This just in: MTV has announced that Janet Jackson will make a special appearance at this weekend’s Video Music Awards in a much anticipated tribute performance honoring the legendary career of her late brother Michael Jackson.

Janet paid tribute to her brother last week, shortly before he was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary in Glendale Calif., through her Twitter account.
“I love you, Mike, and I miss you,” Janet wrote.
She signed the Tweet “Dunk,” Michael’s nickname for her.
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will take place this Sunday, September 13, @ 9PM, live from Radio City Music Hall.
Janet Jackson is planning a dance tribute to her late brother, The King of Pop Michael Jackson, at next weekend’s 26th annual MTV Video Music Awards, according to reports.

Janet and a group of 20 backup dancers are working with world-renowned choreographers like Frank Gatson and Travis Payne on a stage spectacular in Michael’s honor, set for Sunday, Sept. 13 live from Radio City Music Hall in New York.
In 1995, Michael and Janet took home a VMA Moonman for their video collabo “Scream.”
Janet Jackson will break her silence on the death of her brother, pop icon Michael Jackson, in an upcoming tell-all interviw with Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, industry insiders have revealed.
“She is giving them the world exclusive and is going to be on the cover.”
Janet is one of the few members of the Jackson Family who has remained in seclusion since the King of Pop died of a drug overdose in Los Angeles on June 25.

Janet Jackson is writing an explosive tell-all book about her world-famous family following the recent death of her older brother Michael.

“She is going to talk about Michael’s death and how it’s affected her and his children and the rest of the family,” a publishing industry insider close to Janet’s book deal reveals in the Aug. 31 issue of In Touch Weekly. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Janet throwing her hat in the ring for The Jackson 3?
Pop legend Michael Jackson wanted his baby sister, R&B diva Janet Jackson, to take care of his three children, according to a scoop featured in Britain’s Grazia Magazine on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »