Michael Jackson Death

Michael Jackson Interview From "Bad" Music Video Set Unearthed (VIDEO)

Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Hulu has unearthed a never-before-seen interview with Michael Jackson on the set of the music video for "Bad." The interviews features behind-the-sce...

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Unpacking the Michael Jackson Commemorative Plate

Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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Mark Blankenship

It's hard to imagine another living entertainer whose death will provoke this kind of weirdly honorific merchandising.

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O'Reilly Debates Michael Jackson & Race: 'You Don't Become An African-American Icon By Bleaching Your Face, Having White Kids' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

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Last night Bill O'Reilly voiced astonishment at a Pew study showing black Americans to be much more engaged in the coverage of Michael Jackson's death...

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Donny Deutsch: Jackson Mourners "Crying In The Streets That Don't Know Him... Need To Get A Life"

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

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Despite claiming that he didn't want to be a "cold-hearted guy," CNBC's Donny Deutsch came off as just that when he harshly criticized all the media a...

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Congressman King vs. The King of Pop: The Worst of Us vs. Our Better Angels

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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Kimberly Krautter

The very troubling issue of concierge doctors who enable drug abuse and addiction among celebrities and the wealthy will hopefully remain in focus.

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I'm Starting With The Man In The... Front Row

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy

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Giulia Rozzi

How many of us out there have the courage like Franck to shamelessly love something so openly, so passionately, so hysterically? What an inspiration.

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Sending Off Somebody's Brother -- Thoughts from Backstage at the Staples Center

David Wild | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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David Wild

The past few days, with the Jacksons and speaking about them, reminded me of something that journalism often makes us forget: there are actual people on the other side of what we write about.

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On Al Franken, Robert McNamara, and Running Against Joe Lieberman

Alec Baldwin | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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Alec Baldwin

No, I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves.

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Michael Jackson's Animals: Where Are They Now?

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

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Michael Jackson has left behind more than just his family and friends behind. The King of Pop also had an entourage of animals that he kept at his pri...

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Paris Michael Jackson, Michael's Daughter, Visits The Cemetery (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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A typically incognito Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's 11-year-old daughter, paid her last respects at a private family ceremony Mon...

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Michael Jackson's Story: Can't Beat It

Jon Chattman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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Jon Chattman

As legendary and iconic as he was and will forever be, he always got himself in some kind of trouble. Sadly, the biggest legacy he will have is the true potential he wasted when he was alive.

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Brooke Shields' Tearful Goodbye: We Made It Real (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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A teary Brooke Shields took the podium to talk about Michael Jackson, her friend since they met when she was 13. She shared old memories and said that...

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Jennifer Hudson Pregnant! Confirmed At Michael Jackson Memorial

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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There was no hiding Jennifer Hudson's baby bump Tuesday as she donned a flowy white dress at Michael Jackson's memorial service. She's reported to be ...

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Jackson's Death Once Again Shows Newspapers Are Irrelevant

Marcia Meier | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

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Marcia Meier

Every day, most newspaper headlines literally shout: We are irrelevant!

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I Remember Mama: My Memory of the Young Michael Jackson

Belva Davis | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

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Belva Davis

One small story about a single encounter with a giant superstar. These days, it's nice to remember Michael as a child, with all the sweet innocence of youth; a boy who loved his mother and just wanted a new pair of jeans.

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Finally Facing the Michael Jackson Paradox

Jim Watkins | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Jim Watkins

He was a one-in-a-billion shooting star talent. And he was sick person. Like it or not, to give an honest remembrance of Michael Jackson, both sides must be considered valid.

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Michael Jackson's Other Big Move: The Crotch-Grab

Devra Maza | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Devra Maza

It's a paradoxical move for a man who claimed he never wanted to grow up, and yet moved to prove his manhood by grabbing his, well, manhood.

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Why did Jackson Exclude Family as Executors?

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Jordan M. Atin

The disappointment felt by the Jackson family, is likely a result of the fact that Michael did not advise them of his choice of executors prior to his death.

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American Thriller

Dan Siegel | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Dan Siegel

Perhaps not. Jackson's early passing is a perfect globalized mass media storm, as it combines Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll with a healthy dose of those two basic staples of the American story: Race & Money.

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Remembering Michael Jackson -- The Man in Our Mirror

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Clarence B. Jones

Audiences are far too splintered to fall in line -- and in love -- en masse with a single recording artist today the way they could for Michael Jackson in the eighties and nineties.

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Debbie Rowe Curses, Screams At Paparazzi (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Jackson's ex-wife and baby bearer Debbie Rowe showed off her mothering sensibilities yesterday when paparazzi approached her outside of a Chin...

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Robert McNamara and America's Tragic Memory Loss

Will Bunch | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Will Bunch

Even after McNamara spelled out everything that went so horribly wrong in Vietnam, he lived long enough to see a new generation of the self-appointed "best and brightest" in Washington pay absolutely no mind to the lessons of our recent past.

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Michael Jackson Agonistes: An American Pop'era In Three Acts

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Barry Michael Cooper

I believe MJ wished his ghost to Providence a long time ago for safe-keeping, long before the first trial, because he had seen how the carrion-eaters got down while he was still in grade school.

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Networks To Show Live Jackson Memorial Coverage

AP | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television. ABC, CNN, MSNBC and ...

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Madonna Plans Michael Jackson Tribute

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 08.03.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback. The superstar is prepari...

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