So, Justin Timberlake was supposed to be at a party tomorrow night in San Francisco. The “special, private celebration” was in honor of the company Particle (which counts Timberlake as its lead investor), which recently launched its Robo.to service. Myself and fellow writers Jason Kincaid and Paul Carr were so excited that we’ve been gossiping about it all day in back-channel conversations. I believe Paul even bought a JT book for him to sign, earlier today. But sadly, Justin, is bailing on us.
It appears that like most celebrities, Timberlake came down with a case of the “scheduling conflict,” and had to fly back to L.A. (or stay there, not sure if he left or not) to go be a movie star. But we’ll forgive him this time because of the reason for his conflict: He needed to be on the set of The Social Network, yes, the Facebook movie.
But Paul has a brilliant back-up plan. Why doesn’t Particle get Sean Parker, the Facebook founder that Timberlake is portraying in the movie, to be Justin’s stand-in? Perfect, right? Of course, Parker may be busy, seeing as he has three or so jobs at the moment, the most recent of which is being a member of Yammer’s board.
Timberlake needs to understand that the real way to get rich — and I’m talking real rich — is to be a Silicon Valley star, not a movie star portraying a Silicon Valley star. Next time, JT, next time.
I can fill in, I’m around this week.
Which one of you is going to collect your tears in a jar to send to JT?
techcrunch = technology blog.. does not looks like one..
Agreed….
Have some compassion, life is dificulty for MG. He is a teenage girl trapped in the body of a middle aged man, yet claims to be in his 20’s. All this while being controlled by his inner fanboy emotions, very difficult indeed.
Harden the fuck up MG
Oh come on Zuckerberg is an anomaly at $2b.
And what makes someone *really* rich? JT is in the top 1% of wealthy people in America. What’s the difference in $2b and $50m?
$1.950b (a lot).
The top 1% of Americans have a net worth greater than $15m. I would hope that a significant percentage of us here (who are over age 30) have achieved that.
And if you haven’t (and want to), you should ask yourself why. You are in the greatest field in the country of most opportunity. Maybe you won’t be in the top 1%, but at least in the top 7% at a net worth of $1M or greater.
A little bit of discipline combined with a little bit of effort and a very little bit of luck, and ten years, and anyone should be able to do that, if they want. But discipline rules out 80%. Effort rules out 80% of the remainder. Luck rules out half of the remainder, and time rules out half of the remainder, so you only have 1%.
If you make around 350k you’re in the top 1%, so I’m going to guess he’s a little higher on the scale.
Actually, there’s a big difference between top 1% of income and top 1% of wealth.
350K may be top 1% of income, but top 1% of wealth is about $15M.
ummmm…. yeah, I am not too sure about the title of this movie.
Since when is JT a movie star? Doesn’t surprise me that a TC writer would be buy something for him to sign. I’m just surprised it was not Arrington. But he was probably in some room taking care of Zuckerberg.
Not saying how I know this…..but getting him to fly to the Bay Area is like pulling teeth.
Instead he will make a fruit shake, smoke a huge bowl, have sex with his chick and spin records in his flat with a few close friends.
Why would he want to come to San Fran for a party where he will be uncomfortable?
The man has a point.
No one calls it ‘San Fran’. I doubt he lives in a ‘flat’, more likely, a mansion. Taking a private jet does not preclude the weed, sex, music, friends, or the fruit smoothie. Not a single valid point was made.
Maybe he’ll hook us up with tickets to the premiere. Or maybe a bit role? I’m happy to play an extra. Unpaid. I swear I’m not desperate.
Hmm, I don’t think it’s a “schedule conflict”… he’s just laying low for a bit after all the buzz around his split up with Jessica Biel.
damnit, i was so planning to grill him on that.
That’s too bad! That would have been awesome to hang out with him!
What are you guys, a bunch of thirteen year old teenage girls?
seriously mg, what’s wrong with you…your ‘apple fanboi’ tag is one thing, at least it’s ‘tech’crunch..what’s this got to do with ‘tech’, mg? enlighten me! perhaps there’s a price for the ‘frequent blogger’ at tc?
‘lot’ ‘of’ ’single’ ‘quotes’ ‘right’ ‘there’
Gayest blog post ever!
too bad for JT…the Particle people know how to party.