January 30, 1998

SHORT HAIR SPICE

Victoria is sporting a new hair style. She has had her bob cut, and now has a much shorter sexy look, causing the other girls to start calling her Skinhead Spice. Apparently, fiance David Beckham really likes it, although so far he has only seen a photo.

IRISH SPICE

The Spice Girls are currently rehearsing in Dublin, Ireland for their world tour. The girls sommented on the tour today: Mel B: "It's going to be fantastic. The audience will be involved. You will not be disappointed". Geri: "It's going to be a party. You will get your money's worth". Emma: "We are going to perform more songs from the Spice World album than we did in Istanbul". The complete world tour dates will be available soon.

January 28, 1998

SPICE GIRLS MOVIE A BOX OFFICE HIT!

``Titanic'' hit the ranks of all-time top-grossing films and the Spice Girls' first movie opened at No. 2 during the usually slow Super Bowl weekend, according to industry estimates Sunday.

``Spice World,'' starring the internationally popular singing group, earned an unexpectedly high $11 million. The movie has a built-in Spice Girls fan base and it also appealed to a young audience that was less likely to be glued to the tube for the Super Bowl, experts said.

``Spice World'', chronicling a week in the life of Britain's feisty pop sensation the Spice Girls, opened in second with a decent $11 million, while ``Good Will Hunting'' slipped a notch to third with $9.1 million. ``As Good As It Gets'' held steady in fourth with $7.6 million, and ``Fallen'' fell two places to fifth with $4.9 million in its second weekend.

``Spice World's'' total exceeded industry expectations of a $7 million to $8 million weekend, since tracking surveys tend to underestimate the the film's core audience of young girls.

About 80 percent of the ``Spice World'' audience consisted of girls ranging from pre-teen to early teens, according to Jeff Blake, president of Sony Pictures Releasing, which distributed the film.

``The movie isn't getting any people who are negative about the Spice Girls -- it's not going to win them over,'' Blake said in an interview. ``But it's very satisfying to the fans.''

Indeed, the movie was released this weekend as a counter-programming move to Sunday's Super Bowl, which takes a bite out of box office sales as everyone stays at home to watch the football extravaganza.

``Spice World'' ranks as the biggest Super Bowl weekend opener ever, surpassing the $6.1 million total of ``Bed of Roses'' in 1996. It is also the biggest opener of 1998, beating last weekend's ``Fallen'', whose four-day total was $10.4 million. Blake said ``Spice World'' would be profitable in North America since break-even is under the $20 million mark.

January 27, 1998

GIRLS SPICE UP AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

GERI'S NEW GUY

The two have been dating since Christmas, after meeting at an awards ceromony three years ago, while Geri was still an unknown wannabe. Last weekend she jetted off to Switzerland to spend time with Jammie and his family in St.Moritz, where Bryan Morrison was playing in a polo tournament. Geri says "Jammie is very special to me. It's early days at the moment, but we have lots in common, he likes music, and I actually like polo."

January 26, 1998

VICTORIA ENGAGED TO DAVID BECKHAM

January 24, 1998

LA SPICE

January 22, 1998

THE LA PREMIERE TODAY

The Spice Girls will attend the LA premiere of "Spiceworld - The Movie" tonight at Manns Chinese Theatre. More info when known!

January 21, 1998

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

SPICE GIRLS TO BE ON CNN

Also today is Emma's birthday - she's 22 today

January 19, 1998

TOO MUCH RELEASED TODAY

SPICE GIRLS TO MANAGE THEMSELVES

The Spice Girls have announced today that they are going to manage themselves, following the sacking of ex-manager Simon Fuller in November last year the girls have been searching for a new manager - who better then themselves really! Girl Power!

SPICE GIRLS CHART POSISTIONS

Current Chart Positions:
USA
(as of January 24, 1998)
SpiceWorld: #13
Spice: #23
Spice Up Your Life: #33
2 Become 1: #49
UK
(as of January 18, 1998)
SpiceWorld: #8
Spice: #40
Too Much: #19

1997 Year End Stats
Billboard (US)
#1 Top New Pop Artists
#1 "Spice" - Top Billboard 200 Albums
#1 Top Billboard 200 Album Artists - Duo/Group
#1 Hot 100 Singles Artists - Duo/Group
#2- Top Pop Artists
#2 Top Billboard 200 Album Artists
#2 Hot 100 Singles Artists
#7 "Wannabe" - Hot 100 Singles Sales
#10 "Wannabe" - Hot 100 Singles
#28 "Say You'll Be There" - Hot 100 Singles
#31 "Say You'll Be There" - Hot 100 Singles Sales
#31 "2 Become 1" Hot 100 Airplay
#35 "2 Become 1" - Hot 100 Singles
#51 "2 Become 1" - Hot 100 Singles Sales

