Timberlake - Stipe

"I've never seen anything like it, Michael gets back to his seat and literally blew an entire gin and tonic through his nose."

Pop superstar Justin Timberlake was "almost in tears" when REM frontman Michael Stipe praised his hit single Cry Me a River. Timberlake says Stipe showed his appreciation for the track days before the Brit awards in 2003.

He says, "I knew that song was serious when I was on a plane going to London. Michael Stipe came up to me and said Cry Me a River was one of the most exciting, well-written songs he'd heard in the past five years. I was almost in tears. Naturally Stipe was in tears himself and later confessed, "I honestly will never know how I managed to keep a straight face."