boyzone fame and Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton of the Spice Girls performed a cover of the 1976 Elton John/ Kiki Dee hit "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" at the...
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Posh Spice Ties The Knot
7/6/1999, USRN
Spice Girl Victoria "Posh" Spice Adams has married Manchester United soccer star David Beckham. The wedding was held Sunday (July 4) at Luttrellstown castle just outside of...
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Here Comes The Posh Spice Bride
7/2/1999, USRN
Victoria "Posh Spice" Adams and her fiancé David Beckham will exchange their vows on July 4 in a private wedding ceremony set to take place at Luttrellstown Castle,...
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Alanis, Aerosmith, And Scary Spice In News Bites
6/22/1999, USRN
Alanis Morissette was forced to cancel a concert in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Friday (June 18) after one of her equipment trucks was stolen in Italy. The singer's management...
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Geri Halliwell On 'Schizophonic,' Loneliness, And George Michael
5/6/1999, USRN
Schizophonic, the solo debt by Geri Halliwell, the artist formerly known as Spice Girl Ginger, will be released June 15 on Capitol Records. Tracks on the album include...
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Mel C. Becomes Punky Spice With John Taylor, Duff McKagan, And Steve Jones
4/28/1999, USRN
The Neurotic Outsiders--an all-star jam band featuring John Taylor (ex-Duran Duran), Steve Jones (ex-Sex Pistols), and former Guns N' Roses bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt...
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Madonna, R.E.M., And Mel B Snagged For 'Austin Powers,' Baby
4/12/1999, USRN
As we reported a few months ago, the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me will feature Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello dueting on the former's "I'll Never...
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Geri Halliwell Tells New York To 'Look At Me'
4/12/1999, USRN
Geri Halliwell unveiled her new single and video, "Look At Me," at a press conference in New York City on Friday (April 9). "I'm back," announced the former Ginger Spice....
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Ghostface Killah, ODB, Ray Price, And Ginger Spice In Newsbites
3/25/1999, USRN
In the continuing legal follies of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah's gun possession case has been continued until April 16. He is currently serving six months at Riker's...
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Ginger Spice Solo Album Set For U.S. Release
3/24/1999, USRN
Geri Halliwell, formerly known as Ginger Spice, left the Spice Girls in the summer of 1998 to pursue her own interests, and now she's living up to her promise.
Halliwell...
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Another Baby Spice, Kirk Franklin, And 'Family Values' In News Bites
3/5/1999, USRN
The Spice Girls may have lost Ginger last year (LAUNCH, 6/1/98), but they keep coming up with new additions to the Spice family. Less than two weeks after Melanie "Scary...
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Scary Spice's Baby, Hole, Britney Spears, And ODB In News Bites
2/19/1999, USRN
The first Spice Baby, not to be confused with Baby Spice, has been born and she has a name. Spice Girl Mel B, also known as Scary Spice, gave birth to a 5 1/2 pound baby...
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Lester Bowie Covers Manson, Spice Girls, And Notorious B.I.G.
2/8/1999, USRN
Jazz trumpet master Lester Bowie is a man of many sides. With the legendary Art Ensemble Of Chicago, the avant-garde group he founded more than 30 years ago, Bowie has...
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U2, Spice Girls Offer Video Previews
12/2/1998, USRN
Two of the biggest acts in pop music--U2 and the Spice Girls--are offering new videos on the Web.
Beginning today, Spice Girls fans can find the video clip for the group's...
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Spice Girls Upset All Saints At MTV Europe Awards
11/13/1998, USRN
In a battle of pregnant pop stars, the Spice Girls beat out All Saints at the MTV Europe Music Awards, held Thursday at the Fila Forum in Milan, Italy.
The Spices took...
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Spice Girls: Full Of Beans?
11/10/1998, USRN
Do you or someone you love collect Beanie Babies and can't get enough of the Spice Girls? For all 10 million of you out there nodding yes, this holiday season offers a way...
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The Dish On The Spice Girls Covering The Waitresses
10/23/1998, USRN
The Spice Girls' upcoming five-song single "Goodbye," due Dec. 1 (myLAUNCH, 10/15), is slated to include covers of songs originally recorded by Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin,...
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Ginger Signs A Solo Deal, Becomes Ambassador; Spice Girls Chat
10/20/1998, USRN
It's been five months since the artist formerly known as Ginger Spice left the Spice Girls, but Geri Halliwell has still managed to remain in the news.
