Quote: "Janet had a beautiful baby boy. It's all good. Everyone's fine. Everything's great." Janet Jackson's brother Jackie Jackson talks about her new son Eissa Al Mana, who was born in January (17). The infant is the 50-year-old's first child with husband Wissam Al Mana.
Quote: "How exciting, she's pregnant! I haven't seen her in a while but I'm very happy for her." Singer and dancer Paula Abdul has lost contact with her old pal Janet Jackson, who is reportedly expecting her first child at the age of 50. The pair first worked together on the R&B superstar's What Have You Done For Me Lately video back in 1986.
Fact: Janet Jackson made celebrity fan Raven-Symone's 30th birthday one to remember by sending her VIP tickets to one of her upcoming Unbreakable Tour shows. The former child star, who marked the age milestone on Thursday (10Dec15), was also presented with a signed tour poster and a basket of presents from the R&B icon's recent run of shows in Japan during her birthday episode of U.S. talk show The View.
Fact: Janet Jackson is following in the footsteps of Beyonce by collaborating with British producer Naughty Boy.
Fact: Janet Jackson's husband threw her a surprise birthday party in Los Angeles on 16 May (15). Wissam Al Mana reportedly told the singer he was taking her out for a sushi dinner to mark her 49th birthday, but surprised her with a bash full of family and friends at the Hyde Lounge venue.
Quote: "We've spoken about the fact that you're only a child once. I think there's a time for everything, and now is not the time (to act in films). I told her I thought she should enjoy being a kid, possibly go to college or not - but wait 'til she turns 18. She's a very tough, smart girl. But it's a cutthroat industry. I wouldn't want my child to do it." Janet Jackson is totally against the idea of her teenage niece Paris making her big screen debut in 2013 fantasy film Lundon's Bridge and The Three Keys.
Tweet: "Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm looking forward to spending it in Paris. It's such a special city for me." R&B star Janet Jackson is heading to France to celebrate her 46th birthday on Wednesday (16May12).
Tweet: "Don Cornelius' work helped us better understand and celebrate one another, our diversity, and the richness of our music. He will be missed." Janet Jackson remembers the tragic Soul Train creator and host who died on Wednesday (01Feb12).
Quote: "I felt like I looked like The Joker because my smile is so broad; it's like from ear to ear and you can see all the teeth in my mouth and all the way into the back of the mouth." Janet Jackson used to be ashamed of her iconic smile.
Quote: "It was very difficult for me at the beginning. It was so raw. But now, I'm able to listen to Michael's music and watch his videos." Janet Jackson is finally able to listen to her late brother Michael's hits - two years after his death.
Quote: "I'm getting older and I feel more settled. We have a deep bond, a deep connection." Pop star Janet Jackson opens up about her boyfriend and Qatar businessman Al Mana.
Quote: "He was sweet, very gentle, incredibly smart. Always about love, always about love. He knew who he was." Janet Jackson reveals what late brother Michael Jackson was really like.
Quote: "When something like that happens, it really makes you cherish every single moment, because you never know what tomorrow will bring." Janet Jackson has learned to appreciate the more important things in life following the sudden death of her beloved brother MICHAEL. The King of Pop died in June 2009.
Quote: "I would always look at her picture and go, 'God, she's so beautiful. If I could only look like that when I get older.'" As a child, Janet Jackson dreamed of growing up and developing into a natural beauty like her elder sister Rebe.
Quote: "Two days before my birthday. It was the last thing we said to each other. I said, 'I love you.' He said, 'I love you too, Dunk.' My nickname (was) Dunky fried chicken, I don't know, it makes no sense. Mike was always silly like that." Janet Jackson remembers her final conversation with her beloved brother MICHAEL on 14 May, 2009. The King of Pop died in June that year.
Quote: "Mike named me Dunk and we shared every dream, every confidence. I was his little sister, he always knew I had his back." Janet Jackson pays tribute to her late brother Michael Jackson in her new self-help book, True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself, which is dedicated to the King of Pop.
