Backstreet Boy Nick Carter has ruled out ever getting back together with his ex Paris Hilton - because she isn't "intelligent" enough. But Carter, who split from the hotel heiress in July 2004 after dating for seven months, insists his experience with Hilton has not put him off dating another high-profile star.

He says, "There's no way I'd get back with her (Hilton). I'd go out with another celebrity if she was the right girl. She'd need to be able to have an intelligent conversation, though."

When asked if Hilton could engage in such talk, he added, "No."

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Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter has been banned from an unnamed hotel chain when a candlelit evening went awry. The boy band star decided to light candles in his suite but didn't stop to think where all the melted wax would go. He reveals, "I had them (candles) all in a circle in this room and I didn't realize, 'Oh that's right, these candles bleed.'

"So they bled into the carpet and then they bled into the TV and I caused like $5,000 damage in this one hotel, and they still won't let me go there to this day."

-Nick Carter Pictures

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Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter insists the group was never a "boy band" - and instead were a 'vocal harmony group.'

The band shot to fame in the 1990s with their self-titled first album and have sold over 75 million records worldwide - but Carter is admant they didn't take their musical cues from groups like British five piece Take That.

Carter says, "We were never a boy band. We always thought of ourselves as a white vocal harmony group, we didn't model ourselves on Take That or anything. Maybe things started off a little boy band-ish but after a while you shed that."

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Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter is confident he has learned from his past mistakes - and is keen to rid himself of his bad boy image. The singer hit the headlines after being charged with two counts of DUI in California in 2005 and was ordered to complete a rehabilitation program.

But the 27-year-old insists he is a changed man after his brushes with the law.

He says, "I've never tried to be a bad boy - it's just something that happened. I got caught in situations like everyone does in their life. Either you learn from these things - or you're an idiot. Bad s--- happens. But if y...

Boy band svengali Lou Perlman has been branded a "pervy pedophile" who took advantage of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, by the manager's former assistant.

Steve Mooney claims the 53-year-old - who has managed both the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync - preyed on the young men, including Carter, 27.

Mooney tells Vanity Fair, "I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator. All the talent knew what Lou's game was."

Phoenix Stone, an early member of the Backstreet Boys and Carter's mother Jane, have both backed up the claims.

Jane Carter says, "Certain things happened...

"The only thing that made her happy was her own reflection" Nick Carter pulls no punches describing his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton.

"I'm 48 years old (and) I've never asked a woman on a date, I've never asked a woman to dance, never thrown a party." Hugh Laurie has never been great at dating.

"When I met Dustin Hoffman he told me, 'You remind me of myself. I talk a lot and sometimes I say a little bit too much'." Rosario Dawson has no complaints about being likened to a 69-year-old Hollywood veteran.

"I think that there've been worse movies that haven't...

Former 'N Sync star J.C. Chasez is working with the enemy after signing on to write tracks for the Backstreet Boys. Back in the day, the two boy bands were hot chart rivals, but now Chasez is helping his former foes hit the high notes again.

Chasez, who recently parted ways with record label Jive, is collaborating with the Backstreet Boys on new song "Treat Me Right" for their upcoming album, "Unbreakable."

The pop star is writing the new track with Nick Carter and A.J. McLean, who calls the former 'N Sync star "one of the most talented songwriters I have ever worked with."

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Backstreet Boy Nick Carter's mother has denied dumping his pitbull terrier in a Florida animal shelter without the pop star's knowledge.

Jane Carter was reported to have dropped the dog, Layla, off at a Tampa-area animal home at the beginning of the week, after her eldest son asked her to babysit his pet.

Singer Nick, who rescued the dog from a Los Angeles animal shelter last year, was said to only have found out about his mother's actions when a volunteer at the shelter identified Layla via a microchip implant and phoned him.

However, Jane has dismissed the allegation as "ba...

Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter is fuming after learning his estranged mother dumped his pitbull terrier in a Florida animal shelter - without the pop star's knowledge.

Carter family matriarch Jane reportedly dropped the pooch, Layla, off at a Tampa-area animal home at the beginning of the week, after her eldest son asked her to babysit his pet. Ironically, Nick rescued the dog from a Los Angeles animal shelter last year, according to TMZ.com.

The Backstreet Boys star only found out about his mother's actions when a volunteer at the shelter identified Layla via a microchip impl...

Singer/actress Willa Ford has married hockey ace Mike Modano after a four year on/off romance. The star, 26, and Dallas Stars player, 37, wed on Saturday in a private ceremony on an Athens, Texas ranch.

Ford, who previously dated Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, walked down the aisle in a bridal gown she had designed herself.

The couple announced their engagement in November.

