"There were celebrity chats, rock concerts and lots of other on-line events," he said.

Pop singer Britney Spears drew a record 234,000 participants in her celebrity chat on America Online.

The premise of the show is a celebrity chat hosted by Simi Garewal.

Good features ended too quickly, audio problems let viewers hear stray comments before and after commercials, and celebrity chats were, as usual, inane.

Interviews, whether of movie stars or of politicians, are packaged the way "Entertainment Tonight" packages celebrity chat.

Enrollment in Upoc and the celebrity service is free (at www.upoc.com), but the rules are strict: "This is not celebrity chat.

Rounding off your weekend with celebrity chat, new music and gossip.

He confirmed on the British celebrity chat show Parkinson that this was true.

The show was a mix of celebrity chat and skits filmed in front of a live audience from Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard.