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- 23 June 2008 :
Janet calls LA's KIIS FM, Talks about Tour, Set list, and TV Show
- Janet
calls into LA's KIIS FM this morning
Janet phoned into Ryan Seacrest's
102.7 KIIS FM morning show in Los Angeles this morning to promote her upcoming
tour.
During the interview, she revealed the following new
things:
- She is considering performing songs from the Janet Jackson and
Dream Street albums on the Rock Witchu Tour.
- As of right now, the
setlist for the Rock Witchu Tour is 45 songs and she is working on cutting it
down.
- Her upcoming MTV reality show will be titled Triple Threat and
they are looking for contestants who can dance, sing and act. The winner of the
show will get a deal in film, television and music.
- She was also
surprised to learn that Jermaine Dupri told People Magazine in an interview over
the weekend that they are ready to have a baby.
The full audio of the
interview can be streamed online at KIIS FM's website.
http://www.kiisfm.com/cc-comm....id=http
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- Jermaine
Dupri: Janet And I Are Ready for Baby
By Shayna Rose
Arnold
- Janet
Jackson might feel "allergic to marriage," but the pop star is ready to have a
baby, says longtime boyfriend Jermaine Dupri.
"Yeah, soon," Dupri told
PEOPLE Sunday at a dinner party hosted by New Era and Belvedere Vodka at West
Hollywood's STK restaurant. "Right after the tour." (Jackson, 42, recently
announced she'll be on the road this fall.)
The producer - who has a
daughter, Shaniah, from a previous relationship - is so excited to start a
family with Jackson, he doesn't even care if it's a boy or a girl.
"It
really doesn't matter," he explained at the even honoring rapper Nelly. "Janet
would be a great mom. She was around so many brothers and sisters all her life,
so she's got to know what that is [like]. And her mom is a great mother."
According to Dupri, Jackson is also a great companion. "The greatest
thing in life is just to have a friend," he said. "When I have problems in life,
I share them with her. When she has a problem, she comes to
me."
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208235,00.html
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thanks to... http://www.janet-xone.com
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- -Uomo Vogue Party-
- Janet Jackson attends Uomo Vogue 40th
Anniversary Celebration Party as part of Milan Fashion Week Menswear
Spring/Summer 2009 on June 22, 2008 in Milan, Italy-
- 22 June 2008 : Janet @ Milan Italy Fashion Week!
- Producer Jermaine Dupri (L) and
actress/singer Janet Jackson attend Versace fashion show as part of Milan
Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009 on June 21, 2008 in Milan, Italy. (check here our gallery)!
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- + here Video of Jan & Jermaine Dupri in
Milan :)!!
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- 21 June 2008 : Casting for
Janet´s new Reality Show
- Janet and famed choreographer, Gil
Duldulao, in association 25/7 productions and Wright Crear Management
- will be kicking off the search for
talented performers with raw talent.
She's taking one winner from the
streets to the stage.
The competition reality series is open to Males and
Females at least 16 years old , who appear to be between 16 and 22
- and who exhibit superior talent in combined
singing and dancing. Those who are eligible are encouraged to apply
- and attend the nearest open call, taking
place in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
You might be the
best on your block, but can you represent on the world's stage?
Can you
become Janet Jackson's prodigy?
The Dates and Info are as
follows:
Chicago, IL
July 1st
Joel Hall Dancers &
Center
1511 W Berwyn Ave
Chicago, IL 60640
NY
New York,
NY
July 5th
The Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
811 Seventh Avenue
at 53rd St
New York, NY 10019
Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
July
9th
Dance 411 Studio
749 Moreland Ave Southeast
Atlanta, GA
30316
More Info´s here : Prodigycasting
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- -Jan and JD trip to UK, Vid-
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- 19 June 2008 : Janet Jackson
at Cartier Loveday event last night!!
- Janet attended the third annual 2008
Cartier Loveday celebration in Beverly Hills last night.
Here are the photos from the Event...
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- -Janet's boyfriend Jermaine Dupri posted a
video on his YouTube Channel from yesterdays Cartier Charity Love Bracelet
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- Janet On Reality Tv
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- Janet Jackson is getting into the reality
TV business, developing a music competition with 25/7 Prods. for MTV.
Untitled project, which has already started casting,
will feature Jackson as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers.
Project will be shot in the coming months as Jackson prepares for her world
tour, which launches on Sept. 10.
