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Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. When Michael Jackson made the music video for Thriller in 1983, he was the biggest star in the world. In a book published by Glitterati Inc., Michael Jackson: The Making of 'Thriller' 4 Days/1983, photographer Douglas Kirkland chronicles the making of the groundbreaking film. How 'Rise Up' became a protest anthem.