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Up until 2003, Los Angeles band the Black Eyed Peas was a fledgling hip-hop act best known for its impressive dance moves and feel-good beats.
But with the addition of Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, BEP transformed into a sleek pop hit machine, churning out a seemingly endless stream of hit singles, which culminated with a record-breaking run [...]

Sony Pictures Entertainment, in conjunction with Sony Music Entertainment, today announced that the first 24-hours of pre-sales activity for Michael Jackson’s This Is It has resulted in record-breaking sales throughout the world as fans secure the first tickets to the two-week, limited engagement of the highly-anticipated motion picture.
With reports still coming in from nations around [...]

Janet Jackson will wear only black colored clothes for a year to mourn the death of her brother/singer Michael Jackson, sources say.
The singer had the dark color on, when she did a rendition of the King of pop’s 1995 hit duet Scream at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month.
“Janet, like the rest of [...]

Michael Jackson’s mother is receiving $86,804 per month from her son’s estate to support herself and her three grandchildren, according to court records released Thursday.
Katherine Jackson is one of the primary beneficiaries of her son’s estate along with the late pop singer’s three young children and unnamed charities.
Over the course of a year, Jackson’s mother [...]

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Janet Jackson will kick off the show Sunday night with a tribute to her late brother. Michael Jackson’s death on June 25 was soon followed by the BET Awards (where Janet Jackson also appeared), but the King of Pop was more closely aligned with MTV, the music network.
Though MTV dragged its feet at first in [...]

Singer had already started work with Jackson on songs
R Kelly has said he is planning to complete work on a series of collaborations he started work on with Michael Jackson prior to his death on June 25.
The singer told Black Voices that he had worked on five songs with Jackson, and was adamant that they [...]

Paris Jackson got her first haircut in Las Vegas over the weekend, but the 11-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson didn’t fully part ways with her locks.
According to the Daily Mail (UK) reports that after Paris Jackson’s haircut, her security team gathered up every last hair and put it in a plastic bag.
The reason? To ensure [...]

“Year of the Gentleman” Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo has forged an endorsement agreement with Macy’s Alfani Red!
A private line dedicated to contemporary style, Macy’s Alfani Red follows recent agreements with Eva Mendes and Usher.
Talking up the line at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion Tuesday, Ne-Yo stood next to promotional images shot by Walter Chin in [...]

A global tribute to Michael Jackson on the grounds of a 17th century palace in Vienna will be held Sept. 26, and Jackson’s brother Jermaine will announce the concert lineup soon, organizers said Wednesday.
World Awards Media GmbH, the event promoters, said Jermaine Jackson would unveil details at a Vienna news conference later this month.
The promoters [...]

Michael Jackson products could start appearing on store shelves, cell phones, even in X-Box add-ons if a judge signs off on a merchandising deal.
The current administrators of the singer’s estate have presented several proposed contracts to a probate judge for approval. The agreements offer a taste of how the King of Pop may be sold [...]

The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality Monday during a lengthy court hearing, with his mother placed firmly in charge of rearing his children and the two men he designated still at the reins of his financial empire.
As a media frenzy buzzed outside, a surprise motion from Jackson’s longtime [...]

There’s a new player in the custody battle for Michael Jackson’s three children. Their aunt Janet Jackson is said to have bonded so closely with Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, and 7-year-old Prince Michael II (aka Blanket) that now she is very much interested in raising them as well, according to MSNBC.com. Their grandmother, [...]

Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, speaks at her father’s memorial service.

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It was not spectacular, extravagant or bizarre. There were songs and tears but little dancing. Instead, Michael Jackson’s memorial was a somber, spiritual ceremony that reached back for the essence of the man.
Singer, dancer, superstar, humanitarian: That was how the some 20,000 people gathered inside the Staples Center arena on Tuesday, and untold millions watching [...]