Sony signed teen pop star Mandy Moore to a recording contract when she was just 15 years old.

Now at age 17, Moore has one platinum album under her belt and a brand new album slated for release this May. She was also recently named one of the hottest stars under age 25 by People magazine.

See her latest video, "Walk Me Home," as well as "I Wanna Be With You," the title song from her upcoming album. And tune in for new videos each Tuesday and Friday, presented by MandyMoorefan.com.


L.L. Cool J and “Kingdom Come”
Actor and hip-hop artist L.L. Cool J talks about the future of his music career and his latest role in the family comedy “Kingdom Come,” co-starring Jada Pinkett and Vivica A. Fox. (By the way, L.L. Cool J stands for “Ladies Love Cool James”; the performer was born James Todd Smith.)

Wanna Dance?
The highlight of the March 2001 Miami Winter Music Conference was the “I Love Music” party, hosted by TrustTheDJ.com.

The British-based website captured the evening’s festivities in high-definition video and audio. Visit trustthedj.com to watch archived interviews with world-famous DJs and producers (including former Culture Club singer Boy George) and listen to extended DJ sets.

At WashingtonPost.com, photojournalists are developing new roles for themselves. Yes, they’re as obsessed as ever with capturing the breaking story. Yes, they still see themselves as storytellers, narrating poignant tales of the human condition. And, yes, they still believe that images have the power to pierce the soul and capture the imagination.

But now they’re using video as well as still images to capture their stories and QuickTime to convey the stories to a captivated audience.

Take photojournalist Travis Fox, for example. Equipped with a digital video camera, an Apple PowerBook G3, and Final Cut Pro editing software, Fox set out to document life in Yugoslavia after the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic. His series of short QuickTime features, “The New Yugoslavia,” recently won several awards from the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA), marking the first time the WHNPA had recognized a web-based news publication.

Read more about Travis Fox’s portable filmmaking studio and see his award-winning QuickTime movies.

One of this summer’s most anticipated movies is Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.,” starring Haley Joel Osment as a little boy who just happens to be a robot. So far, we’ve seen glimpses of the film in teaser movie trailers (including this most recent one, linked below).

But the creators of “A.I.” have found other ways to entice us: They’ve started developing a mysterious network of websites that outline a backstory filled with pro- and anti-robot sentiments. Some of the sites have phone numbers that, when called, lead you to other sites that provide further clues about the upcoming film.

In the trailer credits, notice the name Jeanine Salla, Sentient Machine Therapist. To find the fictitious “A.I.” sites, type her name into a web search engine (Mac users: Sherlock works great for this) and start investigating what turns up. Another good place to look is at www.jeaninesalla.com.

But we recommend you start by watching the new teaser trailer and the original theatrical trailer.

The Dish
When Americans landed on the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong’s famous steps were transmitted to the world using an unlikely piece of technology: a 1,000-ton satellite dish on an Australian sheep farm.

Things went from baaaaad to worse when a power failure and a freak windstorm played havoc with the dish before the spacecraft touched down. The Australians scrambled to fix it, keeping the problems a secret from NASA, and even faking a series of moon-to-earth radio transmissions for the U.S. ambassador.

Find out how the Aussies saved the day by watching “The Dish,” Australia’s most popular comedy of 2000. It arrives in U.S. theaters starting April 27.

The Historic Ebell of Los Angeles (one of the oldest and largest women’s clubs in America) has been host to royalty and celebrity for more than a century.

Click on Virtual Tours to explore a few of the rooms and gardens that make up this 75,000-square-foot, Italian Renaissance-style building, including the theater, lounge, and courtyard.

The 14th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards will be broadcast on TV’s Nickelodeon network tomorrow—Saturday, April 21—at 8 pm (check local listings for broadcast times in your area) with live performances by the Backstreet Boys, Destiny’s Child, and many others.

And, guess what, we’ve got a digital backstage pass reserved in your name, a QuickTime digital pass that will take you behind the television cameras for LIVE chat and behind-the-scenes interviews. See it all at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards.