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Travis Payne and Michael Bearden, Michael Jackson’s choreographer and musical director, talk about ‘This Is It’ and working with the King of Pop.

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ series will be revamped for a special tribute concert.
According to tour organizers, the original 50-date series will be spun off to create a one time tribute show in September.
Featuring a number of top entertainers, with Madonna being considered, the show will likely take place in Los Angeles where Jackson [...]

Michael Jackson is back on top as the King of the Pop charts!
As predicted, Jackson dominates Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart with over 300,000 copies of his “Number Ones,” “Thriller” and “The Essential Michael Jackson” sold.
But it is the King of Pop’s domination of the top 10 that is most important.
According to Billboard, [...]

The BET Awards are undergoing “a total overhaul” as the show is retooled as a tribute to Michael Jackson, the network said Friday. The telecast is being lengthened, performers are being added to the lineup and additional guests are expected to attend, said Debra L. Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive of Black Entertainment Television.
“We’re adding [...]

Doctors completed an autopsy on the body of Michael Jackson on Friday but said they could not immediately establish a cause of death for the “King of Pop” as speculation centered on his use of prescription painkillers.
“The cause of death has been deferred, which means that the medical examiner has ordered additional testing such as [...]

Michael Jackson is set to turn the Kent house he’ll be renting during his London O2 Arena residency into a replica of his Neverland Ranch.
The singer has apparently told gig promoters AEG that he wants a funfair installed in the grounds of Foxbury Manor in Chistlehurst, Kent.
Other demands include a bowling alley, as the King [...]

A woman who calls herself “Billie Jean Jackson” and claims to be the mother of Michael Jackson’s son Blanket and the King of Pop’s wife has filed a complaint against the singer, asking for a whopping one billion dollars in child support, joint custody of the 6-year-old and visitation.
According to the docs, filed yesterday in [...]

The son of an Arab monarch took the King of Pop to court Monday, charging that Michael Jackson took $7 million as an advance on an album and an autobiography that he never produced.
Lawyers for Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa say their client paid Jackson expenses as an advance on the book and joint [...]

A reunion of the Jackson 5 is not quite as easy as “ABC.”
Michael Jackson denied on Thursday that he would take part in a reunion of the famed Motown singing group, a day after elder brother Jermaine said the faded pop star was on board.
“My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and [...]