Justin Timberlake didn’t make any friends on his recent Australian tour – he apparently got a free meal at The Jade Buddha, valued at $150, but didn’t leave a tip. Which is probably okay since it isn’t customary to tip in Australia. However, going outside and telling people that he “can’t believe they let you reproduce children” is not okay, even in Aussie.

So, I’m on Justin watch in Auckland ready for some rude and lewd behavior, and he’s apparently being absolutely charming. He and girlfriend Jessica Beil (are they official yet?) indulged in some local culture by seeing a Maori Haka welcome.

“Justin wanted to see the ‘Ka Mate Ka Mate’ haka, so we incorporated that into the welcome,” Kylie Poihipi, who was Timberlake’s usher, said.

“He was scared as [radio DJ] Stacey [Morrison] and I ushered him towards the kapa haka group. He asked, ‘Are they going to kill me’? We explained that we had to see if he came as a friend or an enemy. He said, ‘I come in peace’.”

Morrison and her Maori TV presenter husband Scott were asked to organise the welcoming party for the superstar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour. Morrison had printed flyers for Timberlake’s 100-strong crew with explanations of Maori tradition and expected behaviour.

New Zealand Herald

JT was then expected to respond in kind with a song, as all guests are. If you have ever seen a haka performed, then you won’t say no. He responded with You Are My Sunshine, and said “Kia Ora” a few times, which is a Maori greeting and after three years here I still can’t pronounce it.

Justin was significantly more generous to the welcoming committee than he was at the restaurant – he gifted them with 50 tickets to his show. This is extra generous as only 30 people were in the troupe.

Jessica and Justin lingered after the show and mingled with the performers. Maybe his Brisbane behaviour was just bad shellfish.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Justin Timberlake is shown in the header image during his satellite acceptance speech at the American Music Awards on 11/19/07, thanks to Splash News for this photo.

Justin Timberlake recycled a gift idea for a present for his girlfriend, Jessica Biel. Not only did he give the same gift to Biel that he once presented to Cameron Diaz back when they were together, it’s one of those gifts that’s more for the giver than the recipient. It wasn’t a power tool, but it was close. Timberlake gave Biel a customized surfboard and a year’s supply of surfboard wax because he wants to teach her how to surf. On the surface, that sounds sweet and all, but when you consider that she doesn’t know how to surf it’s just about as thoughtful a gift as a set of golf clubs for a non-golfer.

Justin Timberlake is planning to surprise his sweetie - with a customized surfboard! Justin, 26, telephoned Evolution Surf and ordered a longboard with a blue, yellow and gold design for his girlfriend, Jessica Biel, 25. According to a pal of JT, “He also put in an order for a year’s supply of Sex Wax. He thought it’d be fun to surprise her with a board and a trip to Hawaii to teach her how to surf!” Talk about déjá vu dating: JT gave the same gift to his ex Cameron Diaz four years ago.

[From OK! Magazine, print edition, November 19, 2007]

I guess if it’s a gift to announce an unexpected trip to Hawaii it’s not as bad as a toolbox, but it did strike me as a bit of a “guy gift,” especially considering that he did the same thing for Cameron a few years ago.

Jessica Biel was recently announced as the lead in the upcoming film Nailed opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. She plays a shy secretary who is accidentally injured with a nail gun, which results in uncontrollable sexual urges. When she goes to Washington to campaign for others with odd injuries, she meets up with a randy congressman, played by Gyllenhaal. It is being created by I Heart Huckabees director David O. Russell and was co-written by Al Gore’s daughter, Kristen Gore. It could be oddly humorous.

Jessica Biel is shown on 10/30/07 at a screening of “Darfur Now help” at the Directors Guild of America. Thanks to WENN and Splash News for these photos.

Both Star Magazine and The National Enquirer are running stories this week that Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake are having relationship trouble, so it must be true. Biel and Timberlake, who just went public with their relationship through a series of outings last month, are said to be fighting over Timberlake flirting with other women.

The Enquirer has him flirting with “a young beauty at a turn out the vote event on September 27,” while Star Magazine names the woman he was flirting with that night as actress Kirsten Bell. Both gossip rags have The Hills‘ Lauren Conrad making a unsuccessful move for Justin, with Jessica Biel hearing about the evening afterwards and angrily confronting him.

