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Mandy's Candy World
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Mandy Moore: Run for Cover
Christina Aguilera discovered sex. Jessica Simpson became the new Lucille Ball. And Britney tried to fit into Madonna’s pointy bustier.
Mandy Moore, the Florida teen who scored her first hit “Candy” when she was 15, has tried something completely different. Taking a cue from classy interpreters like her heroine Bette Midler, she’s recorded Coverage, an album of other people’s songs. But while Moore looks to material made famous before she was born, this mix of album tracks and ’80s college rock faves is a surprisingly fresh...4More
Mandy’s a Class Act, Forever Moore
It's Mandy Moore's fifth or sixth trip to Australia in as many years, and despite a jam-packed schedule, she is still thrilled to be down under again. "It's always nice to come back here," she says, excitedly. "I honestly have no qualms with it. I really like coming back."
The radiant 20-year-old is in town to promote Saved!, a black comedy/teenage satire that was consistently deemed one of the smarter teen-oriented pictures during its limited theatrical run in the United States earlier this year. In the film, which also stars Jena Malone, Patrick Fugit, Macaulay Culkin, and a bevy of other young talents, Moore plays the super religious, but insular Hilary Faye. 4More
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Mandy in Brief
Born Amanda Leigh Moore, 10 April 1984, Nashua, New Hampshire, but raised in Orlando, Florida, USA.
One of the big success stories of the US pop charts in 1999, Mandy Moore rose to prominence after touring dates with 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys.
Her debut single, "Candy", sold half a million copies, many of the sales attributable to a promotional website that registered over 100,000 "hits" a day at its peak.
Moore had wanted to be a performer from the age of six, when she sang the hits of the day. By the time she attended a summer musical camp aged nine she was even more convinced about her career prospects:
"My parents thought it was just a phase I"d grow out of, but I stuck to it and begged them for acting and voice lessons. 4More
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