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*The life of infamous record executive Neil Bogart, who was credited with discovering and launching the careers of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Parliament, Donna Summer, the Village People and more, will be brought to the big screen with Justin Timberlake in the lead role. According to Billboard, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has struck [...]
*Get over it, Jason Collins is gay, but he’s not going to release a book about it anytime soon. Rumors have it that the out with it athlete is looking for a book deal. Officials at three publishing houses told The Associated Press on Monday that they had been contacted about a planned memoir by Collins. The [...]
*After two years stuck in limbo, there is movement on a biopic about 1970s record icon Neil Bogart, who nurtured the careers of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Parliament, Donna Summer and The Village People among many others. The pic, titled “Spinning Gold,” is set up to be financed and sold at the Cannes [...]
*It’s not about saving R&B, according to Raheem DeVaughn. The New Jersey native says he just wants artists to be true to themselves and true to their art. “I just feel like there’s a lot of great R&B songs out there with nobody to sing them,” DeVaughn tells VIBE. “There’s a difference between making the [...]
President Barack Obama kicked off a celebratory night of Memphis Soul performances in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night by suggesting a small change in presidential tradition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Give it up for our musical director, Booker T. and the Memphis Soul All-Stars,” Obama told the audience, as [...]
*Michelle Obama got a kick out of folks’ reaction to Justin Timberlake at her home today, where he will join other musicians for tonight’s White House concert celebrating the soul music of Memphis. FLOTUS found herself having to calm down a bunch of invited middle and high school students from across the country when JT [...]
*Today (03-27-13) Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience debuted selling 968,000 records, and last week JT hit the TV hard with performances and comedy on SNL and a week on Jimmy Fallon – but so far Justin Timberlake has not revealed details of what the hell is going on in that handsome musical head of his… [...]
*Yahoo is getting into the concert touring business. The Internet giant has announced a 21-date “Yahoo! on the Road” tour, to feature Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, as well as J. Cole, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and special guests Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean and Trey Songz. Announcing the tour at South by Southwest’s Interactive portion in [...]
*What’s a perfect way to celebrate your fifth time on one of the biggest comedic TV stages? With a tricked out (we’re exaggerating a bit here) after-party. Over the weekend, Justin Timberlake made his 5th appearance on SNL, performing his two new singles, and surprising fans by bringing out Jay-Z (for ‘Suit & Tie’). After [...]
*Justin Timberlake is headed to the CW next week for the hourlong “Target Presents The IHeartRadio Album Release Party With Justin Timberlake.” Airing Tuesday, March 19 at 8 p.m., the special will feature performances and interviews with Timberlake, who just hosted another strongly rated “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend and is in the midst [...]
*Justin Timberlake visited good friend Jimmy Fallon on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Monday (the first of a five-day guest run) to discuss his hosting gig and performance on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. Timberlake, 32, made headlines for reportedly changing a line in his “Suit & Tie” song to address a recent remark Kanye [...]
*Justin Timberlake appeared to take a swipe at Kanye West during his fifth time hosting “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend. Performing his latest hit “Suit & Tie,” Timberlake changed the lyrics from ”Aww, s*** so sick, got a hit and picked up a habit” to “my hit’s so sick, got rappers acting dramatic.” [...]
*Everyone’s got a fear, including award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson. Snakes is what gets her going, so much so that she nearly passed up the opportunity to play alongside Justin Timberlake and Samuel L. Jackson in “Black Snake Moan.” She wanted to be sure the script included not a single snake. “I won’t even read [...]
*So what is up with Kanye West and his sudden hate for Jay-Z? We thought they were thicker than mud. Is he jealous of Jay’s and Justin Timberlake‘s new found relationship? Sounds like it. But who knows. Maybe, just maybe there’s more to it. The not-at-all-shy rapper took to the stage during his show in [...]
*Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake will headline this summer’s Wireless festival at London’s Olympic Park, concert promoter Live Nation said Tuesday. The artists, who recently performed their current single “Suit & Tie” at the Grammy Awards, are the first lead acts confirmed for concerts at the Olympic Park after the live events giant struck a deal [...]
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