<![CDATA[io9: janet jackson]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: janet jackson]]> http://io9.com/tag/janetjackson http://io9.com/tag/janetjackson <![CDATA[Christina Aguilera Rides Pop's Science Fiction Bandwagon]]> Christina Aguilera rides her space rocket, joining the new crop of pop princesses who are both futuristic and optimistic. Janet Jackson, Mel B, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie — all the ladies are slapping on the happy, kitschy science fiction imagery.If the scifi TV line up, future blockbuster themes and fantastic turn out for the Scream Awards are any indication pop culture is about to get really scifi-happy really soon. And the leading edge could be J.J. Abrams' optimistic Star Trek movie.

The new stills are from Christina Aguilera's upcoming greatest hits album, Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits, and she's rockin' all sorts of sexy space woman shots.

Perhaps this new found pop love of all things scifi is due to the culture's ability to foresee the trends, and with J.J. Abrams' super optimistic Star Trek themed undertaking maybe it's time for everyone in Hollywood to start donning the pointy ears and learning how to "hug it out" Klingon style.

I personally welcome the happy pop-go-lucky scifi trend because look what it gives you:


Nicole Richie made her crazy-faced butt kicking chica scifi debut on Chuck this week, and even though she was all bullets and fists, it's Chuck, the "aw shucks ain't he cute," of science fiction shows.

Paris Hilton has brought her sexy swagger and "singing voice" to the freaky scifi musical Repo! The Genetic Opera, and while it's about harvesting organs off the living, it's still a musical with a pretty happy beat.

Janet Jackson is working a fierce Ms. Tron get up on her brand new tour.

Always the trend setter, Beyonce has been rocking a cyborg arm in her new music video "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)":

"Scary Spice" rocks the alien get up, what's not to love when you've got scifi fashion on the red carpet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Now that Britney Spears is back to working with the Joseph Kahn (of Toxic fame among many others) in her new Womanizer music video, I think it's safe to say that we can only expect great scifi things from our pop princesses.

If only we could teach George Takai and William Shatner a little bit about J.J. Abrams' optimistic scifi message, those two could stop fighting like little babies and get with the new trend that is happy-go-lucky science fiction:

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<![CDATA[That's Ms. Tron If You're Nasty]]> Janet Jackson came out workin' the Tron unitard hard at the launch of the "Rock Witchu" tour last night in Vancouver. She and the Tron Guy are like a match made in light-cycle heaven. She's trying for a futuristic space-opera look, but did she pull it off? Check out our full gallery of the 42-year-old queen of the Rhythm Nation shakin' across the stage, and decide for yourself.

Ms. Jackson changed into 9 different outfits throughout the night and even had time to harness an audience member on stage and, "simulate having her way with him." Strangely enough, she makes that uni look good.

Pictures By Getty Images

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<![CDATA[Britney Spears Is Our Future Champion]]> This anime superheroine isn't the latest Japanese import, it's Britney Spears, restyled into an assassin/spy/freedom fighter from a future dystopia for her next music video, "Break The Ice." Britney's Aeon Flux riff makes her just the latest over-produced, programmed and processed songstress to reach for a dystopian future image, after Janet Jackson's much-maligned depiction as an airbrushed bondage robot. Click through for more images of animated Britney and the dark cityscape she protects.

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