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“Derek Shulman took me to a Bon Jovi show. The whole audience was freaking out, and Derek said to me: ‘Are you ready for this? It’s going to happen to you.’ And I fully believed in it.”: The unlikely rebirth of Dan Reed Network, funk rock’s nearly men

How funk rock pioneer Dan Reed overcame death, drama and drug addiction to make the Network’s first album in 25 years

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Spike Lee defends Michael biopic amid criticism for not including child sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson

Spike Lee has bemoaned film critics complaining about allegations of child sexual abuse against Michael Jackson not being included in the new biopic Michael.

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Spike Lee defends Michael Jackson biopic over omission of abuse allegations

Lee, who has directed singer’s 1996 music video, says he saw the biopic twice

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Prince Jackson reveals what late dad Michael was really like as a father

Prince Jackson has reflected on his experiences growing up with King of Pop Michael Jackson as a father.

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Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed blasts Michael Jackson biopic for depicting King of Pop as an 'angel'

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed felt "really icky" after witnessing the depiction of Michael Jackson's relationship with children in the new biopic Michael.

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‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director

Dan Reed says the film recasts abuse allegations as lies and sidesteps Jackson’s relationships with children

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'Michael' breaks records for music biopics at box office with $217 million global opening

International sales are strong, as 'Michael' has collected a $217.4 million global opening - a new high for a music biopic. The film has defied a rocky production, negative reviews, as well as accusations of whitewashing the troubling legacy of the King of Pop.

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Leaving Neverland director blasts Michael Jackson biopic over abuse claims

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Leaving Neverland director says Michael Jackson was ‘worse than Jeffrey Epstein’ as fans rush to see new biopic

Dan Reed’s 2019 documentary exposed graphic allegations of child sex abuse against the late pop icon

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Leaving Neverland Director Highlights the Issue with the Hype for ‘Michael’

Michael is out this weekend and people are remembering Leaving Neverland. The director of the harrowing documentary gives his thoughts on the Michael Jackson film.

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Can a new biopic change your mind about Michael Jackson?

In life, the singer’s image was shaken by abuse allegations. In death, he is a billion-dollar business

The Guardian - US

“Back in the old days we all had those ‘magic’ guitars or amps you had to bring into the studio. But over time I’ve realised it doesn’t really matter as much as I used to think”: Kiss star Tommy Thayer doesn’t know what gear he used on his new EP

"We thought it would be fun to record again"

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Michael: first trailer unveiled for controversial Michael Jackson biopic

Star will be played by the real-life singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in a film that will ‘humanise but not sanitise’ him

The Guardian - US

Can Michael Jackson’s music survive the accusations against him? It’s complicated

STATE OF THE ARTS: However you feel about the ‘Leaving Neverland’ documentaries, says Laura Barton, listening to the one-time King of Pop will never be quite the same again

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Michael Jackson fan 'cult' will never believe sexual assault claims

'Leaving Neverland' director Dan Reed has insisted he didn't set out to "knock Michael Jackson off his pedestal" by detailing allegations of sexual assault from Wade Robson and James Safechuck.

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Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson review – the shocking exposé of the megastar is a hard act to follow

Dan Reed’s world-rocking 2019 documentary detailed the experiences of survivors Wade Robson and James Safechuck – perhaps too definitively for this sequel to have anything new to say. If only it had waited for their trial …

The Independent UK

The Michael Jackson child abuse allegations will never go away – Leaving Neverland 2 is proof

3/5 As litigation against the late singer continues, this follow-up documentary explores the human cost of the case

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‘I’ve had murderers try to find me. I’ve had armed people say they’ll shoot’ – Dan Reed on the fallout from his Michael Jackson films

The documentary maker has received constant death threats from Jackson fans ever since his devastating Leaving Neverland aired. He reveals why he had to make a follow-up

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The Independent UK

Michael Jackson film ‘thrown into chaos’ ahead of planned release date

Report claims that the film’s creators are now facing costly reshoots ahead of its planned release in October

The Guardian - US

‘His ego will not accept defeat’: the story behind Trump’s attempt to steal an election

A new documentary shows how close Trump and his allies were to subverting 2020 election – through Republican eyes

Louder

"We're taking a step back from the soap opera": The ongoing saga with The Quireboys ends as the Black Eyed Sons emerge from the wreckage

Members of The Quireboys and Down n' Outz combine for an all-star album featuring Joe Elliott, Ryan Roxie, Charlie Starr and more

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The bizarre Tory attack on Sadiq Khan – and what the London mayoral race might bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside the buildup to the 2 May vote, and what the result might mean for Labour at the general election

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Our loss and "The Truth Vs. Alex Jones"

Dan Reed's latest documentary shows how InfoWars' perpetuating of the Sandy Hook conspiracy is another Big Lie

The Guardian - US

‘It got vile very quickly’: how Alex Jones turned a tragedy into a battleground

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed spent four years following the circus created by the rightwing TV host after he claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened

The Guardian - UK

This new Michael Jackson biopic will glorify a man who abused children

The director of controversial documentary Leaving Neverland, which featured two of the singer’s young victims, says the latest film about the star sends out an unacceptable message

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