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We’ve all now heard or have seen the infamous half-time show at the Super Bowl, culminating in the raunchy, strip tease performance of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake.  Hollywood-Hero agrees with the F.C.C. chairman Michael Powell who said: "I am outraged by what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl," Mr. Powell said.  "Like millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration.  Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass, and deplorable stunt.  Our nation's children and citizens deserve better.  I have instructed the commission to open an immediate investigation...

NEW YORK -- Film director Spike Lee criticized Janet Jackson's surprise breast-baring during the Super Bowl halftime show last weekend as a "new low" of attention-getting antics by entertainers. Meanwhile, Jackson issued another apology in a videotape released to the media. The pop star had apologized Monday night in a written statement. "I am really sorry if I offended anyone. That was truly not my intention," she said. "MTV, CBS, the NFL had no knowledge of this whatsoever, and unfortunately, the whole thing went wrong in the end." At the end of their duet Sunday, Justin Timberlake snatched off part...

<p>Here we have Martha Stewart facing many years in the slam for allegedly lying to a few investigators. But now we have Justin Timberlake telling a lie as fat as his swelled head to millions and having a big giggle about it.</p>

Now even Justin is mad at Janet. Justin Timberlake is telling friends Janet Jackson blindsided him with the last-second, breast-baring addition to their Super Bowl act, sources said yesterday. The pop stars' tiff over Sunday's bosom bombshell came as the head of MTV, which produced the halftime show for CBS, blamed Jackson for the peep show seen by an audience of 89 million. "Janet Jackson engineered it," MTV Chief Executive Tom Freston said. "We were Punk'd by Janet Jackson." As fallout over the flop-out grew yesterday, Timberlake was claiming to pals he was bamboozled by Jackson. "She lied to him,"...

Okay...I'm up to 73 times and still counting. That's how many times I saw the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl halftime "exposure" on broadcast television. Granted, it was repeated over and over in slow motion as the morning shows were talking it up. Funny how comments like "it was disgusting" was interlaced with loop after loop of the "fashion malfunction." This from the same people who told us all that the footage of the World Trade Center towers falling on 9/11 is just "too terrible to watch". The media has hypocracy down to a science. Now, one of the ring...

<p>February 4, 2004 -- After a day of crisis talks, CBS yesterday agreed to let Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake remain on this Sunday's Grammy telecast - but said it was working on new technology to censor any "inappropriate and unexpected events." The network, which has been under tremendous pressure to dump Jackson and Timberlake after their X-rated halftime antics at the Boob Bowl, said the new system was insurance against an encore performance.</p>

<p>NEW YORK — Janet Jackson's red lace garment was supposed to remain over her breast when Justin Timberlake tore off part of her bustier during their Super Bowl halftime performance, the superstar said through a spokeswoman Tuesday.</p> <p>In a statement released Monday night, Jackson said the stunt that revealed a breast clad only in a sun-shaped "nipple shield" in front of some 89 million viewers went awry after being planned at the last minute.</p>

Sometimes a breast is just a breast. Howard Dean, a physician and a Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday dismissed as "silly" a government inquiry into whether indecency rules were broken during the broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show when pop diva Janet Jackson's bodice was ripped to expose her right breast. "I find that to be a bit of a flap about nothing," the former Vermont governor said. "I'm probably affected in some ways by the fact that I'm a doctor, so it's not exactly an unusual phenomenon for me." During the break in the National Football League's championship...

I will admit that I don’t normally watch football, but I sure was on Sunday. As fate would have it, I arrived at a Super Bowl Party at Halftime. As they say, timing is everything. Those of you who read my book The Death of Right and Wrong were not entirely surprised by what you saw Sunday night masquerading as the Halftime show—a variety of so-called singers and dancers providing nothing less than a Peep Show for your family. All day long I’ve been fascinated with the focus being on the baring of Jackson’s breast during the family hour on...

Janet Apologizes, Says Super Bowl Stunt Went Too FarOne day after Janet Jackson's shocking Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer took responsibility for the breast-baring incident and said she never intended the stunt to go as far as it did. "The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals," Jackson said in a statement released Monday (February 2). "MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended — including the audience, MTV, CBS and...

MTV tries it's hand at damage control, but fails miserablyMTV has rather deftly changed it's text on it's Super Bowl page from the text originally up there (and touted by news programs and websites everywhere:Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time. You know what we're talking about...Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and a kinky finale that rocked the Super Bowl to its core. P. Diddy, Kid Rock, & Nelly rounded out the halftime show in the midst of the greatest game on earth. MTV was...

Statement regarding the Super Bowl halftime show Statement by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by the MTV-produced halftime show. It was totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show. "The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans. We will change our policy, our people and our processes for managing the halftime entertainment in the future in order to deal far more effectively with the quality of this aspect of the Super Bowl."

While I didn't see the Super Bowl but only heard it on the radio, the fact that I can see on the internet pictures of Janet Jackson with her breast exposed tells me that this was no accident. As I woman I can say with confidence that if any part of me that were exposed by accident that would be considered nakedness to me, I would immediately cover it up and hurry out of people's view until I could be properly covered. If a woman has her skirt tucked up into her pantyhose so that her rear-end is in view,...

Despite its official apology, MTV did not hesitate to promote the "unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional" incident after the fact. A Web page headline trumpeted: "Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show." Continuing, the Web page said, "Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time. You know what we're talking about ... Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and a kinky finale that rocked the Super Bowl to its core."

The Federal Communications Commission will investigate CBS's sleazy halftime show, Chairman Michael Powell said today. "I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration. Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt. Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better," Powell stated. "I have instructed the commission to open an immediate investigation into last night's broadcast," he said. A spokesman had earlier merely said the agency was launching a routine investigation because it had received...

NEW YORK - CBS apologized for an unexpectedly R-rated end to its Super Bowl halftime show, when singer Justin Timberlake (news) tore off part of Janet Jackson (news)'s top, exposing her breast.The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end the halftime show, and at the song's finish, Timberlake reached across Jackson's leather gladiator outfit and pulled off the covering to her right breast.The network quickly cut away from the shot, and did not mention the incident on the air.Timberlake said he did not intend to expose Jackson's breast."I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction...

Statement by NFL Executive Vice President Joe Browne regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced Halftime show. They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime."

First I read this on Drudge:MTV Statement on Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Incident Sunday February 1, 11:03 pm ET HOUSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance. MTV regrets this incident occurred and we apologize to anyone who was offended by it. Then I went on MTV's website and I found this: Who's Kidding whom here? Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time....

CBS is claiming it had no idea that a Super Bowl half-time dance routine between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake would feature the pop diva going partially topless. But four days before Ms. Jackson assaulted tens of millions TV viewers during the family hour with her R-rated moment, a press release by the company producing the show boasted that her dance would be "shocking." "I don't think the Super Bowl has ever seen a performance like this," Jackson choreographer Gil Duldulao said, in a press release posted to MTV's web site on Jan. 28. "The dancing is great. She's more...