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October 25th, 2011

Forbes has released its annual list of the 15 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, with Michael Jackson leading the pack for the second year in a row.

The King of Pop’s estate brought in an estimated $170 million over the past 12 months from sales of his music as well as his stake in Sony.

Check out the FULL list here!

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May 6th, 2011

Lady Gaga is coming to “American Idol.”

The Mother Monster will mentor the four remaining contestants on the May 11 show.

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April 7th, 2011

Scotty McCreery sang a blistering version of Elvis Presley’s “That’s All Right, Mama” during rock ‘n’ roll night on “American Idol,” wowing both the judges and his many female admirers.

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February 16th, 2011

“Glee” has broken Elvis Presley’s record for the most singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

With the latest addition of six more tunes from the Fox show, “Glee” now has a total of 113 singles that have made the Hot 100 chart, compared to Presley’s 108 hits. What do you think about “Glee” toppling The King?

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November 16th, 2010

Chilean miner Edison Pena, who recently amused David Letterman with his impression of Elvis Presley, joined Olivia Newton-John onstage in Santiago last night.

Pena and Newton duetted on “Summer Nights” from “Grease.” So, how did he do?

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November 5th, 2010

Edison Pena, one of the recently freed Chilean miners, appeared on “Late Show with David Letterman” to talk about his harrowing — but often amusing — experience below the surface.

After answering Letterman’s questions through an interpreter, Pena treated the audience to one of his special talents — an Elvis Presley impression.

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October 25th, 2010

Michael Jackson is the year’s top-earning dead celebrity with approximately $275 million.

The late King of Pop’s eye-popping total is higher than the combined earnings of the other 12 celebrities on the list announced by Forbes.

In fact, Jackson also earned more than living titans Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z combined.

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October 6th, 2010

How’s this for rather stunning news?

The cast of “Glee” has passed The Beatles for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act.

With six Hot 100 debuts this week following their much-hyped Britney Spears episode, the fictional high schoolers have had a whopping 75 songs on the chart.

The Beatles had 71.

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