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...Band showed O-Town's warts, as the group mangled harmonies and struggled to learn discipline, but it was also a priceless showcase for five cute boys. And Popstars (Fridays, 8:30 p.m. E.T.) went Making the Band one better by not only creating girl group Eden's Crush but also giving it a guaranteed contract on a label owned by the WB's (and TIME's) parent AOL Time Warner. (O-Town was turned down by several labels before signing with J Records, veteran music exec Clive Davis' new endeavor.) Popstars' treatment of the young synergettes makes Making...
Which is pretty much exactly what you would want if you were selling the band's music. And it has worked: Eden's Crush's first single, Get Over Yourself, debuted at No. 1 two weeks ago, nearly doubling sales of the No. 2 single, according to SoundScan. (A CD is due May 1.) Not that there hasn't been friction. Shaunda Johnston, who made the group of 10 finalists before being cut, charges that the singers were rushed into signing a stingy contract with little room for negotiation. While none of the parties talks contract specifics, Stone and Stanley...
These bands, as befits the older-skewing VH1, aren't teen pop (several have a circa 1995 alterna-rock sound). But that may not be a bad thing. Despite the success of O-Town and Eden's Crush, that slickly packaged style of music has lately dipped on the charts. Stone and Stanley predict Popstars will be on the air in 10 years, creating bands of different genres to suit each season. But it's hard to imagine, say, a Grungestars, should there be a resurgence in music reliant on at least the appearance of independence...
...sitcom that's not just bad, but boringly so. Batting for the gays, Jason Bateman is adequate as a poor man's Eric McCormack, but Danny Nucci plays a straight Italian stereotype who's like Joey from Friends' dumber brother. Add predictable storylines (I think my roomie has a crush on me!), and you've got Will & Graceless...
...using Hong Kong as a rallying point in a campaign to protest their colleagues' fate on the mainland. Beijing reacted with fury in January when 1,000 Falun Gong members held a meeting at Hong Kong's City Hall. Nor is there any dispute that the impetus to crush the group is coming from the very top. "Jiang Zemin let it be known that he wanted the crackdown," says an Asian diplomat in Beijing...