Post by rocky on Feb 3, 2004 10:17:10 GMT -5
Wow, this Janet Jackson exposure from the Super Bowl is picking up a lot of noise, here is the latest from e-online:Feds Get Nasty with Miss Jackson
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by Joal Ryan
Feb 2, 2004, 3:25 PM PT
The baring of Janet Jackson's right breast at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show is officially a federal case.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell on Monday announced an "immediate investigation" into the MTV-produced and CBS-aired "classless, crass and deplorable stunt."
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No word on whether Ms. Jackson, her bosom or Justin Timberlake, whose grab precipitated the wardrobe malfunction TiVo'd around the world, would be called to Washington, D.C., testify.
Police in Houston, meanwhile, announced they won't pursue criminal charges against Jackson, Timberlake or the breast for their actions at Houston-based Reliant Stadium. The department said it received "multiple phone calls" from residents upset that Jackson wasn't being rung up for exposing herself and/or Timberlake wasn't being arrested for assaulting Jackson.
"Actions that may seem in poor taste do not necessarily rise to the level of violations of Texas law," the Houston Police Department said.
Powell's call to get to the bottom of Jackson's chest was the highest-ranking denouncement of what CBS has chosen to diplomatically refer to as "the moment." It was far from the only one.
National Football League commission Paul Tagliabue vowed to exercise more oversight over his sport's most-watched halftime production, echoing an underling who previously said it would be a hot day in Green Bay before MTV books another Super Bowl gig.
"The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans," Tagliabue said in a statement.
In addition to Jackson and Timberlake's costume-ripping duet on "Rock Your Body," the 12-minute, 30-second halftime show featured performances by P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock and numerous dancers who didn't seem concerned about catching a draft.
CBS estimated some 89 million people watched Super Bowl XXXVIII, up slightly from last year's game on ABC. TiVo estimated that halftime viewership among its customers was up 12 percent from 2003.
The play-it-again company also reported that usage of its replay technology spiked a whopping 180 percent, the biggest surge ever measured, following the broadcast TV debut of Jackson's right mammary gland "as hundreds of thousands of households [TiVo'd] to view the incident again and again."
Apparently the only person who didn't catch the clip was Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. "I wish I'd seen it," Brady said Monday, per Boston.com.
CBS, MTV and Timberlake issued lightning-speed apologies Sunday once outraged viewers stopped choking on their Cheetos and started lighting up the host network's switchboard. Each portrayed the unveiling of Jackson's breastal region, accessorized with a hubcab spoke (or, possibly, a metal pasty), as regrettable and unplanned.
On Monday, Jackson's camp concurred.
"Justin was supposed to pull away [Jackson's] rubber bustier to reveal a red lace bra," her publicist, Stephen Huvane, told E! "The garment collapsed and her breast was accidentally revealed."
Added Huvane: "We want to apologize to anyone who may have been offended."
The Drudge Report cited a "well-placed source" as saying the striptease was no fluke. "The decision to go forward went to the very top of the network," the mole told the Website.
CBS blasted the item as "completely false."
"We had no knowledge this was going to happen," the network said in a statement. "It wasn't rehearsed, it wasn't discussed, it wasn't even hinted at. Whether it was a production mistake or a terribly misguided stunt by those involved in the performance, it is something we would have never approved."
But Drudge Report spies weren't the only ones suspicious as to the spontaneity of the incident.
"I mean, did she just happen to be wearing that big metal thing on her nipple?" the blogsters at Amy's Robot (http://amysrobot.com) asked. "Don't get me wrong: I put mine on every morning before I go to work, but I thought that was just me."
Mitch Mortaza, executive producer of Lingerie Bowl, a pay-per-view tackle football game featuring supermodels, shoulder pads and frilly underwear for viewers bored by the official Super Bowl halftime show, said he had his doubts, as well.
"It was obviously staged. They knew they had tough competition with the Lingerie Bowl," Mortaza said Monday.
For the record, Team Dream, led by Playboy alum Nikki Ziering, captured the inaugural Lingerie Bowl over Team Euphoria, 6-0. ("It was a tough, tough defensive struggle," Mortaza said.)
And, for the record, more private parts (one) were bared on the over-the-air Super Bowl than on the subscriber-only Lingerie Bowl (none).
"That's the irony of the whole thing," Mortaza said.
T.V. Reed, director of American Studies at Washington State University, wasn't surprised that MTV and its icons would push the envelope--again. (Well, he was a little surprised--he was, after all, watching the game at home with his family, including his 82-year-old mother. "Even she noticed it," he said of Jackson's over-exposure.)
"I think it's too soon to say if it's a defining moment," Reed said Monday. "It's sort of the latest in the long line of upping the ante of shocking moments."
Recent antics to qualify for shocking status include: Britney Spears and Madonna lip locking on the MTV Video Music Awards; and, Bono dropping a four-letter word on NBC's 2003 Golden Globes telecast. The latter incident came under FCC review. In that case, the commission let NBC's parent company off the hook, although it since has been urged by some lawmakers to reverse the ruling.
In denouncing the Jackson skin show, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps sounded pessimistic that the government would be able to prevent further R-rated incidents. "Nothing this commission has done so far has accomplished anything to slow down Big Media's race to the bottom," Copps said in a statement.
But according to Reed, Sunday's peep show was not all for naught. At least we'll always have "wardrobe malfunction."
"You always like it when a new phrase enters pop culture," Reed said. "'Wardrobe malfunction' will enter the grist for late-night talk shows."
"Wardrobe malfunction" was how Timberlake termed the grope that partially disrobed his dance partner. Jackson's publicist liked the expression so much, he used it, too, as in, "I am confirming it was a wardrobe malfunction."
