Justin Bieber Melbourne May 2, 2011
13 years ago
Times are tough in the entertainment biz. Network TV viewership continues to fall, jobs cuts are a fact of life, and latte budgets are reportedly being slashed in executive suites all over Hollywood. Enter 16-year-old pop throb Justin Bieber, who swooped in to purchase the sketch comedy Web site Funny or Die on Thursday (April 1).
"The timing just seemed right for 'Bieber or Die,' " Bieber said in a statement about the newly renamed site. "No one really cares for 'funny' anymore anyway. I mean try to define funny and then try to define Bieber, and you will understand completely."
Except not all. It was an inspired April Fools' Day prank that had FOD and Bieberconspiring to rebrand the site and produce a series of sketches in which he faced off against an O-faced kitty cat, took a nasty spill while singing "Baby" and proudly declared, "Sometimes I don't feel like walking, so I make enormous people carry me around. ... Let's go get a lollipop!"
Still sticking very much to the Bieber or Die script, Lauren Palmigiano, one of the site's writer/producers, called up MTV News to tell us about shooting the videos and what office life is like under the reign of the Biebs.
MTV: How did this whole thing come together?
Lauren Palmigiano: Justin just wanted to run the world. He came to us and wanted to buy a Web site, and we realized that comedy can only get us so far. And videos with Justin Bieber will take us to the level we're trying to get to.
MTV: How long did it take you guys to shoot all the videos?
Palmigiano: The production staff for Funny or Die spent the day with Justin on Tuesday [March 30], and we just followed him around. He's a really busy guy, and he had a ton of things going on and we shot the videos in a total of about an hour over the whole day. He squeezed us into a day where he had meetings, interviews; he did a surprise appearance with Ludacris. We just hung out and waited for whenever he had five or 10 minutes and pulled him aside and shot the videos as quickly as possible.
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I'm not even gonna say anything, except.......LMAO!!
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS HAD HER HAIR CUT SHORT AND LOOKS JUST LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER!!!! ........
......... JOKE ;P LMAO - Happy April fools day Guys!! LOL What do you think?? LOL - I think Taylor
could even pull this off!! Comments??
Happy April Fools everyone!
Happy April Fools everyone!
God, I can't believe she said that. And no she should not be fired. I think she's actually pretty funny.......
We send this bitch to cover the red carpet for us at our birthday party and she comes back with this shit????
She's fired!
PEREZ HILTON
Wow! Twilight Mania meets Bieber Mania. This is going to be major! Twilight and Rob have been the biggest thing for teens this last 2 years and Justin is certainly positioned to take over the reign. And now a collaboration between the two hottest guys at the moment is in the works. I'm gonna faint. I am really excited about this news. Can't wait until this comes out.
Exciting news for all Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson fans!
The One Time singer has asked Twilight actor Robert Pattinson to duet with him on a new song for the Eclipse soundtrack.
As you all know Rob is musically gifted too and jumped at the chance to duet with teen singing sensation, Justin.
The pair will collaborate on the song, Once Bitten, written for the soundtrack by Justin's mentor, Usher and there's no doubt fans will be gagging to hear the tune.
ENTERTAINMENT WISE
Update: This story has turned out to be false as I have checked the Eclipse track list and this song is not in there. :(
This is the news that all Justin Bieber fans from the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the rest of Europe is waiting for.
Start saving your money now for tickets because Justin's "My World" tour will be heading for Europe within the next 12 months.
A full concert tour has already been planned but no cities and dates have been confirmed yet. Seeing that the North American tour ends in September, I do not see this happening until late 2010 but more likely early 2011. Expect an official announcement during the summer (July / August).
Check back with JBShrine and we'll keep you posted on any further details as soon as we get them.
Justin Bieber is co-headlining KIIS FM's Wango Tango with Adam Lambert, Usher, Ludacris, Ke$ha, Iyaz and Akon at the Staples Center on Saturday, May 15. KIIS Club VIPs get first access to tickets beginning Friday, April 2. Tickets go on sale to the general public next week. Pix of Justin out with a 'Jersey Shore' girl @ Dlisted & out with Ryan Seacrest @ ONTD.
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