Justin Timberlake

Hanson Brew a Beer Called MmmHops

This month, lovers of beer and irony everywhere have been thoroughly enjoying the fact that everyone's weirdest kid band, Hanson, have not only grown up, come of age and started playing music again, but they've also launched their own beer--and it's called Mmmhops (see what they did there?). In lig ... More >>

Kanye West Gets Dark and Political on SNL

In true finale fashion, Saturday Night Live didn't mess around with the season's closing episode--and the musical guest successfully (and rightfully) upstaged not only the host and the cast and every single performer that hit the stage before him in recent memory, but the departure of STEFON, and th ... More >>

Ten Potential X-Factor Replacement Judges

The list of former judges on FOX's The X-Factor reads like the attendance list at a Passages Malibu: Addiction Cure Center for celebrities obsessed with proving their talent (Nicole Scherzinger, 2011 and Demi Lovato, 2012), relevancy (Cheryl Cole, 2011 and LA. Reid, 2011-12), sanity (Britney Spears, ... More >>

Tracing "Hallelujah" From Obscurity To Ubiquity

Back in September of 2010, noted music journalist (and former editor-in-chief of SPIN and Vibe magazines) Alan Light was among 4,000 people sitting in the Jacob Javitz Center for Yom Kippur services when the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah choir took the stage to conclude the solemn proceedings with ... More >>

How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Went From Obscurity to Ubiquity

Cold, broken, and holy

Russian Tea Room Reopens; Southern Hospitality Closes for Good

Southern Hospitality, the Memphis barbecue restaurant cum preppy hangout, has thrown in the towel. The restaurant, owned by Trace Ayala, Etyan Sugerman, and Justin Timberlake, will no longer operate on the Upper East Side. The Denver location is still in business. [Eater]

Justin Timberlake Wedding Video Still Raising Hackles

At the wedding of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, a video was shown of various homeless people wishing the happy couple their congratulations, as I'm sure you've heard. It was shot by a friend, L.A. real estate agent Justin Huchel, so the Timberlakes quite possibly had nothing to do with the vi ... More >>

Woody Harrelson Tells Me: "I Wish My Indies Were Blockbusters"

From Cheers to two Oscar nominations to the Hunger Games franchise, Woody Harrelson has never stopped surprising--especially when you throw in his hemp campaigns, veganism, and other causes. And now he's going back to the theater! Check out my column, in which Woody tells me about his latest proje ... More >>

Justin Bieber's Believe: A Friendly Chat About Its Merits, Its Hooks, And Its Foray Into "Arena Moombahton"

This week, teen-idol-of-the-moment Justin Bieber released his second proper full-length, Believe, a record studded with cameos by the likes of Drake and Nicki Minaj and stuffed with different styles of music—from R&B to simply sung acoustic-guitar balladry to something that's either arena rock ... More >>

100 & Single: "Call Me Maybe," Justin Bieber, And Teenpop Idols' Ongoing Love-Hate Relationship With Radio

After three weeks of patiently waiting at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100, Carly Rae Jepsen this week became the first solo female Canadian since Céline Dion to top America's premier song chart. Right on schedule for the start of summer, the ubiquitous "Call Me Maybe" finally climbs into the penthouse ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling Used To Play Underwear Games

See if you can find Britney, Christina, Justin, and Ryan (and guest star Jodie Sweetin from Full House) in this amazingly prescient shot from The Mickey Mouse Club. The photo pops up in Jodie's memoir UnSweetined, the one about her battle with meth, booze, speed, and the Olsen twins.

Radio Hits One: VH1 Takes On The '00s Pop Canon

VH1 spent last week counting down what the channel, and its panel of celebrities and "experts," consider The 100 Greatest Songs of The '00s. They certainly haven't been the first to assemble such a list—Rolling Stone and Pitchfork and every blog under the sun had their say about two years ago, ... More >>

Q&A: Tiger & Woods On Pleasure Delaying, Google Glasses And Their Deep Love Of Justin Timberlake

Don't call it an edit! They've been here for years. Not that you'd know it from the recent resurgence of the new takes on old classics known as disco edits. While some people prefer their edits to consist of little more than simple, tasteful lengthening of a track, others—like Tiger & Woods� ... More >>

Bad Teacher and the Downside of Equal Rights in Hollywood

Yogi Bear in 3-D: It's As Good As You Imagined It to Be

Is the Fuck-You Finger Over?

