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The forthcoming Michael Jackson biopic has been slammed by the maker of the documentary Leaving Neverland, with Dan Reed calling the movie's script "a complete whitewash." Reed, whose 2019 film featured claims by Wade Robson and James Safechuck that Jackson had abused them as children, told The Times…

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer recently picked up shares of the company on the open market and vice chair Michael Burns said today he thinks the purchase was spurred by a visit the set of the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. "He is pretty fiscally conservative in many ways and so that was actually…

Lionsgate and Universal have dropped the first image from Michael, Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic that hits theaters in 2025. The photo — see it in full below — shows Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop performing "Man in the Mirror" from the legendary 1992-93 Dangerous World…

Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International have made official what we told you: Miles Teller is joining Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael. The attorney that Teller will be playing is John Branca, who shepherded the King of Pop’s career as he transitioned from a singing sensation in a boy…

EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick and Whiplash star Miles Teller is in talks to join Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International’s Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael. Sources tell us that there’s no deal yet for Teller. The movie is currently shooing ahead of an April 18, 2025 theatrical release…

Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael has cast Nia Long as Jackson matriarch Katherine Jackson. The Antoine Fuqua-directed movie is now shooting for an April 18, 2025 global theatrical release. "Beyond Nia’s incredible talent, I was deeply moved by her…

"I didn’t really know much about the making of the song," admits The Greatest Night in Pop director Bao Nguyen of 1985's star-studded Ethiopian famine relief hit “We Are the World.” "You just make these assumptions about how things are made because it just happens. But when you think now of 46 great…

Nine-year old Juliano Krue Valdi has won the role to play young Michael Jackson in Lionsgate and UIP’s Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael. Valdi will play the young Jackson as he and his brothers rise to fame as the Jackson 5, the singing group behind such hits as "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "I'll Be…

Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, is getting a global release. Lionsgate is releasing the movie stateside on April 18, 2025, with Universal is handling overseas distribution. Today, Lionsgate announced that it was beginning production on director Antoine…

There are few producers in live television with the kind of career Don Mischer has had in television, a career spanning six decades and just about every major event from the Oscars to the Olympics to Obama and all in between. Just a sampling of his credits…

The latest piece of celebrity memorabilia being made available is a handwritten lyric sheet penned by David Bowie, with estimates that the souvenir could reach up to £100,000 ($126,000) when it is sold at auction. The BBC reports that the songsheet includes lyrics for the tracks Rock 'n' Roll Suicide…

The leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson to film a Pepsi ad nearly 40 years ago has sold at a London auction for £250,000 ($306,000). Jackson wore the jacket to film a Pepsi ad in 1984, hot off the heels of his record-breaking success with the Thriller album. The Pepsi ads became notorious for an…