- “It’s really about finding who’s the next
Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake or Usher,” said exec producer Dave Broome.
- “And we’ll find it from a pool of people
who you wouldn’t typically find it from. We’ll go to YMCAs, church groups, local
community centers and try to cast the show.
Show
will also take place in various street locales, rather than on a studio
soundstage. Producers are still ironing out the prize -
- but it could potentially relate to
Jackson’s tour.
Deal also reps the latest chapter
in the recent turbulent relationship between the channel and Jackson.
- MTV produced the infamous Super Bowl
halftime show that featured Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” After that, fans
accused MTV of blackballing the singer from the channel.
But Jackson has been seen more often on MTV lately,
having appeared on TRL to promote her latest CD in February.
- She also starred in a series of shorts
spoofing MTV series like “The Real World” as part of MTV’s “52 Artists/52 Weeks
Total MTV Takeover.
Broome’s credits include “The
Biggest Loser,” “The Radio Music Awards” and NBC’s Tsunami benefit.
Gil Duldulao and Jackson are behind the show’s
concept; Jackson, Duldulao, Broome, Kenneth Crear and Johnny Wright
- are all exec producers
- 07 June 2008 : Discipline" is
done & over., From Janet herself
- Read the full SOHH news story to learn
more, including details about Janet's book Me which is due for release in
November.
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- I had the pleasure of interviewing Janet
Jackson yesterday as part of a teleconference with a select few fellow
bloggers... And I'm sorry to tell you guys this but it's looking like the label
is not planning to allow any more singles from Discipline to be
released.
Here's what Janet had to say when I asked her what her next
single would be:
"That’s
pretty difficult to say, only because of the record label at this point. We
started off with “Feedback” and the label and myself haven’t quite seen eye to
eye since the "Feedback" single so they’ve kind of basically stopped all
promotion. I’m trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to
be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album so I
don’t think you’re going to hear another single off this
album."
Damn. What is going
over there at Island???
She also revealed some details about her upcoming "Rock Witchu
Tour":
"It’s a
completely different show, like nothing before in the past. My real goal is to
try and do every single I’ve ever had... so I have to figure out how to fit that
into two hours and yet give them enough so they don’t feel hungry for more of
that song in particular."
As for why she chose to title the tour after
her song "Rock Wit U":
"It’s fitting to me, fitting to what the show will
be like. It’s a dance show, it’s all upbeat I want it to be a party onstage, a
party in the arena. I’ve always said when people come to these shows I want them
to forget about all their problems all the drama in their lives and just have a
good time, just let it go for a couple hours and bring some happiness into their
lives. It’s going to be one big party, I want to 'Rock Witchu.'"
Last but
not least Janet wanted to make sure fans know she has been keeping up with the
internet talk about her not making to Europe to promote
Discipline:
"I just want to
let the fans know because I’ve been reading a lot what the bloggers have been
saying about the record and not hearing it on the radio and stuff like that, so
I just wanted to let them know where things were as well and where it was all
coming from. I’ve heard people talking about me not coming to Europe in support
of the record just to let them know that it was definitely in my heart to go to
Europe and to support this album but it’s about teamwork, it’s not something I
can totally do on my own. Unfortunately things have turned out the way that they
have with the differences between the label and myself, which we have been
having for the most part from the beginning. So I just want to tell them again
thank you very much for all the love and all the support and I they understand
the entire situation and I’m really excited to see everybody on tour. I’m really
looking forward to that it’s going to be a lot of fun."
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- source... http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/2008/06/janet_apologize.html
- 05 June 2008 : Updated Janet
Tv Interview....
- Kevin Frazier Goes One-On-One with Janet
Jackson!
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- Video of Janet's appearance on yesterday's episode of
TRL
- Video of Janet's appearance on yesterday's TRL, which was filmed on
Monday:
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- ((many thanks to ..http://www.janet-xone.com
- 04 June 2008 : Janet on 106
& Park
- Janet Jackson appears on BET's '106 &
Park' at the BET Studios on June 2, 2008 in New York City.
 
- ((all the fotos click here)!!
