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16 October 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

With Halloween soon approaching, it seems as though this week we are overrun with new information regarding what the status is of Ghostbusters 3. While some of it may be new information, one has to sift through a majority of regurgitated old information as well as general speculation to find it. This week is no different as we bring you news (and rumors) on the status of our favorite paranormal exterminators from Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ivan Reitman.

We’ve got Reitman telling us that it’s “more positive than negative”, Murray saying that there’s no script and, for the first time, Aykroyd being less than optimistic by stating it’s all talk until they get green lit and are giving a production number.

There’s also this rumor that there’s no funding for Ghostbusters 3, but we’ll that we’ll get to later.

With all of this information, »

- Anthony Ocasio

6 July 2009 4:51 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Jackson 5, solo hits and a star turn in 'The Wiz' defined Michael's early years.

By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson performing in 1970

Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

In the wake of his untimely death on June 25, it's hard to remember a time when Michael Jackson was not in our lives. The world-famous singer — who in the 1980s shattered all notions of what pop stardom could be — had been a major star since he was 10 years old, and by the time he released what is still the best-selling album of original material of all time, 1982's Thriller, he was already a wily music-industry veteran.

Born Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29, 1958, into a musical family of less-than-modest means in the industrial Midwestern town of Gary, Indiana, Jackson began performing with his brothers professionally at the age of 5 in a group put together by his steelworker father, Joseph. It quickly »

21 January 2009 5:30 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Cassidy Podell – better known as DJ Cassidy – can add Barack Obama to his roster of high-profile clients. The well-known DJ, who also handled Beyoncé and Jay Z's top-secret nuptials, was tapped for yet another ultra-confidential feat: to come up with a play list for Tuesday's Mid-Atlantic Ball, to mark the inauguration of the 44th President. Cassidy, 27, was recommended to the Obamas by none other than Oprah Winfrey, who hired him to DJ the opening of her girls' school in South Africa. In addition to spinning a selection of tunes to get the ball rolling, Cassidy also provided a CD to »

- Tiffany McGee

3 articles from 2009