Melody Plant

It has recently been announced that Janet Jackson is selling out by starring in an MTV reality show. The untitled project which has already started casting will feature Janet as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers. The project will be filmed in the coming months as she prepares for her world tour. One of the show’s producers says “It’s really about finding who’s the next Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake or Usher. And we’ll find it from a pool of people who you wouldn’t typically find it from. We’ll go to YMCAs, church groups, local community centers and try to cast the show.”

In an interview with GMTV, Mel B, more famously known as Scary Spice, revealed that she is heading out on tour with Janet Jackson. Mel said “Yep, well I’m 10 songs into my album and she worked with me on one of the tracks. I’m also doing a tour of America with her in September, which I can’t wait for. She’s a great lady.” That’s great and all except maybe for the fact that she’s lying. Sources are saying that it’s absolutely false that she’s going on tour with Janet. One source could hardly contain their laughter when asked if it was true saying “Not at all.”

Janet Jackson was recently asked what the next single off her new album will be. She replied with “That’s pretty difficult to say, only because of the record label at this point. We started off with ‘Feedback’ and the label and myself haven’t quite seen eye to eye since the ‘Feedback’ single so they’ve kind of basically stopped all promotion. I’m trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album so I don’t think you’re going to hear another single off this album.” Does this mean we’re going to have to forget all about her?

More and more details are coming out about Janet Jackson’s ‘Rock Witchu’ tour – her first road trip in 7 years! On Wednesday, the singer announced the first cities and dates for her upcoming tour with more dates to be announced later. The tour will kick off on September 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia. October 17 is currently the last date listed for East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets go on sale for the first shows on June 7th. Janet has also launched JanetFanClub.com which is dedicated for the tour where the public can sign up for access to presale tickets, exclusive content, contests and more.

The ‘Together Again’ star - who has been dating record producer Jermaine Dupri since 2002 - thinks Alicia is “wonderful” and admires both her beauty and talent. When asked who she would have a lesbian fling with, Janet replied: “I think I would pick Alicia Keys. I think she’s wonderful.”

Janet believes people often question the sexual orientation of Alicia and US TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey because they are such “strong” characters.

She explained: “They are strong women. Maybe they want to put something else behind it because of the strength. Like, you can’t be a woman and be strong, and there has to be something else to it.”

Although Janet is happy to speculate about lesbian flings, she insists she would be devastated if Jermaine revealed he was gay. She added: “I’d be upset because I want to be with him! It’s so funny because I joke with him, ‘It drives me crazy to be a girl sometimes, so in my next life I’m going to come back as a guy, and you’re going to be my b***h!’ ”

The 41-year-old star also revealed she wants gay marriage legalised and is worried she will “jinx” her relationship if she decides to tie the knot again. Janet said: “I think it’s about finding your soulmate. It’s finding that person you connect with, but most people don’t get it right. Look at me. The thing is I don’t know if I ever will or won’t get married again. I’m very happy where I am. I just think I jinx marriages, but that’s not going to stop me from loving.”

Janet was married to James DeBarge from 1984 to 1985 and to Rene Elizondo Jr. from 1986 to 1999.

Even though she was rumored to be present at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards which was held in Los Angeles this past Saturday, Britney Spears was no where to be found. Another pop star was there though in the form of the lovely Miss Janet Jackson. She even brought out the old ‘All for You’ hair. Yay! No poodle hair. Janet presented the award for Favorite Movie Actress. Sadly, it was given to the very undeserving Jessica Alba. Why? It’s not like she did any good movies this past year. Oh well, it’s not so good to hear but it holds true anyway – the kids get the blame!

Janet Jackson’s latest single ‘Feedback’ is getting hotter by the minute. Now that she’s released the video for the song, it’s bound to shoot through the roof. Her video is phenomenal! The video has a very ‘outer space’ feel to it much like her and her brother, Michael’s, ‘Scream’ video.

What makes it completely Janet and completely hot are the dance moves. The girl knows how to move. The choreography, the special effects and the ending make the video pure perfection. Kudos to Gil Duldulao for making the hot moves and Saam Farahmand for his vision. And of course, thanks to Janet for giving men out there something to dream about.

Size matters to Janet Jackson, and she has decided to chronicle her yo-yoing weight in a new book. Yeah size does matter for everyone who’s in the public eye, you’ve got a certain image that you have built up over the years and then that’s what you have to maintain. Anything less or more is so severely scrutinized by the media that either you are virtually labeled a skinny or a fat ass. “[I’m] really coming from the soul with it, and what I was going through at different times in my life and what possibly brought it about for myself,” she says of the yet untitled book. Its mostly a fight with your mind, either you accept your new heavy looks and get on with life but that can have catastrophic effects on your career as an artist or you do something about it and live on to tell the world about or better write a book on it and sell it to the world as a new age dieting guru and that’s Janet has chosen to be.

Draw another notch under the column ‘comebacks’, because Miss Nasty herself Janet Jackson is planning her latest.

Plans of a tour that was reportedly in the works but never materialized due to her last album ‘20 Y.O’ didn’t even cause a ripple in the music world. But now she’s moved on and is working on her latest project.

Miss Jackson is currently in Miami working on a new album. She will be in South Beach with L.A. Reid for the next three months recording her new album at the Circle House Studios.

We can only assume that since she’s working with Reid that she has signed to the his label, where he is the chairman, Island Def Jam. That would mean that she has left her home of Virgin Records after over a decade.

All we can do now is wait, hope and pray that this album would be leagues better than the last.