Let me make something very clear: Michael Jackson's 3D short film, Captain Eo, which used to be an attraction at Disneyland's Epcot Center, is easily one of the best 3D short films from an international pop sensation featuring smoke machines... CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: CHILDREN DO NOT WANT TO SEE CAPTAIN EO»
Posted on November 17, 2009 in
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Tags: 3D | Captain Eo | Children | Death | Michael Jackson | Musicals | Space
When someone says "hey, we are going to broadcast a live Michael Jackson seance on TV," you assume that it is going to be hilarious and ridiculous. What else could it be? Serious and important? No. But OMG, the reality... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL JACKSON SEANCE SOMEHOW MORE HILARIOUS AND RIDICULOUS THAN YOU COULD HAVE IMAGINED»
Posted on November 10, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Michael Jackson | Nope | OMG | Seance
Guys, I don't want to bum you out, but Michael Jackson is dead. Forever. Now, I'm not trying to be a downer. I understand how comforting it can be to believe that there is something waiting for us on... CONTINUE READING IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A MICHAEL JACKSON SEANCE, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF»
Posted on November 5, 2009 in
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Tags: Death | Ghosts | Heaven | Michael Jackson | Seance
Everyone is posting their reviews of Michael Jackson's This Is It today. You can find the reviews using google.com. Elizabeth Taylor loved the movie so much she Twittered about it (the highest form of admiration?). Fair enough. And thus ends... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM'S ONLY THIS IS IT POST»
Posted on October 28, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Elizabeth Taylor | Michael Jackson | Movie Reviews | This Is It
You probably already saw this clip since it was everywhere yesterday, and I promise never to ever be on an airplane again* so that you do not have to suffer the indignity of seeing something posted a few hours later... CONTINUE READING HARRY CONNICK JR. + AUSTRALIAN BLACKFACE = ERACISM»
Posted on October 8, 2009 in
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Tags: Australia | Blackface | Eracism | Harry Connick Jr. | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Jackson Jive | Michael Jackson | Racism
The best part about the official Michael Jackson lithograph (endorsed by the American Historic Society*) is that after you've hung it up in a prominent place in your otherwise art-free home, you can do almost anything in that room.... CONTINUE READING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON»
Posted on August 4, 2009
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Tags: Death | Michael Jackson | Posters
A website called Eternal Moonwalk featuring thousands of people moonwalking in tribute to Michael Jackson is admittedly quite charming and mesmerizing. (Let us just hope that there is no website called Eternal Being A Creep Around Children With Diet Coke... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL JACKSON HAS ENTERED THE MAINFRAME AND BECOME PURE ENERGY»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Michael Jackson
Says this terrible video from US Weekly that is grim and doesn't need to exist and my sincerest apologies, in advance, to your eyes. His head was on fire for a really long time. Someone get the :( extinguisher. According... CONTINUE READING PEPSI COLA MURDERED MICHAEL JACKSON»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Cola | Horrible Accidents | Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson may be gone, but with our help his most important accomplishment can live on. Sign here. ... CONTINUE READING A PETITION TO RE-RELEASE CAPTAIN EO IN DISNEY PARKS»
Posted on July 9, 2009 in
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Tags: Captain Eo | Disneyland | Michael Jackson
We can argue all week about whether or not the media's reaction to Michael Jackson's death has been overly sensationalized and deeply disingenuous, and I'm sure that if the media has its way we will, but one thing we cannot... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL JACKSON PARKING LOT»
Posted on July 8, 2009 in
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Tags: Michael Jackson | Superfans
Dear Corey Feldman, I need your help. Can you please make this whole Michael Jackson thing be over now? Obviously, Michael Jackson meant a lot to millions of people. But the media frenzy over his death seems both hyperbolic and... CONTINUE READING AN OPEN LETTER TO COREY FELDMAN»
Posted on July 7, 2009 in
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Tags: Corey Feldman | Costumes | Enough Already | Funerals | Michael Jackson
It seems like the whole world has stopped. And sure, the speeches are over, and Andy Milonakis has already performed, but they are only just wheeling the solid gold coffin out of the Staples Center now, so it doesn't... CONTINUE READING OK, I GIVE UP, MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL OPEN THREAD (RIGHT ON TIME)»
