Michael Jackson
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The Pop Star Discusses His Childhood
Read the essay Michael Jackson wrote for Beliefnet about his childhood, going door-to-door as a Jehovah's Witness missionary, and how he "wished to be a normal boy."
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Will Michael Jackson's Fame Trump His Faith?
While Michael Jackson's memorial service could highlight funeral rituals associated with a particular faith, it may ultimately demonstrate the power of celebrity as a new kind of sacred.
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Master of an Empty Kingdom: The Tragically Short Life of Michael Jackson
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach reminisces over the death of his estranged friend, Michael Jackson
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Summer Movie Preview: 2013
Date: 04/28/2013
Summer movies are just too big to stay within the calendar months of the season this year. Officially, summer does not begin until June. At the box office, it begins this week, with the first of the year's guaranteed blockbusters, "Iron Man 3" starring Robert Downey, Jr., People Magazine's current "most beautiful woman in the world" cover girl Gwyneth Paltrow, and Sir Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin ...
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Trailer: Turbo
Date: 04/17/2013
This looks adorable. Did you recognize the voices? The cast includes Paul Giamatti, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Peña, Snoop Dogg/Lion, Maya Rudolph, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Rodriguez. But "Push It" is becoming the new "I Feel Good." It has appeared in "Something Borrowed," "Project X," "Hot Tub Time Machine," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Soul Plane," and many television sh ...
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Jurassic Park 3D
Date: 04/04/2013
Back in 1993, what was astonishing in "Jurassic Park" was the special effects that seemed to bring dinosaurs back to life. Two decades later, rediscovering Steven Spielberg's mastery of cinematic storytelling is the best reason to go see it again. It is back in theaters with the best 3D conversion I've seen, avoiding the cheesy Viewmaster effect too often the result of adding 3D effects after a ...
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The Best Family Movie of All Time: The Wizard of Oz (and Other Versions)
Date: 03/05/2013
This week's release of the prequel, "Oz the Great and Powerful" is a good reason to take another look at what may be the greatest family movie of all time, the classic MGM musical version of "The Wizard of Oz," starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, and Frank Morgan. The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM tells the ...
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North Korea releases video of missile attack on America (Watch it here)
Date: 02/05/2013
Calvin's Commentary: How can this be? I know that I heard that Obama was going to make America beloved by the entire world, if we just elected him. After all, he is the neo-messiah. (wink, wink) Must be Bush's fault. ▬ Donna Calvin ▬ Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Kim Jong-un, the Supreme leader of North Korea pictured lef ...
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Dr. Linda's 10 Super Bowl Highlights
Date: 02/04/2013
Super Bowl is a bit like Christmas.- the hype outweighs the actual event. Don't get me wrong, it turned out to be a good game even though I was routing for San Francisco. But all the hoopla surrounding the game is exhausting. Like most of you, I watched the game (although in and out of it many times). Here are my highlights, love to hear yours: 1) The best moment was when the lights went out. ...
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Day Sixty Eight - Ma Ma Say Ma Ma Sa Ma Ma Sa Ma
Date: 01/14/2013
Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango (funk/break beat) taking a nod to the tribal sounds and realizing the full breadth of Qunicy Jones mastery of the souls sounds and his innate ability to synthesize influences to bring forward something grander something greater and something truly eternal when he produced Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Starting Something and incorporated the work. What song is waiting to ...
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Day Fifty Four - Start Something Loving
Date: 12/25/2012
Michael Jackson was a recognized genius of his time who died way to soon. In every way his legacy continues to inspire, inform and entertain and for some reason on this day, which happens to be Christmas Day, I can't help singing "Wanna be starting Something. Got to be starting something." Today is the day to start something loving, to ignite the flame of truth and restore the heartbeat to s ...
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