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The 10 Worst Things at SXSW This Year

Security and Cops Gettin' Wild: Look, I get it. Every drunken dickhead in town "knows someone" or thinks he has pull at the door, but that doesn't mean the hammer goes down on everyone. I was stopped by two cops who didn't want me to walk 50 yards from where the Smashing Pumpkins would be playing an ... More >>

Let's Get All Internet-y on Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience

Oh, what's up JT? Nice of you to join us over here in the music world again. You abandoned us in 2006 after Future Sex/Love Sounds--quick note: that was seven years ago, and seven years is roughly the age of a first grader, so we are now a first grader's life away from the previous JT record--but th ... More >>

Why We'll All Try to See Justin Timberlake at SXSW, and Why That's Completely Wrong

I remember one of the most exciting moments from last year's SXSW. I was walking out of my hotel and I heard the familiar strains of an iconic bassline rumbling across the avenue toward me like the vapor trail of a picnic beckoning to a cartoon wolf. "Wait, is that... Snoop Dogg?" I thought. Bad ass ... More >>

Justin Timberlake Watch 2k13: "Suit & Tie" Music Video Edition

Justin Timberlake's comeback is exhausting. After a musical drought, it feels like we've suddenly been welcomed with a constant stream of JT news, appearances, performances, videos and Target commercials. From the initial release of his "prepare ye the way of the Justin" warning video on, he's been ... More >>

No One Trusts the Tastes of Teenage Girls, But Should: Why Justin Bieber Is the Next Beatles

At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? "Serious" music fans seem to have universally accepted a critique of quality that befalls any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market and stigmatized the fans who dare to sometimes be male or at least above the age of 18. It's ... More >>

Justin Timberlake! Destiny's Child! My Bloody Valentine!: The Week of Triumphant Returns

Whoa boy, what a week, right? Beyonce! Justin Timberlake! Fall Out Boy! Destiny's Child! My Bloody Valentine! Over the last few days our ears have been blessed with new releases and reunions from some buzzworthy artists who couldn't keep loyal and patient fans waiting much longer. From full-albums t ... More >>

Forget Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child -- Timbaland and Pharrell Are Back!

So, Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child dropped two singles over the weekend, and people who mostly grew up in the last decade rejoiced. Everybody else was like, "What the hell is this all about?" Both these major pop entities haven't dropped new music in a long while. Timberlake, who hasn't rele ... More >>

Hollywood Whores Audition Notice: Let's Cast It

​Kirstie Alley may be coming to Broadway in a Lance Bass-produced play called The Fabulous Lies of Hollywood Whores, according to the Times' Patrick Healy. If everything works out, Kirstie would play "the Pimp," a lady with an upscale escort service that's run out of a department store, but h ... More >>

JustIn Time

Timberlake, representing the 99 percent

12 Albums From The Past Decade That Are Way Better Than Is This It

...despite these black marks, Is This It was a decade-defining record that set the agenda for how rock sounded and even looked throughout the aughts. More importantly, Is This It remains (takes deep breath, steels self for commenter rage) the single best album released in the past 10 years." — ... More >>

My New Outgoing Message!

​It's so cute, even if it's a tiny bit inspired by a line about Justin Timberlake's character in Friends With Benefits. It's....

The Lonely Island Better Not Lose Its Emmy Race To A Song From Freaking Family Guy

Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>

Radio Hits One: The Elusive Superstar Duet (Or Three-Way)

​ In last week's breakdown of Lil Wayne's chart ubiquity, I noted that while Lady Gaga's Born This Way and its singles seemed to be everywhere, she hasn't staked out much additional Billboard territory with collaborations. Her only charting collab of late is "3-Way (The Golden Rule)," a little ... More >>

The Three Most Overrated Women of 2011

​So far. According to guyism.com. Based on their sex appeal. (Yes, I try to spotlight the other team once in a while.) (3) Lea Michele I guess her Tony awards appearance last year is still not instigating waves of glee. (2) Cameron Diaz You mean, her reuniting with ex beau Justin Timb ... More >>

Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, And The Shifting Nature Of Pop-Star Fandom

​Today is the official release date for Lady Gaga's long-incubating Born This Way, and it's being accompanied by aggressive efforts to move copies--today the album's retailing for 99 cents at Amazon MP3, while Best Buy is doling out free CDs to anyone who signs up for a smartphone contract thi ... More >>

Summer Movie Guide 2011

Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

"Historic" Storm on the Way; New York City Is Cracking Down on Everything; Countdown to the Verizon iPhone

​• There is a "historic winter storm" headed across the U.S. that meteorologists predict will last through Wednesday and impact a third of the U.S. population, primarily in the Midwest and the South. New York may get an ice storm (currently a "snow to wintry mix" is predicted for Tuesday). B ... More >>

Anne Hathaway and James Franco? Here Are 5 Pairs Better Suited to Host the Oscars.

via NY Daily News​Today, Anne Hathaway and James Franco were named the hosts of this year's Academy Awards. The Daily News reports that Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer (the producers of the Oscars) said, "James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons -- fresh, exc ... More >>

TOXIC OPERA

Britney does it again, and again

Yogi Bear in 3D!

