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NEWS(Click Here! to submit news, articles & rumors)New Kids On The Block Not Recording with Madonna, Michael JacksonNew Kids On The Block are still in the studio and hangin' tough. And as Donnie Wahlberg writes on the group's blog, they're dispelling rumors."We are NOT recording with Michael Jackson and/or Madonna," Wahlberg writes. "We never claimed to be, either. Good fun reading about [it] though!" Wahlberg also says the recording of their album is going "great" and that he can't wait until the band members can announce who they did collaborate with. NKOTB's current hit, "Summertime," is at No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. The tour kicks off Sept. 18 in Toronto. NKOTB: EXCLUSIVE BEST BUY GRAND OPENING PERFORMANCE AND AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGEXCLUSIVE BEST BUY GRAND OPENING PERFORMANCE AND AUTOGRAPH SIGNING!FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th at 5:30PM., ROTUNDA AT MALL OF AMERICA Autograph session immediately follows a live performance. Reserve a place in the autograph line by pre-ordering the NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK CD “THE BLOCK” at Best Buy Mall of America (Mall of America location only). Pre-order “The Block” for $9.99, starting at 10:00 A.M Friday, August 8th at Best Buy. Limited edition autograph wristbands will be issued with pre-orders on a first come first serve basis. Quantites are limited.* Mall of America parental escort policy applies.** *Autograph passes only available with pre-orders placed at Best Buy Mall of America location. Consumer must present receipt at Best Buy Mall of America to pick up pre-ordered CD between 9/2/08 and 9/6/08. **Mall of America Parental Escort Policy: On Friday and Saturday evenings, youth under 16 must be accompanied by and adult 21 years or older from 4:00 p.m. until close. One adult may supervise up to 10 youth. Anyone 21 years or younger should be prepared to show current valid ID with proof of age during parental escort hours. 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards NominationsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesKristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies Jean Smart, Samantha Who? Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty The 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on ABC Sunday, Sept. 21 from Los Angeles's Nokia Theatre. NKOTB: SACRAMENTO AND 2nd MOHEGAN SUN SHOWS ANNOUNCED!October 9, 2008ARCO ARENA Sacramento, CA ON SALE 12pm Friday July 18 November 8, 2008 Emmy Still Laughing at Jenna, Vanessa, But Jaime's Name Is MudThis is shaping up to be not much of a year for Emmy repeats (unless James Spader runs away with it again).My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly, who was named Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy in 2007, has been left off the shortlist of female laugh-inducers who stand a chance of hearing their names announced July 17, when the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences reveals all the nominees for the 59th Prime-Time Emmy Awards. Meanwhile, the competition Pressly beat out last year has made the cut, according to another top-secret list obtained by the L.A. Times' Gold Derby blog. But Pressly's in good company. Also in no danger of repeating last year's glory is Lost's Terry O'Quinn, Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl and Extras' Ricky Gervais, who apparently can't stand to do more than two seasons of a critically acclaimed series. Whether the writers' strike left Pressly without a golden moment this season is a valid question, but Emmy voters obviously found enough to like in scenes belonging to 10 other actresses—all of whom (minus Weeds' Elizabeth Perkins), it should be noted, honed their craft on broadcast networks, while all of the other major acting categories have ventured almost equally into the nether regions of cable. Returning to the list are Perkins, Two and a Half Men's Conchata Ferrell and Holland Taylor, Ugly Betty's Vanessa Williams and The Office's Jenna Fischer. Other familiar faces being considered include 30 Rock's Jane Krakowski (who seemingly