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Pop superstar Janet Jackson reveals much more of herself than she's ever done before in the Lifetime-A&E documentary series aptly titled Janet Jackson. The singer-actress discloses why her first marriage, to James DeBarge, failed (his drug use); her dream as a young woman (to pursue business law, not music); and why…

The two-part documentary Janet Jackson averaged 3.1 million total viewers for its premiere ratings last week on Lifetime and A&E, the networks said Tuesday, marking the best nonfiction debut in viewership and ratings on cable since ESPN’s Michael Jordan docuseries The Last Dance. The networks said today that the doc…

The XXIV Olympic Winter Games officially kick off in Beijing on February 4 with over two weeks of event-to-event coverage from NBC. Amidst diplomatic cold shoulders and human rights abuse protests against Chinese President Xi Jinping and the PRC government, the games are also being held in a lockdown bubble to contain…

Sky and A&E Networks have unveiled a trailer for highly-anticipated stripped TV doc event Janet Jackson, which will air later this month across two nights on Sky Documentaries, streamer Now and Lifetime. Coming 40 years after her debut album, the series looks to present a new side to the hit singer, with…

FX and Hulu are moving from Britney Spears to Janet Jackson with their latest documentary in The New York Times Presents strand. The cable network and streamer are set to launch Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson on November 19. The film will tell the story of the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, which saw…

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime/A&E’s upcoming Janet Jackson doc event series is to drop early next year and Banijay Rights has taken global distribution rights to the intimate, honest and unfiltered look at the singer’s untold story. The distributor has taken all-territory rights to the four-hour series, revealed at this week’s…

Janet Jackson dropped the first teaser for her upcoming Lifetime and A&E documentary Janet, set to premiere in January. "This is my story told by me. Not through someone else's eyes,” Jackson says in the teaser below. The two-night four-hour documentary follows Jackson’s personal life and her 40+ year career and will…

Lifetime and A&E are heading into the Rhythm Nation with a four-hour documentary about the life and music of Janet Jackson. The A+E Networks brands will simulcast Janet across two nights in 2022. It comes as Lifetime has struck a two-picture deal with Reba McEntire and A&E is launching documentary series Right to Offen…

Justin Timberlake, who famously dated Britney Spears, responded to the backlash he’s received following the Framing Britney Spears documentary from the New York Times that debuted on FX and Hulu last week. It also comes in the context of an ongoing legal case between Spears and her father, in which the singer seeks to…

Ja’Net DuBois is being remembered by her former co-workers for bringing “light” to the set of Good Times. DuBois, who played Willona Woods on the 1970s sitcom, passed away Tuesday at her home in Glendale, California. She was 74. As news of the actress and singer’s death spread, members of the Good Times family…

Janet — Miss Jackson if you’re nasty — has partnered with Paradigm Talent Agency for global representation. Janet Jackson will be repped by the agency in all areas including touring, theatrical, film, branding and beyond. “Janet Jackson is one of the most iconic and culturally significant artists of all time and we…

The 2018 Billboard Music Awards were handed out on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with Ed Sheeran taking the night’s biggest prize for Top Artist. The “Shape of You” singer and Kendrick Lamar were the night’s top winners, receiving six awards each. Other winners of the evening included Taylor Swift…