09/11/2011
Justin Timberlake Claims Music Is His 'Bread And Butter'
'I don't ever want to stop doing music,' JT tells U.K. magazine.
By James Montgomery
Justin Timberlake in his "SexyBack" music video
Photo: Jive
If he had his way, Justin Timberlake would probably be doing promo for the follow-up to 2006's FutureSex/LoveSounds right about now; it's just that these pesky movie roles keep getting in the way.
That's the takeaway from a new interview Timberlake gave to British magazine ShortList (to hype the U.K. release of one of those films, "Friends With Benefits,") in which he spoke openly about his desire to return to music, and the public's perception that he's purposely ignoring his career as a recording artist.
"To be honest, my plan would have probably been to do another record, probably right about now. I never stop considering myself a musician. To me, it's my bread and butter," he said. "And I mean that in a personal way, I don't mean that it finances my 'acting hobbies.' I joke with my friends that I should have a business card saying 'David Fincher put me in a movie,' because 'Bad Teacher' got a blessing due to 'The Social Network,' and then 'Friends With Benefits' came out of that.
"All the movies I've done were just opportunities that came up, but now that they're all coming out back-to-back, people think, 'Oh, he's trying to make a statement by having an acting career,' " he continued. "But it's not like that for me. I don't ever want to stop doing music."
Of course, in recent months, Timberlake's musical output has been limited to a cameo in a video for "Hoodies On, Hats Low," a song by his Tennman Records' artist FreeSol, and an impromptu performance with the group at a restaurant he co-owns in New York City. But he maintains that he never really decided to put his solo career on the shelf. It just sort of shook out that way, much to the dismay of his fans, who have begun making impassioned (and slightly profane) pleas for his return.
"The only conscious decision I made was that I didn't want to do a movie about a musician, because I felt like that was presumptuous," he told the magazine. "If 'Bad Teacher' had come out before 'The Social Network,' it may have curbed it a bit because people got used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live' and thought, 'Well, he's kind of funny.' I never cared about being taken seriously as a musician."
So, when can fans expect to hear new music from Timberlake? Well, from the sound of things, it may be a while. For the immediate future, he's focused on just disappearing for a while.
"I have nothing on my plate for the rest of the year. I'm getting sick of me," Timberlake said. "I realize that I'm in a really lucky place because, to be honest, I don't think I'm that good. I just want to make the right choices. You get to a certain age where you don't feel the need to be validated by your choices in your career. I want to be validated more by choices in my personal life."
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Chuckie Will Debut Michael Jackson Remix In Miami
Official 'Hollywood Tonight' remix coming to Miami Music Week.
By Akshay Bhansali
Chuckie
Photo: Jason Ano/ One and Only Productions
Leaving the South by Southwest festival, Lavo New York and Las Vegas' Marquee in his wake, house DJ Chuckie has his sights set on the week ahead. With Miami Music Week now upon us, Chuckie plans to seize the opportunity to debut new material. Fans will be tickled to know the Dutch producer has tracks in the can with Kelly Rowland and T-Pain, but when MTV News caught up with him Friday in New York, Chuckie shared the achievement of which he's most proud.
"I did a Michael Jackson remix, which was really scary — to touch Michael Jackson vocals," Chuckie said. "I did this remix for this track 'Hollywood Tonight.' I couldn't say it for a minute: The label called me, and they said, 'You can't say nothing about this. It's kind of a secret project.' It's gonna come out anytime now."
"Hollywood Tonight" was originally produced by Teddy Riley for Jackson's posthumous Michael album, and Chuckie's mix of the song will be the sole official remix of the track.
"I will play it Miami," Chuckie revealed. "I told them this is the best week to launch the remix. So it feels really good. I'm the only one remixing that Michael Jackson track, and they are considering it a single. For me, especially, it's an honor to remix the King of Pop because he died on my birthday."
So, will the mix be a thundering Chuckie Dutch house banger or will it have a melodic progressive house feel, like his Marquee remix of Diddy-Dirty Money's "I Hate That You Love Me"? Well, according to the "Let the Bass Kick" producer, fans will be getting a healthy dose of both.
"I had to bring in the raucous," Chuckie confessed. "Yeah, I did the Chuckie flavor, but then again, I wanted to make it really musical, so I went progressive (house) on it."
Chuckie will be performing twice at Miami Music Week: at the Cr2 Records Party at Wall Lounge on Wednesday, and then headlining "No Sugar Added" at Nikki Beach on Friday.
Are you excited to hear Chuckie's remix of Michael Jackson's "Hollywood Tonight"? Let us know in the comments below!
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09/10/2011
SPOTTED: Chris Brown & Kae Skateboard Through LAX
Chris Brown--and his interesting sweats/socks/shoes combo he chose--hit LAX yesterday with girlfriend Kae. And it looks like he'll be skateboarding it up wherever he's off to. Check out the pics inside...
Time to jet set off to their next stop. Chris & Kae are kicking it all around and bringing a skateboard along for the ride.
Have fun kids...
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9/11 Doc Examines 'Dread And Hope' In Aftermath Of Attacks
'Rebirth' filmmaker James Whitaker talks to MTV News about documenting Ground Zero devastation and rebuilding for the past decade.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Tami Katzoff
Photo: Getty Images / MTV News
A month after the attacks of September 11, producer and filmmaker James Whitaker visited Ground Zero, where he found, in the midst of the devastation, a tiny glimmer of hope: the hole would eventually be filled; someday, somehow we would rebuild what had been lost and we would experience something of a collective rebirth ourselves.
Thus was born a 10-year documentary effort called "Rebirth," which premieres on Showtime on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
"The film is a combination of the physical and emotional healing of the site over time," Whitaker told MTV News. "It just dawned on me that it would be great to give an audience the sense of going from the dread and anxiety to the sense of hope I felt when I imagined what it would be like."
The doc takes two approaches to capturing that mixture of dread and hope. Whitaker began by setting up three cameras around Ground Zero to take one frame of film every five minutes, 24 hours a day, documenting the evolution of the site and the eventual and ongoing construction of the new One World Trade Center. At the same time, he selected five people deeply affected by the tragedy and followed their stories for a decade.
"I started with the idea of Ground Zero itself and types of people, if you will," he explained. "I was interested in a fireman, for example. I was interested in someone who was on the impact floor and may have survived. A young person who would grow up over the course of the film."
As the effort gathered momentum, officials at the site took notice and gave the filmmaker their support. "Once we got the cameras going, the Port Authority just said, 'Look, we understand the goal here is to record the history of the evolution of the site and we applaud and appreciate it,' " Whitaker recalled. "So we started out with three cameras triangulating the site. Now there are 14 that are in and around and down low in the site in different positions."
As time passed and the site and his subjects began to heal, he found an organic end point for his film. "I think that the people who ended up in the film and were part of the whole process were really special," he said. "In about the fourth or fifth year, I started to notice that the subjects were making a change. They were moving toward a place that felt like ... a place of healing, a different place. It made me come to an understanding, which I said to myself, which was, 'Listen to the film itself, and it will announce its own ending.' And I realized at that point the film was really saying it's ending."
Whitaker added of Sunday's 10-year anniversary, "On September 11, I'll be thinking of the journeys of the wonderful people who participated in my film and how they got to a more healthy and hopeful place."
What will you do to remember 9/11? Share your thoughts below, and visit 911day.org to upload your video response.
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