Justin Timberlake and Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment will no longer be requiring entertainment reporters, participating in The Love Guru’s press junket, to submit for review anything then plan to publish about the movie’s second-tier star, or keep his personal details they might glean during interviews from running.
Seems all those Internet types complaining about Trousersnake’s confidentially agreement got him and the studio to back down, just like they did with Angelina Jolie during her A Mighty Heart press tour last year.
Not surprisingly, Paramount was behind that gaffe as well.
Know what’s not confidential about Justin Timberlake? His confidentiality agreement.
You see, Mr. Timberlake, who appears in the Mike Myers movie The Love Guru wearing a Speedo and a semi, did not want intimate details of his personal life, which he might unknowingly reveal to journalists interviewing him to promote Guru, to be shared with the general public, simply because he’s required to do press for Paramount’s movie.
That’s why the agreement all entertainment journos who attended the movie’s presser had to sign off on paperwork that guaranteed they would submit for review anything they planned on printing, and they they agreed “not to disclose to anyone any confidential, personal, or private information about Artist, Artist’s family, or Artist’s personal relationships at any time,” and, “Journalist will be solely responsible for any and all other individual authorizations, releases, consents, clearances, licenses, and payments as may be necessary with respect to the use of the Material.”
The full agreement here.
Update: Timberlake and the studios are backing down.
Justin Timberlake’s new reality show for MTV, The Phone, which he’s producing but not starring in, explains his reason for being at the network’s upfronts in New York today. But what the hell is this new show? CONTINUED »
At last night’s 23rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria, Justin Timberlake remains composed as these two wahoos shared the stage.
RUMOR OF THE DAY Kate Hudson is carrying Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Baby. “What about Jessica Biel?” “Was Us Weekly hiding this from me?” you might ask. Well it’s all gossip, but allegedly they’ve been shagging for a year. It’s been on the L because Kate Hudson doesn’t want to be responsible for any more awkward situations and or become the next Cameron Diaz. This can end in one of two ways: Kate Hudson will lose weight or she will have the most awkward People magazine spread ever. [Hollyscoop]
• Okay, so we like Hot Chip. Is that such a crime? And this version of “Ready For The Floor” makes an excellent choice a for dance party.
• *NSync probably won’t reunite because as, JC Chasez puts it, “Everybody’s really excited about their own projects.” Everybody, or just Justin Timberlake?
• Michelle Obama continues to be charming …
• … While Barack Obama zealots continue to be annoying.
• Degrassi star Adamo Ruggiero talks about being a gay icon before coming out.
• Ignorance is bliss: Americans might be happy, but we sure are stupid.
Is there anyone left in Britney’s entourage who hasn’t spilled to the press yet? Her former lawyer, Eric Evin, blows up spots to Us Weekly this week. When it comes to Britney’s sex life, attorney-client confidentiality don’t mean a thing.
Evin reveals that Britney Spears lost her virginity at 14 to her then BF, Reg Jones. Hey, that’s demure compared with Sean Connery. According to the lawyer, she and Justin were no Jessica and Nick. The mouseketeers were as intimidate as two consenting adults could be from the go.
Considering how often Britney’s Britney is in the press, it’s no wonder that old news surrounding it still makes the cover of Us Weekly.
• Heidi Klum shares the heartwarming story of how she fell in love at first sight…with Seal’s tightly spandexed package. Awww, that totally explains why their lovenest is plastered with naked family portraits!
• In light of their new movie’s disastrous box office showing, Reese and Jake are officially back “together.”
• Steve Martin is writing a book for children. Also of note: “Children” is Martin’s all-inclusive word for non-New Yorker subscribers.
• Larry Craig is reportedly using campaign donations to foot his legal bills. Naturally, constituents are outraged! But mainly over the whole “closeted gay” thing.
• Janet Jackson’s future-husband refuses to forgive Justin Timberlake for leaving JJ high and dry in the aftermath of that whole totally spontaneous “wardrobe malfunction.”
• Random House is voted the best publishing house to work for, which must be extremely reassuring for those first-year editorial assistants who are (barely) subsiding on ramen noodles, raw ambition and under $25K/year.
• Always on the frontlines of rising social trends, Sunday Styles reveals that going to weddings solo can be either incredibly lonely or a great place to pick up men.
• Raging wildfires blaze towards the coast in Southern California. Fortunately, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park has been closed and animals are being moved. Still in danger: Everybody else.
Last week, Lance Bass proved he still had some residual bitterness about being the least talented member of an already overrated boy band. This week, he proves he’ll do anything to grab the limelight. Including bitch and moan about Britney Spears and talk about the other N’Syncers homosexual tendencies.
Careful, Lance. Keep that up and you’ll be known as “the surly one,” instead of just “the guy from ‘N Sync who wanted to go to outer space, but never made it and was all gay and shit!”
[Queerty]
We blame Justin Timberlake’s post boy band success for encouraging this reunion.
