Jermaine Dupri has posted a new video from behind the scenes of last night’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. In the video Janet says she was recently “sick with bronchitis, but borderline penumonia”. Check it out below.

Janet appeared at last night’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards to present the award for Favourite Movie Actress alongside actor Josh Peck to actress Jessica Alba.

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The episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show featuring Janet will air in the UK on Friday 11th April at 13.30 on channel Five Life.

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In an email from her official website it has been confirmed that Janet will appear on tonight’s 2008 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The awards will air live from 8pm ET.

The email suggested that Janet will be making an appearance at the start, saying, “Make sure you watch from the beginning… hint hint.”

After a period of little contact with fans via her official website, Janet has posted a note to thank fans for their support. She also posted the recently released Feedback remix featuring Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Fabolous.

In an interview with BlackBook Magazine, Janet has revealed how she often finds it difficult to sleep at night:

“It’s a big issue [insomnia].

“My doctor is not happy with me. I have to take these [supplements] otherwise my brain won’t stop, and I just lay there all night, thinking about everything.

“Usually I just wind up watching cartoons – The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Johnny Quest, Superfriends, you know, the classics.

“And if I get to catch Family Guy, I’m happy. I’m just a kid at heart. Just a big kid.”

She also spoke of her shyness in front of the camera:

“I just get embarrassed so easily.

“Sometimes I feel like I’m in the wrong profession. You know, a photographer will ask me to do something, and I think, ‘What? With all these people around, staring?’

“I don’t know, I guess it’s my insecurity. Maybe when I’m 90, I won’t care and just stick my ass out. But until I’m comfortable…” And she revealed a talent for impersonation.

“My thing was to do impressions [as a child].

“My friends even to this day say I’m an excellent mimic. It comes from being around so many voices at one time.

A brand new remix of Feedback featuring Jermaine Dupri, Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Fabolous has been officially released by Island Def Jam. The remix, which you can listen to on the Janet Love jukebox to the right of this page, will be released to clubs worldwide. It is expected that when Janet visits the UK in a matter of weeks Feedback will remain the emphasis of her promotion.

Download the remix here (MP3 4.84Mb)

According to an article posted on JapanToday.com, Janet is set to visit Japan between April 9th and April 12th to promote her album Discipline. Janet, who last visited Japan in October 2006, said: “I love Japan so much because it never bores me. I want to visit KiddyLand, sushi restaurants and clubs with my friends.”

In a message posted on Janet’s MySpace page this morning, a new competition was announced:

Give Me Your FEEDBACK and Win!

I want your Feedback! Create a video of you (by yourself, or with friends) performing a dance routine to “Feedback” and post it to my YouTube channel.

This contest is about art, and there are no losers in art, so winners will be chosen at random, but you do need to enter to win.

4 lucky winners will receive an iPod pre-loaded with my new album Discipline and the videos for “Feedback” and “Rock With U”.

Enter today at YouTube.com/JanetJackson

All entries must be received by April 12th.

Love,
Janet

In a new radio interview with Orlando’s XL106.7FM on Thursday (20th March), Janet has revealed she expects the first show of her upcoming tour to be on September 15th. Janet also speaks about her relationship with the paparazzi, confirmed that she will soon be visiting Europe and Asia to promote Discipline and revealed she hopes to film another movie shortly:

“I’ve gotten in a lot of scripts and I was hoping to do a film before I started promoting the album, but the strike happened so we went forward with promoting the album. But now that the strike is over I have to refigure out the timing of it all because I’m going to be getting into tour rehearsals pretty soon – in a couple of months – and the first show is mid-September.”

Listen to the interview in full at JohnnyAndJayde.com.

LUV has been added to the playlist of UK urban radio station, BBC 1Xtra. The song, which is in the B playlist, is currently in medium rotation on the channel which is available to listen to online at www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra.

In a new interview, Mariah Carey has quashed rumours that there are plans for her and Janet to record a duet. Insisting it was nothing more than a ‘concept’, Mariah adds: “That was Jermaine’s concept… I love J.D., he’s like my brother but he makes these things up and he gets an idea and then he tells the world.”

Janet has launched an official page on the social networking site Bebo. Check out her profile now.

LUV is scheduled for retail release in the UK on 21st April. It has not yet been confirmed on which formats it will be available.

Janet has spoken to Essence.com in a new interview. Speaking to Clay Cane, she speaks primarily about her move from Virgin to Island Def Jam. Read the full interview below:

Janet Jackson is more than a long-lasting force in the entertainment industry. She’s a part of American history. Her breakthrough 1986 album Control was honored with twelve American Music Award nominations, a record that has yet to be broken, and she’s the first Black female recording artist to receive a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.

Here she talks to Essence.com about her new album Discipline, being a pioneer and the young competition.

Essence.com: After more than twenty years of recording, why do you need discipline?

Janet Jackson: Discipline has always been a part of me. When I started to perform onstage with my brothers and sisters, I would do my own hair. And not just in a messy way that a little kid would do, it had to be very neat. That’s a lot of discipline for a kid and I’ve always had that.

Essence.com: You once said that you view everyone as competition. Who do you see as competition now?

J.J.: Everyone! I still feel the same way. Even though I do feel there’s room for everyone as long as I’m first—no, I’m just kidding! [Laughs] I grew up competitive. We even grew up like that as brothers and sisters, but it’s a healthy competition. It keeps me going. It keeps me moving the way music and other things do.

Essence.com: “Discipline” is your first album since you left Virgin. How is the creative process different being on Island Def Jam?

J.J: There’s a huge difference. When I first joined Virgin Records we connected and spent a lot of time together similar to a family. Then, a lot of people left. It was a new group of people and we didn’t always see eye to eye. At that point it was time for me to move on and I did.

Essence.com: We always hear horror stories of artists trying to leave their label. How were you able to move on?

J.J.: I saw LA Reid at Oprah’s Legends Ball. We’ve been friends for years plus he’s wanted to work with me since my early days at Virgin. He asked me when my contract would end and I told him that I was working on my last album. It started from there.

Essence.com: For a while, you were one of the few Black female artists with worldwide success. What role do you think you’ve had in changing the landscape for women of color in the music industry?

J.J.: I’ve held the door open a little wider and that’s the way it should be. There were people before me who helped make it a lot easier for myself, like Diana Ross, Eartha Kitt and Lena Horne. I did things to try to make it better for those coming up behind me so it wouldn’t be as difficult.

Essence.com: Are there any plans to tour this album?

J.J: Yes, the idea is to tour at the end of summer. We were actually in full tour mode with the band and dancers for the last album. But the label called and asked if we would make a new album, then go on a tour.