Quote: "My love of George as an artist, writer, musician and friend is precious to me. FAITH is one of his masterpiece projects. Every time I listen to it, I fall in love with it all over again." Janet Jackson is a big fan of George Michael's music.
Quote: "My family became vegetarians and I didn't want to become left out, so I became a vegetarian as well and that's a lot of discipline for a kid... I bounce back and forth - there are times when I'm vegan, times when I'm pescatarian (eats fish). I don't eat meat though... I love pizza (and) my favourite is Mexican food." Janet Jackson on her meat-free diet.
Quote: "They used to bind my chest because I was developing breasts at a young age." Janet Jackson had growing pains while filming 1970s U.S. family sitcom GOOD TIMES.
Quote: "I would hear the other women having a good time over in the corner of the set and I so badly wanted to be with them because I could hear how much fun they were having. But my character wants nothing to do with any of them, so I had to stay in character and keep my distance." Janet Jackson banned herself from socialising with co-stars including Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg and Phylicia Rashad on the star-studded set of Tyler Perry's new film For Colored Girls.
Quote: "There are so many tabloid magazines and blogs... and I don't pay attention. There are moments when I have rhinoceros skin but I'm a very sensitive person at the same time so it can tend to affect me. I just completely ignore it." Janet Jackson on dodging negative press.
Quote: "What I love about Gaga is her story, where she came from. Before she made it, before anyone knew who she was, I knew who she was and, to see her finally make it, I was so happy. If we were to work together that would be cool." Janet Jackson eyes a collaboration with Lady Gaga.
Quote: "I'm at a loss for words upon learning of Gary Coleman's passing. I want to remember him as the fun, playful, adorable and affectionate man he was. He has left a lasting legacy. I know he is finally at peace." Janet Jackson has fond memories of her former GOOD TIMES co-star GARY COLEMAN, who passed away on Friday (28May10).
Quote: "Working on this film helped me to heal - it was very cathartic. The tears I cried in this film were real and from a special place. I had a job to do but it never left my mind that Michael had gone. It was a difficult time." Janet Jackson grieved over Michael Jackson's death while filming WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?.
Quote: "It was difficult not to talk about it, and I made a point not to because I didn't want to upset her and I wanted to stay in the moment. But one night, it just hit me, and I started singing (Michael Jackson's) 'Got me working day and night' and I didn't realise it until maybe the fourth word came out of my mouth. And I just stopped, and she didn't say anything." Jill Scott found it tough working with a grieving Janet Jackson on the set of Why Did I Get Married Too after the death of her brother last summer (09).
Quote: "I had a job to fulfil. I left the (funeral) service that night, jumped on a plane, and was on set the next day. Life goes on. You have to as well. You can't just stop. It's not healthy." Janet Jackson insisted on working through her grief following the tragic death of her brother MICHAEL. The singer/actress started work on director Tyler Perry's new movie Why Did I Get Married Too? just a day after the King of Pop was laid to rest last July (09).
Quote: "The only time I really listen to my music is when I'm putting together a show (concert), and when I heard it, I was like, 'Wow, this is a really impressive body of work.'" R&B superstar Janet Jackson is proud of her career achievements following the release of her new greatest hits album, NUMBER ONES.
Quote: "(I like listening to) Drake. I enjoy listening to (LADY) GAGA as well." R&B icon Janet Jackson is a fan of the rap newcomer and the Poker Face hitmaker.
Quote: "If it is God’s will, if it’s in my cards, then yeah, it’s going to happen." Janet Jackson hasn't ruled out marriage after splitting from fiance Jermaine Dupri.
Quote: "They do come to me for advice or just to listen about relationships. I've been married twice and divorced twice so I don't know if I'm the greatest at that one! I've learned a lot. I don't mind it at all, I love being there for my friends, that's part of true love and friendship." R&B superstar Janet Jackson is a good listener, despite her poor relationship history.