- 03 June 2008 : More Additional Tour
Dates
Music Icon Janet Jackson Announces Additional Tour
Dates: Tickets for Rock Witchu Tour on Sale Beginning
- June
7th
June 3, 2008 11:30
AM EDT
LOS ANGELES, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation, the world's
largest live music company, announced today newly added dates to Janet Jackson's
Rock Witchu tour, her first tour in seven years. The announcement of the new
tour dates coincides with her appearance on BET's 106 & Park today where she
will discuss what fans can expect from the upcoming tour, and reflect on her
previous groundbreaking tours including Rhythm Nation 1814. The Rhythm Nation
1814 tour solidified Janet's status as a trailblazing entertainer with cutting
edge choreography, unparalleled stage production and theatrics, and won over
audiences
- and broke global box
office records along the way.
Additional television appearances this week
include MTV's TRL and Entertainment Tonight. Janet Jackson has undeniably
influenced pop culture with not only her current album "Discipline," which
debuted at number one on the charts, but over a 100 million total albums sold,
countless hit singles, awards and accolades. The tour will feature new songs
from her album "Discipline," as well as all of the hit singles and innovative
dance routines that have made her one of the most celebrated artists in
history.
The Live Nation produced tour which kicks off in Vancouver, BC
on September 10th, will also visit Oakland, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Boston,
Philadelphia, Greensboro, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego, Houston and
Dallas, as well as the already announced dates in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal,
Washington, DC and New Jersey. Tickets are available at
http://www.livenation.com (see below for a complete list of on-sale dates in
various cities). Additional dates are expected to be announced in the coming
weeks.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the first
dates beginning June 2 at 10am ET through Citi's Private Pass(R) Program. For
complete presale details, as well as presale information for the newly added
dates, visit: http://www.privatepass.citi.com.
Janet has launched
http://www.JanetFanClub.com, a dedicated tour website for the Rock Witchu Tour
where the public can sign up for access to presale tickets, exclusive content,
contests and worldwide community of Janet fans and more. Fan club members will
get access to special presales for additional dates as they are announced. To
find out more, visit http://www.JanetFanClub.com.
Janet has left an
indelible mark on pop music, selling more than 100 million albums and, having
achieved the number one spot on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Album Chart 6
times, is among just 3 female artists that have achieved such status. She is the
only performer male or female to be nominated for Grammy Awards in each of the
Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap and R&B categories, and the first female recording
artist of color to be nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy. With
literally hundreds of awards and nominations from everyone from the American
Music Awards, where she holds the title for most nominations from one album, to
MTV, where she was awarded the first ICON award, to the Academy Awards, Golden
Globes, Radio Music Awards, World Music Awards, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NAACP,
etc., the recognitions of her musical contributions are
astounding.
JANET JACKSON
ROCK WITCHU TOUR
TOUR DATE
- CITY - VENUE (TICKET ON-SALE DATE)
SEP 10 - Vancouver, BC - GM
Place (JUNE 7)
SEP 13 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena (JUNE 15)
SEP 19 - Las
Vegas - Mandalay Bay Center (JUNE 14)
SEP 20 - San Diego, CA - Sports Arena
(TBA)
SEP 25 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena (JUNE 21)
SEP 27 - Detroit, MI
- Palace Of Auburn Hills (JUNE 14)
SEP 28 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
(JUNE 6)
SEP 29 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre (JUNE 7)
OCT 1 - Boston, MA -
TD Banknorth Garden (JUNE 13)
OCT 2 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
(JUNE 16)
OCT 4 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum Complex (JUNE 14)
OCT 5 -
Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena (JUNE 14)
OCT 7 - Fort Lauderdale - BankAtlantic
Center (JUNE 21)
OCT 15 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center (JUNE 16)
OCT 17
- East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (JUNE 7)
OCT 21 - Houston, TX - Toyota
Center (JUNE 16)
OCT 22 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center (JUNE
13)
***MORE CITIES/DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED
SOON
- 03 Jun
2008 - Latest Fanclub news : Front Row Tix for members!
Janet's Fanclub will do a
Ticket upgrade in selected cities on the Rock Witchu Tour.
You don't need
to do a single thing to enter other than purchase presale tickets.
The
FC will upgrade one ticket order from wherever you are sitting, to FRONT ROW.
That's FRONT ROW as in the first row!
The Fanclub only have a pair of
tickets to upgrade though, so if you've bought either 3 or 4 tickets together,
and you are the randomly picked winner, they're only going to be able to upgrade
2 of the seats. You'll have to do rock, paper, scissors with your pals to figure
out who to leave behind!
