Month: February 2004

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Heat Magazine, a UK magazine, has printed a photo of Janet to show that the Super Bowl appearance was not the first time her breast has fallen out while performing. This photo shows another occasion when it fell out on her ALL FOR YOU World Tour at the National Car Rental Arena in Sunrise, Florida.

{{popup jalw-cover.jpg Just A Little While 504×504}}According to Yahoo! Shopping, Janet’s new single for Just A Little While will be released on 2nd March in the US. The tracklisting is listed as:

1. Radio Edit
2. Main Version
3. Instrumental
4. A Cappella

Just A Little While will be released on March 15th in the UK and, as usual, is expected to include an interactive section with videos and photos.

When Janet appeared at the Behind The Bench ceremony last week, she said thank you to the people present that had supported her over the last two weeks. Watch a video of it here and also hear Jimmy Jam talk a bit about the new album.

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{{popup blue.jpg Blue 800×600}}The Press Association: British boyband Blue has blamed the media for encouraging events such as Janet’s Super Bowl breast baring.

The group say the mainstream press’ increasing coverage of sex has made performers believe they have to push boundaries to get noticed.

“It’s a shame that you have to bare one of your breasts at a Super Bowl match just to get publicity,” singer Duncan James said in Singapore, where the band attended the MTV Asia Awards.

“You lot lap it up, that’s why they do it,” he told reporters.

“You lot write about it and it makes front page news in every bloody country. You’re promoting it.”

The band also commented about tomorrow’s Brit Awards.

“I think a lot of people from England are quite pissed off with the Brit Awards…because they’re so hooked up on the Americans,” Blue member Lee Ryan said.

“The English are very, very fickle, the press are very fickle. They’ll shove their artists aside for, say, Justin Timberlake.”

The prize ceremony for the Brit Awards will be held on February 17 in London. Blue won the Pop Act award in 2003 and the British Breakthrough Act award in 2002.

Janet Love TV has created a special new episode looking at the aftermath of Janet’s Super Bowl performance. With interviews with Jermaine Jackson and Justin Timberlake, the episode examines how the American media took the event out of proportion and follows coverage on some of the US TV stations. To watch the episode, visit Janet Love TV now.

Janet was at the NBA All-Star game last night with boyfriend Jermaine Dupri at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Loads of photos can be seen at the Janet Love Gallery now.

New York Times journalist Frank Rich has jumped to Janet’s defence after her Super Bowl appearance. He said: “Two weeks after the bustier bust, almost no one has come to the defense of Janet Jackson. I do so with a full heart. By baring a single breast in a slam-dunk publicity stunt of two seconds’ duration, this singer also exposed just how many boobs we have in this country. We owe her thanks for a genuine public service.” Read the full article here.

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Janet attended the Maxim NBA party at the PaPaz Nightclub with her boyfriend Jermaine Dupri to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The outing, in Hollywood, California, was only her second public appearance since the Super Bowl at the beginning of the month.

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From Associated Press: In her first public appearance since her breast was exposed during the Super Bowl halftime show, Janet has received an award for her humanitarian and charitable contributions.

Behind the Bench, an association of wives of NBA players, honored Jackson at their annual fund-raiser Friday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

“She has done a wonderful job giving back to communities across America. That fact has not changed,” Behind the Bench spokesman Vince McCaskill said. “She was on board with this seven months ago. We never even considered her not being here.”

Janet had not appeared in public since singer Justin Timberlake tore off part of her costume, exposing her breast, during a performance in front of some 90 million television viewers. The stunt prompted a Federal Communications Commission investigation, and Jackson released a videotaped apology. Timberlake also apologized.

Behind the Bench, formed in 1995, has raised nearly $1 million for charities in Los Angeles, the host city of this year’s NBA All-Star game.

Previous award recipients include Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali, Dorothy Height, Alonzo Mourning and David Robinson.