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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.

Michael Jackson tells Rabbi Shmuley Boteach he’s repulsed by his appearance in more audio tapes released on NBC’s Today Show, 9/29/09.

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 [...]

A single recorded to accompany Michael Jackson’s intended ‘This Is It’ concert series in London will now be released with the film of the same name.
“It sounds awesome. The size and scope of the orchestra hasn’t been seen since Ray Charles recorded Georgia,” a source told Britain’s Mirror.
Joining Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ film, which is [...]

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 [...]

Plans for a Vienna tribute concert honoring Michael Jackson have been dealt a blow, with singers Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Natalie Cole not expected to perform, despite efforts by the late pop star’s brother, Jermaine, to organize the event.
In Berlin, Jermaine Jackson and organizers on Thursday played down the lack of confirmed big [...]

A search warrant affidavit just released from the search of Michael Jackson’s home says “tar heroin in a bag” was found in Jackson’s bedroom on June 26.

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Meet the real Joe Jackson — beyond the rumors, beyond the stereotypes, beyond the usual answers to the typical questions.
In a joint NewsOne/TVOne exclusive, Joe Jackson reveals more than ever before of himself and his relationship with his late son Michael. Joe Jackson talks candidly with NewsOne’s Smokey Fontaine about:

… the young man, Omer Bhatti, [...]

Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Ne-Yo shocked fans last night when he began to cry while on stage during a concert in Manchester, UK. Apparently, the crooner had been onstage for about an hour and just completed his rendition of Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall,’ before calling it quits due to illness.
The seemingly confused crowd cheered — [...]

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, [...]

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Due the the recent success of the Coast 2 Coast/DJ NoPhrillz Michael Jackson Tribute Mixtape, we have decided to go back in! This time NoPhrillz brings you a 100% mixed masterpiece composed of everyone’s favorite legendary artists so we can [...]