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Janet will perform at CD:UK on Saturday March 13th. She will sing her song JUST A LITTLE WHILE. In addition, she is scheduled to appear at TRL UK on Thursday March 11th. Her two previous scheduled dates were cancelled but as she will be in the country for CD:UK this third date is most likely to be the one she attends.
Just wanted to say thank you to all of you that left birthday wishes for me! I’m also apologising for being a bit slow to update the news. I’ve been having a few too many parties and this morning I’m nursing a HUGE hangover from last night!
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Janet will be on the cover of the new edition of V Magazine which hits that shops on March 15th to coincide with the single release of Just A Little While in Europe.
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Variety.com reports that Janet has quit her role in the Lena Horne biography voluntarily. In addition, both producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan have also chosen to leave the film but have stated that they are eager to work with Janet on a similar project:
In the latest ripple caused by Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl exposure, the singer has abruptly withdrawn from an ABC biopic about Lena Horne — putting the project in limbo.
Storyline Entertainment partners Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have ankled as exec producers in solidarity with Jackson, who was due to play Horne.
A spokeswoman for Jackson said she was effectively dis-invited from the movie by Horne and her daughter Gail Lumet Buckley, who were incensed when Jackson flashed during the halftime show. Horne refused to return her contract for the pic until ABC guaranteed that Jackson was off the project, which is being produced by Storyline and Sony Pictures Television. ABC execs refused Horne’s demand, but the issue has become moot with the reaction of Jackson, Zadan and Meron.
Alphabet insiders said the project is now up in the air; barring another superstar casting, however, it’s unlikely to move forward.
“It’s sad this had to happen. It was a perfect match,” one ABC insider said.
The Super Bowl stunt has had far reaching implications. The FCC is investigating, and broadcasters have in turn tightened the screws to eliminate the chance of another unscripted surprise that could shock and offend mass audiences.
Stormy weather was rumored to be brewing over the ABC biopic early last week, as word surfaced that Horne’s displeasure hadn’t abated. At the time, it was hoped that the singers would meet and that the duet would end harmoniously. But Horne refused to meet with Jackson.
Jackson looked at the movie as a prestigious way to jumpstart her acting career, which has included roles in 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and John Singleton’s “Poetic Justice.” She was recently photographed as Horne in a glamorous Vanity Fair layout.
Zadan and Meron left the project right after Jackson, and a spokeswoman for the producers said they would concentrate on finding another project to do with the singer.
It’s not surprising they stuck by Jackson. While ABC already had optioned a Horne bio, it wasn’t until Jackson approached the producers that the project became a film on the fast track.
Jackson signed to play the elegant singer who broke racial barriers, and she also planned to re-record some of Horne’s classic songs.
“She is someone I’ve admired my whole life,” Jackson said of Horne when the project was greenlit last fall.
Roy Campanella Jr. was set to direct Shirley Pierce’s script based on “Lena,” the autobiography the singer wrote with Richard Schickel.
From New York Daily News: It’s been almost a month since the rip seen ’round the world, when Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson’s breast during the MTV-produced Super Bowl halftime show on CBS. Jackson has gone on camera to apologize for the flap – for which the Federal Communications Commission is considering fines on CBS – but the pop diva has yet to submit to a televised grilling. Now I’ve heard that Diane Sawyer has beat out the competition, including her ABC News colleague Barbara Walters, for the right to sit down with the pop diva for a “Prime Time” show in mid-March. That is, just in time for the release of Jackson’s latest CD. ABC News and Sawyer declined to comment yesterday. “She can’t talk about an interview that she hasn’t done yet,” a spokesman told me.
Dear Janet Love visitors,
You won’t know me, but I’m Katie: Daz’s best friend! I wanted to take this opportunity to wish him a VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY for TUESDAY 24th FEBRUARY. It isn’t just any birthday, but he’s going to be 18 YEARS OLD! So please join me in saying HAVE A GREAT DAY DAZ and thanks for all the work you do for Janet fans worldwide on Janet Love!
MWAH
KATIE
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It has been noticed that on the single cover for her upcoming single, Janet is sporting a belly-button piercing which has boyfriend Jermaine Dupri’s initials on. Click the image to the left to enlarge the photo.
The Miss Janet Fanclub reports that Janet will kick off her promo tour of Europe in London at the beginning of March. Janet Love has learnt that will appear on TV shows such as TRL, CD:UK and Top of the Pops.
The fanclub also reports that Janet will travel in Europe, Japan and the US.
The video for Just A Little While has been finished according to the Miss Janet Fanclub. It was directed by Dave Meyers. Janet will film a second video at the beginning of March, most likely for I Want You.
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