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Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video for Thriller has been officially inducted for preservation in the 2009 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

It’s the first music video in history to be bestowed the honor!

Coordinator Steve Leggett explains the National Film Preservation Board’s choice:

“Because of the way the recording industry is evolving and changing, we thought it would be good to go back to the development of an earlier seismic shift, which was the development of the music video.”

Pretty cool for the late King of Pop!

The Muppet Movie was also chosen for induction this year alongside Once Upon a Time in the West with a young Clint Eastwood and Jezebel starring Bette Davis.

CLICK HERE to see the full list of inducted films for 2009!

“Dog Day Afternoon” (1975)
“The Exiles” (1961)
“Heroes All” (1920)
“Hot Dogs for Gauguin” (1972)
“The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957)
“Jezebel” (1938)
“The Jungle” (1967)
“The Lead Shoes” (1949)
“Little Nemo” (1911)
“Mabel’s Blunder” (1914)
“The Mark of Zorro” (1940)
“Mrs. Miniver” (1942)
“The Muppet Movie” (1979)
“Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968)
“Pillow Talk” (1959)
“Precious Images” (1986)
“Quasi at the Quackadero” (1975)
“The Red Book” (1994)
“The Revenge of the Pancho Villa” (1930-36)
“Scratch and Crow” (1995)
“Stark Love” (1927)
“The Story of G.I. Joe” (1945)
“A Study in Reds” (1932)
“Thriller” (1983)
“Under Western Stars” (1938)

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian were spotted in Aspen,for a romanticgetaway. I guess they have no need tohide there romance anymore, seeing the LeAnn’s divorce is going to final on June 19, 2010.

Teddy Riley of Blacksteet, allegedly beat the crap out of his own daughter, Taja Riley, just two days before Christmas. Taja filed a temporary restraining order against her dad, claiming he abused her and her older sister by “stomping, punching and bashing them” in his L.A. home.

Taja claims she suffered several injuries in the altercation, including “bashes to temple, contusion on face” and “pain in knee.”

Needless to say, Teddy has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from Taja. The next hearing is set for January.

Take that haters!

After she tweeted and ranted on Twitter yesterday, Denise Richards took her two girls to the park for a the second photo op time.

Charlie Sheen’s daughters plus a friend of theirs enjoyed the swings and a stroll around the playground in Calabasas, California all the while paying no attention to the photogs.

Well, except that “back off” icy glare Denise is sporting there!

Yikes!

Wonder if Sheen ever threatened Richards with a knife? Hope not.

[Image via GSI Media.]

Im happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldnt be happier, her rep tells PEOPLE. No wedding date has been set at this time.

The Ottawa Senators player spoke about the happy event on Monday, according to the Toronto Sun.

Its true, he is quoted as saying. Were both obviously excited and very happy.

Fisher, 29, reportedly proposed at his home Sunday afternoon and then sent messages to his friends with the good news later that day.

We do love it when we get a glimpse of her boyfriend.

Dita Von Teese was out in Hollywood last night with her seksi boyfriend, Louis Marie de Castelbajac.

And as usual, she was looking as stunning as ever.

Now, please step aside so we can ogle Louis!

[Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

(HMG) – The star studded movie Nine has been disappointing at the box office, which has apparently put big pressure on Harvey and Bob Weinstein. The New York Post reports that the brothers who run Weinstein Co. are considering several deals to restructure their finances so they can repay creditors. The brothers Weinstein founded the company after they sold Miramax Films, the powerhouse studio behind such 1990s movies as “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love,” to Walt Disney Co. in 2005.

Weinstein Co. currently owes Goldman Sachs $500 million. The company that has insured that debt, Ambac, is having financial troubles and is unlikely to be able to repay the debt in full. The studios current assets are likely worth less than that amount. The company had hoped that Nine, one of the most anticipated movies of the year, which cost an estimated $64 million to produce, would gross enough money to generate the cash to fund continuing and new productions. “They originally were hoping ‘Nine’ would do numbers like the 2002 musical ‘Chicago’ that Harvey produced did, which grossed $170 million domestically. But Nine finished eighth at the North American box office on its second week last weekend with a modest $5.5 million in ticket sales, so it looks like it will fall well short of that target. NY Post sources said the studio has enough cash on hand to fund its current plans to produce and market four films each from Harvey and Bob, including “The Road,” based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel, the Michael Cera vehicle “Youth in Revolt” and a sequel to the animated “Hoodwinked.”