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Janet Jackson: Los Angeles
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Synopsis: R&B star Janet Jackson made an impressive film debut in Poetic Justice as Justice, a hairdresser at a small salon in South Central Los Angeles. Justice uses her poetry to deal with her grief after her boyfriend is killed in a shooting incident at a drive-in. Hired to work at a hair stylists' eventRead More
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UPDATE May 2006: Janet Jackson claims a 70 pound weight loss, She has been using gourmet food delivery service "Fresh Dining" to have perfectly proportioned meals delivered (total daily calories 1000-1400. 5-6 days per week she has worked with a personal trainer for 1-2 hours.
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After finding success as a singer, Jackson was given a chance to resume her acting career when director John Singleton allowed her to audition for his film Poetic Justice, as a tough, poetic hairdresser from South Central, Los Angeles. Jackson won the role in the romantic drama, starring opposite rapper Tupac Shakur. The film opened at No. 1 opening weekend in 1993, and depicted a very different image of Jackson than what had been seen before; her character cursed and even threatened people who ever crossed her. This coincided with a change in Jackson’s music as she entered the studio to record her fifth album, whose music was brasher and more sexually charged than her previous work. The movie did modest at the box office, grossing $27 million in the US.
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Janet will receive an honour from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in recognition of the work she has done for gay rights. The awards will be held in at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26th 2008.
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[A]fter this project, it was announced that Jackson had split up from her second husband Rene. To most fans this was a shock—they'd never known that the couple were married. It was widely reported that Rene was planning to sue for lost earnings (his co-writing credits had been omitted from all songs before "The Velvet Rope" as part of the couples vow of secrecy). However, Jackson maintained that the break-up was amicable.
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