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Film Festivals often provide audiences a great chance to see movies that don't make it to first run cinemas or even old movie channels.

Now THAT's scary! The Gosselins, Brangelina, Balloon Boy, Sarah Palin and Jacko are some of the celebs knocking on your door and asking for candy this Halloween.

Michael Jackson would have worked on his song, "Dirty Diana," for his 'This is It' tour on the day he died.

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' extends its run. . The AP reports that SONY has taken in $101 million in box office for the movie so far--$68.5 internationally and $32.5 in the United States.

But while his cinematic achievements previously peaked with The Wiz , it doesn't mean that Michael Jackson didn't have ambitions for bigger film projects in the future.

"I would like some way to disappear where people don't see me anymore at some point.

Dee Dee Bridgewater lives her life with her ears open. Speaking by phone last week from her home outside Las Vegas, a reporter's typing on the other end of the line distracted her and led her to mention how she typed 120 words a minute and wrote shorthand years ago.

This Is It! premieres tonight, four months after the sudden death of pop legend Michael Jackson .

The fourth annual East End Black Film Festival hosted by the African-American Museum of the East End returns to the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton next week, with screenings on Saturday, November 7, starting at 1 p.m. Light refreshments will be served, including ethnic food by Gloria's of the Hamptons; the cost for the entire day is $5. A ...

Stephanie Mills first came to fame as "the little girl with the big voice" as the star of the hit Broadway play, #The Wiz, an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic book, -The Wizard Of Oz.

SHOWTIME, East Central University's musical theater ensemble, will present two performances Tuesday, Oct.

We're off to see The Wiz! October 22, 2009 FANS of The Wizard of Oz will be in for a treat when a new production of a fun-filled show comes to the Arthur Cotterell Theatre in Kingston.

Last night they finally did the big much-hyped tribute to Michael Jackson on Dancing With the Stars , presumably to also promote the fact that there is a movie about him coming out.

What was Michael Jackson's state of mind 13 hours before he was pronounced dead? "He was happy, he was smiling, he was laughing with us," remembers Daniel Celebre, who was a principal dancer in the superstar's This Is It comeback tour.

Why join? Artist Biography: Michael Jackson By Steve Huey Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the '80s, and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time.

WHAT: New Venture Theatre's production of the modern musical adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

When I first saw the cover of THE MICHAEL JACKSON TAPES: A TRAGIC ICON REVEALS HIS SOUL IN INTIMATE CONVERSATION , with the ominous shadow of Jackson's face above the bold byline of Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, I thought there had to be some kind of mistake.

'CSI:NY' stars Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes during filming near World's Fair site.

They've performed for more than 33 years all over the world, including shows at which they opened for Michael Jackson, and Madonna and Joan Rivers opened for them.

Each of the members of the classic disco act the Village People, which was scheduled to perform at Sunfest in Ocean City on Thursday, has his own costume and motif.