had a lot less to do in season two, but whatever), Ugly Betty's Judith Light and Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler (sketch show performers have finally been added to the mix). Pushing Daisies' Kristin Chenoweth and Samantha Who?'s Jean Smart round out the list. Meaning, no Emmy love (again) for Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan or (surprisingly) her new neighbor, Dana Delany; no change of fortune for Ugly Betty's Ashley Jensen (who at least should have been nominated for Extras last year); no extra recognition for Pushing Daisies' eccentric, aquatic aunts, Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene; and another thankless season for Monk's girl Friday Traylor Howard. NKOTB: TUNE IN! ACCESS HOLLYWOOD 7/4/08Access Hollywood will re-air NKOTB behind the scenes and video at the end of the episode!Air dates/times: July 4th @ 7:30 PM on NBC 4 in New York and Los Angeles - Please check local listings across the country New Kids on the Block & New Edition Record TogetherJust when you thought the New Kids on the Block reunion couldn't get any sweeter, word comes that the guys are recording a song with another favorite boy band: New Edition."Donnie Wahlberg had this idea for a few months, since New Kids had the idea of getting back together really," says producer Nadir "RedOne" Khawat, who worked on the song. "Donnie's been looking for that one track for all of them and I think we found it." Last week, just days after New Edition took home the Golden Note Award at the 21st annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul awards in Beverly Hills, the group (minus Bobby Brown) went into an L.A. studio to record with the New Kids. The ensemble track, titled "Full Service," will appear on NKOTB's not-yet-titled upcoming album. The song was written by Wahlberg, Khawat, and New York disco diva Lady GaGa. "It sounds very universal and melodic and has both sides in it: The R&B, which is New Edition and the pop side for New Kids," says Khawat. "It's very uplifting. Right away you start feeling good and every part feels natural to each one of the guys." So what was it like being with all of them in the studio? "It went really smoothly," says Khawat, adding that they munched on sushi in the studio and the guys prayed together before recording. "There were no egos or attitudes. It felt like they'd been friends forever." In a recent chat with PEOPLE, New Edition frontman Tresvant addressed the rumors that the two bands have been feuding for years. "The thing people were going back and forth with was we'd been doing what we were doing for the longest [but] we couldn't get cartoons and things that the white guys were getting. It was like, 'wow,' " he said. "But the guys themselves, we have mad love." NKOTB RAFFLE - German/EU/UK Fans!YOU have the chance to win to stand in front of a movie camera with NKOTBTil Schweiger desperately wanted Jordan, Danny, Jon, Joey and Donnie to become a part of his new movie “1? Knights — In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde” (Movie in theatres on HollyEve 2008). A big wish, NKOTB were happy to make it come true for him. In a guestrole the band will be performing in a midevil club. YOU have the chance to be standing in front of the movie-cameras, too. Be there when NKOTB film their performance, heating up the audience in the club, because we raffle off one supernumerary role in the movie for this scene. Click here to apply for the role on www.n-k-o-t-b.de. Housewives Borrows a Neighbor From BoomtownNeal McDonough is the future on Wisteria Lane.The former Boomtown star will be joining the cast of Desperate Housewives this fall as a new addition to the neighborhood who could become more suit-clad prey for Nicollette Sheridan's man-eater Edie Britt, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The blue-eyed McDonough most recently starred in the short-lived ABC series Traveler, the Sci Fi miniseries Tin Man and—we won't hold it against him—the much-razzed Lindsay Lohan flick I Know Who Killed Me. As Desperate fans know, the show jumped five years into the future toward the end of the fourth-season finale in May, so our heroines will be