Timing turned the BET awards 2009 into the first televised tribute to the life and music of Michael Jackson.
And it was officially sanctioned -- father Joe Jackson was in the audience (with, naturally, Al Sharpton) and a brief, onstage, appearance by Janet Jackson. Clad in all-white, she teared up as she reminded the audience that while MJ was an icon to them, to the Jacksons he was family.
Remember last week when I mentioned that Maxwell was finally leaving the house and going out on tour this fall? Well, count Greensboro as a stop on his tour. On November 14th, he'll be performing at the Coliseum Theatre. Sadly, unless he has a change of heart anytime soon, he won't be coming to Raleigh. (The full list of cities is on his MySpace page.) But hey, Greensboro is only an hour away.
Until then, here's that slithering-around-the-floor video that put the boy on the map.
And the dead just keeps on dying. If it the figurative death of the film critic hasn’t been bad enough, an actual film critic turned in his last review recently. Influential critic Manny Farber went to the big art exhibit in the sky late last Sunday. Glenn Kenny and James Wolcott have less cornier words for the man who gave us this much-revered tome, while Green Cine Daily has been keeping tabs on the online-appreciation front.
Now comes word that a Spinner is dead. This is officially getting out of hand.
This online teaser for the Foreign Exchange’s new album has officially got me feenin’ for its release.
Say what you will about Ernest Borgnine, but the man certainly knows how to liven up a horrible morning show. (I would’ve still preferred not to know about this.)
Apparently, Claire Danes didn’t see “Tropic Thunder” this weekend like everyone else, or else she wouldn’t have decided to get her “Simple Jack” on in her next project. Here’s hoping she doesn’t go full you-know-what.
After everything she’s been through, is it too early to begin referring to Christina Applegate as Xena Applegate?
I still haven’t seen this film — and, God willing, it’s going to stay that way. I don’t care if you’ll be able to sing-along with it in another week.
Maxwell will be heading out on tour this fall. (Is there really anything else that needs to be said?)
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go see Joan Allen slum.
