VIA SINGERSROOM: Whitney Houston‘s comeback will be solidified on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart. According to early estimates, Houston’s new album, ‘I Look To You,” is lined up for a strong debut atop the chart. While figures released are not exact, it is believed that “I Look To You” will move between 200-250,000 copies […]
VIA SINGERSROOM: R. Kelly is set to make a televised appearance on Jimmy Kimmy Live this week. Supporting his forthcoming album “Untitled” and the climbing single “Number One,” Kelly is expected to take the stage with a special performance. “Number One,” Kelly’s lead single from “Untitled” follows the singer/songwriter/producer’s recent work on Whitney Houston’s new […]
VIA EURWEB: With today’s release of her first studio album in seven years, Whitney Houston is gearing up to sell the heck out of it with a string of broadcast and print appearances in the coming weeks. As previously reported, the 46-year-old pop sensation will promote “I Look to You” with an appearance on “The […]
VIA MSNBC: HOUSTON – The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide Monday after a search warrant affidavit revealed that Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol in his system when he died. The document unsealed Monday allowed officials to raid the Houston offices and storage facility of Dr. Conrad […]
VIA SINGERSROOM: Maxwell’s Billboard 200 chart-topping album “BlackSummers’night” is now RIAA certified. Featuring the hit singles “Pretty Wings” and “Bad Habits,” Maxwell earned RIAA Gold certification this month on the strength of several sold out tour dates and well received reviews. Swiftly moving past 500,000 copies, Maxwell’s first album in over six years, could reach […]
VIA REUTERS: NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – Before Michael Jackson died, his brothers filmed a one-hour pilot for A&E that was supposed to include a reunion performance with Michael. But he never agreed to it, didn’t do it, and died before it could be discussed again. But sources say that A&E will go forward with […]
VIA EURWEB: An attorney for Katherine Jackson says a wrongful death lawsuit is being considered – likely against her son Michael’s personal physician – because of the circumstances surrounding his demise. Attorney Burt Levitch made the revelation Monday following a court hearing, where a judge approved a merchandising deal that will benefit the King of […]
(Los Angeles, CA) — Sources close to Michael Jackson’s family continue to deny reports that the singer has been buried. TMZ.com quotes unidentified source who says Jackson is still above ground and is being kept in a freezer at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Last week the late pop star’s father […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: About 3 p.m. Thursday, as people sat in front of the fountains on the Georgetown waterfront taking their afternoon breaks, Michael Childs, 18, emerged from a group of about 20 people and snapped his fingers, starting a choreographed routine to Michael Jackson’s “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground).” It was their […]
WASHINGTON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ — Dick Gregory, long-time friend of the late Michael Jackson, will announce today that he will, “go on a fast on water only for 40 days until the truth is uncovered — not just another story — about the sudden death of Michael Jackson, one of the world’s most brilliant and […]
VIA LA TIMES: The mother of Michael Jackson will retain custody of his children, and the biological mother of the two elder children will visit and maintain her legal parental rights under an agreement reached by both sides, The Times has learned. Katherine Jackson, 79, the late pop icon’s mother, and Debbie Rowe, 50, who […]
VIA NEWSONE: Meet the real Joe Jackson — beyond the rumors, beyond the stereotypes, beyond the usual answers to the typical questions. In a joint NewsOne/TVOne exclusive, Joe Jackson reveals more than ever before of himself and his relationship with his late son Michael. Joe Jackson talks candidly with NewsOne’s Smokey Fontaine about: … the […]
