JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS GETTING IT!

Is there anything that Justin Timberlake can't do?
Put him on a stage and he'll sing and dance. Put him in a comedy show and he'll make the crowd laugh. Put him in a movie and, well, he'll steal the show.

Such is the case in the hotly anticipated Facebook saga "The Social Network," out Friday, in which Timberlake plays entrepreneur and Napster founder Sean Parker.

It's a secondary role, behind "Squid and the Whale" alum Jesse Eisenberg's star turn as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but Timberlake transforms Parker into the most engaging character in a film full of privileged, genius jerks.

That Timberlake dances off with the film comes as little surprise to anyone who's been watching his stock rise over the last decade.

After all, the 29-year-old from Memphis, who also keeps a pad in Tribeca, has deftly managed a career full of neatly choreographed shifts that have taken him from preteen pop prince to grownup movie star.

Timberlake is, above all else, a forward-thinking businessman constantly adapting to new industries, not unlike Parker, but without the pomp and arrogance.

Just ask Will Gluck, director of "Friends With Benefits," one of six movies starring Timberlake
that are scheduled to be released before 2012.

"He's an incredible actor," Gluck tells the Toronto Sun. "He's incredible at everything he does. All he wants to do, with zero ego, is be good at it. So everything he's done he's succeeded at."

Few child stars have been able to transcend their initial success not only once, but time and time again. Timberlake has gone from "The New Mickey Mouse Club" to boy band 'N Sync to a solo career that has made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world to movie star to restaurateur to philanthropist to Emmy-winning "Saturday Night Live" guest.

It's an enviable actor who can push his own line of tequila (named 901 after the Memphis area code), restaurants (the upper East Side barbecue joint Southern Hospitality), his own brand of clothing (William Rast) and his own golf course (the eco-friendly Big Creek Golf Course in his hometown of Millington, Tenn.).

"You're always thinking of what's happening behind you, always thinking of more than one thing," Timberlake tells the Herald Sun.

In fact, despite the scoundrel he plays in "The Social Network,"

Timberlake proves in real life you can be a successful businessman without alienating those around you. Timberlake's collaborators are a motley crew of rock stars, country singers, rappers and cinema heavyweights. He has worked with Timbaland, Madonna, Duran
Duran, 50 Cent, Ciara, T.I., Leona Lewis, Nelly Furtado, Lil Wayne, Mike Myers, will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna and Reba McEntire.

If you're defined by the company you keep, then Justin Timberlake is nothing short of a massive celeb conglomeration that spans not only the entire entertainment industry, but the fashion and food industries as well.

But what makes Timberlake special is his humility, a rare trait in celebrities these days.

"I love what I do and I'm lucky to have a job like this — it trips me out. Every show I look around and I'm like, 'I can't believe all these people are here to see me,' " he says in the Herald Sun.

This modesty contributes to Timberlake's ability to maintain a pristine public persona despite various high-profile relationships
and controversies.

Sure, he once dated childhood friend Britney Spears, who was rumored to have cheated on him with a backup dancer, but we could chalk that up to the foolishness of youth.

And there was that Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction that left Janet Jackson's breast exposed. Yet, Timberlake apologized at the Grammy Awards and the American public quickly shifted the blame to Jackson.

"I've never done anything that bad," Timberlake tells The Independent. "I don't show up drunk to functions. The drugs that I do have been in my own private time. I've never been arrested — though not to say that I won't. We all make mistakes."

Romantically, the man who brought sexy back has made more mistakes than most — cycling through actress girlfriends faster than Snooki goes through hairstyles. He dated Alyssa Milano, Cameron Diaz and Scarlett Johansson before finally settling on current girlfriend
Jessica Biel, with whom he lives in a three-bedroom, 2,995-square-foot condominium in Tribeca, not far from Hudson River Park, where he is often spotted on his bicycle.

"He fuses the essence of the iconic sexy pinup pop star with music that has such broad appeal, from tastemakers to supermarket CD buyers," Alex Jones-Donnelly, a top music industry consultant, tells The Independent.

Timberlake's greatest feat isn't transforming his career time and again; it's transforming his fan base as well.

Gluck remembers when he was filming Timberlake in "Friends With Benefits" on a New York City street, "within seconds, there were 10,000 people there."

So when Timberlake's character in "The Social Network" responds to the question "What happened here?" by saying, "Not happened — happening! The next big thing!", it's easy for the audience to believe, as Timberlake is always on the verge of a breakthrough.