Topic: Michael Jackson

American Idol: Steven Tyler predicts a Jessica Sanchez win (+video)

American Idol: The final three contestants each performed three songs Wednesday night. After her first performance, Steven Tyler predicted that Jessica Sanchez would take home the American Idol title. Did he speak too soon?

EU gives thumbs up to Sony's $2.2 billion takeover of EMI

The European Union has approved the Sony-led acquisition of EMI Music. But there are strings attached. 

Dick Clark remembered as 'American Bandstand' host, TV & radio impresario

Dick Clark, the longtime host of ABC's 'American Bandstand,' TV game shows, and radio programs, died Wednesday near Los Angeles.

American Idol: Stevie Nicks coaches and the top nine shine (+video)

American Idol: Most of the remaining nine contestants had their best performances ever, with guidance from Stevie Nicks. They delivered passionate performances that kept the American Idol audience and the judges on their feet.

James Brown: the electrifying one and only

Journalist RJ Smith explores the magic and mayhem of James Brown in a new biography of the legendary performer.

Boy: movie review

The New Zealand movie 'Boy' turns on an errant father who is idolized by his two young sons when he returns, despite his goofy irresponsibility.

American Idol: Jessica Sanchez wows with Whitney Houston ballad (+video)

American Idol: Jessica Sanchez dominated with Whitney Houston's, "I Will Always Love You."  Why did American Idol foist Stevie Wonder on the boys?

Maher gives pro-Obama super PAC $1 million. Is that a good career move?

Bill Maher's routine is made up of political jokes all aimed at the GOP candidates. If no GOP candidate is able to beat President Obama in the fall, good material will be harder to come by.

American Idol to add 13th boy, will it be Johnny Keyser?

American Idol Top 24? Not so fast. American Idol pulls another boy out of their hat.  Will it be JLo's favorite, Johnny Keyser?

Xi Jinping in California: a glimpse of what China really wants

Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping will spend most of his two-day California trip highlighting the two things that, perhaps, the Chinese people admire most about the US: films and basketball. 

Five Whitney Houston songs race up Britain's music charts after death

Five Whitney Houston songs had made it into the Top 40 in Britain's music charts by Wednesday, led by 'I Will Always Love You,' following her surprising death on Saturday.

Grammys 2012: Would a computer have picked Adele? (+video)

Grammys 2012: Adele won six awards at Sunday's Grammys. But Adel should have lost to Bruno Mars, according to a computer algorithm that predicts which songs will be hits and which will be flops.

American Idol: Can Steven and J-Lo avoid Sophomore Slump?

American Idol (and Randy Jackson) is back for Season 11 but for Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler this marks their sophomore year.  Can Lopez and Tyler find continued success without novelty on their side?

North Korea not the only offender: 6 official photo fudgings

As state manipulators of the media go, few can compare to North Korea, which found it necessary to doctor an official photograph of Kim Jong-il's funeral procession. 

Just as governments are finding it easier to use technology to manipulate images, so too is the public finding it easier to spot such digital trickery. Here are six noteworthy attempts by governments to shape media coverage through image manipulation.

'Propofol madness': Conrad Murray gets 4 years for Michael Jackson death

A judge, citing 'propofol madness,' sentenced physician Conrad Murray Tuesday to four years, the maximum punishment allowed, for his role in the 2009 death of pop superstar Michael Jackson. 

Conrad Murray, Jackson doc, to learn punishment for death

Conrad Murray is set to be sentenced for involuntary manslaughter after a six-week trial that presented the most detailed account yet of Jackson's final hours but left many questions about Murray's treatment of the superstar with an operating-room anesthetic as he battled chronic insomnia.

Michael Jackson doctor declines to testify. Was that his last, best chance?

Both the prosecution and the defense rested in the involuntary murder trial of Michael Jackson's physician as Dr. Conrad Murray declined to testify. Cross examination would have been brutal, analysts say.

Doctor's defense expert: It's plausible Michael Jackson caused his own death

An expert in anesthesiology testified in defense of Michael Jackson's doctor, saying the pop star may have given himself a fatal dose of drugs and that the prosecution's theory does not fit the evidence.

Halloween house lights: Impressive, as long as you don't live nearby [Video]

Halloween house lights: A family in Riverside, Calif., has turned their home into a Halloween light display that you'll have to see to believe.

Michael Jackson: Defense of Dr. Conrad Murray stumbles at the start

Score one for the prosecution. A former physician for Michael Jackson, called as a defense witness, says he would "never" have administered propofol at a patient's home as sleep medicine.

With proper treatment, Michael Jackson would be alive, expert says

An expert witness for the prosecution said Conrad Murray, the doctor attending Michael Jackson, committed several egregious errors the day the pop star died.

What did Conrad Murray tell police after Michael Jackson's death?

The prosecution in the Conrad Murray trial played a tape of the statement Murray made to police two days after Michael Jackson died. This was the first time it has been heard in public.

What was Conrad Murray doing when Michael Jackson died? Girlfriends testify.

Four girlfriends of Conrad Murray testified of calls or texts with the doctor on the morning that Michael Jackson died. The prosecution is trying to paint Murray as recklessly inattentive.

Paramedic: Dr. Murray's report on Michael Jackson didn't add up

The first paramedic to arrive in Michael Jackson's bedroom says he was told the emergency had just occurred, but that the pop star's condition contradicted Dr. Murray's report.

Michael Jackson's security guard, wooed by tabloids, finally speaks at trial

At the Conrad Murray trial Thursday, security guard Alberto Alvarez provided the most detailed public account yet of the frantic scene in the bedroom the day Michael Jackson died.