Quote: "I thought I looked like a bad tranny (transvestite), not even a cute one. If you’re going to make me look like a tranny, at least make me look like a cute tranny." Janet Jackson was not impressed with her October cover of W magazine.
Fact: Janet Jackson will sing her late brother Michael Jackson's part in the revamped We Are The World anthem.
Quote: "I wanted to study business law and I wanted to be an actress." Janet Jackson wanted to go to law school before finding fame as a child singer/actress.
Quote: "I get embarrassed when people are staring at me. Crazy right?!" R&B superstar Janet Jackson is still shy at heart.
Quote: "Paris is so cute, she has these hawk eyes. She can spot a camera from a mile away." Michael Jackson's daughter PARIS is always on the look out for paparazzi, according to her aunt Janet.
Quote: "I always call them my two dads: loving, caring, always there for me." Janet Jackson considers her longtime producers JIMMY JAM and TERRY LEWIS her father figures.
Quote: "I couldn't believe it. It felt like a dream. It's still to this day (a dream). (I miss) his silliness, his love, how much fun we used to have together. We'd practically do everything together." Janet Jackson is still struggling to come to terms with the death of her big brother MICHAEL. The King of Pop died in June (09).
Quote: "I adore him, absolutely adore Jermaine, love him to death. We're still very good friends to this day, very good friends." Newly single Janet Jackson remains close to her ex-boyfriend, producer Jermaine Dupri, since their split over the summer (Jun09).
Quote: "I had my first birthday party when I was 23 years old. I never celebrated my birthday before then. You kind of feel like you miss something, but then again, how can you miss what you didn't have?" Janet Jackson enjoyed splashing out for her birthday after being brought up as a Jehovah's Witness.
Fact: JACKSONs Janet and RANDY played percussion on late brother MICHAEL's 1979 hit DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH.
Quote: "I always wish they had made a movie together." Queen Latifah would have been the first person in line if Michael Jackson and his sister Janet had teamed up on the big screen.
Quote: "The show was incredible. JANET did a fantastic job, and I was very proud and honoured to be there. That's just part of the responsibility we have as a family to keep MICHAEL's legacy alive." Jermaine Jackson applauds his sister Janet Jackson's dance tribute to their late sibling, the King of Pop Michael Jackson, at Sunday's (13Sep09) MTV Video Music Awards.
Quote: "People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you. Not everyone is stone, stone. I haven't watched the news in weeks. I had to ask my chef, 'How's Obama doing?' I haven't read a newspaper." Michael Jackson's grieving sister Janet has avoided the news since her big brother died in June (09).
Quote: "Now at least I know that I can step up to the plate and not crumble when I'm needed. When it comes to something like this that is so, so serious, so painful, so traumatic, I can handle it." Michael Jackson's sister Janet insists her grief over the King of Pop's death has made her stronger.
Quote: "I love you, Mike, and I miss you." Janet Jackson posted a message dedicated to her late brother MICHAEL on her Twitter.com blog, 24 hours before attending his funeral. The King of Pop was finally laid to rest in California on Thursday (03Sep09), 10 weeks after his sudden death.
Quote: "Britney can sing, but it's different than being a singer and a person who can sing. The average person can sing pretty much, you can sing along to it in the car and you'll probably be in the same pitch. Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Aaliyah - there are a lot of people with really great tones that aren't going to sing like Celine Dion or Whitney Houston." Grammy winning producer DALLAS AUSTIN.
Fact: Donatella Versace agreed to outfit the entire Jackson family for the Michael Jackson memorial in Los Angeles after Janet Jackson asked her to style the clan. Her late brother was a longtime fan of Versace designs.
Fact: Donatella Versace agreed to outfit the entire Jackson family for the Michael Jackson memorial in Los Angeles after Janet Jackson asked her to style the clan. Her late brother was a longtime fan of Versace designs.
