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...Move over Spider-Man, there are new comic book stars in town: The Backstreet Boys. The books, which will feature the hip-swiveling five with super powers and capes, will be sold online and at concerts...
...thought the Backstreet Boys had it all. Brian Fehlau '99, a first-year graduate student and resident advisor at Kirkland House, won a place in the hearts and on the speed dials of swarms of dateless, pre-pubescent jetsetters before Howie even purchased a cowboy hat. A veteran in the modeling industry, Brian's spotlight shined bright when he appeared eight years ago on the board game Dream Phone. The middle-schoolers cooed over Brian's alter-identity Scott, the attractive basketball player whose skills on the court courted many...
...series, and is working on the apotheosis of today's superhero: theme-park rides. The company has signed with Acme City, a website owned by TIME's parent company, Time Warner. And in a particularly odd cross-media teaming, Lee will create print comics and webisodes starring the Backstreet Boys. (Dare we dream of a death match with 'N Sync?) "There's a lot of females in our audience," says Boy Nick Carter, "and [comics are] a really cool way to get guys involved...
...earth-shattering this whole thing might be. Every song is a razor-sharp collection of patented boy-band fluff--down to the "Oh babys" and the "Oooh yeahs"; if girls watch this thing or even listen to the CD, they'll never be able to listen to their Backstreet Boys again without feeling cheated. Add in the bad lyrics and we might just have the end of the boy band craze a few years earlier than any of us could have possibly hoped for. Look out for "U+Me=Us (Calculus)," a hilarious send-up of sappy ballads with...
...bands and Britney Spears lookalikes. But several of the bands show a lot of diversity, from Juvenile, to Metallica, to Destiny's Child and a premiere of Kid Rock's fantastic new song "Only God Knows Why."But this is the era of Nick Carter, of course, so the Backstreet Boys hold the number one and the shrieking girls up the decibel level one last time. The show wraps, we wave goodbye to Megan and Kelly, the woman at the coat check compliments my sweater, we are ushered out into Gigi's place, and we head past security guards...