Halliwell, who was...
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More Spice Girls Coming For Christmas
10/15/1998, USRN
If you thought the impending motherhood of Scary Spice (Mel B.) and Posh Spice (Victoria Adams) was going to keep new Spice Girls product off the record store shelves at...
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Scary Gets Hitched
9/14/1998, USRN
Scary Spice Melanie Brown became the first married Spice Girl on Sunday when she wed dancer Jimmy Gulzar at St. John the Baptist Church in Little Marlow,...
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Scary Spice To Become Mrs. On Sunday
9/10/1998, USRN
Scary Spice Melanie Brown, one of the two pregnant Spice Girls who have been criticized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, is expected to marry dancer Jimmy Gulzar on...
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'Perhaps' Pregnant Spice Girls To Continue
8/24/1998, USRN
After reports of the impending motherhood of Posh Spice, a.k.a. Victoria Adams (myLAUNCH, 8/21) and Scary Spice, a.k.a. Melanie Brown (myLAUNCH, 8/24, 12 p.m.), the Spice...
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Another Baby Spice?
8/24/1998, USRN
There must be something in the water on the Spice Girls' American tour. It was only Friday when the news leaked out that Victoria Adams, better known as Posh Spice, is...
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The Real Baby Spice Is On The Way
8/21/1998, USRN
Victoria Adams, better known as Posh Spice is three months pregnant, but has no plans to pull a Ginger and leave her Spice gal pals.
The still-svelte singer--who didn't...
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The Artist Thinks Spice Girl Is 'A Breeze'
8/4/1998, USRN
The meeting between the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Spice Girl Melanie B did take place over the weekend as we reported (myLAUNCH, 7/31), and apparently both stars...
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Spice Girls To Meet The Artist
7/31/1998, USRN
When the Spice Girls met Prince Charles in May 1997, it was international news. Now the Spice Girls are set to met another Prince, or the Artist formerly known by that...
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Play With The Spice Girls
7/16/1998, USRN
First there was the group, then the albums, the tour, the dolls, the candy (myLAUNCH, 6/15), and now the video game. That's right, on July 28 Psygnosis will release...
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Mel B Becomes Funky Spice With Missy
7/10/1998, USRN
The Spice Girls' Mel B, perhaps better known as Scary Spice, proves just how hip and sassy she can be on her collaboration with Missy Elliott, "Want You Back," which should...
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The Return Of The Original Ginger Spice?
6/30/1998, USRN
It's an age-old question: Ginger or Mary Ann? For the folks at Tainted/ Oglio Records, the answer is undoubtedly Ginger. On July 7, the independent label will re-release...
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Summer Tour Bummers
6/22/1998, USRN
What's up with Summer concerts this year? Aside from glaring absences (where's Lollapalooza?) and acts of God (lighting striking the Tibetan Freedom Concert on June 13), it...
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A Sucker For The Spice Girls
6/15/1998, USRN
Geri Halliwell, better known as Ginger Spice, may be gone, but she's on the wrapper of the "official" Spice Girls candy, which recently started to turn up in America. The...
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Ginger Spice Switching To Theater?
6/5/1998, USRN
Ex-Spice Girl Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell has been offered the starring role in the upcoming London version of the Broadway musical The Life.
The starring role is that...
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Sorry, Charlie--No Dice On Spice
6/3/1998, USRN
Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson has a lot of time to think about things, seeing as how he's serving a life sentence without parole for his part in the deaths of at...
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Ginger Leaves Spice Girls; World Ends
6/1/1998, USRN
Geri Halliwell, a.k.a. Ginger Spice, announced Sunday she is leaving the Spice Girls. The pop group said they will keep on singing with four Spices, adding that they are...
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Virgin To Clean Up Act
5/13/1998, USRN
The home of the Spice Girls and Janet Jackson has been told to stop littering New York City with stickers and other industry paraphernalia.
Mayor Rudolph Guiliani's new...
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EMI: No Sale To Universal
5/12/1998, USRN
British music conglomerate EMI has ended takeover talks with an unnamed bidder--presumably the Seagram Co., owner of Universal Music--after failing to receive a...
