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Justin Timberlake's New Fragrance: Eau de iPod

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Justin Timberlake's "Play" cologne (rhymes with "alone," remember) for Givenchy tries to emulate handheld gadgets with Play/Rewind/Forward touch buttons, but it's all a trick. You can never rewind to that less-smelly, less-desperate time before you bought this stuff.

Influenced, in the most irritating way, by "mobile multimedia gadgets, those quintessential objects of modernity and style that have become both everyday objects and icons of our era," this cologne features a touch-based play button that presumably sprays whatever club-scented girl-repellent lies within the bottle. It's a pretty silly idea and actually features poor design: No 3.5mm headphone jack? Did JT learn nothing from the T-Mobile G1? But if you want to smell like an international pop star, or at least like an international pop star's publicist, it's available in Europe right now. [Givenchy via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Justin Timberlake Presents New MTV Reality Show Called "The Phone"

Elaine Chow — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Hey, Justin Timberlake here. Just checking to see if you senoritas are n*sync with my plans to bring sexy back to reality television. Next season, MTV's going to rock your body with a new reality game show called "The Phone," to be executive-produced by yours truly. Here's the premise:

Each episode will begin with two hidden cell phones ringing at opposite ends of a major city. Contestants who answer the phones will get to go on a timed mission for a cash prize. While they're racing through the city, a helicopter will track their every move. Kind of like that scene in the Bourne Ultimatum where Matt Damon's trying to get that journalist dude to follow his instructions—but sexy. Also nobody's going to get their heads blown off.

What? You think this sounds unbelievably lame? You're not lovin' it? Well buddy, cry me a river, because last time I checked, I was Justin Timberlake and you weren't. I get to do things like make out with Scarlett Johansson and have four cellphone channels devoted to my life. I think I would be the king of knowing what's lame and what's not. Where is the love, man? God, you guys are such dicks (in a box). [Reuters]

Zune Insider Apologizes for 3AM Zune Stunt

Jason Chen — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:25:39 EST

Remember that stunt last week where the Zunemobile blasted Timberlake at 3am in NY? Well, Cesar from Zune Insider drew the short straw and had to bring the Sorry Back.

On behalf of the Zune team at Microsoft, I'd like to issue an apology to the residents of Ludlow Street (between Stanton and Houston) for the loud noise at 3:00 AM last Sunday (24 Feb). For what it's worth, this was not a planned or Zune-sanctioned PR event, a stunt, or any intentional marketing activity. And we've taken steps to make sure this won't happen again. To those folks woken up by the sounds of the vehicle, we apologize.

Apology accepted (I don't live in NY). – Jason Chen

Sorry, New York [Zune Insider]

Image that doesn't really make sense stolen from Wonkette.

Stuff We Can't Make Up: Verizon Teaming with Justin Timberlake For JT-TV

Jason Chen — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:30:31 EST

Coming in 2007, Verizon plans to roll out not one, not two, not three, but four channels showing off all the myriad aspects of Justin Timberlake's life. The channels of JT-TV will consist of Fashion, Film, Music and Lifestyle, and will product new content periodically throughout the year. The Art, Literature, World War II, and Discrete Mathematics channels didn't quite make the cut, but we're hoping for round two! Fingers crossed!

This content, of course, is Verizon only, so you'd better get to planning our how you're going to end your Cingular, Sprint and T-Mobile contracts early. – Jason Chen

Press Release [PR Newswire]