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It was a cheque that blew the lid on the duplicitous dealings of one of pop’s most controversial music managers. Having already turned Backstreet Boys into a 1990s boyband juggernaut, Lou Pearlman had become the mastermind behind ‘NSync, designed as rivals to his other band. After three years of nonstop work and tens of millions of record sales, in December 1998, he invited the five singers and their families to an expensive restaurant to officiate…
Justin Timberlake has scored a big win in the lawsuit accusing him of deceiving customers who bought the beverages he hawks after a judge dropped him from the case. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, a federal court judge has dismissed all claims against Timberlake in the class action lawsuit filed over the ingredients in Bai Brands Beverages, which Justin Timberlake has endorsed. The judge ordered that the claims against Timberlake were filed in…
A Memphis home with a link to Justin Timberlake has sold. The 4,300-square-foot home on Mud Island served as a business address for Timberlake’s Tennman Entertainment. The house, which sold for $890,000, was built in 1995 and has three bedrooms and three-and-half baths. Valley View Revocable Trust, which is connected to Timberlake’s family, bought the house in 2006 for $1.1 million, according to records. Real estate news concerning Timberlake isn’t confined to Memphis. The…
Justin Timberlake has been secretly signing copies of his autobiography. The ‘Cry Me A River’ hitmaker released his memoir ‘Hindsight: And All The Things I Can’t See In Front Of Me’ at the end of last month, and since then, he’s been dropping into book stores at random and taking copies off the shelves to mark them with his signature. On Wednesday, he took to Instagram and posted a third video of him sneaking into…
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have suffered a loss on their lavish New York penthouse after being forced to drop the price four times since listing the home in March this year. The 37-year-old Grammy Award winning singer and his Hollywood heavyweight wife, 36, have now sold the three bedroom Soho Mews apartment for $6.35 million, yet purchased the pad for $6,567,713 in 2010. The couple’s $200,000 loss will no doubt come as a blow…
Justin Timberlake’s new book, Hindsight, is essentially a coffee table biography: a collection of highlights of his career from SNL to Suit and Tie. But flip through the pages and you’ll quickly realize the design is good. No offense intended to Timberlake (love you JT!), but you might call it surprisingly good. Did Mom help you with that assignment, Billy? good. Each page is an unexpected delight to the eye, with moments of bold typography…
Justin Timberlake is trying to say “bye, bye, bye” to his N.Y.C. penthouse, and he has reduced the price of the home yet again. The “Say Something” singer first listed the 2,598-square-foot apartment in March for $7.995 million, but has dropped the price four times over seven months, for a total reduction of $1.5 million. According to TMZ, Timberlake first reduced the price of the property by 1 million last spring. Street Easy’s price history…
Pop star Justin Timberlake and basketball legend Kobe Bryant are in talks to create programs for a new online service called Quibi, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining a video startup backed by titans from Hollywood and the Silicon Valley. The two globally known stars would produce and appear in the series for service, whose name is short for quick bites, under the deals being discussed, said the people, who asked not…
In an unexpected turn of events, Justin Timberlake has left his publicist of 20 years to work with Sunshine Sachs, according to *Variety,* the same firm that represents none other than Janet Jackson. Timberlake is parting ways with M2M Construction, who he’s worked with since his boy-band days in ‘NSync. According to Variety, Timberlake had previously worked with firm co-founder Ken Sunshine after the 2004 Super Bowl scandal where Timberlake accidentally ripped off part of Jackson’s top, briefly exposing her breast on live television.
They’re one of the Hollywood’s most glamorous and high profile couples, and are just a handful of months away from celebrating their six-year wedding anniversary. And Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel appear eager to hit their marital milestone with at least one of their luxury properties offloaded, as they’ve just reduced the asking price of their New York City penthouse by $1million. The couple, who are the parents of three-year-old son Silas, initially put the…