Supposedly Justin invited Jessica to Toronto to visit him on the set of his film The Love Guru to try and make it up to her after that had that big fight over him flirting with other women:

The trouble began at a Beverly Hills “Declare Yourself 2007″ turn-out-the-vote event on Sept. 27, where, an insider says, Justing made a beeline for Heroes cutie Kristen Bell, 27. [Jessica Biel was not there that evening.]

“He was flirting heavily and being touchy-feely with Kristen,” says the insider. “They were talking very closely and holding each others’ arms. They hung out for more than an hour, whispering and laughing with each other.”

At the same time, The Hills star Lauren Conrad, 21, was making a play for Justin’s attention, too. “Everywhere he was, Lauren popped up,” the insider adds. “I don’t think either of these women considered him to be attached to Jessica, based on their behavior. (Though Kristen and Justin were both at the event, a rep for Bell claims they’ve never met.)

When word got back to Jessica, she went ballistic. “Jess just about dumped him on the spot,” says another source. “Justin got angry and said he and Kristen were just friends - but then Jessica ripped into him, demanding to know why all his friends are women and telling him that he needs to focus on her.

“Justin yelled back, saying that’s what he’s been doing. And Jessica told him, not when he’s all over someone else!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 29, 2007]

Star claims that Justin and Jessica patched things up during her visit to see him in Toronto, but that it’s still rough going for them since photos of the two taken on October 9 show then walking apart and looking grumpy. It seems like they could just be annoyed with paparazzi and not with each other, but it could be true that they were fighting, especially if Justin’s flirting was well known.

Jessica is supposedly looking for more of a commitment from Justin. After dating him for ten months, she is said to want him to ask her to move in with him. She is also rumored to be looking for a token of their relationship, like a “friendship ring.”

Justin might have his own reasons to be jealous of Jessica’s friends. While out at a Packer’s game, a female friend of Jessica’s was seen grabbing her butt when Justin had his back turned.

Header image is of Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake at a Packers/Bears game in Green Bay, Wisconsin on 9/10/07. Thanks to WENN.

Justin Timberlake revealed on Oprah that he enjoys using webcams with his “friends” while he’s away on tour because it makes him feel closer to them. That led me to wildly speculate that he’s having webcam sex with Jessica Biel, but I bet I wasn’t that far off the mark.

This week’s Star Magazine reports that Justin was bragging to his roadies that he’d just had sex with Jessica backstage when he was having an intermission while Timbaland performed.

Why does Timbaland have such a long performance during the intermission at buddy Justin Timberlake’s concerts? It could be so Justin can have some “private time” with his lady, Jessica Biel. On Sept. 18 Jessica and Justin had a quickie during Timbalands 30-minute sex - and when the pair were finished with their romp, Justin came out and announced it to pals hanging backstage!

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 15, 2007]

I can see a nice quickie while you’re having a break from performing. You’re probably all riled up from the crowd, sweaty and ready to go. Bragging to your friends afterwards is lame, though, and I hope that part isn’t true.

There was a cute young married couple at one of the dot coms where I used to work that inevitably shut down. They would go out for “coffee” a few times a week and no one really cared because it was one of those casual workplaces where we had a lot of freedom before it inevitably went bankrupt, owing us several paychecks. We were all out at lunch and the guy mentioned something in passing about quickies and I said “oh, so that’s what you two are doing when you supposedly go to Dunkin Donuts.” They both turned red and I realized that I was right.

My rambling point is that there’s nothing wrong with a quickie, as long as you don’t announce it to everyone. That means you’re a little too vocal about your sexuality, not that anyone would accuse Justin Timberlake of that.

Despite not being willing to mention Jessica Biel’s name on Oprah last month, it seems like Justin Timberlake is finally ready to go public with their relationship. He was spotted out holding hands with Jessica in Toronto, Ontario last week. He was there filming a new movie.

Justin Timberlake is shown at the MTV VMAs on 9/9/07.

Justin Timberlake went on Oprah today, and without naming names he said he’s dating someone and that she “smells lovely.” To keep in touch with his unnamed love while he’s away on tour, he said they use webcams through the iChat program. He didn’t say they cyber or anything, I just made up that headline to be sensational because that’s my job. He also said he enjoys using webcams to talk to his friends as it makes him feel closer to them:

Justin has been involved in a few high-profile relationships in the past, but he’s keeping his latest romance under wraps. “I’m dating someone,” he says. “But all I can tell you is she smells lovely.”

Oprah may not get a name out of Justin, but he does share a few secrets about his personal life. “I get pretty romantic around her,” he says. Justin admits that he even sings to her sometimes.

