janet jackson

Celebs Converge on Dior Fashion Show

As the 2008 Paris Haute-Couture Fashion week rages on, one show in particular had a bevy of celebrity presence… the 2009 Spring/Summer line by Christian Dior.

The Rodin Museum in the City of Lights was the place to be to check out the latest looks from one of the fashion industry’s top designers - just ask Kanye West, Liv Tyler, Eva Mendes and Claudia Schiffer.

Cartier Launches Love Charity Bracelet

Sure, they make the jewelry and watches that are worn by Hollywood’s hottest.  But French designer Cartier isn’t just about the bling… they’re all about the love.

Celebrities from all over convened on a private residence in Los Angeles, California for the swanky launch party for the new Love Charity Bracelet, an initiative to raise money for various organizations.

Big Night For the NAACP Image Awards

For a host of Hollywood royalty, Valentine’s Day meant going to the 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards.  And there were plenty of beautiful people at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium last night.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People brought out the stars, including actors and musicians.  And everyone looked fabulous.

Will Justin Timberlake do it again?

Pop superstar Justin Timberlake is rumoured to be planning to spoof his infamous Super Bowl incident with Janet Jackson - in a new movie Played.

The ‘N Sync star is set to appear alongside funnyman Rob Schneider in the comedy movie - which will also feature cameos by Ashton Kutcher and Adam Sandler.

An insider close to Timberlake says, “It’s a cameo in which he makes a reference to the whole thing.”

“This whole thing just won’t go away, so I guess he figures he might as well have fun with it.”

Reference to Timberlake’s role has also appeared on movie website Imdb.com, but the singer’s spokesperson tells gossip website The Scoop the story is “not true”.

Black Like Whom? Justin Timberlake Loses Cred

Has Justin Timberlake’s all-access pass to the black entertainment universe been revoked? Few white artists have enjoyed as much support among African-Americans as Timberlake, thanks to a debut solo CD jammed with classic R&B and tracks produced by the likes of hip-hop maestro Timbaland. Just last year he was nominated for best male artist at the Soul Train Music Awards, and he performed during the ceremony to raucous applause, cementing his status as a less-talented version of reigning R&B prince Usher. But some believe he showed his true color after Janet Jackson’s wardrobe infamously malfunctioned at the Super Bowl?and, in their view, allowed her to take all the heat for what happened. “If I do recall, there were two people on that stage,” says actress-rapper Queen Latifah. “He loses a lot of my respect for not taking responsibility for his actions. I think that was real shady on his part.”

Timberlake, who had a brief fling with Jackson last year, laughed off the boob-baring brouhaha at first. But as soon as it exploded into a scandal, he began making appearances on talk shows during which he issued sniffling apologies and implied that he was the unwitting victim of a planned publicity stunt. Tellingly, some think, he never once spoke out in Jackson’s defense. It was particularly galling to those who believe that Timberlake has become rich off urban culture. “It’s just maddening because he was as black as black could be until Super Bowl night,” says a close friend of Jackson’s. “In his mind, he was as black as 50 Cent because he knew the words to a Marvin Gaye song. He rolled in both worlds, living it up. But as soon as something went wrong, we got a chance to see how white he really was. He left Janet hanging big time, and she’s still hurt by that.”