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Newest Bubble Gum Pop Singer and Anti-"Bubble Boy" News Conference
Aired August 21, 2001 - 11:47 ET
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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: As we look to showbiz news now, we were just talking off camera about this "Bubble Boy" movie.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: That's right.
HARRIS: And I do remember seeing the trailors.
PHILLIPS: With John Travolta, remember the original.
HARRIS: The old one. Yes.
PHILLIPS: "The Boy In" -- Yes, and that was a tear jerker, like we were talking about.
HARRIS: But not this one that's out right now.
Laurin Sydney is checking in with the latest talk on this one. Laurin.
LAURIN SYDNEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Here is the news about it. The new Disney movie, "Bubble Boy," is billed as a comedy, but its a subject matter that is no laughing matter to some people. Saying the film should never have been made, families from the Jeffrey Modell Foundation, named for a boy who died of an immune system disease which forced him to live in a plastic bubble, will hold a press conference this morning to ask Disney to fund an awareness campaign.
Jeffrey Modell's parents have called the movie, "Very offensive from the very title, to the content, to the ending."
The Latin Grammys are saying a last-minute adios to Miami and going back to Los Angeles. The second annual award ceremony will be held on its scheduled date, September 11th, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Grammy organizers ditched Miami over concerns that Cuban-exile protests would pose too great a security threat.
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MICHAEL GREENE, PRESIDENT, NARAS: And the story has to be the music, the story has to be the nominees. The little group from Uruguay or the regional Mexican singer who comes up here. I mean, if all of the cameras are centered on all of these protesters and people potentially throwing eggs and yelling obscenities at our Cuban guests or whatever, all of a sudden it's not about the music, it's not about celebrating the nominations. It's really about something else.
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SYDNEY: OK, he hasn't been nominate for a Grammy yet, but then he's just 13 years old. Teen hearthrob, Aaron Carter, has legions of young fans swooning to his bubble gum pop, and he's keeping it all in the family.
CNN's Bill Tush caught up with this up and coming musical hunk.
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BILL TUSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: What is all this screaming about?
FANS: We love you!
TUSH: It's all about this guy, or boy: 13-year-old Aaron Carter. The young toe-head burst on the scene as an opening act for The Backstreet Boys, who are all now pushing there 20s.
One of The Backstreeters is Nick Carter, Aaron's older brother and the inspiration for his latest hit, "Oh Aaron."
AARON CARTER, SINGER: What happened was he was -- we were trying to convince him to come out, and he finally came out and did the video with us.
TUSH: The songs tells a little story about Aaron's friends wanting tickets to his older brother's show. That's how Nick got into the act.
NICK CARTER, BACKSTREET BOYS (singing): How many do you need?
CARTER (singing): One, two, 3003.
N. CARTER (singing): What?
TUSH: Art imitates life, maybe.
CARTER: Yes, I know, hopefully. And that's why on this day, the pop world's latest teen sensation became the blue-light special at a Manhattan Kmart. Carter took a break from his grueling multi-city tour to be here this day. Fans needn't worry, though. While the once-hot Mariah ran out of steam, and Madonna was a no-show on her tour because she ran out of voice, and Janet just ran out -- this pro promises he'll make every single date.
CARTER: I never really get tired. I'm always really up and going. I'm a big, jumping bee.
TUSH: No way will Aaron Carter settle on being a back-seat boy.
Bill Tush, CNN Entertainment News, New York.
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SYDNEY: He was in diapers 12 years ago. OK?
In our next "Showbiz Today Reports," Jay and Silent Bob are striking back. We're going to tell you all about the newest comedy from quirky filmmaker Kevin Smith.
And the families involved in that press conference will talk about their concerns over the movie, "Bubble Boy." So, please check back with us at 2:35 Eastern.
I'm Laurin Sydney reporting from New York, and now back to you guys in Atlanta.
HARRIS: All right, thanks, Laurin.
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