Archive for January, 2010

Here is the video of Justin and many other musicians & producers(including Rob Knox, James Fauntleroy, Anthony Hamilton,etc) taking part in Grammy Day at the University of Southern California (Jan 29th). Justin is at the 1:45 mark

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From Showbiz411

Jamie Foxx and Justin Timberlake have a “Split Personality.”

That’s the name of the single they’re going to release soon from Jamie’s next album, coming in May.

The pair actually recorded two duets, each of which is set for the album.

Very quietly, Jamie has become a solid music star. He’s had two hit albums in the last four years. And lots of singles. In just a short time he’s ramped up his music career to full speed, right along with his Oscar winning film career.

Much of the music success goes to his music manager, Breyon Prescott. Jamie gave him a shout out last night at Clive Davis’s party. The film side is still handled by Marcus King. They’re a good team.

Justin meanwhile has loads of duets he’s amassing, such as “4 Minutes to Save the World” with Madonna. Soon he’ll have enough for a whole album– a good thing since he’s not working on one of his own!

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Heres a few more of the set shots of Justin filming yesterday in Cali!

Justin Timberlake
taking some time out on the set of his new movie ‘Social Network’
Los Angeles, USA – 30.01.10

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Photos curtesy of W.E.N.N agency, please do not use without permission.

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Just wanna say Happy Birthday to the sexy reason for this website! Justin turns 29 today ( OH MY GAWD HE’S 29… ).

Justin,
Hope you have a wonderful Birthday, hopefully you have the day off!!! enjoy yourself and be safe. Don’t get to trashed.

Love Always Jess and Christine

You guys can feel free to post your b-day wishes to Justin Via comments, if anyone has any birthday graphics they would like us to post, Just email them to wojcom@aol.com.

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Today justin got back to work on his latest film project “the social network”, currently being filmed in LA.

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Here is more footage of Justin performing “Bounce”, “Promiscuous Girl” and “Lovestoned” at the Timbaland’s House of Blues Concert. check it out below

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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were out with Justin’s parents on Friday night leaving the house of blues (January 29).

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From Rap-up.com

To watch Timbaland and Justin performing “Carryout” then click here
Timbaland gave fans way more than their money’s worth when his Shock Value II tour touched down at West Hollywood’s House of Blues Sunset Strip on Friday night (Jan. 29). Drake, Game, Keri Hilson, Brandy, SoShy, and Justin Timberlake all hit the stage for the hottest ticket of Grammy weekend and Rap-Up TV was there to capture it all.

The evening’s special guests got the crowd amped, but no one could outdo Justin Timberlake, who joined Timbo for a 20-minute set of their hits, including “Carry Out,” “SexyBack,” and “My Love.”

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NARAS president Neil Portnow and musician Justin Timberlake attend GRAMMY Career Day at University of Southern California on January 28, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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*for the extra pic, credit robyn briody. the rest please credit WOJ when use

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remember that show Matt did at the Mint on the 19th? well JustinTimberlake.com added some pictures of Justin at the show and at backstage.

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Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris’ slow, heartfelt cover of Leonard Cohen’s classic “Hallelujah” was a definite highlight of Jan. 22’s Hope for Haiti Now telethon. It was also the first time millions of TV viewers met Morris, an old friend of Timberlake’s who recently put out his debut, When Everything Breaks Open, on the pop star’s Tennman Records. We got Morris on the phone to talk about the telethon, his album — and when we can expect new music from his pal Justin.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did your participation in the Hope for Haiti Now telethon come together?
MATT MORRIS: I was in Los Angeles, promoting When Everything Breaks Open, when everything was coming together for the telethon. Justin asked if I would like to sing with him. I said, “Of course, in a heartbeat.”

Had he already picked which song to sing?
No. We brainstormed. He suggested it as an idea. We chewed on that for a minute. I had shot a video of me singing “Help!”, a ballad version of the Beatles song, which I posted last year on my YouTube page. He called me a few days prior and said, “Maybe we should think about performing ‘Help!’” So we took both of those songs to the rehearsal space and played through them. “Hallelujah” just felt right. The arrangement came together quickly and naturally.

It’s a song that’s been memorably covered by many artists.
It is a much-covered song, indeed. It’s a great song for it. It has the classic melody. It cuts to the heart. There have been some epic covers, some simple covers. I’m honored to be on the list of people who got a chance to cover the song, you know?

When you were working out your arrangement, what did you want to bring to the song to differentiate from those other versions?
We didn’t get too heavy about it. It wasn’t much of an intellectual process. It was an emotional process for us, I think. I mean, I can’t speak for Justin directly, but I think for the both of us there was a desire to create something in that moment that was beautiful. That was really the intention behind it. If you listen to our music on our own albums, we both clearly have been influenced by Jeff Buckley. It wasn’t about any one other artist’s rendition that we were trying to hold ours up against by any stretch, but if there was one that would have an influence on me and Justin, it would have been that. I heard a really beautiful version of “Hallelujah” by Brandi Carlile that broke my heart. It’s one of those where I’m willing to give it a listen when people sing it. That’s how much I love that song.

Did you have any favorites among the other telethon performances?
I loved listening to “Halo,” Beyoncé. I like acoustic performances, I’m a fan of them, so it was nice to hear her and Chris Martin perform that song. Her voice is just amazing. I also thought Mary J. Blige’s performance was a classic gospel soul performance. It just made me want to stand up off the couch, you know? Everybody brought something really unique.

