Janet Jackson Thrills Fans With Greatest Hits, Michael Tribute At Radio City

Singer covered songs ranging from classic 'Pleasure Principle' to 2008's 'Feedback' at New York show.
By Vaughn Schoonmaker


Janet Jackson (file)
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images

NEW YORK — Often imitated, never duplicated, Janet Jackson's outbursts of meticulous choreography, sassy exclamations and smoldering gazes into the audience kept them on their feet for the entire two-hour set of her greatest hits at Radio City Music Hall. Monday night marked the last of three sold-out shows at the historic venue on her monumental Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour.

Up-and-coming boy band Mindless Behavior opened the show with songs including "#1 Girl," "Future" and their debut single, "My Girl." With their Usher-esque dance moves and shouts like "Where the ladies at?" the boys brought the tween girls out of hiding, judging by the shrill screams escaping various corner of the music hall.

At 9:00 sharp, the lights went down and Janet's fans were on the edge of their seats, watching music videos for "The Best Things in Life Are Free" and "Rhythm Nation" projected on big screens across the venue. A small shadow drifted toward center stage, and when the colorful lights came up, Jackson, wrapped in a shoulder-padded catsuit, complete with slick short hair, blasted into "The Pleasure Principle," dancing as hard and intensely choreographed as she did when the song first came out in the 1980s.

With barely a spare second between songs, Janet dazzled her way through her biggest hits, including "Miss You Much," "All for You" and "Nasty," and more recent hits like 2008's "Feedback."

Videos displayed during Jackson's costume changes included vintage clips from "Diff'rent Strokes," a funny scene from "Poetic Justice" where Jackson slyly rejects the advances of Tupac Shakur's character, and a rather heavy scene, as Jackson's character in "Why Did I Get Married" destroys her husband's house with a golf club, screaming hysterically.

Considering the tough couple of years the Jackson family has faced, the dark moments in the video seemed fitting, and everyone was beside themselves with bittersweet joy when Michael Jackson's face popped up on the big screen and she performed their hit single "Scream."

Janet emerged for her encore in a tight white one-piece disco suit, and performed "Diamonds," "Make Me" and "Together Again," which appeared to be the biggest hit of the evening. As Jackson graciously bowed out, her straight face transitioned into a smirk, suggesting that despite the hard times she has experienced recently, we can expect to see this singing and dancing pop legend shine far into the future.

"Its amazing!" Janet fan Elena Mercantini gleamed afterward. "It's like she's still 20 years old!"

"She's hot, she's amazing and she's still got it after all these years" added Alison Klinger of Long Island. "Best concert I've ever been to!"

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660385/janet-jackson-radio-city-concert.jhtml

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Janet Jackson Thrills Fans With Greatest Hits, Michael Tribute At Radio City

Singer covered songs ranging from classic 'Pleasure Principle' to 2008's 'Feedback' at New York show.
By Vaughn Schoonmaker


Janet Jackson (file)
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images

NEW YORK — Often imitated, never duplicated, Janet Jackson's outbursts of meticulous choreography, sassy exclamations and smoldering gazes into the audience kept them on their feet for the entire two-hour set of her greatest hits at Radio City Music Hall. Monday night marked the last of three sold-out shows at the historic venue on her monumental Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour.

Up-and-coming boy band Mindless Behavior opened the show with songs including "#1 Girl," "Future" and their debut single, "My Girl." With their Usher-esque dance moves and shouts like "Where the ladies at?" the boys brought the tween girls out of hiding, judging by the shrill screams escaping various corner of the music hall.

At 9:00 sharp, the lights went down and Janet's fans were on the edge of their seats, watching music videos for "The Best Things in Life Are Free" and "Rhythm Nation" projected on big screens across the venue. A small shadow drifted toward center stage, and when the colorful lights came up, Jackson, wrapped in a shoulder-padded catsuit, complete with slick short hair, blasted into "The Pleasure Principle," dancing as hard and intensely choreographed as she did when the song first came out in the 1980s.

With barely a spare second between songs, Janet dazzled her way through her biggest hits, including "Miss You Much," "All for You" and "Nasty," and more recent hits like 2008's "Feedback."