At the moment, the selected cities where the FC
are doing a ticket upgrade are:
East
Rutherford
Toronto
Montreal
The next round of members-only presales will happen
on Friday, June 6th!
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- 02 June 2008 : SingerJanet
Jackson presents the Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Arts and Humanitarian Award to
Actor Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta Washington during the 4th Annual
Apollo Hall Of Fame Gala at the Apollo Theatre on June 2, 2008 in New York City
((all the picx here))!!
 
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- -Janet On Trl...
- Janet arrives at the Mtv Studios In New
York,to tape Trl (all the picx click here)!!
 
- 21 mai 2008 : Official press
release announcing Rock Witchu Tour
- Janet Jackson Announces Rock Witchu Tour
The iconic performer will
pull from her celebrated collection of music which has sold over 100 million
albums worldwide
LOS ANGELES, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Janet
Jackson, who has undeniably influenced pop culture with over a 100 million album
sold, countless hit singles, awards and accolades, announced the launch of her
Rock Witchu tour on the Ellen DeGeneres Monday. This is Jackson's first tour in
over seven years and is expected to feature the hit songs and innovative dance
routines that have made her one of the most celebrated artists in history.
The Live Nation produced tour kicking off in
Vancouver, BC on September 10th, will feature dates in DC, New Jersey, Montreal,
and Toronto to name a few and is expected to hit major markets as it travels
across the country.
Tickets go on sale for the first
shows beginning Saturday, June 7th, and are available at www. livenation. com.
Confirmed dates are listed below with more
dates to be announced shortly.
Jackson's Rhythm
Nation 1814 tour was the biggest selling debut world-wide tour in history. The
tour solidified her status as a trailblazing entertainer with cutting edge
choreography, unparalleled stage production, theatrics and spectacles, winning
over audiences across the board and breaking global box office records along the
way. She wowed the world with over 100 performances in 90 cities. The first
international shows were in Japan, where she sold out the Tokyo Dome (48,000
capacity) with four shows in seven minutes, creating the record for the fastest
sell out in the history of the Tokyo Dome.
Citi
cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning June 2 at 10am ET
through Citi's Private Pass Program(R).
For complete
presale details visit: www. privatepass. citi.
com.
"We are excited to offer Citi(R) cardmembers special
access to the newly-announced Janet Jackson 2008 tour," said Vik Atal, Chairman
and CEO, Citi Cards. "The tour is a great example of the benefits of our
alliance with Live Nation which enables us to provide our cardmembers with
once-in-a-lifetime experiences through our unique Private Pass Program.
Jackson has launched www. JanetFanClub.
com, a dedicated tour website
for the Rock Witchu Tour where the public can sign up for access to presale
tickets, exclusive content, contests and worldwide community of Jackson fans and
more. Pre-registration has now begun for the website, which will go live on May
28th, with early access to presale ticketing starting May 30th at 10am.
Registrants will have the ability to access future presales for additional dates
as they are announced.
To find out more, visit
www. JanetFanClub.
com
starting May 28th.
Jackson has left an indelible mark on pop music
selling more than 100 million albums and as a female artist having achieved the
number one spot on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Album Chart 6 times, is among
the top 3 of all time for a female artist. She is the only performer male or
female to be nominated for Grammy Awards in each of the Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap
and R&B categories, and the first female recording artist of color to be
nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy. With literally hundreds of awards
and nominations from everyone from the American Music Awards where she holds the
title for most nominations from one album, to MTV where she was awarded the
first ICON award, to the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Radio Music Awards,
World Music Awards, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NAACP, etc., the recognitions of
her musical contributions are astounding.
JANET
JACKSON ROCK WITCHU TOUR
September 10 -- Vancouver, BC -- GM
Place
September 29 -- Montreal, QC -- Centre Bell
October 13 -- Toronto,
ON -- Air Canada Centre
October 15 -- Washington, DC -- Verizon
Center
October 17 -- East Rutherford, NJ -- Izod Center
*** MORE
CITIES/DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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- ABOUT LIVE NATION:
Live Nation is
the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and
festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the
web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV.
"
Additional information about the company can be found at www. livenation. com under the "About Us" section.
- 19 May 2008 : Jd & Jan
subscriber appreciation message
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- Janet Tour Fan Club Sooon....-Janet is
lauching a Fan Club
- -Be sure to sign up for Janet e-mail list
at : www.janetfanclub.com and / or call
her phone number (323)622-8139 for updates about when the fan club will
officially launch. A benefit of joigning the club is that you will be one of the
first to be able to purchase tickets to her upcoming tour - so sign up
now!!!
