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Justin Timberlake “Let Me Talk to You / My Love” Dir. Paul Hunter Justin’s back. “Sexy” back, that is. Having shorn the golden locks from his boyband phase, Justin Timberlake has ostensibly matured over the years, morphing from cute teen blond to sophisticated sex icon. Along with the “Sexy Back” video, his latest hit “Let Me Talk To You / My Love (feat. T.I.)” perpetuates his newfound suaveness, albeit in classic black-and-white fashion; as cameras roll...
...frame. As she gyrated to Beyoncé (faux pas?) closely guarded by her security detail, my mind wandered to her recent GQ cover, her TV show (is this chicken or fish?), her numerous front-row sightings, and of course, her rocky marriage with former boyband star, Nick Lachey...
These somewhat dubious delights aside, the place is still completely terrifying. Having finally pried the headphones away and worked through an acute case of coveting thy neighbor’s boyband-filled playlist (“Look, they even have the little-known trance remix of MmmBop!”), the only sound to be heard in the Reading Room is that of sheer productivity itself, or more specifically, the irritatingly incessant tapping of computer keyboards. Here is conclusive aural proof of the awesome industriousness of the surrounding scholars—a sound which invariably seems to increase in volume...
...ladies and gentlemen, when O-Town (Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood and Dan Miller), the boyband of ABC-TV’s “Making the Band” infamy, arrived in Bean-Town, and this city would never be the same. Never before has this historical center of democracy borne witness to a musical outfit so devoid of singing ability, good looks, humility or even charm...
...music video. The film updates the comic of the same name, tracking grrl-band Josie and the Pussycats as they get caught up in success. The movie’s main target of attack is mass consumerism (boo Abercrombie!), but it also gets in smart jibes on boybands (the show’s spoof boyband, Du Jour, has a hit single named “Backdoor Lover”), “Behind the Music” and other aspects of ’00s pop culture. It’s great campy fun (Alan Cumming and Parker Posey obviously...