After a slight detour to the hospital and a week's worth of rest, Janet Jackson is ready to "Rock Withchu" again. The singer, who canceled six dates due to an undisclosed illness, will be back onstage on Saturday in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Read more about Janet Jackson's recovery here.
Posted 10/6/08 11:04 am EST by Gil Kaufman in Janet-Jackson
It's been a rough month for Janet Jackson. Following a split from her label, the singer had to miss three shows last week after falling suddenly ill. Now her reps are saying she's going to sit out three more concerts as she recuperates from the undisclosed illness.
Read the full story of Janet Jackson's postponed concerts here.
Posted 9/18/08 4:34 pm EST by MTV News in Janet-Jackson
By Luke Burke
I have been a fan of Janet Jackson since I was about 5 years old. I have attended every tour since Rhythm Nation, and I own every album she has released. When the opportunity presented itself to cover the Janet Jackson Rock Witchu Tour concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night, I quickly recruited myself.
(See video of Janet Jackson performing "Pleasure Principle" after the jump.)
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Posted 9/6/08 6:48 pm EST by MTV News in Janet-Jackson, jermaine-dupri, VMAs
FROM BUZZWORTHY: VMA party weekend kick-started Friday night with Jermaine Dupri's party at the Avalon in Hollywood. JD -- ever the consummate mogul and multitasker -- celebrated the launch of Tag Records, and, of course, the VMAs.
With D-Nice spinning -- "Put On," by Young Jeezy and Kanye West, T-Pain and Lil' Wayne's "Can't Believe It," and Game and 50 Cent's "This is How We Do," all were huge for the dance floor -- D stood at the booth hyping up the party. Nice played the remix to Dru Hill's "Sleeping in My Bed," while Dupri shouted, "Brat I love you!"
Read more and see video from Jermaine Dupri's TAG Records launch party at buzzworthy.mtv.com!
Posted 7/21/08 1:47 pm EST by Gil Kaufman in Janet-Jackson
The wardrobe malfunction seen 'round the world wasn't so indecent after all. Federal judges threw out the $550,000 fine against CBS Corp. on Monday for the incident during the 2004 Super Bowl during which Justin Timberlake famously ripped off part of Janet Jackson's top and momentarily exposed her breast on live TV.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia found that the Federal Communications Commission acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" in fining the network more than a half-million dollars for the "fleeting image of nudity."
According to the report, the judges found that by fining the network, the FCC broke with a decades-old policy that said, "Brief and isolated incidents, including impromptu expletives, did not violate rules designed to keep children from seeing indecent material broadcast between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m." The panel also ruled that CBS was not liable for the fine because Jackson and Timberlake were independent contractors, not network employees.
The incident led to a near-zero-tolerance policy from the FCC on the use of some expletives, even in unscripted scenarios as well as Congress raising indecency fines from $32,500 per incident per station to $325,000.