Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Celebrates His 29th Birthday

By Amy Keith

Originally posted Tuesday January 27, 2009 03:35 PM EST

Nick Carter turns 29 Photo by: Todd Williamson / WireImage

Tiers of tasty cupcakes. Check. Rock star blow out. Yep. All of your closest pals. Of course! Nick Carter got exactly what he wished for at his 29th birthday bash. After all, he is Mr. I-Want-It-That-Way.

Donning an AC/DC vintage t-shirt on his newly svelte body, Carter celebrated downstairs at the Key Club in Hollywood Monday night. Backstreet buds Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean – taking a break from recording their upcoming album – even came by for a mini reunion to surprise their friend.

"They shut off all the lights and did a surprise for Nick downstairs early in the night," says an onlooker. "They all yelled surprise and they had cupcakes for him."

Little bro, Aaron, hung out with the birthday boy in the VIP section where guests, including former 'N Sync singer J.C. Chasez, enjoyed a tower of Sprinkles cupcakes and jammed to a live performance by the house band, Steel Panther.

"Nick was good. He and his friends were just laughing up a storm in their VIP booth," adds the source of the group.

The high note of the evening hit when the birthday boy jumped on stage for an impromptu performance.

"He sang 'Don't Stop Believin' by Journey like everyone does. The crowd was egging A.J. on to get up on stage but he wouldn't do it," says the source adding, Carter "looked like he had a great time."

• Reporting by MARISA LAUDADIO and JESSICA HERNDON



SOURCE: People

Howie D & Sarah Geronimo Nominated For MYX Music Awards 2009

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It is MYX Music Awards time once again. Now on its fourth year, the annual event from the country’s top music channel honors hitmaking accomplishments of the past year with focus of course, on music videos. The award-giving will be held at the ABS-CBN Dolphy Theater on Feb. 26. But before that happens fans and viewers will have to work hard to make sure that their favorites go home with the trophies.

Here is how it goes. As in the previous years, fans’ votes by text will account for 60 percent of the overall tally while the remaining 40 percent will come from artists’ votes. The voting period starts today and ends on Feb. 24. You can tune in to MYX on Skycable Channel 23 or log on to MYX.TV for updates on the MYX Music Awards.

Please note that texters can only vote once per category per day. To vote for your favorites, all you have to do is text MMA (number of nominee) and then send to 2366. Cost of vote is P2.50 per text. Example: If you want to vote for Astrojuan for Favorite MYX Bandarito Performance, what you have to do is text MMA 1 to 2366.

Here now are the nominees and their respective numbers.

Favorite MYX Bandarito Performance:
(1) Astrojuan (2) Coffee Break Island (3) Delara (4) Kinky Hooters (5) Nyctinasty.

Favorite MYX Live Performance:
(6) Aiza Seguerra (7) Chicosci (8) Imago (9) Richard Poon (10) Sandwich.

Favorite International Music Video:
(11) 7 Things, Miley Cyrus (12) Crush, David Archuleta (13) Decode, Paramore (14) When You Look Me in The Eyes, Jonas Brothers (15) Womanizer, Britney Spears.

Favorite MYX Celebrity VJ:
(16) KC Concepcion (17) Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson (18) Sam Concepcion (19) Sarah Geronimo (20) Vhong Navarro.

Favorite Media Soundtrack:
(21) Ang Sarap Dito (Coke) Project 1, (22) A Very Special Love, Sarah Geronimo (23) Ikaw ang Pangarap (Lobo), Martin Nievera, (24) Kung Fu Fighting (Kung Fu Panda), Sam Concepcion (25) This is Me (Camp Rock), Julianne and Miguel Escueta.

Favorite Remake:
(26) A Very Special Love, Sarah Geronimo (27) Macho, Parokya ni Edgar (28) Message in a Bottle, Dawn (29) Payong, Miss Ganda (30) Princesa, Itchyworms.

