The NHL is joining marketing forces with "The Love Guru" for a commercial during the playoffs.

That's the movie in which Mike Myers plays a guru who helps the Toronto Maple Leafs -- his real-life favorite team, poor guy -- on their journey to win the Stanley Cup.

Apparently Scotty Bowman still wasn't available.

The movie's not due out until June 20, but there's a clip at NHL.com. It really looks like a class flick.

Justin Timberlake is an L.A. Kings player, Jessica Alba owns the Leafs, and their coach is played by Verne (Mini-Me) Troyer, who gets clocked by a puck in one scene.

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Singer JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has hired a top barbecue chef to help him combat the mixed reviews his New York restaurant has received in its first nine months.

Cook Ray 'Dr. BBQ' Lampe has been brought in to revamp the menu at Timberlake's Southern Hospitality, after some restaurant critics were left less than impressed.

One writer at website NYMag.com even described the food there as "awful".

And Lampe is determined to start with the diner's ribs and work his way up: "We want them to be competition-style (ribs), where when you take a bite the meat comes off easy, but doesn't just slide off the bone. I don't think the guys that were in charge before really got that." Timberlake and his best friends Eytan Sugarman and Trace Ayala launched Southern Hospitality in July 2007.

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The video for "4 Minutes" will premiere on Friday. Can't wait!!!

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Madonna spoke about JJustibn in an excerpt from Vanity Fair.

"...Madonna made the record with Justin Timberlake, who co-wrote five of the songs and sings on four, Pharrell Williams, and the producer Timbaland. “I didn’t have any idea what kind of music I wanted to make,” Madonna told me. “I just knew I wanted to collaborate with Pharrell and Justin. I needed to be inspired and thought, Well, who’s making records I like? So I went, ‘I like that guy and I like that guy.’ It’s not like we hit it off right away. Writing is very intimate. You have to be vulnerable and it’s hard to do that with strangers. I had ups and downs before everybody got comfortable, but I grew very fond of Pharrell and Justin.”

Many of the songs are hybrids, traditional Madonna super-pop, workout tunes giving way to white hip-hop, Justin Timberlake showering cascades of rhyme. I was listening to the music, and it’s a record I think Madonna fans will like, because it’s filled with songs you can imagine blasting from the room where they hold spinning class, but I kept thinking about Britney Spears. I mean, here is Madonna, singing with Justin, whose very public breakup with Britney marked the moment the pop tart began her battle with the furies..."

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The American pop singer's music and good looks has inspired Weist's "If I Told You You Were Beautiful Would You Date Me on the Regular?" exhibition, on display at York's Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery.

The exhibition is open for only one night and it features everything from sculpture to photography and site-specific installations, reports People.

Meanwhile Timberlake gave back a little love to his hometown with a 200,000 dollars donation.

The 27-year-old singer made two separate donations of 100,000 dollars each to the Memphis Rock 'N' Soul Museum and the Memphis Music Foundation in his hometown.

The donation will be used for advancing music education for local students and for achieving the foundation's mission of "telling the story of Memphis Music and perpetuating its legacy."

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Justin has been confirmed to host ESPN's Annual Awards Special, ESPY. They will be held in LA at the Nokia Theater on July 20, and aired live on ESPN.

"'I'll do my best to deliver a great show, as I do not want to be roughed up backstage by these athletes who are bigger, faster and stronger than me,' he said." -BND

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US super producer Timbaland wants to record some music with the Sugababes.

The British girl group have claimed that the Shock Value star requested their services last year.

Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range and Keisha Buchanan met the R&B star when he teamed up with Justin Timberlake in London on Madonna's new album.

Berrabah told the Daily Star: "Timbaland was keen on us. He actually asked us to do stuff with him before.

"We ended up spending a lot of time with him and Justin last year because they were working on the Madonna album at the same studio as us.

"We’d have lunch and dinner together in between recordings. They were great company - very funny. We were in stitches all the time."

Talking about other collaborations the band would enjoy, the singer added: "We’d love to work with The Fratellis and a personal ambition is to do something with Missy Elliot."

Digital Spy, thanks to Ev for JFEorg.

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Issue #1048, Barack Obama Cover


I apologize for the quality- it was left in an open mailbox during heavy rain.

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Presenting Memphis Music checks on March 20. Thanks to Nat!

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Justin Timberlake splashed out a whopping $50,000 on a necklace for girlfriend Jessica Biel — to make up for all the time he has been spending with Madonna recently.

Timberlake, 27, has, for the past few months, been collaborating on the Material Girl’s forthcoming album Hard Candy, and earlier this month inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Jessica, 26, has felt a little put out by their close working relationship — and was surprised to hear that the ‘Cry Me a River’ star has become so comfortable in Madge’s company — he thinks nothing of dropping his trousers to receive a vitamin jab in his bottom.

So to make it up to Jessica, the former ‘N Sync star snapped up a sparkling white gold and emerald chain from top jeweller H Stern.

He also got advice from Madonna, 49, on what to buy ‘Blade: Trinity’ star Jessica.