greeting an unfamiliar set of only-time-will-tell challenges in season five. Joining McDonough on the block is Gale Harold (he briefly starred in the ill-fated Fox mystery Vanished), who will provide a personality for Ken, the mystery man Teri Hatcher kissed in the finale. NKOTB: 2ND ATLANTIC CITY SHOW ANNOUNCEDBORGATA HOTEL AND CASINO EVENT CENTERNOVEMBER 7, 2008 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ PUBLIC ON-SALE 7/5 @ 10AM LOCAL TIME NKOTB: ALBUQUERQUE SHOW ANNOUNCEDOCTOBER 14, 2008TINGLEY ARNEA ALBUQUERQUE, NM PUBLIC ON-SALE JULY 18 @ 10AM LOCAL TIME! NKOTB: CHARLOTTE SHOW ANNOUNCEDTIME WARNER CABLE ARENA (BOBCATS ARENA)OCTOBER 30, 2008 - CHARLOTTE, NC TICKETS ON-SALE JULY 18 @ 10AM LOCAL TIME 2008 Teen Choice Award NomineesThis is the 10th annual incarnation of the adolescent-friendly kudos, which spreads the wealth among film, TV, music, comedy, sports and fashion. Fox will broadcast the two-hour bonanza Aug. 4.Choice TV Show: Comedy Choice TV: Villain No Longer Hangin' ToughToronto Blue Jay's pitcher A.J. Burnett switched his warmup music back to Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" after using "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids On The Block in recent starts. "I'm done with New Kids," said Burnett.NKOTB: PROVIDENCE SHOW ANNOUNCED!NOVEMBER 06, 2008DUNKIN’ DONUTS CENTER PROVIDENCE, RI GENERAL ON SALE: 6/27 @ 10AM EDT NKOTB: 2ND LOS ANGELES SHOW ADDED!NOVEMBER 26, 2008STAPLES CENTER LOS ANGELES, CA AMEX PRE SALE: 6/16 @ 10AM PDT 2008 Forbes Celebrity 100 Power ListRank Name Pay ($mil) Web Hits Press Mentions TV Mentions1 Oprah Winfrey 275 2 5 1 2 Tiger Woods 115 12 1 3 3 Angelina Jolie 14 1 9 15 4 Beyonce Knowles 80 3 32 14 5 David Beckham 50 10 3 18 6 Johnny Depp 72 17 19 36 7 Jay-Z 82 6 43 41 8 The Police 115 15 20 51 9 J.K. Rowling 300 23 27 64 10 Brad Pitt 20 4 8 7 11 Will Smith 80 26 39 32 12 Justin Timberlake 44 5 24 17 13 Steven Spielberg 130 34 23 60 14 Cameron Diaz 50 13 50 45 15 David Letterman 45 42 34 10 16 LeBron James 38 32 13 13 17 Jennifer Aniston 27 21 67 49 18 Michael Jordan 45 38 45 29 19 Kobe Bryant 39 28 18 24 20 Phil Mickelson 45 87 12 23 21 Madonna 40 15 20 67 22 Simon Cowell 72 65 47 40 23 Roger Federer 35 40 2 26 24 Alex Rodriguez 34 51 7 6 25 Jerry Seinfeld 85 79 72 38 26 50 Cent 150 69 68 88 27 Kanye West 30 8 28 28 28 Celine Dion 40 27 44 54 29 Bruce Willis 41 45 41 47 30 Dr. Phil McGraw 40 82 55 2 31 Tom Cruise 13 7 10 9 32 Jay Leno 32 41 36 5 33 Sean "Diddy" Combs 35 19 59 30 34 Stephen King 45 33 54 86 35 Miley Cyrus 25 11 49 19 36 Kimi Raikkonen 44 53 14 90 37 Jeff Gordon 32 73 26 11 38 Ronaldinho 37 24 6 98 39 Shaquille O'Neal 32 36 29 34 40 Judge Judy Sheindlin 45 99 88 4 41 Howard Stern 70 52 90 68 42 Tyler Perry 125 94 83 80 43 Fernando Alonso 33 30 4 92 44 Leonardo DiCaprio 45 68 65 77 45 Donald Trump 30 48 40 12 46 George Lucas 50 66 74 85 47 Keira Knightley 32 37 42 82 48 Jerry Bruckheimer 145 96 94 96 49 Nicolas Cage 38 56 51 70 50 Spice Girls 21 14 37 25 51 Matt Damon 21 39 31 20 52 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 31 84 25 37 53 Bon Jovi 25 18 48 59 54 Jennifer Lopez 7 9 35 22 55 Ben Stiller 40 77 75 72 56 Kevin Garnett 29 67 30 55 57 Nicole Kidman 13 22 16 39 58 James Patterson 50 95 84 100 59 Rush Limbaugh 33 57 73 56 60 Reese Witherspoon 25 49 70 61 61 Maria Sharapova 26 61 15 69 62 Ryan Seacrest 31 72 79 33 63 Gwen Stefani 27 25 69 76 64 Daniel Radcliffe 25 62 52 74 65 Alicia Keys 15 20 53 46 66 Gisele Bundchen 35 74 99 94 67 Gwyneth Paltrow 25 50 62 78 68 Tyra Banks 23 47 81 53 69 Serena Williams 14 64 17 43 70 Eva Longoria Parker 9 31 58 21 71 Ellen DeGeneres 20 60 64 35 72 Sarah Jessica Parker 18 54 66 50 73 Katherine Heigl 13 63 61 31 74 Regis Philbin 21 91 71 8 75 Tom Clancy 35 78 96 99 76 Rachael Ray 18 80 80 16 77 Cate Blanchett 12 44 22 62 78 Heidi Klum 14 46 78 57 79 Carrie Underwood 9 35 63 44 80 Jon Stewart 14 58 60 51 81 Justine Henin 12.5 75 11 58 82 Judd Apatow 27 88 76 97 83 Kate Moss 7.5 29 33 81 84 Patrick Dempsey 13.5 83 77 66 85 Charlie Sheen 20 86 87 63 86 Drew Carey 12 90 89 27 87 Steve Carell 5 81 56 42 88 Lorena Ochoa 10 92 38 75 89 Jonas Brothers 12 55 86 84 90 Howie Mandel 14 100 98 65 91 