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The Day Michael Jackson Took Over Brazil Despite Government Opposition

Alyssa Lapid

In February 1996, Michael Jackson and director Spike Lee arrived in Brazil to shoot a music video — and the ...

He Wrote His Loneliest Song Alone in a Moscow Hotel Room

Alyssa Lapid

In September 1993, Michael Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour arrived in Moscow. On paper it was a triumph — the biggest ...

Jaafar Jackson Remembers Michael Jackson As A Prankster

Alyssa Lapid

Jaafar Jackson has spent the last few years becoming Michael Jackson. He trained for three years to play his uncle ...

The Concert That Started the Legal War Is Why HBO Now Has Michael

Alyssa Lapid

This month, HBO Max posted a promotional image of Jaafar Jackson as his uncle — red leather jacket, gold lettering ...

How And Why Austin Butler Played The Role Of Elvis Presley

Alyssa Lapid

When director Baz Luhrmann set out to make his 2022 film Elvis, he had a problem that sinks most music ...

What the Musicians Standing Next to Elvis Actually Saw

Alyssa Lapid

Fans saw Elvis Presley from the seats. His band saw him from a few feet away every night for years ...

What Lisa Marie Did To Feel The Presence Of Elvis Presley

Alyssa Lapid

To everybody else, he was the King of Rock and Roll. To Lisa Marie Presley, he was just her father ...

When Elvis Presley Sang To An Empty Room

Alyssa Lapid

In the summer of 1970, MGM sent a film crew to follow Elvis Presley in Las Vegas. The documentary became ...

The Hidden Women in Michael Jackson’s Final Years

Michael Stevens

Michael Jackson spent much of his final years surrounded by security, yet according to the two men guarding him, there ...

The $100 Prank Michael Jackson Pulled on His Own Manager 

Jenna Guillaume

Michael Jackson’s public image could seem quiet and carefully controlled, but people close to him knew he had a mischievous ...