Michael Jackson was desperate to change ‘weirdo narrative’: new reveal

The government wants people to separate their food and garden recycling – but bosses in Greater Manchester have concerns it could need costly new bins and collection wagons.

MJ, the Broadway musical about Michael Jackson and featuring his many hits, has recouped its initial investment, producers announced today.

EXCLUSIVE: Django Unchained and Captain Marvel star Samuel L. Jackson has been set to star in death-row drama Last Meals, joining the previously announced Boyd Holbrook (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Narcos).

Peter Andre has gushed about his "incredible" night on Saturday, 13 May, when he paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson in concert at the famous London Palladium theatre.The 50 year old star joined forces with the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra to celebrate the music of Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five at the concert.The dad of four posted a video to Instagram of him onstage singing at the event, which was taken by someone in the crowd. In the caption, Peter wrote: "Last night was incredible on so many levels. It was on my bucket list for celebrating 30 years to do this and that box is ticked.

Ciara has opened up on what it was like to work was Jackson Wang on their new song, ‘Slow’.Ciara and Jackson recently released the duet ‘Slow’, which they first performed at Weekend One of Coachella 2023. In a newly released behind-the-scenes video, the two artists spoke about their experience working with one another.“Jackson and his team sent over this amazing song called ‘Slow’.

It won’t be ignored! Fatal Attraction debuted in theaters more than three decades ago, but the critically acclaimed film remains a fan favorite.

Tom Brady is calling out a report about himself after retiring from football.

Cillian Murphy has said he was “desperate” to play a lead role for director Christopher Nolan.The actor, who plays the lead in Nolan’s upcoming historical biopic Oppenheimer, has previously played supporting roles in five of the director’s films; Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Dunkirk and Inception.Speaking to Associated Press, Murphy said: “I have always said publicly and privately to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I don’t really care about the size of the part.“But deep down, secretly, I was desperate to play a lead for him.”He added: “We have this long-standing understanding and trust and shorthand and respect.

The death of New York City subway rider and familiar Michael Jackson street impersonator Jordan Neely has been ruled a homicide, the city’s medical examiner said last night.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy’s working relationship spans nearly 20 years and counting as the filmmaker has directed the “Peaky Blinders” favorite in six movies: Three Batman films, “Inception,” “Dunkirk” and “Oppenheimer.” Notably, however, the upcoming atomic bomb drama marks Murphy’s first time headlining a Nolan picture in the lead role. Murphy stars as theoretical physicist and “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, the actor admitted he “was desperate” to lead a Nolan movie. “I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I don’t really care about the size of the part,” Murphy said. “But deep down, secretly, I was desperate to play a lead for him.”

A trove of documents that were in the possession of disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reportedly show he interacted with people who included a former Israeli prime minister, a former treasury secretary, other high-powered financiers and Woody Allen. The documents revealed Epstein's scheduled meetings with former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Emeritus Lawrence Summers, billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black and others, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Emily Longeretta The Emmy race, once again, is all about breaking through to the voters, as 2022 saw 599 scripted series air — 40 more than 2021. It’s easier said than done, especially with the amount of excellent content from comedy and dramas to limited series and shows that could qualify for multiple genres. (We’ll get to that!) The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will conside all series airing between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023. Voting runs from June 15-26, with nominations unveiled July 12. Final voting takes place Aug. 17-28, with the Sept. 18 awards ceremony broadcast on Fox. The Creative Arts Emmys will be presented in two ceremonies held on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.

Tucker Carlson’s abrupt exit from Fox News last week came after the revelation of a text message in which the host shared his views on a video in which a group of Donald Trump supporters attack an individual that Carlson calls an “Antifa kid.”

Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, are getting candid about her cancer diagnosis. In the Disney+ documentary,, the GRAMMY-winning singer breaks down the personal and intimate events in 2022 that inspired him to complete his album, . Throughout the limited docuseries, which is broken down into four parts,,, and, Sheeran and Seaborn open up about her cancer diagnosis and the effects it has had in their relationship. In episode one, Seaborn — who has remained largely out of the spotlight, details the diagnosis.

King of Horror 30 years ago. That’s what happened when Michael Jackson enlisted Stephen King to work on a short film tentatively titled “Is This Scary?” In it, the “Thriller” singer would play a man in a mansion who has to defend himself against an angry mob of townspeople accusing him of scaring their children.“People in this town felt that this person on the hill was weird and strange and scary,” says King in “Think Twice: Michael Jackson,” a new podcast available on Audible and Amazon Music. “And the kids were kinda like, ‘Yeah, we sorta dig this guy!’”But in an eerie twist, 12 days into shooting “Is This Scary?” — on Aug.

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.The coast-to-coast National Tour is set to launch August 2023 in Chicago, with a West End premiere set for March 2024 at London’s Prince Edward Theatre.Tickets are available at the Neil Simon Theatre box office and at www.ticketmaster.com. 

Janet Jackson got an apology she didn’t ask for.

Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee, turned 40 and celebrated with a party befitting the King of Pop’s pet.“He did get a cake — but it’s a special ape-healthy cake,” said Patti Ragan, founding director at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Fla., the “retirement home” where Bubbles has lived since 2005.“We frost it with mashed bananas and add a little bit of blue food coloring … and then we wrote his name in blueberries,” Ragan said. The theme, fittingly, was bubbles.“We had tubs of bubble bath.

Proud fathers! Fatal Attraction is a pretty dark show, but its stars — including Joshua Jackson and Reno Wilson — still found time to bond over how much they love their kids.