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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Iconic '90s Singer Looks Unrecognizable From Boy Band Days
Iconic '90s Singer Looks Unrecognizable From Boy Band Days originally appeared on Parade. This iconic singer was part of one of the biggest groups of the '90s — and helped define the boy band era. Now 52, 98 Degrees member Justin Jeffre looks nearly unrecognizable from his fresh-faced pop star days, but he's aging with grace. In a recent Instagram video, Jeffre proudly showed off his white beard, fully embracing the salt-and-pepper look. Jeffre and his bandmates, Nick and Drew Lachey, along with Jeff Timmons, have recently reunited, recording new versions of some of their biggest hits. In the video, posted in June, the group sings 'Tremble,' a newer track off their latest album Full Circle, which they've been actively promoting for the past few months. Back in April, Jeffre gave a subtle nod to their past by posting a video from inside a bathtub — the reference didn't go unnoticed by longtime fans. Why the tub? It's a throwback to the band's 1999 music video for their cover of Mark Wills' 'I Do (Cherish You),' in which Jeffre proposed to a woman relaxing in a bubble bath. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 98° (@98degrees) Fans instantly picked up on the reference. One user wrote, 'Justin in a bathtub 🛁🤣 definitely accurate!' while another added, 'BATHTUB!' with the hashtag #IYKYK. While fans are thrilled to see the group back together, it's been a while since they dropped something new (i.e. 2021). 98 Degrees first rose to fame in the mid-to-late '90s after teaming up with Mariah Carey on 'Thank God I Found You,' which earned them a Grammy nomination and a No. 1 spot on the charts. Their 1997 self-titled debut album put them on the map, but it was 1998's track 'Because of You' that became their breakout hit. 'The Hardest Thing' followed soon after, climbing to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning gold certification. Despite their success, the group disbanded in 2002 and went on a 10-year hiatus before reuniting in 2012. Now, they're back — and proving that some pop stars only get better with time. Iconic '90s Singer Looks Unrecognizable From Boy Band Days first appeared on Parade on Jun 19, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
90s boyband star looks unrecognizable with grey beard as group reunites for new album and tour – can you guess who?
NINETIES boyband fans will be left doing a double take when they realize who this singer is. The pop star, 52, is now unrecognizable almost three decades on since he first found fame. 6 6 In a new video, which has been filmed to promote the band's album, he has been captured sitting in an empty bath tub. His facial hair is now more prominent and almost white and he is wearing a blue sweater and a tweed flat cap in the footage. But do you know who it is? The man in question is Justin Jeffre from 98 Degrees. Justin and his 98 Degrees co-stars - brothers Nick and Drew Lachey and Jeff Timmons - have recently reunited and recorded some of their best hits. This includes a cover of the Mark Wills track I Do (Cherish You), which the band released in July 1999. The song reached number 13 in the Billboard Hot 100 and was included on the soundtrack for the British movie Notting Hill, which starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. In 98 Degrees' music video for the song, Justin was seen proposing to a woman as she enjoyed a bubble bath. Fans have gone wild for the nostalgic reference after he and Drew mimed along to I Do (Cherish You) to celebrate the band's comeback. A caption alongside the Instagram clip read, "If you're asking if we love you, we do! "And if you're asking where to listen to 'I Do', the answer is anywhere and everywhere! "Drop a comment with your favorite place to sing your heart out!" Replying, one excited 98 Degrees fan said, "Justin in the bathtub!!!!! Perfect!" Another added, "Justin in a bathtub 🛁🤣 definitely accurate!" A third mused, "Bathtub of course!" And someone else wrote, 'BATHTUB!' #IYKYK [If You Know You Know]." OLD FRIENDS Justin and his bandmates all hail from Ohio but were put together as a band by Jeff in Los Angeles in the late 90s. They were later snapped up by a record label and had achieved 8 top 40 singles by 2000. In 1999, they provided guest vocals on Mariah Carey's song Thank God I Found You and achieved a Number 1 and a Grammy Award nomination. The group split in 2002. Still riding high on the back of 98 Degrees' fame, 51-year-old Nick married pop star Jessica Simpson that same year and they starred together in the MTV reality show Newlyweds. Drew, 48, and his wife Leah, who he is still married to, were also regulars on Newlyweds. Nick and Jessica split in 2006 and he has since remarried. He and wife Vanessa Lachey present the Netflix show Love Is Blind together. 98 Degrees reformed in 2012 and have worked on and off together over the years. The band are now firmly back together and have recorded a new album, Full Circle. At the end of May, they travelled to Manila to perform a reunion show. They will be touring across Canada next month before playing several dates in New Jersey, New York and California in August. 6 6 6
Buzz Feed
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
20 Celebrity Couples Who Dated In The 2000s
