BET celebrates Michael Jackson’s birthday

BET is set to mark the King of Pop's birthday with a weekend full of Michael Jackson-devoted documentaries. The line-up includes the premieres of docs Michael Jackson: Life of a Superstar, Michael Jackson History: The King of Pop, the special Michael Jackson: 10 Things You Didn't Know, Michael Jackson: Our Icon and more.

August 28, 2009

BET is set to mark the King of Pop’s birthday with a weekend full of Michael Jackson-devoted documentaries. Beginning August 27 and ending on August 30, the line-up includes the premieres of docs Michael Jackson: Life of a Superstar, Michael Jackson History: The King of Pop, the special Michael Jackson: 10 Things You Didn’t Know, Michael Jackson: Our Icon and more.

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Barry Walsh is editor and content director for realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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