The malfunctioning red lace bra could not be reached for comment.
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by Joal Ryan
Feb 2, 2004, 3:25 PM PT
The baring of Janet Jackson's right breast at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show is officially a federal case.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell on Monday announced an "immediate investigation" into the MTV-produced and CBS-aired "classless, crass and deplorable stunt."
a d v e r t i s e m e n t
No word on whether Ms. Jackson, her bosom or Justin Timberlake, whose grab precipitated the wardrobe malfunction TiVo'd around the world, would be called to Washington, D.C., testify.
Police in Houston, meanwhile, announced they won't pursue criminal charges against Jackson, Timberlake or the breast for their actions at Houston-based Reliant Stadium. The department said it received "multiple phone calls" from residents upset that Jackson wasn't being rung up for exposing herself and/or Timberlake wasn't being arrested for assaulting Jackson.
"Actions that may seem in poor taste do not necessarily rise to the level of violations of Texas law," the Houston Police Department said.
Powell's call to get to the bottom of Jackson's chest was the highest-ranking denouncement of what CBS has chosen to diplomatically refer to as "the moment." It was far from the only one.
National Football League commission Paul Tagliabue vowed to exercise more oversight over his sport's most-watched halftime production, echoing an underling who previously said it would be a hot day in Green Bay before MTV books another Super Bowl gig.
"The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans," Tagliabue said in a statement.
In addition to Jackson and Timberlake's costume-ripping duet on "Rock Your Body," the 12-minute, 30-second halftime show featured performances by P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock and numerous dancers who didn't seem concerned about catching a draft.
CBS estimated some 89 million people watched Super Bowl XXXVIII, up slightly from last year's game on ABC. TiVo estimated that halftime viewership among its customers was up 12 percent from 2003.
The play-it-again company also reported that usage of its replay technology spiked a whopping 180 percent, the biggest surge ever measured, following the broadcast TV debut of Jackson's right mammary gland "as hundreds of thousands of households [TiVo'd] to view the incident again and again."
Apparently the only person who didn't catch the clip was Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. "I wish I'd seen it," Brady said Monday, per Boston.com.
CBS, MTV and Timberlake issued lightning-speed apologies Sunday once outraged viewers stopped choking on their Cheetos and started lighting up the host network's switchboard. Each portrayed the unveiling of Jackson's breastal region, accessorized with a hubcab spoke (or, possibly, a metal pasty), as regrettable and unplanned.
On Monday, Jackson's camp concurred.
"Justin was supposed to pull away [Jackson's] rubber bustier to reveal a red lace bra," her publicist, Stephen Huvane, told E! "The garment collapsed and her breast was accidentally revealed."
Added Huvane: "We want to apologize to anyone who may have been offended."
The Drudge Report cited a "well-placed source" as saying the striptease was no fluke. "The decision to go forward went to the very top of the network," the mole told the Website.
CBS blasted the item as "completely false."
"We had no knowledge this was going to happen," the network said in a statement. "It wasn't rehearsed, it wasn't discussed, it wasn't even hinted at. Whether it was a production mistake or a terribly misguided stunt by those involved in the performance, it is something we would have never approved."
But Drudge Report spies weren't the only ones suspicious as to the spontaneity of the incident.
"I mean, did she just happen to be wearing that big metal thing on her nipple?" the blogsters at Amy's Robot (http://amysrobot.com) asked. "Don't get me wrong: I put mine on every morning before I go to work, but I thought that was just me."
Mitch Mortaza, executive producer of Lingerie Bowl, a pay-per-view tackle football game featuring supermodels, shoulder pads and frilly underwear for viewers bored by the official Super Bowl halftime show, said he had his doubts, as well.
"It was obviously staged. They knew they had tough competition with the Lingerie Bowl," Mortaza said Monday.
For the record, Team Dream, led by Playboy alum Nikki Ziering, captured the inaugural Lingerie Bowl over Team Euphoria, 6-0. ("It was a tough, tough defensive struggle," Mortaza said.)
And, for the record, more private parts (one) were bared on the over-the-air Super Bowl than on the subscriber-only Lingerie Bowl (none).
"That's the irony of the whole thing," Mortaza said.
T.V. Reed, director of American Studies at Washington State University, wasn't surprised that MTV and its icons would push the envelope--again. (Well, he was a little surprised--he was, after all, watching the game at home with his family, including his 82-year-old mother. "Even she noticed it," he said of Jackson's over-exposure.)
"I think it's too soon to say if it's a defining moment," Reed said Monday. "It's sort of the latest in the long line of upping the ante of shocking moments."
Recent antics to qualify for shocking status include: Britney Spears and Madonna lip locking on the MTV Video Music Awards; and, Bono dropping a four-letter word on NBC's 2003 Golden Globes telecast. The latter incident came under FCC review. In that case, the commission let NBC's parent company off the hook, although it since has been urged by some lawmakers to reverse the ruling.
In denouncing the Jackson skin show, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps sounded pessimistic that the government would be able to prevent further R-rated incidents. "Nothing this commission has done so far has accomplished anything to slow down Big Media's race to the bottom," Copps said in a statement.
But according to Reed, Sunday's peep show was not all for naught. At least we'll always have "wardrobe malfunction."
"You always like it when a new phrase enters pop culture," Reed said. "'Wardrobe malfunction' will enter the grist for late-night talk shows."
"Wardrobe malfunction" was how Timberlake termed the grope that partially disrobed his dance partner. Jackson's publicist liked the expression so much, he used it, too, as in, "I am confirming it was a wardrobe malfunction."
The malfunctioning red lace bra could not be reached for comment.
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