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Mandy MooreMandy Moore Uses Own Money To Make Next AlbumSinger/actress Mandy Moore is back in the recording studio and using her own money to make her next album. The Candy singer was dumped by her record label, Sony, last year (06) and has decided to take control of her own sound. She says, "I could've made a record a year ago with the same people that do everybody's records. But I'm super-proud that I stuck to my guns. You don't have to follow the mainstream. "I love pop music, but it's not right for me. I have no label, no A&R guy telling me something doesn't sound right. I've had complete control and freedom to do what I want. Mandy Moore: I Struggled With DepressionMandy Moore on with AM Mandy Moore and DJ AM are "definitely" a couple. The actress-and-singer and DJ AM - real name Adam Goldstein - were seen kissing in a Utah coffee shop, before Mandy showcased her new album on Saturday night (20.01.07). A source told Us Weekly magazine: "Mandy was performing songs from her new album, and the last song was 'Gardenia'. Adam was standing in the corner drinking P.i.n.k. vodka and smiling. He was singing along. He clearly had heard the song before, and the album isn't even out yet!" The couple were also seen at the Sundance Film Festival - where Mandy's new film 'Dedication' is showing - eating at Park City's Prime Steakhouse. Mandy, 22, and Adam, 33 - who previously dated Nicole Richie - spent two hours in the restaurant drinking wine and kissing. A source told gossip website TMZ: "They are definitely a couple. They are so happy together - it's the cutest thing you have ever seen." Mandy Moore Talks Because I Said SoThose filmmakers just love to make Mandy Moore sing when she does a movie. Can’t they just let her act? In Because I Said So, she performs two numbers with actors playing her mom (Diane Keaton) and sisters (Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo). Mandy Moore: I struggled with depressionMandy Moore has a lot going for her, including a starring role opposite Diane Keaton in the upcoming comedy "Because I Said So." Even so, she says she's grappled with depression. "A few months ago I felt really low, really sad. Depressed for no reason," the 22-year-old actress-singer says in an interview in the February issue of Jane magazine, on newsstands Tuesday. "I'm a very positive person, and I've always been glass-half-full," she continues. "So it was like someone flipped a switch in me. I wanted to figure out why." Moore, newly single after high-profile relationships with actor Zach Braff and tennis standout Andy Roddick, says her recent split with Braff didn't help matters. "The breakup added to what I was going through, but it's not the complete reason," she tells the magazine. "It definitely doesn't help if you're already in that place ... ." Moore, who is working on a new record at a studio in Woodstock, New York, and feeling better for doing it, says writing songs "away from friends in L.A. or New York" is good for the soul. "Writing has been really therapeutic," she says of her music. "These little nuggets that have come up over the past eight months have made me look at things in a different way." Moore started out as a squeaky-clean teen singer and later crossed over into movies with featured roles in such films as "A Walk to Remember," "Saved" and "American Dreamz." "I feel bad that people wasted their money on such trite, blah pop music," says Moore about her earlier music. Moore has been looking inward a lot of late. Singer Mandy Moore Suffered From DepressionSinger/actress Mandy Moore was shocked when she found herself suffering from depression for no apparent reason. Just weeks after her ex-boyfriend Zach Braff admitted he suffered from mild depression, Moore has revealed she also struggled with the blues. She tells Jane magazine, "I'm a very positive person, and I've always been glass-half-full. So it was like someone flipped a switch in me." Moore, 22, and Braff, 31, split last year, but she insists the separation did not trigger her depression, but may have made it worse. She says, "The break up added to what I was going through, but it's not the complete reason. It definitely doesn't help if you're already in that place." Moore has been working on new songs, which she says suit her newly reflective mood. Mandy Moore | Mandy Moore 1 | Mandy Moore 2 | Mandy Moore 3 | Mandy Moore 4 | Mandy Moore 6 | Mandy Moore 7 | Mandy Moore 8 | Mandy Moore 9
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