Hasty Pudding Recap - 2/8/10

Justin was honored Friday, Jan 5th, by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical club in the nation, for his manifold accomplishments in music, acting, and dancing. However, the award wasn't easy to attain. As is tradition, Justin had to endure an on-stage "roast" before accepting his award....and such a roast is pretty much as uncomfortable as the word sounds. In Justin's case, his roast consisted of an onslaught of satirical jokes, costumes, and skits referencing his career - including a fake "'N Sync" reunion to being asked to feed a man dressed as Britney Spears pudding (see below) to having to wear a bra made of boxes and heels (not to mention a jewelry box-sized box around his waist....)

But the roast was worth it; said Justin, "“This is cooler than any Grammy or Emmy or anything I could have ever thought of. Thank you."

PS Keep in mind, he was the first male singer ever to win this award...and the only pop singer to ever win the award period! (Other female singer winners? Julie Andrews, Ella Fitzgerald and Bette Midler.) All jokes aside, it's indeed an honor to be included in such a talented consortium.

Big Congratulations to Justin.

You can read more and check out the photos and videos at JustinTimberlake.com.

Justin Timberlake Wigs Out at Harvard's Hasty Pudding Awards - 2/7/10

Joey Fatone part of Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic - 2/7/10

For years, Nick Lachey and his longtime buddy, NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson, would look forward to their annual pilgrimage to the Super Bowl together. In their downtime on the big weekend, they would hit the links together whenever possible.

Three years ago, they decided to combine two of their favorite things — and their desire to help others —- when they held their first annual Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic just before the Super Bowl. This year is no different: Starting Thursday night and continuing straight through today, Lachey and the four-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion will hold the 3rd annual Super Skins Weekend in Miami, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Baltimore Colts at Super Bowl XLIV.

On Friday, Lachey and Johnson kick off their Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic. Expected to join them on the green are stars including N'SYNC's Joey Fatone, Drew Lachey, NFL greats Jason Sehorn, Michael Strahan, Jerry Rice, Dhani Jones, Jason Taylor and Matt Ryan; baseball legends Ken Griffey Jr., Jamie Moyer and Jeff Fassero; and WPGA pro golfer Cristie Kerr (watch out, Nick!).

The event, which has raised almost $600,000 to date, will benefit The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, The Alzheimer's Foundation of America, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Nick Lachey Foundation and the Jimmie Johnson Foundation. This year, they hope to break the $1 million mark.

Read more at Tonic.

Joey Fatone to participate in 'SOS Saving Ourselves-Help For Haiti' - 2/7/10

BET Networks aligns with music's brightest stars for "SOS Saving Ourselves – Help for Haiti," benefit concert and telethon. Wyclef Jean, Justin Bieber, Keri Hilson, Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan, Pitbull, Akon, Ludacris, Mary J Blige, Robin Thicke, Monica, Kirk Franklin, Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes, India.Arie and Chrisette Michele will captivate audiences while assisting in the efforts of raising donations for the devastated victims of Haiti. To add to the already stellar lineup, President Clinton lends his time and inspiration, as he will arrive directly from supporting the relief efforts in Haiti with The Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund. Hosted by Queen Latifah, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Pharrell, in partnership with Procter & Gamble and Pepsi, "SOS Saving Ourselves – Help for Haiti" will be taped at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL on February 5th at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and will air simultaneously on BET, MTV, VH1 CENTRIC, BET International in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as well as airing live in Haiti on TNH and Tripp TV. Additionally, MTV Base UK will air the telethon this weekend. Tickets are available now at www.ticketmaster.com.

In addition to musical performances, celebrity appearances will include Trey Songz, Common, David Banner, Gloria Estefan, Pete Wentz, Jeremih, The Dream, Jason Derulo, Sean Kingston, Mike Tyson, Serena Williams, Joey Fatone, Brian McKnight, Sean Paul, Ryan Leslie, Alonzo Mourning, Jim Brown, Omarion, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Rickey Smiley, Fonzworth Bentley, Andre Berto, Raul de Molina, Travis McCoy, Tyson Ritter and NFL Players Elvis Dumervil, Devin Thomas and Clinton Portis.

Proceeds of the telecast will go to five charitable organizations - Yele Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare, P & G's Children's Safe Drinking Water, and The Clinton Foundation.

Akamai HD Network and iStreamplanet donated for web and mobile streaming services. "SOS Saving Ourselves – Help for Haiti" will also be streamed live over the web and to iPhone and iPod Touch at www.bet.com.

"SOS Saving Ourselves – Help for Haiti" is accepting donations now through the following methods:

• Text: Text SOS to 50555 to donate $10
• Phone: Call 1-877-6-SOS-NOW (1-877-676-7669)
• Online: Visit www.soshelpforhaiti.org

To purchase tickets, please visit www.ticketmaster.com, the AmericanAirlines Arena ticket office (www.aaarena.com) or call 1-800-745-3000 (toll free).

Read more at PRNewswire.

