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beat it

Michael Jackson Pours Cold Water All Over Jackson 5 Reunion Plans

The other day, Jermaine Jackson was shooting off his mouth about next year bringing a reunion of the Jacksons, one that, in his words, would be "more like a family affair, Janet's going to open and, of course, the original Jackson 5 ... Michael, Randy and the whole family." Well, Michael apparently wasn't apprised of this before Jermaine started working the press angle, because he's released a statement saying that he is too busy in the studio to fritter his time away with his siblings. "My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and we’ve certainly shared many great experiences, but at this time I have no plans to record or tour with them... I am now in the studio developing new and exciting projects that I look forward to sharing with my fans in concert soon." Some of you may hope that said projects are more "exciting" than the Fergie version of "Beat It," but I'm sad because this means Michael won't be around to lend his vocals to my favorite song from Jermaine's catalog: More »

9:30 AM on Fri Oct 31 2008
By Maura Johnston
203 views, 1 comment

Latest by 2ironic4u: Randy wasn't in the original J5 was he? I think he filled in when Jermaine left when the J5 split from Motown in 1975, signed to Epic/CBS and then were simply known as The Jacksons. Then they put out more »

reunions

Jermaine Confirms That Jackson 5 Will Reunite In 2009


Jermaine Jackson told reporters in Sydney that the Jackson 5 will be reuniting next year. "It is going to be more like a family affair, Janet's going to open and, of course, the original Jackson 5 ... Michael, Randy and the whole family." Given recent tales of the siblings' travails, from working odd jobs to troubled world tours, this might be a good thing for all concerned, including Michael, about whom no mere link can suffice to explain. Frankly, we'd like this to include every member of the family, not least because we want to hear the song embedded above, as well as this one, which isn't embeddable. Not to mention that Epic/Legacy's new reissues of the Jacksons' Destiny (1978) and Triumph (1980) remind us yet again that Michael's brothers helped him make some of his finest music. [The Hollywood Reporter]

5:30 PM on Wed Oct 29 2008
By Michaelangelo Matos
183 views, 5 comments

Latest by mike a: @Lucas Jensen: I bet La Toya's available if anyone calls. more »

sibling rivalry: it's torture

The Jacksons Almost Reunite On Stage Yet Again

Last night's BMI Urban Awards in Los Angeles honored the Jacksons for "lifetime achievement," and featured Lloyd singing "I'll Be There," which sadly has not shown up on YouTube yet. Of the six Jacksons who performed with the singing group, Michael and Jermaine were missing, a fractured state that caused reporters to ask where the self-proclaimed King Of Pop was—and Marlon to crack that he was "in Egypt riding a camel or something"—but no questions about the wherabouts of Jermaine. Sure, his current stretch of reality-TV appearances makes him a bit less of a mystery, but don't reporters know that it's unsubtle sibling-related snubs like these that make the full-on reunion they're craving less and less of a possibility? You'd think every entertainment reporter out there was an only child, I tell you. [AP / YouTube]

9:30 AM on Fri Sep 5 2008
By Maura Johnston
102 views, Comment

they're gonna live forever

Sebastian Bach Going Country? It May Not Be As Much Of A Stretch As You Think

The second season of Gone Country, the "anyone can be a Nashville star—especially people who have already been famous once" competitive reality show on CMT, is filming in Nashville right now! Aspiring amateur paps in the 615 should be on the look out for Sebastian Bach, Irene Cara, Mikalah Gordon (who came in 11th on season four of American Idol—Amanda Overmyer, there's hope for you yet!), Jermaine Jackson, former Eminem target Chris Kirkpatrick, Lorenzo Lamas, and Sean Young. Why this show is really necessary or "funny" is still up for debate, given that Cascada's version of Rascal Flatts' "What Hurts The Most" was only the most recent example of the ever-shrinking boundaries between country and every other pop genre today. But hey, I guess everybody needs a job, and this season of the show will pair each contestant with two songwriters for country-songwriting purposes. Which made me wonder: what would happen if some of the contestants recast their own work for the show? More »

8:50 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Maura Johnston
772 views, 5 comments

Latest by diana.d: I actually saw Mikalah playing a country pop star on the episode of The Unit a couple of months ago. Her performance was really very good and the songs she sang were really good too. I can't wait to see more »

family affairs

The Jacksons Are Not Running A Victory Lap At All

The rise of groomed-from-birth-to-be-a-star David Archuleta, the premiere of the Danny Bonaduce-hosted TV show where stage parents compete to be the least crazy ones, and the recent travails of such former child stars as the Spearses and [insert recent TMZ featuree here] have got me thinking a lot lately about the upside to being a child star, for both the parents and the children. Sure, the paydays can be decent in the short run, but the long-term effects can be deadly, from the dreaded, unshakable feeling of having peaked way, way early in life to the current state of celebrity culture, in which any D-lister of yore has the "opportunity" to humiliate themselves on TV and keep their names in the press. Well, yesterday's New York Post story on the current travails of the Jackson family—one is currently bagging groceries at Vons; another is a boomerang child—only served to further my suspicions about the sanity anyone who wants to make their kids a star. Namely, they're crazy. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,473 views, 7 comments

Latest by rad_matter: @Elijah-M: Oh, yeah! more »