Today in news that sounds like a series of escalating dares: Joseph Fiennes is set to play Michael Jackson in an original dramedy film for British network Sky Arts, which will tell the story of how Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando allegedly piled into a car to escape New York following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Yes, as in that Michael Jackson.
During a school assembly last Friday, the teaching staff showed off their best Michael Jackson impersonations as they performed a surprisingly accurate rendition of "Thriller".
It was Thirty years ago today, a plethora of musicians came together to record "We Are the World." The charity single, which was written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson raised money for hunger victims in Africa.
The Ohio State Marching Band did a Michael Jackson Tribute show during halftime over the weekend with a maneuver that had a 150-foot-tall Michael "moon-walking".
Ebony Magazine, in August of 1985, published an article about what stars of the time might look like in the year 2000. Michael Jackson, who was at the top of the world at the time, was one of the featured stars. The photo features what the King of Pop would look like at the age of 40. Were they correct? Let's just say the folks at Ebony were not psychics.