Post by david g. on Dec 13, 2005 14:39:14 GMT -5
Janet Jackson's Producers Deny Child Rumors
Janet Jackson: No Secret Child, Says Producer
Janet Jackson did not have a secret child with husband James DeBarge 18 years ago, nor did she give that daughter to her sister Rebbie to raise as her own.
Janet's longtime producer Jimmy "Jam" Harris says it's not true, and that they've all had a laugh about it in the studio while working on Jackson's new album.
"Do the math," he says. "If Janet had a child 18 years ago, it was while we were working on the "Control" album. I would have known if she was pregnant, and she wasn't."
In fact, Harris is right. "Control" was released in March 1986. It produced a bunch of hit singles and videos for "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" and "Nasty Boys." Jackson was on TV and on promo tours almost constantly by that point.
Isn't it nice to have a rumor debunked by actual facts?
Harris and partner Terry Lewis are currently producing Janet's new album, set for early 2006. It's been almost two years since Janet and Justin Timberlake experienced a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl half-time show. The result was an overreaction felt 'round the world and still reverberating. It was as if Queen Victoria herself had been in the stands.
Everyone was punished, most especially Janet, whose album "Damita Jo" collapsed under the weight of the scandal and her brother's infamous trials and tribulations.
But now, lo and behold, here comes a new Janet for the spring of 2006. I can tell you exclusively that she's agreed to take an acting role in a new movie called "Tennessee" starring Macaulay Culkin and produced by Lee Daniels ("Monster's Ball"). The movie may tie in with the new album, which Janet is currently recording with Harris and Lewis at their new studio in Los Angeles.
For the new album and the movie, Janet is doing something unusual: She's learning to play the guitar.
Producer Harris, one of the last great R&B producers, tells me that Jackson is a "natural, it's in her genes," and that she picked up the instrument instantly.
The movie is a road picture about two brothers, so don't expect Janet to be the star. But fans of hers from "Fame" and "Good Times" will recall that she had a winning screen presence.
And don't believe the rumors that circulated a couple of weeks ago about Janet bailing out boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. He's one of the two or three most successful music producers in the world, so unless he's spent all of his money on very expensive hidden vices, Dupri should have plenty of dough.
Janet's got bigger financial problems to worry about, like supporting her mother and several siblings as brother Michael drops the ball. More on that to come...
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178523,00.html
Janet Jackson: No Secret Child, Says Producer
Janet Jackson did not have a secret child with husband James DeBarge 18 years ago, nor did she give that daughter to her sister Rebbie to raise as her own.
Janet's longtime producer Jimmy "Jam" Harris says it's not true, and that they've all had a laugh about it in the studio while working on Jackson's new album.
"Do the math," he says. "If Janet had a child 18 years ago, it was while we were working on the "Control" album. I would have known if she was pregnant, and she wasn't."
In fact, Harris is right. "Control" was released in March 1986. It produced a bunch of hit singles and videos for "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" and "Nasty Boys." Jackson was on TV and on promo tours almost constantly by that point.
Isn't it nice to have a rumor debunked by actual facts?
Harris and partner Terry Lewis are currently producing Janet's new album, set for early 2006. It's been almost two years since Janet and Justin Timberlake experienced a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl half-time show. The result was an overreaction felt 'round the world and still reverberating. It was as if Queen Victoria herself had been in the stands.
Everyone was punished, most especially Janet, whose album "Damita Jo" collapsed under the weight of the scandal and her brother's infamous trials and tribulations.
But now, lo and behold, here comes a new Janet for the spring of 2006. I can tell you exclusively that she's agreed to take an acting role in a new movie called "Tennessee" starring Macaulay Culkin and produced by Lee Daniels ("Monster's Ball"). The movie may tie in with the new album, which Janet is currently recording with Harris and Lewis at their new studio in Los Angeles.
For the new album and the movie, Janet is doing something unusual: She's learning to play the guitar.
Producer Harris, one of the last great R&B producers, tells me that Jackson is a "natural, it's in her genes," and that she picked up the instrument instantly.
The movie is a road picture about two brothers, so don't expect Janet to be the star. But fans of hers from "Fame" and "Good Times" will recall that she had a winning screen presence.
And don't believe the rumors that circulated a couple of weeks ago about Janet bailing out boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. He's one of the two or three most successful music producers in the world, so unless he's spent all of his money on very expensive hidden vices, Dupri should have plenty of dough.
Janet's got bigger financial problems to worry about, like supporting her mother and several siblings as brother Michael drops the ball. More on that to come...
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178523,00.html