jackson. >> michael jackson. >> michael jackson has died. >> perhaps there's something slightly heartless about covering this event. people pivoted to michael jackson and never even looked back to farrah fawcett. for the most part i don't think that the public would say to anyone making that call in a control room you got it wrong. >> june 25th, 2009, we saw how fast the news cycle can move. at one moment where we're still talk about this horrible killing captured on tape of a young woman in iran, that is farrah fawcett has died. there's no bigger story right now at that moment. and then michael jackson dies. there's no bigger story. >> but we've been watching him since he was 10 or 12 years old. >> does it mean we have short attention spans? i don't know. >> south carolina governor -- >> i think we've all become accustomed now that there's another big story on the heels of the one before it. >>> los angeles is bracing for a second night of burning, killing and looting. >> the stories you're about to see were reported in the news between april 29th and may 1st 1992. >> it was a stunning t

. >> michael jackson died today. he was only 50 years old. >> this is equivalent to elvis passing away. >> this was a huge international story. >> the stories you're about to see were reported in the news on june 25th and 26th, 2009. >> think of influence and power to stop world news. >> the king of pop's sudden death rockets across the world and other stories are buried in its wake. >> so many things got overshadowed that day. >> the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests began. >> actress farrah fawcett has lost her three year battle with cancer. >> mark sanford revealed yesterday he was in argentina to visit his mistress. >> always another big story on the heels of the one before it. >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> jackson announced a series of 50 concerts in london. it's to be his big comeback. >> typically in newsroom, we think of summer as slow. and then it begins to happen. it's usually not one thing. it's two things, three things, and there you go. we were cover

jackson. >> michael jackson. >> michael jackson. >> michael jackson. >> you talked about it publicly, possibly overmedicating that he was on painkillers. >> the autopsy on michael jackson's body is expected to performed later on today. it's expected to also include a toxicology study, so it could be some time before we know for sure. ♪ [beeping] take on any galaxy with a car that could stop for you. simulation complete. the new nissan rogue. rogue one: a star wars story. in theaters december 16th. more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper >>> i'm stunned at the reports that michael has died. >> i mean this is equivalent to elvis passing away. >> south carolina's governor mark sanford admits to an extramarital affair. >> some are calling for his resignation. >> of course michael jackson was not just an american superstar, he was beloved by fans all over the world. >> the death of michael jac

jackson -- >> michael jackson. >> michael jackson -- >> michael jackson has died. >> slightly heartless of covering this event, people started focusing pivoted to michael jackson and never even looked back to farrah fawcett for the most part. i don't think the public says to anyone making that call in a control room you got it wrong. >> june 25th, 2009. we saw how fast the news cycle can move. at one moment, we're still talking about this horrible killing captured on tape of a young woman in iran, and then farrah fawcett died. no bigger story at that moment. and then michael jackson dies. there's no bigger story. >> but we have been watching him since he was, what? 10 or 12 years old. >> does it mean we have short attention spans? i don't know. >> michael jackson has died. >> farrah fawcett has died. >> south carolina governor mark sanford -- >> another big story on the heels of the one before it. >>> 9:00 eastern time. there's a bunch of poll closings ready. this could be a re turning point. >> nbc news has projected al gore the winner in florida. >> cable news, the presidential electi

jackson. >> michael jackson. >> michael jackson has died. >> perhaps there's something slightly heartless about covering this event. people started focusing, pivoted to michael jackson and never even looked back to farrah fawcett. i don't think anyone in the public who was making the call in the control room you got it wrong. >> we saw how fast the news cycle can move. at one moment where we're still talking about this horrible killing captured on tape of a young woman in iran, then it's farrah fawcett has died. >> farrah fawcett has died. >> then michael jackson dies. there's no bigger story. >> we've been watching him since he was, what, 10 or 12 years old. >> michael jackson has died. >> farrah fawcett has died. >> i think we have become accustomed now. there's always another big stories on the heels of the one before it. >>> together, we accomplish what no one thought was possible. >> people want me to all the time. >> what about you? >> i don't like it. >> why? >> can you imagine how controversial i'd be? >> tonight we close one chapter in history and we begin another. >> you may not

