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The new album from JANET JACKSON will be out on March 30th. No title for the album as of yet, but producer Dallas Austin says it's "easily the most sexy thing she's done. Guys won't know what to do with themselves after this." No word on whether Janet will perform any of the new tunes during her performance at the Super Bowl.

Janet Jackson Turns Bust Into Boom
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Singer Janet Jackson is planning to turn her infamous Superbowl breast exposure into a new fashion business. The "That's The Way Love Goes" hitmaker is planning to launch her own range of saucy underwear and jewelry, including nipple rings, leather bras and chastity belts, after her nipple decoration shocked American audiences at the National Football League final two weeks ago. According to British tabloid The Daily Star, Jackson has been telling friends, "I'm so excited about this. I have the opportunity to bring to the world some of the pieces that I wear in my own private life." A fashion insider explains, "Janet's come up with a few possible names for her label. She likes the word 'exposed', so she's working on variations, including 'decent exposure'."

'SNL' Set to Gamble on Janet Jackson
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
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Janet Jackson, who has been in the news for one reason or another lately, has her next gig in place: she'll appear on the April 10 edition of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," her first planned network TV performance since baring her star-studded breast at the Feb. 1 Super Bowl.

NBC announced Thursday that the pop diva, 37, will host and perform on the program, marking her first time on the show since she was a musical guest a decade ago, reports Reuters. The appearance happens to coincide with the release of Jackson's newest album, "Damita Jo," which is due out later this month.

A spokesman for "Saturday Night Live" said he knew of no plans by the network to establish a tape-delay when Jackson is on the show, as CBS did for the Grammys and ABC did for the Oscars. (The preventative measures that were added after Jackson's act with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show.)

Jackson was reputedly barred by CBS from the Grammys after she rebuffed the network's demands to issue an on-air apology as a condition for appearing on that show.

She subsequently bowed out of plans to star in an ABC TV movie about big-screen and nightclub legend Lena Horne after Horne, 86, objected to being portrayed by Jackson, saying she was offended by the Super Bowl incident.

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HERE SHE COMES AGAIN: Janet Jackson scheduled to perform live, sans delay, for On Air with Ryan Seacrest on April 2.

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Has JANET JACKSON's breast-baring Super Bowl stunt made her such poison that celebritites won't show up at a party in her honor? According to Fox News, Virgin Records is throwing a shindig to celebrate the release of the singer's album "Damita Jo" (hitting stores March 30th), and a PR firm is actually offering incentives to certain A-List stars in order to get them to show up. Among the perks: a limo to and from the event, a gift basket filled with luxury goodies, a designer outfit to wear to the party and first class round trip air and hotel accomodations.

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FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS: Jermaine Dupri telling Ryan Seacrest he wants to make Janet Jackson his wife. It would be a third marriage for the Damita Jo singer.

I've been hearing rumors that they actually already got married. Considering we didn't even know about her first marriage until they got divorced, it's possible.

"Damita Jo": A Celebration with Janet Jackson in Honor of Her New Album.


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TYING THE KNOT? The New York Post reporting that Janet Jackson has gotten engaged to boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. The two plan to swap vows in secret this summer.

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JANET JACKSON was wearing a giant rock on her finger during her appearance on DAVID LETTERMAN's show Monday night. Her PR peeps have confirmed that it IS an engagement ring from JERMAINE DUPRI. The "New York Post" says the ring is 20-CARATS!

20 carats?!

SPARKLING PERFORMANCE: Janet Jackson keeps most of her body under wraps but still manages to show off a bejeweled piercing when she performs for On Air with Ryan Seacrest. The singer has been endlessly promoting her eighth studio album, Damita Jo, since its release in March.

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Have't found a closeup of the ring yet...

Janet Jackson Performs Live on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest."



Janet Jackson Signs Copies of "Damita Jo" at HMV in New York City.

You can get an idea of what the ring looks like in this pic.

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OUTSHINED: With wags calling it a sales malfunction, Janet Jackson's heavily hyped new album, "Damita Jo," sold approximately 381,000 copies in its first week to debut at No. 2 on the charts. (Her last album, 2001's "All for You," debuted at No. 1 with more than 605,000 copies sold, and the second-place "Jo" marks the first time her album has not debuted at No. 1 since 1989's "Rhythm Nation 1814," reports the Associated Press.) Jackson, 37, was denied this week's top spot by Usher, who sold 486,000 copies of "Confessions." He debuted at No. 1 last week with 1.1 million copies sold.

