Michael Jackson approached Ne-Yo to write him an album’s worth of material shortly before he passed away last summer.
Jackson never had the opportunity to record the tracks but Ne-Yo still wants them to be heard by fans and is hoping to give them to the superstar’s siblings to sing. Ne-Yo tells Britain’s Daily Star,
I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with those songs. I can’t give them to anybody else because they were written for Michael. That would be disrespectful.So if I could get Janet and the brothers to do a collaborative tribute, that would be a great idea.
There are about 10 he personally selected. He told me, ‘I like this one, this one, this one.’ I can’t just put them out by myself because again they were meant for him but they’re really good songs, it’s good quality music.”
In related news Ne-Yo revealed on Twitter that he will soon be the proud father of a baby girl.
Naomi Campbell isn’t letting a slight thing like a war crimes court case stop her from enjoying a party. The supermodel attended the birthday party of jeweller Fawaz Gruosi in Sardinia- with her boyfriend Russian billioniare Vladimir Doronin.
Other celebs at the billionaires party included Kevin Spacey, Sir Philip Green, Janet Jackson, Formula One racing boss Flavio Briatore, who also owns the club and Leonardo DiCaprio who was with his girlfriend model Bar Rafaeli.
Leonardo famously starred in the film Blood Diamond, which focussed on the trade in illicit gems from war zones in Africa… must of made for a great conversation piece.
Janet Jackson has signed on as the latest face of fur firm BlackGlama. The pop superstar will front the brand’s ‘What Becomes a Legend Most?’ campaign.
The ads, featuring Jackson captured by top photographer Rocco Laspata, will run in top glossy magazines like Vanity Fair, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar later this year. Jackson will also appear on a BlackGlama Billboard above Times Square in New York City.
Past BlackGlama legends have included Sophia Loren, Diana Ross, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli.
Earlier this month, Janet Jackson opened Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Check out the behind the scenes from the shoot above.
*UPDATE*
PETA spokeswoman Amanda Schinke has spoken out about Janet Jackson’s newBlackGlama fur ad campaign saying the following:
It’s amazing what celebrities will do when their careers are on a downslide, but we didn’t think that Janet was this desperate. Surely she knows enough about suffering and unjustified death to recognise that both occur in the production of a fur coat. We are asking her to think again and to donate these stolen skins to be used as bedding for animals orphaned by other human-caused disasters, such as loss of habitat.”
Janet Jackson performed an emotional tribute to her late brother, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson at the Essence Music Festival last week.
Rocking her new short do, Ms Jackson put in a sterling performance of her hit, “Together Again” in front of a family album snap of herself and Michael.
RIP MJ.
Click under the cut for more footage of the performance.
Take a peek behind the scenes of Janet Jackson’s cinematic photo shoot for the August issue of ESSENCE Magazine.
Janet chose “CSI: Miami” leading man, Adam Rodriguez, to feature alongside her as a leading man. Rodriguez who will also be starring with her in the upcoming film For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Janet recorded a thank you message thanking her fans for making her performance on the American Idol Finale number one on iTunes.
TMZ reports that Janet was so overwhelmed by the reaction to her performance that she may announce a new tour.
In related news, Jackson is also working on another Tyler Perry movie titled; ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf’. Filming for the movie starts next month. The cast includes Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Jurnee Smollett, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington and Macy Gray and is to be released by Lionsgate on January 14, 2011.
The two-hour season finale of American Idol took place last night. Stars, including Christina Aguilera, Bret Michaels, Carrie Underwood and Janet Jackson, took the stage on Wednesday night,to entertain the audience as well as to offer a farewell to judge Simon Cowell on his last show.
After the show’s finale, Simon said:
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support, the fun and your sense of humour. Seeing these contestants back – that’s what’s made the show.When anyone asks who’s going to replace me, the truth is you guys are the judge of this show and you’ve done an incredible job over the years.”
The Jackson family; Janet, brothers Jermaine and Randy and parents Joe and Katherine all attended the latest hearing in the case against Dr Conrad Murray.
During the brief hearing it was announced that Judge Michael Pastor will preside over the trial.
Judge Pastor then set June 14th as the date to hold a preliminary hearing.
Doctor Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Janet Jackson stopped by The Oprah Winfrey Show last night to promote her film “Why Did I Get Married Too?”. Before she touched on the film, Janet spoke candidly about the death of her brother Michael. She recalled where she was when she heard of his passing, how her family tried to stage an intervention and how she has coped in the tragic aftermath of his death.
Click under the cut for the remainder of the somber interview.