Wolfgang Puck 16 98 91 83 92 Zac Efron 5.8 70 85 79 93 Annika Sorenstam 11 93 46 89 94 Ashley Tisdale 5.5 43 95 91 95 Gordon Ramsay 7.5 76 57 93 96 Jennifer Love Hewitt 5 59 93 71 97 Lauren Conrad 1.5 71 100 95 98 Vanessa Williams 4.5 89 92 48 99 Tina Fey 4.6 85 82 73 100 Paula Deen 4.5 97 97 87 NKOTB Summertime for Canadian FansNKOTB Summertime for Canadian Fans: Watch it here!Venue change/new date / SUMMERTIME DIGITAL RELEASE FOR INTERNATIONAL*San Diego is now 11/25 @ COX ARENA, on sale 6/14 10a (pre sale 6/11 10a)*New Orleans has been added, 10/18, NEW ORLEANS ARENA, on sale 6/21 10a *All other shows are ON SALE NOW! SUMMERTIME’s digital release internationally is Monday - we service around the world to radio next week. Some markets (only the UK for now) have gone earlier (this week.) Australia will go June 30th. New Kids join MMVA lineupThe '90s boy band New Kids on the Block are the latest addition to the celebrity lineup set for this weekend's MuchMusic Video Awards.The pop quintet is preparing to release a new album and is gearing up for a reunion tour roughly 15 years after breaking up. The boys join MMVA performers that also include Rihanna, Kardinal Offishall with Akon and the dance crew JabbaWockeeZ. Presenters include Mel C of the Spice Girls, Rainn Wilson of "The Office," "Gossip Girl"'s Chace Crawford and gossip blogger Perez Hilton. The bash airs June 15 from MuchMusic's streetside studio on Toronto's trendy Queen Street. Leading nominees include Hedley, Belly and IllScarlett. Vanessa Williams is walking on air these daysRemember those Penthouse nudie pics? The ones that temporarily robbed Vanessa Williams of her 1984 Miss America crown? Well, even as her star was rising in the early '90s, they came back to haunt her one last time when Disney informed her that she wasn't fit to take part in a family-friendly project."I was supposed to do one of the voices in The Lion King," Williams, 45, recalls outside her trailer at the Santa Monica Airport after rehearsing her hosting duties for the TV Land Awards (Sunday, 9 p.m. ET/PT). "I had met with the directors, saw the (story) boards and everything, and then was told through my agent that I would never be Disney material. That was 16, 17 years ago, so it's interesting how far we get. Now I'm a Disney employee." More like one of its major stars. Next month, Williams begins shooting her third season as wicked Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty (on Disney-owned ABC), while wrapping up her role in Disney's Hannah Montana: The Movie. As her wicked Willie would say: Ain't revenge sweet? But perhaps the greatest slap in the face to her former condemners: The Miss America Pageant has been struggling to survive and most recently landed on cable's TLC. Even Williams' three daughters (ages 8 to 20) have zero interest in the pageant, but they could not be more excited to see Mom as host of one of TV's most family-friendly events. In an opening musical number, Williams (whose next album is due this fall) will sing I'm Flying from the musical Peter Pan while introducing such wholesome All-American TV veterans as The Beav (Jerry Mathers), Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) and Greg Brady (Barry Williams). All will be airborne — including Williams, who was just fitted with her harness. (At the last minute, it was decided to ground 74-year-old Partridge Family mom Shirley Jones. "Just the thought cracks me up," Williams says.) No stranger to flying on stage, Williams was strapped into a harness eight times a week during her 1994 Broadway run in Kiss of the Spider Woman. "I'm used to getting flown through the dark," Williams says, remembering gashing open her knee on her very first Spider Woman ascent. "Fortunately, this time the lights are up, and I can see what I'm doing." Williams will be doing more flying then ever next month when she finishes Hannah Montana in Tennessee while starting work on Ugly Betty, which is moving from Los Angeles to New York City. The shift has proved frustrating for Williams, a New Yorker who, during Betty's freshman season, had flown back every weekend to be with her children. But this past year, Williams had set up a permanent home