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*Justin Bieber and other celebrities will gather Thursday in Hollywood as Michael Jackson’s three children use their father’s shoes and a sequined glove to make handprint and footprint impressions in the concrete in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. As previously reported, it’s part of the promotion for Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson The Immortal World [...]
*Michael Jackson’s estate is in talks with Hollywood producers about bringing the late singer’s life to the big screen, reports Variety. The project is likely to cover only certain periods of Jackson’s life, though these have not been specified. Tom Pollock of the Montecito Picture Company has confirmed he and partner Ivan Reitman, director of [...]
*Michael Jackson was a legend before his untimely death. But his name and collection of work is being honored in a new way, along with classic artists Elvis Presley and the Beatles. The late King of Pop is going to be celebrated with a Cirque du Soleil show. “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” made [...]
*For the second consecutive year, Michael Jackson was named this year’s top-earning dead celebrity on a list compiled by financial publication Forbes. The singer, who died in 2009 at age 50, is estimated to have earned $170 million in the past year, which also places him as the second highest-earning pop music act this year, [...]
*Cirque du Soleil’s “Immortal World Tour” tribute to Michael Jackson made its global premiere in Montreal Sunday with Jackson’s three children, his mother Katherine and three of his brothers on hand, as well as fans from across Canada and the United States. A colorful range of special effects, stage smoke and video clips combined with Jackson’s iconic [...]
*Cirque du Soleil is getting deep into the Michael Jackson business — way beyond just the “Michael Jackson, Immortal World Tour.” The Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip plans to open a sprawling entertainment complex that includes a Jackson-themed lounge, an interactive memorabilia museum and a theater designed to replicate the music legend’s [...]
*Cirque du Soleil is holding a press conference in Las Vegas today to announce the details of its upcoming show dedicated to the King of Pop. The “Michael Jackson, The Immortal World Tour” is scheduled to kick off in Montreal in October and hit 30 cities before stopping in December at the Mandalay Bay Resort [...]
*Cirque Du Soleil has revealed the above poster and below set sketches for its upcoming show celebrating the music of Michael Jackson. “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” will kick off in in Montreal in October 2011 and hit such cities as New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles before ending up with a permanent home [...]
*She shimmies, she coos, she blushes – and she’ll beat a bug down if she has to – all in pursuit of her soulmate. Meet Cocinelle, the lovelorn ladybug played by Michelle Matlock in Cirque du Soleil’s 25th and latest extravaganza “Ovo” (Portuguese for egg). Currently nesting in the Washington D.C. area, the insect-themed production [...]
*Over on the secluded Randall’s Island Park sits an enormous blue-and-yellow big top that took more than 60 people to hoist over 100 steel poles from the ground up to put together. Upon completion stood The Grand Chapiteau (The Big Top), 66 feet high, 167 feet in diameter and supported by 4 masts, each 80 [...]
*Reps for Michael Jackson’s estate have announced plans for a new Cirque du Soleil show based entirely on music from the King of Pop. This third major deal by the singer’s estate since his death last June also calls for a Jackson-themed nightclub in Las Vegas and a permanent Jackson-Cirque du Soleil show that is [...]
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