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'Lifelong
illness' does not stop girl
back up
Source: Kankakee Sunday Journal, Kankakee Illinois
By: Mike Frey
A heart ailment has presented many obstacles for Brittani Bury
during her brief 12 years on Earth, but it has not disabled her
spirit.
Brittani, a seventh grade student at Kankakee Junior High School,
suffers from total anomalous pulmonary return. Simply put, her
pulmonary veins do not enter the left atrium of the heart in normal
fashion and limits blood flow to that side.
The conditon was discovered at birth, and Brittani's first heart
surgery was performed when she was just one day old. Another Surgery
was performed less than four months later.
Brittani has avoided surgery since, but recent complications have
forced the need for another one, which will be performed Oct. 17 at
Chidren's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Although years have passed between surgeries, the need for treatment
has been constant. Brittani's mother, Tammy Bury, said the family
has stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in Chicago "too many
times to count in the last 12 years." The facility provides
lodging for families who have seriously ill children admitted to
Children's Memorial.
While its hard to remember how many visits have been made to the
Ronald McDonald House, the September 13th trip will always be
recalled.
On that supposed "unlucky" Friday the 13th, the Bury
family, which also includes 10 year old sister Brianna, and the
girls' father, Graham Bury, met Nick Carter and Celine Dion, both
renowned recording artists. Dion is a solo artist while Carter is a
member of the popular group The Backstreet Boys. Brittani wore a
t-shirt which read "precious and perfect" during the
encounter. Ronald McDonald himself introduced Brittani to Dion,
saying "this is Brittani and she's precious and perfect."
Dion responded by giving Brittani a high five and saying
"that's my girl."
Tammy Bury considers Brittani to be "her miracle girl."
When the family returned to the Kankakee area six years ago, a
doctor told Tammy most children who suffer from her daughter's
condition don't live as long as she had. While Tammy realizes it is
a life long illness, she is hopeful her daughter will enjoy a long,
productive life.
To this point, Brittani's life has included frequent bouts with
asthma, pneumonia and walking pneumonia. She is often fatigued, and
has to occasionally miss school and curtail her favorite activities,
which include dance and playing violin. Despite the tribulations,
Brittani remains upbeat.
"She's a fighter," her mother said. "She doesn't let
things get her down." Kim Lehnus, who was Brittani's teacher in
the Fine Arts Magnet Program at Kennedy Middle School last year
echoes Tammy's statement. "The poor girl has been through so
much but she works hard and never seems to loose that
smile."
Kennedy Principal Kathleen O' Connor also noticed these
traits.
"She's really a neat young lady." O' Connor said.
"She's great academically and great personality
wise."
Brittani's sister is a fourth grade student at Kennedy. Its easy to
sense the normal sibling rivalry between the pair, although Brianna
looks up to her older sisterand helps her in her time of need.
"When she's sick and asks for a drink, I get it for her,"
Brianna said. The Bury family has asked area residents to send
get-well cards to Brittani during her recovery. She will remain at
Children's Memorial for about a week following the surgery. Cards
can be send to the Ronald McDonald House, care of Brittani Bury, 622
W. Demming Place, Chicago IL. 60614. They can also be sent to
Children's Memorial Hospital 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 21, Chicago,
IL, 60614-3394.
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Dotmusic
Review of Help Me
back up
Source: Dotmusic
By: Chris Heath
NICK CARTER - 'HELP ME' (JIVE)
Help us more like. No, let's be fair. It could be a lot worse.
For those of you who aren't familiar with N.C, he's filled his life
so far between toddling and manhood as one fifth of the world's most
successful boyband, the Backstreet Boys. Not a bad first job and one
that certainly beats a paper round. Bearing this in mind he seems
remarkably unscathed, or at lease he does on the surface.
For comparisons sake, see him as the equivalent of Ronan -
wholesome, boyish good looks, dull - only with more money in the
bank. He's gone for rugged and come out looking and sounding as
rough and ready as a baby's bottom.
"Help me, make the right decisions, know which way to
turn," sings Carter. Well, at this particular cross-roads in
his career, we can reveal he's gone for the pop rock-lite option
instead of replicating BSB standards with different titles. Fair
play, but either way it's hardly a risk strategy for a young man
with a fanclub membership that probably out-numbers the entire
population of England.
Helpless.