Justin sat down with Oprah, you know, just to chat. But even he has no clue what is going on with Britney. The woman is a mystery, even to the man who brought sexy back. [Queerty]
• MTV’s exec president describes Tila Tequila’s trashtastic new dating show as “a roller-coaster ride of drama, conflict and emotion, busting stereotypes and challenging the norm.” When asked for comment, an irate Justin Timberlake responds, “Play a video!”
• Meanwhile, JT finally gets recognized for being kind of a dick.
• Also, Justin reportedly celebrated his “Best Male Artist” pickup by banging Rihanna, much to the disappointment of Jessica Biel’s disproportionately large ass.
• Meanwhile, Britney celebrates her short-lived VMA’s “comeback” by showing everyone her hairless vagina.
• Dame Anita Roddick, the founder of The Body Shop, dies, leaves behind a lasting legacy of crappy kiwi-strawberry flavored lip balm and overpriced mango bodywash.
• Which cast member of The Fashionista Diaries always makes it a point to be “articulate and cassy?” (Hint: It’s not Bridget.)
• Britney Spears foolishly squanders an opportunity to record a duet with her all too sympathetic ex, Justin Timberlake. Or, as Yeeeah puts it, “Justin Timberlake Tries To Ruin Career; Fails.”
• Pee-Wee Herman (a.k.a. Paul Reubens) returns to television in the role of a “traveling homeopathic antidepressant representative/salesman.” Which “beats” jacking off at a porno theater any day.
• That Pete Doherty is such a drug-addled mess, even his frickin’ cat is hooked on heroin.
• Ever wished for the magical ability to turn everything you touch into crappy artificially fruit-flavored candy? No? Well, don’t.
• Note to Lindsay: you know your relationship is sort-of in trouble when (a) your boyfriend starts cheating on you with a stripper while you’re away at rehab, and (b) the stripper describes the sex as “a bit weird.”
• Britney Spears ditches the weave, leaves her overall craziness still intact.
• Meanwhile, did Brit really tell her kids that they were both mistakes? And if so, aren’t they too young to even remember?
• If actress Vivica A. Fox were a soap opera, she’d be “The Bald And The Beautiful.”
• Recently covered: Rihanna’s irritating hit single, “Umbrella.” Still very much uncovered: Rihanna’s ginormous fake boobs.
• Justin Timberlake spotted “sitting with a bronze-skinned brunette.” Obviously, they’re fucking.
• Penelope Cruz’s sister steals the spotlight from her maybe-lesbian older sibling.
• Justin Timberlake gets back to his roots by opening his own white trash restaurant.
• Ironically, Christina Aguilera actually hates it when people fight “dirty.”
• Hairspray cast strikes a pose. Interestingly, half the cast is either balding or completely hairless.
• AC Slater running shirtless on the beach makes Jesse Spanow wish she were a little less of an uptight frigid bitch.
Turns out Justin Timberlake and Victoria Beckham have a little something in common (other than rampant narcissism and revolving door hairstyles) namely, an irrepressible need for Pepto Bismol.
And while Posh’s gassy posterior has already been immortalized in a charming children’s storybook, Timberlake’s struggle with the bloat was only recently revealed when his overseas rider (demanding anti-gas tablets) was “accidentally” leaked to the press.
The embarrassing excerpt, after the jump.
• During the Swedish leg of his world tour, Justin Timberlake found time to hump Jessica Biel, spit on his fans, and scream, “You want me to juggle also?” at a little girl who shyly asked to take his picture.
• Kate Moss’ boots were made for walking. Too bad the same can’t be said about her unsightly old-lady legs.
• Matt Lauer interviews Pamela Anderson’s crotch.
• Cameron Diaz wants to swap careers with Jack Black while somehow maintaining her body type.
• Hulk Hogan dabbled in the art of fake-wrestling, so it’s only natural that his daughter would dabble in the art of fake breast implants.
As we write this, we’re looking out the window and salivating over the picture perfect weather outside, currently being wasted on lazy, unemployed persons and pretentious NYU students. And so, for your sanity and ours, we’ve decided to kick off a glorious new feature called “Comment of the Day,” to provide a transient glimmer of entertainment for all you working stiffs who would much rather be downing margaritas poolside on the Jersey Shore (while fending off advances from married, guidos named Tony) than slaving away in your cubicles.
Today’s “Comment of the Day” comes to us from PopSugar, and it pertains to the new (or at least newly “official”) coupling of Justin Timberlake and GQ hottie, Jessica Biel.
So what do people think of the two blissfully scowling lovebirds? Are they on “Team J-Squared” or nostalgic for the days of Cam-berlake? Also, what’s up with Jess raiding your grandma’s closet?
Thoughts, reflections and the COTD, after the jump.
It all starts with the songs. The truth of it is, she had catchy songs. If she had catchy songs again, I don’t think anybody would be chastising her as much as they are.
It’s been this way for me as well. It’s why everyone made such a big deal out of me talking about drugs – where we come from, it’s the stereotype.
You seem like you might be PG-rated forever, and that’s not the case. I was never PG-rated.
–Justin Timberlake. offering Britney Spears unsolicited advice. [via Popsugar]
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