What made an ordinary kid famous all over the world? The success secrets of singer and actor Justin Timberlake.
Often, it is impossible to explain the success of a particular star. It seems that those who appear in front of camera lenses are ordinary people who accidentally caught their luck by the tail. Let's try to figure out what kind of incident made an ordinary guy from a small town famous all over the world. About singer and actor Justin Timberlake.
Facts from the life of Justin Timberlake
1. Justin Randall Timberlake (Justin Randall Timberlake) was born on January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee - the birthplace of Elvis and country. His grandfather was a Baptist priest, and Justin was raised in the appropriate faith - but after the divorce of his parents, Timberlake considers himself a "believer, but not religious."
2. One way or another, a strict southern upbringing left a serious imprint, if not on Timberlake's career, then at least on his personal life. Despite his former nickname Throusersnake ("Snake in Pants"), Justin is a staunch adherent of monogamy, proving the word by deed: with each of his three star friends, Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel), he met for at least three years - and parted more or less friends.
3. Group * NSYNC, in which Timberlake began conquering the pop Olympus, is one of the three most successful boy bands in the history of popular music. It is * NSYNC that now holds what seems to be an eternal record - their album “No Strings Attached” sold an incredible 2.4 million copies in its first week of sales (today, with such numbers, they top the charts at the end of the year).
4. Timberlake did not take long to combine his musical (at that time already solo) and Hollywood careers. After finishing a super-successful world tour in support of his second and best album, "Futuresex / Lovesound", Justin decided to devote himself seriously to acting, reducing his participation in the life of the music industry to rare cameos on recordings of colleagues, MTV ceremonies and charity evenings.
5. The first big success to go beyond pop music was for Justin the cult television show Saturday Night Live. Having doubled as host and musical guest on it, Timberlake starred in one of the most popular videos in YouTube history (“Dick in a Box”) and won two Emmy Awards in addition to his six Grammy Awards. Well, more recently Timberlake made a feasible contribution to the Oscar campaign "Social Network" - not crowned with a nomination for him personally, but brought the film three "Oscars", four "Golden Globes" and a lot of critics' prizes.
6. David Fincher's The Social Network, in which Timberlake brilliantly portrays music industry undertaker Sean Parker, continues to echo in a life imitates art style: Justin is one of Specific shareholders Media, which recently bought the once mighty MySpace for a song.
7. In July, two new films with Timberlake's participation will be released in Russia at once: after “Very Bad Teacher”, where Justin promotes safe sex in the company of ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz, the romantic comedy “Friendship Sex” will knock on the doors of the box offices, in which he shares title entertainment with Mila Kunis.
Details about Justin Timberlake
1. Children's TV show "The Mickey Mouse Club", on the set of which Justin made his debut in show business, met his future * NSYNC colleague JC Chasez and fell in love with Britney Spears, also lit the stars of Christina Aguilera and, more surprisingly, actor Ryan Gosling.
2. A good half of the songs on Timberlake's debut solo album “Justified” were originally offered to Michael Jackson, but were rejected by his management as “unworthy of Michael” material.
3. It is Timberlake who owes much of their current popularity to The Black Eyed Peas - Justin took part in the composition and performance of the song “Where Is the Love?”, Which became the first superhit of the group.
4. After parting with Britney, over the next ten years, Justin sang in one way or another with almost everyone else - former and current - applicants for the pop throne, from Aguilera and Nelly Furtado to Madonna and Janet Jackson Jackson).
5. In the movie "Alpha Dog", which became Timberlake's first notable film role, there were no less than half a dozen future stars, including Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin, Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried).
6. According to Justin, he has a whole bunch of phobias. The star is afraid of sharks, snakes, spiders, loss of voice and soft toys thrown onto the stage (this time for him, fortunately, has passed). And die unloved.
7. Justin enjoys skiing and snowboarding, watching auto races and Manchester United matches.
Quotes by Justin Timberlake
1. “I constantly talk in my sleep. This always amused my mother: if she wanted to find out something from me, she would sit on my bed while I slept and start talking to me. She claims that I blurted out a lot to her."
2. “I don’t do all this for money - otherwise I would have retired after my first album. I don’t want to sound pretentious, but it sold 12 million copies, so I made some money from it.”
3. “I think music will always take a huge place in my life. Not even five minutes go by without me singing - sometimes without realizing it. People start staring at me, and only then I realize that I am singing at the top of my voice.”
4. “My real hero is Michael Jordan. It is a pity that I didn’t come out a little tall. If I weren't a singer, I would definitely become a basketball player”.
5. “If you give 150 percent, you get at least 100 of them in return. I was taught this as a child, and, you know, while it works."
6. “I'm a perfectionist. I can't help myself - even if I can't do some nonsense, I get very upset."
7. “I take my new job very seriously. After 87 takes, when you hear David Fincher say "okay, that was the right thing," you are at least able to sleep knowing that you please him."
