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    Come on baby, let's get away

    Janet Jackson headlines huge World AIDS Day concert in Houston this December

    Steven Devadanam
    Oct 16, 2023 | 10:42 am
    Janet Jackson 2023

    Music icon and longtime AIDS activist Jackson performs at NRG Arena on December 1.

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    Attention, Rhythm Nation: Janet Jackson — or, Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty — is headed to Houston for a powerhouse performance. The five-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is set to perform a full-length World AIDS Day Concert on December 1 at NRG Arena.

    Tickets for the show, which are sure to go fast, go on sale at 2 pm Monday, October 16 at Ticketmaster online.

    Two other stars will co-headline the World AIDS Day event. Longtime star choreographer, director, and producer Debbie Allen — who herself owns numerous Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Awards — will serve as keynote speaker. Meanwhile, talented, Emmy Award-winning (and hunky) actor Blair Underwood will receive the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Lifetime Achievement Award to Emmy Award for his work as an activist.

    Music queen Jackson hits Houston fresh off her successful North American Together Again tour — the highest grossing tour ever in her career. The tour name itself is meaningful; it takes its name from Jackson’s “Together Again” single. The 1997 hit was Jackson’s personal tribute to a friend she lost to AIDS, as well as AIDS victims worldwide and their families.

    Her Houston show is in honor of AHF’s annual World AIDS Day event, which is meant to honor those lost to the devastating disease. World AIDS Day also shows support for those currently living with HIV/AIDS, and to emphasize the fight against HIV/AIDS is not over. As the largest nonprofit of its kind in the world, AHF provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 1.8 million patients across 45 countries across the globe.

    As for Underwood, who rocketed to fame as a handsome star of the iconic series L.A. Law and became a mainstay in TV, film, and stage, the actor has worked as a tireless voice against HIV/AIDS for more than 30 years. He cofounded Artists for a New South Africa, an organization addressing the devastating impact HIV/AIDS has on the continent. In 2003, he joined fellow star Ashley Judd as a spokesperson for YouthAIDS. He is involved with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Blair Underwood Clinic in Washington, D.C., a city with the most HIV cases per capita in the U.S. and nearly three times the national rate.

    A-listers have always been a part of AHF’s World AIDS Day legacy. Past performers include Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, and Mariah Carey. Its Lifetime Achievement Award honorees feature a who’s-who list of household names: Harry Belafonte, Debbie Allen, Senator Bernie Sanders, and posthumously to Princess Diana.

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    Bad Times at the Cinema

    Big budget busts and incoherent stories: The 10 worst movies of 2025

    Alex Bentley
    Dec 29, 2025 | 6:00 pm
    Red Hulk/President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Captain America: Brave New World
    Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios
    Red Hulk/President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Captain America: Brave New World.

    5) Anaconda

    Red Hulk/President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Captain America: Brave New World

    Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios

    Red Hulk/President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Captain America: Brave New World.

    It's no surprise that most of the worst movies in any given year tend to come from big studios, as the big budget marketing campaigns behind those films build up huge expectations that are then dashed when audiences see what little effort was put into making the movies broadly appealing. Whether it was too much fan service or too little understanding of what it takes to make a story coherent, the worst movies of 2025 were barely worth watching, either in theaters or at home.


    Scroll through CultureMap's picks of the 10 worst films of 2025 by using the left and right arrows on each photo.


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