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Steer well clear of Janet

Janet Jackson says she wants to put out a duet
with brother Michael this summer. It's no
surprise that she's totally supportive. A source
at her record company revealed that Janet has
always been ultra-loyal to her family. Back when
she was just a teenager starring in Different
Strokes, Janet discovered her father Joseph was
cheating on her mother Kathryn. Janet found out
who the mistress was, paid a visit to her hotel
and, we're told, "beat the shit out of her."

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Covert Canoodlers No More! Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri brave the paparazzi with a rare PDA.

She has had a ton of plastic surgery done, hard to believe she's almost 40.

Wow look at the PDA from Beauty and the beast!! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called Janet a Beast like that.

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Janet's Struggling Album Poised for Re-Release


Janet Jackson is hoping for a second shot at success with her latest album Damita Jo - bosses are reportedly planning to release a revamped version of the project. The album was expected to shift hordes of units when it was released in March, following the endless media attention Jackson received when her breast was exposed at February's Super Bowl during a duet with Justin Timberlake. But since its release, a disappointing 863,662 copies of the album have sold - a poor comparison to her previous projects. And now news website Eurweb reports that Virgin Records plans to re-release Damita Jo in a package which will include six new tracks - and hopefully reignite interest in the struggling CD.

This came out some time ago but still...

Ashcroft Detains Janet Jackson's Right Breast
The singer's controversial body part is dispatched to Guantanamo for questioning

By Andy Borowitz
Newsweek
Updated: 2:48 p.m. ET Feb. 04, 2004

Feb. 4 - Just hours after singer Janet Jackson shocked the world by exposing her right breast at the conclusion of Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered the offending breast detained "indefinitely," Ashcroft confirmed today.

"Janet Jackson's right breast has been taken into custody and sent to Guantanamo for questioning," Ashcroft told reporters at a Washington briefing  on Wednesday. "We'd very much like to know what the breast knew and when it knew it."

Jackson's right breast was detained under a little-known provision of the Patriot Act which enables the government to detain celebrity body parts that make surprise naked appearances at nationally televised sporting events.

Under that provision, Ashcroft explained, Jackson's right breast will not have access to a lawyer but may face a military tribunal at some point in the future.

When asked about Jackson's left breast, Mr. Ashcroft said that it is not a suspect at this time but that it remains "a breast of interest."

"We would like to know if the left breast knew what the right breast was planning to do," Ashcroft said.  "It strains credulity to imagine that the right breast acted alone."

Elsewhere, experts around the world confirmed that moments after Jackson's breast fell out of its lingerie-style housing, Western civilization fell as well.

Dr. David Campeaux of the University of Minnesota said that experts were "surprised" Jackson caused Western civilization's long-awaited collapse. "We all expected a Jackson to do it, but not Janet," he said.

Janet Jackson Tunes Leaked to Internet

That new Janet Jackson music making the rounds on the Internet is apparently not as new as you might think. The pop superstar, who is working on a new album, says someone has leaked songs she recorded at least two years ago when working with hitmaking producer Rich Harrison.

At least one song has already made the rounds, titled "Put It On Me."

"A couple of years ago I recorded some tracks with Rich Harrison. But none of that music will appear on my new album," Jackson said in a statement released to The Associated Press on Friday. "I have a tight rein on all of the music that has been recorded."

Jackson's new album, tentatively titled "20 Years Old," is expected to be released later this year. She hasn't released an album since 2004's "Damita Jo."

Janet: What She's Done for Us Lately

You know Janet Jackson cannot get a break. She’s always stayed away from her family, but they keep pulling her back in. In January 2004, right after Michael was arrested on child molestation and conspiracy charges, Janet played the Super Bowl with Justin Timberlake to promote her upcoming "Damita Jo" album.

That’s when the "wardrobe malfunction" happened. Timberlake danced away and Janet was left holding the bag. "Damita Jo" and a subsequent album tanked. She gained and lost 60 pounds. It was a bad time.

Now comes "Discipline" with a couple of really hot singles, set for Feb. 26. On "Discipline," all the ambiguous stuff is gone. Janet is back to hooks, catchy rhythms and defined singing. Besides the single "Feedback," I heard four tracks on Thursday that were more like the Janet of "Control" and "Rhythm Nation."

The up-tempo numbers, "Rollercoaster" and "Rock With U," are killer. The former is produced by Rodney Jerkins, a favorite of Michael. Ne-Yo, the hottest producer right now in R&B (remember the Neptunes?), contributed the dancing "Rock W U" and a breezy, jazzy "Pillow Talk"-like love song. Another almost rock/R&B mid-tempo ballad, called "Greatest X," shows off Janet’s Michaelish vocals and a memorable piano line.

