Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Janet Jackson’s boyfriend, producer Jermaine Dupri, is out at Virgin Records. Dupri was head of urban music at Virgin. But late yesterday, according to my sources, Dupri quit—i.e. was forced out—after disappointing sales of Jackson’s comeback album called "20 YO." Three weeks into its release, the album is a dud with less than 500,000 copies sold. I told you in this space last week, before anyone else, that the CD had dropped an astonishing 77 percent in sales in its second week. For Jackson, this is especially painful since ‘20 YO’ was the last album on her Virgin contract. She now faces the task of negotiating a new deal with little leverage. Dupri was partially responsible along with Randy Jackson ("American Idol" fame, not the brother) for making Mariah Carey’s "Emancipation of Mimi" album a monster hit. With Janet, he opted to make her into something she couldn’t be at age 40—a hip hop diva—rather than present her as an adult star. Kids did not flock to her, and adults didn’t want to hear it. At the 11th hour there was talk of Mariah possibly re-recording one of the ‘20 YO’ songs with Janet to resuscitate the album. But with Dupri gone, ‘20 YO’ will probably just get written off as a mistake now. This will leave Jason Flom, head of Virgin, to rebuild the urban department at the label—something I’m told he’s been itching to do since he took over last year.

Fox411 

I don’t blame Virgin for that album failing, I blame Janet. She was overexposed and the album stunk, how is that Virgin’s fault?

Paris Hilton is the most over-exposed celebrity that the public wants to see less of. A survey conducted by Forbes.com showed the public has grown tired seeing the star of "A Simple Life." She is followed by singer Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith, Spears’ husband Kevin Federline, former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, actress Lindsay Lohan, Tom Cruise and Nicole Richie. The Olsen twins May Kate and Ashley also made it to the list at number eight followed by Michael Jackson, businessman Donald Trump and Jessica Simpson, whose "overexposure" rating had soared from 17 percent in 2003 to 41 percent in mid-2006. Robert Thompson, the founding director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, suggests to these celebrities to learn how to study the fine line between courting the spotlight and knowing when to retreat. He said, "It’s a challenge because celebrity in many ways is defined by how much exposure you get. "But the perfect equation is to get as much exposure as you possibly can right up to the moment when it gets to be too much, and then you want to pull back."

Celebrity Buzz

Wow! They are dead-on except that Jessica Simpson needs to be higher up! 

Kirsten Dunst (TMZ) and Janet Jackson (ICYDK)

I will go with Kirsten on this because she is clothed! 

Pop superstar Michael Jackson used to call his younger sister Janet "Fat Butt" when they were growing up, leaving her self-conscious of her appearance for years.Janet admits Michael’s taunts were probably the result of his own body "issues".She says: "I was made to feel like I was a fat kid by Michael. It really affected me, even as an adult."

IOL 

Wonder what he would’ve called J-Lo growing up?

Spank Cheeks 

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