in Los Angeles and enrolled 8-year-old Sasha in school. "My life has been airports," she says. "But we finally took a breath this year and got settled into a house that I love here in L.A. Sasha's doing really well in school. And now all of a sudden we're moving to New York." Williams received a call from show creator Silvio Horta informing her of the move just three days before wrapping Betty's season finale. "I was in shock," says Williams, who immediately began text-messaging co-star America Ferrera (Betty). "I was like, 'What???!' "I think everyone assumed I'd be jumping for joy to be back home in New York, but the first thing I thought about was Sasha, who'd just had her First Communion in our new church. I was numb, and then anxiety kicked in: 'I have to get rid of the house, ship all my cars back to New York and move 10 rooms of furniture.' " Disney has assigned each of the cast members a relocation manager to help coordinate their moves. No such luck for the L.A. crew. "The heartbreaker," Williams says, "is that so many people are losing their jobs." But there is an upside, she notes, perking up. And that is the opportunity to show "Wilhelmina outside on the streets. I think we're going to be shooting at least four days outside as opposed to having to fake it." Another upside: Sex and the City costume designer Patricia Field will be costuming the Betty cast, inspiring Williams to believe that "Season 3's going to be out of control." Williams had intended to take her summer off to relax, but there was no turning down a film starring Sasha's favorite star, Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana). Williams plays Hannah's "pushy" publicist, Vita. The character "is definitely a fish out of water in Crowley Corners, Tenn.," says Williams, who will take Sasha to the set next week when her school year ends. "We've been shooting the finale out in the middle of a cornfield with all this hay and dust and cicadas out in the trees. Definitely country living." Like Williams back in the '80s, Cyrus was rocked by photographs taken of her in provocative poses. But Williams scoffs at such comparisons, as well as attempts to portray Cyrus in a sexual manner. "It's ridiculous; Miley's a lovely, grounded, talented young woman who'll always give you a hug," says Williams, herself a mother to Melanie, 20, Jillian, 18, son Devin, 15, in addition to Sasha. "She's still got that lovely light in her, which is so great to see. I have no doubt that she's going to be secure and fine. She's not jaded, bitter, overworked or exhausted. And her support system is right there — her 'May-ma' (grandmother), her siblings, her mom and (dad) Billy Ray, who's a great, great guy." That reminds Williams of the "saddest" part of Betty's move east: Sasha's separation from her own father, Williams' ex-husband and close friend, Rick Fox of the L.A. Lakers. "Rick was active in her school and with her homework and got to be with her on a weekly level," Williams says. "That's going to be a huge adjustment, which we're just going to have to make." NKOTB: SummertimeWatch New Kids On The Block 'Summertime' Video (USA only) here!
Reunited New Kids On The Block ignite passionsOn the set of NBC's "Today" show, fans screeched the names of their favorites: "Joey!" "Jordan!" "Donnie!"The New Kids on the Block are trying their hand at a comeback. So far, all signs say go. Sixty hours before the "Today" show concert even started, and despite the rain, fans started lining up outside the studios at Rockefeller Plaza, hoping to catch a glimpse of the former teen idols. By the time the boy-band-turned-man-band took to a wet and slippery stage, the crowd had swelled to several thousand; mostly casually dressed women in their 20s and 30s who wept, sang along lustily and held doll-size versions of the band members aloft. "The 'Today' show turned out to be a 90-minute infomercial for the band," says Jared Paul of AGP, the New Kids' manager. In the wake of the May 16 taping, the band's single "Summertime" debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 before sliding to No. 83 the following week. Obviously, a connection is still being made with fans of group -- five Boston