While he’s away on tour, Justin says he stays connected to his mystery woman through iChat, a computer program that lets you see the person you’re talking to with a webcam. “Technology is a wonderful thing sometimes. … I find that to be really cool, when you can actually see someone’s face. I do it with my friends, as well, just to have a conversation back and forth. It just makes you feel closer, that’s all.”

Dating isn’t easy—especially when your relationship gets played out in the public eye. In a past interview, Justin said tabloids create soap operas out of people’s lives. “If two famous people are dating each other, what I found—and I could be wrong—but just in my personal experience, [they think] if you’re not going to get married, then you’re breaking up.”

[Oprah.com via GossipRocks]

It’s cool to hear a celebrity extol the virtues of technology. My husband and have used webcams when we’re away from each other and I use them with my family so they can see their grandson, they’re a lot of fun and do make you feel closer to the person. There’s also something romantic about it if you’re using them with your significant other, like the person is so real to you but so far away.

Oh and Justin talked about Britney to Oprah, and pretty much said he was too young to know her that well, that they were both kids, and that she has a big heart. He said he has nothing but love for her but hasn’t talked to her in years. He pretty much dispelled any myths that he was helping her out during her divorce or that he had talked to her while she was in rehab, as has been rumored.

Oprah: What do you think is going on with Britney?

Justin: I don’t know, to be honest with you. I haven’t spoken to her in years. I mean, there’s no ill will—I have nothing but love for her. It’s funny because we dated each other at a time…wow, I haven’t talked about this in a long time. It’s interesting.

Oprah: But you’ve never talked about it to me, so it’s okay.

Justin: Hey, let’s get it in, girl.

Oprah: Let’s get it in.

Justin: We were teenagers, you know?

Oprah: Yes, famous teenagers.

Justin: I think that’s basically the best way to describe what happened to us. I think she’s a great person, and I don’t know her as well as I did …. What I do know about her is she has a huge heart, and she is a great person.

[From Oprah.com]

He answered that quite diplomatically and was non-committal. He probably practiced it and gave Oprah the go-ahead to ask about Britney.

Meanwhile Justin hints at his rage at the paparazzi by saying they’re constantly around, even when he tries to do something boring like go grocery shopping. He said that if he thinks too hard about it, it can “consume” him”

Even when he’s doing something mundane, like grocery shopping or walking his dogs, Justin says he has constant companions…the paparazzi. At first, he says their presence was surreal.

“[When] you drive out of your [driveway] and people are kind of sitting waiting to follow you, you know, ‘He’s going to go to Whole Foods. We need to capture that.’ You’re just like, okay, this is kind of weird. … You kind of try to pretend it’s not there.”

Over the years, Justin says he has become defensive and protective if the paparazzi followed him while he was with friends and family. Now, he tries to come to an agreement with photographers. “It’s like, ‘Look, you guys have the technology of telephoto lenses and you can shoot those pictures [from far away],’” he says. “I think it’s one of those things that, if you let it, it will consume you.”

Justin was recently videotaped bitch-slapping a paparazzo and has been involved in well-publicized scuffles with them in the past.

Justin credits his success to his hard work, and says that it doesn’t come by luck. As for how he leads his everyday life, he says it’s kind of boring and that he enjoys golf, having game nights with his friends, and getting off remotely with Jessica Biel. Of course I made that last part up, but it’s all I could picture when hearing this story. Someone please hack into that stream and tape it for the benefit of the Internet gossip community.

All pictures from Oprah.com.

People magazine has released their annual best dressed list, ahead of the best dressed issue of their magazine. Then again, with a stylist in tow it’s easy to gain best dressed kudos, so the worst dressed is probably more interesting! I wish that list was longer.

Best Dressed 2007

Beyoncé Knowles – The Showstopper
Cameron Diaz – The Legs
Katie Holmes – The Classic
Penélope Cruz - The Continental
Jessica Biel – The All-American
Drew Barrymore – The Chameleon
Jennifer Lopez – The Glamour Girl
Reese Witherspoon – The Celeb Next Door
Gwen Stefani – The Trendsetter
Ali Larter – The Newcomer

Best Dressed Men

David Beckham
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Terrence Howard
Brad Pitt

Best Dressed Couples

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Gabriel Aubry & Halle Berry
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
Tony Parker & Eva Longoria

World’s Worst Dresser

Eva Green

Most Shocking Fashion Moments

Britney Spears shaves her head
Sanjaya Malakar’s faux-hawk
Kidnapped British sailors in oversized Iranian suits
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s cleavage
Naomi Campbell’s dress-up for community service
Paris Hilton’s get-out-of-jail get-up

Just Plain Wrong

Sienna Miller in black tights
Avril Lavigne’s combat boots & pink frilly dress

New York Daily News

Why have best dressed men lists? Even the most stylish man just tends to walk around in either a tuxedo or a t-shirt. There’s not much complicated about men’s dressing, why not have best punk rocker style for say, Pete Wentz? Or Best male use of make up, which would probably also be won by Pete Wentz.