UK
#3 "Spice" - Albums Sales
#5 "SpiceWorld" - Albums Sales
#10 "Spice Up Your Life" - Singles Sales
#22 "Too Much" - Singles Sales
#35 "2 Become 1" - Singles Sales

January 18, 1998

SPICE GIRLS ANNOUNCE NEW MANAGER

The Spice Girls have announced who their new manager will be - The Spice Girls! They are going to manage themselves! You go girls!

MEL C ILL IN CANADA

Melanie Chisholm became sick this weekend, forcing the cancellation of an eagerly anticipated Toronto appearance scheduled for Monday, Jan. 19.

Virgin Music Canada announced Saturday that Mel C had come down with a serious food bug.

"We can't believe this is happening. We were really looking forward to meeting our Canadian fans and the mayor of Toronto," the Spice Girls said in a release.

The Spice Girls were to appear on MuchMusic, sign autographs at HMV's flagship store on Yonge Street and meet Mayor Mel Lastman.

The girls are looking forward to returning to Canada for their upcoming world tour.

January 17, 1998

THE LA PREMIERE

The premiere of Spice World will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. at the Mann's Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood.

Attending from the film will be Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Adams and Alan Cumming. Along with director Bob Spiers, co-producer Peter McAleese, screenwriter Kim Fuller, producers Uri Fruchtmann and Barnaby Thompson.

Other celebrities expected to attend are:

Hank Azaria
Piper Laurie
Gwyneth Paltrow
Cameron Bancroft
Spike Lee
Rhea Perlman
Tony Danza
Jonathan Lipnicki
Denise Richards
Sandra Dee
Jason Marsden
Jake Richardson
Dana Delany
Demi Moore
Adam Sandler
Johny Depp
Tahj Mowry
Gregory Smith
Danny DeVito
Tamara Mowry
Jennifer Tilly
Elisa Donavan
Tia Mowry
Scott Vickaryous
Andy Garcia
Mike Myers
Bruce Willis
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Bokeem Woodbine
Andrew Keegan
Kari Wuhrer

Spice World will be in theatres everywhere on Friday, Jan. 23.

January 15, 1998

SPICE GIRLS VOTED WORST DRESSED

The Spice Girls topped fashion designer Mr. Blackwell's annual worst-dressed women list. Blackwell said: "The Spice Girls are five candy-colored beauties trapped in fashion waste.

January 14, 1998

SPICE GIRLS IN CANADA

Yonge Street will become Spice Street for a day. The Spice Girls will make an hour-long appearance Monday afternoon at the downtown HMV Records store at 333 Yonge St., with as many as 4,000 fans expected to show up.

The Spice Girls are also planning a concert tour in Canada sometime this year. Tickets are expected to go on sale in about three weeks.

Monday's promotion starts at 4 p.m.

Their movie SpiceWorld is set to open Jan. 23.

After the autograph session at the record store, the group will be
welcomed to the city by Mayor Mel Lastman.

January 13, 1998

SPICE GIRLS ON LETTERMAN

January 15: Late Show with David Letterman 11:35pm, CBS. Guest: Spice Girls

SPICE GIRLS BRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS

The Spice Girls gained one nomination for their video to Spice Up Your Life

January 12, 1998

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

MEL B ENGAGED

According to reports in the press Mel B is engaged to her boyfriend Fjolnir Thorgeirsson. He asked her before they went on vacation to Tahiti and she said yes.

Their engagement is unconfirmed

SPICE GIRLS APPEARANCES IN AMERICA

January 12: Making of `Spice World' 9:45pm Cinemax.

January 14: Oprah Winfrey. Guest Spice Girls. 4:00 PM - KSDK

January 16: Making of `Spice World' 07:45pm Cinemax. (repeat)

January 16: Good Morning America: 7:00 AM - KDNL

January 17: Spice Girls in Concert - Wild! 9:00pm Pay Per View

January 18: Spice Girls in Concert - Wild! 12:30am & 9:00pm Pay Per View (repeat)

January 19: Making of `Spice World' 09:30pm Cinemax. (repeat)

January 22: MANN'S CHINESE THEATER 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood at 5:00pm. Premiere of SpiceWorld

January 22: Spice Girls: Girl Power A-Z 08:30pm MTV

January 23: US release of Spice World!

