I know “Thriller” was Michael Jackson’s most famous video. But do you think there’s something in bad taste about re-enacting a ZOMBIE video as a tribute to the DEAD? That’s [...]
Tags: Back from the Grave, Dance, Dance Steps, Dead, La Magia Continua, Madrid, Michael Jackson, MJ, Redo, Reenactment, Resurrection, Show, Spain, Stage, Thriller, Tribute
This one’s for our senior web producer Stan, who often laments that Asian men aren’t thought of as sex symbols in the West. Because… today’s daily band pick features my [...]
Tags: Animal Collective, Asian American, Atmospheric, Baby Monster, Berlin, Big Stereo, Danny Sternbaum, Dresden, Electronica, Eugene, European Tour, Graz, Hotties, Indie Pop, Leipzig, Marty Larson, MGMT, Michael Jackson, Munich, music video, New Music, Oregon, Phoenix, Psychedlia, Rock and Roll, South By Southwest, Sudden Symphony, SXSW, Tour Dates, U2
Saturday night’s star-studded ceremony featured some of Bollywood’s biggest acts with of course a shimmering parade down the red carpet first!
Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan [...]
Tags: 3 Idiots, A.R. Rahman, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Award show, bollywood, Boman Irani, Britney Spears, Deepika Padukone, Dev D, Fashion, Filmfare, FiraaqMahie Gill, Gauri Khan, Idea Filmfare Awards, Jacqueline Fernandes, Kalki Koechlin, Karan Johar, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Mahie Gill, Michael Jackson, Nandita Das, Paa, Rajkumar Hirani, Ranbir Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Wake up Sid
A ton (57 Total!) of YouTube artists all came together to sing a cover of the hugely talked about Michael Jackson song “We Are the World.”
Mirroring the recent celeb remake [...]
What is the polar opposite of the star-studded cover of “We Are The World”?
How about a bunch of non-celebs recording themselves via webcam, to cobble together a YouTube cover of [...]
Marketed as a movie about a boy and his love for Michael Jackson, that pitch alone did not have me running to the movie theatre to watch the movie BOY. But two minutes into the film, I knew it was the kind of quirky goodness with all the elements of heart and comedy that I would enjoy.
Tags: 1980s, Boyo, Film, Film Reviews, Indie, Maori, Michael Jackson, MJ, Movie, Napoleon Dynamite, New Zealand, One Night, Oscar, Oscars, Quirky!, Son of Rambow, Sundance, Taika Waititi, The 80's, Trailer, Two Cars
Twenty-five years ago, Lionel Richie called together the music industry’s biggest names and threw them in a room together. Cyndi Lauper rubbed shoulders with Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob [...]
Tags: A.R. Rahman, Bob Dylan, Celebrities, Earthquake, Grammy, Haiti, Hip-Hop, Jai Ho, lil Wayne, Lionel Richi, Lionel Richie, Live Aid, Los Angeles, Melanie Fiona, Michael Jackson, Natural Disaster, Quake, Quincy Jones, Rap, Recording, Recordings, We Are The World, Will.I.Am, Wyclef Jean
Read our coverage of the fashion madness on the Grammy’s redcarpet here. But now the show is starting…
Host Stephen Colbert is uncomfortable looking. Not many laughs at his opening [...]
Last year on Michael Jackson’s birthday, I left my apartment on a rainy day for Prospect Park, where Spike Lee — the legendary Black American film director — was throwing [...]
Tags: Block Party, Gary, Hooplah, Indiana, Michael Jackson, Spike Lee, This is It, Video
Japanese DJ Saitone played this “Thriller 8bit tribute mix.” The music will be released on HearJapan & iTunes on November 25th. He will play at the LAN party “Dreamhack” in [...]
Tags: 8 bit, Dreamhack, Japan, Michael Jackson, MJ, Music, Pop, Ringtones, Sweden, YouTube
These pictures are different but very similar. In internet slang, we call this phenomenon “tracing.” This is a
tracing collection that I enjoyed during my lunch today. I love this. I [...]
