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Waxman Staff Writer Sep 10, 2015 1:16 PM UTC On Wednesday night, former \*NSYNC star Justin Timberlake got to judge a lip sync battle between Jimmy Fallon and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen won the face-off with her “rendition” of Rihanna’s hit “Bitch Better Have My Money.” She also appeared to parody the challenge in general with her first song pick, Diana Ross’s “Do You Know Where You’re Going To?”, which is clearly too slow for the upbeat nature of the challenge — but that is what makes it hilarious to watch. Timberlake did not do anything as a judge aside from declaring a winner but he did make sure to troll Fallon by pretending to drink out of a mug bearing the comedian’s face. Clearly he had been saving his energy for another installment of [“The History of Rap.”](http://time.com/4028881/jimmy-fallon-justin-timberlake-history-of-rap-6/) ### Hollywood Stars Who Took to Broadway  Michelle Williams made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in the first Broadway revival of Cabaret. Joan Marcus—Roundabout Theatre  Bryan Cranston plays President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way in his Broadway debut in March 2014. Evgenia Eliseeva—Jeffrey Richards Associates/AP  A veteran of the stage, Sir Ian McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise in 1967\. Above, he plays Estragon in Waiting for Godot in 2014. Joan Marcus—Boneau/Bryan-Brown/AP  Bradley Cooper starred opposite Julia Roberts in Three Days of Rain in 2006. Joan Marcus—AP  Daniel Craig, right, and Hugh Jackman are shown in a scene from A Steady Rain. 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