If the rest of the album follows suit, Jackson may be back in a big way. But what’s the significance of Janet recording a song called "Rock With U" when Michael once had a huge hit with the same name? Only a family therapist might know that answer. Anyway, my money is on "Rollercoaster."

So much for now. What with Madonna following these two releases at the end of April, we’re in for a big diva spring! May the best woman win!

Yeah, but one must always remember that with Miss Jackson, the infamous words of Eddie Griffin from "The New Guy" will always pertain..."Dont'cha be lookin' at my Janet!" I don't care what anyone else says, I will always have that movie in my top 10...At least once or twice a week, I tell my kids, "Roll around a couple times - you be 'eight..." I'm going to pop that DVD in right now... "Whooos the beoootch, nowahhh?!"

Janet Jackson is in secret talks to host and perform at one of the biggest events on the California gay calendar.
The singer was a surprise guest at the weekly Tiger Heat gay night at Arena Nightclub in Los Angeles on Friday - and now organizers of the "White Party," weekend in Palm Springs are begging her to play the desert event in April (08), according to blogger Marc Malkin. If Jackson does perform, she'll join the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Toni Braxton, who have headlined the White Party in recent years.

In Related News: A teenage Janet Jackson auditioned to sing backing vocals on brother Michael's P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) hit.

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Janet's Third Try

JANET Jackson is taking the marriage plunge again. Although the pop star has remained mum on her engagement to rapper Jermaine Dupri, she recently hit up designers like Badgley Mischka, asking for bridal gown samples. "She's preparing for her private nuptials," said one source. Good luck, Janet! Just last week, she confessed to Parade magazine, "After two divorces, I thought I was jinxed. Maybe marriage isn't for me? Maybe it's my fault it never works."

Janet Jackson on Wedding: "Let the Rumors Fly!"


Janet Jackson is laughing off a report that she's been seeking wedding dresses from designers including Badgley Mischka.

"Let the rumors fly!" she tells Usmagazine.com.

Jackson is engaged to producer Jermaine Dupri, who recently told Us there are no wedding plans in the works.

Jackson's latest album, Discipline, drops Tuesday.

Janet Jackson controls the charts
'Discipline' is the artist's sixth No. 1
By PHIL GALLO

Janet Jackson's first album for Island Def Jam album, "Discipline," sold 181,000 copies in the week ended Sunday, giving her the sixth No. 1 of her career, according to Nielsen SoundScan data.

Jackson has supported the Feb. 26 release with a morning performance at the Nokia Theater in New York’s Times Square and broad cast on ABC’s "Good Morning America." On the afternoon of the release, she performed on MTV’s TRL and did an in-store CD signing event at best Buy.

On Thursday, Jackson did a signing at the Hollywood Virgin Megastore and began a string of TV appearances: "Larry King Live" and "Ellen"last week; "Tyra Banks Show" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday. A tour announcement is expected shortly.

Jackson's last No. 1 was " All For You" in May 2001. Her last two albums, both released by Virgin, only reached No. 2 despite posting higher sales weeks: "Damita Jo" sold 381,000 in 2004 just after the Suer Bowl incident; "20 Y.O." sold 296,000 in 2006.

Two other debuts landed in the top 5. Erykah Badu's "New Amerykah Part 1, 4th World War" (Universal Motown), her first full-length since 2000, sold 124,000 copies in its opening sesh. Part 2 of "New Amerykah" is penciled in for a summer release.

Louisiana rapper Webbie's "Savage Life 2" (Asylum/Trill Entertainment) sold 72,000 copies to open at No. 4, an improvement on the No. 8 peak reached by its predecessor "Savage Life."

Debuting at No. 13, D4L member

Asylum labelmate Shawty Lo, a member of the group responsible for "Laffy Taffy," D4L, sold 31,000 copies of his solo debut, "Units in the City."

Dolly Parton nabbed her highest debut ever as her return to mainstream country "Backwoods Barbie" (Dolly Records) opened at No. 17, selling 27,000 units. In the SoundScan era (since 1991), Parton has only had one top 40 pop album, "Eagle When She Flies."

Other top 50 debuts include the Broadway cast album of "Disney's The Little Mermaid" selling 20,000 (No. 26): the Afters' "Never Going Back to OK" (INO/Columbia) moving 16,000 (No. 41) and Goldfrapp's "Seventh Tree" (Mute) planting 15,000 (No. 48).

