M.I.A. Vs. Anderson Cooper

Controversial hip hop star M.I.A. lashed out at CNN's Anderson Cooper via Twitter yesterday (March 15.) The Sri Lankan-born/Britain-based emcee accused Cooper of attacking her wrongfully, and unleashed a string of tweets reprimanding the reporter.

"@AndersonCooper called me a terrorist for speaking out , and expressed support for the SLgov when this was happening," she tweeted. "Someone should make @AndersonCooper watch it / film it and show the world what happens when respected journos get it wrong #killingfields"

"@andersoncooper YOU CALLED ME A LADY TAMIL TIGER when i talked about tamil civilians dying, and u printed a retraction," she continued. "@andersoncooper in 2009 u linked to a article that was written about me with false info. there was a rebuttal on ur 360 site."

Cooper denied knowing anything about accusing M.I.A. of being a terrorist. "@miauniverse, you are mistaken. I never called you a terrorist. I don't even know who you are other than the lady who sang at superbowl," he responded. "@miauniverse. by the way, I defended your finger pointing at the superbowl, so check your facts. I've no idea what youre tweeting about."

"@miauniverse you've gone from saying "I wrote", "I called you," to saying my cnn show blog had a link to an article. Big difference," he clarified. "@miauniverse we link to many articles with different viewpoints, and we gave you an opportunity to respond."

"@miauniverse I can understand your frustration if someone wrote untrue things about you, and I'm glad you were able to respond," added Cooper. "@miauniverse ....and the brutal war in SL has not gotten enough coverage in the US, and I know that very upsetting."

M.I.A. gave her final stance on the controversy by responding with, "@andersoncooper p.s thank you for defending my finger , please watch Channel4 #killingfields by @jonsnowC4. Im glad u understand but please watch #killingfields because this is what i was trying to say."

Janet Jackson On Whitney Houston:

Pop superstar Janet Jackson talked to CNN's Anderson Cooper about the sudden death of fellow diva Whitney Houston. Jackson shared her memories of interacting with Whitney over the years and offered some advice to Houston's teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina in her time of mourning.

"It's very, very devastating and I pray for her and her family, even Bobby. I mean, he's going through so much," Janet said. "They are all going through so much. The mother, it's very sad."

"She was known as the voice. When she would open her mouth and this instrument would come out you would obviously understand why," Janet continued. "She was such a sweet sweet soul. Especially back in the early 80s and early 90s is when I connected with Whitney the most. It doesn't matter if we were doing an awards show. We would always take the time out to find one another. Either she'd come to my dressing room to say hey and I'd be in makeup or I'd find her in her dressing room to say hey, we always found time to talk to one another. She was such a sweet soul."

"It's a very very tough time. Even though it’s still a loss. I lost my brother, she lost her mother. There's still a difference, even though there's a still a loss to a family, I don't know what that's like being so young," she said. "It was hard for me. It was very very difficult for me. I didn't want to accept it, it's very difficult. You have to come to terms at some point, you have to actually give it up to God and it sounds so mean but you have to move on you can't hold onto that because it can be very devastating. Sometimes therapy is the best thing."

"You figure out a way to move on. It's always right here," Janet said about coping with the loss of a loved one. "There's never a day, not one day has gone by where I don't think about my brother and my other brothers and sisters say the same thing."