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What can we learn from the Janet Jackson Super Bowl documentary?

The New York Times and FX special Malfunction revisits the ‘Nipplegate’ scandal of 2004 but adds little new understandingIn January, the New York Times documentary team released Framing Britney Spears, a succinct and bruising retrospective on the pop...

Britney Spears: will the princess of pop finally find freedom?

I followed the singer’s ups and downs since her first hit as a 16-year-old. Now a new documentary has highlighted how harshly she has been treatedThe first time I interviewed Britney Spears she was 16: an instant, overnight superstar on account of he...

'I am deeply sorry': Justin Timberlake apologises to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson

Singer issues apology for ‘times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem’ and says ‘I care for and respect these women and I know I failed’After public outcry stemming from the New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears, Justin...

Palmer review – Justin Timberlake dominates modest family drama

The singer is just too charismatic to convince as a surly former prisoner forced to care for a bullied boyFormer American football star Palmer (Justin Timberlake) has just been released from a 12-year stint in prison. It’s a shock, then, when he ends...

Palmer review – Justin Timberlake aims for redemption in familiar drama

The singer-cum-actor doesn’t have quite enough gravitas to lift a predictable story of an ex-convict forced to look after a kidWithin the first 15 or so minutes of Apple TV+’s Palmer, something clicks in, a feeling of overwhelming familiarity, an inn...

Trolls World Tour review – eyeball-frazzling sequel offers same again

The second dose of the kids animation follows the same bland template as the first – with chilling efficiencyThe Trolls sequel is here: another eyeball-frazzlingly multicoloured screensaver movie for little kids, with all the aspartame hyperactivity...

Sorry, Timbers, this is not the way to aplogise to the missus | Barbara Ellen

Justin Timberlake, caught holding hands with another woman, leaps to Instagram to say sorry – and slip in a plug for his new filmHow wonderfully modern that Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to apologise to his wife, Jessica Biel.After being snappe...

Millennials’ manners are a defence mechanism against a hostile world | Barbara Ellen

Young people care more about etiquette online than in real life, research revealsAre millennials selfish and rude or do they just define etiquette differently to older people? And if the latter is true, is that just to stop themselves going mad?A sur...

Justin Timberlake s'excuse auprès de Jessica Biel après des rumeurs d'infidélité

Accusé d'être infidèle, le chanteur a reconnu avoir eu un geste déplacé. Il a écrit un long message sur Instagram pour présenter ses excuses à sa femme et sa famille.

Jessica Biel denies she is an anti-vaxxer after opposing California vaccination law

The actor said she was ‘not against vaccinations’ despite joining prominent anti-vaxxer Robert Kennedy Jr in opposition to a bill intended to reduce medical exemptionsJessica Biel denied suggestions she was a supporter of the anti-vaccination movemen...

Pepsi ad, Fyre and Sausage Roll Jesus: how to fix a PR disaster

The creator of Flack, a drama based on a London media fixer, suggests ways to spin some classic media blundersModern Toss on the PR meetingAnna Paquin is back and starring in Flack, a show in which PRs are as badly behaved as the celebrity clients th...

Pop 2.0: how globalised music created a new kind of star

English is no longer the lingua franca of pop music, and its alpha stars – Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga – are an endangered speciesIn a recent episode of the New York Times Popcast, the paper’s critic, Jon Caramanica, recalled t...

Kanye West ruled out of Coachella after he demands a new stage

Rapper’s last-minute request for a custom-built dome would have meant removing a large number of toilets, say festival organisersKanye West was ruled out of headlining this year’s Coachella festival because organisers said it would be impossible to b...

The 30 best boyband members – ranked!

From the Osmonds’ Donny to BTS’s Jimin, boybands have produced some brilliant performers behind the hair gel. Ahead of the release of Zayn Malik’s new album, we list the greatestIs erstwhile Blue also-ran Antony Costa purely on this list because, in...

Reclining album sales? Why pop stars are making sofas not songs

From Louise Redknapp’s footstools to Kylie’s Atmosphere Duvet, an increasing number of musicians are turning to home furnishingsModern Toss on music and furnitureBeing a pop star has a shelf life. Sure, you can carry on chucking records out for ever...