The multi-million-dollar attack on the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary and HBO by Michael Jackson's estate will dance on, at least for the time being.
In a tentative ruling in federal court this morning, the always contemplative Judge George Wu said he's leaning towards rejecting the premium cabler's…
Dave Chappelle is stirring up controversy, mincing no words in a critique of Michael Jackson’s accusers featured in HBO’s Leaving Neverland documentary, in his new Netflix comedy special.
“I don’t believe those motherf***ers,” Chappelle said in his Sticks & Stones special referring to Wade Robson and James Safechuck…
(UPDATED with Jackson estate statement) With five nominations going into next month's Emmy Awards,Leaving Neverland is hoping to score a final win in court too.
Under legal fire from the extremely litigious estate of Michael Jackson, the HBO documentary examining allegations that the Thriller star sexually abused…
Three French Michael Jackson fan clubs are suing the two men featured in HBO/Channel 4 doc Leaving Neverland.
The Michael Jackson Community, the MJ Street and On The Line have filed a lawsuit accusing Wade Robson and James Safechuck of "sullying" the reputation of the Bad singer. A court hearing was held in Orleans…
For the second time in recent months, real-world controversy has visited the make-believe world of Broadway musicals.
Nicholas Sparks, whose 1996 novel The Notebook is being turned into a Broadway musical by, among others, playwright and This Is Us producer Bekah Brunstetter, was slammed in a Daily Beast article today…
UPDATED, 9:55 AM: A federal judge in the lawsuit against HBO over its documentary Leaving Neverlandhas denied the Michael Jackson estate’s motion for immediate arbitration. The family had been trying to have the case be decided by the American Arbitration Association and to have it sent back to state court, but U.S…
When Rashida Jones paid tribute to her father Quincy Jones recently at a Netflix FYSEE event in Hollywood, she assured him there would never be another person like him.
"I hope not," the elder Jones cracked.
"No, there won't be," Rashida replied. "Don't worry."
The occasion for the tribute was a screening of the…
Death threats from Michael Jackson fans and litigation by Jackson's estate have not convinced director Dan Reed to back down from his controversial HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, which depicts the late entertainer as a serial pedophile.
"It certainly hasn't cowed either me or HBO," Reed declares. "I stand by every…
Oprah Winfrey told Trevor Noah she was subjected to a level of “hateration,” for speaking to Michael Jackson’s accusers on HBO, that she had not encountered since the late 90’s when she participated Ellen DeGeneres’ coming-out “puppy episode” of her ABC sitcom.
Guesting on The Daily Show to talk about her new book The…
Diana Ross is the latest celebrity to defend Michael Jackson amid fallout from the two-part HBO documentary Leaving Neverland.
The music legend took to Twitter Saturday to speak out on behalf of her late friend. To get her point across, she used the title of the 1965 Motown single, “Stop! In the Name of Love,” from…
A musical comedy featuring the songs of Britney Spears will fill the slot at the Chicagotheater left vacant when producers of the upcoming Michael Jackson bio-musical scotched its own pre-Broadway run in the Windy City.
Once Upon a One More Time, with an original book by Jon Hartmere under the direction of Kristin…