Twenty years ago, mega celebrity couples roamed the earth: There was Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner (hot on the heels of his first breakup with Nick Lachey and Jessica 'Is It Chicken Or Is It Fish?' Simpson. But those are the ones everyone remembers. To really jog our memory, we thought we'd take a look back at celebrity couples we'd all almost forgotten were an item back in 2005. Let the nostalgia (and feeling old) begin: Jessica Biel and Chris Evans Before he put on spandex and made it big as Captain America, Chris Evans dated Jessica Biel from 2001 to 2006. Here, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre co-stars attend a Halloween party at the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. So much for costumes! Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz Post-Britney and pre-Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake dated Cameron Diaz for about three years. The couple reportedly met at the 2003 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, where Timberlake was picking up the award for "Best Burp," an award presented by Diaz, who had won a few years before. How romantic! Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling Look away, Eva Mendes! Before Ryan Gosling married Mendes, he had girlfriend Rachel McAdams hopping into his arms at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. The pair, who dated from 2005 until 2007, were accepting the reward for "Best Kiss" for their lip locking in The Notebook. Derek Jeter and Vanessa Lachey Before she was hosting Love Is Blind (with now-husband Nick Lachey), Vanessa Lachey (Née Minnillo) was giving love a chance with Yankees great Derek Jeter. The pair were in an on-and-off relationship from 2003 until 2006. Keira Knightley and Jamie Dornan From 2003 to 2005, Keira Knightley and future 50 Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan were arguably the hottest couple in the British Empire. Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush got married in 2005, though you might have forgotten because it only lasted five months. Here, the One Tree Hill co-stars stop by MTV's TRL — another relic from a bygone time. Kanye West and Alexis Pfeiffer Kanye West's first high-profile romance was with fashion designer Alexis Pfeiffer. Here, the pair, who dated from 2002 to 2008, pose at an event with Kim Kardashian, Ye's future wife. Not awkward at all! Kate Moss and Pete Doherty An all-time-great Messy Couple, Kate Moss and musician Pete Doherty started their two-year on-again, off-again relationship in 2005. Here they are at the Glastonbury Festival that same year. Hilary Duff and Joel Madden Hilary Duff and Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte dated from 2004 to 2006. The pair allegedly started dating when he was 25 and she was 16, which, uh, no comment. Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp, who played onscreen siblings on Everwood, dated from 2004 to 2007. Here, the pair attend a Xbox 360 Gears of War party — a very early-aughts event. Chris Klein and Katie Holmes Katie Holmes had quite a wild 2005: She began the year engaged to longtime boyfriend Chris Klein. By March, the pair had called off the engagement. A month later, she was spotted canoodling — a classic 2005 tabloid term — with A-lister Tom Cruise, whom she'd go on to marry and divorce. Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett A baby-faced Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett dated briefly in 2005 while making the neo-noir The Black Dahlia. Bow Wow and Ciara She's happily married to New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson today, but in 2005, singer Ciara was dating rapper Bow Wow. Mandy Moore and Zach Braff Mandy Moore and Zach Braff dated from 2004 to 2006 during a blonde moment for Moore. Josh Groban and January Jones Singer Josh Groban dated Mad Men actor January Jones from 2003 to 2006. Groban — like Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows before him and Pete Davidson today — is one of those secret I've-dated-everyone-Hollywood types: The crooner has also been linked to Katy Perry, Kat Dennings, and Selma Blair. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn On the heels of her divorce from Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston dated Vince Vaughn, her co-star in The Breakup, for about a year. The pair — inelegantly called Vaughniston by the tabloids (yeah, that never got on the same way Brangelina did) — broke up IRL in 2006. Jude Law and Sienna Miller Jude Law and Sienna Miller were on-again, off-again from 2003 to 2011. The pair were very publicly off again in 2006, after Law allegedly had an affair with his children's nanny. (We forget now, but 2005 was smack-dab in the middle of the era when everyone was having an affair with the nanny.) Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney Renée Zellweger and country singer Kenny Chesney had a blink-and-you-miss-it marriage in 2005: The marriage lasted all of four months, with Zellweger filing for an annulment, mysteriously citing 'fraud' as the reason for the split. Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth Orlando Bloom — looking very swashbuckle-y in his Pirates of the Caribbean era — dated Kate Bosworth from 2002 to 2005. Finally, Nas and Kelis Nas and singer Kelis were married from 2005 to 2010. After their divorce, the Queens-born rapper posed with Kelis' wedding dress on the cover of his 2012 album 'Life Is Good." (Because nothing screams "over it" like posing on an album cover with your ex's wedding dress.) This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Nick Lachey got emotional the day he and Jessica Simpson stopped filming their reality show, Newlyweds