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Green Day open the EMAs on a rockin’ note. Dressed up like hometown heroes Tokio Hotel – think total black, with red and white accents – they looked very Germany. [...]
Last night marked the premiere of This is It, the movie you either got or didn’t get tickets for months ago because sorry, dear readers, it pre-sold out 1,600 of [...]
Tags: Adam Lambert, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Film Grosses, Jennifer Lopez, Location:USA, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, Mickey Rooney, New York, Premiere, Premiere Footage, Premieres, Previews, Red Carpet, Red Carpet Footage, Sold Out, This is It, Trailer, Will SmithOn Saturday, Michael Jackson fans the world over competed for the record. The slickest moonwalk? The most outrageously-placed single glove? Nope. It was the world’s biggest group dance. Let’s hug, [...]
Tags: Ankara, Dance, Helsinki, Michael Jackson, Moonwalks, Thrill The World, Thriller, USA, Xian
You’ve got to be the first to know this: What Canadian indie band is playing the Olympics? What did Shakira do this week? What is new in the posthumous legacy [...]
Tags: America, American Music Awards, Auction, Australia, Beth Ditto, Bob Dylan, Britain, Broken Embraces, Broken Social Scene, Canada, China, Christmas Album, Colombia, England, Heidi Klum, Iron & Wine, Joel Plaskett, Lou Sulola Samuel, Madonna, MBLAQ, Michael Jackson, New Baby, Olympics, Pavement, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Rain, Seal, Sexual Satisfaction, Shakira, UK, Wilco
At Midnight on Monday, you heard the new MJ single. And you assumed that he, the king, had written it. He was the one singing, he was the one plastered [...]
Tags: Jackson, Lawsuit, Michael Jackson, MJ, New Single, New Song, Paul Anka, Single, Song, This is It
David Bowie, Jay-Z and the Occult, Models in Paris. We’ve got it all. Sugarcoated.
1. Brit Big-shots, still making tunes: Yes! David Bowie will put out a new album! It’s from [...]
Tags: Britney Spears, Candy, Crazy Quotes, David Bowie, Dubai, Elton John, Empire of the Sun, Fashion, Fashion Week, Five Percent, France, Jay-Z, Masonic, Masons, Michael Jackson, Occult, Paris
1. Arrested! Filmmaker Roman Polanski was cuffed in Switzerland for a decades-old charge that he raped a 13-year-old girl while UK rapper Lady Sovereign was taken in for spitting at [...]
Tags: America's Best Dance Crew, Arrested, Arrests, Australia, Black Lips, Bradford Cox, Chinese, City of Life and Death, Film Festivals, Flaming Lips, Grand Prize, Italy, Jack Black, Jay-Z, Lady Sovereign, London Design Festival, Michael Jackson, Nelly Furtado, Oprah, Ozzy Osbourne, Roman Polanski, San Sebastian Film Festival, Sweden, Switzerland, This is It, Triobelesk, urination, Wavves, Wayne Coyne, We Are Heroes
A lot’s been happening in the weird world of Michael Jackson: a new single, a new movie, unveiled concert footage, a canceled tribute concert, a new dance move, and a [...]
Tags: America, Black or White, Cuba, Death, Failed Concert, fans, Film, Hitler, iPhone, Jermaine Jackson, Leak, Leaked Video, Lining up for tickets, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, Mourning, Movie, New Dance Move, New Single, Obituary, Penguin, Rabbi, Single, Tapes, The Last Waltz, This is It, Video, Vienna
1. 2PM has finally performed, sans Jaebeom. Um, but only two bandmates showed up. Meanwhile, another bandmate spoke out on his Facebook about how tough it is to weather the [...]
Tags: 2PM, America, Asian-American Women, Bad Reviews, Beijing, Buyi, Crazy, Depression Studies, Fame, Green Days, Guns & Roses, Hitler, Iggy Roundup, Iran, Israel, Jaebeom, Korea, Lebanon, Leonard Cohen, Link Roundup, Mark Jenkins, Michael Jackson, Mika, Movies, new album, Perform, Protests, Rabbi, Roundup, Stalking, Wooster Collective
