Backstreet Boys

  • Queer eye for the queer mom

    What can Bravo's hit makeover show do for a straight man who already drinks Gewurztraminer -- or his lesbian mother who worships "The Nanny"?
  • Backstreet's Carter wailed throughout arrest

    Even the cops chuckled as the singer sobbed; Priestly: Underemployed but overendowed; Halliwell demands slimmer wax likeness. Plus: Beyoncé's got God, curves.
  • What he meant to say

    Foot-in-mouth police snag a Backstreet Boy; scads of terror-themed entertainment pushed back; Bob Hope feeling healthier, sadder.
  • Backstreet Boys, we hardly knew ye

    Plagued by sagging ticket sales and a dearth of hits, the former sensations are heading rapidly to that Great Back Alley from whence no teen-pop act returns. And the sarongs aren't helping.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, May 30, 2001
  • Leave the cheese alone

    Alone and sad, Nicole Kidman reconsiders what's important; Courtney Love has a miscarriage; and Ben Affleck beats his fear of flying -- by flying.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 20-22, 2001
  • Dismemberment plan

    Russell Crowe's wannabe kidnappers had finger-severing torture scheme; Angelina Jolie looks at Cambodia and sees sex. Plus: The Teletubbies are in trouble again -- for their tubbiness!
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 16-18, 2001
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 9-11, 2001
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 5, 2001
  • And they don't curse, either

    The boy bands stay fall-down sober at Daisy Fuentes' bash; Dennis Hopper says he saw O.J. go nuts the day of the murders. Plus: Puff Daddy's desperate, and Spielberg gets knighted.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Super Bowl Weekend, Jan. 26-28, 2001
  • Where the boy bands aren't

    The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over?
  • They want it what way?

    The Backstreet Boys admit to chronic masturbation, rampant farting; David Blaine exposed by a master. Plus: Ellen DeGeneres lands a surprising role, and Geena Davis finds Dr. Love.
  • Is Napster hurting record sales?

    No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy.
  • Did Barrymore call off wedding?

    "SNL" chief says Drew canceled five minutes before televised vows; Kyra Sedgwick on turkey basters and barenaked Bacon. Plus: A Famke Janssen Thanksgiving: "I don't care what I eat, as long as my meat gets well massaged"!
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Nov. 20, 2000
  • "I don't need your stinking boy band!"

    Did Phoenix Stone blow his chance to be larger than life?
  • Regis, Kathie Lee and sexual tension

    So what's this about Philbin and his doctor? The A-word's comin' back, big time! Robert Altman uses it to describe Letterman; "Gods and Monsters" director wants Tom Hanks for new movie: "'The Right Stuff' meets SEX." Plus: One toke over the line -- Cheech & Chong are back!
  • Ivana sue you, dahlink!

    The Donald's ex gets litigious after a TV stunt drowns her dress; Britney shocked: U.K. tabloid got the sex-for-millions story all wrong! Plus: Hot mama! Sharon Stone to do "Basic Instinct 2"!
  • Are we not divas?

    Guys -- at least straight guys -- can't be divas. They don't have the right shoes.
  • Men II Boyz

    The new reality series "Making the Band" exposes the emasculating truth about boy bands.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Aqua's radio confections match pomo knowingness with sugar-shocked swells. The insidious result: Pop that eats itself.
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