Look- I understand wut ur sayin, i do...

But I'm just pointin out that there r many reasons why things went down the way they did. Its not so simple to say- "oh, its becasuse she was black..." I've pointed out that young, white females also suffered a backlash after they became what the media deemed "sexually explicit."

After the nip slip, Damiota JO was released. It sold 1 million sopies. With barely any radio support to boot.

I know u hate the Madonna comparisons, but- Music sold 3 million copies, just like All 4 U. Then American Life went and only sold 700k! That's LESS than Damita Jo! Madonna did not have a nip slip. She was not humiliated by the media. She is not black. So how do u explain that? Without all these things u say were workin against Janet, Madonna's flop still sold less than Janet's. So how do u explain that? Is it really all about the nipple and the media?

20 YO was the real test. Many ppl flop sometime in their career. But after u flop, u either need to stay steady, or sell slightly more, or at leats make an acclaimed album. Instead. 20 YO sold less, and was not very well recieved by fans or critics. Most ppl consider it her worse album,and msot fans were unsatisfied with her image at the time. Damita Jo was Janet's first dissapintment, fine. By 20 YO, ppl could've moved on from it, like they moved on from Mariah's humuliation. But she just didn't realease the album for the job, is my point. She needed a monster album, and she didn't put one out.

Ur tryna say theres NO WAY Janet coulda bounced back, but from My POV, its very obvious she couldve. Michael is black and bounced back. Madonna is old and bounced back. Mariah is a female that was humiliated and she bounced back. Why not Janet, u say? Because she's black? I dont think so.

um ok

She owned up to it. JT cried. Don't open your mouth if you don't know what the fuck you're talking about

Really


I was so happy to see her tit regardless , the rest is history.

Me and timmy tried to change the subject to the thief timbaland, It didn't work.

You give a child the benefit of the doubt, not some grown ass woman who is supposed to know better. I am all for the supporting of my people, but when it comes to doing dumb shyt, that's when I have a problem. Too many of us wanna play the victim or the race card, when we fuck up or when things don't go our way. Janet blew it, and she was not grown enough to put on her "grown up" panties and take responsibility for her part of it.

You, 1 out of a billion of people who can't bend their back because of the stick thats far up their asses

Rephrase that statement please, I didn’t understand it , maybe because English is not my native, first language.

Bend……….back... Stick………. Ass………what the hell is that

That wasn't a pastie. That was a nipple ring. Her nipple's pierced

You was starin' kinda hard wudn't ya bro??

Got caught in what? Hasn't Ms. Jackson always put on a show? I don't recall the sista every sittting on a stool singing... let alone standing still. A total over-reaction.... all because some man was heavy handed and pulled the wrong layer of clothing off.

Not quite...He started doing the "bad movies" after the whole Blade saga with Goyer and the studio...Studios don't like to be sued...And directors don't like to be allegedly threatened...lol....Tax problems are par for the course in Hollywood...That's no reason to not give an actor work or distribution support...Ask Nicolas Cage....
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Okay,
Now I do remember something about Cruise offending Spielberg. I think... Spielberg it was Spielberg. And I thought Cruise and the wife of big hollywood producer squared off about Scientology belief and producer got pissed and just wanted Tommy to go away... and Tom being pushy won't take no for an answer.

I saw or read a gossipy story about Cruise insisting on being the presenter of some osbsure award show for this producer and the producer looked surprised and not happy that Cruise was there presenting the award.

I thought it was Spielberg.

At any rate.... it is surprising that Scientology would cause that much ruckus... I bet it is the whole trailblazing percentage of gross profits.

Speilberg was, and still is per reports, pissed at Cruise for turning his PR for War of the Worlds into a talkathon about his love for Katie Holmes (couch jumping on Oprah), damning Brook Shields for her post-pregnancy depression treatment *and* Scientology lobbying. Some say Cruise is still on Hollywood's ish list.

Speilberg was, and still is per reports, pissed at Cruise for turning his PR for War of the Worlds into a talkathon about his love for Katie Holmes (couch jumping on Oprah), damning Brook Shields for her post-pregnancy depression treatment *and* Scientology lobbying. Some say Cruise is still on Hollywood's ish list.

I'm sorry, but Tom's lack of higher education had nothing to do with that war film flopping

didn't his valkyrie hitler movie flop? hitler movies never ever flop.

The last great five foot seven movie star was Bruce Lee.

No one wanted to see Tom Cruise sans German Accent, a high-school grad with a Scientology degree in Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology and History, make a movie about a failed assassination attempt on Hitler. Everyone knows how the story turned out. No one wanted to pay for the privilege of seeing Cruise do his standard schtick.