Pre-Superbowl Party Blue Martini Naples - 2/7/10

Joey Fatone and Rafael Feliu at the Superbowl Pre-party

The party was held at Blue Martini in Naples on Febuary 4th. The party was hosted by Joey Fatone, former singer with N Sync, and Friends. Blue Martini was collecting donations to the Fatone Family Foundation and were raffling off two tickets to Dancing with the Stars. The Leonard Brothers performed live at the event.

'America's Best Dance Crew': The East regionals bring a blueprint for winning - 2/7/10

Last season, the East regionals produced one of the most talented crews to ever grace the stage of "Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew" with Rhythm City. Can it happen again with the five crews competing for the national show? Well, the two crews from Massachusetts, one from North Carolina, one from Rhode Island and one from Montreal definitely put forth the effort. What, no New York? We'll go with what we got.

Straight out of Boston, Legendary Seven contained two members from Season 1 runner-up Status Quo, but this was not the crazy, colorful crew that SQ was. The group was better, much cleaner, and though it was there (a backflip, landing on the knees? Nice!), the group was not as reliant on acrobatics. Legendary Seven's lines weren't as clean as they should have been, but they were definitely together. Choice judge cuts:

Omarion: "Wow. That's how you're supposed to perform... Explosiveness."
Lil Mama: "It's nothing better than seeing a crew come back and transform themselves."
JC Chasez: "You guys didn't waste any time ... It's nice to see your enthusiasm. You showed us Status Quo, but a whole new side... I think that you guys are humble and showed a great attitude."

The Providence, R.I., group draZtik -- they yelled it so that we wouldn't forget -- gave us another clean, triangle formation body wave crew. Definitely good, definitely practiced, but there needed to be a little bit more. Whether it was energy, better lines, more creative choreography ... something was lacking. And the judges seemed to sense that.

Lil Mama: "You can tell that this is a group that's been together for a while... I don't know if you need to get a little bit more wild and crazy."
JC: "It was a tight, clean choreographed routine. But there was nothing memorable... You need to find something else in the music."
Omarion: "In the beginning you stayed in the center too long... The pirouette was a little too cutesy."

Read more at the Los Angeles Times Show Tracker Blog.

Spotted: Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez - 2/7/10

V.I.P. VIEWING: Jessica Biel, hosting a private screening of Valentine's Day for her family on the Warner Bros. lot in L.A. Yes, Justin Timberlake was there.

LET'S GET PHYSICAL: J.C. Chasez, working out with a trainer at Equinox gym just off the Sunset Strip.

Read more at E! Online.

Justin Timberlake part of VH1's 'Super Bowl Fan Jam 2010' - 2/7/10

Leave it to the good people of Miami to fire up the tailgate grills four days early for Sunday's Super Bowl. The city that rarely sleeps got its party on way in advance of the Colts-Saints matchup on Thursday night, when VH1 kicked off the weekend with the one-hour "Super Bowl Fan Jam 2010" concert featuring Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Young Jeezy and Timbaland.

Timbaland opened the show, performing a virtual duet with Justin Timberlake on "Carry Out," the latest single from Tim's solo album, Shock Value II. Though the song was bangin', unlike last Friday at Timbaland's show in Hollywood, Timberlake did not join his frequent collaborator live onstage for the raunchy food-as-sex-metaphor-heavy tune, but instead was beamed in on a giant video screen.

Read more at MTV.

Spotted: Lance Bass & Joey Fatone performance - 2/7/10

Joey Fatone and Lance Bass taking the stage for an hour at Sopranos Piano Bar in St. Maarten.

Read more at Us Magazine.

Omarion: JC & I will settle our fights on the 'ABDC' stage - 2/4/10

When some legal messiness left "America's Best Dance Crew" one judge short for their fifth season, fans wondered who was real enough, raw enough and experienced enough to fill Shane Sparks' chair. Enter Omarion. Although he's just 25 years old, Omarion has been singing and dancing for over a decade -- so his addition made total sense.

What didn't was his super laid back attitude in the first episode. I wondering if someone slipped a handful of Xanax into his Coke cup. But as it turns out Omarion isn't apathetic to the crews battling on stage, he was simply waiting to be wowed. Luckily Omarion got exactly what he wanted ... in tonight's episode.

PopWrap: Do you think the dance background you have makes your opinion matter more in the contestants eyes?
Omarion: Yeah, I think so. My opinion comes from a different standpoint than JC [Chasez] or Lil Mama because I'm a performer. I have to know what people want to see because that's intertwined in all the things I do. I feel like my addition is a very exciting one since Lil Mama, JC and I aren't doing to agree all the time. That's a good thing.

PW: Who do you disagree with more?
Omarion: You gotta see tonight's show. There's not just some of the dopest crews, but also a big disagreement between me and JC ... we get into it.

PW: What do you bring to the table that they don't?
Omarion: I feel like JC is the technical one. He hits a lot of points and makes it very clear to the crews how they can improve. Lil touches upon that too, but she talks a lot about what she'd like to see. With me, my voice is the one that's been in the business for real. I try to take a realistic stance -- kinda like Simon's [Cowell] voice. I'm not excited by much.

