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Groening: Michael Jackson Made Early Simpsons Cameo
After 27 Years, Groening
Confirms Simpsons Rumor
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 2, 2018 2:15 PM CDT

After 27 Years, Groening Confirms Simpsons Rumor

He says Michael Jackson was in 1991 episode

(Newser) - Simpsons creator Matt Groening has confirmed a fan rumor that has been circulating for 27 years: Leon Kompowsky is Michael Jackson. Groening told Australian chat show The Weekly this week that the King of Pop ended up voicing the character, a psychiatric patient convinced he is Michael Jackson, after Jackson...

Estate, Sony Cleared in Lawsuit Over Odd Michael Jackson Theory

That doesn't mean anything has been resolved over whether vocals are actually Jackson

(Newser) - The Michael Jackson estate and Sony Music have been cleared in the lawsuit filed over allegedly faked vocals on the King of Pop's posthumously released album, Michael, but that doesn't mean anything has been confirmed as to the authenticity of the songs. In the class-action suit filed by...

New Development in an Odd Michael Jackson Theory

Did the King of Pop really sing the vocals on all of the songs on 'Michael'?

(Newser) - Did Michael Jackson really sing lead vocals on three songs released on his first posthumous album, Michael? It's a question some have been asking since the album dropped in 2010, and statements made this week by record label Sony haven't exactly assuaged fans. The Guardian has the backstory...

History's Best-Selling Album Is a Greatest Hits Collection

The Eagles have given Michael Jackson the boot

(Newser) - The Eagles' greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson's Thriller to become history's best-selling album of all-time. The Recording Industry Association of America told the AP on Monday that the Eagles' album—Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975—is now certified 38x platinum, which means sales and streams of...

Sam Smith Disses Michael Jackson, Does Not Go Over Well

26-year-old singer caught on video saying he wasn't a fan

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's fans wanna be startin' something with Sam Smith after an online post showed him dissing the King of Pop. People reports the British singer was recently kicking back on a boat with American Idol finalist Adam Lambert and other friends when Lambert started recording their conversation, at...

The World Is Getting a Michael Jackson Musical

It's expected to hit Broadway in 2020

(Newser) - The King of Pop is the latest celebrity to get his own Broadway musical. A show inspired by Michael Jackson's life is in the works and expects to hit the Great White Way in 2020, according to the Hollywood Reporter . The biographical musical's score, of course, will be...

Paris Jackson Scrubs Graffiti From Father's Hollywood Star

Michael Jackson's Walk of Fame star was tagged

(Newser) - Paris Jackson has shared a photo of herself cleaning graffiti left on her father's Hollywood star. Per USA Today , the 20-year-old model posted a shot of herself on hands and knees scrubbing the Walk of Fame tribute to late performer Michael Jackson, who died nine years ago this...

Michael Jackson Avenue Causes Confusion in Detroit

King of Pop won't have a street named after him after all

(Newser) - It seems the late King of Pop won't get a street named after him in Motown, at least not at this point, the AP reports. The Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday that a ceremony planned for Friday for Michael Jackson Avenue has been cancelled. The newspaper says Jackson's...

Jackson&#39;s &#39;Tilt&#39; Requires Special Shoes, Killer Abs
Michael Jackson's
Magical Tilt Isn't
So Magical
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
May 27, 2018 1:30 PM CDT

Michael Jackson's Magical Tilt Isn't So Magical

Special shoes and a really strong core are needed, say neurosurgeons

(Newser) - Medical researchers apparently unaware that one should never reveal a magician's trick have pulled back the veil on a seemingly impossible dance move by Michael Jackson. The singer's gravity-defying 45-degree tilt, in which he leaned forward while keeping his body straight and shoes flat on the floor, first...

5 Years Later, The Onion Responds to Michael Cohen

Satirical site would love to take him up on his demand for a chat

(Newser) - Back in 2013, Michael Cohen wrote an email to the Onion complaining about a satirical item written about his biggest client, Donald Trump. In the email, Cohen demanded an apology, threatened legal action, and asked the editor at the time to contact Cohen "immediately to discuss." The Onion ...