I’m also confused about the criteria: Avril Lavinge’s lace dress and combat boots is a style no-no, but Lily Allen’s signature look is a dress and hi-top sneakers (Lily is mentioned in a British best dressed section of the magazine). Aren’t these just different versions of the same look? And none of the women on the best dressed list are cleavage shy, but it’s not okay for Hilary Clinton to show off her assets?

World’s Worst Dresser Eva Green is shown at the Casino Royale world premiere on 11/14/06 and the BAFTA awards on 2/11/07. (PRPhotos)

World’s Best Dressed Woman Beyonce Knowles is shown at the VMAs, at the opening of Jay-Z’s 40-40 club in Vegas on 9/6/07 and at the launch of Emporio Armani Diamonds Fragrance on 8/16/07. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Sienna Miller in black tights at the Factory Girl UK premiere on 3/13/07 and at the 2006 Costume Institute Gala on 5/1/06. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Avril Lavigne in a pink dress with combat boots at her CD release party in April. (via Faded Youth)

These two have been a little too good at keeping under the radar, but supposedly Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel agree that they should their relationship to the next level - cohabitation:

A source in the know tells Life and Style magazine the star couple who has been dating for about eight months will start living together as soon as Justin completes his world tour next month. “They think it’s the next logical step,” the source was quoted as saying.

The only problem both Justin and Biel facing is on where they should live. The actress is said would like if Justin moves in with her at her Los Angeles home so they can be close to the sea. Justin, on the other way around, is said to be interested in relocating to New York.

[From AceShowbiz via Fark]

Life & Style is a pretty sketchy source, so we’ll have to wait and see if this is true. These two haven’t hit up a high profile restaurant or attended an event together yet. Plus Jessica Biel has been talking about how she loves hanging out with her friends and isn’t about to save some bad boy who won’t change for her anyway. That sounds like celebrity-code for “I’m single again after having quietly broken up with Justin Timberlake,” but who knows?

A couple of weeks ago there was a story that Jessica ran into her longterm ex-boyfriend, Chris Evans, at a wedding in early July and was more than happy to hang out with him all night. The two even left together.

Justin and Jessica did attend a movie together at the end of July and she was seen leaving his Hollywood home early in the morning in early August, so maybe they’re just playing it safe. It doesn’t seem likely that they’ll move in together at this point.

Jessica Biel has given up trying to mother bad boys, and now spends her nights in with girlfriends playing scrabble.

Jessica, 25, told Glamour magazine: “I have done the mothering thing of trying to save a bad boy, but I don’t think it works so I stopped.

“When you’re in a relationship you always have a moment when you disappear for a while but my friends are great.

“I wouldn’t let them get away with it. I will not let some man take my girlfriends away!

“We do a lot of dinner parties and we play board games. I love Scrabble and I also enjoy Apples to Apples, which is a mindless game where you learn weird things about people - it’s really silly and goes well with a glass of wine.”

Stuff

Why are you either a hard partying playgirl, or a boring person who plays board games? Isn’t there a middle ground, where you’re just a person who likes to go out and party, but not every night? You don’t have to give yourself dull credentials Jessica, although you do try very hard.

“I’m such a homebody it’s embarrassing. But I feel I went through that phase when I was in my late teens and sneaking into places like everybody does.

“But when I turned 21 I just got over it. Got over the crowds, the expensive drinks and all the people.”

Stuff

Yeah, like she pays for her own drinks.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Jessica Biel is shown in the header image on 8/6. She hasn’t turned mousy overnight, she’s on the set of her new film, Powder Blue, with Ray Liotta. I was going to say that she probably gets super hot by the end of the film, but according to IMDB it might take place on one night. The plot summary is “Four desperate individuals intersect in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve.” At least they offset her lack of makeup by also forgetting to to give her a bra.

