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Documentary airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on MTV. Earlier this year, Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Lupe Fiasco , Santigold and others banded together to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global clean-water crisis.

Now Justin Timberlake has pitched in to support the effort. The singer is set to provide a personal introduction to “Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro,” the 90-minute documentary about the celebrities’ climb that will air on MTV on March 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Masterminded by Grammy-nominated musician Kenna, the team took a six-day, 50-mile trek to the peak of the tallest mountain in Africa. “It was a combination of the mental and the psychological aspects of the mountain, of the slow-but-steady pace that you had to go up it, and that sometimes made your brain just want to explode, because you just wanted to get there so badly,” Biel told MTV News Wednesday. “But then you’d get this rush of inspiration of ‘I’m not doing this for me. I’m doing this for something bigger than me, for people who don’t have a voice, for people that need water around the world,’ and then you’d power through.”

In addition to raising awareness about the clean-water crisis, the “Summit on the Summit” raises funds for P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Water For People’s PlayPumps Technology . During the MTV broadcast, viewers will be able to text SEND to 90999 to donate $10 to the U.N. Foundation on behalf of “Summit on the Summit.”

Each donation will send 1,000 liters of clean water to people in need. “MTV has a long history of educating its audience to raise awareness on issues that are important to them,” said Dave Sirulnick, Executive Vice President, News and Docs. “More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. By airing this documentary, MTV hopes to mobilize a new generation of young people who may not be aware of this global cause and take action to get involved in helping find solutions to the water crisis.” Don’t miss “Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro,” airing Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.

GABOUREY Sidibe claims singer Justin Timberlake has been bombarding her with text messages.

The actress — who was nominated in the Best Actress category at the recent Academy Awards — says the SexyBack hitmaker, who’s currently dating actress Jessica Biel, hasn’t stopped pestering here since she announced him as her celebrity crush.

“He’s always calling and texting me,” says Gabourey. “I don’t mind but sometimes I’m like, ‘Don’t you have a girl?’ And he’s like, ‘I’d leave her for you!’”

Sidibe, 26, has also revealed she finds Scottish actor Gerard Butler “kinda sexy”.

“He’s kinda sexy,” she said. “I’d hit that. I’m not ashamed! I’d hit that. I’m sorry.”

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Coming hot off the seven year process that was getting their first film, CHRISTMAS ON MARS, to some sort of a release, it looks like Wayne Coyne, front man of The Flaming Lips, isn’t at all afraid to get back into the filmmaking machine.

Coyne, in a recent interview with Billboard (via Pitchfork), said that he is already working on another film, “and this one might not even take as long.”

The artist plans on filming the project in Oklahoma City, and is set in someone’s house, a backyard, and a slaughterhouse, instead of being shot on a space station-style set as MARS was.  However as interesting as that may be, Coyne has some intriguing ideas for who he would like to cast in the film:

“I’m gonna try to get real actors, too, celebrities to show up and have fun with us for a couple of nights. I’m in the process of begging Justin Timberlake to be part of it; if I’m lucky I’ll be able to wear him down in another year.”

Timberlake does have a history of appearing in mind-bogglingly weird feature films; he did, after all, hold down starring roles in both Southland Tales and The Love Guru. And he appeared with the Lips on “Top of the Pops”, while wearing a dolphin suit.

Coyne says that he’s beginning work on the film, and that he and bandmate Steven Drozd have started work on the film’s music. But this one could also take a while: “Because I get to do it with people I love and it’s my art, I don’t care how long it takes.”

Meanwhile, Coyne will be busy with his regular frontman duties this year. The Flaming Lips will tour the U.S. in the coming months.

Source: Pitchfork and Gordonandthewale.com

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By Krista Angela M. Montealegre Reporter

American RnB superstar Justin Timberlake will rock for a cause when he guests on Grammy-winning record producer, singer and rapper Timbaland’s Shock Value Tour II concert on March 27.