This Year&#39;s Top-Earning Dead Celebs
This Year's
Top-Earning
Dead Celebs
Oct 31, 2017 8:33 AM CDT

This Year's Top-Earning Dead Celebs

Michael Jackson earned $75M in last 12 months: 'Forbes'

(Newser) - Celebrities aren't any less mortal than the rest of us, but their earning power can be. Forbes takes a look at the highest-paid dead celebrities of the past year, measuring pretax income as of Oct. 15. Among those included is a celeb who died this month—and another who...

Jury Sides With Quincy Jones in Michael Jackson Lawsuit

Singer's estate has to pay producer $9.4M

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's estate owes Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and production fees from "Billie Jean," ''Thriller," and more of the superstar's biggest hits, a jury found Wednesday. The award from a Los Angeles Superior Court jury fell short of the $30...

Neverland Ranch Back on Market, for $33M Less

Michael Jackson's old abode could be yours for $67M

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is back on the market with an asking price of $67 million, the AP reports. The 2,700-acre property near Santa Barbara, Calif., has been renamed Sycamore Valley Ranch. The listed price represents a significant cut from the $100 million it was on the market...

Paris Jackson Says Michael Was Murdered
Paris Jackson
Describes
Growing Up
With Michael
new interview
Jan 24, 2017 10:38 AM CST

Paris Jackson Describes Growing Up With Michael

And says she believes he was murdered

(Newser) - Paris Jackson, now 18, gives an extensive and candid cover interview to Rolling Stone in which she describes what it was like to grow up with Michael Jackson as her father—and what she thinks really happened to him. "It's obvious" that he was murdered, she says. "...

Another Michael Jackson Movie Makes Better Casting Choice

Michael Jackson impersonator will play the King of Pop

(Newser) - Just as Sky Arts pulled a controversial Michael Jackson TV special starring white actor Joseph Fiennes as the King of Pop, Lifetime announced that it is working on its own Jackson tribute film. In casting its Jackson, the network "[got] right what Sky Arts got wrong," Vanity Fair...

Network Pulls Show Starring White Guy as Michael Jackson

Sky says it 'never intended to cause any offense'

(Newser) - An episode of a TV series in which a white British guy posed as Michael Jackson—called a "nightmare" by some and "shameful" by Jackson's own daughter —won't see the light of day. Sky says the episode of Urban Myths, in which Joseph Fiennes portrays...

Here's How Paris Jackson Feels About White Guy Playing Her Dad

'Shameful'

(Newser) - In case you were wondering how Paris Jackson feels about a white British guy playing her father , well ... she is not a fan. Michael Jackson podcast The MJCast , which had previously called for a boycott of Joseph Fiennes-starring Urban Myths, tweeted at Paris Wednesday asking for her thoughts. She didn'...

Trailer Is Out for Show Starring White Guy as Michael Jackson

Joseph Fiennes stars as the King of Pop in TV special

(Newser) - Behold, white British actor Joseph Fiennes playing black American King of Pop Michael Jackson. You can do just that now that the first trailer is out for the TV special in which Fiennes as Jackson, Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor, and Brian Cox as Marlon Brando depict a road trip...

Madonna Casually Discusses Kissing Michael Jackson
Madonna Casually
Discusses Kissing
Michael Jackson
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Dec 8, 2016 10:36 AM CST

Madonna Casually Discusses Kissing Michael Jackson

Reveals relationship to James Corden on 'Carpool Karaoke'

(Newser) - During her appearance on " Carpool Karaoke " Wednesday night, Late Late Show host James Corden asked Madonna what it was like to be friends with Michael Jackson. "So you want me to kiss and tell, then?" Madonna replied, and then "Of course. Of course. Of course,"...

2016's Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities

Michael Jackson tops Forbes' list with $825M in earnings

(Newser) - They may have gone to the great beyond, but these celebrities are still raking it in. Topping Forbes' list of the highest-paid celebrities dead or alive is Michael Jackson, who raked in $825 million this year. The King of Pop's pre-tax windfall came largely thanks to his then-controversial purchase...

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