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Here's Some New Backstreet News: -Nickelback, Sum 41, Nelly Furtado, and Default are among the artists who will battle for Juno Awards, Canada's premiere music award, on Sunday (April 14) in St. John's, Newfoundland And Labrador. Nickelback is nominated in four categories--best album (Silver Side Up), best group, best single ("How You Remind Me"), and best rock album. Sum 41 boasts three nominations--best album (All Killer No Filler), best rock album, and best group. Furtado, meanwhile, is up in two categories--best artist and best album (Whoa, Nelly!). This is the second time around at the Junos for Furtado with her debut album, which brought her four awards overall in 2001. As for Default, the new rockers rode the success of their debut album, The Fallout, and its singles, "Deny" and "Wasting My Time" into a nomination for best new group. The band challenges fellow Canadian up-and-comers Joydrop, Smoother, Sugar Jones, and Wave. Default guitarist Jeremy Hora puts the Junos into perspective. "They're the equivalent to the Grammys (but not as media-orientated," he tells LAUNCH. "I'd love to win one... In your own country you want to do the best you can. You want to compete with everybody and I think it's pretty competitive right now. It could go either way, the award that we're up for. It would be very exciting if we win." Rock band Our Lady Peace heads into the show with the most nominations (five), followed by Nickelback and storied songwriter Leonard Cohen. Other nominees include the Cowboy Junkies, Sloan, Rufus Wainwright, Diana Krall, and the Matthew Good Band. Performers include Nickelback, Furtado, Sum 41, and Alanis Morissette, while the Barenaked Ladies host.2002 Juno Awards nominees in select categories:BEST SINGLE: "California" - Wave "Everybody's Got A Story" - Amanda Marshall "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback "If It Feels Good Do It" - Sloan "Life" - Our Lady PeaceBEST SELLING ALBUM - FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC: All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 Black & Blue - Backstreet Boys Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit Hotshot - Shaggy Survivor - Destiny's Child -STUDIO CITY, Calif. - Believe… Imagine… words that resonated through Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson's message of hope during his whirlwind visit to Chicago last Saturday to promote environmental education and fundraising for his foundation, Just Within Reach (JWR). The events of April 6th raised awareness for today's environmental issues and brought in a hefty $56,000 to support JWR which promotes education, personal responsibility and accountability with regard to the health of the Earth. The day began with a "Breakfast in the Rainforest" at the Rainforest Café - Downtown. There, flanked by colorful parrots and cockatoos, Richardson and his JWR staff joined 125 guests for a meet 'n greet meal with an auction and raffle of Backstreet memorabilia and wardrobe items. Twenty-five lucky VIP ticket buyers had the opportunity to join Kevin on a private tour of the Café's environmental displays, created to educate patrons about the rainforest and its ecosystems. Later in the day, Kevin paid a visit to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Butterfly Haven, where he spoke to local school kids and helped them complete a computer-based exercise called Environmental Central. Kevin and the kids perched themselves in front of networked computer stations and used research and teamwork to find solutions to a number of environmental problems. The visit was brought to a close by a stop in the Butterfly Haven where butterflies flew freely and lightly landed on their guests, reconnecting the unsuspecting humans with nature's wonder and fragility. The day's events culminated at a fun-filled but emotional "Reaching Harmony" gala dinner and auction held at the Peninsula Hotel. The program provided an overview of JWR and allowed Kevin time to reach out to a new wave of environmental advocates. "It's really touching that so many people would come out to support a cause I've committed part of my life to," said Kevin. "I'm glad more people are joining our efforts to improve the environment. We have a big battle to fight. And even though a single person can make a difference in how they impact the Earth, there's strength in numbers - our strength comes from knowing that we're fighting for the right things and for the right reasons." Two of those "reasons" were the recipients of the JWR Visionary Award. Kevin and his wife Kristin presented the inaugural award to a brother and sister team who best personify the mission of the foundation through their "can do" attitude for cleaning up their community. Nine-year-old Lucas Musil and 12-year-old Kylie Musil of