As to be expected, Michael Jackson's family was not pleased with the pop singer's portrayal in the Sky Arts series, Urban Myths.

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Apparently, there was a way to defeat Big Boos all along. We had no idea.

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Following 9/11, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Jackson are rumored to have attempted to carpool from New York to Los Angeles together. The urban legend inspired a short story by Zadie Smith, and definitely sounds like it has the makings for an interesting movie, but Sky Arts' upcoming comedy special Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon does not sound interesting (unless by "interesting" you mean "a whitewashed trainwreck").

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If you, like me, miss the hell out of Elisabeth Moss after the end of Mad Men earlier this year, then you should check out this trailer for an incredibly creepy IFC movie called Queen of Earth.

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Freddie Mercury, one of the most famous frontmen of, well, ever and Michael Jackson, the man who showed us all that being born cute and talented is no guarantee of enduring sanity, recorded three tracks 30 years ago that were never released, because -- really -- Michael Jackson showed up to the studio with a llama.

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It would take years of hard work and discipline to develop the skills to pull off some of Michael Jackson's signature dance moves. As it turns out, it only takes about three days to develop a face-recognition system that lets you control motion-captured animation of a dancer with moves like MJ in real time. That system is called Face Dance, and it's ridiculous.

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The video's a weird size, so behind the jump it goes. You get a physics puppy and Neil deGrasse Tyson quite impressively busting a move to Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough in one post! You lucky duck.

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I may be at my happiest on Twitter when a new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises or The Hobbit is released or when a celebrity tweets at me but a new study has narrowed down when exactly users of the social network are at our best and worst by checking tweets. Let me guess - we've got a case of the Mondays? 

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Earlier this month, Cirque du Soleil's performers and employees joined together for a massive dance tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. This seems to include every single person employed by the legendary dance/circus company, taking place on stages the world over. The largest looks to have been at Cirque's headquarters in Montreal, where the massive choreographed dance was performed in the street for onlookers. Though I am not a fan of the deceased music legend, it's a moving performance and no less impressively executed.

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If you're headed for the border and it's on your mind, and nothing really matters, but you've got to be on time, it's entirely possible that a moonwalk or two would throw of your pursuers. Not adept at the moonwalk, though? The above video will make you a moonwalk master in no time and people will like the groove of your walk, which could possibly lead to fortune and fame, a life that's so carefree.

Yes, I did what you think I just did. It was unavoidable.

(via reddit)

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It doesn't get any more '80s than this: The Transformers dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The only thing that would make this even more '80s would be if Marty McFly showed up in a DeLorean. But it is rad all by itself. (Topless Robot via Buzzfeed)

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In the 12th century, someone somewhere in Scandinavia carved the Lewis Chessmen, a collection of nearly 100 chess pieces of a particularly unique and expressive style. It wasn't the first ornate chess set, but it's certainly a strange and unique set with its shield-biting berzerkers and worried looking royalty. Since the Lewis chess set, the Western world has continued to make stranger and stranger chess sets. Perhaps this speaks to the power of the game, and it's captivating metaphorical nature. More likely it speaks to the human desire to spend stupendous amounts of money. Regardless, chess set making has come to the point where it's no longer about the game but about whatever weird twist you can put on it. And trust us, they've come a long way from simple walrus ivory carvings. So whether your covet these gameboards, or laugh at those that do, please enjoy this humble collection of the least humble chess sets the Internet has to offer.

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Remember vuvuzelas, those annoying, high-decibel plastic noisemakers that everyone got obsessed with during World Cup season and then promptly stopped talking about? Game maker Ubisoft does, and it's incorporated them into a Michael Jackson-themed Nintendo DS game as an anti-piracy measure. This just may beat the whole StarForce thing. If you pirate the game (which Tiny Cartridge says isn't particularly good, for the record) and attempt to play the ROM, touchscreen cues won't display, and, more troublingly, the shrill sounds of the vuvuzela will buzz over the music in the game, drowning it out. Check it out below:

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What happens when you masterfully edit Michael Jackson's "Beat It" into this 1976 video of the Chinese Red Army performing the Long March Song Cycle? This, friends; this.

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Today in Japan-anchored trend pieces: ringtones! Specifically, "therapeutic ringtones" which, the BBC reports, are becoming increasingly popular among Japanese consumers despite the lack of  scientific evidence to back up their efficacy.

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First it was in clouds over New York, then it was an ancient Egyptian sculpture, a tree stump, and an ultrasound: now, a British physicist has seen what looks like Michael Jackson's face in a droplet of hardened polymer solution.

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