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NEWS ABOUT: Thriller

Thriller stories: 15 news summaries
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 Zombies Unite 
 to Challenge 
 Thriller Record 

Undead throngs dance to honor Michael Jackson's memory

Oct 25, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of people in dozens of cities around the world turned out last night to honor Michael Jackson with a world record for the number of people performing a single song simultaneously. The Thriller-a-thon, dubbed "Thrill the World," was an attempt to shatter the current record... More »

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dance • charity • Michael Jackson • Thriller • Guinness World Records • Guinness World Record

OPINION

 Best YouTube Wedding Dances 

Nope, Kevin and Jill weren't the first

Jul 28, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jill and Kevin Heinz made a splash when their wedding-entrance dance video went viral—but they weren’t the first couple to surprise guests with their groove. E! runs down some of the most popular YouTube wedding dance clips:
  • Thriller: Brian and Sandy Lundmark managed to impress the
... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • dancing • online videos • dance • wedding • Michael Jackson • Thriller • Dirty Dancing • wedding video

 Thriller Nears All- 
 Time US Sales Record  

Set to break Eagles' Greatest Hits figure

Jul 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buoyed by the singer’s passing, Michael Jackson’s Thriller looks set to match the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 as the bestselling album ever in the US, Billboard reports. The Eagles compilation was certified 29 times platinum in 2006, having sold at least 29 million copies—but Billboard says... More »

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music • pop music • Michael Jackson • The Eagles • Thriller • album • album sales

 King of Pop Still 
 Reigns on Charts 

Album sales up 90% from first week

Jul 8, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson is still dominating the Billboard charts, with his solo albums selling 800,000 copies in the first full week after his death and 2.2 million songs downloaded. His Number Ones collection is the top-selling album in the US as well as No. 1 on Billboard’s Top... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Billboard charts • Black Eyed Peas • Thriller • album sales • celebrity death

 Michael's Last Rehearsal: 
 'I Feel So Alive' 

Photog, friend reveals Jackson's excitement at performing again

Jul 1, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The photographer who captured Michael Jackson’s image at his last rehearsal reveals the singer was upbeat and energetic on his final night. “He was totally there—100% there in fact,” Kevin Mazur tells the Mirror. “You would never suspect this would have ever happened—especially after... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • death • concert • Michael Jackson • Thriller • rehearsal • celebrity death

(AP) - Michael Jackson finished an elaborate video production two weeks before he died, sources tell the AP. The five-week project filmed at Culver Studios, dubbed "Dome Project," could be the final finished video piece overseen by the King of Pop. Four sets were constructed, including a cemetery recalling Jackson's... More »

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entertainment • music videos • Michael Jackson • Thriller

(Newser) - It’s no exaggeration to say that Michael Jackson “made a more profound impact in the arenas of soul, R&B and dance-pop than any other singer or songwriter in history,” writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. But while many fans reach for Thriller, “... More »

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entertainment • music • Paul McCartney • celebrity • death • Stevie Wonder • Michael Jackson • Thriller • album • Off the Wall

 Jackson in Talks 
 for Live Shows 

King of Pop planning a pop revival to stem financial troubles

Feb 21, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Jackson is staging a concert comeback, the New York Daily News reports. The pop star is in talks to headline up to 30 live shows in London or Las Vegas this year. “It will be the greatest comeback in the history of pop,” one source says. The... More »

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London • Las Vegas • concert • Michael Jackson • Thriller

(Newser) - The Gloved One is planning a comeback on Broadway, E! Online reports. After years of promising a return to showbiz, Michael Jackson has agreed to stage a musical based on his smash record, Thriller. He will supervise "every aspect of the creative process," a rep says, allowing producers... More »

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Broadway • Michael Jackson • Thriller

Jackson Will Testify in UK Trial 

King of Pop will claim prince's $7M advance was gift

Nov 21, 08 6:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Jackson will appear in a London court next week in a civil trial over his soured partnership with Bahrain's Sheikh Abdullah, the Guardian reports. The Sheikh reportedly gave Jackson a $7M advance for several joint business ventures that never came to fruition, including building Jackson his own "oasis... More »

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partnership • contract • Michael Jackson • Bahrain • Thriller • High Court • Sheikh Abdullah

 Thriller Joins Top
 US History Trove 

Jackson hit album added to prestigious aural archives

May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to... More »

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archive • record • Library of Congress • broadcasting • Michael Jackson • speech • Thriller • National Recording Registry

 Thriller Inmates Do Live Shows 

Audience watches numbers from platform above grounds

Apr 28, 08 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inmates at a Philippines prison who made it big on YouTube dancing to Thriller are now a live attraction, Reuters reports. Hundreds of viewers each month stand on platforms around the jail's exercise grounds to watch prisoners dance to songs like Queen’s Radio Ga Ga and Bonnie Tyler’s ... More »

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YouTube • prison • Philippines • inmates • Thriller

Michael Jackson Comeback in the Works

MJ back in the studio with high-profile advisers

Mar 18, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The King of Pop is cooking up what one TV pundit calls "the biggest comeback since Lazarus," the Observer reports. After years of legal and financial woes and self-imposed exile, the Gloved One is forging new material and planning a possible concert tour, reportedly collaborating with pop culture... More »

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pop music • celebrity • Simon Fuller • Michael Jackson • comeback • Thriller • Will.i.am

Sony Goes
Viral With 'Thriller'

New YouTube videos promote song's
25th anniversary

Mar 10, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Sony BMG wanted to work up some excitement for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” a conventional campaign using the reclusive artist didn't look like a winner. So the label went the guerrilla route, staging “impromptu breakouts” of the "Thriller" zombie dance at... More »

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YouTube • London • marketing • London Tube • Copenhagen • Michael Jackson • Sony BMG Music Entertainment • Sony BMG • Tesco • Thriller • Sydney Opera House

NEW RELEASE

Thriller Revives 'Prettiest Star'

25th anniversary reissue both 'lame' and 'legendary,' critics say

Feb 12, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Thriller's 25th anniversary reissue shows why Michael Jackson was once "the coolest, slinkiest, prettiest pop star alive,” Rob Sheffield writes in Rolling Stone. Six “lame” remixes by stars like Fergie, Akon, and Kanye West apparently indicate the best-selling album of all time "cowed" the cover artists,... More »

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Kanye West • Michael Jackson • Akon • Fergie • Thriller • music review

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