• Kobe Bryant Credits Michael Jackson as NBA Career Inspiration on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

    Living NBA legend Kobe Bryant is wrapping up his final season on the basketball court before his retirement, so it makes sense that he'd stop by big LA Lakers fan Jimmy Kimmel's Live! ABC late night talk show to share stories and more. Reflecting on his first season in the sport, Bryant explained to the audience that it wasn't another athlete that he looked to for inspiration, but the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. It turns out that Jackson's career in the music industry influenced how Bryant played and grew in his own career.

  • Joseph Fiennes Defends Michael Jackson Role, Should Probably Quit TV Movie, Right?

    British actor Joseph Fiennes was recently cast in a comedic TV movie in the UK as music icon Michael Jackson. No, these two people do not share the same skin color, which is obviously making this project very scandalous. While Fiennes admits that he understands the backlash of a white actor portraying an African-American in a production, this week he came to his own defense, claiming that the TV special is satirical, so, you know, who cares? Clearly, a lot of people care, so we're basically counting down until the 45-year-old white actor quits this project.

  • Chris Brown Blasts the Grammys, Michael Jackson TV Special Casting on Twitter

    Chris Brown never has a shortage of controversy surrounding him, and this past Friday (Jan. 29), he took to Twitter to blast both the Grammys and the Michael Jackson TV special's casting on Twitter. He wasn’t shy about sharing his opinions on the controversy surrounding both. There's been a lot of flak surrounding the decision to cast a white actor to play Michael Jackson in the British TV comedy.

  • Michael Jackson Told Oprah He Wouldn't Want to be Played by a White Actor in 1993 Inteview

    As the entertainment world gears up for the Sky Arts TV comedy 'Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon,' the choice to cast white actor Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson has been controversial to say the least. Adding to the controversy, a 1993 video of an Oprah Winfrey interview has been unearthed where he told the host that he wouldn’t want to be played by a white actor.

  • Joseph Fiennes Cast as Michael Jackson in 9/11 TV Movie Special

    After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, a celebrity road trip allegedly took place involving Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson leaving New York City. At least, this is the subject matter of an upcoming British made-for-TV movie produced for the Sky Arts network. Whether or not this story is true is beside the point because the project is moving forward and will embellish on the situation rather than take from actual facts. It's a comedy, after all. The cast reportedly includes Brian Cox as Brand, Stockard Channing as Taylor and Joseph Fiennes, a white actor, as Jackson, an African-American music icon. This last casting news should stand out, especially considering the trending controversy of the lack of diversity in the list of nominees for the 2016 Oscars.

  • Did Michael Jackson Compose the Music for 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' Soundtrack? [LISTEN]

    There's been an internet rumor going around for quite some time, claiming that the music featured on the soundtrack to the popular video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was composed by none other than the "King of Pop" himself, Michael Jackson. After about 20 years since proposing this theory, we have an answer. Listen to the soundtrack below to see if you can tell if Jackson did in fact compose the songs on the popular video game!

  • Michael Jackson and John Lennon Among the Best Male Singers of All Time

    Singers and musicians are always attached to each other, but, it often turns out that the singers will have a make or break position in the band. As the singers perform the main vocal line of a song, they will be the main focus of the performance. Michael Jackson and John Lennon are among the best male singers of all time.
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