>>> michael jackson died today. he was only 50 years old. >> this is equivalent to elvis passing away. >> the stories you're about to see were reported on june 25th and 26th 2009. >> think of the influence and the power to stup world news. >> the king of pop's sudden death rockets across the world and other stories are buried in its wake. >> so many things got over shadowed that day. >> the past few days have been some of the most violent in iran. >> actress fairau faucet has lost her three-year battle with cancer. >> and mark sanford revealed he was in argentina to visit his mistress. >> i'ver been unfaithful to my wife. ♪ >>> jackson aunse noed a series of c conert ises in london. >> there are periods where there's not a lot going on and then it begins to happen and it's usually two things he, it's three things and there you go. we were covering a tragedy in iran and the attempts at revolution. >> what's going on in iran is massive, mostly peaceful protests over the alleged stealing of an election. >> a politica

family members to play michael jackson. trust me, jermaine is available. all right, so help us wrap our heads around this disirks an this is a big get for us. we actually have the casting director for this movie live via satellite from his hollywood office, please welcome blake moffet. >> thank you. thank you for having me. thanks for having me. okay. so like whenever you're ready. (laughter). >> larry: okay. blake, now you have to admit joseph finest as michael jackson, that is-- fiennes as mike will jackson, that say bit of a stretch. >> i don't think so. this story about 2001 michael jack sofnlt and it's not my fault that in 2001 michael jackson looked like one of the fiennes bros. but i think we're missing the larger point here. >> larry: which is? >> joe joey fiennes is acting again. that is so huge. also, larry, you are cast for the story. marlon brano is also featured but it's not like on the waterfront brando. it's greasy gel gelatinous brando. so i'm not casting adrian brody, imagine the money we would spend on fal

jackson by moonwalk need to work i can never be michael jackson i can play michael jackson but what about a deborah white actor playing michael jackson i sat down with joseph biden two days ago you must however you think it looks like michael jackson he never misses a chance to fly over colorado i'm always looking out for ethos out the window guy jagged twinkling away beautiful and i think that's colorado hay i got to go down there one day he has flown over colorado many times very charming for the companies business playing michael jackson he is a british tv movie all about michael jackson after 911 when he went on that road trip with elizabeth taylor so when you take that critics say this is more examples of whitewashing on the heels of the oscar nomination this is an outrage d. a great okay it is a little weird don't you think but here's the thing mike a little got a little white toward the and though that's not michael that he is playing a think it's bad timing is as good be awkward make past i had arrived benedict good casting is a great actor it is time to talk about the mall

this is a good reminder, i think, how great michael was. >> reporter: for "nightline," >> michael jackson's journey from motown to off the wall premieres tomorrow on showtime and will be released with a remastered version of the album on february 26th. thank you for watching. tune into gma tomorrow. as always we're online 24/7 on the "nightline" facebook page and abcnews.com. >>> who's hungry? "the list" starts now. three breakfast hacks you've got to try. >> this is the most perfect egg. it's fabulous. >> and our list of ways to keep

jackson. >> yes. >> like michael jackson. >> prince, michael jackson, whitney houston, believe it or not, tupac. >> that's right. >> most influential entertainers. all of these people remembered. we will recycle prince's music for ever. >> i don't think that shock is too strong a word to describe what the world is feeling as we absorb the fact that prince, 57 years old, musical legend, icon, performer, producer, extraordinaire has died. back with you here on msnbc. let me introduce morgan james. a singer and broadway actress and prince allowed morgan to cover his song "call my name" and sang the national anthem of the democratic debate last week. thank you for being here. talk about that experience of being able to cover a prince song. >> you know, "call my name" was the first song i covered when i started my band and when i got my record deal with eping records i corded it with my band and everybody at the label said, don't get your hopes up, it's never going to happen, he doesn't let anybody record his music. the legal -- the legal gities wl be too tough. i knew it would come throu