- Janet Jackson announces first new tour in 7 years; promised some
surprises
By NEKESA
MUMBI MOODY , Associated Press
NEW YORK - Though going out on tour means
connecting with fans, it can also mean long hours, high stress, and sleepless
nights. Janet Jackson says she's looking forward to all of it.
"I love
all of that, all of that pressure, I really do," Jackson told The Associated
Press on Monday as she gears up for a nationwide tour to kick off in
September.
The tour, which opens in Vancouver, British Columbia on
September 20 and includes dates in New York and Washington, is Jackson's first
in seven years. But the singer, who just turned 42 last week, said she hadn't
planned on waiting for so long.
"I was supposed to go on tour with the
last album," said Jackson, referring to the 2006 CD "20 Y.O." But the singer
said her record label wanted her to wait for her latest CD,
"Discipline."
"We were actually in full-blown tour rehearsals at that
point ... learning numbers, getting everything together, set designs," she said.
"I had to kind of shut everything down and go into the studio."
Jackson's
shows have always been heavy on choreography and glitzy sets. But she promised
fans some surprises this time around.
"It will definitely be a big
production but it will definitely also be something that I've never done before,
that people have never seen from me before," she said.
While only a few
dates have been announced for the Live Nation tour, Jackson expects to take the
"Rock Witchu" tour (named, by the way, for a song on her new album, not for her
brother Michael's famous hit) worldwide.
"It's been a while so I really
want to make my rounds," she said. "I haven't been to "Australia in a very long
time; I can't wait to go there. There are a lot of places where I really want to
stop off at, and that's the idea, that's the goal with this tour.
Tickets
go on sale June 7.
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- -Ellen Degeneres- Performance +
Interview
- +Janet officially announced on Ellen that
her upcoming tour will be named "Rock with you" and will kick off at September
10th in the United States. +Fans can call (323)622-8139 to hear a message from
Janet and leaving "feedback" on what songs they like her to perform on the
tour!
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- 18 May 2008 : New Janet Email about Special Announcemen
- TUNE INTO ELLEN ON MONDAY MAY
19TH, JANET WILL BE MAKING A
VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT!!!
- THAT'S RIGHT, BE THE FIRST TO HERE THE BIG
NEWS BY WATCHING ELLEN!!!
- ALSO, WATCH ELLEN TO LEARN A BRAND NEW WAY
THAT YOU CAN PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO JANET!!!
- IT ALL HAPPENS ON MONDAY MAY 19TH, CHECK
YOUR LOCAL LISTING FOR STATIONS AND TIME!!!
- LUV,
- YOUR HOST FOR THE EVENING
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- source....http://www.janetjackson.com
- 17 May 2008 : new video of
janet and jd from her bday
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- New Janet BDay Pics
- Janet Jackson and
Jermaine
Dupri were
spotted leaving dinner at the Katsuya restaurant in Hollywood on Friday night.
The happy couple was there celebrating Janet’s 42nd birthday. I was wondering why TV One had a Good Times
marathon on last night, this explains it. Happy Belated Bday Janet!
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- source....... http://concreteloop.com/2008/05/spotted-janet-jermaine-leaving-dinner#more-27291
- 16 May 2008 : **Happy 42nd
Birthday To My Boo**
- Have a wonderful day with your family and
friends. And may all your wishes come true.
Lots of love and...
Joyeux Anniversaire, as we say it in French! ;)!!
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- **Video Janet Jackson And Tyra Banks Leave STK
Together
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- 15 May 2008 : Big Janet News
- This fall is gonna be all about the
DIVAS!
- Janet Jackson is going to be joining Madonna and Tina
Turner as they criss cross
around America and the world in the Autumn.
- That's right, Janet is going on tour!!!!!
- What makes this especially exciting is that
Miz Jackson hasn't hit the road since 2001. For those of you bad with math,
- that's SEVEN years ago….almost a
DECADE!
- So, expect this outing to be jam-packed
with all the hits.
- And, we're gonna have something very
very special to announce soon with regards to the tour
for all of you, our Perezcious readers.
- Yay!!!!! Can't wait!