Favorite Collaboration:
(31) Christian Bautista and Sitti, Captured (32) Julianne and Miguel Escueta, This is Me (33) Lourd de Veyra and Raimund Marasigan, Egis Erp (34) Project 1, Ang Sarap Dito (35) Sarah Geronimo and Howie Dorough, I’ll be There.

Favorite Guest Appearance in a Music Video:
(36) Bembol Roco, Boogie Mo by Bembol Rockers (37) Billy Crawford, If You’re Not the One by Nikki Gil (38) Glaiza de Castro, Disconnection Notice by Pupil (39) Karylle, Only Hope by Gary Valenciano (40) Marian Rivera, Kung Sakali by Ogie Alcasid.

Favorite Indie Artist:
(41) Angulo (42) Drip (43) Out of Body Special (44) Paraluman (45) Reklamo.

Favorite New Artist:
(46) Charice (47) KC Concepcion (48) Nancy Jane (49) Rico Blanco (50) Taken by Cabs.

Favorite Mellow Video:
(51) A Very Special Love, Sarah Geronimo (52) Kung Sakali, Ogie Alcasid (53) Now, M.Y.M.P. (54) Tell Me That You Love Me, Regine Velasquez (55) The One Who Won My Heart, Christian Bautista.

Favorite Rock Video:
(56) Ang Pusa Mo, Pedicab (57) Disconnection Notice, Pupil (58) Procrastinator, Sandwich (59) The Fight is Over, Urbandub (60) Yugto, Rico Blanco.

Favorite Urban Video:
(61) Eargasmic, Dice & K9 Mobbstarr (62) K.I.T.T.Y., Kitty Girls (63) Make ‘em Say, Pikaso (64) Pambansang Kamao, Dcoy featuring Artstrong, E.S.P., Nathan J. (65) Shake That Thing, Dannie Boi feat. Beatmox.

Favorite Group:
(66) 6Cyclemind (67) Callalily (68) Pupil (69) Sandwich (70) Spongecola.

Favorite Male Artist:
(71) Christian Bautista (72) Erik Santos (73) Ogie Alcasid (74) Richard Poon (75) Rico Blanco.

Favorite Female Artist:
(76) Kyla (77) Rachelle Ann Go (78) Regine Velasquez (79) Sarah Geronimo (80) Yeng Constantino.

Favorite Artist:
(81) Callalily (82) Rico Blanco (83) Sandwich (84) Sarah Geronimo (85) Sponge Cola.

Favorite Song:
(86) Betamax, Sandwich (87) Kailan, Bamboo (88) Pasubali, Sponge Cola (89) Pitong Araw, Hale (90) Yugto, Rico Blanco.

Favorite Music Video:
(91) Ang Pusa Mo, Pedicab, directed by RA Rivera (92) Ang Sarap Dito, Project 1, directed by Marie Jamora (93) Disconnection Notice, Pupil, directed by Quark Henares (94) Procastinator, Sandwich, directed by Quark Henares (95) The Fight is Over, Urbandub, directed by Treb Monteras II.

Starting texting your votes now.

Nick Carter's Birthday Party

NICK CARTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ..

Nava Bar and Restaurant / UMM Entertainment / VIBE Presents:

NICK CARTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!! featuring * Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) celebrates his birtday with a VIP Bash inside Nava

Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 9:00 PM EST
- Friday, Jan 30, 2009 2:00 AM EST
at Nava Restaurant and Bar BACKSTREET BOYS** NICK CARTER **CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY WITH AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY @ NAVA!!

January 29th 9PM, you are invited to this rare VIP event to celebrate the birthday of Nick Carter.

Nick will be partying up with everyone as well as DJing an exclusive set just for you.

TICKETS $15.00 IN ADVANCE - $20 AT THE DOOR

DJ'S KARIZ & APOCALYPSE
Hosted by Z103's Dave Blezard and Vibe Entertainments Steve Mills.

