Anchors away! (No, we’re not talking about that "Sex and The City" episode.) The second-annual Backstreet Boys cruise departs today (!!!) from Miami and we have some inside scoop from the one and only Howie D about what ticketholders should expect and those who aren’t going should be jealous about.

"I'm really excited. This is our second annual cruise that we're doing," he told MTV News about the cruise, which sails the friendly seas until December 5 and will even include a big surprise for die-hard fans.

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Lou PearlmanThat didn't take long. Disgraced boy-band promoter Lou Pearlman has been working as an informant for police while in jail, handing over information he's learned about a 19-year-old man accused of killing an off-duty Florida police officer during a botched robbery. Apparently, the man at the center of the case recognized Pearlman from "Making the Band" as they were leaving the shower area.

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