​NPR asks an intriguing question today. With so many -- of such varied backgrounds, ages, and degrees of fame -- using their middle fingers to express discontent, are we simply growing numb to the shock value of the bird? Does it need a replacement, stat? In the last few months, the gesture ha ... More >>

Justin Bieber Cracks Up

His prepubescent falsetto can't last forever

The Backstreet Boys vs. The Vivian Girls: An Intellectual Summit

​The Vivian Girls. The Backstreet Boys. Both bands are on tour this summer; both have a penchant for wobbly harmony; both have experienced relatively recent line-up changes. For some, these coincidences wouldn't register, but for savvy Paper Magazine editor (and former Voice cohort) Elizabeth ... More >>

The Grammys Work: Lady Antebellum's Need You Now Is #1; Lady Gaga Is Back at #3

​All bands should be so lucky as to play the Grammys the week their record hits shelves. For instance: charmingly trite, light country trio Lady Antebellum, who just sold 481,000 fucking copies of their sophomore record, Need You Now. Those are Susan Boyle numbers. Extra bonus scorched earth p ... More >>

Who Fared Best on the "Hope For Haiti" Telethon?

​The stars wore dark, solid colors and radiated tasteful concern on the telethon Friday night, most of them digging up standard tunes of hope-through-the-wreckage. I think the most powerful performers that night were: Jennifer Hudson wailing beautifully on "Let It Be" and reminding us of her ... More >>

Sporadically Vibrant Reports From the R&B Salt Mines with Ciara and Chrisette Michele

New jams for low-riders and supper clubs, respectively

Inauguration Special, Pt II: Barack, Michelle, Beyonce

Let's let this Vibe clip/description speak for itself: Captured on video by singer John Legend, the Obamas walked up to greet Beyonce. Michelle Obama says, "Mr. President, you didn't tell Beyonce about 'Single Ladies'? Your rendition?" "I'm not like Justin [Timberlake]" Obama says laughing, refe ... More >>

Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: Jean's "Stop the Clock (Peligro de Extinción)"

Last week's prediction: Inauguration-themed "Latino R&B crooner" Jean is more than a bit of an enigma--if your band name, song title, and album title (Out of the Box) are three different unGooglable clichés, you might start to wonder if you are in fact merely the last faint gasp of human intelli ... More >>

Week in Review: You Can’t Believe It

FRESH RAGE

Trent Reznor rides his pretty hate machine to Jersey

Madonna's Hard Candy

A half-centenarian provides more porny pop excellence

Jay Reatard Went to Junior High With Justin Timberlake

The American Music Awards: A Running Diary

Horoscope

'Shrek the Third'

Preview: Timbaland's Shock Value

Status Ain't Hood Interviews LCD Soundsystem

Scott Storch is an Idiot

Monday-Morn Cred Sheet: Grammys, PLUG Awards, Michael Stipe sighting

The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary

This Is Their Brain On Drugs

Cassavetes Jr. and Justin "in a box" Timberlake team up for real-life tale of killer potheads

Timbaland Gets Richer

Just Like Home, Only Posher

A trip to the Hamptons to ogle celebrities, horses, glam metalheads, and Nacho

NY Mirror

Goodbye Southland, Goodbye

Richard Kelly prepares to re-edit his next cult film

Who Let the Dog Out?

Pulling the White Strings

Light-skinned acts ride hip-hop’s changing tide with dark-skinned Svengalis

Pop Your Phunk

Spawn of multiculti L.A. underground serve up Wal-Mart hip-pop to iShuffle Generation

Listen (Without Prejudice)

Uncle Dave's daily music enjoyment program

Webcam Girls!

Horoscope

Letters

Good Old Boys

Musto Gossip Tidbit

The Pompitouses of Love