Brought to you by UMM Entertainment and Nava

** THIS WILL BE A SOLDOUT EVENT SO GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY **

FOR INFO CONTACT info@navarestaurantandbar.com or 9057091933

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2/25/09 – Lima, Peru
2/27/09 – Caracas, Venezuela
3/01/09 – Santiago, Chile
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3/07/09 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Backstreet Boys Howie Dorough to be a Dad

Backstreet Howie Dorough and his wife Leigh, a real estate broker, are expecting their first child in June, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.

"I know she's going to be a great mother," says Howie. "If she can take care of me, the biggest baby in the entire world, I think she's going to be okay with the little one coming along."

Adds Leigh: "I think he's going to be more hands-on than anyone expects. He's someone who will get up in the night and change diapers. He's such a partner of mine."

After marrying in December 2007, the Doroughs planned to travel before starting a family. "We've been together going on eight years, but we wanted to enjoy and adjust to living married life first," Howie tells PEOPLE. "So for the first eight months we traveled all over the world on an extended honeymoon."

Howie, 35, and Leigh, 34, had "an amazing time" as they hopped from Japan to Australia to Europe and back to North America on tour with his band. But tragedy struck last spring when Dorough's father Hoke was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer. He passed away just three months later in June 2008.

Focusing on Family

"That kind of put things into perspective – passing on and bringing new life into the world," says Howie. "At that point we started focusing in on having a child. The baby is due the same month that my dad passed away last year, so it's almost like realizing life is a circle.”

Leigh, whose cravings include blueberry muffins, devised a plan to break the news to Howie after discovering she was pregnant after only a month of trying.

"Leigh surprised me with breakfast in bed. [I knew] something was up," Howie recalls. "I looked down and saw the pregnancy test strip [on the tray]. The look on my face was like something from America's Funniest Home Videos. I thought, 'Oh my god! Here we go! This is it!' "

Says Leigh of conceiving so quickly: "We were really blessed and lucky."

Designing a Nursery

The couple, who doesn't want to find out the baby's sex before the birth, is planning a gender-neutral nursery. "We have a home in L.A. that's modern, a lot of wood," says Howie. "We want to do earth tones [for the nursery]. We've been talking about a jungle or safari theme."

The Doroughs say that many on Howie's side of the family are thinking blue – although Howie's siblings have children, and Leigh's sister had twins last year, there isn't a male to carry on the Dorough family surname. "So I think everybody would love a boy," he says. "We're just hoping for a healthy baby."

Howie is the third Backstreet Boy to expand his family – bandmate Brian Littrell and wife Leighanne have a 6-year-old son, Baylee, who was diagnosed with atypical Kawasaki Disease last month. Kevin Richardson, who left the group in 2006, has an 18-month-old son named Mason with wife Kristin.

The Backstreet Boys – who Howie says were "surprised but very, very enthusiastic" upon hearing his baby news – are currently recording a new album in L.A. before they head to South America in February to complete their world tour.


