TYLER PERRY SAYS WATCH OUT FOR JANET: Singer plays college professor in his new flick

The Jackson family standout has a plum role in Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married,” which is currently in production for a nationwide release in October or November. But Perry is warning viewers not to expect the Janet Jackson we’ve all come to recognize on the red carpet and in music videos. "She's playing a college professor — actually, an author and professor of psychology," Perry tells the Los Angeles Daily News. As for doubters who remember Jackson’s struggle to nail her “hood girl” character in “Poetic Justice,” Perry says Jackson "absolutely" has the skills to pull off the part convincingly. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ALSO JANET WILL BE JOINING HER BOO ON HIS NEW RECORD LABEL: Meanwhile, Janet’s man Jermaine Dupri said she will soon follow him from Virgin to Island Records, where he is President of Urban Music under Island Def Jam Chairman L.A. Reid. Dupri, who made the move in February from a similar role at Virgin, tells MTV News that Janet is set to join him in the near future.