Lou Pearlman, the music executive who built a pop empire on boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and N Sync before going to prison for running a Ponzi scheme that stole hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Saying Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC influenced late-1990s pop culture is an understatement. Yet behind all the choreographed stomp, top-charting hits and frosted tips, Lou Pearlman had influence over ...

Long before Simon Cowell put One Direction together on The X Factor UK, there was O-Town: the five-person boy band formed by ...

April 16, 2007 — -- By all accounts, Lou Pearlman, the millionaire pop music mogul who virtually invented boy bands, has led a charmed life. It was his charm, investigators say, which helped him ...

Lou Pearlman, creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync, has died in prison as he served a 25-year sentence for a $300 million Ponzi Scheme. Pearlman died Friday, according to the Federal Bureau of ...

(CNN) — Before there was “American Idol” and “The Voice,” there was “Making the Band.” The reality series began on ABC in 2000, with Lou Pearlman, the man behind the boy bands the Backstreet Boys and ...

Sources say 'Fast & Furious’ veteran Neal H. Moritz is pursuing producing a film focused on the group’s success in the aftermath of its legal battle with former manager Lou Pearlman. By Shirley ...