Inmates at the Cebu City Jail in Cebu central Philippines perform to the late Michael Jackson song titled "Beat It"to pay tribute to the music icon Saturday June 27, 2009. More than 1,500 inmates became famous in YouTube with over 23 million hits after they performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Jackson died in Los Angeles, Thursday. He was 50. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Inmates at the Cebu City Jail in Cebu central Philippines perform to the late Michael Jackson song titled "Beat It"to pay tribute to the music icon Saturday June 27, 2009. More than 1,500 inmates became famous in YouTube with over 23 million hits after they performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Jackson died in Los Angeles, Thursday. He was 50.

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  5. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  6. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  7. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: President and CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden (L) and Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana attend a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  8. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 28: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Fans attend the South African premiere of 'This is It' at the Ster Kinekor cinemas in Fourways on October 28, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The movie premiered at 3am on Wednesday morning in South Africa, part of eighteen simultaneous premieres on five continents that launched a two-week release of 'This Is It', a portrait of Jackson preparing for the London concerts due to have begun just weeks after his sudden death in June 2009. More than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for Jackson's aborted return to the stage have been distilled into a two-hour film, which has been hyped by organisers as the last-ever performance by the 'King of Pop'. Despite the anticipation surrounding the film, a group of diehard Jackson fans have launched an online campaign urging devotees of the singer to boycott the movie, claiming it hides the truth about his final days. The group claims on its website - 'This-Is-Not-It' - that the movie attempts to mask Jackson's physical frailty as he maintained a punishing schedule of rehearsals.
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  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Melanie Brown and Stephen Belafonte attend the 'This Is It' UK film premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 27, 2009 in London, England.
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  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Melanie Brown attends the 'This Is It' UK film premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 27, 2009 in London, England.
  14. US musician and brother of the late Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson performs in Manchester, north-west England, on October 6, 2009. Founding member of the Jackson 5, Tito Jackson, performed a special tribute to his late brother Michael as a support act to a performance by Gladys Knight.
  15. US musician and brother of the late Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson performs in Manchester, north-west England, on October 6, 2009. Founding member of the Jackson 5, Tito Jackson, performed a special tribute to his late brother Michael as a support act to a performance by Gladys Knight.
  16. US musician and brother of the late Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson performs in Manchester, north-west England, on October 6, 2009. Founding member of the Jackson 5, Tito Jackson, performed a special tribute to his late brother Michael as a support act to a performance by Gladys Knight.

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