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Kendrick Lamar and SZA (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The halftime show's humble origins

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Janet Jackson at the Christian Siriano Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Fashion Show at the Pierre Hotel on September 8, 2023 in New York, New York. (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)

Goldberg says Jackson deserves "grace"

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Janet Jackson attends her residency debut "Metamorphosis" after party at On The Record Speakeasy and Club at Park MGM on May 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada (David Becker/Getty Images for Park MGM)

Jackson's Harris apology not authorized

Alex Galbraith
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Tito Jackson of Jackson 5 and The Jacksons performs onstage during the Fool in Love Festival at Hollywood Park Grounds on August 31, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

Tito Jackson dead at 70

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Justin Timberlake performs onstage at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images)

Justin Timberlake DWI unites internet

Gabriella Ferrigine
Frightened By His Paranormal Powers, 8-Year-Old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) Is Too Young To Understand His Purpose In "The Sixth Sense." 1999 Spyglass Entertainment Group, Lp. All Rights Reserved. (Getty Images)

Major pop culture anniversaries in 2024

Joy Saha
Justin Timberlake performs during the 2022 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala at the Barker Hangar on October 08, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Children's Hospital Los Angeles)

Justin Timberlake's bad behavior wins

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Janet (Lifetime Network)

Watch "Janet Jackson." Period

Melanie McFarland
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Janet Jackson attends her residency debut "Metamorphosis" after party at On The Record Speakeasy and Club at Park MGM on May 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada (David Becker/Getty Images for Park MGM)

Justice for Janet Jackson? Watch trailer

Joy Saha
Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake before the wardrobe malfunction (Getty Images/KMazur/WireImage)

The injustice done to Janet Jackson

Melanie McFarland
Justin Timberlake attends the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 50th Annual Induction And Awards Dinner at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 13, 2019 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

Timberlake sorry for sexist behavior

Ashlie D. Stevens
Janet Jackson is shown performing Thursday, March 1, 1990 in Miami Arena during a performance which kicks off her "Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990." (AP/Bill Cookie)

Janet's overdue Hall of Fame induction

Rachel Leah
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Joe Jackson (Getty/Ian Gavan)

Patriarch of Jackson family dead at 89

as told to Rachel Leah
Mariah Carey performs during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square on December 31, 2016 (Getty/Angela Weiss)

Female pop stars singled out

Annie Zaleski
Janet Jackson (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, Bono, right, and Bruce Springsteen perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Springsteen and Coldplay’s Chris Martin will act as Bono at a concert Monday night, Dec. 1, 2014, in New York City. U2 announced on its website that the singers will perform at Duffy Square in Times Square alongside Kanye West and Carrie Underwood for “U2 Minus 1 _ Live in New York Tonight.” (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File) (AP)

It's not all about you, Bruce

Tim Sommer
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Prachi Gupta
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII; Anthony Kiedis during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVIII. (AP/Elise Amendola/Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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