We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created
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Pearlman, who died on Friday in federal prison, perfected the boy-band template with his groups the Backstreet Boys and ’N Sync.
John Seabrook on Lou Pearlman, who died in prison but was once the boy-band visionary behind ’N Sync and the Backstreet Boys.
The Pop Rivalry That Fooled the World, by Asher Zach Neuman, Mind Cafe
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Former 'NSync Manager Lou Pearlman Says He Could Create Another Successful Boy Band While in Prison
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The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story” Premiering on Wednesday, March 13th at SXSW - Weekly Wilson - Blog of Author Connie C. Wilson
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Lou Pearlman: Former Boy Band Manven's Story To Be Adapted Into A Film – Deadline
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The year of the scam continues in The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story
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Backstreet Boys' Lou Pearlman's Prison Interview: My Ponzi Scheme Was Smarter Than Madoff's – The Hollywood Reporter
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Lou Pearlman's Life Story To Become TV Series – IndieWire
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Lou Pearlman, boy band impresario and fraudster – obituary
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Backstreet Boys and *N sync founder Lou Pearlman dies in prison aged 62, Pop and rock
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We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created