Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. if Annie is OK, you can be, too—as long as you don't do Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" lean by yourself. A new study ...

If you’ve ever tried and failed to imitate Michael Jackson’s gravity-defying “Smooth Criminal” tilt, don’t be disheartened. Turns out, it’s not you — it’s science. And a little help from specially ...

*On this day in 1993, Michael Jackson was awarded a patent that gave him sole ownership of the “Smooth Criminal” lean. Regular ol’ wires and a harness were used to pull off the gravity-defying move in ...

Let us be clear about one thing: when we speak of the absolute pantheon of pop music, there is Michael Jackson, and then ...