The Real Timberlake Tats
The Real Timberlake Tats by Roxanne McDonald
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There is no “underground” community, no dark den of drunken sailors initiating themselves into manhood via cheap, ill-conceived exercises in bodily perforation; it’s just a group of people who delight in using their bodies as billboards. ~Joanne McCubrey; “Walking Art: Tattoos;” Mountain Democrat Weekend magazine |
As if the successful singer’s body doesn’t get enough attention, Justin Timberlake’s tattoos are often discussed (as everything from prison inkings for parts he plays to the fake tats that have silly translations), interpreted, and fawned over.
Don’t let the latest pics on the net [including the one here] fool you, though: Justin has limited the number of tattoos he actually has for life: the rest are impermanent and for a film he was working on entitled Alpha Dog.
Displayed and explained by Vanishing Tattoo, on their “101 World’s Hottest Men with Tattoos” list, where Timberlake ranks #2 [after Lenny Kravitz], are Justin’s actual tats:
Justin Bounce Timberlake Bio and Trivia
Justin “Bounce” Timberlake Bio and Trivia by Roxanne McDonald
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Sometimes you just want your life to be your life, not everybody else’s to speculate on. ~ Justin Timberlake |
Sorry, Justin.
Accolades/Awards/Achievements
I don’t feel guilty about success. You can’t feel guilty about aspiring to be good at something. ~Justin Timberlake
Decidedly one of the 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 by Teen People; and named one of the sexiest men by Cosmo
Named as the most eligible bachelor in America (by ?)
2000 Won Billboard Music Award Album of the Year, “No Strings Attached”
2000 Won Billboard Music Award for Album Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
2000 Won Billboard Music Award: Top 40 Artist of the Year
2000 Won MTV Video Music Award: Best Pop Video, “Bye Bye Bye”
2000 Won MTV Video Music Award: Viewers’ Choice
2001 Won American Music Award: Internet Artist of the Year
2001 Won MTV Video Music Award: Best Dance Video, “Pop”
2001 Won MTV Video Music Award: Best Group Video, “Pop”
2001 Won MTV Video Music Award: Best Pop Video, “Pop”
2001 Won MTV Video Viewers’ Choice Award, “Pop”
2001 Won People’s Choice Award for Favorite Musical Group or Band
2002 [August] “Like I Love You” hit #11 on the Billboard Hot 100
2002 [October] “Like I Love You” hit #2 on the UK singles chart
2002 [November] Album, Justified, hit #2 on Billboard 200
2002 Won American Music Award: Band, Duo or Group
2002 Won People’s Choice Award: Favorite Musical Group or Band
2002/03 “Cry Me A River” and “Rock Your Body” made top ten
2003 [February] “Cry Me a River” hit #2 on the UK singles chart
2003 [February] Justified hit #1 on the UK album chart
2004 [February] Won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for Justified
2004 [February] Won a Grammy for Best pop Male for “Cry Me A River”
2004 [February] Justified went triple platinum
2004 Won Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, “Cry Me a River”
2004 Won Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album, Justified
2005 [October] Grammy Association awarded his humanitarian efforts in Tennessee
2006 FutureSex/LoveSounds debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart; and became the “biggest album ever for pre-orders on iTunes”
2006 [August] “SexyBack” reached #1 on Billboard chart (after debuting at #90)
2006 [September] “SexyBack” reached #1 on the UK singles chart
2006 [November] “My Love” reached #1 on the Hot 100 chart
2006 [November] won Best Male Artist and Best Pop MTV Europe Music Awards
2006 [December] Ranked no. 15 on Golf Digest’s Top 100 in Music list
2007 [January] “Summer Love/Set the Mood Prelude” hit #1 on the Pop 100 Airplay, as did “What Goes Around…/…Comes Around Interlude” and “Give It To Me” make #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
2007 Won a Grammy for “SexyBack”, Best Dance Recording
2007 Won Grammy for “My Love,” Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
2007 Won People’s Choice Favorite R&B song, “SexyBack”
2007 [June] Voted #2 on the “15 Sexiest Men” list by Elle (France) Magazine’s readers
Justin Timberlake not Normal???
Justin Timberlake not Normal??? by Roxanne McDonald
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According to one celebrity stalkers mag, Justin has his moments of abnormalcy. Who cares? He’s still a hottie who can howl. |
So Star magazine has this ongoing section they have been running for a couple of years now that is fun to gloss over called “Stars: Are They Normal or Not?” The feature pictures of seven or eight celebrities doing various somethings and then label each shot with a decisive “NORMAL” or “NOT NORMAL”.
In the February 26, 2007 issue, Star features Justin Timberlake: the photo is one of him doing a repeat performance of a skit he participated in on SNL, wherein he has an actual package attached to his, er, package area—the title of the skit having been “Dick in a Box.” And the Star label is, of course, “NOT NORMAL.”
Now, yeah, yeah, any publicity is good publicity, but what works for Justin is what has worked for several celebs—a combination of talent to begin with, some shock schlock, and re-invention. It worked for Madonna, who reshaped her performance persona several times and in several ways over the decades that not only kept with the times but kept the times with her interesting. It worked, in a different way, for Michael Jackson.
And just as it works (or will work) for a new Brit who has shaved her head, gotten tats, and turned herself in to rehab, it apparently suffices as strategy for the NSYNC Boy with a white boy fro turned spotlight boyfriend to Brit turned Super Bowl shock agent turned bluesy, jazzy vocal genius with a close to the head haircut and a package on his pee-pee.
And hey, I recall when “NOT NORMAL” for Star was a thong showing above the jeans. So, take it for what it’s worth.
Justin Timberlake at Celebrity Spider