Naperville, Illinois, were honored with the Visionary Award for their initiative and achievement in building environmental awareness and cleanup programs in their schools and local community. The gala's 90 guests were treated to inspiring live performances by Kevin and Chicago native and singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. There was not a dry eye in the house as Marx sang his environmental ode "Your World" live for the first time ever. Following the solo, the two accomplished songsters took to the stage in a vocal duet of the Backstreet Boys' "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" and a dual piano duet of Marx's "Right Here Waiting." But perhaps most moving was Kevin's solo piano and vocal performance of John Lennon's "Imagine." "I was trying to think of the perfect song for this evening," said Kevin. He said he wanted to play something that reflected the importance of what he is trying to accomplish in his environmental work. "Imagine has a strong message and was written by someone who did what he could to make a difference in the world. After all these years, it still tells us there is hope for saving this world we're living in," said Kevin. "We have so much to do to improve this planet. But just think of what we can do if we work together. Just imagine." The JWR Foundation plans to hold fundraisers similar to the Rainforest Café breakfast in several regions of the country in the coming months. The JWR Visionary Award gala will now become an annual event. For more information, visit www.JustWithinReach.org. -Backstreet Boys member A.J. McLean, who recently confirmed his engagement to girlfriend Sarah Martin, has more news: He is selling his Phillips Landing home in southwestOrange County. Asking price: $1.95 million. What you get: 6,200 square feet, six bedrooms, five bathrooms, sound studio, dock, great views. McLean plans to buy a smaller home in this area and a bigger property in Southern California, which is where he spends most of his time these days. Rajia Ackley of Ackley Realty in Orlando is handling the listing and also is looking for property for a teen center that McLean, 24, wants to build in the area. Some of the proceeds from the sale will go to the performer's JNN Foundation, whose goals are to keep music in the schools, to aid diabetes research and to provide a safe environment for kids. The house is to be sold furnished, but McLean plans to auction some items to raise more money for his foundation. Ackley said a feature of the house's game room is hand-painted murals. Other features include a garden tub, a THX theater and a patio. -A former keyboard player with the Backstreet Boys has filed a copyright suit claiming co-ownership of two songs on the group's Jive album "Black & Blue," Billboard Bulletin reports. The suit -- filed Friday by Tommy Smith in U.S District Court for the Central District in Los Angeles --names group members Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean, Howard Dorough, and Kevin Richardson. Also named is Zomba Enterprises, the publishing arm of the Zomba Group, which has an undisclosed stake in the songs. Smith claims he co-wrote the songs "The Answer to Our Life" and "Time" with Carter, Littrell, and another party. Smith says he was orally promised ownership stakes in the songs of 50% and 33%, respectively. Smith's lawyer, Gerald Weiner, says damages "should be well over $1 million." "Black & Blue" hit No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in November 2000 and has been certified for U.S. shipments of 8 million copies by the Recording Industry Association of America. A lawyer for the Backstreet Boys says he is investigating the claim and "will be responding fairly." A Zomba spokesperson had no comment. Meanwhile, despite widespread speculation that the group may be splitting, Dorough says the Backstreet Boys are at work on a new studio album. "We're in the early stages," he told Billboard. "I've been out [in Los Angeles] this last month doing a lot of writing, as have Kevin [Richardson] and A.J. [McLean]. We'll get together and probably work with Jermaine Dupri, we're going to do some writing with Glen Ballard as well and just experiment." The set could hit stores as early as this fall. -Richardson was handed a cell phone inside the Elton John AIDS Foundation party by Van Cleef and Arpel gemnologist Wael el Saadi and asked to say hello to el Saadi's cousins in Houston, Texas. He happily obliged. One of them, Ruba Afifi, said afterward she couldn't recall what she said to him. "I think I told him I loved him, like five times," the 16-year-old said by phone. Richardson told the girls he and the band will be going into the studio soon to work on a new album. He also told her he appreciated her comments. "I was like really freaked," Ruba said.

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