Lives will definitely change when Timberlake, Timberland and Jojo perform at the SM Mall of Asia concert ground because the proceeds of the concert will be donated to the PLDT Smart Foundation Inc. (PSF).

The PSF is the social outreach arm of the country’s oldest and largest telecommunications conglomerate, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications Inc.

“I know Justin [Timberlake] will donate a portion of it so I’m confident that we’ll get something although it may not be a huge amount,” said PSF President Butch Meily during a roundtable with editors and reporters of The Manila Times on Monday.

The concert will benefit the music department of a public school in Angono, Rizal, and about 100 orphans who lost their families when Typhoon Ondoy ravaged the country’s Metro Manila region, causing the worst flooding in more than four decades.

“There are also suggestions to include the children of heroes who died saving other families. We think that should count as well,” Meily said.

The PSF has worked in partnership with nongovernment organizations, schools and other groups in a number of diverse causes—education, microfinance, sports, juvenile rehabilitation, disaster response, the environment, poverty alleviation and the arts.

It has supported Cinemabuhay, an effort to discover future filmmakers and give them the opportunity to display their talents. The foundation recently awarded a P1-million grant to Slow Fade, a digital movie directed by Rommel Sales starring Diether Ocampo and Lara Quigaman.

The PSF is focusing on one or two priority projects every year. In 2009, it bankrolled the construction of a four-story school at the heart of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, and Bahay Pagasa, a P15-million juvenile rehabilitation facility in Dasmarinas, Cavite.

Meily was also named the executive director of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), which was formed to aid the government in the rehabilitation of damaged areas after typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng battered the country last year.

The PDRF said that Dutch expert Tjitte Nauta, who has conducted a study on the Laguna Lake, will hold a workshop on Thursday on how to solve the country’s flooding problem.

Before the end of the month, it is expected to come up with its assessment report of the damage caused by the disastrous typhoons, which will determine the cost of rehabilitation.

“We’ll have to fix the damage before the rain comes again,” Meily said.

The PDRF has received overwhelming support for the rehabilitation project from all walks of life. Meily said the foundation even received a check donation worth P6,549 from students of The Learning Tree school in Metro Manila.

“This [check] was given to us by 10 to 11-year-old students. The outpouring of support for this project was overwhelming,” he added.

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Cameron Diaz couldn’t be happier to have ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake join the cast of her new comedy, “Bad Teacher.”

“We’re thrilled to have him,” Cameron told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night. “He’s the best person for the job. He’s going to be hilarious.”

Justin might not be best known for his comedic work, but Cameron says he’ll be able to keep up with her and their co-stars.

“He’s clearly a very talented comedian, look at his ‘Saturday Night Live’ [skits],” she continued. “He’s fantastic, he’s going to be so great.”

Cameron told Access she had just finished her first day working on the comedy – which also co-stars Jason Segel, Lucy Punch, Molly Shannon and “Modern Family’s” Eric Stonestreet – on Saturday.

“We just had our first day of shooting yesterday with Jason,” she said. “And we just laughed all day. It’s so wonderful, I’m so excited.”

Click here to watch the video of Cameron talking about Justin and Bad Teacher

Jermaine Jackson has apparently gathered an all-star cast, including Prince, Justin Timberlake and Santana to pay tribute to his late brother Michael Jackson at a show in June in London.

The Tribute By Jermaine show is expected to take place on June 8, 2010 at Wembley Arena in London.

Other participants include Shakira, Earth Wind and Fire, Usher, Nelson Mandela, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston, Jabbawockeez, Seal, Neyo and a performance by the Jackson 5 with Janet Jackson.

“The best way and most suitable way is to assemble the world’s largest tribute in history that is only fitting to a man who moved the hearts and souls of an unimaginable amount,” Jermaine said in a statement.

The show will be filmed with 12 HD cameras and air globally on June 25, 2010.

