This week in the battle of the boybands, it was no contest: ‘N Sync trounced Backstreet. According to just-released final stats, ‘N Sync last week moved 2.4 million copies of its sophomore release, “No Strings Attached.”
The mark shatters the previous weeklong standard (of 1.13 million CDs and such sold) established by the Backstreet Boys in 1999.
Says the president of ‘N Sync’s Jive Records label: “It’s pretty staggering.”
BAD NEWS FOR MATT DAMON FANS: The guy is not single. Publicists today for both the actor and Winona Ryder denied a report in the French magazine Voici that said the couple had split after two years of dating. The two are still a twosome, the reps said. So much for relying on your Hollywood news from French magazines.
“AMERICAN” BRIDE: Mena Suvari, the object of Kevin Spacey‘s illicit affection in “American Beauty,” wed cinematographer Robert Brinkman (“The Cable Guy“) in California earlier this month, it has been revealed. Suvari is 21; her husband, 38.
ANOTHER GEORGE LUCAS MASTERPIECE ON THE WAY, NO DOUBT: The script for the latest “Star Wars” prequel “is not complete,” says a Lucasfilm e-mail update to fans, “but enough of the story is known to begin work.” Shooting is scheduled to begin this summer.
‘SUSSUDIO’ SUED: In London today, trial was to get under way in a lawsuit pitting two members of Earth, Wind & Fire (“Boogie Wonderland”) against newly minted Oscar winner Phil Collins. The band guys say they’re due royalties for an album they cut with Collins in 1990.