The telethon introduced you to a lot of new listeners. Why should someone who first heard you there buy your record?
I would be grateful if they would give it a listen. If they were moved by the performances, not even just mine, but the performances from the telethon — if they’re people who listen to music with their heart, not just their ears — then I think they might appreciate this album. If not, if they were at least introduced to my voice on “Hallelujah” and they purchased that song or the Hope for Haiti album, then it did what it was supposed to do.

How closely did Justin work with you on your album?
He was a part of the process the whole way through. Well before we even got into the studio, we had been writing together. I had been showing him songs, saying, “So, what do you think about this?” And he’d give me feedback, or he’d say, “I dunno, why don’t you try this direction,” and I would go in that direction. I trust his gut. I trust his musical instincts. Those have been a part of really every aspect of making this album. He was there recording with us in Austin. We were recording in Los Angeles and he was involved with the final mixes and mastering.

You two met as co-stars on The Mickey Mouse Club in the early ’90s, right?
That is true.

Did you and he stay in touch all through the years after that show?
There was maybe a year, a year and a half after the show had wrapped when we both went back to our respective lives and we didn’t talk quite as much. But it wasn’t long before we reconnected. I was in touch with him through the whole *NSYNC phenomenon, and what was a very explosive rise to superstardom for that band. And then his breaking out solo. We stayed in touch pretty much since we met.

A lot of Justin’s fans are wondering when he’s going to make another record of his own, since he’s been busy with running Tennman and other projects. Do you have any insight into that?
I wish I could tell them. You know, I myself am a Justin fan. I do like his records. I’ve had the good fortune of being a part of the last record–we co-wrote a song together ["(Another Song) All Over Again"] that ended up on the record. So I’m looking forward to a day when his focus shifts to that more. I think it would be great. I don’t have any insight into it. But you can tell people that I’m going to start writing songs in the hopes that that lights a fire. In the meantime, we’ll have to just have to continue to bump Justified and FutureSex/LoveSounds. And occasionally he’ll show up on someone’s record. Timbaland just put a record out, and it’s featuring Justin Timberlake. So it’s not that he’s not out there in the world. I have a feeling–and this is not based on any knowledge of anything in the works for him musically, but just on knowing who he is as an artist–I have a feeling that he has so many things creatively in store for people that they can’t even wrap their minds around yet. Whether it’s a movie or another album or whatever he really sets his mind to, it’s going to be good. We just have to be patient.

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You might not know his name yet, but Matt Morris is no stranger to the music game.

His father is country singer Gary Smith, and at age 11, Morris won over the folks at Disney Channel to earn a spot on “The Mickey Mouse Club” It was on that show, alongside Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell and other now-superstars, that he logged some serious performing time and began a lifelong friendship with Justin Timberlake.

Friday’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon proved to be a monumental introduction for the singer/songwriter. With 83 million viewers glued to their televisions around the world, Timberlake and Morris performed their rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” which now holds the #2 spot on the iTunes singles chart.

Morris’ first studio album, When Everything Breaks Open, is out now on Timberlake’s Tennman Records, and famed Austin guitar wizard Charlie Sexton and Timberlake co-produced the project.

“It’s an elaborate album, and it goes a lot of places,” Morris told MTV News. “So many people came together — Justin, Charlie, Edie Brickell and Patty Griffin [as backup singers] — not to mention all the musicians from L.A., Austin and Denver who all put in on this. It’s like this collective artistry that is bigger than me. It’s amazing.”

As was obvious from their “Hope for Haiti Now” performance, Morris shares a special relationship with his label CEO.

“Justin and I have been friends for a long time, and we have this unspoken musical connection,” he said. “He’s got his finger on the pulse. … And I don’t think it’s an intentional thing. I think it’s just part of who he is. He just gets it. He brought something that was really current and in the moment — and not in the pop-music or pop-world sense, but like in a real essence-of-creativity sense — he brought something really special to this album.”

Morris hasn’t picked a single yet, and fans seem to responding to a few songs equally, (“Money,” which features JT, is in the running, and “The Un-American” is being picked up by college radio), but with a spot on one of the most-downloaded songs in the country, he’s setting his aspirations high.

“It would be a rock-star dream to have Lady Gaga put together an outfit for me to wear at a big televised performance,” he laughed. “So, Lady, if you’re out there watching this right now, I wear a size-48 jacket, 30 waist. Call me.”

Learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now

Also:

iTunes Users Praise Justin Timberlake And Matt Morris’ “Hallelujah” All The Way To #1

The Hope For Haiti Now compilation will reportedly debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week, but it was the two pals’ somber cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” that struck a particular chord with viewers. However, according to Morris, there was almost another song the pair went with for the telecast instead.

Timberlake and Morris, who’ve known each other since doing time on The Mickey Mouse Club together in the early ’90s, also toyed around with the idea of covering the Beatles’ “Help.”

“It didn’t compare to what naturally came out of rehearsing ‘Hallelujah’,” Matt Morris tells Spinner. “There was a gravity to the event that influenced the performance of the song. When you approach a cover, especially one that has been covered as frequently as it has, we tried to make something beautiful. Anyone can make something new: change the time signature or add an instrument into the mix, but the melody of this song doesn’t need much. It hardly needs anything.”

Ultimately, the version of “Hallelujah” they went with was the one popularized by Jeff Buckley on his 1994 Grace album

As of yesterday, Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris’ take on “Hallelujah” from the Hope For Haiti Now telethon was the most downloaded track on iTunes from the charity event. Now it’s simply the most downloaded song on iTunes, period.

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