Justin Timberlake Faces Backlash Over New Janet Jackson Documentary, Malfunction

Jussie Smollett has been found guilty for staging a hate crime against himself. The 39-year-old faces up to three years in prison for staging an attack that included a noose being tied around his neck, as well as being housed in bleach, per the New York Post. Smollett claimed he was targeted by two racist followers of Donald Trump that were also homophobic. The verdict came after six days of testimony that included 13 witnesses.

EXCLUSIVE: Sobini Films has tapped Bobby Smith Jr. (Jason’s Lyric) to write Voluptuous, a one-hour series based on the books Bare Essentials and Bound by Desire by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Brenda Jackson.

NEW YORK -- Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary “Get Back” runs for nearly eight hours and the only real criticism you can make is that it doesn't last longer. For dabblers and other newcomers, it's a prime introduction.

Chris Cuomo has been suspended by CNN.

It turns out Janet Jackson REALLY doesn’t want any part of that new New York Times documentary covering the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show wardrobe malfunction.

Janet Jackson is reportedly not trying to be part of the New York Times documentary about her 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance.

Social media users haven’t stopped talking about Justin Timberlake’s Britney Spears and Janet Jackson controversy ever since the release of two separate The New York Times’ Presents documentaries on Hulu, each of which highlights the former NSYNC member’s negative impact on the pop stars’ careers. While Justin apologized for his actions via Instagram following the initial backlash, a new report by Hollywood Life reveals that he has yet to “reach out personally” on the matter.

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's infamous Super Bowl Halftime Show scandal that took place in 2004 has been reexamined once again in a new docuseries that proves there are still many questions brewing about what went wrong.

Friday night stayed mostly quiet in Los Angeles, but street protests erupted into violence in several cities across the US, most prominently in New York, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.

NEW YORK -- Jason Mott's “Hell of a Book,” a surreal meta-narrative about an author's book and his haunted past and present, has won the National Book Award for fiction.Tiya Miles’ “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake" was the winner for nonfiction and Malinda Lo’s “Last Night at the Telegraph Club" won for young people’s literature.The poetry prize was awarded to Martín Espada’s “Floaters," and best translation went to Elisa Shua Dusapin’s “Winter in

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticEarlier this year, The New York Times’ documentary unit had its greatest achievement yet in clarity and impact. “Framing Britney Spears,” the Times’ doc on the pop singer’s figurative captivity within her image and her literal one within her family and legal conservatorship, brought a complex and granular awareness of the issues at play in the story to a mass audience.

NEW YORK -- After disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide behind bars, a judge invited his accusers to court to vent their anger at a man they called a coward for taking his own life to escape accountability for sexually abusing them.The coming weeks will still see, in a way, Epstein prosecuted by proxy: his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, will stand trial in Manhattan federal court.

The 2004 Super Bowl halftime show has become infamous for the moment that Justin Timberlake ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson’s costume to expose her bare breast for a fraction of a second, an incident that coined the term “wardrobe malfunction” and set back Jackson’s career for years.

Meghan Markle looked like an absolute vision in red as she accompanied her husband Prince Harry for an event to honour veterans in New York ahead of Remembrance Day.The Duchess of Sussex commanded attention in a glamorous long floor-length Carolina Herrera gown that plunged down the middle and fell into an exquisite train.

EXCLUSIVE:  Production and management company The Cartel has entered into an agreement with New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson and writer-producer Bobby Smith Jr to option and acquire over 25 of the author’s novels. Jackson’s canon will be adapted for film and TV.