boys who exploded in the late '80s and ruled the charts into the early '90s. "Hangin' Tough" was certified platinum eight times over, and "Step by Step" went triple platinum. The band also had three No. 1 singles, and its members' faces were slapped on everything from lunchboxes to sleeping bags. By 1994, however, the New Kids' star had waned, and after their "Face the Music" album sold poorly, shifting only 138,000 copies, the boys called it quits. In the intervening 14 years, the five members dabbled in solo albums, acting and real estate, and kept in touch as friends. The decision to make 2008 their comeback year was based mostly on timing, according to Jordan Knight. "We were finally in a place where we could create the space in our lives to make music and go back on the road," he says. According to Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg was the driving force behind the initial reunion plans. "Donnie got us all together to work on a song called 'Click Click Click,' and something, well, clicked," he says. "We all started to get really excited." The New Kids' currently untitled album will reach stores on September 8. Among the target demos are teen girls, who were mere infants when the band was first breaking. The band will launch a North American tour on September 18 in Toronto, and initial dates are sold out, according to Live Nation senior VP of touring Brad Wavra. Part Two: Behind the Scenes at the New Kids' VideoWhat music video is complete without bikini-clad women dancing? In the final chapter of New Kids on the Block's backstage video – seen on PEOPLE.com exclusively thanks to Interscope Records – the reunited boy band gets dressed up to get down on the tiki-club set in Malibu before working their dance and doo-wop skills in front of a green screen. Once the director wraps filming, Donnie tells the camera: "What started off as a goofy little concept on the BlackBerry at 2 in the morning might turn out to be a video after all!" You be the judge. Tune in to VH1 on June 8 at 2 p.m. to see the entire "Summertime" video.Part Two: Behind the Scenes at the New Kids' VideoYou already saw the first clip – helicopter and all – and heard the concept for the reunited boy band's new video, "Summertime." Now, see more behind-the-scenes footage as the backstage video, provided exclusively to PEOPLE.com by Interscope Records, continues. In part two, you'll report to the Malibu and Topanga Canyon sets where Danny gets a text while he's running through the woods summoning him to meet up with the band.Win NKOTB TicketsWin Tickets To New Kids on The Block (US Residents only): Click hereBehind the Scenes at the New Kids' Upcoming VideoSummer just got a little hotter: The debut of the New Kids on the Block's music video for their single "Summertime" is set to be released June 8 on VH1, but thanks to Interscope Records, PEOPLE.com scored an exclusive sneak peek of Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan and Jonathan Knight filming along the Southern California coastline. There are new dance moves, helicopter rides, Donnie running on the beach a la Baywatch – and that's only the first installment! Come back for more behind-the-scenes footage on Wednesday and Friday.NKOTB: 3rd TORONTO SHOW ADDED3rd TORONTO SHOW ADDED! (ON SALE NOW!)JUST ADDED! - September 18, 2008 Toronto, Canada, ON SALE NOW NKOTB: 'SUMMERTIME' VIDEO WORLD PREMIERE!Stay tuned for the ‘SUMMERTIME’ VIDEO WORLD PREMIERE this weekend, ONLY on VH1 and VH1.com! Check local listings for information.Saturday, June 7 - SNEAK PEAK @ VH1 TOP 20 COUNTDOWN New Kids On The Block Are Reuniting 'For The Right Reasons'Unless you are a glacier or a giant sequoia, 15 years is a long time. In the music business, it's a very long time. In the teen-pop world, it's an eternity. And the past 15 years have been a time of such dramatic, fundamental change in the music industry that today the "biz" looks like a different "biz" altogether."Wait! Do they even have 'charts' anymore?" chimes in Donnie Wahlberg. "No, it's 'we put our song into a computer bank. And you can go download it onto your — your not Walkman." (Now that's more like it!) Yes, much has changed since 1993, the last