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The world premieres of the film Michael Jackson's This Is It began tonight anchored with a 6 p.m. Pacific time showing at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre. London was also hosting a time synchronized premiere at Leicester Square 1 a.m. UK time. By the end of the day Wednesday, the film is expected to premiere in 99 countries. The movie's soundtrack album hit music stores earlier today. The Los Angeles premiere of the film brought out a wide range of celebrities among the 5,000 invited guests. From Will Smith to Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton, the stars were out in full force to see Michael Jackson's This Is It. American Idol royalty were well represented as seen above left and at right. Prior to the premiere, no film critics had been shown the movie. It was screened for family members and a few friends. The most publicized response was that of Elizabeth Taylor. The legendary actress said that she, 'wept from pure joy at his God-given gift.' The theatrical engagements begin tomorro

On first glance at its headline, I totally thought this post was going to be about this song (also a fine soundtrack for your soggy, gray late October day): [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]Source : Line Out (subscribe)Explore : Music

Gustavo Dudamel is the conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

The Senegalese-American singer Akon has figured out how to stay out of the dreaded world-music category. He moved from Senegal to New Jersey when he was 7, and after a somewhat successful criminal career (he served a sentence for car theft), he began an unlikely -- and so far hugely successful -- musical one. On his lovely 2004 debut album, ''Trouble,'' he sang smooth R&B songs about rough lives, often using tough hip-hop beats to balance his melancholy tunes.

Akon was performing in Melbourne, Australia when a fight broke out between rival gangs in the audience. So what did Akon do? He jumped into the crowd to fight the people fighting, so he could stop the fight. Usually pouring gasoline on fire only makes the fire bigger. Afterwards a total of nine people went to [...]Source : Hollywood Grind (subscribe)Explore : Artists, Celebrity, Cinema, Directors, Music

Eminem has offered some new facts on his DJ Hero: Renegade Edition deejay-based video game and confirmed the set will feature unreleased tracks from himself and Jay-Z. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]Source : SOHH.com (subscribe)Explore : Artists, Jay-Z, Music, Rap and Hip-Hop

TOXIC HOLOCAUST and tour partners THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER are at the center of a heated debate amongst Nashville, Tennessee's most conservative residents about the bands' performances tonight (Tuesday, October 27) at the Christian-run Rocketown venue.