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October 26, 2005 - AOL Music is hosting an online listening party for *NSYNC's 'Greatest Hits' CD, released Tuesday (October 25). The Jive album features no new music and has received little if any promotion from the boy band's members and is assumed to be a contractual fulfillment. Listen to the album in full here.

October 26, 2005 - A close friend of Justin Timberlake spoke with Ted Casablanca of E! Online about how the *NSYNC star changes when girlfriend Cameron Diaz enters the room. "It's like everything is all of a sudden about her--others don't exist anymore," the source said. "He'll barely even talk to them. Cameron isn't exactly loved by these guys, you might say." Meanwhile, Ted hears that the couple will probably get married in December, and none of his boy-bandmates are expecting an invitation. Read more.

October 26, 2005 - 'Entertainment Tonight' was on hand as Justin Timberlake returned to his hometown of Memphis over the weekend with his mother Lynn Harless and girlfriend Cameron Diaz at his side, to be honored at Saturday's Recording Academy Honors, presented by The Recording Academy's Memphis Chapter. Read more and watch a video clip of the *NSYNC star here.

October 15, 2005 - World Entertainment News Network reports that Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten revealed that he has asked Justin Timberlake, albeit mistaking the *NSYNC star's name, to play him in a big-screen biopic of his controversial life. "I've asked Jason Timberlake to do it," the rocker, who's real name is John Lydon, remarked. "He hasn't said yes but I think it would work because he's a damn fine singer but he's beginning to look bored." Read more.

October 15, 2005 - NSYNC star Chris Kirkpatrick dropped by the Matty in the Morning Show on KISS 108 in Boston on Monday (October 3). Chris talked about the greatest hits album, saying, "I don't know what that means" and seemed to confirm the band isn't playing a role in it. He added that he's been writing and producing. Asked if he keeps in contact with his *NSYNC bandmates, he responded, "Well it depends, you know everybody's busy, or that's what I say... Translation, nobody talks to me. They all talk to each other, they get along great. I'm kinda like the black sheep. I guess Ricky Martin is going to replace me." He also talked about what he thought about the Janet Jackson Super Bowl breast flash. Listen to the two-part interview (part1 / part2).

October 15, 2005 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports that at a press junket for 'In Her Shoes', Cameron Diaz was asked if she offered any acting advice to her boyfriend Justin Timberlake. "Do you have to ask?" she grinned. "Really? Do I have to answer that? I don't." Walls added that the *NSYNC star has been telling people he prefers acting over singing.

October 15, 2005 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com warned not to trust reports in British tabloids that Justin Timberlake would buy the old Stax and Sun Records labels and return them to Memphis. Friedman says that instead, the *NSYNC star, who hass been loyal to the heritage of the Memphis music scene, will be celebrated on October 22nd by the local chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Read more.

October 3, 2005 - The Glasgow Daily Record reports that Cameron Diaz has no interest in following in the footsteps of her boyfriend's ex-lover Britney Spears and doing a reality show with Justin Timberlake a la 'Britney & Kevin: Chaotic'. "Maybe I'll start carrying around a video recorder to document me and Justin's tongue wrestling," Diaz joked. "Or I'll invite the entire staff of Us Weekly to my annual smear. We could spin it off into a new reality series - celebrity gyno-challenge."

October 3, 2005 - Anonymous writes "*NSYNC star Justin Timberlake is down in his hometown of Memphis shooting a movie, but seems to be helping out the city as well. Read more (registration required)."

October 3, 2005 - Justin Timberlake was on hand for the Toronto International Film Festival gala screening of the film 'Edison' on September 17th in Toronto, Canada. Earlier, the cast posed for a portrait session and fielded questions in a press conference. Check out pictures here.

October 3, 2005 - Anonymous writes "Glenn Sumi from NOW magazine in her Toronto International Film Festival review mentioned Justin Timberlake's new movie "Edison". She wasn't impressed by *NSYNC star's acting abilities. "I'm not sure I'd use the word 'prestige' for 'Edison'", she writes. 'The laughably bad closing-night gala with a performance by Justin Timberlake that should ensure him a Razzie nomination.'" Read more."

October 3, 2005 - Shinan Govani of Toronto's National Post attended the Toronto Film Festival screening of Justin Timberlake's big-screen debut 'Edison' and was less than impressed. Govani said the film "wears cliches the way Larry King wears suspenders. It prompted more than a few nervous laughs around me. Like, for instance, when Timberlake barges into Freeman's house and screams, all bloody murder, 'I'm a good writer!'" Read more.

October 3, 2005 - The trailer to one of *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake's new films, 'Alpha Dog', has been posted online. The film is based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list. Download and view at Kino-Express.ru.

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