time the NKOTB performed together, and until recently few would have taken the bet that we would have ever seen the quintet at it again. But sure enough, in only nine months, it's gone from Wahlberg discovering a song ("Click Click Click" — on his birthday, actually) that he figured might be the right one for a reunion, to the guys finishing up a full album, beginning preparations for a fall tour — and making comeback appearances on the "Today" show and at two radio station concerts, in New Jersey and Boston. Backstage at the Jersey show — Z-100's "Zootopia" concert — the new New Kids seem excited, gratified and humbled by the frenzied reaction to their return from many now 30-something fans. They seem to be in something of a zone. "Everything is just really flowing," says Joe McIntyre, who always, along with Jordan, was one of the two strongest singers in the group. "I feel like we're in a good place, and we're doing it for the right reasons and we're having a good time." The right reasons. That, in a nutshell, is why an NKOTB reunion is happening now, when one might least expect it, when seemingly few people — OK, actually quite a few people — were clamoring for it, and in the absence of any demonstrable boy-band wave like we saw in the late 1990s and early '00s. Heaven knows, plenty of people — outside parties, including the MTV Video Music Awards and VH1 — tried to make it happen in the past. Pleas were made, checks were no doubt waved, but Wahlberg — ever the heart, soul, conscience and mouthpiece of the New Kids — says he wasn't interested. "Every attempt in the past ... they weren't real. They were for other people's agendas, you know? It was always to serve someone else." Not one to hold back, he continues, "You know it was 'Backstreet's huge, 'NSYNC's huge ... why don't you guys reunite on the MTV Awards?' And that's what our old record company [Columbia Records] wanted. Well, why don't you just put us in the studio and finance an album and let's see if that'll work? As opposed to throwing us onstage and seeing if we get cheered or booed. You know what I mean? It was to serve their agenda. It didn't matter. If Chris Rock ripped us up and it turned into a disaster that we reunited on the MTV Awards, what was our record company gonna do the next morning? What would they do? They'd be like 'Bye, guys! Enjoy your flight home.' And I personally was not gonna put myself in that position, or us in that position." That kind of self-respect, Wahlberg says, was not always there, but was borne of having pulled himself up in the mid-'90s, post-New Kids, and having fashioned a career as a respected Hollywood actor ("The Sixth Sense," "Band of Brothers," "Ransom"). He didn't "need" to do a reunion but says he never closed himself off to it, if it went down the "right way." "And for me it was never gonna be 'Let's go onstage and let's go on tour and scoop up all the money that's out there.' It was gonna be about, 'Let's make a record.' " As for that record, tracks reportedly include "Click Click Click," "Looking Like Danger," "Big Boy/Big Girl" and, of course, "Summertime." While the single is nostalgic, evoking memories of 1988, the guys seem intent on focusing on the here and now. Jordan says they're looking forward to busting out vintage hits on the fall tour, though some will be reworked: "We've performed those songs so many times that we want to give 'em a slight twist, not to get so far off where it's unrecognizable, because we don't want fans to not have that feeling they had when they were young. We want to re-create that for them." When it comes to their place in the pubescent pop pantheon, having paved the way for the boy bands that followed, Danny Wood says he's proud that New Kids left their "little stamp" on the music business. But he adds that he does not envy the 24/7 microscope of TMZ Nation that the Mileys, Britneys and Jonases of today must contend with. "The way the Internet is, there's all the sites that are always trying to get dirt on everyone, so they got it a lot different than we did. That's the part that's a little unfair, because you're walking on eggshells these days." Wahlberg concurs and knows that teen idol status