Posted on July 7, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Heaven | Michael Jackson
On CNN right now. Or watch this video of Michael Jackson and Brett Ratner dancing to R. Kelly in a rented car.... CONTINUE READING WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL»
Posted on July 7, 2009 in
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Tags: Brett Ratner | CNN | Dancing | Funerals | Heaven | Michael Jackson | R. Kelly
MTV has compiled a memorial list entitled "Michael Jackson And 10 Classic Movie Moments That Would Not Exist Without Him". Sure. Although any list that includes "the Rush Hour series," Scary Movie 3, and 13 Going On 30 is using... CONTINUE READING BUILDING THEM UP TO TEAR THEM DOWN»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in
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Tags: Michael Jackson
What does all of this mean for the future of Dave Hill's web series Little Michael Jackson and Me?... CONTINUE READING HERE IS A QUESTION I HAVE (UNDERSTANDABLY) NOT HEARD ASKED»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Dave Hill | Michael Jackson
I know that this reporter is just trying to put food on his family, and it's not like he comes down to the drunk heckler's work and knocks the basket of chili-cheese-fries soaked in half a spilled beer with three... CONTINUE READING FUCKING WITH REPORTERS IS NEVER NOT FUNNY»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Assault | Bloopers | Drunk People | Michael Jackson | Violence
There's a disturbing new trend emerging, you guys. It appears a lot of people are committing suicide after learning of the death of Michael Jackson. Now, I know that this is easier said than done, but how about people don't... CONTINUE READING HEY YOU GUYS, HOW ABOUT LET'S NOT KILL OURSELVES BECAUSE OF MICHAEL JACKSON»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Death | Michael Jackson | Suicide
In the outpouring of reminiscences about Michael Jackson's life and career over the past few days, it has been mostly overlooked that in 1989, he built a private celebrity menagerie, and he put all of the celebrities in there so... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL JACKSON'S 1989 CELEBRITY MENAGERIE»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Michael Jackson
It was reported last week that a scene from Bruno in which Sacha Baron Cohen interviewed an unsuspecting (isn't she always?) Latoya Jackson, was being temporarily cut just hours before the Los Angeles premiere. Oh, sorry, quick bit of background... CONTINUE READING HOW LONG UNTIL THE LATOYA JACKSON SCENE FROM BRUNO LEAKS?»
Posted on June 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Bruno | Deleted Scenes | Latoya Jackson | Michael Jackson | Sacha Baron Cohen
Michael Jackson died yesterday, RIP 4 Real, which is when Twitter did what Twitter does worst: go completely crazy. Look, I understand that people want to get the word out there, but there's something about Twitter's implication that everyone is... CONTINUE READING GO TO BED, TWITTER, IT IS YOUR BEDTIME»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in
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Tags: Iran | Michael Jackson | Twitter
Oh no, Michael Jackson died! Meanwhile, Sacha Baron Cohen, as Bruno, appeared on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night to promote his upcoming movie, Bruno. While the debate about the movie's moral responsibility continues to RAGE on*, I... CONTINUE READING BRUNO PUTS HIS BALLS IN CONAN O'BRIEN'S LAP»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in
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Tags: Bruno | Conan O'Brien | Homophobia | Homosexuals | Michael Jackson | Sacha Baron Cohen | The Tonight Show
This elaborate, cool, and totally charming lip dub video of "Thriller" made by French community college students is just about the happiest thing on the internet this week. If you don't crack a smile, you're weird: Having never been to... CONTINUE READING "THRILLER" LIP DUB PROVES FRENCH PEOPLE HAVE MORE FUN»
Posted on October 22, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Lip Synching | Michael Jackson | Thriller
Last night the Tribeca Film Festival celebrated the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller with a drive-in screening and dance party. NY Mag has video from the event. Um, maybe it was my state of mind (let's go with "overtired... CONTINUE READING SAY WHAT, SUE SIMMONS? THE ZOMBIES ARE COMING?»
Posted on April 25, 2008 in
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Tags: Michael Jackson | Sue Simmons | Thriller | Zombies
I'm excited for Harmony Korine's Mr. Lonely. After everyone's favorite After School Special about ecstasy-fueled rape, Kids, I had every expectation of hating anything Harmony Korine ever touched, but I had to admit that Gummo was one of the best... CONTINUE READING THE 5 MICHAEL JACKSON IMPERSONATORS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN MISTER LONELY»
Posted on April 21, 2008 in
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Tags: Harmony Korine | Michael Jackson | Mister Lonely