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EMI Says 'C'mon Down' To Suitors
5/4/1998, USRN
British music giant EMI issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange on April 30th confirming that "it has received an approach about a possible offer for the company."...
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Trisha In Good Company
4/30/1998, USRN
Trisha Yearwood will be heading to Italy in June, the only country singer invited to participate in a star-studded concert benefiting the children's charity War Child.
The...
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Spice Girls Aim To Thwart Scalpers
4/27/1998, USRN
The Spice Girls are ready to boot scalpers out of the picture for their sold-out engagement at New York's Madison Square Garden show by canceling tickets and selling new...
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Spice Girls Marrying Stones?
4/22/1998, USRN
Rumors are heating up once again that EMI Music, the home of the Spice Girls, Rolling Stones and Beatles, may be sold.
Reports indicate Canada's Seagram Co. Ltd., which...
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Di's Guy Spices Up His Life
4/22/1998, USRN
The British tabloids are agog with news that Prince Harry, the eldest son of the late Princess Diana and Prince Charles, will have afternoon tea with the Spice Girls.
The...
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Playboy's Spice-y Photos
4/10/1998, USRN
Geri Halliwell, better known as Ginger Spice, turns up on the cover and in the pages of the new May issue of Playboy magazine.
Halliwell, whose career as a soft-core model...
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Lucky Jim On The Way Out?
3/25/1998, USRN
The man who signs the checks for the Spice Girls, the Rolling Stones and the Foo Fighters may be looking for work soon.
EMI Music president and CEO Jim Fifield, known by...
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Jewel, Matchbox 20 Bust Out At Blockbuster Awards
3/12/1998, USRN
The fourth annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, held in Hollywood on Tuesday night, saw Jewel honored for Favorite CD (Pieces Of You), while Matchbox 20 earned the...
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Nick Kids Nominate Pap
3/5/1998, USRN
Whatsa matta with kids today?
No sense of cool, perhaps, judging from the pop-heavy nominees for Nickelodeon's 11th annual Kids Choice Awards, set for April 4th with Rosie...
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Record Industry Slumping
2/19/1998, USRN
Despite the best efforts of the Spice Girls, Mariah Carey and LeAnn Rimes (or maybe because of them), the record industry has experienced its first decline since 1981, a...
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Spice Sweeps AMAs
1/27/1998, USRN
They may not have a Grammy nomination, but the Spice Girls have clearly won the hearts and minds of America's fans. The British pop quintet were the big winners Monday...
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Wanna Buy The Spice Girls?
1/26/1998, USRN
Turmoil in Asia has caused the stock price of EMI Music to plummet, leading to renewed speculation that the home of the Spice Girls, the Beatles, the Foo Fighters and the...
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Spice Movie Set For U.S.
1/19/1998, USRN
Spice Girls mania continues in the U.S. on Thursday, when the British pop group's Spice World movie is set for a Hollywood premiere. Columbia Pictures' Spice World will bow...
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Spice Girls Aren't Dressed For Success
1/13/1998, USRN
Mr. Blackwell, the tart fashion arbiter whose annual list of the best- and worst-dressed women somehow makes news, has issued his 38th edition of dress disses.
The Spice...
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Spice Girl Wedding: 2 Become 1
1/5/1998, USRN
Victoria Adams, known as Posh Spice for her icy demeanor and sophisticated Euro-trash look, has apparently warmed at least one heart.
Culminating a long and very public...
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LeAnn Rimes Tops 1997 Best-Selling List
12/26/1997, USRN
Country crooner LeAnn Rimes was the top-selling artist of 1997, while Garth Brooks and the Spice Girls had the best-selling albums, according to year-end certifications...
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Scary Spice Too Scared To Join The Circus
12/15/1997, USRN
They talk tough about girl power, but Spice Girls Scary and Ginger backed down from a recent performance with the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow at Los Angeles's House Of...
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Unlike A Virgin--Ginger Spice Bares All
12/9/1997, USRN
Geri Halliwell, a.k.a. Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls, has a new release on the shelves. Suffice to say it's a bit more revealing than Spiceworld, the quintet's new...
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Spice Girls Just A Flavor Of The Month?
12/5/1997, USRN
Slow first-week sales of the Spice Girls' new album Spiceworld, as well as the hubbub that followed their appearance at last week's prestigious Premios Ondas awards...
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Parroting The Spice Girls
11/21/1997, USRN
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