These recordings are generally regarded as unintentionally camp, though his tongue-in-cheek performance of " The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins " received a fair amount of airplay when Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were released.

Smaug will appear in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, and on 16 June 2011, it was announced that he will be voiced and interpreted with performance capture by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Jackson's crowning achievement came with his three-home-run performance in World Series-clinching Game 6, each on the first pitch, off three different Dodger pitchers.

Promotion for the album was affected by former band mate Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, after which Chasez was unceremoniously dropped from his halftime-show performance at the 2004 Pro Bowl.

It was at this time that Cocker gained significant media exposure due to a notorious prank at the 1996 BRIT Awards, where he invaded the stage in protest during pop singer Michael Jackson's performance of " Earth Song " and " wiggled his backside " at the audience.

Glenda Jackson's tour de force performance in the title role won her 2 Emmy Awards-for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Best Actress in a Movie / TV Special ( for the episode " Shadow in the Sun ").

** Alan Jackson's performance of " Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning )"

The performance was generally considered the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from server requests.

Though Seattle did not make the playoffs in the 2001 season, Jackson's impressive rookie performance provided a solid foundation for the franchise to build on.

The performance was part of a show to celebrate Michael Jackson's 30 years as a solo artist.

Cocker invaded the stage at the 1996 BRIT Awards in a spur of the moment protest against Michael Jackson's performance.

** Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy: During the halftime show performance by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, one of Jackson's breasts is exposed and broadcast on the CBS broadcast of the show in what is later described as a " wardrobe malfunction.

After Jackson's performance of her song " Rhythm Nation ", Justin Timberlake appeared, and he and Jackson sang a duet of Timberlake's song " Rock Your Body ".

Justin Timberlake after tearing off part of Janet Jackson's clothes during their performance in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.

The performance featured many suggestive dance moves by both singers, and as Timberlake reached his final line of Rock Your Body, " I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song ," Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's costume, revealing her right breast, partially covered by a piece of nipple jewelry, for less than a second.

* February 1, 2004 – During a performance by singers Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show, Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's leather corset, revealing her right breast covered by a piece of jewelry attached to her nipple.

Michael Jackson's performance on the television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever ( 1983 ) changed the scope of live stage show.

In 1997, Connor was picked to sing with the backing choir during the performance of " Heal the World " at Michael Jackson's HIStory concert tour in Bremen, Germany.

A notable exhibition of Jackson's scoring ability came during a 31-point performance in a midseason victory over the Sacramento Kings, in which he made 3-pointers on four consecutive possessions.

Because the final two years of the deal ( the 2012 & 2013 seasons ) can be voided based on Jackson's performance, it could become a three-year extension worth $ 29. 3 million instead.

The music video for " Bootylicious ", directed by Matthew Rolston, showed Destiny's Child performing dance steps from Michael Jackson's famous " Billie Jean " performance from the special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.

For more information on the different origins and disciplinary traditions of performance studies see Shannon Jackson's book Professing Performance and the introductory chapter in Nathan Stucky and Cynthia Wimmer's Teaching Performance Studies.

Lee's staff recalled that he was " deeply, bitterly disappointed " by Jackson's performance, but communication breakdowns, poorly written orders from Lee, and bad judgment by most of Lee's other subordinates were also to blame.

" Lee never criticized Jackson's performance in the battle.

Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738.

Jackson's father died in an accident in February 1767, at the age of 29, three weeks before his son Andrew was born in the Waxhaws area.

His exact birth site is unclear because he was born about the time his mother was making a difficult trip home from burying Jackson's father.

The Stadium was the scene Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech in 1939, Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Roger Maris ' record breaking 61st home run in 1961, and Reggie Jackson's 3 home runs to clinch Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.

It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

Peter Jackson's 1995 film Forgotten Silver was billed and introduced as a serious documentary, purporting to tell the story of ' forgotten ' New Zealand filmmaker Colin McKenzie.

: I was walking down the road when I met Michael Jackson's lawyer.

Storyspace 2. 0, a professional level hypertext development tool, is available from Eastgate Systems, which has also published many notable works of electronic literature, including Michael Joyce's afternoon, a story, Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Stuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden, and Judy Malloy's its name was Penelope, Forward Anywhere.

The process was used in President Andrew Jackson's policy of migration in the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

The support for his proposals was mixed, mainly due to opposition from Jackson's followers.

As Andrew Jackson's Secretary of State and then Vice President, Van Buren was a key figure in building the organizational structure for Jacksonian democracy, particularly in New York State.

As Secretary of State, Van Buren took care to keep on good terms with the Kitchen Cabinet, the group of politicians who acted as Jackson's advisers, and did not oppose Jackson in the matter of removals from office but was not himself an active " spoilsman.

The actor's son, Miko, was Jackson's bodyguard and assistant for several years, and was a friend of the singer.

" On Jackson's 30th anniversary concert, Brando gave a speech to the audience on humanitarian work which received a poor reaction from the audience and was unaired.

An initial application for Film Commission money was rejected, ironically by Executive Director Jim Booth, who a short time later became Jackson's producer.

Witnessing various experiments with Jackson's electromagnet, Morse developed the concept of a single-wire telegraph, and The Gallery of the Louvre was set aside.

Ironically, although President Jackson was able to secure fellow Democrat Martin Van Buren's election in the 1836 presidential election, Ohio voted for the Whig Party candidate and Ohio resident William Henry Harrison, despite Jackson's efforts to gain Ohioan support during the Toledo War.

" A photographer's photographer " quote by Florence Harding | First Lady Mrs. Warren G. Harding who stated the Edward Jackson's photograph of her was " the best photo ever taken.

Using purple as Mr. Glass ' color to David Dunn's green was also Jackson's idea.

John Quincy Adams was chosen as the sixth U. S. President, despite receiving only 30. 9 % of the popular vote to Andrew Jackson's 41. 3 %.

It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received the most electoral votes did not become president ( since Andrew Jackson's plurality of electoral votes was insufficient to prevent the election from being thrown into the House of Representatives ).

Jackson's marriage came in for attack: when he had married his wife Rachel, the couple had believed that she was divorced ; however, the divorce was not yet finalized, so he had to remarry her once the legal papers were complete.