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Thriller is Jackson’s blessing and his curse, the best-selling album of all time that catapulted him into the rarefied heights of supersuperstardom and rendered all his past great work almost unimportant by comparison. The fame brought by Thriller, and its record sales (over 51 million copies sold worldwide) set an impossible standard for Jackson. As he recorded in Moonwalk...
...damage was done. Despite all the proclamations of innocence and the dismissal of the criminal case, where Jackson once drew adulation and love from the world, there was now revulsion. Jackson was no longer the King, he was the butt of countless jokes. While his fame still persisted around the world, he was a pariah in the land of his birth. In an effort to combat this, Jackson spent an unprecedented sum of money to force open the arms of the world to receive him again. 1995 saw the biggest publicity campaign ever mounted, Jackson’s deep-seated...
...Although there were a variety of bands, speakers, and entertainers (including a scheduled appearance by actor Woody Harrelson at 4:20pm), hardcore bands like C60, Sam Black Church and Scissorfight seemed out of place, with the similar-sounding band Tree (of “God Grows Grass” fame) more appropriate in terms of content, but not in vibe. Scissorfight wasn’t shy about their New Hampshire roots—with the lead singer featuring a mound of curly orange hair and a long orange beard look and another band member sporting a John Deere farm equipment...
...Tribute to Heroes,” the unprecedented event will be simultaneously broadcast on all four major television networks tonight from 9-11 pm, EST, not to mention on a slew of popular cable networks such as MTV, E! and Lifetime. Benevolent celebrities may be quick to apply their fame, but I can’t help but feel the ebb of exploitation waiting in the wings. While studio executives truly are concerned and rightly sickened by the idea of releasing any sort of thoughtless frivolity in the immediate future (they are human, aren’t they?), things will...
...films properly on television. The severe evilness of last week’s atrocity has forced the entertainment industry into uncharted territory–and before industry standards return to reporting the latest gossip, we should take note of humanity’s 20, instead of 15, minutes of fame. But while the thought of watching ridiculously overpaid stars parade down a red carpet in million dollar outfits, or even the thought of catching a comedy at your local cineplex may seem obscene now, eventually the time will return when laughing is okay; we just won?...