Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
‘Janet Jackson’ Team On How They Persuaded Superstar To Open Up For Docuseries – Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted
deadline.comPop superstar Janet Jackson reveals much more of herself than she’s ever done before in the Lifetime-A&E documentary series aptly titled Janet Jackson.The singer-actress discloses why her first marriage, to James DeBarge, failed (his drug use); her dream as a young woman (to pursue business law, not music); and why she counseled Justin Timberlake to avoid public comment after the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show when he inadvertently ripped off Janet’s top, exposing her breast (she wanted to protect his career).Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted — Deadline’s Complete Coverage“Through this film, she’s been incredibly open and incredibly honest.
And at times that has been very difficult for her,” Benjamin Hirsch, director of the four-part series, noted during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “I admire her honesty and her ability to do that.”Jackson serves as an executive producer on the series.
She tapped Manchester, England-based production company Workerbee, run by Rick Murray, to produce it.“We met Janet over five years ago.
She lives in the UK a lot these days — she has family here — and through a joint person we both knew we were asked to go and cover some behind the scenes footage of one of her tours,” Murray explained. “I sent my best director, Ben, and I sort of said in his ear before he went … ‘There’s something bigger that we can do with Janet.’ And we both love making movies, making feature documentaries, and we just thought there is a feature documentary here of her life that has not been told.”Filming began in 2017.
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