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Fans Attending Gamescom Will Be The First to Play The Game That Lets Them Feel The Magic of The King of Pop

Paddy Dunning reveals how Michael Jackson spent five months in his rural hideaway in Co Westmeath, which is now available to hire.

After much anticipation, Playmates Toys revealed details about its highly sought after Michael Jackson Collectibles. Playmates Toys earlier this year signed a deal with Bravado, the world's leading global music merchandising company, to create collectibles based on the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson.

CNN's new arts and culture show "icon", in conjunction with music magazine "Songlines", has shortlisted 20 globally renowned musicians from the past 50 years.

Vote for your favourite artists and they'll reveal the top five in "icon's" interactive gallery at cnn.com/icon when their music show airs on 25th August.

Hurry, voting ends soon...

You are invited by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, Spike DDB, and The Republic of Brooklyn to come celebrate the 52nd birthday of “The King of Pop” Michael Jackson. The event starts from 12.00pm until 5.00pm on Sunday 29th August, 2010 at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York on Nethermead Field with DJ Spinna on the turntables.

Help us reach our goal of one million tributes to the King of Pop on the MichaelJackson.com tribute wall.

So far over 600,000 fans around the world have posted their tributes. Now's your chance to add yours at MichaelJackson.com.

Don't forget to share your tribute by using the Facebook and Twitter buttons on the tribute page.

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BET: The BET Awards (June 27, 8-11:00 p.m.) Queen Latifah hosts the 10th annual Awards from Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. Along with performances from T.I., Kanye West, Usher, T-Pain, Alicia Keys, and Eminem, a Michael Jackson tribute has been added to the lineup.

According to Business Week, Michael Jackson's estate is challenging another Japanese company that claims it owns the rights to use MJ's image.

Read more here.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, MJ has nine of the 17 best-selling R&B hits in digital history, including, "Thriller", "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," all from his landmark album Thriller; "Man In The Mirror", the gospel-tinged smash from Bad; and "Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough", the disco-flavoured lead single from Off The Wall.

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