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Nick
Carter Interview with the Hit List - Sep 2002
back up
Source: The Magazine
Not For Adults
The Hit List is back for its 12th season on YTV, and guess who
stopped by the very first day of taping to wish Rob and Danielle all
the best for the new season? Backstreet Boy and brand new solo
recording artist- Nick Carter. So, The Hit List took the opportunity
to ask Nick about his very first single, "Help Me" and his
solo CD "Now or Never". We really wanted to know what it
was like recording by himself, without the other Backstreet
Boys...
Nick: It was a little different at first because I didn't have the
four guys around me, but I got used to it. It was fun to get in
there and just create and be by myself and to do everything that I
wanted to do. Just kinda let it all out and not really have to hold
things back.
Hit List: Did you miss them though-the goofing around?
Nick: "Yeah, the goofing around part and just being
ourselves and everything of course. But.... After 9 1/2 years of
being with the guys, it's so exciting to do something and try
something new and different and just experiment, I mean, that's what
the group is about anyways-experimenting and having fun. I'm really
crazy and the guys have to like hold me down and make sure that I
don't lose my mind in anything that I do, but this time they there
to hold me down, so I was gone-lost in space.
Hit List: Do you think you'll end up touring on your own?
Nick: Yeah I think so...When I went into the studio and wrote
the music, (and a lot of the music I wrote with other writers), I
went in with a mindset that I wanted to do music that I could forsee
myself performing on stage. Like in front of an audience, you know,
just rocking out. A lot of the music on the album has a rock feel to
it.
Since Nick's new CD is called, "Now or Never", The Hit
List also gave Nick a list of challenges that required him to tell
us when he'd do some things. Now or Never? Nick thought the
challenge was "very cool"! Here's how it went!
Hit List: Swim with sharks. Now or Never?
Nick: Now. I've done it
Hit List: Even without a cage?
Nick: Yeah. I've done it.
Hit List: Skydive? Now or Never?
Nick: No. I can't do it. Never.
Hit List: Eat sushi?
Nick: Yep! Now.
Hit List: Arm-Wrestle Eminem?
Nick: Oh yeah!
Hit List: Yeah! Do you think you'd win?
Nick: (Scoffs) Bring it on baby!
Hit List: Get married?
Nick: Yeah at some point....Maybe
Hit List: Release another Backstreet Boys CD?
Nick: For sure. Certainly.
Hit List: Sing a duet with Nelly?
Nick: Maybe now. Nelly's cool.
Hit List: Go to college?
Nick: That would be cool to go play a sport in college. I could
go play baseball or something like that. Either baseball or
basketball, I love them both.
Hit List: Take on The Rock in a Celebrity Wrestling Match?
Nick: Um I could deal with Eminem, but I don't know about The
Rock! He's a pretty big guy!
Hit List: Do the Tango with Shakira?
Nick: Oh yeah! (Big smile!)
Hit List: Host your own reality based TV series?
Nick: Yeah, why not! Now!
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BBC
1 TOTP Webchat with Nick back
up
Source: TOTP
WATCH
IT LIVE HERE
Annabel: When has famous been a disadvantage to you?
Nick: The only disadvantage would be when you are talking to
someone normal who is not in the business or anything like that.
Maybe trying to get to know a girl, you don’t really know whether
she is talking to you for the right reasons. You know that whole
type of vibe? Whether you can trust somebody or not? And, I guess
that is a really big disadvantage. You don’t really know who to
trust any more.
Melissa: Truth time Nick! Are BSB still together?
Nick: Yes. We're still together - there was never a break up.
It's just me reaching out and trying something new and seeing how it
goes. I'm just really excited to be doing something different
because I’ve been doing the same thing since I was a little kid,
12-years-old. Now, I’m 22 and that is like 10 years. The exact
same thing over and over. I was touring for seven years straight.
So, I'm just really excited to be doing something different. To open
up my mind creativity wise, music wise, learn new things and kinda
become myself for a little bit. Learn how to be an individual
person.
Tony: Does it feel odd doing interviews on your own?
Nick: It's a little different. Kinda scary sometimes. You worry
that you are saying the right things. If you do say the wrong thing
and it’s just all you, it's all your fault! There is nobody they
can call that messed up or anything. There's a lot of things that
ride on top of doing interviews because people can take things the
way that they come out of my mouth.
Vicky Bizier: What's your single about?
Nick: I didn't write the single but when I heard the song I
loved it. The cool thing about being a solo artist is that - the
music that you put on the album, it’s your influence. You are the
one who is writing the music, or if you record someone else’s
song, it really has to connect with me as a person. I have to feel
inspired to sing it. I have to feel it connects with me. When it
comes out of my mouth, when I do sing it, it has to sound like it’s
real. You have to have feeling for it. I listened to this song and I
was like "man, this is perfect". The song fits perfectly
with my personality, my mentality, and I wanted to sing it really
bad.