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Transcript from Larry King

And one of the Backstreet Boys is here, too. His son has Kawasaki Syndrome. We'll talk to Brian Littrell and his family right after this.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KING: The tragedy of the death of John Travolta's son.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta remains with us in Atlanta.
Also, in Atlanta now is Brian and Leighanne Littrell, along with their son, Baylee. Brian is one of the Backstreet Boys. And they recently found out that 6-year-old Baylee has Kawasaki disease.
How did you find it out, Brian?
BRIAN LITTRELL, MEMBER BACKSTREET BOYS, SON HAS KAWASAKI SYNDROME: Well, we — we started with swollen lymph nodes. We went to the doctor. It was strep throat. And then we started some antibiotics. And as the doctor was referring to earlier, everything escalated. And we found out a week before Christmas that he was diagnosed with atypical Kawasaki's disease.
So they were about to let us go. The scary thing, they were about to let us go from the hospital. And the infectious disease doctor came in and said everything looks great. They thought it was a disease called Erythema multiformae, which is a Herpes virus. They were about to let us go from the hospital.
And we asked for an echocardiogram. And they found his coronary artery was a 3.3 on the scale for his size. And that's extremely large.
KING: Yes…
B. LITTRELL: At a one, it's the biggest so.
KING: So, what, Leighanne, is the treatment?
LEIGHANNE LITTRELL, SON HAS KAWASAKI SYNDROME: They do an IVIG through the I.V. And it takes 12 hours. So you can have a reaction to it during (INAUDIBLE). You can have a reaction to it during, but Baylee, again, didn't have a reaction during. He had it after.
So everything he did was atypical.
And what — I want to just stress to every mom and every parent and to everybody, that trust your instincts because, like Brian said, they were going to send us home twice. And our symptoms didn't follow any of the symptoms that you read anywhere.
KING: Does this tragedy today, Brian, give you some pause?
B. LITTRELL: It does. I mean our thoughts and our prayers go out to the Travolta family. It's a tragedy. I mean any parent all over the world that watches, you know, the entertainment shows and finds out the news that's happening, it is tragic. And our thoughts and prayers go out to them.
But we're also, you know, a miracle in the making right here, with being able to find what it was and to be able to address the situation. We went to the cardiologist the day after Christmas and his coronary artery is starting to shrink down back to size. And we're very fortunate. And thanks for all the prayers and all the fans out there that support us.
KING: Dr. Sanjay, he doesn't appear any the worse for it, young Baylee.
GUPTA: Yes. He looks pretty good. He's making a lot of cute faces at the camera there, I see, as well.
You know, that's pretty typical. Once you — once you sort of suppress the immune system — the immune system's sort of in overdrive, Larry. And that's what's causing all the problems. It's causing the inflammation in the blood vessels. Brian was describing that coronary artery, which is the artery on top of the heart that supplies the heart.
That starts to get big. And it's just the inflammation. You the medication to suppress the inflammation and the artery starts to come back down to size.
He's going to need to be monitored to make sure this doesn't come back again. But as you point out, he looks pretty good right now.
B. LITTRELL: He does.
KING: Would it be doubtful, Sanjay, if Jett — if John Travolta's son died of this disease at age 16?
GUPTA: I think so, Larry. It's one of those things where, you know, you can only go by the data. And I certainly have never met Jett and never examined him.
But it's very unusual for someone to have these symptoms after the age of eight or so. And also, the — you know, the heart problems. If there's a problem that causes death, there's a lethal issue, it's usually related to the heart, not so much to the brain, as we're hearing from John Travolta's lawyers and some of the other reporters down there.
So it doesn't all seem to fit together as being related to Kawasaki disease.
KING: Leighanne, is Baylee always this up?
L. LITTRELL: Always. Always. Even more so. You hit him at a calm moment.
KING: Baylee, how are you feeling?
BAYLEE LITTRELL: Good.
KING: Good?
How old are you Baylee?
B. LITTRELL: Six.
KING: So you're in first grade?
Are you in first grade?
L. LITTRELL: Not yet. Say I'm pre — I'm still preschool.
B. LITTRELL: I'm still…
L. LITTRELL: He had a late birthday.
B. LITTRELL: Kindergarten.
B. LITTRELL: Yes, kindergarten.
L. LITTRELL: I'm sorry. Kindergarten.
KING: Yes, kindergarten.
He shows no ill effects, Brian.
B. LITTRELL: No, he doesn't. He doesn't. He's been a little tired. But again, we're — we're dealing with this about 10 days to two weeks later. We got a great report from the cardiologist. But if you saw him two weeks ago, you would not recognize him. I have pictures on my cell phone that I've showed the family and — and it's pretty scary. It's pretty scary.
KING: Oh, really?
L. LITTRELL: It was six days in the hospital.
KING: Well, I know all of our wishes go out to the Travoltas. And thank you for joining us. Brian and Leighanne Littrell and young Baylee.
L. LITTRELL: Thanks.
B. LITTRELL: Thank you.
KING: And thank you, Dr. Gupta, as always.
GUPTA: Thanks, Larry.
KING: I don't think anybody does it better.
GUPTA: Thank you.

Source: CNN.com