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Justin Timberlake was on Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways, Thursday night. Timberlake used the opportunity to surprise a student he met while visiting Stax Music Academy in his hometown of Memphis. Stax Music Academy provides music education, youth development and mentoring for middle and high school students. Justin has long supported Stax Music Academy, recently gifting $200,000 worth of music equipment and pledging $100,000 toward a recent fundraising campaign. Aspiring music teacher Chris Clark was…
Stax Music Academy (SMA) was given a national, primetime spotlight Thursday, with Justin Timberlake and Ellen DeGeneres celebrating the school and its students as part of an NBC-TV holiday special. Stax Music Academy’s appearance came on the final night of a three-part holiday special “Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways” — and DeGeneres did just that, presenting $250,000 to the SMA, and giving an additional $50,000 in college funds to one of its students, Christopher Clark.
Levi’s and Justin Timberlake teamed on a project that brings together their love of music and community. As part of the Levi’s Music Project, the denim brand partnered with Timberlake to enhance Stax Music Academy, a South Memphis, Tenn.-based music institute that trains young artists on music theory, composition, business and leadership. Through the collaboration, Levi’s and Timberlake established “The Song Lab”, a remodeled facility complete with all of the equipment needed to create and…
Timberlake took a break from recording new music to celebrate his Levi’s x Justin Timberlake fall collection and Levi’s Music Project partnership while gearing up for his role in the film ‘Palmer’. While he has been busy with a multitude of projects, actor-musician Justin Timberlake stepped out on Tuesday night at Levi’s Haus in the Hollywood Hills to celebrate his latest partnerships with the heritage California denim brand. Among the guests at the intimate dinner…
Tiger Woods announced Thursday his partnership with Justin Timberlake to create a relief fund for the Bahamas, which is still reeling from Hurricane Dorian. Woods and Timberlake also pledged to match the first $6 million given to help support relief efforts. Both the champion golfer and Grammy Award-winning singer will work with the Royal Bank of Canada, as well as a luxury brand and a Bahamian resort in the relief effort. “As a strong believer…
Pop star Justin Timberlake made room at his sold out show at Van Andel Arena for Isaac Walker. Earlier this month Our Michigan Life featured the story on Walker. When the boy was just two-years-old he was diagnosed with leukemia. Walker went into remission a few months later before the cancer returned when he was eight. His only chance at survival was a bone marrow transplant. While on a trip to meet his donor,…
Justin Timberlake announced that a portion of all ticket sales from this weekend’s show at the CHI Health Center in Omaha would be donated to assist flood relief in Nebraska. This weekend’s show is one of the highest grossing ever at CHI Health Center. During the show, Timberlake wore a Nebraska Strong T-shirt and threw his support behind the relief efforts. “Are we Nebraska Strong tonight? Nebraska strong on three…One…Two…Three…Nebraska strong!”, shouts Timberlake with the…
Justin Timberlake may be a renowned dancer, but he has a thing or two to learn from the students at the I Promise School. The pop star, 37, and his wife, actress Jessica Biel, 36, stopped by the public institution founded by LeBron James during the Cleveland leg of Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods” tour. Representatives of school in the athlete’s hometown of Akron, Ohio, tweeted out pictures of the happy couple playing with the…