Oscar night supplied some bonuses. The soundtrack to "Once," which features Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's best song winner "Falling Slowly," saw a 140% sales spike. Disc sold 47,000 copies to rise 24 slots to No. 7.

Miley Cyrus' "Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus" nearly doubled in sales after the tyro thesp-singer appeared as an Oscar presenter and then on Barbara Walters' Oscar night special. Disc rose eight slots to No. 6 on sales of 54,000.

Mariah fills in for sick Janet on `SNL'



"Saturday Night Live" has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey.

Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 "SNL" telecast, NBC announced Wednesday.

Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, "Discipline," which was released last month. The singer's publicist, Patti Webster, said Tuesday she dropped out because she has the flu and "needs some time to get better."

Carey's latest album, EMC2, arrives April 15.

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Janet Jackson Blames Doctor for Her Brother's Death


Janet Jackson is very clear about who she thinks should be held responsible for the tragic death of her brother, Michael Jackson.

Dr. Conrad Murray "was the one that was administering [propofol]," she says in a new interview with Robin Roberts on ABC News, referring to the powerful anesthetic that killed the star. "I think he is responsible."

Murray, who has admitted administering propofol to the singer, has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

Janet Jackson, 43, also describes how she found out her brother had been rushed to the hospital – and how she later learned the shocking news that he'd passed away.

"I was at my house in New York. You know, another day. Another morning. And I get a call ... [My assistant] said, 'Your brother's been taken to the hospital. It's on CNN right now,'" Janet tells Roberts. "I called everyone's … There's a line busy or someone wasn't picking up. I spoke to mother. I spoke to Tito. I spoke to my nephew Austin. I spoke to my sister La Toya.

"I told them to call me when they got to the hospital. And I remember thinking nobody's calling me back, so I tried calling again, and that's how I found out that he was no longer ... I couldn't believe it," she said. "It just didn't ring true to me. It felt like a dream."

Even now, she says, "It's still so difficult for me to believe. It's, you know, you have to accept what is. But it's hard. You have to move on with your life. You have to accept what is and I understand that."

As for how she's coping she says, "It's been a tough year … And a day doesn't go by that I don't think about him."

Roberts' interview with Janet Jackson will air Wed., Nov. 18 at 10 p.m.

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Janet Jackson: 'I smile through the bad times'


Don't be fooled by Janet Jackson's happy face -- she often smiles to fight off tears.

The R&B star regularly appears to be smiling during difficult interviews, but she admits she's quietly sobbing inside.

And she's apologizing to fans ahead of her big TV interview with Robin Roberts, which will air on Wednesday night, just in case they think she's not taking brother Michael's June death seriously enough.

She says, "She touched upon certain issues. It got a little tough at times ... (and) when things get tough I tend to smile.

"It's not a great habit because you're talking about a serious topic -- and I'm smiling. But maybe that's my little law."

The TV chat with Roberts is Jackson's first since her brother's death.


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Janet Jackson Confirms Split

Janet Jackson has confirmed she has split from boyfriend Jermaine Dupri.

The singer - who was first rumoured to have separated from the music executive in July - admitted she didn't keep in touch with any of her ex-lovers apart from Jermaine during a US radio interview.

Speaking on Atlanta's 'Bert Show', Janet said: "I'm not the type of girl that stays in touch with your ex like that. But Jermaine is one of my best friends. I love him to death. We're still connected. We're still good friends. We still talk."

Janet, 43, was reported to have ended her seven-year relationship with Jermaine, 37, in the summer in the wake of her pop superstar brother Michael's shock death in June.

At the time, it was claimed the 'All For You' singer decided to call time on the romance because she felt suffocated by her lover.

A mutual friend of the pair said: "You shouldn't mix business with pleasure. Janet felt their lives were too crossed and they should have kept things separate."

Another source said: "They've been moving in different directions for a while now."

Jermaine produced several tracks on the 43-year-old star's last two albums - '20 Y.O.', released in 2006, and 2008's 'Discipline' - and she felt he was becoming too involved in all aspects of her life.

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Janet Jackson interview with Robin Roberts: Family staged drug interventions for Michael

BY Jim Farber
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

The Jackson family knew about Michael's drug problem but felt powerless to stop it.

When asked by interviewer Robin Roberts if she tried to help her brother with his drug issues over the years, Jackson said "I did. Of course, that's what you do. Those are the things that you do when you love someone. You can't just let them continue on that way. And we did a few times. We weren't very successful."

