Han­nah’s Han­dle on Hol­ly­wood: Let’s Face it, You Just Can’t Hate Justin Tim­ber­lake

Justin, JT. I was going to continue with all of his nicknames, but I think he only has one. Anyway, when Justin’s name comes up, we automatically think of his ‘N SYNC days. He was a teen heart throb, rockin the charts with his catchy songs, killer dance moves and boy-band dreaminess. But people, it’s 2010. Justin has come a long way and even if he rose to fame as a boy-bander, that isn’t who he is anymore.

There are many rea­sons that I love Justin, and you prob­a­bly do too. First of all, Justin re­ally ap­pre­ci­ates the mu­sic. Af­ter he dropped his first solo al­bum, “Jus­ti­fied,” in 2002, he waited four years to re­lease a sec­ond CD. That is like an eter­nity for a record la­bel. We all know that if Justin kept re­leas­ing al­bums yearly like most artists, his CDs would be sell­ing and he would be mak­ing money. But Justin does­n’t do that. Clearly, he ap­pre­ci­ates the art and wants his al­bum to be the best it can be. Per­fec­tion takes time.

Next, Justin has ven­tured into the act­ing world. Now, his act­ing ca­reer has not been quite as suc­cess­ful as his mu­sic ca­reer. “Al­pha Dog” was re­ally vi­o­lent… and that Dis­ney Chan­nel orig­i­nal movie, “Model Be­hav­ior,” lived up to the Dis­ney Chan­nel orig­i­nal movie rep­u­ta­tion. But hey, at least he’s try­ing. And his por­trayal as Artie in “Shrek the Third” was good.

If his mu­sic and movies don’t float your boat, his SNL sketches will. He made quite the splash when he put on a leo­tard to dance the Sin­gle Ladies dance with Be­y­once. His dig­i­tal shorts with Andy Sam­berg and his other sketches are re­ally funny. He is such a co­me­dian!

Now, if you are the sporty type, you have to ap­pre­ci­ate Justin. He has been seen re­cently in the Sony com­mer­cials with In­di­anapo­lis Colts quar­ter­back Pey­ton Man­ning, and the com­mer­cials are good. Did you watch the 2008 ESPY Awards? Re­mem­ber when Justin sang “Why I love Sports”? AWE­SOME! You can’t say that does­n’t make you like him just a lit­tle.

Last, Justin re­cently sang an amaz­ing ren­di­tion of Leonard Co­hen’s “Hal­lelu­jah” with Matt Mor­ris at the “Hope for Haiti” ben­e­fit con­cert. Do­ing his part to help the world; you’ve got to love it.

He’s an ac­tor, singer, dancer, co­me­dian and phil­an­thropist. What more could you want in a pop sen­sa­tion?

It is quite ob­vi­ous that God must have spent a lit­tle more time on Justin.