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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees from years past rocked out Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in celebration of the institution. Lasting more than five hours, the concert featured performances by Simon & Garfunkel (1990), Crosby, Stills and Nash (1997), Jeff Beck (2009), James Taylor (2000), Bonnie Raitt (2000), and Sting (with the Police, 2003). Stevie Wonder, John Legend and Bruce Springsteen also took the stage. Many of the artists used their time in the spotlight to showcase covers of legendary songs and musicians.
The director and producer of the iconic "Thriller" music video are less than thrilled. George Folsey, Jr., the video’s producer, filed a claim on Thursday stating that he is due more than $1 million for his contribution.
An attorney for director John Landis also made a claim on Thursday against Michael Jackson’s estate. He believes to be owed more than $1.3 million.
Landis also filed a suit to prevent Jackson from pursuing additional "Thriller" projects, such as a musical theater production. The cases continue to be pending. Take a look at court papers related to the suits here.
Lawyers for Dr. Arnold Klein are explaining a claim for $48,522.89 that was submitted to Michael Jackson’s estate earlier this week.
The lawyers explain that any mention of a "weekend charge" listed in Klein’s request was related to an "unscheduled medical treatment." The lawyers write, "In order to provide this teatement, Dr. Klein needed to rent a helicopter in order to be flown in from out of town to provide the services within the required time frame, had his professional staff transported via car service, and had to pay them a premium for working over the weekend. If anything, these charges demonstrate Dr. Klein’s dedication to his patients. It should also be noted that Dr. Klein lost money for the weekend treatment."
The statement goes on to say, "Dr. Klein spent a substantial amount of effort to assist Michael Jackson in achieving his fabulous appearance. As anyone can see from viewing ‘This Is It,’ Michael Jackson looked great, and this was due, in part, to Dr. Klein’s skill, hard work and dedication."
ET’s Kevin Frazier sat down with Paul Porter, the co-founder of a think tank dedicated to promoting justice and accountability in the media, to discuss what some are calling controversial song lyrics from Rihanna’s upcoming album. Read on for more
"Russian Roulette," the first single off Rihanna’s next album Rated R due out on November 23, is coming under fire by some who say the song’s lyrics could promote suicide.
The lyrics read in part: "Take a gun, and count to threeknow that I must pass this test, so just pull the trigger."
Can’t get enough of Susan Boyle? Now the "Britain’s Got Talent" finalist is heading to QVC with an exclusive DVD.
The British singing sensation has announced that she is taking her CD to QVC, where it will be offered with a bonus DVD that was created especially for the shopping channel.
QVC will launch Susan’s latest release on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 9 p.m. when fans will have the opportunity to order I Dreamed a Dream with the bonus DVD that features rare footage of Susan. This is nearly a month before the street date.
Starting today, Britney Spears is treating her fans to three days of goodies through Twitter leading up to the Friday premiere of her new music video for her latest hit single, 3.
On Wednesday, a trio of screen grabs will be released (one every three hours) via TwitPic on Britneys Twitter. Then, on Thursday, a trifecta of five-second video clips will be released (again, one every three hours) in non-consecutive order on TwitVid and made available as downloads on Britney.com and BritneySpears.com; fans can then figure out what order the clips go in to create the full, 15-second teaser clip.
And finally, on Friday, Britney will tweet the URL to the 3 video premiere at 10 a.m. EST.
Rumors are circulating that the Jonas Brothers are breaking up. Real or rumor? ET knows!
The bros spoke out to their fans in a blog posted Wednesday saying that while it’s true Nick Jonas is working on a side project, their family trio is not going separate ways.
"We plan to make music together for as long as we can," the brothers write.