From the NYPost

What do Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Lady GaGa, Johnny Depp, Beyonce, Leonardo DiCaprio, Janet Jackson, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Lopez all have in common aside from the fact there isn’t a person alive who doesn’t know their names? They have all been shot by photographer Tom Munro.

Now, as the legendary lensman prepares to release his first book (aptly titled “Tom Munro”) featuring these star snaps (among countless others), a California art gallery will play host to his work for an exclusive one-week engagement. Open to the public from March 7-14, the Moet & Chandon sponsored event (with proceeds going to Raising Malawi and M.E.A.K) will give everyone an opportunity to lay their eyes on Tom’s best work

From Billboard.com

THIS JUST IN …: Timbaland’s “Carry Out” lifts 12-9 on Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, pushing featured artist Justin Timberlake past Akon and Nelly for most top 10s among solo males.

The song is Timberlake’s 13th top on the chart and first since T.I.’s “Dead and Gone,” on which Timberlake guested, reached the top 10 a year ago this week.

Among all artists, Timberlake is now tied with Rihanna for third-most top 10s. The pair trails only Mariah Carey (17) and Madonna (14), the latter of whom notched her most recent top 10 with the Timbaland and Timberlake collaboration “4 Minutes” in 2008.

Here is a look at the male soloists with the most top 10s since the Pop Songs chart launched in 1992:

13, Justin Timberlake
12, Akon
12, Nelly
11, Usher
10, Ludacris
8, Eminem
7, 50 Cent
7, Kanye West
7, Sean Paul
6, Diddy
6, Will Smith

With the climb of “Carry Out,” Timberlake passes his top 10 output with ‘N Sync, which collected a dozen top 10s from April 1998 through May 2002. Timberlake earned his first top 10 with “Like I Love You” in October 2002.

Congrats to JT!

Justin Timberlake has nabbed the coveted role of the male lead in “Bad Teacher,” the Cameron Diaz comedy Jake Kasdan is directing for Columbia.

Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) are also joining the cast.

The script, by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, follows a foul-mouthed, gold-digging seventh-grade teacher who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, sets her sights on a colleague (Lucy Punch) who is dating a substitute teacher, who also is the scion of a watch fortune.

Jason Segel was cast in the supporting role of a gym teacher, with John Michael Higgins slotted as the principal, but the studio has spent the better part of the new year looking though class photos trying to find its leading man.

John Krasinski, Joel McHale, Timothy Olyphant, Guy Pearce, Adam Scott and relative newcomer Cheyenne Jackson were in the mix for table reads and other tests.

Jimmy Miller is producing the feature, which starts filming this month in Los Angeles.

Timberlake seems to be making a concerted push into larger movie roles. After spending time in supporting parts in such movies as “Alpha Dog” and “The Love Guru,” this new role comes on the heels of him wrapping up a co-starring role in Columbia’s “The Social Network.”

Timberlake is repped by WME and Marc Entertainment.

Check out this Interview of Justin for the glanzundgloria.sf in switzerland

With Justin Timberlake in Geneva

At this year’s motor show in Geneva is a very special guest spot: a pop star Justin Timberlake. high & mighty presenter Nicole Berchtold has taken him to the interview

here is some translation of the video thanks to Tina!

At the beginning the women (the brown-haired one and the blonde) simply explain the general situation. That they have this motor show in Geneva goin on and that Justin is there, too. Here’s the interview:

Woman: Justin, hi! It’s nice to meet you! How are you?
Justin: Good, good, very good.
W: It’s nice having you in Switzerland. Here is a little present from “Glanz & Gloria” (the show’s title). Do you like it?
J: Thank you. It’s very sparkly.

Voiceover: says that Justin is doing this commercial for Audi. She describes Justin as young, dynamic and on the fast track. This makes one wonder whether he likes to floor the gas pedal.
J: I have been known to be pretty fast. That’S kind of a problem, ’cause we have lots of speed limits.
W: Do you get many tickets? (she didn’t really know that word that’s why Justin asks)
J: Nooo. Not too many. But I’ve been lucky. I try to be more careful.

