Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Premier

The much awaited “This Is It” movie by the late king of pop Michael Jackson was attented by a lot of celebrities like Will Smith, Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, Adam Lambert, Joey McIntyre, JC Chasez, Mickey Rooney, Sugar Ray Leonard, Berry Gordy, a couple of members of “High School Musical”, and lots and lots of famous celebrities.

The global simultaneous premiere opened in 99 countries (Tuesday and Wednesday depending on where you are). In Los Angeles, crowds gathers in the Nokia Theatre to witness the event.

“This Is It” is a two hour film which came from of more than 100 hours of behind the scenes footage of Michael Jackson. This is undoubtedly, the biggest Michael Jackson event. Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia also have the same event.

Sony Entertainment has paid $60 million for the film rights. Wow! I think Sony showed a 12 minute clip to some entertainment journalists.

I can’t wait to see it on the regular screening days in the nearest theatre.

The Blob on TV

Oct 25, 2009 – TCM has shown one of the classic alien attack movie called “The Blob”. It was an independent film made back in the 1950s which stars Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe and Steven Chase.

The Blob was I believe, Steve McQueen’s debut performance and it was about this giant amoeba-like alien which terrorized a small community in Downingtown Pennsylvania. It was one of those sci-fi/horror classics.

The Blob Cast

* Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews (Billed as “Steven McQueen”)
* Aneta Corsaut as Jane Martin
* Earl Rowe as Lt. Dave
* Olin Howland as Old man
* Elbert Smith as Henry Martin
* Hugh Graham as Mr. Andrews

Lil Wayne Going To Jail

Dwayne Carter Jr, popularly known as Lil Wayne will reportedly plead guilty for his 2007 case regarding the possession of a .40 caliber gun found in his tour bus.  Lil Wayne was previously expected to battle out the charge but then reports has been coming out that if authorities were able to confirm Lil Wayne’s DNA on the gun, a conviction would be inevitable.

The scenario was if Lil Wayn plead guilty for possesion of firearms,  he would get a jail term of  about  8 months to a year.  However, if he did not plead guilty and was convicted later on, he might be facing 15 years for each count of criminal weapons possesion.

Lil Wayne is also scheduled to release his “Rebirth” album on Dec 15.  I wonder if this guilty plea would have some implications on the release of “Rebirth”.   He might not be able to promote his album.   Universal Motown, his label’s publicist currently do not have a comment about it.

Mia Michaels Has Cancer??

Mia Michaels, an american choreographer best known for her choreography work on the tv show So You Think You Can Dance is leaving the said show.

According to news reports, FOX confirmed that Mia Michaels will be moving on and executive producer Nigel Lythgoes released the following statement.

“We are thrilled to have given a talent such as Mia Michaels a platform to create Emmy Award-winning choreography. During the auditions this season she has helped choose the best, most diverse top 20 we have ever had. She knows that she is always welcome to return later this season or next. She’s chosen to move on to new challenges and we will continue to support her and wish her all the best.”

Due to this, there were a lot of speculations about why she is leaving but probably the most serious is that she might have cancer. I was surprised to see a lot of people doing searches about “Mia Michaels Cancer” and “Mia Michaels shaved her head“.

Even in twitter, people are talking about her shaved head which is probably why there were speculations about cancer.