Happy Kwanzaa

Will you be celebrating Kwanzaa this year? If so, tell us what you and your family do in the spirit of the holiday.

ANNOUNCEMENT:  Planet Jackson Worldwide News will be moving to a new domain as of January 1, 2010.  Please point your browsers to pjwnews.blogspot.com and adjust all your links.  If you are a follower of PJWN, please join at the new site.  This site, Planet Jackson  will become a site devoted to news on Michael Jackson and the Jackson family as of that date, and will be run by none other than Planet Jackson, herself.  If you were at all a fan of Michael's and his family's music, please consider following.  The site has a lot of exciting things in store.  PJWN will continue to bring you the freshest entertainment news with a unique perspective.

We hope you had Mele Kalikimaka just like the Obamas

The United States' first family, the Obamas, spent the Christmas Holidays in Oahu celebrating quietly with their extended family.  President and Mrs. Obama did not exchange gifts this year, according to White House spokesmen.  Instead, they focused the holiday on giving to the children and service to the community.  Mrs. Obama, along with her daughters Malia and Sasha, and the First Dog, Bo, delivered cookies to the Children's National Medical Center earlier this week.  The Obamas celebrated the holidays with the President's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and her family and will extend their Hawaiian trip into January.

There is nothing else like Christmas in Hawaii.  If you ever have the opportunity to visit Oahu at the holidays, jump on it.

Today is the 5th anniversary of the massive 2004 Tsunami

Thousands attended prayers and ceremonies of remembrance around the world on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami   The huge waves left hundreds of thousands displaced on coastlines across Africa and Asia and killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries five years ago.

Jackson 5 "Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year"

Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song"

Nobody is as smooth as Nat. Nobody.

Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas"

Love this song! Love it!

Jackson 5 "The Little Drummer Boy"

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album. Michael really broke it down in this song! In my opinion this is even better than David Bowie's version.

MVP Puppets n Santa VS Reindeer

Bing Crosby feat. The Andrews Sisters "Mele Kalikimaka"

If you ever get the chance, Christmas in Hawaii is amazing! You can have the snow. I'll take a tropical Christmas any time.

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)

Eartha Kitt "Santa Baby"

I adore this song. Ms. Kitt was one of a kind! An original diva! LOLOLOL at her three friends!

James Brown...Soulful Christmas

Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

I can remember watching this everysingletime it came on Mtv. Every time. Did you know Kool & the Gang and Jody Watley (Shalamar) were the only Americans to participate in the collaborative effort? Other attendees included U2, Boy George and Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham!, Bananarama, Queen, Phil Collins, and Sting. This was right up there with "We Are The World" for me.

Click here to donate to the latest Band Aid effort, Band Aid 20. Feed the World.

Johnny Depp says he didn't base Willy Wonka on MJ

“I was inspired by him because I think he was a great artist but he was not the inspiration for Willy Wonka contrary to what most people say.”  Depp, 46, also denied he was playing Jackson in a film.

“No no no, I never ever thought of playing Michael Jackson in a film, I think if anyone should play Michael Jackson in a film it should’ve been Michael Jackson,” he said.

“A mother and a father have lost a son, siblings have lost a brother and millions of people around the world have lost someone they love,” Depp said of Jackson’s recent passing. “Children have lost a father so it’s obviously a very sad, sad moment.”

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I'm aware of the problem

Some of you have contacted me to let me know Blogger has been eating up comments. Apparently, people are commenting then when they hit publish, the comment disappears even though Blogger says it has been published. I tested it myself this afternoon and the same thing happened. I have NO idea why this is happening. I will check the help forums and get back with you. Thanks for trying to comment and please don't give up.

Jackson 5 "The Christmas Song"

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album