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Justin Timberlake continues to mourn the loss of Michael Jackson.

Timberlake has performed with the King of Pop, including an ‘NSYNC duet with Jackson at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. Timberlake was so influenced by Jackson that he also wore a fedora and glove and showed off Jackson-esque dance moves in his “Cry Me a River” video.

“The thing about Michael is the memories,” Timberlake tells MTV U.K. “I’m lucky enough to have memories — actually, physically — with him onstage and off.”

He says the way the entire world has reacted to Jackson’s passing is a “testament to how big a deal it is, obviously, because he’s created so many cultural photos in people’s minds with his music that he was and always will be the King of Pop.”

“To create the things that he created with his music is untouchable,” Timberlake goes on. “He opened the minds of the world to be able to do that through his music… [it's] a feat not accomplished by many people, maybe only a handful of people. I don’t think anyone ever did it like him.”

Jackson – who died June 25 at the age of 50 after suffering cardiac arrest -
“opened the minds of people about music,” Timberlake said. “He opened the minds of people about culture. Even if it was this much in your conscious, he helped with segregation. His music did that and not a lot of people can say that. Michael was the baddest!”

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Amy Adams will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter, which David O. Russell is directing for Relativity Media and Paramount.

The drama revolves around the life of boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and trainer-brother Dick Eklund (Bale), chronicling their early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Mass., through Eklund’s battle with drugs and Ward’s eventual world championship in London.

Adams will play Charlene, a tough, gritty bartender and former college high-jumper from Massachusetts who ends up dating Mickey.

Melissa Leo also has been cast as Wahlberg and Bale’s mother.

The movie begins shooting next month in Lowell.

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After weeks of mounting tension between Danielle Staub and sisters Caroline and Dina Manzo, all hell broke loose on the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion show on June 25. Caroline accused Danielle of doing something so horrible, l she could never forgive her. Danielle blogged on BravoTV.com that all she’d done was “pass along a phone number to [Dina’s ex-husband] to contact the proper people,” but Jacqueline Laurita – who’s married to the sisters’ brother Chris – tells Life & Style exclusively that what Danielle did was far worse.

“I don’t think it was something as simple as giving a phone number out, but leave it to Danielle to try to downplay her whole dirty deed,” Jacqueline says. “She’s an angry, bitter person. She felt Dina rejected her, so she went out to destroy her!” While Jacqueline wouldn’t get into the specifics of the incident—claiming “innocent people” would get hurt—and insider tells Life & Style, “Danielle was trying to harm Dina by giving her ex-husband a phone number that might give him leverage in the custody of their daughter, Lexi.”

All this drama should make for an explosive second season, which, Life & Style reported exclusively, is set to start shooting in July. But Jacqueline says she refuses to do any scenes with the family nemesis. “I certainly won’t be filming with Danielle or wanting to talk about her. She’s a closed chapter in my life,” says Jacqueline, who welcomed son Nicholas on June 11. “I’d love to see more happy and fun family scenes than Danielle drama.”

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Hello Photoshop!

Joan Jett is all about tough love.

The rocker gave Kristen Stewart, who plays a young Jett in the upcoming biopic “The Runaways,” a hard time last week, causing the young starlet to burst into tears on set.

Says an insider, “Joan just wants Kristen to play an authentic version of herself, so she needled her a little bit too much. But she apologized when she realized how upset Kristen got.”

At least there’s no bad blood between the two. Says our insider, “They’re like mother and daughter now.”

Better watch out, Joan — mess with Kristen and you’ll have Rob Pattinson to contend with.

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