Quote: "Let us all pray for the Jacksons at this hard time. Michael Jackson the LEGEND, his legacy will carry on! (He) will be deeply missed. KING OF POP." Rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri, who is dating the Thriller hitmaker's sister Janet Jackson, pays tribute to the tragic pop icon, who died on Thursday (25Jun09).
Fact: Record producer Jermaine Dupri has shown his devotion to longtime girlfriend Janet Jackson - he has a tattoo of her face on his rib cage.
Quote: "Just lay back. Don't push. Don't make your partner nervous over anything. When I was first married to (first wife) Janet (LEIGH)... she was so conciliatory (calm). That gave me an idea of what (marriage) was going to be like." Veteran actor Tony Curtis advises newly-married couples on how to make their unions last after walking down the aisle six times in his 83 years.
Fact: Janet Jackson keeps a post-it note on her dressing room mirror telling her what city she is in, while on tour, after she once embarrassed herself by getting it wrong.
Quote: "Is that what he said..? Well I guess he is." Janet Jackson responding to boyfriend JERMAINE DuPRI's remarks about his baby plans. He told People magazine he's ready to start a family with the pop superstar once she wraps up her forthcoming tour.
Quote: "I know I've got to cut this down, but, of right now, I'm at 45 songs... This is my wish list... I still left five songs (hits) out." Janet Jackson is hoping to give fans exactly what they want on her first tour in seven years.
Quote: "I had a crush on Barry Manilow... I was very little and I used to kiss the screen when he would come on TV." Janet Jackson.
Quote: "It would be a challenge to try to pull people away from me and see me as the character in song and dance... That intrigues me." Janet Jackson on her dreams to star in a musical.
Quote: "I love Al Pacino, and I sit back and watch him in certain scenes... and this electrifying energy goes through me, and I know I can do that." Janet Jackson on her Oscar potential.
Quote: "I've never seen an entire season but I think it's a great show." Janet Jackson is a fan of AMERICAN IDOL.
Fact: Janet Jackson is expected to be back on top of the U.S. album charts for the first time since 2001 when the official countdown is announced on Wednesday (05Mar08). Her new album, Discipline, has sold a reported 178,000 in its first week on release.
Quote: "I remember being in Studio 54 when I was 10 years old... I'm so happy I experienced it. I would sit there and I'd go why are these putting flour up their noses? I just didn't understand it." Janet Jackson was unaware of celebrities taking drugs at the famed New York club.
Quote: "It's huge. It's big, number one everywhere. Good for him. Twenty five years, how fast did that go by? (When it originally came out) I knew that I loved it... I loved every song I heard." Janet Jackson is pleased her brother MICHAEL's THRILLER anniversary album is a success because she is his biggest fan.
Fact: Generous singer Janet Jackson wrote out a cheque for $10,000 (GBP5,000) to Make It Right, a charity to benefit the victims of Louisiana's Hurricane Katrina, on Friday's (29Feb08) edition of U.S. TV's The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Fact: R+B superstar Janet Jackson turned dance teacher on Thursday's (28Feb08) Larry King LIVE chat show when she attempted to teach the U.S. TV presenter her signature moves.
Quote: "I remember being a kid and they'd come over You take so much for granted You're not thinking about the fact that it's Marvin Gaye over all the time, or DIANA (ROSS) or SMOKEY (ROBINSON)." Janet Jackson grew up with a constant stream of celebrities visiting her family home.
Quote: "I remember being a kid and they'd come over you take so much for granted you're not thinking about the fact that it's Marvin Gaye over all the time, or DIANA (Ross) or SMOKEY (Robinson)." Janet Jackson grew up with a constant stream of celebrities visiting her family home.
Quote: "My friends tease me and say I have to build a house for my shoes, but I'm not as bad as Mariah Carey." Janet Jackson on her footwear collection.
Quote: "I'm not saying it's right, but the music business has always been about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll." Janet Jackson was surprised Natalie Cole criticised Grammy voters for setting a bad example to young stars by handing troubled Amy Winehouse five awards.
