Los Angeles, April 7 (IANS) Debutant Jaafar Jackson said he kept his casting as Michael Jackson in the forthcoming biopic about the King of Pop’s life a secret from his family for a year. The 29-year-old nephew of Michael, who died aged 50 in 2009 will make his acting debut portraying the Billie Jean singer in Michael. He discussed the experience in conversation with his co-star Miles Teller for Interview, reports femalefirst.co.uk.Jaafar said: “(My mother) came to set one time, but she wasn…
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Los Angeles, March 22 (IANS) Actor Robert Pattinson, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘The Drama’, has shared that he once got in trouble for lying that his dad was Michael Jackson. As a schoolboy, the star played a song by the late King of Pop, who died in June 2009 aged 50, during show and tell, and Robert fibbed to his classmates that it was his dad Richard singing because he had “been taking this medicine called ginkgo biloba”, reports ‘Female Frist UK’.Appearin…
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Actor, fitness icon and former supermodel Milind Soman believes the era of larger-than-life global superstars has largely passed, further noting that today’s entertainment landscape is far more fragmented than before. Speaking to IANS in an exclusive conversation, the actor noted that the more fragmented audiences become, the more niche stardom will get.“The more fragmented it all gets, the smaller the stars will be, because they are all niche. Nobody is overarching e…
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) Debutant Jaafar Jackson said that playing his late uncle and King of Pop Michael Jackson in the upcoming biopic Michael is his “calling”. He went on to share that he had never even thought about an acting career until the project came along. In a new behind-the-scenes video for the movie, the 29-year-old, who is the son of Michael’s older brother Jermaine Jackson, said: “I never dreamed to be an actor or even thought of playing him. But I knew it was a calling.”Embodyi…