Nick & Jessica premiered in 2004, it wasn't merely a reality show—it was a movement. Two decades plus later, Nick Lachey is looking back at the show's impact and how it profoundly affected a moment of his life. Appearing on the May 27 episode of the Richer Lives by SoFi podcast, Lachey, 51, opened up about the pioneering series that documented his early years of marriage with pop star Jessica Simpson . While originally designed as a marketing vehicle for their music careers, the show quite literally became something greater—and more intimate. "Because that show was made as a vehicle to promote music," Lachey remembered. "My former wife had an album release, I had an album release. 'Hey, we'll do a short little six-episode thing about our albums releasing so that we can release our music.' We had no sense it was going to become this other thing this reality, fly-on-the-wall kind of show. So, that was completely a surprise." Nick and Jessica's fairy-tale persona—and the real chemistry they experienced—captivated audiences at once. Their silly sparring, real moments, and even cringe-worthy misunderstandings (who won't remember the infamous "Is this chicken or is this fish?" scene) made them America's favorite couple. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like USDJPY đang đi lên không? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo But off-camera, there was an adjustment period. Lachey admitted that during the initial filming days, there were strict guidelines on how the couple should act in front of the crew. "Remember initially they were like, 'Don't talk to the crew. They're a fly on the wall!'" Lachey explained. "And I was like, 'Guys, if this ever is going to happen, that's just not how I'm made. You're not going to be in my house and observe my every action, and we're not going to communicate with each other. We needed to get over that now." Though its original intention, Newlyweds provided audiences with a real, unscripted glimpse of a celebrity wedding—something that wasn't seen much back then. It spawned the new wave of reality TV and gave both Lachey and Simpson an unprecedented amount of exposure. The show lasted for three seasons until the couple's eventual breakup in 2005. And while their marriage didn't work out, the memory of that experience lingered on with Lachey. He confessed on the podcast that it was hard to say goodbye to Newlyweds. It was, after all, more than just a show—a time capsule of a pivotal era in his life. As reality TV has grown up, Newlyweds is still a nostalgic reference point for viewers and an individual milestone for Lachey. And for him, it will always be greater than the sum of its parts—it was a lived experience, replete with memories, love, and lessons that still resonate.
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jessica Simpson's ex Nick Lachey reveals bizarre reason he broke down in tears after their reality show ended
Nick Lachey revealed he broke down in tears when his reality series Newlyweds with then-wife Jessica Simpson ended, but his emotions had little to do with the state of their marriage. The MTV hit aired from 2003 to 2005 and chronicled the couple's early married life following their October 2002 wedding. Though the pair faced extreme public scrutiny during the show's run, they didn't officially split until June 2006 — more than a year after filming ended. While Newlyweds turned their relationship into a pop culture phenomenon, Nick said it wasn't the spotlight that made him emotional — it was the intense connection he formed with the production crew. 'I actually came to really love the crew,' he shared on the Richer Lives podcast Thursday. 'I remember crying the day we shut down because you develop relationships with them. They really became family.' SUBSCRIBE to our new Showbiz newsletter for all the latest on Jessica Simpson He added: 'I remember at first they were like, "Don't talk to the crew. They're a fly on the wall!" And I was like, "Guys, if this is ever going to work, that's just not how I'm wired." 'You're not going to be in my house and watch my every move and we're not going to talk to each other. We got to get past that right now.' Nick also admitted the show's massive success was completely unanticipated. 'Newlyweds obviously became a huge reality show,' he reflected. 'The only one that had come out before that was The Osbournes, which was also a massive show. But that show was created as a vehicle to promote music.' Explaining their initial motivation for signing on, he added, 'You know, my ex-wife had an album coming out, [I] had an album coming out — I'll do a little six-episode thing to promote the album.' 'We had no idea it was going to take on this other life of being this reality fly-on-the-wall type of show. So that was totally unexpected,' the Ohio native shared. After their split, Simpson went on to marry former NFL star Eric Johnson, with whom she shares three children: daughters Maxwell, 13, and Birdie, 6, and son Ace, 11. Meanwhile, Nick has built a new chapter with longtime wife Vanessa Lachey. The couple, who wed in 2011, now co-host Netflix hits Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum together. Speaking on Richer Lives, Nick opened up about the complexities of mixing work and marriage: 'I think the best thing you can do is not bring your work home with you, which is tricky when you work with your spouse,' he said. 'I think we do a really good job of doing that, for the most part, but it's not easy working with your spouse sometimes.' The couple share sons Camden, 12, and Phoenix, 8, and daughter Brooklyn, 10.
