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Over 50,000 music files have been stolen from Sony Music, including all of Michael Jackson’s back catalog of released music, and a large swath of unreleased tunes and duets from the deceased King of Pop, according to Billboard, stating that hackers were responsible for the massive theft.
Dr. Conrad Murray, the lovable doctor to the stars who was bizarrely and inexplicably convicted of manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson for simply being a good doctor and pumping his patient full of potentially fatal meds for years without question due to the massive amounts of money he was being paid, has decided the his next best move would not be to accept the...
The question of the day is: If you had a $10,000 tuft of the late entertainment genius Michael Jackson's hair, what would you do with it? An online gambling site bought a small portion of hair from online memorabilia merchant Gotta Have Rock & Roll for $10,871 and plan to convert that piece of hair into none else but a roulette ball. What? You wouldn't pay 10K for a small piece of some dead...
It’s that time again, gang—Thanksgiving weekend is upon us. With the beginning of the holiday season comes a time to begin making a list of the things we are all thankful for, and we here at Beatcrave have made our own special list. A catalogue of the five musical moments that pleased us the most in 2012, our list contains such news items as a major pop band’s hiatus (thank God it...
Because the necrophilic love affair with and endless cash-ins on Michael Jackson’s death show no signs of slowing at all, it was announced this week that Michael Jackson’s estate (that shadowy organization of Jackson family members you see walking around Los Angeles saying “ch-ching ch-ching ch-ching!”) is pushing to make a Michael Jackson biopic. And you...
After an exhausting six week trial and nine hours for the jury's official decision, Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter yesterday afternoon. Michael Jackson's family are rightfully relieved; the King of Pop was prepared for his comback tour, This Is It, when Murray administered the deadly dose of propofol to Jackson without...
Over three years after Michael Jackson's untimely death and days of postponement, the trial of overdose-prescribing-physician Dr. Conrad Murray began in Los Angeles today. Initially slated to be televised (who would turn off The Ellen Show to watch a trial?), Murray's non-guilty plea to felony involuntary manslaughter was...
Well… I suppose it was bound to happen eventually… but did it have to happen this way? DID IT, AMERICA? I feel kind of like Charlton Heston at the end of Planet of the Apes… “All the time it was... we finally really did it. YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! OH, D*** YOU! GODD*** YOU ALL TO HELL!”
Ahem. Of course, I’m talking about how Katy Perry has now tied...
Because it’s been too long since his name was last dragged throughout the news, Michael Jackson’s family released a statement today, saying that they are “denying their support for a concert paying tribute to the late King of Pop scheduled for October 8th in Cardiff, Wales.”
Because enough of a spectacle wasn’t made when Michael Jackson died and we all pretended like we’d never stopped loving him since the mid-90s, Billboard reports today that Michael Jackson manslaughter trial will be—sigh—televised. This should go well. Expect subtle coverage from the cable news networks, who I’m sure will handle this situation with same deft, quiet dignity as...
Anytime a collection of rare photos of Michael Jackson hits the auction block, it's not a question of whether anyone will be interested, rather how much someone is willing plop down when the hammer falls.
In this instance, it's photos snapped in Paris from 1999 up for grabs; the 90 lots featured portraits, prints and contact sheets, which reeled in 196,000 euros ($265,000...
Try as they might, those in the music business working to make sure Michael Jackson--or, at the very least, the revenue he generates--lives forever haven't had great success in that arena. Last month we reported that two "new" songs from the King of Pop were at best sub-par tunes and at worst cynical cash-ins that were actually performed by someone who simply sounded like...
Joining the fray over Sony’s decision to release an album of posthumous Michael Jackson material, Michael Jackson’s brother, Randy (aka, Not-Tito), took to his Twitter to accuse Sony of using Jackson imposters to create the new material, according to NME:
The Michael Jackson duet with Akon was released Monday morning as the first official single from the upcoming album Michael, a collection of previously unpublished songs from the late pop star.
"Hold My Hand" premiered on Jackson's official website.
A note handwritten by Jackson was found after his death indicating his request that "Hold My...
Looks like not even death could stop Michael Jackson from releasing music. In the eyes of some, however, that might not exactly be a good thing. To promote a new collection of previously unreleased tracks named Michael, listeners have been treated to a new single entitled "Breaking News." Unfortunately, there aren't too many who think it's all that...
As we reported earlier this year, “Michael Jackson has been dead just long enough to get his very own Cirque du Soleil tribute show in Las Vegas, which sounds like it will shape up to be a very classy and subdued tribute, as all things in Vegas tend to be.” And now, the Cirque du Soleil has announced the debut performance of the show—it will launch in Montreal in...
As per the year-long wave of desperate Michael Jackson grave-robbing that included the inevitable releasing of vaulted material, a Michael Jackson museum, putting his grave on public display, Chris Brown turning M.J.’s art into forgive-me-for-vicious-domestic-assault schtick, and turning “Thriller” into a full length film, Billboard now reports that the Jackson’s famous Moonwalk will...
So… this is happening. Because no corner of the late Michael Jackson’s life, history or pop mythology will be spared from the vise-like hands of commerce that work to wring the last desperate drops of money out of his untimely death (which, apparently, was the best possible career move for MJ, in terms of dollars), Spinner reports today that the classic Jackson track “Thriller” is to...
We've been talking about Kanye West quite a bit lately, but now it's time to switch over to the other artist who rivaled his combination of craziness and musical genius. Of course, we're talking about the late Michael Jackson. It's been over a year since his death yet he is still making the headlines and he always will. People's obsession over the King of Pop...
According to Billboard, it seems someone is now trying to -- ok, now brace yourselves for this, 'cause you're never gonna believe it – wring more money out of Michael Jackson’s estate now that he’s dead. BAM! Didn’t see something that farfetched coming around the corner this morning, did you?
