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Poll says Michael Jackson is this year’s hot Halloween costume
A lot of “Michael Jacksons” will be making the rounds this Halloween. It seems that dressing up as the “Thriller” singer is popular this year, at least with movie fans.
In a poll of visitors to its website, movie ticket seller Fandango.com found that 13 percent of respondents said they plan to dress up as Jackson, who stars in the concert movie/documentary “This Is It” just hitting theaters now.
Actor Hugh Jackman’s character Wolverine from this year’s movie of the same name ranked second after Jackson as the most popular movie-related costume on the Fandango poll, with 11 percent of respondents wanting to dress up as the Clawed One.
After that, the most popular characters were vampire Edward Cullen from upcoming “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” Snake Eyes from this summer’s “G.I. Joe” and Dr. Manhattan from “Watchmen.”
“Dancing” loses its DeLay
Apparently, battling bug infestations and stubborn members of Congress is easier than making two bum feet do the Cha-cha-cha, as Tom DeLay has bowed out of “Dancing with the Stars.”
Of all the contestants on this season’s “Dancing,” DeLay definitely got the most attention when the cast was announced. But it turns out, he may not be missed all that much.
Celine Dion tops poll for world’s worst cover version
Celine Dion has come top of a magazine poll on the world’s worst cover versions. Total Guitar magazine said the Canadian singer’s rendition of AC/DC classic “You Shook Me All Night Long” put her in the No. 1 slot of the list published in its July issue.
Dion never released the song as a single but performed what the magazine called the “offence” against music at a Las Vegas concert six years ago in a duet with Anastacia.
