The phrase "He's just not that into you" brought Sex and the City's Miranda a great deal of clarity in her relationships. Women everywhere who fancied themselves as a Carrie Bradshaw, a Samantha or a Charlotte made it their mantra, as if acknowledging that someone does not like you is empowering. People spoke about this concept as if it were new. They spoke about it and they spoke about it. Presumably people made their own observations, told their own stories. Then they realised it was a pretty empty one-liner and moved on
Despite his pelvic-thrusting, peroxide curly, Britney-snuggling ways, Justin Timberlake has long been the King of Pop. He ascended to the throne post-NSync, with sweet sweet dancing skills. He was the only man-boy on the scene to tap into the teen heart-throb market and still pull girls like Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel. Since Backstreet Boys, Westlife and Human Nature have faded into irrelevance JT has stormed through with contagious beats, helped of course by his black-man connections to increase his rap-time credibility.