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- source... Perez Hilton
- 14 May 2008 : Janet attends Alexander
McQueen Boutique launch party
- Yesterday Janet was at Alexander McQueen’s
Los Angeles Flagship Store Launch Party on May 13th 2008 at Alexander McQueen
Boutique in Los Angeles, California. ((all the fotos click here))!!!
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- 12 May 2008 : Janet to perform on Ellen DeGeneres Show next
week
- Janet will be interviewed and
will perform on the May 19 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, according to the scheduleon
RockOnTV.
The listing on
TVGuide.com states that the May 19 episode is new, meaning that it is not a
repeat of the recent February 29 episode which Janet also was interviewed and
performed on.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is syndicated and airs at
different times and on different channels in each market.
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- -Janet to appear at Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame Ceremony!-**
- Janet will make an appearance at the
2008 Apollo Theater Hall of
Fame Induction Ceremony on Monday, June 2,
- according to a press release issued this
morning.
This year's event will commemorate the
life and music of Apollo Legend Smokey Robinson with a ceremony inducting the
performer into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame. The awards ceremony will
continue with the Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis Arts
- and Humanitarian Award given to Pauletta
and Denzel Washington. Janet will be a presenter at the ceremony.
The press release does not state whether the event
will be filmed for television. Tickets for the event, which will be held at the
Apollo Theater in Harlem, are available for $1,000. To purchase, call (800)
618-3444.
- 11 May 2008 : Janet New
Choregrapher
- Janet brought a new choregrapher 'Luther
Brown from Toronto.
- (here the foto of janet with her kids)!!
thats Luther with the shades and she holdin his hand)!!
- (many thanks to... Janet xone forum for this info)!!
- 09May 2008 :
**Janet Live from last night's United America concert **
- At You Tube we can see somes short videos
of Janet performing at last night's United America concert. She
performing
- "Luv &"Rythmn Nation".
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- Jackson:
Wanted To Say Thanks**
- Janet Jackson spoke with NBCSandiego.com before
performing for the United America concert on Camp Pendleton -- May 8,
2008. ((click here))!!
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- Dinner after her performance for the U.S.
troops in San Diego.
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- 06 May 2008 : New Pics
05-05-2008, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" Gala
- Janet Jackson and producer Jermaine Dupri
attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala 'Superheroes:
- Fashion And Fantasy' at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art on May 5, 2008 in New York City. ((All the fotos click here))!!!
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- 01 May 2008 : Janet to
perform at LOGO's NewNowNext Awards
- Janet to perform at LOGO's
NewNowNext Awards
Janet will perform and will
receive a special award at LOGO's first-ever
NewNowNext Awards on Saturday, June 7.
- The ceremony will air live on LOGO at
9:00 PM ET.
- The awards show will highlight
the best of LGBT pop culture across all mediums, including
the web, film, television and music.
- Janet will be presented with the
Always Next, Forever Now award at the ceremony.
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- LOGO, a gay and lesbian
television network, will also broadcast the ceremony
live on their website
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/newnownext_awards
- 30 April 2008 : Janet concert
in California for U.S. military
- Janet concert in California for U.S.
military
Janet will be performing at a free concert in California for
U.S. military personnel, according to the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS)
Miramar website.
The flyer for the concert, which is titled "America:
United in Support of Our Troops," states that the event will be held on
Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 PM at Del Mar Beach and is exclusive to military
personnel only. The flyer warns that IDs will be checked in order to gain access
to the concert.
Other performers at the concert will include Clint Black,
Snoop Dogg, Pussycat Dolls, Blind Melon, Jordin Sparkz, ZZ Top, and Ne-Yo.
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- Here's a link to their official website btw
: http://www.mccsmiramar.com
- 27 April 2008 : Janet At
Glaad Awards...
- Last Night at Janet was presented with the
Vanguard Award by Ellen Generes at the Glaaaad Média
- Awards at the Kodak Theater in Los
Angeles..... (((all the fotos click
here))!!
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- 26 April 2008 : fotos of Janet & Jd
in Los Angeles....
- Janet was with her boyfriend
Jermaine Dupri leaving the Foxtail Club Last Night + here the video she exits the building.
- 23 April 2008 : E!News
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- 22 April 2008 : Janet Talks Marriage, Broadway and Drag
Queens
Today 4:00 AM PDT E!
Onlineby Marc Malkin
Good
news for Janet Jackson fans. She's hitting the road again. Ms. Nasty tells me
she'll launch a new world tour on Sept. 11.
