Jackson reality show set

Jackson reality show set

NEW YORK — A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. “The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty” focuses on brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon as they prepare to reunite for a concert tour. It also chronicles their lives as they cope with Michael’s drug-induced death in June.

There will be six episodes, the network said.

Rihanna discusses attack

NEW YORK — Rihanna says ex-boyfriend Chris Brown had “no soul in his eyes” after he attacked her in a car after a pre-Grammy Awards party. The singer told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday that after being hit and bitten by Brown, “There was no person when I looked at him.”

She added: “He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank.”

Brown was arrested Feb. 8, hours after he was accused of beating Rihanna after the two argued over a text message he had gotten from another woman. He later pleaded guilty to felony assault. Of that night, Rihanna says: “It was ugly.” During the beating, the singer says she had no idea how it would end: “That’s all I kept thinking the whole time, ‘When is it going to stop? When is it going to stop?’”

Soft-porn mogul sentenced

LOS ANGELES — A judge has sentenced “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis to time served and a year of probation for filing false income-tax returns. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero on Friday accepted the terms of a plea deal between Francis and prosecutors.

Prosecutors struck the deal after learning on the eve of trial that a key witness had lied to them.

The soft-porn mogul who filmed and marketed videos of young women initially was accused of taking $20 million in fraudulent deductions earlier this decade.

Today’s birthdays

Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Actor Christopher Knight (“The Brady Bunch”) is 52. Actress Yunjin Kim (“Lost”) is 36. Guitarist Zach Myers of Shinedown is 26.