Michael's kid sister said the icon understood his family's concern.

"How do I say this?" she asked. "(He) understood that it was out of love, because of caring. But when it's something like that, people can tend to be in denial."

When pressed if she thought Michael was indeed in denial, she answered, "I felt that he was."

"You can't make ‘em drink the water," she said. "I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer. But it's something that you can't do for them. Something they have to do for themselves."

According to toxicology results, Jackson had lethal amounts of the drug Propofol in his system when he died, along with other prescriptions. Propofol is commonly used in operating rooms, not for personal, home use. The death was ruled a homicide.

Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, has admitted he administered the propofol but denied he gave Michael a dose that could kill him. Murray remains under investigation in Los Angeles, though no charges have been filed.

Janet Jackson told ABC she hopes Murray never practices again.

"He was the one that was administering," she said. "I think he is responsible."

This isn't the first time the female star of the Jackson clan has had to deal with a close relation involved with drugs.

Her first husband, James DeBarge, admitted to be addicted to prescription medication. Jackson married DeBarge when she was 18, as an act of rebellion she said.

"I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house," admitted the singer. "We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why."

Debarge's use of drugs broke up the union in less than 3 months. That marriage was annulled and Jackson didn't enter another serious relationship until she met the songwriter Rene Elizondo Jr. many years later.

The two were married in secret for eight years, ending in a fractious divorce. The most recent man in Jackson's life was star producer Jermaine Dupri, whom she seriously dated for seven years.

She said that, despite rumors, she was never engaged to Dupri.

"I adore him, absolutely adore Jermaine," she said, while acknowledging that they're no longer a couple. "We're still very good friends to this day."

Jackson says she has found solace in work since her break up, and since her brother's death five months ago.

"It helped me get through it. I was able to put a lot of my focus elsewhere," she said.

Jackson has just released a Greatest Hits package, "Number Ones," featuring the new song and video "Make Me."

As for her brother's new movie, "This Is It," she hasn't seen it and may not ever.

"It's hard when I see a poster," the singer said. "I've seen the commercial. They advertise - the trailers - on TV. That was tough."

As for the singer herself, she remarked that, at 43, she has found more self-acceptance.

"(Forties) are great," she said. "You know why? You don't care what people think...You do your thing."

Janet Jackson's hopes for new future with old label, A&M Records
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A&M Records is putting a lot of effort — and a ton of money — into the promotion of Janet Jackson's new greatest hits album, and with good reason. A source tells us the label quietly signed the pop star to a new recording contract last month.

"A&M wants this CD to remind people how great Janet is," says a snitch. "They're hoping it'll whet the public's appetite for Janet and pave the way for her new music."

It's a homecoming of sorts for Jackson — and perhaps an attempt to reclaim her glory days: She began her career at A&M at 16 and had her biggest U.S. hit under their management: "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" moved a whopping 8.5 million units in 1989.

Unfortunately, Miz Jackson didn't have quite the same luck at Virgin Records. She moved to the label in 1991 and started off with a handful of successful CDs, but 2004's "Damita Jo" and 2006's "20 Y.O." tanked. A move to Def Jam last year didn't help — her "Discipline" album proved to be one of
the biggest flops of her career, barely mining gold.

But now maybe — just maybe — there's a chance for Jackson to make the comeback she's been hoping for. Going back to her roots at A&M could be the career-boost she needs — and the timing doesn't hurt, either: With her brother Michael's death in June, Jackson is getting more publicity than she has in years.

Just last night, she did an ABC interview in which she admitted that she tried to stage an intervention with Michael in 2007 and again earlier this year. She's also spoken to Rolling Stone and Harper's Bazaar since the King of Pop's death.

But will the game plan work? One industry insider is brutally doubtful. "Janet's no spring chicken," says the music pro. "She's going to have to skew to a young demographic, simply because she doesn't have the ­vocal chops to do anything more adult. But a younger generation may not be willing to buy her albums anymore. Frankly, she's a little too old for this."

At least A&M exec Jimmy Iovine isn't deterred. Our source says he tapped music producer Rodney Jerkins — who has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson to Beyoncé — to oversee production on Janet's upcoming album. The CD, which is in the early stages of recording, is expected to drop in the second quarter of 2010.

"Jimmy has given the mandate to make this Janet record a success," says the insider. "He believes that he has the right team in place to finally take Janet back to the top of the music charts. It's a top priority for the label."