Did you guess Nick Carter?  If so, how dare you?  How can you look at that precious, angelic face and accuse him of anything more intense than maybe snuggling a puppy just a little too tightly or eating the last of the heart-shaped cupcakes he made for you?  Do you non-believers feel sufficiently bad about yourselves?  Good, because you deserve it.

Ok, but of course it’s A.J. We all knew that, right?  At least all of us who covered our rooms in pages of Tiger Beat knew it, and that’s enough.  Yeah, we always knew that A.J. was the bad boy of the group, and he’s been in rehab twice already in 2001 and 2002 for issues with alcohol and cocaine abuse.  Let’s hope the third time’s the charm.

And because I know you’re all super worried, I just wanted to assure you guys that A.J. isn’t going to let this affect the NKOTBBSB tour, and here’s his statement to prove it:

“For personal reasons, I’ve checked myself into a rehab clinic. With 2011 being a busy year for Backstreet, I want to be healthy and perform and sing for people at my very best and happiest. None of this will affect our current tour plans and I look forward to seeing everyone really soon! Thank you for all of your support and respecting my family and friends privacy during this time.”

I’m going to send positive energy to A.J. by lighting incense and listening to “All I Have to Give” on repeat, but you guys can do whatever feels right for you.

Former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is trying his hand at a solo career again and the video for his new single, “Just One Kiss”, has hit the nets. The clip is boring (nothing cheaper looking than a seaside video, if you ask me), but the single actually isn’t half bad. As in, I maybe wouldn’t change the station if I heard it come on the radio.

Nick’s always been the cutest BSB in my opinion, but after watching his reality show on E! a few years back, I was convinced thyat we’d never see a real comeback. Now I’m thinking that Nick may be able to stay at the Joey McIntyre level of “not totally successful but not a compete joke” level of fame.

What do you think of the new song? Have you been holding out for a Nick Carter comeback, or is this just as big of a surprise to you as it is to me?

Remember that one time back in June when New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys performed together at Radio City Music Hall and it was wonderful and I was all “I sense a tour a-comin’”?  Well, I was right, natch.  The groups are joining forces to totally blow our minds come next summer, but in the meantime, check out that above interview with Ryan Seacrest.  To be honest, I’m not really interested in what’s being said because I’m too busy trying to wrap my mind around all nine dudes* sitting around together, being older versions of those dudes whose pictures I tore out of Tiger Beat.

I’m crossing my fingers for a Nashville date, but I’m probably just going to have to count on y’all guys in the big cities to sneak in a fancy camera phone.  Don’t let me down.

*Too bad the fifth Backstreet Boy (my very favorite), Kevin Richardson, is busy starring in low budget vampire musicals.

On Saturday night, New Kids on the Block did a concert at Radio City Music Hall.  Good stuff, right (the “right stuff,” I daresay)?  And as the NKOTB were doing a soulful rendition of “I Want It That Way,” the curtain rose and who else should appear but the Backstreet Boys? They all finished out the song together, then had some loving man hugs to conclude the earth-shattering performance.

I’m a little too young to have been a real New Kids on the Block fan, but my sister was not, so I was rocking out to “Please Don’t Go Girl” and “Quit Playing Games With My Heart” at the same time, and my twelve-year-old mind never imagined that these two powerhouses of music could come together in such a culmination of wondrousness*. Donnie Wahlberg showed some similar fan-girling on Twitter:

As for TONIGHTS Concert…. BACKSTREET BOYS got my respect forever! That was awesome! What a night!

I smell a tour.  Please let me smell a tour.

*I’m actually only being about 15% sarcastic.

(Pic not related, but awesome.)

Here’s a pair of engagement announcements for two guys who you might have forgotten about were it not for the incredibly slow news weekend.

Backstreet Boy AJ McClean celebrated his 32nd birthday on Friday (doesn’t that make you feel old) by proposing to his girlfriend onstage during a solo show.

McLean “surprised his girlfriend Rochelle in [club] Wasted Space after running to Rocks the Jeweler inside the Hard Rock Hotel, and buying a beautiful diamond ring,” the source says. “He ran back to Wasted Space for the strike of midnight, and the change of date to Jan 9—his birthday!”

How….. Romantic??? I’m not sure that a complete lack of planning and a last minute proposal on his birthday is my idea of romance, but hey– she’s dating AJ McClean– so maybe being an afterthought is right up her alley.

Next, remember the guy who lost all that weight by eating subway sammys every day? Jared Fogle recently announced that he proposed to his girlfriend, a schoolteacher named Katie, back in November. The two plan to get married in the summer, and I’ll give you two guesses as to who will be catering the wedding.

Let’s just hope he can get that weird Subway bread smell out of his skin before the honeymoon.

Since this video has less than 50k views I’m deeming it post-worthy. Also, the news sucks today. Can’t Tori Spelling work on having more public outbursts about her weight when I’m covering for Wendie? What’s wrong with that woman? Doesn’t she know I have a post count to fulfill?

Anyway, this video is actually pretty funny. An office (I’m not sure where, but I’m guessing by the casual wear it’s somewhere in California), decided to all turn on their webcams at the same time and lipdub to a Backstreet Boys classic. The results are hilarious, and I can’t help but wonder if I’m the only one who thinks there’s massive amounts of sexual tension going on between these folks. I’d bet that the dude in the plaid and the blond chick have gotten shwasted off egg nog and done naughty things on the copy machine at more than one company party. Kinda makes me wish I worked at an office instead of at the computer desk in my apartment, covered in my own filth and chihuahua hair. Kinda.