michael jackson
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If You've Ever Wanted to Know Michael Jackson's Story From the Perspective of His Glove, You're in Luck
For years, we’ve been asking Annie if she’s okay, but I think it’s time to ask Johnny—Depp, that is. Through his company, Infinitum Nihil, the actor is producing a stage play about the life of Michael Jackson, from the perspective of his famous glittery glove. Yes, that is a factual sentence that exists in real…
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A Michael Jackson Biopic Is Coming and the Estate Authorized Use of the King of Pop's Music
There are two films chronicling Michael Jackson’s life that always seems to cause discussion in the black community: the amazing miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream and whatever Flex Alexander was doing in Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. Well, it looks like we’re about to get yet another Michael Jackson biopic, which…
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Ain’t Too Proud Showstopper Ephraim Sykes to Play Michael Jackson on Broadway
So you wanna be startin’ somethin’? You got to to be starting something! Broadway has crowned its King of Pop. Ephraim Sykes will portray Michael Jackson in the upcoming MJ The Musical, which will premiere on the Great White Way next summer. “My ACTUAL wildest dream is coming true,” Sykes wrote on Instagram about the…
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Ummm, So About That Michael Jackson Episode of The Simpsons… Don't Expect to Find It on Disney+
Disney+ is all of 48 hours old and has already suffered its first casualty. As Staff Writer Tonja Renée Stidhum reported on Tuesday, the newly launched streaming service might be brimming with nostalgia and “outdated cultural depictions”, but one thing you won’t find on there is the infamous “Stark-Raving Dad” episode of The Simpsons that…
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Eddie Murphy Says He Was Too Busy Recording 'Party All the Time' to Join Star-Studded 'We Are the World' Tribute
You don’t get to Eddie Murphy’s station in life—revered stand-up comic, Hollywood leading man, and occasional crooner—without having a firm understanding of your priorities. But even Murphy has his share of regrets and what if’s, including missing out on recording the star-studded charity single, “We Are the World.” Filming a live segment of The Jimmy…
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The Force Don’t Stop: Michael Jackson Musical, MJ, Still Coming to Broadway
It’s back on like popcorn. A musical on the life of Michael Jackson in his heyday originally called Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, has morphed—like Jackson did many, many times in his life—into MJ. It’s scheduled to hit Broadway in the summer of 2020, according to Playbill. A spokesman for the show announced the…
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I Am Still a Part of the Rhythm Nation 30 Years Later and That's Alright With Me
I recently saw a Billboard article that ranked every song on Janet Jackson’s fourth studio album, 1989’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (we’ll just call it Rhythm Nation from here on out)—though I’m sure most folks think it’s her second album after her landmark album, 1986’s Control—and thought to myself that I could never do…
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10 Thoughts About the Upcoming 'A Night with Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour'
1. I could understand a Las Vegas residency for “A Night with Whitney.” What happens there, rightly stays there, so it makes sense. Yes, that’s a non-sequitur. But so is ‘Whitney was popular let’s make her a ghost and tour her.’ I’ve been to Vegas and seen things that I have not seen anywhere else,…
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Did Dave Chappelle Use Those Sticks & Stones to Build Himself a Lazy 'Shock Value' Box?
Dave Chappelle doesn’t really give a fuck what people think. Wait, let me reword that—he does give enough of a fuck to respond to his critics with a one-hour comedy special, but after he says his piece, you can kiss his entire black ass. And that’s that on that. In fact, he began his latest…