Voiceover: when Jus produces a new song he afterwards drives through LA and listens to how the track sounds in the car.
J: I have something I call “car test” with my music. Because I think a lot of peole listen to music in the car. So I test my music, after I finished I put them in the car, listen to what it sounds like and then I go back to the studio and fix some things. So the car test, it works.
W: And when you’re sitting in the car, are you sometimes annoyed by other drivers?
J: Sometimes yes. You know, in Los Angeles there’s a lot of traffic, on the highways. You just have to know places you should not go. So you stay away from certain places, but yes, sometimes it gets crowded.
W: Justin I heard you’re speaking a little bit German, can you…
J: I speak a little bit German (in German: “Ich spreche ein bisschen deutsch”, this seriously made my day, ’cause it sounded like really knowing the language a little bit, not just memorizing certain sentences sorry for the comment xD), but that’s it!

Voiceover while we see him leave: Who knows? Maybe the next time he’ll have improved his German skills

In what will probably prove to be the most crowded event at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, American singer/song writer Justin Timberlake will unveil the new Audi A1, during the press conference scheduled for March 2.

Timberlake is the star ambassador for Audi in 2010 and will present the recently detailed Audi A1 to the press attending the event. Late last year, Timberlake and Heroes actress Dania Ramirez also filmed a commercial for the Ingolstadt carmaker.

“Audi has always been at the forefront of engineering and technology and I am very excited to be a part of the next evolution conscience with Audi and the A1,“ Timberlake said when he was chosen by Audi.

The A1, the smallest vehicle in Audi’s line-up is, according to Audi, the embodiment of both premium and sport car, all neatly wrapped into a small compact package. Priced at around 16,000 euros, the car packs four engines (two gasoline and two diesel), all direct fuel injected and turbocharged.

The A1 will be offered by Audi in two trim levels, Attraction and Ambition. The former comes with chorus radio, a radio remote-controlled central locking system, power-adjustable side mirrors, power windows and a height-adjustable driver’s seat. Passive safety features include two front airbags, side airbags and head airbags. As with the Ambition, this trim can be enhanced by adding the media style package.

autoevolution will be attending the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, so stay tuned for some real up close and personal shots of the vehicles, as well as for first-hand details of the motorized contraptions presented at the event.

Two of the hottest names in modern music are trying to collaborate for a second time around – but will JT’s tracks make the cut?

Justin Timberlake, 29, knows a good thing when he sees one, which is why the singer/producer is laying down tracks for Rihanna’s fifth studio album.

“Justin is really eager to work with Rihanna again. He’s written a bunch of new songs and wants to executive produce her next album,” a music industry insider confides to HollywoodLife.com. “He thinks a collaboration would ensure a lot of #1 hits, so has already emailed about ten songs to Ri.”

The two have already worked together on the song Cold Case Love off of Rihanna’s latest CD, R-Rated, which dropped last November. In fact, the 22-year-old Bajan beauty is such a fan of the track that she’s pushing to make it her next single.

“Rihanna is a huge fan of Justin’s as well, and is ready to work with again, as well,” says our source. “So watch for the new album by the last quarter of the year.”

Dope. Our fingers are crossed that the collaborative efforts will be a success – but how could they not be?

I am currently working on the forums, getting justinmb running again. so if anything looks funny it is because I am working on that

DJ KC Montero names in his blog the special guest of Grammy-winning record producer, Timbaland along with Jojo in a much-awaited concert. It’s none other than Justin Timberlake.

Timbaland has successful collaborations with artists like Jay-Z, Rihanna, Katy Perry,  One Republic, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Eminem and many more.

Changing Lives concert will be held at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds on March 27, Saturday at 8pm. Visit Ticketworld.com.ph or call 891-9999 for tickets. 

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