Possible Clues:

• 'Thriller' singer, in tabloids
• Tabloid nickname
• The King of Pop, in tabloids
• King of Pop, in tabloids
• Nickname for a longtime Dartmouth humor periodical named for a Halloween symbol
• - - - -lantern
• Embattled pop star, to the NY Post
• - - -lantern
• "The Gloved One"
• The King of Pop, in headlines