Posted in Movies on Dec 2nd, 2009
First we were told that Michael Jackson’s This Is It would be released to cinemas for a strictly limited run, then it got extended and now the news comes that the film will be out on DVD late next month. It’s really not that surprising. The film is reported to have grossed $200 million worldwide [...]
Posted in Movies on Nov 9th, 2009
In one of the most unsurprising of moves, Sony Pictures New Zealand have announced that the Michael Jackson movie This Is It will run for two more weeks. The film was initially set to run for a strict two weeks but I can take a wild guess to why that might have changed. The movie [...]
Posted in Music on Oct 12th, 2009
UPDATE: Added the CDQ and Orchestra version of ‘This Is It,’ thanks to 2dopeboyz.
Maybe we should hold some sort of competition to guess how many copies this album is going to sell when it comes out?
The album is out October 26 followed closely by the movie a couple days later. The version of this track [...]
Posted in Footnotes on Sep 30th, 2009
1. Quick but interesting visual timeline and Q+A with David LaChapelle. [Flavorwire]
2. Thom Yorke will be touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea as part of his band. Also included is longtime Radiohead collaborator, Nigel Godrich, as well as Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco. [Rolling Stone]
3. Slayer, who play New Zealand in just over [...]
Posted in News Wrap-Up on Aug 9th, 2009
- Billboard reports that Michael Jackson’s ‘Number Ones’ album has sold 1.37 million copies, most of them since he has died, but its still not enough to surpass Taylor Swift. Swift, who has sold 1.5 million copies of her album ‘Fearless’ this year alone, makes her the biggest selling artist of the year so far. [...]
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