Michael Jackson

Crossing Over: Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo, and the Sound of Pop in 2012

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The King of Pop lives on at LPR

A Walrus Knows The "Smooth Criminal" Dance. The "King of Flop" Is Born

We vowed earlier this year to never waste your time with cute kitten videos -- and we will uphold that vow. Awesome walrus videos, however, are a different story -- and there is nothing more awesome than a walrus dancing to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal."(See some video of rehearsal below).

Michael Jackson's Pet Wild Animal Dies

Thriller, a 13-year-old, 375-pound tiger that Michael Jackson once kept on his kooky Neverland estate, has passed of lung cancer. When Jacko left Neverland, he gave Thriller--and her brother Sabu--to actress Tippi Hedren (The Birds) to take care of on her wildlife preserve in California.

Tupac's Hologram Asks, "Remember The '90s?"

At what point does the nostalgia overwhelm the art?

Live: Is Michael Jackson: Immortal The Pop Spectacle Of The Future?

Michael Jackson: Immortal Madison Square Garden Wednesday, April 4 Better than: Ringling Bros. Cirque du Soleil's take on Michael Jackson's catalog, Michael Jackson: Immortal, is certainly ambitious. The twoish-hour set has a live band, aerialists and fireworks, flips and flops, a dancing sequined ... More >>

Sleigh Bells' Second Album Is Coming Soon, And It Will Be Called Reign Of Terror

Normally I am not too into the idea of the "album trailer"—just put out a song, jeeeez—but the trailer for the second album by the always-maxing-out-the-sound-system duo Sleigh Bells, called Reign In Terror, is too good—a thrashy loop that I could, truth be told, probably listen to ... More >>

100 & Single: What Billboard's Rule Changes Mean For The Britney, Michael And Gaga Albums You Bought

When you go see a movie at a Saturday half-price matinee, should it count toward that weekend's box office? You paid less than the guy who saw the movie Friday night. Does that mean your viewing shouldn't count? What about if you see an old movie at a revival house: Should that count toward the box ... More >>

Michael Jackson Was A Raving Hetero, Says David Gest!

​Liza Minnelli's ex husband David Gest, who bristles when gay stuff is suggested about himself, does the same when it comes to his old pal Michael Jackson. In fact, in a new DVD called Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon, Gest takes pains to note that Jackson was not only a raving heterosex ... More >>

Rick Perry's 'Niggerhead' Ranch vs. Michael Jackson's 'Neverland' Ranch: Which is Stranger?

When we first wrote about Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" Ranch, we were struck by how it phonetically reminded us of another infamous getaway spot: Michael Jackson's "Neverland" Ranch. Both were occupied by larger than life personalities. Both ranches had names that raised eyebrows, especially given w ... More >>

Q&A: Das Racist On The "Michael Jackson" Video

​In the two years since stumbling across viral MP3 stardom with "Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell," Brooklyn's Das Racist have evolved from insular meta-rap blogger obsession to some of our city's most electric assonance merchants. Their first official, hold-it-in-yr-paws physical release, Re ... More >>

The Black Eyed Peas

The 10 Most Overplayed Party Jams

This should probably not be how you do it.​It's a common dilemma of the booty club: You're buzzing off the overpriced drinks, two-stepping with the opposite sex. The lighting is right and you're getting closer and closer to each other... and then DJ Lack-of-Direction throws on some bullshit. Y ... More >>

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Paying tribute to MJ

Tippi Hedren Honors Michael Jackson

Photo: Bill Dow​Tippi Hedren is the Hitchcock star of The Birds and Marnie (in which she was a klepto who was afraid of the color red), and she also worked with Chaplin, albeit in the comedy misfire A Countess From Hong Kong. She's further known as the mom to Oscar nominated Melanie Griffith, ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Estate Continues to Make Tons of Money

​Michael Jackson's estate has made a cool $310 million since his death in 2009, largely thanks to the success of the This Is It movie. Not bad for someone who isn't alive anymore. The money's been going towards his family and various charities, as well as starting to pay off the $400 million i ... More >>

Does Michael Jackson Sing the New Michael Jackson Song?

​The upcoming Michael Jackson album, Michael, will be available on December 14, just in time for the holidays. The album's lead single, "Breaking News," is out now and begins with static-infused soundbites about Jackson's controversial life and death. "Everybody wanting a piece of Michael Jack ... More >>

Here's My Newest Broadway Show Idea

​There's a Broadway musical on the boards called Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which got pretty favorable reviews, right? So I've got a great new idea: A show called Bloody Bloody Michael Jackson!