Denise: Which track on the album is most personal to you, and
why?
Nick: There's a lot, it's hard to pick out cos I wrote a large
portion of them. They're all close to my heart. Even some of the
songs that Max Martin wrote, and other songs that other people had
written, they are all personal songs. So, it is hard to pick out
just one. Although, the one that stands out is called ‘My
Confession’. The reason I love the song is that it’s a mixture
of everything that I had done in the past and everything that I am
looking forward to the future for. Music wise, it’s like a mixture
between pop and rock. It’s like a perfect mixture. I love that
song.
Stephanie: You have a very musical family. Now your sister has an
album, did you write any her songs?
Nick: No. I didn’t on this album. I haven’t had a chance to
get in with them because I’ve been trying to get my stuff off the
ground, and I’ve been working really hard at this. I talked to my
sister and I was like, "when I get some time I am putting you
in the studio and I am write the songs with you and for you and
produce you". I will even do that for my brother in the future
too. I definitely want to expand and be a producer. It is something
that I’ve been doing a little bit here and there. And I feel that
it’s something that I could be good at. Who knows? Maybe, when I
settle down and stop touring, I can do that. I will probably do that
in the future.
Beth: Is it true that you went clubbing with Prince William? If
so, how did you meet him?
Nick: I was sitting down chilling when Prince William came
walking in. It was funny because I can’t really remember how it
happened. We just chilled, had a couple of drinks and bounced. Bu
that was about it. He’s a cool cat. He wanted to dance and I was
like, "I don’t feel like dancing right now". I’ve had
a couple of drinks. I want to just chill. He’s a great guy. He’s
a cool guy. You never know, you might see me at one of his events or
concerts together. Hopefully he will come to one of my concerts when
I play over here.
TOTP: Here's Nick with final word:
Nick: I wish I could stay longer and talk longer. The album
comes out soon, hopefully you guys will check it out and see if you
like it. If you don’t you can always take it back. Otherwise, I am
coming back soon and I can’t wait to see everybody on the internet
and everybody all over the UK. And all the world!
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TRL's
1000th episode back
up
Source: MTV
TRL has seen a lot of action in the past 900+ episodes, and we're
going to celebrate in style for our 1,000th show. We want to
countdown your favorite TRL videos of all time, so check out our
list of retired videos and VOTE
NOW.
Plus, coming soon check out some of the greatest moments in TRL
history in our photo flipbook. Be sure to tune in on Wednesday 10/23
@ 3:30p.m. (ET) to see all the action.
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NickBits
for October 15, 2002
back up
Source: Backstreet.net
Pink in Nick's Camp
Source: Dirty Little
Secrets
(DLS) - Earlier today, Pink was interviewed on Extra and was asked
about the supposed rivalry between Justin Timberlake and Nick Carter
and all of the hype behind it. She stated that Nick's material is
something that "everyone should listen to" and that it
sounded more "real" than the music of Justin Timberlake.
She closed by saying that she was definitely supporting Nick Carter
over Justin.
Brotherhood Delayed
Source Amazon.com
A book, reportedly penned by Nick that was to be released this fall
seems to have been put on hod. Amazon reports that it is now due in
2005.
Nick Gets High With 150 Fans
Source: Elgato - Backstreet News Group
Nick held a fan conference with 150 Japanese fans aboard a plane on
October 10. The fans got to ask him questions and all got
autographs.
Nick Carter's Tattoos done in Sweden
Source Aftonbladet
This link points to a Swedish magazine called Aftonbladet.
The article is in Swedish, and my mom doesn't feel like properly
translating it for me, but it's talks about how Nick got some of his
tattoos done in Sweden. It also says that he has a friend who is a
photographer who lives in Stockholm, and that Nick is there so often
that he even has a metro ticket strip, which also means that he
takes normal transport there. So for those of you who live in
Stockholm, next time you see a guy who looks like Nick, it may
actually be him. Even if you don't understand what it says, you can
enjoy the pictures of his new tattoos and his new fit body.
Nick Carter was at #1 on the Italian Trl chart!
Source: MTV Italy
Almost 90% of web votes were cast for him. You can hear his song on
all national Italian radio networks.
He will also be one of the presenters at the MTV Europe Awards,
which will be held in Barcelona on November 14, 2002.
Italian fans keep the Backstreet pride alive forever and ever!
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