'NSync, Will Smith, Christina Aguilera, Rosie O'Donnell Win Teen.com Entertainment Awards; Over One Million Votes Cast Online.

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Teen fans are voting with their mouse, in a big way. Over one million votes were cast online in this year's Teen.com Entertainment Awards, far exceeding the previous year's 100,000 votes. As more teenagers access the Internet Internet

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backstreet n Boys since voting began on November November: see month. 1,&uot; states Gene Bellotti, ePublisher of Teen.com, &uot;Once their fan sites got wind of the awards, voting for the Best Group category alone skyrocketed to over 400,000 votes, with 'NSync edging ahead in the final days of January.&uot;

Will Smith won Best Male Artist, Music with 40% of the votes. Christina Aguilera

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Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, , biased or otherwise objectionable. also dominated Best Female Artist, Music with over 250,000 votes. Hottest Male and Hottest Female were Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, two teen favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. . In a definitive landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, , Rosie O'Donnell was voted the teens' favorite female comedian winning 47% of the votes. All nominees were recommended by visitors to Teen.com.

The Teen.com Entertainment Awards are an annual event that draws in the millions of teen girls that visit Teen.com during the year. Teen girls on Yahoo.com (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) and the official Christina Aguliera web site christina-a.com clicked through to vote. For more on the awards and other nominees, visit http://www.teen.com/awards/1999/awards99.html. Each winner will receive a special award from Teen.com.

           MUSIC

           Best Group
           N Sync

           Best Male Artist
           Will Smith

           Best Female Artist
           Christina Aguilera

           Best Soundtrack
           Music of The Heart

           Best Song - Group
           &uot;Music of My Heart&uot;
           'NSync

           Best Song - Male Artist
           &uot;Back at One&uot;
           Brian McNight

           Best Song - Female Artist
           &uot;Genie in a Bottle&uot;
           Christina Aguilera

           Best CD
           &uot;Christina Aguilera&uot;
           Christina Aguilera


           MOVIES

           Best Movie - Action or Drama
           Cruel Intentions

           Best Movie - Comedy
           American Pie

           Best Actor
           Freddie Prinze, Jr.

           Best Actress
           Sarah Michelle Gellar

           Best Couple in a Movie
           Freddie Prinze, Jr. &Rachael Leigh Cook


           TELEVISION

           Best Drama Series
           The X Files

           Best Comedy Series or Sitcom
           Friends

           Best Actor TV
           David Boreanaz

           Best Actress TV
           Gillian Anderson


           HOT &FUNNY

           Hottest Male
           Justin Timberlake

           Hottest Female
           Britney Spears

           Best Male Comedian
           Adam Sandler

           Best Female Comedian
           Rosie O'Donnell

About Teen.com

Teen.com contains daily features and columns for teens such as advice, diaries, poetry and photo contests, fashion, beauty, movie and music reviews, homework help, games, jokes, news, horoscopes, college information, and a free daily Email newsletter and weekly emagazine with over 75,000 subscribers. Teens can shop online at the Mall @ Teen.com and the Teen.com Online Store.

Teen.com delivers more than 25 million monthly page views to over 50,000 daily visitors. The site is in the Top 20 on the &uot;100 Hot Kids&uot; list (The Web's Most Popular Kids Sites) www.hot100.com/kids and the Top 25 of all chat sites www.hot100.com/chat.

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