Billie Jean: Last News

Michael Jackson’s estate announced the November 18 release date of Thriller 40, a double CD set featuring the album’s original nine songs, as well as a second disc that includes unreleased tracks that Jackson worked on while recording his chart-topping sixth solo effort.Thriller is the highest selling album of all time, with seven of its songs reaching the Top 10, and “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” both peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Released on Nov.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music and the estate of Michael Jackson will observe the 40 th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s classic “Thriller,” the biggest selling album of all time (by most metrics), with the November 18 release of “Thriller 40”: a double CD set comprised of the original album and a second disc “full of surprises for fans, including never-released tracks which were worked on by Michael for the ‘Thriller’ album,” according to the announcement, which comes on the heels of 10 Tony nominations for “MJ the Musical,” which features several songs from the album.During its 112th week on Billboard’s album chart, “Thriller” became the first title ever to be certified 20-times platinum by the RIAA (on October 30, 1984), became the first title ever to be certified more than 30-times platinum in 2015, and since has been certified at 34-times platinum.Seven tracks from the album became Top 10 singles, and three, “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and “Thriller,” went No. 1.

Michael Jackson’s children Paris and Prince have been spotted posing together at a musical about their father. The siblings were photographed yesterday, Wednesday 11 May, on the red carpet at MJ the Musical, a Broadway show celebrating Michael’s life and musical work. Prince, 25, had a large silver necklace and was wearing a black t-shirt and jacket with blue jeans and black shoes.

Venus Williams is a fierce warrior both on and off the court.One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was an eye-opening experience in that regard.“Getting there and realizing, ‘Wow, I’m not being paid equally,’ was just definitely a slap in the face to a 16-year-old.

A new play by Anna Deavere Smith about tennis icon Billie Jean King is in development, with Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) set to direct. A reading in August is planned as part of the New York Stage and Film 2022 Summer Season.

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’ support of the war, Wimbledon is reportedly planning to bar Russian and Belarusian players from the Grand Slam tennis tournament which begins in London on June 27. Sportico reported that the event, organized by the All England Club, will break from the rest of the tennis world by refusing to allow Russians to compete — this would include current world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev. The New York Times, citing a highly placed international tennis official, said the ban is expected to extend to Belarusian players as well.

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The new, splashy Broadway musical about Michael Jackson is going to moonwalk across America next year. "MJ," packed with dozens of songs by the King of Pop and others, plans to hit 17 major cities over two years starting in 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: The directing team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) will direct The People Upstairs, a film that will be financed by FilmNation. Rashida Jones & Will McCormack wrote the script. David Permut will produce with FilmNation. Production is planned for later this year.

Following the IOC, FIFA  and other major professional sports leagues, the international governing bodies of tennis, ATP, WTA and ITF, on Tuesday morning issued a statement addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has been aided by Belarus.

A compilation of the MJ look-alike’s childhood pics boasts a whopping 1.7 million views on TikTok. “People are seeing my TikTok videos now and seeing that I’m real,” Fabio Jackson told New Dog Media of the uncanny resemblance.

The devastated parents of a girl, aged four, who tragically died after being pulled from a hotel swimming pool in Egypt were afraid that their waterpark hotel was an "accident waiting to happen".

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCyndi Lauper’s music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” officially crossed 1 billion views on YouTube — marking the music icon’s first entry onto the video platform’s billion-views club.Lauper’s recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was released in 1983 on her historic debut album, “She’s So Unusual,” becoming a breakthrough hit and feminist anthem. The accompanying music video, which culminates in Lauper dancing back to her parents’ New York City apartment accompanied by a parade of revelers, was first uploaded to YouTube in October 2009.“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is the fourth song from the 1980s to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube, alongside Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” A-ha’s “Take on Me” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Lauper, commenting on her hit song and video, said that many people don’t realize that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is really a political song.

Gogglebox star Tom Malone Snr has been filmed dancing to Michael Jackson during a boozy night out with his family.The Malone family patriarch was captured singing and dancing along to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean while clutching onto a beer in a video shared by his son Tom Malone Jr over the weekend.Tom was clearly enjoying the festivities as he attempted to recreate the singer's legendary Moonwalk dance by shuffling backwards and moving his arms in a wave motion. Gogglebox star Tom took his dancing very seriously as he pulled a straight faced expression to the camera while busting a move and holding a tankard of beer.

MJ’s MMA-style whooping currently boasts 1.6 million views on Twitter.“WELCOME TO FREEMONT STREET !! hee hee,” reads the caption to the comical clip, which was filmed on the gambling mecca’s legendary Fremont Street.Santana Jackson, a popular Michael Jackson tribute artist and pro wrestler, has since posted about the incident on his Instagram. He explained that the ruckus began after a “guy came out of nowhere and started hitting” him while he was performing, adding that he had “to put him down for his own good.”The clip begins with an older man in a green shirt, which ironically sports the tagline “Can’t Fix Stupid,” squaring off with the white-clad King of Pop-pelganger on the busy strip.

The perfect pair! Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper had a great time watching a tennis match at the U.S. Open together on Sunday, September 12.

National Television Awards, and for some it was their first time back on the red carpet since the pandemic struck. But ITV favourite Lorraine Kelly was notably absent and in her exclusive HELLO! column she explains exactly why.

Billie Jean King, second from left, and her long-time girlfriend Ilana Kloss, met the press Sept. 21, 2018, at Dodger Stadium to announce they will be part owners of the team. Mark Walter, left, of Guggeheim Partners who structured the deal, and Stan Kasten, Dodgers’ CEO, right, join King and Kloss. In her upcoming book “All In,” King reveals that she and Kloss were married in 2018, but only three people knew it. Photo: Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers

Sarah Silverman started her week on an active note by taking her beloved dog for a walk on Monday afternoon.The 50-year-old comedienne was spotted sporting a casual look while taking her dog Mary for a walk around the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.The bi-coastal star was spotted just a few weeks ago walking her dog in New York City with her boyfriend Rory Albanese.

the maker, Mattel, said. “I hope every child is reminded that they can be and do anything,” Osaka tweeted on Monday after announcing the release of the toy. The newest plastic-version of Osaka, which comes complete with a replica of her Yonex racket, is a part of the Barbie Role Model series.

month of Pride, audiences get more and more LGBTQ content to choose from. And 2021 was no different, whether it was new or returning series (; ), a selection of films and documentaries ( on FX), a variety of captivating beach reads (Jonathan Parks-Ramage’s ), or fresh music from out artists and community icons (St.