of michael jackson. the unique show brings together michael jackson, cirque du soleil and dance fans like no other. 29. this year marks the fourth annual michael jackson one birthday celebration in honor of the king of pop. tiffany baker, dance master at michael jackson one and jawkeen howard, artist at michael jackson one are here with us. cirque du soleil, the estate of michael jackson and mandalay bay will throw a three-day birthday celebration, aug. o each night before the 7 p.m. show, there will be a special meet-and- greet opportunity with members of the estate and other surprise guests. o on aug. 27, the estate will join michael jackson one as they unveil the fourth piece of exclusively in the theater lobby. o on aug. 29, there will be a never-before-seen performance by the cast of one in the theater. o on aug. 29, there will also be a name that michael jackson tune competition, including a special guest emcee, prizes and more. nine fans will be chosen to participate in the competition, with one n

. >>> michael jackson took world by storm. from "rock with you" -- >> to his signature shuffle. now in a new documentary his journey as a young star to the king of pop still leaving a mark on music today. but first the "nightline 5." >> i'm like a big bear, he's my little cub. nonstop. always wants to hang out with his friends. got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat to be ready to get up. there's no deep couch city. definitely not good for my back. this is the point i really don't like. what's that? it's a swiffer wet jet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. it's kind of fun. that was on my floor? this is deep couch city. >> deep couch city! test text1 plain thank you for joining us. tonight the rice to the primaries in new hampshire is intensifying and it's a war of words between the gop candidates. with the stakes higher than ever trump is doubling down and rousing his supporters. some showing their support in ways they can never take back. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: only one candidate here in new hampshire is doing well enough to rate at the clay

this is a good reminder, i think, how great michael was. >> reporter: for "nightline," >> michael jackson's journey

had already made michael jackson pop's premiere entertainer? now director spike lee is shining a spotlight on michael's early 20s..in his documentary michael jackson's journey from motown to off the wall this 1981 performance from the jacksons triumph tour?.one example of the never-before-seen stuff that spike's found? nats performance- ..like michael's impossibly soaring original demo of "don't stop til you get enough"... recorded at the jacksons' family compound in encino? nats don't stop til you get enough demo- the doc?bringing viewers back three and half decades ? with michael first spreading his solo wings ? ready for superstardom as a man?. do i don't want it labeled black or white. i want it labeled as music. this music (show off the wall)? rocking, soulful & sophisticated ?dance-floor dynamite that sold 30 million copies worldwide?and influenced so many of today's biggest names ? from john legend ? to questlove ?. sot quest love wooooo! (does mj iconic yell) cut in mj doing wooo! from don't stop 2 quest love that was the first time we

. >>> michael jackson took world by storm. from "rock with you" -- rock all night >> to his signature shuffle. now in a new documentary his journey as a young star to the king of pop still leaving a mark on music today. but first the "nightline 5." >> i'm like a big bear, he's my little cub. nonstop. always wants to hang out with his friends. got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat to be ready to get up. there's no deep couch city. definitely not good for my back. this is the point i really don't like. it's a swiffer wet jet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. it's kind of fun. that was on my floor? this is deep couch city. >> deep couch city! >> number one in just 60 seconds. your heart loves omega-3s. but there's a difference between the omega-3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body... ...which makes your heart, well, mega-happy. happier still, megared is proven to increase omega-3 levels in 30 days. megared. >>> good evening. thank you for join

