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Usher is weighing in on old comparisons between himself and Justin Timberlake.

If you forgot, the hitmakers came up around the same time and worked in similar lanes. As a result, the media and fans inevitably compared them to each other.

Years later, Usher revealed how he really felt about the way that people talked about him and Justin. He also hinted at their relationship behind the scenes.

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“I think people more than likely need to find comparisons, but we are all unique artists and have our creativity,” Usher told People, adding, “I think that he has a legacy that should be respected and not compared to anybody else.”

Joking about Justin‘s Disney roots, Usher said that his career was more mature from the onset.

“They probably would have kicked me off the lot,” he said.

Usher added that he was a fan of...

Fox has given a series order to a new Justin Timberlake-executive produced game show, “Spin the Wheel,” it was announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday.

Dax Shepard will host the upcoming show and will feature contestants competing for large cash prizes in a game built around a massive, unpredictable wheel. The game will feature pop culture trivia and a 40-wheel that gives contestants the chance to win upwards of $20 million per episode.

The show is created by Timberlake and Andrew Glassman (“The Wall”) of Glassman Media, and will premiere during the 2018-2019 season.

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“This show is massive on so many levels and has the ability to change people’s lives,” said Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment and Specials, Fox Broadcasting Company. “We have a charismatic and hilarious host in Dax, an uber-producer in Andrew,...

Fox has greenlighted Spin the Wheel, a high-stakes game show, co-created and executive produced by Justin Timberlake and hosted by Dax Shepard, which offers contestants a chance to win over $20 million per episode.

Fox has been expected to expand its unscripted portfolio as it is headed into a future as New Fox, an independent broadcast network with no in-house scripted studio.

Created by Timberlake and The Wall developer/executive producer Andrew Glassman of Glassman Media, Spin the Wheel pits contestants against a colossal, spinning 40-foot wheel that holds large sums of cash prizes in its rotation. Throughout the game, players will answer trivia questions – each correct answer adds more extreme amounts of cash in the wheel’s wedges in a strategic location of their choice, while each incorrect answer adds more dangerous wedges that could instantly bring their total back to zero. With massive prize money on the line, contestants...

Fox has given a series order to “Spin the Wheel,” a new game show from executive producer Justin Timberlake. Dax Shepard will host the series, which will feature contestants competing for large cash prizes in a game built around a massive, unpredictable wheel.

The show is created by Timberlake and Andrew Glassman, who serve alongside Rick Yorn and Johnny Wright as executive producers. It is described as pitting contestants against a colossal, spinning 40-foot wheel that holds incredible sums of cash prizes in its rotation. Throughout the game, players will answer trivia questions – each correct answer adds more extreme amounts of cash in the wheel’s wedges in a strategic location of their choice, while each incorrect answer adds more dangerous wedges that could instantly bring their total back to zero.

“This show is massive on so many levels and has the ability to change people’s lives,” said Rob Wade,...

“Good-bye, my sweetheart. Hello, Vietnam.” — Johnny Wright

“Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?” – Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket was Stanley Kubrick’s eleventh film (twelfth, if you count Spartacus) and his last to depict war and the military. Kubrick dealt with the military in Fear and Desire, Paths of Glory, and Dr. Strangelove in very different ways. In Full Metal Jacket, he would focus on the institutional and ideological aspects of American marines and their experience in Vietnam.

Full Metal Jacket is based off of the The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford, who also had a screenplay credit along with Kubrick and Michael Herr. Hasford reportedly did not contribute much to the script except for a few lines of dialogue. Herr was chosen as collaborator because Kubrick admired his book Dispatches, which was a New Journalism take on the Vietnam War based off Herr’s...

Kitty passed away peacefully, after complications from a stroke. Read on for details. Kitty Wells, the first female superstar of country music, died Monday, July 16. Her family said she passed away peacefully at home in Madison, Tenn. after complications from a stroke. Kitty's solo career began in 1952 and lasted until the late 1970s. In 1976, she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and 10 years later received the Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music. In 1991 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences -- the group that presents the Grammy Awards. In 2008, the Library of Congress announced that Kitty's record, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," had been added to its National Recording Registry of works of unusual historic merit. That same year, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hosted an exhibit about her career. Kitty married Johnny Wright,...

Country music's first female superstar, Kitty Wells, died on Monday at the age of 92.

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According to The Associated Press, the singer's passing followed complications from a stroke. The family tells the news source that Wells died peacefully at her home.

The Nashville native, born Ellen Muriel Deason, reportedly began playing the guitar at 14, and she still performed in concert tours up until the year 2000.

Of her 25 Top 10 country hits, she might be best remembered for the tunes Making Believe and It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels. The latter marked the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist in country music.

Wells has been an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame since 1976 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1991.

According to the New York Times, Wells lived to see her five great-great-grandchildren, whom she is survived by along with a son, a...