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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (BP)--Most of the general public appreciates the importance of good music as an important tenet of a thriving and healthy culture. For at least two decades, the public has been either repelled by, or simply remained indifferent to, music and entertainment of the Hip-Hop culture. Except for a few challenges to it that were resisted by cries of constitutional liberties, the Hip-Hop industry has literally rolled on and flourished under its own momentum. Now that community, under the leadership of its music mogul Russell Simmons, is making yet another social leap by preparing to mobilize Hip...

(Variety) TNT's telecast of the SAG Awards could for the first time carry a 10-second audio delay, as the fallout over Janet Jackson's fallen breast continued Thursday. In addition, a publicist for Jackson confirmed that the singer will not be presenting at this Sunday's Grammycast (Variety.com, Feb. 3), while industry insiders said CBS and NARAS continue to discuss whether to ask Justin Timberlake to recuse himself from performing at the event. In an odd coincidence, dozens of execs from Fox Entertainment's film and TV units met yesterday for a half-day seminar dubbed "Producing Content in the New Millennium: Balancing Creativity...

Like something in a B-horror flick, Janet Jackson's radioactive right breast has morphed into the monster that's eating Hollywood. In the past 24 hours: • Jackson's name was stricken from the official list of presenters for Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast on CBS. That's the same network that beamed us the Super Bowl game during which Jackson's breast made its broadcast TV debut in a stunt that duet partner Justin Timberlake called a "wardrobe malfunction." According to one source close to the production, CBS and the Recording Academy are waiting for her to graciously bow out; if she does not soon,...

OXFORD, Miss. -- What is it about Justin Timberlake? It seems that all the high-profile relationships in which he has been involved have led the girls to sheer desperation. Surely you don't need to be reminded of the infamous Britney Spears and Madonna kiss, followed by Spears' quickie marriage and annulment with Jason Alexander. Spears, however, may have to raise her stakes if she wants to remain in the headlines. Much of the nation understands what I am talking about, just as they know of Janet Jackson's previous relationship to Timberlake and witnessed her exposure during the recent Super Bowl...