​Are you smarter than the average bear? (Or at least the average twink.) Then you'll know I'm truthing when I tell you that Yogi Bear the movie -- in 3D, yet -- is hitting cinemas this Christmas, just in time for the Oscar race, nyuck nyuck. In this slapstick-heavy mix of humans and animatio ... More >>

Destino, Shuttered After a Flood in February, Reopens on Thursday

Destino all dried out.​Destino, the midtown restaurant that was forced to close earlier this year due a busted water pipe, will reopen Thursday, September 16. Justin Timberlake, once a minor investor in the venture, is no longer involved.

Wall Street Journal Discovers This Whole "Hat" Trend Thing

​Are you a young man, located in "areas like Williamsburg, Brooklyn," who likes to wear hats? Are you inspired by Justin Timberlake and "pictures of Frank Sinatra"? Do you consider your hat a part of your "look," but just can't nail down the proper hat etiquette? The Wall Street Journal can help.

Explaining the Success of Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Which Has Sold More Copies Than 50 Cent's Before I Self-Destruct and That Joanna Newsom Record Combined

​A small shift at the top of the charts this week -- snoozy country act Lady Antebellum retakes the top spot, with Need You Now selling 126,000 copies to the smoky Sade album Soldier Of Love's 79,000 -- is followed by a slew of debuts from artists of varying notoriety. Polarizing American Idol ... More >>

Will You Watch "Hope for Haiti" Tomorrow Night?

​Just try and avoid it! It'll be on every channel except Boomerang, filling your brain with the sight of caring celebrities reaching out to get exposure for their new CDs--I mean for Haitian relief, while raising tons of dollars for that worthy cause through high-profile artistry and in-your- ... More >>

When Did You Stop Watching SNL?

​The grandaddy of late-night comedy shows, Saturday Night Live, got a boost when Emmy awards went to Tina Fey's priceless Sarah Palin impression and Justin Timberlake's equally riotous impersonation of a host. And they just got even bigger buzz when a new cast member dropped the f bomb and Ma ... More >>

Kings of Leon

The Long Strange Path to This Surprisingly Good Esmee Denters/Justin Timberlake Single, "Casanova"

Esmee Denters was a goofily pretty Dutch pancake house waitress who, in 2006, began uploading videos of herself singing covers of Beyonce and Alicia Keyes songs to YouTube. In 2007, she posted a clip of herself covering of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around" in which, at the end of the video, ... More >>

Timberlake Hawks Tequila

This week in booze news... Justin Timberlake tossed his designer fedora into the ring of celebrities with their own spirits brands with his newly launched 901 tequila. The number is supposed to signify the beginning of party time but also happens to be the area code for Memphis, JT's hometown. [Yum ... More >>

Week in Review: M.I.A. Is A Great Artist, and We Wish Her Well

David WentworthThis really happened. In the week we went to fashion week, Kanye appeared pretty much everywhere. Justin Timberlake was in the building, too--right next to the chia pets. We interviewed director Richard Foreman, who kinda hates Shakespeare, and Thursday, who admit to sort of being d ... More >>

Fashion Week: Paris Hilton at Justin Timberlake's William Rast Show; Carolina Herrera Gets Younger; Carlos Miele's Lame Guitarist

Is that the real Paris Hilton?David Wentworth With an intro of Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner" and a soundtrack made up of the Black Keys and the Rolling Stones, Monday's William Rast show has got to be the biggest fashion rock spectacle of Fashion Week. It's the line co-designed by Justin Ti ... More >>

Timberlake Has No Southern Hospitality

While the Upper East Side BBQ spot,  Southern Hospitality (1460 Second Avenue), is typically referred to as "Justin Timberlake's" and it was recently reported that the restaurant was scouting a second location in Chelsea, Timberlake wants to clarify something: he is not involved in Southern Hos ... More >>

Beyoncé on SNL: A Fount of Both Intentional and Unintentional Comedy

T-Pain's Justin Timberlake Remix: "Can't Believe It"

On the Depressing Suckiness of Madonna's "4 Minutes"

PASS THE SYRUP

It’s a jam of a different flavor

Status Ain't Hood's Favorite Live Shows of 2007

Siouxsie's Mantaray

A punk icon masterfully plays peek-a-boo with Goth expectations

The VMAs: A Running Diary

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Need to Take a Break

Status Ain't Hood's Quarterly Report: The Year's Best Singles

Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around..." Video: Serious Boredom

Live: Pink is Crazy

Stoned and Rethroned

Justin Timberlake reclaims his King of Arena Pop crown with nearly three hours of gleefully defied sexxlaws

Noise from the Front

Pazz & Jop Special for the week of February 7-13, 2007

Ancient Maneaters of the Future

The year's best-selling album made mass culture sound vapid; the year's hottest auteur made vapidity sound transcendent

The Quarterly Report: Best New Albums

Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSound: Pop Album of the Year?

Justified?

Wondering if Timberlake's clothing line is worth it

The Dean's List