"The next big thing on the
agenda is prepping for the tour," Jackson says. "I'm still promoting the new
album [Discipline] right now, but we'll be getting into rehearsals in about a
month and then start touring."
But at this very moment Jackson, 41, is
thinking about Saturday, when Ellen DeGeneres will present her with the Vanguard
Award at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's 19th Annual Media
Awards at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
Jackson is in good company. Past
recipients include Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Aniston, Whoopi
Goldberg, Antonio Banderas and Liza Minnelli. I caught up with Jackson the other
day from her home in L.A., where she spoke about her thoughts on getting married
again, those never-ending gay rumors, her dreams of Broadway and why she wishes
she was more like Janet drag queens:
Why do you think you're
getting the Vanguard Award from GLAAD?
I think it's because of the
work I have done related to AIDS, and also just the support that I've given them
throughout the years.
- I'm excited.
I have
to ask, what are you going to wear?
[Laughs.] I think I am
going to wear Ralph Lauren.
I actually think Ellen may have a
little crush on you. You two had a great rapport when you were on her
show.
I absolutely adore here. She's smart. She's funny. She's fun to
be around. I really enjoy her. She's very talented.
It's kind of
amazing that when Ellen came out of the closet her sitcom was canceled, but now
she's back on top-one of our biggest stars.
I'm so happy she did do
that, because someone had to take that stance...For her to be so courageous and
something came out of it much bigger and much better and really positive. It was
a shame that they canceled her show once she did that. That's ridiculous...Do
you hear that noise in the background?
I do.
Sorry, that's my dog
playing with the water bottle.
What kind of dog do you have?
A
bulldog. Now he decides to play with it. It's been on the floor the entire time
for about two hours. Now that I'm on the phone he wants to play with it...So you
still have discrimination. It's sad. It really is. But, I think, slowly but
surely, it's getting better.
When did you first realize you were a
gay icon?
I never thought of myself as that, and it never even
crossed my mind when people started calling me icon and legend and all this
other stuff. I remember I was over in Europe and I called my boyfriend [music
megaproducer Jermaine Dupri] once because they had introduced me on a show as a
legend, and I said, "You know they introduced me as 'the legendary Janet
Jackson', " and he said, "You are." [Laughs.] I never thought of that or looked
at myself in that way. But I'll wear the title. I'll own it.
Who
have been some of your favorite Janet Jackson drag queens?
It's awful
because I can't remember their names, but one of them was at the Baton [Show
Lounge] in Chicago.
- This was a few years ago. And she did a
wonderful job.
- And another was not that long ago
recently in Atlanta at the Jungle. She did a wonderful job as
well.
Why do you think they do a good Janet? What's a good Janet
drag queen?
They really study you. They truly study you. But you
know, they pour it on more, which I absolutely love.
- They give more than I do and I love
that. The first time I went to the Baton in Chicago and saw this show,
- I was with some of my [female] dancers.
Afterward, I said to my dancers,
- "We've gotta pull up because these
bitches are hitting it.
- They're giving so much femininity and we
look like boys onstage.
- " The next night we had a show and we
were trying our hardest to ooze with that feminine touch.
So Janet
wants to be a Janet drag queen?
[Laughs.] When [late makeup artist]
Kevyn Aucoin was around, I used to say it would be really
- fun to do a whole editorial spread in a
magazine with me as a drag queen, completely from head to toe.
- I would love to do that.
You've said it doesn't bother you if someone says you're gay or
bisexual. So if you were,
- who would be your top three girl
crushes?
I don't know if I have three. I think I would pick Alicia
Keys, for sure. I think she's wonderful.
Why does it seem that
strong women like yourself, Oprah and Alicia always get the lesbian
rumors?
Maybe because it's just that we're strong women. I don't
know. Maybe they want to put something else
- behind it because of the strength. Like,
you can't be a woman and be strong,
- and there has to be something else to
it.
Do you remember the first time someone told you there are rumors out
there that you're gay?
I don't remember the first time, but it's been
forever. Someone once said to me,
- "Doesn't that bother you?" And I was
like, Why should it bother me?
What would you do if your boyfriend
came home one day and said, "
- Honey, I've got something to tell
you-I'm gay"?
I'd be upset because I want to be with him [Laughs.].
