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[rosebee]

Thanks to bon1138 for scanning, to Candy for originally hosting them, and to afropuff for uploading & sharing.

Quote from the Q article:

After another Bee Gees run-through, manger Johnny Wright walks on set with five pieces of paper. They are T-shirt designs for Timberlake's approval. Merchandise for the upcoming tour, I suggest naively. "No, they'll be for the 1.6 million McDonald's employees worldwide," sighs Wright, as though the promotional maths were ludicrious even to him.

::blinks::
Justin had approval on McDonald employee T-shirts?!

I guess there was a bit more to that McDonald's endorsement than him licensing his song to use in their commercials.
And further into the article, they have more details:
Earlier this year Timberlake met the McDonald's top brass in LA. They'd had enough of Ronald McDonald, they told him. Like Timberlake, they are repositioning themselves as a cooler brand. They want to place their ground beef-filled buns in a more hip environment. "The bigwigs from this gazillion-dollar operation said, We want your brain," he enthuses. "They said, We want your ideas for ads. If you can incorporate yourself in them, then great. But if not, we just want your brain. And I thought, This could be creative."

Resume for Justin Timberlake (by rosebee)
-Member of the all new Mickey Mouse Club
-Co-lead vocalist of the boyband *NSYNC
-Songwriter
-Musician
-Designer/creator of advertising campaigns

Other interesting quotes & my commentary
We were going to chat in his dressing room over dinner. But I get bumped by the radiant starnger in the hallway. "Do you know where Justin is?" asks Cameron Diaz, her teeth blazing like a set of runway lights. Timberlake's dressing room is guarded by Eric, 350 pounds of "Who the fuck are you?" in a box-fresh Sean John tracksuit. The big Diaz smile wins access. Mintues later, Timberlake sends word that he's feeling a little tired and wonders if we could possibly chat tomorrow?

Oh, and how could I leave out this little gem of information:
Audience reaction during dress rehearsal determins which sketches survive. Needless to say, they especially love Punk'd and the Bee Gees. Two sketches are junked. There's an hour to go. Timberlake is allowed a short appointment with Diaz's face in his dressing room.

Yeah, he just got tired all of a sudden. They must've drugged his food. Yeah that's it.
In case anyone wanted canon proof that Cameron was at Justin's SNL rehearsals & at the day of the show, well, we've got it.

And the ending paragraph:
America loves it. Outside NBC at 2am there is a bigger crowd than before we went in. They crowd around police barriers and his waiting black limo. Diaz and Timberlake are sped away to the after-party downtown. America's hottest property has left the building.


I hope that Cameron makes Justin happy. No, truly! I do! I want nothing but internal peace & happiness for Justin, I adore him. I hope he's found that with Cameron. Just because I don't like the style of movies she's made, or how she comes across in the interview's I've seen doesn't mean I don't wish her & Justin happiness. And so far, I've heard no rumors or stories about her being mean or nasty to fans (unlike some other hangers-on girlfriends we've heard about).

Comments

[bright-midnight.livejournal.com]

Thanks for those-- they were interesting.

I don't hate the girl, but you'll get no Cam love from me. She was voted the year's worst celebrity in terms of giving autographs. The highest paid actress and she doesn't appreciate her fans? Not cool. And the sad thing is, from fan encounters of late, I think she's passed her attitude off to Justin-- he doesn't really sign anymore, either.

dacey has a not-so-nice Cameron/fan enounter here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/dacey/689252.html). As someone said in the comments, the saddest thing is that it probably would've taken her less time to scribble "CD" than it did for her to reject the girl twice.

As much as I hate Britney Spears, I don't think I've ever heard of her being rude to a fan. As much as I can't stand her, I have to give her that.

[rosebee.livejournal.com]

She was voted the year's worst celebrity in terms of giving autographs. The highest paid actress and she doesn't appreciate her fans?

For a celebrity, that's the biggest no-no, as far as I'm concerned. The fans are the ones that got you where you are.

I really, really hope her attitude isn't rubbing off on Justin... though I do seem to remember that even before he was with her, if there was a crowd of fans it would never be Justin to stay and sign autographs. Rather, I seem to remember he'd be the one we'd always hear about how he'd zipped right past all the fans and gone into the hotel.

Though, considering it's not even 6am yet, I could be totally wrong in what I'm remembering.

[bright-midnight.livejournal.com]

I know he was the member of NSync least likely to give you an autograph, but from everything I heard, he was much more accommodating than he has been lately :) I hope what I've heard isn't true, though. It is sad when a celebrity wearing their $900 shoes or whatever can't make a little time for their fans.