Snoop Dogg Paid Tribute to Michael Jackson in Prospect Park on Sunday

Photo via the Rap-Up​Though Michael Jackson's 52nd birthday would've fallen on this past Sunday, his music was pretty much the official soundtrack for the whole weekend in Prospect Park, blasting out of vendor trucks and ballfields, picnics and stereo-mounted bikes--pretty much everything with ... More >>

Week in Review: You Rejected the Youth

Goodbye to all that. Photo by Sam Horine.​In the week one of our team successfully transitioned into the "expert" phase of her juggalo fascination, the rest of us just kind of got silly. Hence: the top ten songs named "Fuck You" or the immediate equivalent; Jay-Z's ten most shameful rock and r ... More >>

Q&A: DJ Spinna on Michael Jackson, Whose Music He Will Be Playing for You and Spike Lee This Weekend

courtesy DJ SpinnaSpinna, as a little boy holding the Jackson 5 LP Get it Together Michael Jackson would've turned 52 this Sunday. Undoubtedly many parties shall be thrown around the globe in his honor, but MJ's spirit will most likely be floating over Prospect Park for Spike Lee's second annual Br ... More >>

ONE MORE CHANCE

Get down for the King of Pop

REACH OUT AND TOUCH FAITH

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The Real Michael Jackson vs. "the Jewish Jacko": Who Will Win?

via The New York Post​Probably you've heard about the Jewish Michael Jackson by now. If you haven't, you can catch up on the details (here, here, here...and here). But stay with us for a quick summary: He's an Orthodox Jew named Michoel Streicher who was sentenced yesterday to at least a year ... More >>

Are All Celebs Compensating For Bad Childhoods?

​You know the drill: A child has self-aggrandizing parents (Lindsay Lohan) or a demeaning mother (Barbra Streisand) or an abusive father (Michael Jackson) or tons of distracting siblings (Madonna), and it's because of all that Freudian jazz--whether directly or indirectly--that the child ends ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Estate Signs $250 Million Contract With Sony, Thus Beating Jay-Z By $100 Million In Establishing the Most Absurdly Lucrative Deal, Ever

Image Courtesy of: Jean-Marc Giboux/Liaison​$250 million is by far the record for a recording artist, living or dead--the closest thing, Jay-Z's $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation, isn't really anywhere close. The fact that Jackson isn't alive to fulfill the contract is incidental--the ... More >>

Brooklyn to Get the Michael Jackson-Themed Subway Mural It Tenuously Deserves

Photo via alexrheadrick's photostream​Can't wait to hear what angry NY GOP Congressman Peter King will have to say about newly revealed plans to dedicate a memorial to Michael Jackson at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, where Martin Scorcese once directed the "Bad" video. Last year, City Council ... More >>

Michael Jackson Autopsy Reveals Thin Hair, Closed Bottle of Urine

​The Michael Jackson autopsy report is out, and reveals only a few heretofore unknown details. For instance, scene investigators found "near the foot of the bed... a closed bottle of urine atop a chair." TMZ contacts Dr. Arnold Klein, a former member of Jackson's medical team, who explains, "T ... More >>

Michael Jackson and the Endless Summer of Death

What the King of Pop left behind, and what he took with him

Help Me Explain The Jay Leno Situation

​So lantern-jawed funnyman Jay Leno's experiment in prime time is officially as dead as his Michael Jackson jokes, and the linked report attempts to provide some background on the wherefore of it all. It claims, "The network says Jay's show performed as it anticipated, but it presented issue ... More >>

Who's The Best Child Star of All Time?

​Abigail Breslin made a spectacular child star at age 10 in the Oscar winning Little Miss Sunshine, and she's now onto a full-fledged career as an adolescent, making even more movies than La Streep and heading to Broadway in a Miracle Worker revival that could turn her into the new Patty Duke. ... More >>

Why Exactly Is Spike Lee's Video For Michael Jackson's "This Is It" Only Surfacing Now?