Quote: "Let the rumours fly!" Janet Jackson laughs off reports she is preparing to make music producer Jermaine Dupri her third husband.
Quote: "My latest favourite movie is SUPERBAD. I've seen it so many times." Janet Jackson loves the 2007 comedy.
Quote: "I'm completely wet from head to toe. I'm soaked. I was freezing." Janet Jackson on the provocative naked cover shot for her new album DISCIPLINE.
Quote: "I've never met Madonna... Our paths have never crossed. Everyone thinks that everyone knows everybody, but not necessarily." Janet Jackson isn't as connected as people thing.
Quote: "It's just a matter of getting the two of us together... We enjoy each other's work, it would be a lot of fun. Our paths never crossed until a couple of years ago." Janet JACKSON on her plans to duet with MARIAH CAREY.
Quote: "I still don't have my platinum record for singing on P.Y.T., thank you very much... He never gave me one... I'm going to ask for it. It's been 25 years, come on." Janet Jackson still hasn't received full credit for singing backing vocals on brother MICHAEL's P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING) hit.
Fact: A teenage Janet Jackson auditioned to sing backing vocals on brother MICHAEL's P.Y.T (PRETTY YOUNG THING) hit.
Quote: "If I were to get married, JERMAINE (DUPRI) is going to let the entire world know!" Janet Jackson insists her boyfriend will never let the couple wed in secret.
Fact: A teenage Janet Jackson auditioned to sing backing vocals on brother MICHAEL's hit record P.Y.T (PRETTY YOUNG THING).
Quote: "I really wanted to be a jockey. I loved being on top of this huge, powerful animal." Janet Jackson on her childhood dreams to become a professional horse rider.
Quote: "Let's hope for another wardrobe malfunction." Simon Cowell hopes his fellow American Idol judge Paula Abdul slips up like Janet Jackson if she performs, as reported, at next month's (Feb07) Super Bowl.
Fact: PUSSYCAT DOLL NICOLE SCHERZINGER had a Janet Jackson-like wardrobe malfunction at the MTV Music Awards in Munich, yet managed to save bushes by holding her dress up with a free hand.
Fact: The cast of Janet Jackson's new movie, WHY DID I GET MARRIED?, were caught up in divorce hell during the making of the film - the singer/actress' co-stars TASHA SMITH, Jill Scott and Malik Yoba were all going through divorces during the shoot.
Quote: "A lot of my friends they call me `the therapist'. They come to me looking for advice. I must be doing something right because they keep coming back, but I'm not very good at kind of looking into my own world and trying to pick apart what is really wrong and fix those things." Janet Jackson is everyone's agony aunt.
Quote: "It'd be J.D. and J.D." Janet Jackson insists she'd ditch her famous family moniker and take boyfriend Jermaine Dupri's name if the couple wed.
Fact: Rap mogul Jermaine Dupri is to spill secrets about his romance with Janet Jackson in a new autobiography. The Georgia-based producer is putting the finishing touches to Young, Rich and Dangerous: My Life in Music, which will hit book stores in October (07).
Quote: "Hopefully, when I'm 56 I'll look like my sister REBBIE because she looks younger than I do. Her skin is flawless." Janet Jackson wants to grow old gracefully like her sister.
Quote: "I look like the Bride of Frankenstein... Everytime I see that, I get embarrassed and bury my head in my hands." Janet Jackson regrets her look in the 1986 CONTROL video.
Fact: Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou appeared in the music videos LOVE WILL NEVER DO (WITHOUT YOU) with Janet Jackson and STRAIGHT UP with Paula Abdul.
Quote: "Janet definitely inspired me when I was younger, but getting so many comparisons to her really motivates me to become my own artist." R+B star Ciara is flattered by the comparisons to Janet Jackson but wants to be known as her own person.
Quote: "I hear her call me from time to time... and it's her voice... It happens out of nowhere." Janet Jackson reveals her late grandmother keeps in touch with her.
