Lena Horne was always a classy lady. She never had to show her breast to get attention. She just opened her mouth and sang. I'm not surprised she doesn't want Janet Jackson portraying her.
Here's a great pic of Lena with the white-hatted dudes. Lovely, lovely.
JANET JACKSON FALLOUT: Singer Lena Horne, reportedly angry about Janet Jackson's breast-baring stunt at the Super Bowl, has pressured ABC to find someone other than Jackson to play Horne in a planned television movie, "Stormy Weather," the trade newspaper Variety reports.
Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron quit the project in solidarity with Jackson, Variety added.
ABC executives resisted Horne's demand, but Jackson representatives told the newspaper that she left willingly after Horne and her daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, asked that she not take part. The network wouldn't comment.
Posted by floridacracker at February 24, 2004 10:13 PM