Justin Timberlake scores Lady Gaga and Andy Samberg for '3-Way' on 'SNL'

 
For Justin Timberlake's well-rated return to "Saturday Night Live," the singer scored Lady Gaga for another digital short with funnyman Andy Samberg.

Known for viral sensations on risque subjects, duo Timberlake and Samberg work an intentionally cheesy R&B shtick with hilarious results.

Gaga was tapped as musical guest for the episode, the show's season finale, and proved more than willing to play along in a clip titled "3-Way."

Timberlake and Samberg pay tribute to the following gentleman's agreement: engaging in a ménage à trois is not gay. Not even a little. 

Gaga appears as the lady component in their comedy sandwhich, with special appearances from Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson. Check out the clip above.

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Michael Bolton: Jack Sparrow on 'SNL' was 'one of the highlights of my career' [Video]

Just call Michael Bolton the new Captain Jack Sparrow, jester of Tortuga. He made his debut as the kohl-eyed pirate over the weekend on the " 'Saturday Night Live' Digital Short" with Andy Samberg and the guys from Lonely Island.

The episode, hosted by Tina Fey and featuring the return of her Sarah Palin character, marked 20 years since Bolton had been on the show. He was a musical guest in 1991 and appeared in the "We Are the World" spoof called "Musicians for Free Range Chickens."

This time, he hit the studio with a "big, sexy hook" for the trio's newest song, but as it turns out, Bolton is a major cinephile. (Keira Knightley!) He also makes for a fantastic "Pirate of the Caribbean," Forrest Gump, Erin Brockovich and Tony Montana. Look out, Johnny Depp.

"Working with Andy, Akiva and Jorma on the Jack Sparrow digital short was one of the highlights of my career and most memorable experiences of my life," Bolton wrote on his website. "For the few people on the planet who might not know, these guys are brilliant, funny and beyond super talented. They made me do things I never would have expected to be comfortable with and I'm so glad I did. Truly grateful to be a part of this project and CANNOT WAIT for the chance to work with the guys again."

We can't either. Watch the clip above and tell us what your favorite part was in comments.

In the meantime, his 21st studio album, "Gems –- The Duets Collection," is out June 21.

Also: You complete me.

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Justin Timberlake to host 'Saturday Night Live' again!

Justin Timberlake will be back hosting "Saturday Night Live" in all his "... In a Box," "Give It on Up" and "Mother Lover" glory, an NBC Twitter slip-up has revealed.

The singer-turned-actor, who earned two Emmys thanks to his previous stints on the sketch comedy, will be hosting for the fourth time on the May 21 season finale. He'll be live from New York a few weeks after Tina Fey is slated to host on May 7 (more Sarah Palin, please!). The news came via a wayward response on NBC's official Twitter feed.

"I didn't realize that @nbcSNL isn't back until May 7th!!! What am I going to do!? Is Tina Fey the season finale!?" a fan wrote.

"Nope! We have Timberlake after that!" was the response, which has since been removed from the micro-blogging site.

His musical guest will be Lady Gaga, who has been just about everywhere promoting her "Born This Way" album. Gaga last performed on the "SNL" stage in 2009.

If Timberlake is indeed the host, we hope Gaga jumps into some of his sketches.

Which sketches are you hoping the "SNL" writers will bring back for JT or do you prefer his digital shorts with Andy Samberg? We want to know in comments.

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Photo: Justin Timberlake with his guest actor in a comedy series Emmy for "SNL" in 2009. Credit:  Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times

Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg friend each other on 'Saturday Night Live'

The peacock network worked "The Social Network" on Saturday night, as Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg joined actor Jesse Eisenberg at the end of the monologue on "Saturday Night Live."

Eisenberg, of course, portrayed "a fictional character in a movie script," who happened to be named Mark Zuckerberg, in the Oscar-nominated film about the founding of Facebook. On "SNL" on Saturday night, Andy Samberg portrayed a guy in a hoodie who says, "I'm Mark Zuckerberg." And Mark Zuckerberg portrayed, well, Mark Zuckerberg, a guy who thinks "The Social Network" is "interesting."

Eisenberg and Zuckerberg famously had not met before Saturday night, though the latter did rent out a Mountain View theater the day "The Social Network" opened so 1,200 or so Facebook employees could check out the flick. 

When you watched "The Social Network," were you channeling your inner Mark Zuckerberg? The Ministry certainly was, 'cause we love the bad boys and the strategy -- although we had a few heart-pounding moments for Andrew Garfield's Eduardo Saverin as well. But that was probably a gratuitous beefcake and cheesecake thing, to be honest.

Still! We now know that Eisenberg is actually one cocky dude and that there's no telling what a person will do to impress the opposite sex -- or not. See the video below to get Zuckerberg's take on that girl who doesn't exist, on building things for the sake of building things and on the precision performance of shirts and fleeces.

Seriously, the dude invented poking.

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Photo: Jesse Eisenberg in Rome to promote "The Social Network" on Nov. 1, 2010. Credit: Danilo Schiavella / EPA

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The ESPY Awards: Like the Emmys, or Grammys, or Oscars, but for sports

As anyone who's visited the Ministry's pro athlete archives knows, jocks are celebrities too -- so it's only fair they get their shot at shiny statuettes, just like actors and singers do.

Thank ESPN (not exactly a nonprofit "academy," but work with us here) for staging the extravaganza, complete with a swag suite and a red carpet that would make Hollywood proud.

Heck, Hollywood even showed up for the event, in the form of host Seth Myers, presenters Zac Efron, January Jones, Ashley Greene and Tracy Morgan, and guests like Andy Samberg, who hit the stage dressed as, um, Paul the octopus. World Cup reference, there. Also spotted: Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte.

And why not show up -- the event was, after all, held Hollywood-adjacent in downtown L.A. at the Nokia Theatre, which was recently in the spotlight over a little four-day camp-out before the premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse." 

There was even an "aww" moment onstage that cries out to be made into a movie, maybe starring Will Ferrell in some way, shape or form: Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce and Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga shook hands before presenting an award. No hard feelings, right?

Click on the photo of Adam Samberg above to launch a photo gallery of red carpet arrivals. 

-- Christie D'Zurilla

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Top photo: January Jones, snowboarder Shaun White and Zac Efron pose together backstage July 14, 2010, after White won the ESPY for best male action sport athlete, presented by the two actors. Credit: Alexandra Wyman / Getty Images for ESPY

Second photo: Andy Samberg performs a routine at the 2010 ESPY Awards dressed as Paul the Octopus, the resident of Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, that correctly predicted eight matches at the 2010 World Cup. Credit: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters

'Tiger Woods Voicemail Slow Jam Remix': Now playing [VIDEO]

Love the Tiger Woods fiasco or hate it, if this slow jam doesn't bring a smile to your face, the Ministry isn't sure it can help ya.

Gets us groovin' like when Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake did that special Christmas box tune on "SNL" a while back.

Hat tip to @thegoldfarb via @andylevy for the link to this juicy Tiger goodness.

-- Christie D'Zurilla

Video credits: Music by Trevor Cushman. Video by Al LeVine. Produced by HalfDayToday.

Photo credit: EPA / US Weekly

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Revenge is a dish Taylor Swift serves sweetly -- on SNL

We can only hope that when we grow up, we're as classy as Taylor Swift.

In the wake of recent events, we wondered, what would this dear girl do for her monologue as the host of "Saturday Night Live"? Hmmm. Now we know.

Kanye West, Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner -- they're all in there. Just maybe not exactly the way we might have expected.

Check out the whole monologue above, and for a little something different, the digital short "Firelight" after the jump.  ("Twilight" fans must clickah!)