So why is the Spike Lee-directed video for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" arriving now, in the holiday media doldrums, instead of October, when the song was first released, or a few weeks after that, when the movie named after the track finally came out? Perhaps because of the controversy that the ... More >>

Michael Jackson Saves Slow News Day with FBI Kid Sex, Death Threat Files

​It's Christmas Eve's Eve's Eve and we got nothing, so thank Santa for the Freedom of Information Act, which got the FBI to release documents showing that the feds were looking into Michael Jackson's life, particularly the parts spent with young boys. Now we can relive the magic all over again ... More >>

Bid on Michael Jackson's "Swarovski Crystal Gemmed Stage Worn Socks" Tomorrow in Times Square

​Also available: "A painting of Charlie Chaplin done in the hand of Michael Jackson at the age of 9 years old," the acoustic guitar he played on the set of the The Wiz, "chocolate from Jackson's wedding to Lisa Marie Presley," and other memorabilia of the same disturbingly bodily ilk. Tomorrow ... More >>

Michael Jackson's This Is It Sells 373,000 Copies, Is #1

​So if you're following along: Michael Jackson's Number Ones is already on pace to have a shot at becoming 2009's bestselling record; This Is It, the film, has done $103 million in ticket sales and counting; and now the documentary's companion record has debuted with 373,000 copies sold, "the ... More >>

Michael Jackson Documentary, Redux: This Is It

King of pop, meet the man who made High School Musical

Why Michael Jackson Never Married Liz Taylor

​So I'm finally through with Mackenzie Phillips's book, which got a little dull when she cleaned up, and I'm now on to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's The Michael Jackson Tapes, in which the self-promoting spiritual authority lays out his transcribed 2000-2001 conversations with the noseless king of p ... More >>

It's Something, Alright: Stream Michael Jackson's "This Is It"

How we're meant to take a new Michael Jackson song so thoroughly disconnected from any intelligible context relating to the man, his life, his music, etc.--i.e., anything but his death and subsequent (re) deification--well, who knows. This is it, as it were. Slated for the October 28th theatrical ... More >>

Pay Homage to the King of Pop at the Church of Michael Jackson

​Not sure what the "life and teachings of Michael Jackson" were, exactly, but the Cult of Michael Jackson--a shadowy organization whose first commandment is "You shall have no other pop Gods or Kings before MJ"--promises to reveal them at a chapel they're opening in Williamsburg. The artist Ru ... More >>

News Roundup: Jay-Z, Them Crooked Vultures, Grizzly Bear/Michael McDonald, Michael Jackson

​ --Jay-Z held a formal news conference yesterday to discuss plans for his upcoming Answer the Call September 11th benefit show at Madison Square Garden. Sitting beside Governor Patterson, Jay remembered September 11, 2001, the day the original Blueprint was released, and the days that followe ... More >>

Thousands Attend Michael Jackson Birthday Event in Prospect Park

Despite sometimes disagreeable weather, thousands showed up in Prospect Park on Saturday for Spike Lee's birthday tribute to Michael Jackson. Borough President Marty Markowitz proclaimed August 29th "Michael 'King of Pop' Jackson Memorial Day." "It was great to see so many people out without anyth ... More >>

Live: Spike Lee Throws Michael Jackson One Hell Of A Birthday Party In Prospect Park

Pix by Puja Patel, many more below Thousands of people flooded Prospect Park Saturday afternoon for Michael Jackson's 51st birthday party. Hosted by Spike Lee (who worked on the "They Don't Really Care About Us" video), the five-hour event, held together by an epic, all-MJ set from Brooklyn's DJ Sp ... More >>

So How Did My Singing Gig Go?

​You may recall that the other night, I was all set to belt out a Michael Jackson medley at Hear Me Roar!, a benefit for the Sylvia Project, which helps LGBTQ youth. So how did it go? Record contract? Death threats? Both? Well, people laughed all through the performance--but it was OK nonethe ... More >>

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?

NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?

NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?

NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way

Michael Jackson Was Murdered

​The AP is reporting that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide. Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered the propofol that likely killed the singer, is "the target of a manslaughter probe headed by Los Angeles police," according to the repo ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Death Ruled a Homicide: All of Us Indicted

Now that it's been revealed that the L.A. coroner found Michael Jackson had died of a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol, and that his death constitutes a homicide, instead of pointing fingers it's time we all took a hard look at ourselves, and considered: did we ask too much from Michael, and ... More >>

Spike Lee Is Throwing Michael Jackson A Birthday Party

​This one pretty much can't miss. Jackson, who is set to be buried on his birthday out in Glendale, California, will get a NYC birthday send-off as well--Spike Lee is throwing a block party in his honor at Fort Greene Park. From 12pm-5pm, DJ Spinna will play Jackson jams exclusively, which is ... More >>

I'm Singing Michael Jackson Songs!

​Oy vey, I've gotten hooked into performing at the Hear Me Roar! Project benefit for Sylvia's Place this Thursday August 20 at 6 at Bowery Poetry Club. I don't have an act, having worn out Suzanne Somers's poetry book as if it were a raunchy bottom, so out of desperation, I'm going to dig back ... More >>