ain't all roses. "I can relate to somebody being put in a fishbowl and sort of being told by the world who they are, what they are, and wanting to not be that. You know, and fighting for that autonomy. I know what that's like, you know, so I can relate to it on many levels." That does not, however, mean he would presume to give them advice. Donnie says that back in the day, he wasn't really interested in advice from his predecessors like Donny Osmond and wouldn't dole it out today. Or if he ever did, he would do it in private. "I'm not gonna do it walking down the red carpet for 'Entertainment Tonight.' Like, 'What do you got to say to Britney?' You know, I'll say it to Britney, I'm not gonna say it to you. You know what I mean? I'll talk to her. It's just false. Sure, I probably could give a lot of people advice. But it's like all of this: It's gonna be for the right reason and in the right way." Seasoned wisdom from a onetime — and future — New Kid. Inside New Kids on the Block's Invitation-Only ShowThey've already performed on television but before the New Kids on the Block hit the road for their big tour, the grown-up boy band rehearsed for an invite-only crowd at West Hollywood's House of Blues. PEOPLE.com has an exclusive look inside the packed club during the band's May 13 dress rehearsal. Check out the footage, and catch the group performing a medley of hits including "Step By Step" and "You Got It (The Right Stuff)."NKOTB are top debut at 57After a three-week break, rapper Lil Wayne returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Thursday with his first No. 1 single "Lollipop" featuring late songwriter Static Major.It's the longest chart-topping hiatus since Usher's "U Got It Bad" went four weeks between No. 1 stints in January 2002. "Lollipop" was also No. 1 for a fourth week on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally. Lil Wayne, a.k.a. Dwayne Carter, is expected to release his sixth studio album, "Tha Carter III," next month. Static Major, a.k.a. Stephen Garrett, died suddenly in February, a few weeks before the song's release, aged 33. A posthumous album, "Suppertime," is in the works. Meanwhile, British singer Leona Lewis' former chart-topper "Bleeding Love" was No. 2 for a second week, while last week's champ, R&B star Rihanna's "Take a Bow," slipped to No. 3. Usher's "Love in This Club" featuring Young Jeezy rose one to No. 4, trading places with Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown. Ray J & Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I" held at No. 6, and Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake at No. 7. Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine" rose one to No 9. 8, trading places with Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body." Danity Kane's "Damaged" was steady at No. 10. The top debut came from the reunited New Kids On The Block with "Summertime" at No. 57. Donnie Wahlberg: Fans Are 'Best Part' of New Kids ReunionIt's New Kids fever all over again! Between their Today show performance last week – for which some of the thousands of fans in attendance camped out for 48 hours – and concerts in New York and Boston, the boys are most definitely back."I am so happy to finally be able to perform for the fans," Donnie Wahlberg wrote on the NKOTB site. "It's really the best way to repay all of you for all of the love you show us." To prepare for the recent shows, he says, the band has been rehearsing for six to eight hours a day, working out, plus shooting a video and cutting more songs for their album. "Looking back on all the shows," Donnie blogs, "I'd have to say that overall things went pretty freak'n awesome!!!!!!!" But the guys are still hard at work. "Today I'm going to finish editing the video for 'Summertime' before I head to the studio with Joey [McIntyre] and Jordan [Knight] to cut a new song," writes Donnie. "I can't wait for you guys to see the video, it's a lot of fun." Hitting the road will be, too: "I can't wait," Donnie writes. "Seeing [fans] at the shows, autograph signings, or even meeting you in the streets is really the best part of all of this . . . I'm so grateful to all of you." Boomtown News Archive |
