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Michael Jackson Is Top-Earning Dead Celebrity, Says ‘Forbes’
Wed Oct 26 2011 by Robbie Daw
As the trial of Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray wears on, Forbes reports that the onetime King Of Pop is #1 on the publication's annual list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. It's the second year in a row the music legend has topped the list, though Forbes points out that the $170 million his estate raked in over the past 12 months, via sales of his music and his stake in the Sony/ATV catalog, is a steep drop from the $275 million that landed Jackson at #1 on last year's tally.
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‘American Idol’: The Top 9 Are All Shook Up
Wed Apr 14 2010 by Becky Bain
After last week's bizarre episode featuring a didgeridoo and a bagpipe player, the Idols must have been too stumped to pick another outlandish instrument to tack onto their Elvis Presley songs. (A harp? kazoo? xylophone? So many options!) Good thing they headed back to basics, forgoing strange musical instruments in favor of their trusty guitars or just singing along to Ricky Minor and the band—we'd say Elvis should only be slightly rolling over in his grave at the Top 9 performances last night. And we have mentor Adam Lambert and his spot-on critiques to thank for leading the contestants in the right direction. Love us tender by reading our recap of Elvis night below: More »
PHOTOS: Pop Stars Who Have Met U.S. Presidents
Tue Apr 6 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
Yesterday, our favorite Canadian crooner Justin Bieber performed as part of the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll. But while the Bieb is certainly a musical trailblazer (youngest artist to hit #1 on the Billboard chart in 45 years!), he’s not the only pop star to rub elbows with the Commander-in-Chief. Stevie Nicks, The Jonas Brothers, and even Jordin Sparks have spent time with presidents past (under serious secret service surveillance, of course). What’s the best match of pop star and president? Flip through the gallery and decide for yourself. More »
Mon Oct 19 2009 by Maura
The 50-year-old lock of Elvis’ hair that went up for auction in Chicago yesterday exceeded expectations, price-wise—it was originally expected to fetch between $8,000 and $12,000, but it wound up leaving the building for $15,000, plus $3,300 in fees! So wait, does this mean the economy is back? Awesome! [AP / Earlier] More »
Apparently Today Is “Pop Stars’ Hair Is For Sale” Day
Tue Oct 13 2009 by Maura
What the hell: “SINGED strands of Michael Jackson’s hair that were burned a Pepsi advert are coming up for sale…. The hair was preserved after the accident in 1984 by [the ad's executive producer Ralph] Cohen and the 12 strands are clearly singed.” Add these preseved tresses—expected to fetch about £1,000 at auction—to the locks from Elvis Presley and Pete Wentz that are up for sale, and you’ve officially got a trend. Although this entrant is more macabre than the other two. And it comes with its own account of how the hairs landed in the previous owner’s possession! More »
Tue Oct 13 2009 by Maura
A “large quantity” of the late Elvis Presley’s hair—shown at left in all its tufted glory—is expected to fetch between $8,000 and $12,000 at an auction taking place this Sunday in Chicago. The hair supposedly came from Presley’s shaving of his head when he joined the Army in 1958—meaning that, yes, the locks up for bid are 50 years old. Mmm, crunchy! For those of you who want a lock of a famous musician’s hair but are on a bit of a budget—or are looking for tresses of a more recent vintage—$130 (and fleet fingers) can possibly net you among other things a lock of Pete Wentz’s hair, salvaged from Mark Hoppus shaving off Wentz’s “emo haircut” during Fall Out Boy’s show at Madison Square Garden last Sunday. [via Reuters / icecreamhdaches] More »
“Hamster On A Piano” Eats Popcorn, Inspires Copyfight
Tue Feb 10 2009 by Maura
“Hamster On A Piano,” former Nerf Herder vocalist Parry Gripp’s ode to a hamster chilling on a piano key while clutching a big piece of Orville Redenbacher, was a big hit around these parts, so the news that the video had to be recut because of a copyright-infringement claim on the part of the video’s original creator was something of a bummer. And then, thanks to said YouTube auteur’s ignorance regarding the idea that “copyright” extends to musical works, it became yet another laughable example of Internet hypocrisy. Click and see the adorable hamster engaging in his own infringey action!
Cee-Lo Puts On His Elvis Suit
Wed Jan 28 2009 by Maura
Speaking of Super Bowl ads, Coca-Cola’s “on the… More »
Merry Christmas, Elvis Is Alive
Tue Nov 18 2008 by Maura
American culture’s penchant for Having Fun With Elvis In The Afterlife continues with the re-release of “Blue Christmas,” which has had Martina McBride added to The King’s ‘68 Comeback Special performance of the song for the purposes of flogging it all over again in 2008. (The video is embedded over at USA Today’s Web site.) Yes, it’s sort of like when Celine Dion joined Elvis onstage for American Idol’s 2007 charity show, except a little creepier this time, thanks to the lack of Sanjaya and the power of “meaningful” digital editing!
Mormon Pop: Like Christian Music, But With A Dull Shininess Added
Fri Nov 14 2008 by Dan Gibson
I live in the area with the highest concentration of Mormons (they prefer the term LDS, but who are we kidding?) outside the state of Utah, but up until now I’ve managed to avoid any contemporary music geared toward that audience–the closest I got was when the screen devoted to Mormon-focused films at my neighborhood movie theater showed Tears of a King, the tale of Elvis Presley’s possible conversion to Mormonism in the days immediately preceding his death. Today, however, Mormon music is surrounding me on all sides.
