CFTC Team Rosters Announced
(7/12/04) NSYNC.com

ORLANDO ( July 9th, 2004)- Multi-Platinum Recording Artist *NSYNC will host their celebrity friends at the sixth annual Challenge For The Children event on the shores of South Beach in the Miami Beach are on July 23rd, 24 th and 25 th , 2004. Divided into teams of the Daze versus the Knights, these A-List stars from the worlds of entertainment and sports will compete in high-charged fun games to raise money for children's charities nationwide.

The Daze roster includes: Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Elisha Cuthbert (24), Gabrielle Union (Bad Boys II) , Kijana Carter (New Orleans Running Back), Roy Williams (Dallas Cowboys), Sam Jones III (Smallville) , Jermaine Dupri , Joel of Good Charlotte, Danny Masterson (70' Show), Simon Rex (Scary Movie 3), Jamie Lynn Discala (Sopranos), Chris McCarmack (The OC) and Jennifer Gimenez (Blow)

The Knights roster includes: JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, Shannon Elizabeth, Beverly Mitchell ( 7 th Heaven), Jason Taylor (Dolphins Defensive End) , Tony Gonzales (Chiefs Tight End) , Amanda Bynes and Wesley Jonathan (What I like about you) , Benji of Good Charlotte, Joe Reitman (Perfect Storm), BET Host Tigger, Wilmer Valderamma (70's Show) , Dante Culpepper (Vikings) , Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls)

Celebrity Coaches include: Luke Walton (LA Lakers) , Denis Scott, Eddie George (Titans), Mike James of the World Champion Pistons, OJ McDuffie (Dolphins) , Alonzo Mourning and Richard Jefferson (Nets) Announcers include: Jamal Andersen, Nancy O'Dell (Access Hollywood) and Sterling Sharpe

There are still some tickets available for the ‘Celebrity Skills Challenge' that will take place on Saturday July 24th on the beach at Collins Avenue and 21 st and for the weekend's signatory event, the ‘Celebrity Basketball Game' . In addition fans can purchase tickets to three evening parties, Friday night at ‘Mansion' , Saturday night at ‘Nikki Beach' and Sunday night at ‘SKYBAR' where they can join their favorite stars. LIMITED TICKETS to these Sporting Events and Incredible Evening Celebrations are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com . For more information on the charity and CFTC VI, log onto *NSYNC's official web site, www.nsync.com.

Young, gifted and arrogant
(7/11/04) ALAN SEPINWALL The Star-Ledger

"Entourage" (June 18 at 10 p.m. on HBO) A hot young actor and his best pals make Hollywood their playground in a new comedy produced by Mark Wahlberg...

...Right now, there's a small cottage industry that bows at the altar of celebrity bling-bling. Cable is filled with shows such as "Cribs," "It's Good to Be...," even "Punk'd," which is proudly displaying Justin Timberlake's home at the same time he's being fooled into thinking he's gone broke...

Nothing left to love about '90s
(7/11/04) Sarah Rodman Boston Herald

VH1 may "Love the '90s,'' but it's too fresh to wax nostalgic about flannel and Tickle Me Elmo.

The wounds of the Spice Girls have not yet healed. The repercussions of ``The Real World'' beam nightly out of our TVs.And enthusiasm for allowing your underwear to be visible through your clothes has, pitiably, not yet waned.

So instead of celebrating the '90s, as VH1 will, starting Monday at 9 p.m. with two years each night, we've decided to reminisce about 10 things we didn't like about the designer decade. Or as Antoine Merriweather and Blaine Edwards of "In Living Color's'' "Men on Film'' might say, "Hated it.''

10. Assembly-line pop - built FM tough: Starting chronologically with Color Me Badd and taking it right up through the Spice Girls and onto the finish line with Britney Spears: We love good disposable pop music - case in point the Backstreet Boys' ``I Want It That Way'' - it serves a useful function, especially in the summer. But when the deluge of synths and sweetness started raining down, it was hard not to get hit with the crap as well as the cream of the crop.

...2. Guilty, guilty, guilty: AlthoughO.J. was acquitted, his trial spawned our all-consuming celebrity-trial/bad-behavior obsession. Here are some things that we professed to be too cool for but secretly loved: "Saved by the Bell,'' Urkel, 'N SYNC and "The E! True Hollywood Story...''