We’ve got the “official” line-up for the Michael Jackson Tribute being held in Vienna, Austria on September 26th. Taking part in the event are Mary J. Blige , Natalie Cole, Sister Sledge, the Boygroup US5, girlfriend beater Chris Brown and Angela Bassett. Others are still being confirmed. Looks like an….inneresting line-up. But, doesn’t Chris Brown have some physical labor to do rather than jet-setting to Vienna? The big question is whether or not Jermaine Jackson will follow thru with his promise of big names like Madonna , U2 , Robbie Williams , and Whitney Houston .

The Sound Before You Make It, a museum inspired display relating to Michael Jackson created in 2005 by Australian artists David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton. The sound before you make it, 2005, kinetic sculpture, (video, 8 second loop). Wood, plastic, paint, motor, strobe light, sensor, sound sampled from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video (1983) “Remixing a scene from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, this work employs the technology of the zoetrope; animating three-dimensional figures via the sequencing

Celebrity activist, well not really a celebrity……But The Rev. Al Sharpton was first seen with actress LisaRaye McCoy-Misick arriving at the NAACP Theatre Awards on August 31st.Then the pair were seen arriving and sitting together at Michael Jackson’s burial service on Thursday September 3 (as below).

Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current British music charts. Chart highlights: The British love nostalgia, but who would have imagined that the number 2 album in September 2009 would be made up of recordings up to 70 years old. Only the Arctic Monkeys could keep a compilation album by 92-year-old Vera Lynn off the top of the British Album charts. Last week, Lynn set the record for the oldest living artist to ever make the top 20 and now she is challenging for number 1, all with an album of World War II classics like We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover .

Filed under: Michael Jackson Katherine Jackson and other members of her family are angry at Jermaine over the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna — this according to various sources.Members of the Jackson family along with others connected with the event claim Katherine …PermalinkRead more

Janet Jackson to play the Grinch

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