January 24: Making of `Spice World' 9:30pm Cinemax. (repeat)

January 26: The 25th annual American Music Awards 8:00pm ABC

January 28: Spice Girls in Concert - Wild! 8:00pm Pay Per View (repeat)

January 31: Spice Girls in Concert - Wild! 4:30pm Pay Per View (repeat)

SPICE GIRLS HEAD TO AMERICA

The Spice Girls left Australia today and headed to America for some serious promotion of Spiceworld - The Movie, and the album. Mel C wil have 2 birthdays! It is her birthday today, and the 12th will just be starting when the girls arrive in America!

GIRLS TALK AND TODAY TONIGHT INTERVIEW

Channel Seven gets Spicey tonight broadcasting two Spicey appearances in one night!.

Begining at 6.30pm, Today Tonight will broadcast the interview recorded on Saturday on Sydney Harbour, then at 7.30pm Spice Girls - Girl Talk is on. This show is a combination of both of the girls first two official videos, plus some exlcusive never before seen footage - dont miss it!

January 11, 1998

SPICE GIRLS ARRIVE IN MELBOURNE

January 10, 1998

SPICE GIRLS ARRIVE IN SYDNEY

FIGHT OUTSIDE SYDNEY PREMIERE

Although the guy did wrong, officials are treating the matter seriously after spectators joined in!

January 9, 1998

AUS PRIME MINISTER REFUSES TO MEET SPICE GIRLS

Australian Prime Minister has refused to meet the Spice Girls when they arrive in Sydney tomorrow. Prime Minister Howard will be holidaying in Hawks Nest (about a 2hr drive from Sydney) and won't cut his trip short to meet them.

However, the media as gone beserk reporting about this - this is the most publicity the Spice Girls have had in Australia ever!

Our Victorian Premier Jeff Kennet can't wait to meet the girls on Sunday when they're in Melbourne and his favourite girl he says is Victoria (because he is the premier of our state Victoria!) And our oppossion leader Kim Beasly says his favourite Spice Girls is Geri!

The girls arrive here tomorrow - so expect lots of news in the next couple of days!

January 8, 1998

SPICEWORLD - THE MOVIE OPENS IN AUSTRALIA

Spiceworld - The Movie opened across Australia today. I went to the first session of the day with some friends, making me one of the first in Australia to see it. Yay!. It was great! Soooo funny. How great was it to see our fav. girls on the big screen! Anyway Spice Mania is set to hit Australia this weekend as the girls arrive here to premiere the movie in Sydney AND Melbourne! Aussie fans keep your eyes on the news every night they're here to be sure and catch every second of thier downunder visit.

NO GRAMMY FOR SPICE GIRLS

The Spice Girls did not receive any nominations for the 40th annual Grammy Awards. Michael Greene, the CEO and president of NARAS had this to say:

I think they view Hanson - they write their own music and the kids play and sing - as kind of a very different phenomenon than the Spice Girls, which are pretty much a production band. And that is the only explanation I have for that.

January 6, 1998

SPICE GIRLS HEAD TO HEAD DOWNUNDER

The Spice Girls will be in Australia on Sunday night at Maribyrnong's Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne for the premiere of Spiceworld - The movie. They will also open the centre's four new Cinemax cinemas.

Fans started queuing for the $20 tickets - half the proceeds will go to the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children - on Sunday night.

The tickets went on sale at 8.15am and were sold out in 30 minutes. More than 1100 people will attend the premiere in the four cinemas.

Each screening will be addressed by a Spice Girl but Posh, Sporty, Scary, Ginger and Baby will not be staying for the show and will not be answering fans' questions.

The Spice Girls arrive in Melbourne on Sunday morning. A spokesman from the Polygram film company said the group had made few special requests - just a selection of fruit and vegetables and mineral water, but no oils or butter

January 5, 1998

SPICE GIRLS TO PERFORM WITH PAVAROTTI

Luciano Pavarotti plans to perform with the Spice Girls at a concert for charity in his hometown of Modena on June 9. The proceeds, estimated at 2.7 million dollars would go to the War Child charity to house youngsters affected by the civil war in Liberia.

No contract has been signed at this point.

SPICE GIRLS BREAK RECORDS AGAIN!

Spice World - the movie has enjoyed the biggest opening week in British film history. Taking 7.7 million dollars in the first week. So far the movie has grossed 11.2 million dollars.