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Justin Timberlake has been awarded two more Emmys for his acting, writing and comedic performances on Saturday Night Live.

This year’s Emmy Awards may not be televised until Sunday night but, as is the case every year, some are announced prior to the show. Singer, and former member of the boy-band N*Sync, Justin Timberlake, has been recognized for his work on Saturday Night Live.

Timberlake, who has previously won Emmys for Outstanding Music Lyrics for SNL’s 2007 skit “D*ck in a Box” as well as the 2009 award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, has been granted two wins in this year’s Creative Arts Emmys: Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and co-writing his opening SNL monologue song, “Not Gonna Sing”. Read the rest of this entry »

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah completed nearly an entire band life cycle in just four years. Their 2005 debut album Clap Your Hands Say Yeah shot through the blogosphere, and they received countless accolades from the press – in particular, drawing comparisons to early Talking Heads. But after their 2007 follow-up Some Loud Thunder got a lukewarm reception, the group floundered, and each member went off to work on their own projects.

“There’s no way I expected that,” keyboardist Lee Sargent says about the hype surrounding the first album. “You can’t really manufacture that kind of buzz – well maybe you can, but I don’t know how to do it.”

So it was a bit of a surprise when the band announced the release of their new album, Hysterical, due out next week (watch the album trailer below). “None of us really believed that we were finished as a band,” Clap Your Hands frontman Alec Ounsworth tells Rolling Stone. “I think we just happened to run out of steam.” Read the rest of this entry »