New Kids on the Block News

Caption: Jordan Knight of New Kids On The Block performs on NBC's 'Today' show at Rockefeller Center New York City, USA .... NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK star JORDAN KNIGHT is hosting an unofficial singing contest across the U.S. to give one talented fan his or her big break.

Back in the '80s, Jordan Knight was plucked out of obscurity to join one of the most popular groups at the time, the New Kids on the Block , so he understands what it's like to have someone give you your big break.

Other highlights include a controversial auction for the sample box of an unreleased New Kids On The Block NES game; and PETA using the upcoming DS/Wii games for Ringling Bros.

For Nick Prueher, Alaska is "a totally untapped gold mine." But the treasure he seeks isn't in the Klondike hills - rather, it's in the Bishop's Attic, an Anchorage thrift store that's a mother lode of the kind of bizarre and forgotten VHS tapes he's been collecting since the '90s. Prueher and fellow video crate digger Joe Pickett sift through ...

"There's a collection! They would just dangle [from the stage]. I'm sure some perverted roadie has them in his road case right now." - Joey McIntyre , at the Fulfillment Fund Gala, when we inquired what happens to all the bras and panties fans have thrown onstage at the New Kids on the Block over the years.

When Edmonton pop-rock band Stereos played the West End Cultural Centre earlier this year they had a crew member along specifically to control the auto tuner.

If impersonation is the sincerest form of flattery, parodies have to be its kissing cousin.

Remember the days, when record companies use to slip a radio station a few extra hundred bucks to promote their favorite artist's latest record? The term, " payola" derived from that practice.

Pat Faulkner's first kitchen experiences took place when she was growing up as one of four daughters in Manitoba.

Here's the trouble with the Jonas Brothers : In addition to adulation and success, they crave respect for their music.

"Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old." - Anna Paquin on not escaping her Oscar-winning role in The Piano [ Telegraph UK ] "I worshiped New Kids on the Block.

A A Oct. 1: A Good Samaritan is being hailed as a hero in New York City after he helped firefighters rescue a 4-year-old boy from a burning building.

This week, we speak with singer-songwriter Danny Wood of New Kids On The Block .

"The DCIAA did the same thing as Obama -- it's time for change," said Avery Williams, with ball, of DCIAA contender Coolidge.

There are some new kids on the block in East Yakima and they're here to stay. Rod's House is a new teen shelter on South Naches Avenue.

And a little child shall lead them. In the religion that is fashion, one of the seven stations of the cross plays out on the runways of New York City's Bryant Park.

The Examiner reports on the questionable fate of a bed-bedazzled, century-old SoMa building, which has been vacant since layered socks and New Kids on the Block were all the rage.

The charasmatic performer has released a new album, but Take That's song-writer has ruled out a comeback to the band Jason Orange A member of a breakdancing crew in his teens, in 1990 he was selected by Nigel Martin Smith to join a boyband conceived as a British answer to New Kids On The Block.

After his success with New Edition, producer Maurice Starr decided to replicate the singing group, substituting suburban white kids for the young black teenagers.

The future is being invented in Downtown Phoenix. While much recent attention has been focused on CityScape and the Downtown ASU campus, a few blocks away, some of the brightest high school students in the state are pushing the boundaries of science and math.