Britney Spears And Justin Timberlake Appear Onstage With Madonna -- Just Not Together
www.mtv.com11.07.08
It was the power pop summit nobody thought would ever happen again. Madonna was set to reunite exes Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake onstage Thursday night during a stop on her Sticky & Sweet Tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Only Madonna, who had worked with both singers in the past, could bring the former Mouseketeers and teenage sweethearts back into the same frame.
Well, there are some things even Madonna can't, or won't, do. Though Spears and Timberlake both hit the stage with Madonna at the show — which was delayed three hours due to problems with the set — they did it at separate times, according to E! Online. Britney, wearing black pants, a white tuxedo-style shirt and black heels, came out to join Madonna for the show's third song, "Human Nature."
One fan told OK! magazine that it was a whole new Spears who performed with her former VMA smooching partner. "This was a completely different Britney from a year ago," the unidentified concertgoer told the magazine. "She was glowing! It looked like she actually wanted to be on the stage."
While there were no kisses this time, the pop divas apparently bonded onstage, as Madonna flung her arm around Britney's shoulder as soon as the singer came out and told the crowd, "She is not your bitch," prompting Britney to laugh and drop her signature line, "It's Britney, bitch." The two did actually kiss as Britney left the stage, but only on the hand.
According to reports, due to a collapse of some of the stage on Wednesday, it was unclear if the show would go on at all, but Madonna said she was determined to pull it off, even if it meant using mood lighting.
"Half of my stage is missing ... which is why we're in the dark," Madonna told the crowd, according to E!. "The absence of light makes it very hard to look into the audience eyes, and that's what makes performing such a joy. So come close. And thank you for your understanding."
While Britney enjoyed her moment in the spotlight (her first major live performance since the disastrous 2007 VMAs), the singer was quick to leave the backstage area moments after Timberlake re-upped with Madonna for their Hard Candy duet, "4 Minutes," later in the show. It's unclear if Spears and Timberlake had any face time backstage.
OK! reported that the now-single Madonna was not shy about grinding on JT during their song, eliciting a wide, mischievous grin from Timberlake. The onstage action didn't seem to bother Madonna's alleged boyfriend, Alex Rodriguez, who was in the audience.
Madonna also got seriously political Thursday night. "I am sorry we did not win Proposition 8," she lamented, referring to the gay-marriage ban passed on Tuesday in California. "If we can have an African-American in the White House, we can have gay marriage," she told the audience, as an image of President-elect Barack Obama appeared on the big screen behind her.
Comments (0) 02.07.2009. 20:13
will.i.am Says Justin Timberlake Helped Him Land 'Madagascar 2' Role
www.starpulse.com11.07.08
Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has credited Justin Timberlake with inspiring him to become Barry White for a new animated movie role - because the pair couldn't stop talking to each other in funny voices.
The hip-hop star plays lovesick hippo Moto Moto in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, where he channels the voice of the legendary crooner.
And he admits it was a sleepy phone message he left on Timberlake's voicemail that landed him the gig.
He says, "We were working on his (Timberlake's) album, and when he heard my message he called me back in a silly little voice, so we started doing all these voices.
"Then I bumped into (producer) Jeffrey Katzenberg at a Grammy party who asked me if I'd like to do the music for this, and Justin who was also there said to Jeffrey, 'Man, you've got to hear this dude do voices.' So they asked me in to read for some characters, and I got the gig, and I was so happy as I loved the first film so much."
Comments (0) 02.07.2009. 20:01
Justin Timberlake Calls Questions About Marriage "Dumb"
www.usmagazine.com11.07.08
Don't ask Justin Timberlake if he's planning on wedding Jessica Biel.
While unveiling Callaway Golf's new FT- IQ Driver Friday in NYC, reporters asked him whether there were "any wedding bells" in his future.
"Now that's a dumb question," he replied.
(He also ignored questions about performing - separately - with ex Britney Spears at Madonna's concert Thursday in L.A. He did, however, tell reporters why he liked to play golf: "It's easy.")
Timberlake's girlfriend Biel recently said she's on the fence about "marriage and kids.
"I feel like, if it's an organic way for me and the right time in my life, then, yeah," she says in the December issue of British Marie Claire. "If it's right, it'll be right – but, at this moment, that seems completely foreign."
Adds the actress, "I tell you, I have so many friends having babies and getting married, and they just want to put me where they are so we can go to nursery together and stuff. I'm like, 'Noooooo!' I'm resisting."
Timberlake's BFF (and business partner) Trace Ayala previously told Us he didn't expect the two to get hitched soon.
"To be honest, I don't see them in the future, but I hope so," he said. "I really do."
Comments (0) 02.07.2009. 19:55
Justin Timberlake on Taking the Stage with Madonna
www.etonline.com11.07.08
What does Justin Timberlake have to say about performing alongside music icon Madonna last night?
Our Kevin Frazier caught up with Timberlake today in New York -- the complete opposite side of the country from where he took the stage in Los Angeles last night! When Kevin asked Justin if he was jet-lagged, Justin replied, "I'm on about four hours of sleep and about eight gallons of caffeine right now."
On the concert, Timberlake told Kevin: "It was cool, you know, Dodger Stadium, it's you know, it's large. It was fun."
On Madonna, Justin says she's in amazing shape: "As we were rehearsing she was running circles around me."
Justin was in NY's legendary train terminal Grand Central Station to launch Callaway Golf's new FT-iQ driver.
Comments (0) 02.07.2009. 19:51
Taylor Swift Meets Her A-list 'Musical Crush' on 'Ellen'!
www.etonline.com11.05.08
Taylor Swift reveals surprising new details about her breakup with Joe Jonas on next Tuesday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and Ellen surprises the 18-year-old country star with a visit from her A-list "musical crush" -- a star so big you won't believe it!
Admitting to Ellen that Joe Jonas is "not in my life anymore," Taylor says that when she eventually meets the right guy, "I'm not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18."
But Ellen has just the cure for her break-up blues: A surprise visit from Justin Timberlake! "This makes it all better," Taylor exclaims upon meeting and hugging Justin, who knowingly tells her, "We've all been there, Taylor. We've all been there."
For more of Taylor and Justin, tune into "Ellen" next Tuesday, November 11 -- the day Taylor's new album Fearless releases!
Comments (0) 02.07.2009. 19:44