Teen mags have been extra-supportive of LMNT, the band created by ex-Making the Band boys Bryan Chan, Ikaika kahoano and Mike Miller, and which originally featured Broadway vet Matt Morrison. Why? Because they're good singers, have good manners and are good people all the way around.

These good guys invited Popstar! and some other teen publications to an exclusive dinner to celebrate their early successes-a heartfelt payback to the press that is incredibly rare in the teen pop world. This private dinner took place at the very LGNT(that's LMNT speak for "elegant") Asian-cuisine hotspot "Dish of Salt" on W. 47th Street in New York City. Guests arrived at 7:00 PM and were greeted by everyone but Matt, who was filming an acting role as a gay boy band member in the Lisa Kudrow/Damon Wayans comedy Marci X across the city.

Bryan, Mike and Ikaika were extremely warm to all their invited guests, toasting us for our coverage and our friendship. Ikaika revealed that he was considering hosting a syndicated, teen-appeal TV show, Mike introduced us to a high-tech version of Battleship and Bryan took the lead in making sure everyone got what we ordered. Great guys!

The evening was amazing-and it was a very sweet gesture by LMNT that will never be forgotten. If you'd been a fly on the wall-not that Dish of Salt has any of those!-you'd have been surprised that such big talents and such big stars would be so down to earth.

Unfortunately, Matt bolted the band about a week later, but he will be replaced with a new member before LMNT's first CD drops, and we've got insider gossip that says Matt and the guys have a strict NO HARD FEELINGS policy in full effect.