>> and a couple got incredible surprise after they bought a michael jackson cassette from a thrift store. >> thanks for staying us with tonight i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins. >> we begin with several new developments in the deadly apartment explosion investigation from the cause to victims to lawsuit. "fox5" lauren demarco is in silver spring with the details. >> on the left side comes into the meter washington gas meter and on right side it goes out to each apartment. >>> the president of management company using image to nearby ruleding where the deadly explosion happened. several residents said there were frequent compliance about the smell of gas leading up to devastating blast and fire. and clark malilo says they have elaborate system of recording complaints. >> since beginning of year we had two complaints one in january and one in 345eu for the smell of gas. both complaints were investigated and technician went to apartment with electronic sniffen and found no gas it dissipated by the time we were there. everybody knows there's what another report on jewel 25 the fire compa

can't get on mtv, michael jackson, come on! >> when he does that moon walk, if you were on the couch, by the end of it you were on the floor at the tv, you couldn't believe what you were seeing. >> i was saying the moonwalk was one of the first viral moments that affected rock history..the next week, thriller started selling a million copies a week. >> i like michael jackson because he is good, he knows how to dance. >> he is sexy and gorgeous. >> michael jackson is the man of the '80s. >> mtv starts to get pressure from cbs records, michael jackson's label. >> rock and roll in itself was the thing that broke a lot of rules. >> you're successful, you try to make your own rules occasionally. >> as the story goes, cbs said we will pull every other artist we have on mtv if you don't play this. they had to be blackmailed into doing it. ♪ it doesn't praert paragraph matter who's wrong or right just beat it ♪ >> he was the artist that mtv really needed. they didn't know they needed him, but when we started to see the michael jack

. >>> michael jackson took world by storm. from "rock with you" -- ♪ rock all night >> to his signature shuffle. now in a new documentary his journey as a young star to the king of pop still leaving a mark on music today. but first the "nightline 5." >> i'm like a big bear, he's my little cub. nonstop. always wants to hang out with his friends. got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat to be ready to get up. there's no deep couch city. definitely not good for my back. this is the point i really don't like. what's that? it's a swiffer wet jet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. it's kind of fun. that was on my floor? this is deep couch city. >> deep couch city! >> number one in just 60 seconds. four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth-- [train horn blares] ... to the continent... [claps] ... a new nation. announcer: don't wait until presidents day to get a better night's sleep. during sleep train's presidents day sale save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free

michael jackson and the upcoming film, elizabeth, michael and marlin. he's a white male where michael jackson was a black male. well, except for 1982 about he was a werewolf. is the hubbub over joseph fines unwarranted? this is bad timing. are you outraged? >> this -- when i was reading up on this, i don't know what race michael jackson is? was he considered black at his death? kennedy: he's considered to be a home oh sapien. you are not bothered give this, how long have you been racist? >> he's playing an american icon and he's british. joseph fiennes. give michael the best. joseph fiennes got famous in a movie called "shakespeare in love." i loved that feature film because i loved a woman once. it did not work out with the woman i loved. anyway, shakespeare in love. >> gwyneth paltrow looks more like michael jackson. kennedy: you can kind of see the resemblance there. >> michael jackson worked hard the entire latter half of his life to look like a white man. he should -- if you are doing a movie on caitlyn jenner and you had a woman playing him, he wo

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michael jackson? come on. >> when he does that moonwalk, if you were sitting on the couch by the end of it you were on the floor in front of the tv. you couldn't believe what you were seeing. >> i would say the moonwalk was really one of the first viral moments that affected rock history. the next week "thriller" started selling a million copies a week. >> i like michael jackson because he's bad, he knows how to dance. >> he's so sexy and so gorgeous. >> he's exciting! >> michael jackson is the man of the '80s. >> mtv starts to get pressure from cbs records, which was michael jackson's label. >> rock and roll in itself was really the thing that broke a lot of rules. when you're very successful, you try to make your own rules occasionally. >> as the story goes, cbs essentially said we will pull every other artist we have on mtv if you don't play this. they had to be essentially blackmailed into doing it. ♪ it doesn't matter who's wrong or right ♪ ♪ just beat it >> he was the artist that mtv reall

