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WOW the Michael Jackson movie is doing amazingly well on the charts as it sweeps to number one in box office all over the world and locally. In South Africa, Michael Jackson’s This Is It grossed R 3,677,446 for the opening weekend and released at 81 cinemas around the country. Its got one more week to go and it will be off the cinemas so people if you want to see the moving flick, tickets are still available at cinemas or online at www.thisisitmovie.co.za . READ: Since Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT was released October 28 in theaters worldwide, the late performer’s fans everywhere have responded, already making it the highest-grossing concert film of all-time with a worldwide total of $101 million and counting, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. With an estimated gross of $32.5 million domestically and $68.5 internationally, the film’s worldwide take in just five days of release has surpassed the record pre...

Ster - Kinekor Theatres (SK) has broken all previous pre -sale ticket records for a film release in South Africa. With over 18 000 tickets sold to date for Michael Jackson THIS IS IT , and still 8 days to go before Ster - Kinekor starts showing this highly anticipated film from 28 October along with cinemas globally, it is expected that this number will be surpassed. Only a few tickets are still left over for the official South African premieres of the film, exclusive to Ster - Kinekor Theatres. These events will take place in Johannesburg (SK Fourways ), Durban (SK Gateway), Cape Town (Cavendish Square) and Pretoria (SK Sterland ). Each will have a live satellite link to the Los Angeles-premiere of THIS IS IT, and will also include plenty of other thrills to make this an iconic Michael Jackson-experience like no other! Ster - Kinekor Group Marketing Executive Michael Bender says, “Considering that we have already doubled the previous record of 7 500 pre -sales at local cinema...

The first new song by Michael Jackson to emerge since the star’s death is to be released next month by Sony Music Entertainment . The single will be called “This is It” and comes out on Oct. 12, Jackson’s official Web Site said. A two-disc album of the same title will be available internationally on Oct. 26 and North America on Oct. 27 through Sony Music Entertainment’s Columbia/Epic Label Group. The album contains music from the movie “Michael Jackson’s This is It,” which follows on Oct. 28. Jackson, 50, who died in June, sold 750 million records worldwide in his lifetime and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time, according to Sony. The film will show a rare, behind-the-scenes look of Jackson as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. The film’s world gala will be in Los Angeles at t...

This is just plain old freaky... Who on earth wants to be buried with Micheal Jackson other than the women who was not interested in the memorial service in July...Elizabeth Taylor! READ: Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor wants to be laid to rest next to Michael Jackson, it has emerged. A source told National Enquirer magazine that the 77-year-old actress, who was very close to Jackson is looking for a burial plot next to the ‘Thriller’ hitmaker at Los Angeles’ Forest Lawn cemetery. “After sitting through Michael’s funeral service at the Great Mausoleum, with its magnificent stained-glass windows and replicas of Michelangelo’s artworks, she later told friends, ‘I felt a sense of peace there that I’ ve never experienced before,’” Contactmusic quoted a source as saying. After the death of Jackson, Taylor released an emotional tribute to the singer, saying: “I loved Michael with all my soul and I can’t imagine life without him. We had so much in common and we had such loving fun toge...

Michael Jackson 's sister La Toya believes her brother was murdered. "I am thankful to the investigators for uncovering the truth to the world," she said in the statement released Tuesday to ABC News . "And I look forward to the day that justice will be served to all the parties involved in my brother's homicide." La Toya Jackson , 53, spoke out a day after it was revealed that the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled the King of Pop's death a homicide. A shocking police affidavit described the details of the tormented superstar's last night alive - and revealed Jacko's personal doctor injected him with "lethal levels" of the dangerous anesthetic propofol. Dr. Conrad Murray has been the chief target of a manslaughter investigation into his death but has not been charged. The homicide ruling makes it likely that the physician could soon face charges. A Jackson family lawyer, Londell McMillan , said the reports reaffirm the "very sa...

When the news of MJ's passing happened I was clubbing at Spotong in Melville and I was with 5FM's Poppy Ntshomgwana who happened to be at the party hosting it for her friend. As I was standing waiting to be served at the bar something in me said I must go on Twitter while I was waiting to be served. Then I see a Tweet by E!Online presenter and producer Ryan Seacrest, and many other celebs like Kim Kardashian, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Oprah and more all saying its sad the King of Pop is gone but yet the news website was not giving me anything as they were all saying he was in a coma. All this happened at 12minutes past midnight. So Poppy decided to do some digging, I smsed all my friend including Bonang Matheba my girl B! who happened to be at home when the shit went down, so she clicked into CNN and called me an hour later to say: "Its true, he's gone Gabs", we engaged in a conversation about how scandals will start slipping and people will not be as good as they ...