Beyonce, Jessica Simpson and Janet Jackson are set up for a diva slapdown this summer, with their new singles out recently. But how do they stack up outside the musical realm?
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Beyonce struggled to keep her relationship with Jay-Z under wraps, and she still avoids talking about her romantic life–as if that will keep the tabloids at bay.
OVEREXPOSURE
Nothing too overdone–yet. But a new album and “Dreamgirls” are coming up, so there’s still a chance.
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Foxxy Cleopatra (“Austin Powers in Goldmember”) had a whole lot of hair, showed a whole lot of cleavage–and famously declared herself “a whole lotta woman!”
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Rumors, never confirmed, flew before Jessica’s breakup with Nick Lachey that she had cheated with “Dukes of Hazzard” co-star Johnny Knoxville and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. In March, Us Weekly said witnesses saw her getting cozy with comic Dane Cook, which he denied.
OVEREXPOSURE
From “Newlyweds” and the Chicken of the Sea incident to her recent divorce from Nick Lachey, there’s no escaping Jessica.
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Jessica was the most publicized–and least seen onscreen–of the “Dukes of Hazzard” cast members.
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Janet and Justin Timberlake weren’t a couple at the 2004 Super Bowl, but that didn’t stop J.T. from following through with a lyrical threat to “have you naked by the end of this song.” And thus, the “wardrobe malfunction.”
OVEREXPOSURE
Who knew Janet wore a sunburst nipple ring? And really, did you want to know?
MEGA-MOVIES
Janet didn’t become a movie star after 1993’s “Poetic Justice,” but Beyonce and Jessica can’t claim to be on a first-name basis with J.J. (“Good Times”) orWillis (“Diff’rent Strokes”).