but we couldn't get over this. >> you h a michael jackson full-size >> it was a life doll. it got weird. boyfriends would come over and be like why is there a michael jackson life size in your bed >> it's awk >> but it's also weirdly fantastic as well. >> she was also in the front row of michael's front row pepsi commmrcial. she said she still has a pepsi can sign the jackson 5. bachelorette's st at home with a very pregnant emily maynard. >> and on the set of heather locklear's big primetime return. >> and a new show about body shaming. the host talks about her own struggles. >> clo captioning provided by: turn you into someone new, oneh you. nice aeasy, we only make the most real, natural color. even in revealsunlight, it doesn't look like hai color at all. it looks like it's 100% you. isn't that the most beautiful at longhorn, steak its not all you get. 12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. us.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. and for lunch try our steakhouse burger why weigh yourself down? try aveeno? sheer hydration.

i was always a michael jackson fan. i got the opportunity -- i lived in miami -- i still live in miami but they called me to do this show and they wanted to celebrate michael jackson's life and have me play the song why do you want me to play it? they were like, figure it out. i thought since i love michael jackson so much, why don't i create an arrangement that could be with the essence of michael jackson but with my roots, with the salsa flavor. the people loved it. that sparked the idea. i thought maybe i should do a whole album. then five years later, like, you know, through recording and more than a hundred musicians recording and all these artists licensing and everything, the whole project came about. >> it's fantastic. it reminds me of coldplay. what was the reaction when you approached them? >> they were shocked. first i had no name in the industry. i was just out of college and hadn't really produced a record before. so john sicada and all these great artists like sheila e and everybody when they first heard a

prince, and michael jackson upheld a tradition of excellence. guys like jimi hendrix and rick james. i'm not sure if it was revolutionary as finally being recognized and acknowledged how great these guys were as artists especially prince. i mean, who do you know that plays 27 instruments, write and compose his own songs and even with the presentation, it was just no boundaries of his creativity. he pushed the envelope. that opened the doors for a lot of artists that we see today like bruno bars or a deangelo or miguel or beyonce. he made it okay for artists to have freedom of expression and not be controlled by record companies as we saw back in the mid-9'90s when he wrote slave o his face. he was a tremendous musician but also conscious of the business around him and he also was conscious of owning his own and have his own creations. >> absolutely. very well said. i want to bring in the publicists and founder of the brido agency. vanessa is here. talk a bit about that aspect. sway makes a great point. prince pioneered this idea of artists reall

talking to michael jackson's son prince michael. i did it this morning and he doesn't sit down very often for interviews and he's 19 now and he's ready to step into the spotlight. special memories of his very legendary father. >> we see him as larger than life. what was the most normal thing about your dad? >> him trying to cook. actually, no, he was a good i can't cook. >> michael jackson was a good cook. >> yeah. >> what was his best dish? >> daddy bread. it's actually french toast. >> prince is following in his father's footsteps as a producer. and through his company, king son productions. ?? ?? >> everybody has always thought i'm going to do music or a enjoy film, and i do enjoy that business a lot. >> we always knew prince would be in show business. we were with him when he acted in on 90210 and he filled in as an "e.t." correspondent. >> i don't think i would go down in a reality series kind of way. i enjoy keeping my life private because there's been so much of my life that i haven't been able to keep private. i like to cher

that joseph fine cast fro michael jackson and you just can't make this kind of stuff up. even the actor is surprised by the casting. >> the man in the mirror. >> i'm white middle class guy from london. i'm as shocked as you might be. ♪ don't matter if you're blac white ♪ . >> he has had a pigmentation issue. so i believe he was closer to my color than his original color. >> side by side picture, interesting. oh but there's a ton of outrage and t basically took care of the rest. insulting. and my favorite reaction, fine better not eventually get an oscar nod. i can tell you that won't happen because the roleeis in a british tv movie. warning, the premises crazy. >> michael and two of his best buddies, taylor an marlon brando happen to be in new york the night before 9/11 and a concert michael was giving and brando was introducing him on stage. i don't know if this is an urban legend or if it is true. but the three of them couldn't get out because it was shut down. the three went on a road trip in a car. >> a 9/11 road trip comedy with stockard channing as liz, brian co