“The crows and musical numbers pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where White performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations,” Disney officials noted about “Dumbo” on its streaming platform. “The leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States,” the statement continued.  ... read more »

“Earth Song” by Michael Jackson ... read more / watch video »

Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children is a five-part documentary series offering an unprecedented look at the abduction and murder of at least 30 African-American children and young adults in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981.     ... read more »

Michael Jackson won a record 8 Grammys. His album “Thriller” is still one of the highest-grossing albums, 1984. ... read more »

Last week, just days after the tragic death of basketball superstar and entrepreneur Kobe Bryant, CBS This Morning co-host, and Friend of Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King sparked a controversy following her interview with former WNBA star and longtime friend of Bryant, Lisa Leslie. ... read more »

Staples Center will host a public memorial for Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant, and the seven other victims killed last month in a helicopter crash on Feb. 24, according to the L.A. Times. ... read more »

Legendary music executive Berry Gordy was honored with a square on the corner of Sunset and Argyle, directly under the 6255 Sunset building that once housed his famed Motown Records once it moved from Detroit to Los Angeles. ... read more »

He announced his retirement during the 60th-anniversary celebration of Motown that took place in Detroit last month. ... read more »

The world's attention was focused on Los Angeles 10 years ago, June 25, when Michael Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center of an overdose while preparing for a series of concerts in London. The so-called "King of Pop,'' 50, was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. on June 25, 2009 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, about two hours after paramedics were called to the singer's rented Holmby Hills estate, where he was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London. ... read more »

The City of Inglewood partnered with Clippers Arena Inglewood, Consolidated Disposal Service (A Republic Service Company), West Basin Municipal Water District and 102.3 FM, RadioFree KJLH for the annual Earth Day Music Festival, Saturday, April 20, 2019, on the South Lawn of City Hall. ... read more »

Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond. ... read more / view gallery »

First on “CBS This Morning,” Michael Jackson’s family is speaking out about sexual abuse allegations against the singer in an explosive new HBO documentary premiering this weekend. ... read more »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Oprah Winfrey interview with two men who say Michael Jackson sexually abused them as boys will air immediately after a documentary on the men. ... read more »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Michael Jackson estate has sent a letter to the U.K.’s Channel 4 warning that a documentary on two men who accuse the singer of molesting them as boys violates the network’s programming guidelines. ... read more »

Whitney Houston Performs Star Spangled Banner Super Bowl 1991   2. Michael Jackson Halftime Performance 1991   3.  Prince Halftime Performance 2007   4. Beyonce Halftime Performance 2013   ... read more »