-Willa Ford Pictures

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Departed Backstreet Boys star Kevin Richardson will be welcomed back into the boy band if he ever chooses to return.

The singer shocked his bandmates last year when he announced his plans to quit the group and start a family, but the band will never replace him and hope he'll come back one day.

Former bandmate Nick Carter says, "He came to us about a year and a half ago when we started recording the record and just talked to us and said, 'You know guys, I'm in a different chapter right now... I wanna start a family with my wife.'

"To be honest, when we're recording a record...

Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter has blamed his massive weight gain last year on depression following his family's reality TV show, The House Of Carters. The singer ballooned to 224 pounds in 2006, and claims watching the "shocking" playback of the series on America's E! network triggered his weight gain.

He tells U.S. magazine People, "With my show The House of Carters, it was a shock to me to realize what my family had gone through. After so many years of dysfunction and my parents finally getting divorced and everybody being lost and me being the oldest, there was a lot of stress, ...

Nick Carter will never rekindle his love affair with socialite Paris Hilton, because he is bored of the sight of her. The Backstreet Boys singer - who dated Hilton for seven-months in 2003 - is keen to move on from the relationship as he is no longer in love with the hotel heiress.

He says, "(Bandmate) Howie (Dorough) asked me that question this morning: 'You don't think about her no more? You ever wish you could be back with her?' To be honest, no. I don't even care anymore. I think half of America doesn't care either."

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August 6, 2007 - Los Angeles, CA – Jive Records recording artists the Backstreet Boys will debut their new single "Inconsolable" on Z-100, New York's Hit Music Station, this evening at 6:00 PM ET during the Romeo on the Radio Show. "Inconsolable" is the first single from the group's forthcoming album slated for release on October 30.

"Inconsolable" was written and produced by Emanuel Kiriakou (Nick Lachey "What's Left Of Me", Katharine McPhee "Ordinary World"), and co-written by Lindy Robbins and Jess Cates. The track impacts Top 40 Radio on August 27.

This month the Backstreet B...

Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter credits boxing for helping him lose weight after he ballooned to 224 pounds in 2006. The singer has shed the weight working out in his favorite boxing gym.

He explains, "I was a little heavy and I needed to do something about it... I made working out a part of my life."

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Who says the bottom of the Hollywood barrel can't be outrageously wild and downright hilarious? Kathy Griffin returns with an invitation to the best D-List party of the year - Bravo's critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

The seven-episode season of her no-holds-barred humor and constant drama follows Griffin as she adjusts to newly divorced life and gets on the celebrity dating scene, travels the country from Carnegie Hall to a maximum security prison and has to face a family tragedy.

"I guess it wasn't eno...

Former Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter is determined not to follow ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton to prison because his run-in with the law has taught him to be a good guy. The pop singer was arrested for drunk driving in California in March 2005 and he insists he'll never do anything that stupid again.

He tells People magazine, "I got a DUI, I did the classes and I went in and did my AA meetings that they made me do. I will never ever get behind the wheel and drink again. I learned so much and it was so good for me. I did everything I was supposed to do when they told me to do it. It h...

Who says the bottom of the Hollywood barrel can't be outrageously wild and downright hilarious? Kathy Griffin returns with an invitation to the best D-List party of the year Bravo's critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," on Tuesday, June 5th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

The seven-episode season of her no-holds-barred humor and constant drama follows Griffin as she adjusts to newly divorced life and gets on the celebrity dating scene, travels the country from Carnegie Hall to a maximum security prison and has to face a family tragedy.

"I guess it ...

Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter has found celebrity love again in the shape of Hilary Duff's sister Haylie.

The couple was spotted "making out" at Los Angeles club Les Deux last week, fuelling speculation of a romance.

A fellow clubber, who saw the public display of affection, says, "Nick was caressing her back and whispering in her ear. Later, he started making out with her."

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Happy Birthday to "Lord of the Rings" hobbit Elijah Wood (1981), Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (1980), *NSync elder Joey Fatone (1977), Minnesota Viking Daunte Culpepper (1977), "Cold Case" actress Kathryn Morris (1969), Eric B.'s partner Rakim (1968), Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs (1968), Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan (1968), model/actress Barbi Benton (1950), English musician Robert Wyatt (1945), MASH actor Alan Alda (1936), and modern artist Jackson Pollock (1912; d. 1956).

Pop singer Willa Ford is engaged to her hockey player boyfriend Michael Modano. The Dancing With The Stars reality TV beauty, 25, accepted Dallas Stars player Modano's proposal earlier this week.

Ford, who dated Nick Carter from 1998-2001, says, "We were out to dinner the other night, and I think he had it (the ring) with him the entire night. He was really nervous. Then right before we went to sleep he asked me and I said, 'Yes.'

