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New Kids Get Sweet with Fans (and the Mini-Bar) in Chicago

Originally posted 10/28/2008 06:00AM

• They're just nice guys! The New Kids on the Block –Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Danny Wood and Donnie Wahlberg– greeting fans, signing autographs and snapping pictures outside their Chicago hotel. The group stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel during their Windy City tour stop, and were equally sweet with the hotel staff. Another sweet spot, according to a source: The guys also loved the mini-bars in their rooms and snacked on candy during their stay.

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Donnie Wahlberg NKOTB Reunion 'Very Therapeutic'

Originally posted 09/09/2008 12:15PM

New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg says the boy band's first album and tour in nearly 15 years have been restorative for him at a difficult time in his personal life.

"It's been very healthy, very therapeutic," Wahlberg said at the opening of a Newbury Comics store in his hometown of Boston on Saturday. "Our music has been there for me and for my bandmates."

Wahlberg wrote the ballad "2 in the Morning" about a disintegrating marriage for the new album The Block. The singer an his wife, Kim Fey, both filed for divorce in Los Angeles last month. The couple have two sons, Xavier, 15 and Elijah, 7.

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Stars Celebrate Boston's Big Win

Originally posted 06/18/2008 09:40AM

Okay, so it wasn't quite like Los Angeles. But the stars still turned out in force for game six of the Lakers-Celtics championship series in Boston Tuesday night.

And it's a good thing, too, because the Bean Town boys put away Kobe and Co. in a 131-92 rout – becoming the new NBA Champions.

Hometown boy Donnie Wahlberg – who predicted the victory to PEOPLE last week – pulled buddy Joey McIntyre onto the court for some post-game revelry.

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