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Justin Timberlake Makes Fun of Jessica Simpson

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, July 17, 2008

Justin Timberlake does his best Jessica Simpson impersonation as he stands in front of a cutout of the aspiring country singer onstage at the 2008 ESPY Awards held at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

It’s ok Justin… we ALL make fun of Jessica.

People magazine reports,

The singer earned raves as he alternated between self-depricating humor (at one point, he poked fun at his infamous 2004 Super Bowl performance with Janet Jackson, saying “I wanted to be the only guy at a football game to get to second base”) and playfully mocking audience members (he lowered his nose to one of David Beckham’s Tom Ford shoes and proclaimed, “Smells like $250 million to me!”). He also performed several big musical numbers.

“If I made the decisions, I’d ask Justin to be [our] entertainment every week,” Monday Night Football host Stuart Scott told reporters during the show. “After what he’s putting down tonight … Justin can come hang out with us on the set anytime.”

Seconded snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler, who won best female action sport athlete: “Not only is he funny, but he obviously knows [the sports] he’s talking about. I was here two years ago when Lance Armstrong was hosting and he did a great job, but JT is ruling it.”

Even the athletes he poked fun at seemed impressed. “It’s all in good fun,” said Terrell Owens, whose emotional news conference after the Dallas Cowboys’ season ended was spoofed during the show at L.A.’s Nokia Theater. “He’s had some funny dialogue; his interaction with the crowd is good. He’s an entertainer, and he did a great job.”

The ESPY Awards air July 20 on ESPN.

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Gretchen Bleiler FHM

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, February 23, 2006

Gretchen Bleiler sits down with FHM for a quick interview and photo shoot.

When snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler was forced to sit out of the 2002 Olympics after narrowly missing the qualifiers, she vowed she would return–and return she did. This week, the sultry Bleiler captured the silver during her halfpipe Olympic run at Torino. That’s not surprising considering the siren of the slopes is one of the top female snowboarders in the halfpipe, having won eight consecutive competitions in 2003; snagging wins at the 2004 X Games, Gravity Games and U.S. Open; not to mention placing first-place in World Cup competition at Bardonecchia, Italy, in 2005.

To top things off, the 24-year-old Aspen native was one of the first women to complete a 900–a two-and-a-half-revolution jump–snowboarding’s equivalent of a grand slam. This is the same powder princess, while training for the 2002 games, gave herself a black eye by slamming into the pipe during a practice jump. Now, that’s our kinda girl!

And she provides some advice for aspiring snowboarders:

As an athlete, you’re in great shape. What do you consider your best feature?
“My butt’s probably the most prominent feature on my body. It’s shapely like J.Lo’s, which is probably the reason I do well in snowboarding. You need a strong lower body to hold the board under you.”