Videos displayed during Jackson's costume changes included vintage clips from "Diff'rent Strokes," a funny scene from "Poetic Justice" where Jackson slyly rejects the advances of Tupac Shakur's character, and a rather heavy scene, as Jackson's character in "Why Did I Get Married" destroys her husband's house with a golf club, screaming hysterically.

Considering the tough couple of years the Jackson family has faced, the dark moments in the video seemed fitting, and everyone was beside themselves with bittersweet joy when Michael Jackson's face popped up on the big screen and she performed their hit single "Scream."

Janet emerged for her encore in a tight white one-piece disco suit, and performed "Diamonds," "Make Me" and "Together Again," which appeared to be the biggest hit of the evening. As Jackson graciously bowed out, her straight face transitioned into a smirk, suggesting that despite the hard times she has experienced recently, we can expect to see this singing and dancing pop legend shine far into the future.

"Its amazing!" Janet fan Elena Mercantini gleamed afterward. "It's like she's still 20 years old!"

"She's hot, she's amazing and she's still got it after all these years" added Alison Klinger of Long Island. "Best concert I've ever been to!"

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660385/janet-jackson-radio-city-concert.jhtml

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Celine Dion: New Vegas Show Is All About Family

Celine Dion just began a new three-year engagement at the Colosseum at Caesars in Las Vegas, and expect to see a theme throughout the show ? her family. Her three children, René-Charles, 10, and her four-month-old twins Nelson and Eddy, are prominently featured. "I've been an open book all of my life," she said last week. "There is no way for me to come back here and not share my most precious thing."

"The world knows I just had two more beautiful babies," the singer said. "If I come here and I don't sing a lullaby or do not show one picture with my family, I think it's going to be missing something. I love to share my private life."

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Kelly Rutherford's Take On Spoiling Her Kids

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?They have an awareness of the world, but they understand that Mommy goes to work,? Kelly tells OK! ?Some days my son says ?Mommy, why do you go to work?? and I say ?because I have to be able to buy cupcakes and toys.? There?s a relation to things.?

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Kate Winslet & Evan Rachel Wood Premiere "Mildred Pierce"

Just weeks away from its television kickoff, Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood joined up for the premiere of "Mildred Pierce" in New York City on Monday evening (March 21).

Held at the Ziegfeld Theatre, the two lovely co-stars were joined by leading man, Guy Pearce, as well as director Todd Haynes at the special Big Apple screening.

As for the production, "Mildred Pierce" is "a five-part drama follows the independent, ambitious and hard-working Mildred Pierce after she and her husband Bert (Brian F. O?Byrne) separate in Glendale, California in 1931 and then rebuilds her life for herself and her two daughters, Veda (Morgan Turner), 11; and Ray (Quinn McColgan), 7."

Drawing rave reviews from critics, the made for TV miniseries will debut parts 1 & 2 on Sunday (March 27) from 8 to 10:05PM on HBO while part 3 airs on April 3 from 8 to 9:15PM.

The sure-to-be entertaining work will close out with parts 4 & 5 airing on April 10 from 8 to 10:30PM.

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Their long-running feud recently escalated on Twitter, but now Brandi Glanville and LeAnn Rimes are burying the social media hatchet - together.

After battling it out over Twitter (and all other methods of media, and presumably in private as well) for over a year, they swear it's finally over.

"As a collective unit, Brandi and I would like all negativity to cease toward one another," wrote Rimes, who's engaged to Brandi's ex, Eddie Cibrian.

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When Eddie and LeAnn got together in 2009, both were married to other people - he to Brandi Glanville and she to Dean Sheremet. Much bitterness ensued.

Rimes says she's done bashing Brandi - and wants her fans to stop, too.

"We have communicated and have a direct understanding that we are ONLY ourselves on Twitter and have no other accounts that try to destroy one another."

"Please for our families' sake stop the hate and let us live OUR lives. We don't need opinions or outside help for that to happen. Thanks, LeAnn and Brandi."

The statement was subsequently retweeted by Glanville.

While it's a bit silly to call out your own followers for backing you up in a feud with your sworn enemy, it's good they resolved their differences in any case.

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Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/03/leann-rimes-brandi-glanville-call-twitter-truce/

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