Quote: "I have really bad gas." Janet Jackson admits she doesn't always smell pleasant.
Quote: "I like the sway of my back and my smile." Janet Jackson on her favourite features.
Quote: "I like gangster films. I love stuff like Raging Bull, Glengarry Glen Ross, actors' films. I love when an incredible actor moves me like music moves me." Janet Jackson has tough tastes when it comes to selecting her favourite films.
Quote: "I like gangster films. I love stuff like Raging Bull, Glengarry Glen Ross, actors' films. I love when an incredible actor moves me like music moves me." Janet Jackson has tough tastes when it comes to selecting her favourite films.
Quote: "They have wine with their dinner and they give wine to their children, and now they're realising that wine is very healthy and the Parisians have the fewest heart attacks because of drinking wine with every meal." Janet Jackson endorses the French way of life.
Fact: "They're always sending me pictures on my pager, and I download them and hang them in my apartment." Pop star Janet Jackson on her relationship with her 28 nieces and nephews.
Quote: "You can't do Nine Inch Nails every day... You'd be bruised, cut up and a little raw." Janet Jackson on playing Nine Inch Nails music to vamp it up in the bedroom.
Quote: "I was wet the entire time, so I was freezing the entire shoot." Janet Jackson on baring all for Giant magazine's new issue.
Quote: "Hillary Clinton as president - that would be great. Then she could show all those people who wouldn't trust a woman with such a job." Pop star Janet Jackson would love to see Clinton make a stand for feminism and lead the US.
Quote: "I have a vibrator called a Rabbit. It has two ears which rotate. You get a different vibe depending on which way they turn." Janet Jackson isn't ashamed to talk about her sex toy.
Quote: "When I come home from a club, my wish is to have a huge bowl of Frosted Flakes (cereal). I only have it once in a blue moon - because I can't have just one bowl." Janet Jackson on her late night snacking choice.
Quote: "I really do believe that God has let me go through all those other relationships because he was prepping me for JERMAINE (DUPRI)." Janet Jackson is certain her current lover is a reward for all her past heartaches.
Quote: "I thought God had blessed me in other ways and love wasn't meant to be for me. I was picturing myself as being, like, 85 and all alone. And I was fine with that." Janet Jackson feared she'd never find love.
Fact: Hollywood newcomer JENNA DEWAN was a former back-up dancer for Janet Jackson and Sean Combs. The 25-year-old tangoed with Antonio Banderas in TAKE THE LEAD and will star in new dance film STEP UP.
Quote: "When I was at my heaviest, he would grab anything that was hanging over and look me right in the eyes, kiss me, and tell me he loves me." Janet Jackson on why boyfriend Jermaine Dupri is such a special guy.
Quote: "I grew up singing Jackson five songs. My uncle put a little band together with all the kids, and I used to have to be MIKE. This was a long time ago." Nelly reveals why he was so thrilled when Janet Jackson asked him to duet with her.
Fact: Hip-hop mogul Jermaine Dupri is reportedly planning to spend a whopping $1 million (GBP555,500) to give Janet Jackson a dream wedding when the longtime couple marry on 26 September (06). Among his purchases, a white horse-drawn carriage.
Fact: Last week's (05JUN06) issue of American publication Us Weekly, which featured a newly-slim Janet Jackson on the cover, was the best-selling issue of the magazine so far this year (06).
Quote: "I think her record needs to sound like old Human League records." Hip-hop and R+B mogul Jermaine Dupri on the sound of his girlfriend Janet Jackson's new album.
Fact: Janet Jackson's new single will be titled 20 YEARS OLD because it will mark the 20th anniversary of the release of her breakthrough album CONTROL.
Fact: <p>Rap mogul Jermaine Dupri is thought to dish the dirt on music associates including Mariah Carey and Usher, as well as current girlfriend Janet Jackson, when he writes his memoirs. The literary project, provisionally entitled YOUNG, RICH AND DANGEROUS is being offered to publishers this week (beg09JAN06). </p>