The “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson has tragically died today in Los Angeles, aged 50, following a suspected cardiac arrest. Musically he can only be described as genius, the singer has been one of the most influential people in the industry over the last 35 years. I doubt there are any people in the World who have not heard of Michael Jackson, from Africa to Asia, the musical superstar has sold over 100 million records.

Michael Jackson has made some of the greatest musical albums over 3 decades – Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, all multi selling records, making him the “King of Pop”. His soulful voice, his groundbreaking dancing, and his ability to touch lives, has been a huge influence on the music of today, an inspiration for all modern musicians. His music is timeless and I doubt if anyone can ever come close to emulating his achievments.

Jackson was thrust into the limelight at a young age and often struggled to try and relive his youth in his later years, many saying this was a result of a missed childhood. Throughout his later years, his life was often unfairly ridiculed by the American Media, forcing him to lead a life of a recluse. Accusations of  homosexuality, high profile marriages, child sex allegations and a constant abuse about his physical appearance dogged him after the Bad album.

Jackson was due to perform a series of concerts in the UK, his first live performances in ten years. All the London concerts sold out in days, proving his fans still loved and respected him immensly.

News Blog RC hopes Michael Jackson is remembered for his musical career and not some of the stories which have been reported in the contemporary media. The greatest black musical artist to have ever lived, a true pop icon. With countless classic songs, Michael Jackson created his own pop culture which spread worldwide and he single-handedly create the music video genre with Thriller. Any time a Michael Jackson song comes on the radio, it is never turned off, a testament to his abilities – RIP The King Of Pop.

Below is News Blog RC’s tribute to Michael Jackson – First his Billie Jean performance in New York in 2001. I’ve never seen one black man make so many white women dance and cry at the same time. Following this there is Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough from Off the Wall.

The new series of Top Gear began this weekend. Regular viewers of the show will have become familiar with their regular mystery driver, “The Stig”. The Stig has remained totally anonymous since the show began and is only ever seen wearing a white driving suit and matching helmet. Viewers have never been shown his face until now….

Upon removal of his helmet, The Stig was revealed to be former F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher. News Blog RC are fairly sure this is another Jeremy Clarkson bad joke and is definitely a publicity stunt in a bid to get more viewers.

Bear Grylls is a British adventurer who demonstrates survival techniques in dangerous situations on his television programmes. He has become famous for his show, “Born Survivor” also known as “Men vs Wild” in the USA.

In this recent episode he teams up with comedian, Will Ferrell as they head to some cold conditions in Sweden with some hilarious consequences:

The video below is the best interview News Blog RC has seen. The video is from a Comic Relief event and features Ali G interviewing David and Victoria Beckham with some probing questions. As the interview progresses, Posh Spice appears to get more and more defensive and ends up doing the talking for her husband, David Beckham as well. It is definitely clear to see who wears the pants in this relationship. If you haven’t seen this before you should now.

Its the first time News Blog RC has seen two fighters knocked out at the same time. This recent video from a UFC fight in America shows exactly that.

Hilarious video from the MTV awards of Bruno (Sacha Baren Cohen) landing on Eminem at the MTV award show. Eminem left the show in a state of shock. It’s about time someone did this to him after the way he embarrasses other celebrities. Read News Blog RC review of Eminem’s new album, Relapse.

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Diversity upset the odds to win the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2009. They were up against Susan Boyle in the final two and the public vote went in their favour to the surprise of many. They were not the favourites and were carrying odds of 20-1 going into the final, but another original well choreographed routine helped win them the public telephone vote. Diversity’s desire and dedication plus their near perfect performance proved that real talent shines through. They collected the £100,000 prize as well as being able to perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance. Watch the video of their performance in the Britain’s Got Talent Final 2009 below:

Amazing video of human beatbox champion, Roxorloops. The Belgian now has 7 million views on YouTube of this set at the French Beatbox Championships from 2007.

Britain’s Got Talent fever is gripping the country so I thought I’d add a video of my favourites, Diversity who really are amazing. I’ve seen many dancers in my time but the routines which these guys are producing are so imaginitive and unique, they fully deserve to win. Susan Boyle is apparently the favourite and its probably something the Queen would prefer as I cant really picture her busting a move when watching Diversity.

Written by isxrc

Im looking forward to seeing the new addition to the Terminator Series, starring Christian Bale in the role of John Connor. The movie is entitled Terminator: Salvation. The film continues the story after the Judgement Day event and I’ve got to say the action sequences look very impressive.

With the new Transformers movie also released this summer it will be interesting to see which of the two performs better in the box office. I am however, reserved in my judgement with regards to its director McG, who famously brought one of the worst movies in living memory, Charlies Angels 2: Full Throttle to our screens.

Below is the latest trailer for the movie: