In 2001, a year after he wrote an essay for Beliefnet about growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, Michael Jackson participated in an online audio chat sponsored by GetMusic.com and RollingStone.com and moderated by writer Anthony DeCurtis. In it, he spoke about the spirituality of songwriting and how his music is a work of God…

You may like her. You may not. But regardless of what the majority of politicos and pollsters are saying about her, Sarah Palin is emerging as one of the most recognizable pop culture icons of our time. She is the focus of the healines this week on the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times,…

Sometimes sports television crosses over into the world of pop culture, and this year’s July 4th weekend certainly marked such a time. Roger Federer won his historically best 15th Grand Slam tennis title, and Tiger Woods won the tournament he hosts–at a future U.S. Open site–later in the same day. They’ll be highlighted on this…

Has the cult of celebrity worship gone too far? Last week’s news highlighted a few Michael Jackson fans around the world committing suicide after being devastated by the pop singer’s death. A UK media outlet Sky News quoted the president of MJJCommunity, one of the world’s largest Michael Jackson fan sites based in the UK,…

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