A source revealed: “Working on her album meant Justin hasn’t spent much time with Jessica lately and Madonna didn’t want to be the cause of problems between them.

“She suggested he buy her a gift, something expensive.”

Showbiz Spy

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Memphis native and music star Justin Timberlake has made two separate donations of $100,000 to the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum and to the Memphis Music Foundation. Timberlake, in Memphis for filming on the independent movie, The Open Road, presented a check to Rock 'n' Soul Museum executive director, John Doyle, and museum Board Chairman, Joel Hobson, and to Dean Deyo, president of the Memphis Music Foundation on Thursday.

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Hindu leaders have asked to view the new Mike Myers movie The Love Guru - also starring Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba - because they fear it may mock their religion.

In The Love Guru, Myers plays the main character, an American who is raised in an ashram in India. He eventually moves back to US as Guru Pitka to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality.

Paramount pictures has agreed a pre-release showing for the religious superiors even though the movie has not yet been completed.

Jessica Rovins, publicist for the film said: It is our full intention to screen the film for Hindu leaders in the U.S. once we have a finished print."

Lila D. Sharma, President of India Heritage Panel, released a statement asking the makers of the movie to “secure clean chit from Hindu leaders before its June release”.

She added: “Hollywood is trying to make money by laughing at our holy men and in the process creating a stereotype.”

Entertainmentwise

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Some good ones this week... It's the March 24 issue.

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Justin Timberlake seems to be pumping up his metrosexual cred. First, he was drooling over Madonna when he introduced the legend at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction. Très fey.

And now he’s getting all serious about his skin care. Folks at the trendy Ole Henriksen spa in Los Angeles say Timberlake ordered a mess o’ products delivered down to the Hammond, Louisianna, location of The Open Road, where he’s costarring with Jeff Bridges (see photo above).

Among J.T.’s must-haves:

On the Go Cleanser, Pick Me Up Tonic, Herbal Day Crème, Pure Perfection Crème and Fresh Start Eye Crème. He ordered all this stuff because, reportedly, his skin "is really feeling the change of the climate." 

But Justin isn’t the only dude doing right by his dermis, Ole Henriksen-style. Our sources say Paris Hilton and b-f Benji Madden also stopped by the L.A. spa yesterday for some birthday pampering, after which Benji left with a whole bag of products!

Rock on, boys—but save some moisturizer for the rest of us.

E! Online, Thanks for gemmi or JFEorg

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Justin is nominated for two Australian MTV Awards: Music Video of The Year ("AYO Technology") and Live Performer (FutureSex/LoveShow). Check out the full list of nominees at mtv.com.au

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Here are 29 photos from last night's Rock Hall of Fame ceremony. Enjoy!

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Here's a blurb on The Love Guru from this issue of People Magazine.

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Madonna spoke about justin in a recent interview with Interview Magazine. Thanks to Perez Hilton!

"I really enjoy writing with Justin….We had psychoanalytic sessions whenever we wrote songs first. We'd sit down and we'd start talking about situations. And then we'd start talking about issues or problems or relationships with people. That was the only way, because you know, writing together with somebody is very intimate….that was fun, because he's open and he's got talent. He's a songwriter. I haven't worked with a lot of songwriters where I'm instantly connected and start riffing and playing with the rhythm of the words. He's as interested in the rhythm of the words as the meaning of the words."

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Reveille has teamed up with Justin Timberlake to produce an American adaptation of the hit Peruvian comedy "My Problem with Women" for NBC.

The project, which Reveille will co-produce with U.K.-based Power and Frecuencia Latina International, has received a script commitment by the network.

"Problem" follows the adventures of Jose, a thirtysomething bachelor who begins seeing a therapist in an attempt to understand why all of his romantic relationships fail.

"Problem" marks singer-actor Timberlake's first executive producing duties on a scripted TV project. He is exec producing with his manager David Schiff, Power's Justin Bodle and Chris Philip as well as Jaime Carbajal. Miki Ivcher, CEO of Frecuencia Latina International, will serve as an associate producer, and Jay Weisleder as a consulting producer.

"I am excited to be collaborating with Reveille to create an American version of this hugely successful and very funny show," Timberlake said.


"Problem" is based on the Peruvian show "Mi Problema con las Mujeres," which was created by Perez Garland, Christian Buckley and Paul Vega and has been sold to 20 countries around the world.

"'My Problem with Women' offers a clever and hilarious take on the battle between the sexes," said Reveille managing director Howard T. Owens. "With our success in adapting international television programming for U.S. audiences combined with Justin's creative instincts as an entertainer and performer, we are looking forward to developing another megahit for NBC."

Reveille is behind the most successful U.S. adaptations of foreign scripted series on the air, NBC's "The Office" and ABC's "Ugly Betty." The company also produces hit NBC reality series "The Biggest Loser" and "American Gladiators."

"Problem" also marks Power's first foray into comedy. Power, the leading European producer of high-end TV movies and miniseries, cracked the U.S. series market last fall when NBC handed the company a 13-episode order for adventure drama "Robinson Crusoe."

Hollywood Reporter

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