Well Played, Janet Jackson

On the one hand, this is very Krystle Carrington:

On the other, it’s both sexy and mature on her — I mean, as much as Janet Jackson is perpetually Miss Jackson If You’re Nasty in my head, she is 43, and so it’s nice that she’s not running around trying to act like she’s Lauren Conrad or something. The matching nail polish might be a bit much, but frankly, I’m just glad Janet looks both happy and as though she has not forsaken eating. Her entire tabloid experience is either stories about a) how she’s gained a ton of weight, or b) how she’s lost a bunch of weight for the last time, for real, totally, we mean it. So I’m glad she’s bought some real estate someplace in between: healthy, hot, and still not afraid to flash a little cleavage. You go, Janet. And if somebody sees this photo and decides to pitch Dynasty II and cast her as the trophy wife in a clan of Kleenex barons or something, well, I can try to learn to love again. It won’t be like the first time, but what is?