Ford and Modano started dating in 2002, but split up several times.

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Feuding brothers Nick and Aaron Carter went to war on their reality TV show "House Of Carters" after the hitmaker revealed he'd dated his older sibling's ex, Paris Hilton. The younger Carter tried to explain to the star that he only agreed to dine with Hilton to get information out of her about a rumored romance with Chad Michael Murray while she was dating Nick.

But the fight, which appears on the Carter family reality series, escalated when big brother Nick accused Aaron of dating the socialite behind his back.

Speaking about the spat on Tyra Banks' daily chat show yesterday ,...

Nick Carter has slammed ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton for being reliant on marijuana, and he insists she even resorted to stuffing her teddy bear with the drug when she traveled abroad. Earlier this month, the socialite furiously denied being in possession of cannabis after British newspapers printed images of the socialite inadvertently displaying an incriminating sachet inside her bag. Her publicist maintained the bag merely contained tobacco.

Carter says, "She relied heavily on drugs and drink to give her confidence in the bedroom and was more often than not too wasted to even perform....

Pop star Aaron Carter has revealed he cheated on former girlfriend Hilary Duff, even though he insists she was his first and most intense love. The 18-year-old is currently starring with brother Nick and their three sisters in the reality TV series "House Of Carters" on MTV. He explains, "She was my first love and actually, I never cheated on her...until towards the end."

Carter and his brother recently came to blows over the fact that Aaron went on a date with Nick's ex Paris Hilton after she and Nick broke up. Aaron insists that Hilton was the one who asked him out and that he just ...

Shanna Moakler has blasted rival Paris Hilton for alleging she was attacked by the former Miss USA, claiming the socialite "makes a lot of money pulling these stunts in the media." Hilton filed a police report against Moakler last week, claiming the reality TV star had "shouted obscenities" and punched her in the face at Los Angeles hotspot Hyde.

Sources claim Moakler is unhappy Hilton has been photographed kissing her estranged husband, former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker. Meanwhile, Moakler has contacted police regarding the behavior of Hilton's on/off boyfriend Stavros Niarchos ...

Nick Carter has apologized to pop star Ashlee Simpson for going public with the claim he slept with her while he was still dating Paris Hilton. Carter called Ryan Seacrest's Los Angeles radio show on Thursday morning to declare he was sorry the information was accidentally made public by his brother Aaron.

Nick says he "hooked-up" with Simpson as an act of revenge against ex-girlfriend Hilton after he was told she cheated on him with Chad Michael Murray, while the two were filming horror movie House Of Wax in Australia.

During the interview, Nick apologized to Simpson saying tha...

Pop star Ashlee Simpson has slammed Nick Carter's claims they slept together while he was still dating socialite Paris Hilton. Carter told PageSix.com on Sunday that he had a brief affair with Simpson after he heard rumors Hilton was cheating on him with her House Of Wax co-star Chad Michael Murray on set in Australia.

The singer and Hilton dated for eight months before splitting in July 2004 - the same month Murray announced his engagement to his One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush after proposing Down Under.

Carter said, "I hooked up with Ashlee Simpson. When Paris came back fro...

Pop star Nick Carter cheated on former girlfriend Paris Hilton with her rival Ashlee Simpson after hearing rumors the socialite had been sleeping with her House Of Wax co-star Chad Michael Murray. Carter and Hilton dated for eight months before splitting in July 2004 - the same month Murray announced his engagement to his One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush after proposing in between filming scenes of the horror movie in Australia.

Carter admits he was unfaithful to Hilton - but only after he was told by mutual friends of the couple that the hotel heiress was seeing other men behind his...

Nick Carter has revealed he lost his virginity to Debra Lafave, the Florida schoolteacher who shocked America by having sex with a 13-year-old pupil. The former Backstreet Boy told shock jock Howard Stern he dated LaFave for 18 months when they were classmates, but ditched her after learning "she had cheated on me with a girl."

Carter kept quiet during the scandal, which thrust Lafave to notoriety, because his management team was worried about the controversy.

The singer says, "My publicist is like, 'Stay as far away from that s**t as you can.' She was probably my number one. Bu...

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"When there's a disaster, it's like, 'Call U2.'" Rocker Bono accepts he and his group are disaster relief experts.

"I can't even look at Paris' face and not get sick to my stomach." Nick Carter on his bitter feelings towards ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton.

"I'm not one of those guys who throws a lavish party. It's not my thing." Orlando Bloom isn't planning big celebrations for his 30th birthday in January.

"I've got 14 pounds of make-up on, fake ext...