Michael Jackson News

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) added song streams to its Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program in 2013 which helped fuel a record-breaking 663 Digital Single Awards - a 25 percent increase in Digital Single Awards year-over-year and the most in G&P history, according to RIAA's year-end certifications tally.

Corbin Bleu was exposed to the entertainment industry at a young age, but it was in 2006 that he burst onto the scene as Chad in Disney's 'High School Musical.' Today, he opens up about the overwhelming fame that the franchise brought him, and what it means to be multiracial, and in an interracial relationship, himself. Click below for a sneak peek at the episode!

According to a post on Jennifer Holliday's Facebook page, the Broadway star and singer will appear at the Barnes & Noble Upper East Side (86th and Lexington in NYC) to sign copies and celebrate the release of her new album 'The Song Is You' today, January 24, 2014.

The TRUF Theater Company presents Not Your Mama's Fairy Tales or: In Real Life, Everything Sucks, a trilogy of one acts with an irreverent spin on classic fairy tales, today, January 24 - February 8 at The Chain Theater, 21-28 45 Road, Long Island City.

Kieran Alleyne last night became the first of Thriller Live's young West End MJs to return to the show the sing as the adult Michael Jackson.

Celebrities welcome viewers into their homes for a trip down memory lane and an exclusive look into their lives and prized possessions in Lifetime's all-new unscripted series Celebrity Home Raiders. The series premieres Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 10pm ET/PT.

Celebrities welcome viewers into their homes for a trip down memory lane and an exclusive look into their lives and prized possessions in Lifetime's all-new unscripted series Celebrity Home Raiders. The series premieres Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 10pm ET/PT.

The Museum of the Moving Image's popular series See It Big! will turn its focus to the movie musical with a fourteen-film celebration of the genre, from January 24 through February 28, 2014. Musicals are, by their very nature, filled with spectacle. They are heightened forms of storytelling, in which the narrative is amplified by song and dance, where characters express their innermost feelings in the most extravagant ways imaginable. It is a genre that celebrates excess and stylization, and the best examples of the form can only be truly enjoyed… big!

Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced its stellar and far-ranging new 2014-2015 Thrivent Financial Broadway on Hennepin season, featuring Broadway's hottest Tony Award-winning shows, five Minnesota premieres and many classic favorites. Making their local debuts are Kinky Boots, winner of six 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Pippin, the 2013 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical Revival and the record-breaking hit Motown The Musical. The season runs from August 2014 through August 2015 at the historic Orpheum, State and Pantages Theatres.

A high-octane troupe of stellar dancers towing the lines of classical and contemporary movement, Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance features "fast and furious pop dancers steeped in ballet basics" (Chicago Tribune). Appearing on the stage at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, February 20-22, the company's fast-paced 80-minute signature program is performed by six male and two female dancers to a soundtrack of popular music from Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Coldplay, The Beatles, Robin Thicke, Usher, Queen, Justin Timberlake and more.

The West End's first MJ, Kieran Alleyne, returns to the show for one night only as Thriller- Live enters its record-breaking 6th year at the Lyric Theatre Photos attached of Kieran in Thriller - Live in 2009 and today as a rising star recording artist Kieran Alleyne was a shy 13-year-old Leicester schoolboy with no formal acting training when he was chosen in an open audition from thousands of young hopefuls for a starring role in the West End, singing the songs of the young Michael Jackson in Thriller - Live.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kenya Moore joined ARSENIO HALL on the couch last night and didn't hold any punches when talking about her co-stars.

Corbin Bleu was exposed to the entertainment industry at a young age, but it was in 2006 that he burst onto the scene as Chad in Disney's "High School Musical." Today, he opens up about the overwhelming fame that the franchise brought him, and what it means to be multiracial, and in an interracial relationship, himself. Click below for a sneak peek at the episode!

With support from the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, The Vagrancy proudly presents the tactical reading and talk back of MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD (HEE-HEE), the next female-generated new work being developed in their TACTICAL READS Series.

Nick Brandt's transcendent images of African wildlife create a strikingly intimate connection with the animals he photographs. The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo., opens the exhibition 'Elegy: The African Photography of Nick Brandt, 2001 - 2008' today, January 18, 2014, presenting a selection of these animal portraits that capture Brandt's individualized view of the animals within the context of their environment. The exhibition will be on display in the museum's King Gallery throughout Jackson Hole's busy ski season and will close on April 20, 2014.

The Laguna Playhouse will welcome local author Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life, today, January 18, at 1 PM and 6:30 PM.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre announces 2014 Concert Series through June, including tributes to famous singers.

The Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo will stop in Storrs on a U.S. tour with its latest album Always With Us Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The group with the Zulu sound of a single voice despite a thick stack of harmonies, made popular on this continent three decades ago via Paul Simon's Graceland album, will also deliver a tribute to Nelson Mandela in its 8 p.m. performance at Jorgensen.

Atlanta audiences will be able to enjoy the best of Broadway, as Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta continues its tradition of bringing the most acclaimed touring productions to Midtown's historic Fox Theatre. The 2014-2015 series will feature Atlanta premieres of Disney's NEWSIES, Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID, PIPPIN, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, DIRTY DANCING as well the spectacular new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. BLUE MAN GROUP will once again play the Fox Theatre; plus, Broadway's biggest blockbuster WICKED and crowd pleaser MAMMA MIA! will also be returning as options to the regular series subscription. This expanded lineup will take theater goers on a journey through some of the most notable Broadway experiences, new and old.

iLuminate Productions today put a new block of seats on sale through September 7, 2014 for their new live show iLUMINATE (formerly titled Artist of Light), following a dramatic increase in post-holiday ticket sales. iLUMINATE is in performances now with the official Opening Night set for Monday, January 27th at New World Stages, 240 West 50th Street. iLuminate wowed the nation with their groundbreaking light suits and innovative dance moves on NBC's "America's Got Talent," where the dance-in-the-dark sensation was selected as one of the hit show's top finalists after judge Piers Morgan called them "The Best New Act in America!"