PW: What do you think about a JC/Lil Mama/Omarion dance battle? Who'd win?
Omarion: Oh, they'll tell you I would! [laughs] I think I might actually challenge JC the way we get into it this season. I'll just tell him, "let's take it to the stage!"

Read more at the New York Post PopWrap.

Justin Timberlake Gives Insights Into the Music Business - 2/3/10

As part of the Grammy Week events, NARAS held a Career Day at USC's Thornton School of Music. Hundreds of local L.A. high school students were able to come and hear professionals from all areas of the music industry talk about what it takes to build a career in music, including Justin Timberlake, who arrived with producing partners James Fauntleroy and Rob Knox. The trio, who call themselves the Y's, have had tremendous success producing hip hop, R&B and pop artists such as T.I., Ciara, Leona Lewis, and Rihanna.

They agreed to do one interview with a former Grammy Camp student, 15-year-old Nick Arnold, just before they spoke at Career Day. Timberlake, Fauntleroy and Knox were waiting in a green room with several people, including Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, when PopEater arrived to speak with them. Easygoing and friendly, the trio opened up on artist insecurities, how to make it in the business and why 'N Sync's Soundscan record of 2.4 million copies sold in a single week might be as unbreakable as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.

Why is it important for you to speak to young singers and musicians?

Justin Timberlake: We are flattered that so many young people want to know what it's all about. The music business can be misleading sometimes. If young people really want to know about it then we take it upon ourselves to at least communicate how it's done properly. The ones that come and go are the ones that aren't invested in the process. It really is about the process of the art. That's why we're here today, to walk people through a process, because everybody's got a different one.

Yeah, because you guys have had experiences and you guys know what does and doesn't work in the business.

JT: Mostly. [Laughter]

Rob Knox: You find out as you go. You sort of learn every day.

Read more at PopEater.

Gabourey Sidibe to Justin Timberlake: Be My Oscar Date! - 2/3/10

PEOPLE, 2/3/10 --

Following her Oscar nomination this week for Best Actress, Precious star Gabourey Sidibe is now facing a tough decision: Who to bring to the March 7 ceremony.

That's not to say that the actress, 26, hasn't been giving this some thought already. "I want to make Justin Timberlake and [The Hurt Locker actor] Anthony Mackie fight it out for the honor of being my date," Sidibe told the Canadian entertainment TV show eTalk this week. "I'm just going to throw them in the ring and make them do it!"

But if Sidibe had to narrow it down to one guy, her heart is set on Timberlake. At one point during the interview, Sidibe turns toward the camera and makes her direct appeal. "Justin," she says, "if you're not doing anything on that night, maybe you could be my date or something. It's fine. No pressure!" (What would his girlfriend Jessica Biel think?)

This is not the first time that Sidibe, a self-professed 'N Sync fanatic, has expressed her awe at Timberlake. "Oh my God, Justin Timberlake just said my name," the actress told PEOPLE after the singer helped announce the Golden Globe nominations in December. "I told my roommate, and I literally said, 'Oh my God, Justin just said my name. He finally said my name.' "

Joey Fatone & Lance Bass Just Frolicking On the Beach - 2/3/10

Celebuzz, 2/2/10 --

These new pictures of Joey Fatone and Lance Bass frolicking on the beach are just too much for us to handle. The former *NSync'ers were spotted on at the Westin Dawn Beach in St Maarten over the weekend looking absolutely ridiculous.

Oh, and poor Joey struggling to get his body in the air... and what an unfortunate surname. Time to blast "Tearing Up My Heart" and check out our new gallery!

You can view more photos of Lance Bass and Joey Fatone at the beach at Celebuzz .

Justin Timberlake Joins "We Are the World" Remake for Haiti Relief - 2/1/10

Rolling Stone, 2/1/10 --

Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Barbra Streisand are just a handful of the 100-plus stars scheduled to take part in a re-recording of "We Are the World" to benefit Haiti, producer RedOne told Rolling Stone yesterday at the Grammys. Other artists contributing to the new "We Are the World" — a remake of the 1985 USA for Africa charity single that was co-written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — include Celine Dion, Fergie, Wyclef, Enrique Iglesias and more musicians who attended yesterday's 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

"I'm so delighted and so happy to get a dream call from Quincy Jones and Randy Phillips and Lionel Richie," RedOne told RS. "I know that Lionel Richie has been asked like 150-something times to redo ‘We Are the World' and he said no to everything until this Haiti thing happened. The moment he saw that it happened he was like, OK, ‘We Are the World.' And to be one of the people they called to have fresh input to the song, to help produce the song — I have no words."

According to RedOne, recording of the "We Are the World" remake will take place today in a Los Angeles studio. In addition to the all-star vocal talent, RedOne promises instrumentation from the likes of Orianthi (the guitarist for Michael Jackson's This Is It show) and other big-name musicians. The AP reports Bono, Jason Mraz and Akon are also slated to appear on the track. "With music you want to help people feel something in a certain way, and this is something devastating that just happened and I am and we are the world," RedOne said. "We're going to be helping people that we don't know. I have Haitian friends and stuff like that, but we're going to be helping people that need help right now."