Jessica Biel ran into her ex boyfriend at a friend’s wedding recently and she hung out with him all night. People say they were holding hands, kissing, and looking cosy. The two even left the party together for destinations unknown. Just Timberlake was off touring in Europe at the time.

While Justin was busy playing concerts in Europe, Jessica, 25 and Chris [Evans, who she dated for five years until last summer]… rekindled some old flames of attraction.

“Sparks were flying,” says an eyewitness who saw the two at a friend’s wedding reception held at Arnoldi’s Cafe in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday, July 7. “It looked as if they were completely absorbed with one another.

“From what I could see, Jessica hardly left Chris’ side. They were holding hands and cuddling all night - even trading little kisses!

“They sat together and even walked to the bathroom together. Everyone was shocked because we thought she was dating Justin. But it didn’t look like she was thinking about him that night - she was consumed with Chris…”

“They seemed to be flirting and acting real cozy,” adds another eyewitness. “The wedding party took place outside in the bank area, and a couple of people inside the restaurant kept trying to get a peek at Jessica. They were wondering who she was with and why Justin wasn’t her date…”

A rep for Evans says they are “just friends,” but a source who saw the two says “you can tell she and Chris were close and had history together. Toward the end of the night I overheard Chris say, ‘Come on, let’s get out of here,’ and then they left together. He was really adamant - like he was really in a hurry to go and take her with him.”

[From Star Magazine print edition, August 6, 2007]

The article goes on to say that Jessica and Chris played lovers in the (B) films Cellular in 2004 and London in 2005. I bet Star’s source is someone checking out the paparazzi pictures, but if these two were holding hands that does seem suspicious.

Jessica and Justin have been seen out together a few times, and she joined him on but they haven’t yet attended a public event together. Back in mid June Justin referred to Jessica as his “very dear friend” in an interview, so maybe she figured he wouldn’t mind if she stayed very dear friends with one of her exes, too. The wedding where Jessica was reunited with her ex came after she joined Justin Timberlake in Norway while he was touring at the end of June.

They’re probably still together, though, Jessica was seen handing out with Justin’s mother, and Hollyscoop reports that she was seen leaving his house this Tuesday morning. Biel also made a reference to the fact that she’s not really into getting married right now, she was quoted by ContactMusic as saying “What’s weird is: You’re single for 20 or 30 years, and you’re married for like 70. It doesn’t seem like a good ratio, does it?”

Why is that every woman who dates Justin Timberlake feels the need to publicly declare that they’re not the marrying type? He’s such a commitment-phobe.

Header image of Biel and Evans is from the movie London, thanks to Allmoviephoto. That guy Chris Evans is also in the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie as Johnny Storm, and has three movies coming up next year, according to IMDB. I couldn’t figure out if he has been linked to anyone else since Biel, and to me he looks like a better catch than Timberlake, but I really dislike that guy.

Here’s Evans with Jessica Alba promoting The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Clown-faced Cameron Diaz ignored the cardinal rule of breakups - act like you’re having a good time and ignore the bastard. She was said to have followed Justin Timberlake to two different Golden Globes after-parties, and to have had an awkward talk with him. She even got all up in gorgeous Jessica Biel’s face after she saw Biel talking to Timberlake. That doesn’t seem like a smart move considering that Biel could probably kick her ass. Diaz has crazy going for her, though, and sometimes that trumps brawn.

CAMERON Diaz is not over Justin Timberlake just yet, and things got heated when she saw her ex chatting up Jessica Biel in L.A. after the Golden Globes. Sources say the temperamental star “blew up” at Biel after she saw Timberlake flirting with her. Diaz followed Timberlake to the In Style party at the Hilton Oasis, where “they had an awkward conversation.” The “Charlie’s Angels” star then trailed Timberlake to the Beverly Hilton rooftop for the Universal party, where she found him chatting up Biel - and screamed at the “Illusionist” star. “If that’s how she wants to get him back, it won’t work,” said our insider. “She’s desperate.” Reps for Diaz did not return our call.

It’s just common sense not to act all crazy around your ex. Do not contact him. That means no drunk dialing! If you want to get him back, and are willing to go through all the crap you dealt with for him but are conveniently ignoring due to fresh heartache, then you have to feel good about yourself. Go hang out with your friends, get a new hairdo, exercise, and spoil yourself. Once you feel good again you’ll realize you’re better off without him anyway.

Update Here are pictures of Diaz at LAX yesterday showing her fab fashion sense. Thanks to Celebrity Puke.