Even as a Kid, Michael Changed the Game

(NEWSER) - Michael Jackson videos are once again hot commodities. Here are Newser's top 10 posted on YouTube and showing up on favorites lists all over (to see them, click on "Videos" at left):

• His 1983 Motown TV performance, in which he shows off his moonwalk.
• "Thriller"
• "Beat It"
• "Scream"
• "Billie Jean"
• "ABC"
• "I'll Be There"
• "Black or White"
• "Remember the Time"
• "Bad"

(NEWSER) - "I don't think there's ever been anyone harder to write about than Michael Jackson," writes Linda Holmes of NPR. Try to balance his musical brilliance with, well, just about everything else in his life. So for her, Michael Jackson comes down to this: That moment in 1983 when he moonwalked live across the TV in a Motown special that "caught him precisely at the moment when he was at his most amazing, his most otherworldly in a good way, his most lithe and eye-popping and wonderfully alien." More»

Singer may have been 'legally blind': Murray tape

(NEWSER) - The final third of a Conrad Murray interview with police following Michael Jackson's death was played to jurors today, as Murray's trial for involuntary manslaughter continues. On the June 27, 2009, tape, Murray says Jackson was seeing other doctors but never told him about it, though he deduced it himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. After visits to his dermatologist, Jackson "was basically wasted and required at least 24 hours for recovery," Murray says. More»

Joe Jackson unloads on Katherine Jackson in UK tabloid

(NEWSER) - As the first anniversary of Michael Jackson's death approaches, his father is honoring his memory by blaming the late entertainer's mother—his wife of 60-plus years—for his death. "In Michael's final months alive I said to her many times that I couldn't get through to him—and that she needed to help her son," he tells the UK tabloid News of the World . More»

Prince Michael and Paris Michael accept lifetime achievement Grammy

(NEWSER) - Michael Jackson's two older children brought the house down at tonight's Grammy Awards, taking the stage to accept their late father's lifetime achievement honor and thank his fans. "His message was simple: Love," said Prince Michael, 12. We will continue to spread his message and help the world. Thank you. We love you, Daddy." Added Paris, 11, who seemed to be having a difficult time, "Daddy was supposed to be here. Daddy was gonna perform this year, but he couldn't ... perform last year. Thank you, we love you, Daddy." More»