Article: Starlet fever; Mandy Moore's acting career is on the rise as she seeks evolution from bubblegum singer

NEW YORK - The idea of Mandy Moore covering the songs of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Joe Jackson may seem as surreal as Britney Spears doing an album of Bob Dylan classics.

After all, this is the Mandy Moore who started out four years ago as a Britney clone with the saccharine hit "Candy." The 19-year-old who starred in youth-centric movies like "The Princess Diaries" and "A Walk to Remember," whose boyfriend is 21-year-old tennis champ Andy Roddick.

Moore acknowledges that her new album, "Coverage," might deliver a bit of a shock - and that's just what she's hoping for.

"I'm anticipating people looking at me just a little bit different," she says, "whether they like my interpretations of ...

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