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Justin Timberlake: Felon voter!???!?

Timberlake, criminal Justin Timberlake wanted to show his enthusiasm for democracy when he posted a selfie he took inside a voting booth in Memphis. But he may have broken the law.

Timberlake, criminal

Justin Timberlake wanted to show his enthusiasm for democracy when he posted a selfie he took inside a voting booth in Memphis. But he may have broken the law.

The megastar, who sings a couple of tunes in the coming animated family film Trolls, wanted to show that he voted early in the contentious presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and he encouraged others to vote, USA Today reports.

"Choose to have a voice! If you don't, then we can't HEAR YOU! Get out and VOTE!" he posted with the pic.

But it seems that his little stunt isn't exactly legal.

A new state law in Tennessee that took effect in January forbids Tennesseans "from using the device for telephone conversations, recording, or taking photographs or videos while inside the polling place."

Don't worry, Justin won't be going to SuperMax: If he's prosecuted it'd be for a misdemeanor, and his penalty could include up to 30 days in jail and $50 fine.

So will he be arrested?

The Shelby County District Attorney's Office said in a statement: "The matter is under review by the D.A.'s Office."

Paul Beatty wins Man Booker

Los Angeles native Paul Beatty has become the first American to win one of Britain's most prestigious literary honors, the Man Booker Prize.

Beatty, 54, won in a unanimous vote for The Sellout, described by the New York Times as "a blistering satire about race in America." The judges cited the novel's comic approach to tough issues such as racial identity and injustice.

"It was a hard book for me to write. I know it's hard to read," Beatty said at a ceremony Tuesday in London. "I'm just trying to create space for myself. And hopefully that can create space for others."

Covering Amalgam's Johnson

Growing up, Amalgam Comics & Coffee owner/founder Ariell R. Johnson dreamed of more comic-book superheroines that looked like her.

Now, she will appear on the cover with one.

Johnson, whose store is at 2578 Frankford Ave. in Northeast Philly, is depicted enjoying a coffee break with Riri Williams, an African American teen who will be taking the spotlight from Tony Stark and headlining a relaunch of Invincible Iron Man.

Amalgam's Randy Green said Marvel approached Amalgam with the idea.

"They reached out to us, and it took a little work and a little doing, but we managed to get it done," Green said.

"Copies should be in Nov. 11. But we've already got a ton of requests for it, so if people want it, they should let us know sooner rather than later."

Green said everyone at Amalgam was "pumped" for the Invincible Iron Man cover by artist Rachel Torque to hit shelves.

"The boss [Johnson] is really excited," he said. "This book is really special. With everything that Ariell has done and then for her to be on a cover, especially with Riri Williams and the importance of her coming into the book and taking over the book. . . . Putting them together on the cover . . . it really does mean a lot."

- Jerome Maida

Dan Brown sells big

It won't open in America until Friday, but Tom Hanks' hermeneutical action adventure Inferno, a sequel to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009), already has done big business abroad. Variety says the film has made more than $100 mil in the international market in its first 10 days. The two previous films grossed $1.2 billion worldwide.

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