It's so funny because I joke with him that it drives me crazy to be a girl
sometimes, so in my next life I'm going to come back as a guy and [he's] going
to be my bitch. But if he liked guys, I would be crushed because I would want to
be with him.
The AIDS epidemic started and then we were at the
height of it when you started to hit the big time with albums like Rhythm Nation
and Control. Do you remember when you first heard about the disease? Was it when
you started losing friends?
I lost a lot of friends. Friends from the
show Fame who I had danced with, some of the kids from Nasty, some of the kids
who danced with my brothers who I knew. Makeup artists. I lost a lot of friends
to AIDS and one who I absolutely adored so much. His name was Jose, and we
worked a lot together in Europe. He would put these eyelashes on me that he
would make from real hair. His sister would cut her hair so he could make these
eyelashes. They were the most beautiful things. He was so much fun to be with. I
had heard he was sick and he was passing, and it was just so sad. It's so sad.
Did you get to talk to him before he passed?
I didn't.
It was too late. I didn't have the opportunity to. That part really hurts, when
you're trying to reach someone before.
Do you remember being
scared?
Yeah, because no one knew. No one knew exactly what it was.
No one knew anything about the disease. I do remember being fearful of how you
contract it. And then Magic [Johnson] got it. That's when I think everyone was
starting to get fearful-that it could be a heterosexual thing. They wanted to
believe it was only something gay people got; that it can't touch them.
Suddenly, everyone was frightened.
Even though it's gotten better,
there's now a young generation that doesn't seem to get it. There are young gay
men who don't see HIV and AIDS as a threat.
Yes, they're being a
little too-and I am not going to be mild about it-careless. And now there's the
whole drug scene with crystal meth...I hear it gives you this high that makes
you want to have sex and not use anything. It's scary.
You've been
one of those people who have lived a pretty clean life. And that's not an easy
thing to do in Hollywood. How have you done it?
It's the people you
surround yourself with, it's who your circle of friends are. And I was raised a
certain way, so that definitely helped. But still, once you become an adult and
you get some fame under your belt, people want to go crazy. But it's really who
you surround yourself with. When I moved away from home, I kept that with
me-being grounded and all that my parents did to keep us grounded. It's still
with me today. I'm very fortunate. But I know people who have fallen victim to
addiction, and I've tried to help them.
Really? What have you done
to help?
I just had a friend recently who is in the fashion industry
and he called me and said, "I need help." I gave him every resource that I knew
of and everything fell in place. He was so fortunate. God was really with him.
He needed someone to travel with him all the time because he jumps around to
Europe, over to the Middle East and everywhere. Thank god, I was able to get
someone to travel with him and get him to [12-step] meetings and still do his
business. I said, "You have to change your circle of friends." That's also what
the person I got him with told him. And he's doing good. He's doing very well.
I'm really proud of him.
Let's talk about gay
marriage...
I think it should be legalized. I think it's about
finding your soul mate. It's finding that person you connect with. But most
people don't get it right. Look at me! The thing is, I don't know if I ever will
or won't get married again. I'm very happy where I am. I just think I jinx
marriages, but that's not going to stop me from loving.
You
appeared in a PSA to combat hate crimes that was produced after 15-year-old
Lawrence King was murdered in February because he was gay. Why was that so
important to you?
That broke my heart. He was finally coming into his
own and being himself and being OK with who he was. He was feeling good about
that and not living in this shell and pretending to be someone else. He was
letting all of that go and saying, "This is me." But being murdered for being
who you are, for being real-we were crushed by that.
Have you
decided who you are going to support in the presidential election?
I
kind of have an idea, but I am going to keep that to myself. I really haven't
for sure said, This is it. I'm swaying definitely one way more than the other.
When are we going to see Janet on Broadway?
That's
always been a dream of mine. I would love to do a musical.
Do you
have a dream role?
I don't know. I just want to do a musical that
touches on everything-something that's funny and dramatic, but definitely a
musical.
Well, Janet, that would seal the deal. Do a Broadway musical
and you'll be a gay icon more than ever.
[Laughs.] That's always been a dream
of mine since I was a kid.
- 17 April 2008 : Janet Jackson
Enjoys Japanese Calligraphy (Shodo)!!!
- (click on the picx to see the
video)!!
- 09 April 2008 : Video Janet's arrival at the Narita International Airport in
Tokyo
- ((click here for the video))!!
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- fotos : Janet at Lax Airport....
- 09 April 2008 : Mtv
Interview
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