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Janet’s new album out in February
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Remember that new album Atlantan Janet Jackson is working on here? According to Billboard.com, the follow up to the singer’s 2006 “20 Y.O.” will be out in February via Island Def Jam.
The trade publication reports that the singer and actress also is prepping for a worldwide tour to coincide with the new disc.
While the “Why Did I Get Married?” star recently hinted on Q100 that her boyfriend Jermaine Dupri will be helping out on the new studio project, the as-yet-unnamed album is being executive produced by Def Jam CEO and former Atlantan Antonio “L.A.” Reid.
Billboard reports that Dupri currently is busy working on fellow 1980s hitmaker Mariah Carey’s new album, also due early next year.
Explained Dupri in an interview with Billboard earlier this year: “We’re going to make it seem like we’re in competition to see who’s going to have the biggest album of the year.”
At presstime Thursday, Buzz was managing to somehow suppress the urge to place a glass and our ear against a wall outside the couple’s Atlanta residence so we could accurately report Miss Jackson’s response to that. …
BRINGING YOUTUBE DEBATE HOME
Did you tune into Wednesday’s Republican YouTube debate on CNN? Nah, neither did we (it was on opposite “Gossip Girl,” after all).
However, an Atlanta father and son were all the rage on the Internet video Web site Thursday after their question was inserted into the national conversation on CNN Wednesday night.
In a video recorded in a weight room, Printess Tate II of Douglasville introduced his son Printess Tate III, who asked the candidates: “I notice you spend billions of dollars on the war in Iraq every year. But, what about the war going on in your own country, black-on-black crime? What are you going to do about that war? It feels like the Taliban is right outside.”
Candidates Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani swallowed hard and tried to provide thoughtful responses. Said Romney: “First of all, Printess is pretty fortunate because he’s got a dad standing next to him that apparently loves him, by all appearances there, and that’s probably the best thing you can do for a kid.”
Added New York’s former mayor: “I had a very strong record in doing precisely what the young man was asking about, reducing crime specifically in neighborhoods that would be regarded as poor.”
Not unexpectedly, the question from the 10th-grader at Alexander High School ignited a politically charged debate online, generating pages and pages of messageboard postings Thursday.
Before he moved to Douglasville shortly after Hurricane Katrina, Printess Tate III saw plenty of violence in his neighborhood in New Orleans’ Third Ward.
Those shootings, robberies and other crimes were on his mind when he submitted a videotaped question to Wednesday night’s CNN/YouTube presidential debates, says the 10th-grader at Alexander High School.
His question was one of about 40 asked of Republican candidates.
“I have a question for you guys,” Tate said on the video. “I know you’re spending millions of dollars a year on the war in Iraq, but what about the war going on in your own country — black-on-black crime?”
In the video, Tate stood with his dad, Printess Tate II — a fact noted by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who tackled the question.
CELEBRITY DOCKET
More trouble is on the horizon for former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle. He was arrested for a second time this week in St. Augustine, Fla., after failing to properly register as a sex offender, sheriff’s officials said.
The 59-year-old musician, whose real name is Thomas Delmer Pyle, was arrested Tuesday at one of three addresses he gave to authorities, Sgt. Chuck Mulligan said. He was being held on $50,000 bond, Mulligan told the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. Jail records do not show whether he had a lawyer.
Pyle had been released on $10,000 bond after being arrested on the same charge Nov. 19. He was arrested again after he still didn’t register a new permanent address, officials said.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I opened it up, read it and I almost cried. But then I realized there were no cameras on.”
Steve Martin on receiving the announcement that he had been selected to be honored at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors on “The View” Wednesday.
HIGH FIVE
Television
The top five On Demand programs for the week of Nov. 18-26 as determined by Comcast customers in metro Atlanta:
1. “Soulja Girl,” Soulja Boy, music video, Music Choice
2. “Kiss Kiss,” Chris Brown, music video, Music Choice
3.”Pop Bottles,” Birdman, music video, Music Choice
4. “No One,” Alicia Keys, music video, Music Choice
5. “Girlfriend,” Bow Wow and Omarion, music video, Music Choice
— Courtesy: Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is 90. Actor Robert Guillaume is 80. TV personality and producer Dick Clark is 78. Director Ridley Scott is 70. Singer Rob Grill of the Grass Roots is 64. Bassist Roger Glover of Deep Purple is 62. Actress Margaret Whitton is 57. Singer-actor Mandy Patinkin is 55. Guitarist Shuggie Otis is 54. Country singer Jeannie Kendall of the Kendalls is 53. Singer Billy Idol is 52. Guitarist John Ashton of Psychedelic Furs is 50. Comedian Colin Mochrie (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?”) is 50. Rapper Jalil of Whodini is 44. Actor-director Ben Stiller is 42. Actress Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Sideways”) is 37. Country singer Mindy McCready is 32. Singer Clay Aiken is 29. Actress Elisha Cuthbert (“24”) is 25.
Contributing: News services
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