She’s sold over 100 million album worldwide and appeared in film titles like Poetic Justice, The Klumps, and Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? Now pop superstar Janet Jackson is trying on her producer’s hat after entering an agreement with JDJ Entertainment and Lionsgate to develop and produce movies for the firms.
Michael Paseornek, Lionsgate’s President of Motion Picture Production and Development, made the announcement Wednesday. Under the arrangement, the “Pleasure Principle” star will pick and produce a series of movies alongside studio chiefs at Lionsgate.
Singing diva Janet Jackson sat down with NBC’s Meredith Vieira for an exclusive interview about her global comeback tour, life without her brother Michael, and her battle with body image and self esteem in a wide-ranging interview airing this week and next on Dateline and The TODAY Show.
Janet Jackson wowed pop and R&B fans alike last fall when the “Nasty” singer announced plans to embark on the largest and most intimate world tour of her professional career. To the glee of fans once again, on Monday, the music Icon unveiled the dates for the North American leg of her Janet Jackson: Number Ones, Up Close and Personal Tour. The hotly-anticipated concert event will see Janet — who enjoyed breakout success with her third album, Control, back in 1986 — performing a number of her 35 No. 1 charttopping hits in 35 cities across the world.
Janet — that’s Miss Jackson to you — is hitting the road for the first time since 2008 and she wants your help deciding which cities will be treated to lively performances of her hit classics, like “Escapade,” “The Pleasure Principle,” and “Together Again.”
