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Happy Monday Lovely Ones! I'm having so much fun working on the #Japan show with AI & my brothers
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https://twitter.com/#!/JackieJackson5
JackieJackson5 Jackie Jackson
Happy Monday Lovely Ones! I'm having so much fun working on the #Japan show with AI & my brothers
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Yes that's weird but thank God they aren't going but to focus on their education. Michael would have definitely wanted that. Smart children. Michael raised babies right. :yes: The words about visiting orphanages was so sweetPrince and Paris are releasing statements of their own now? Well at least they ain't going
Yes it's sweet, but as far as I'm concerned they still have plenty of time to start these 'social activities' Go to school get good grades, and try to make education your friend. Visiting orphanages is good but it can wait till they are at least legal.Yes that's weird but thank God they aren't going but to focus on their education. Michael would have definitely wanted that. Smart children. Michael raised babies right. :yes: The words about visiting orphanages was so sweet
Oh I didn't say they should visit orphanages now but you most definitely right. It's best when they are not minors anymore. But when school isn't in session, they can do all that w/o the publicity.Yes it's sweet, but as far as I'm concerned they still have plenty of time to start these 'social activities' Go to school get good grades, and try to make education your friend. Visiting orphanages is good but it can wait till they are at least legal.
News: Prince and Paris are NOT going to make appearance in the tribute concert!!
Their comment:
"This school period has been very demanding for us, and it is unfortunate that we cannot attend this event.
We would love to be able to come to Japan at a later date to visit the orphanages as our father used to do."
Prince&Paris
Prince and Paris are releasing statements of their own now? Well at least they ain't going
I saw this post on LSA
"How many times have they been used now or been in the spotlight for no reason?
- Kids included in contract for Katherine's book
- Oprah interview to promote grandma's book
- GMA interview for HTW fake charity
- Prince being sent to Germany, promotes Katherine's book
- In Gary Indiana for Michael's birthday, promote Joe's perfume, sign autographs
- Interview in Germany (WTF was that about?)
- Prince being used to promote his uncle's J5 collection
- Prince giving interview to CNN to get publicity for J5 collection
- kids included in contract for Global Live Events Wales tribute concert
- make appearance at tribute concert
- being used to promote Uncle's tribute concert in Japan on Japanese TV
- Prince going to Japan to introduce uncles.....
And its only been two years since Michael died. I can only imagine how long this list is going to be by the time they turn 18."
i wanna add - the kids signing belts - to the list as well
I have a feeling Katherine will appoint LaToya or Rebbie.
foreverAnd they'll be lost...
Actually Katherine does have a say. She is now legally their guardian and paternal grandmother. Just like Michael she can place in her will who will get guradianship of those children. Im sure she has already been coulseled to do that by attorney for her will. Its not that long where they can make thier own decision. But they are tied emotionaly to the Jackson Family and we dont know how much influence they will still have over them. They may be in there 30's like MJ before they decise to leave the nest all together. I just pray they make righ decisions, and Im sure they will make mistakes along the way, but hopefully things MJ iinstilled in them will come forward as they mature.The will is what it is. katherine has no say. she will be dead and the kids will decide.which is prob just as bad
mjs will dictates who gets the kids after katherine.[ Actually Katherine does have a say. She is now legally their guardian and paternal grandmother. Just like Michael she can place in her will who will get guradianship of those children. Im sure she has already been coulseled to do that by attorney for her will. Its not that long where they can make thier own decision. But they are tied emotionaly to the Jackson Family and we dont know how much influence they will still have over them. They may be in there 30's like MJ before they decise to leave the nest all together. I just pray they make righ decisions, and Im sure they will make mistakes along the way, but hopefully things MJ iinstilled in them will come forward as they mature.
LONDON--With Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, due to be sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles on Tuesday next week, the chance to focus on the King of Pop's music will come as a welcome relief for his fans around the world.
And what better way to honor Michael's legacy in Japan than next month's Michael Jackson Tribute Live? Three of michael's brothers will celebrate the life of the entertainer at the event, with AI, Toshinobu Kubota, Tortoise Matsumoto, Macy Gray, a host of other big names and, according to Jackie Jackson, another very special guest.
"I'm looking forward to coming to Japan and visiting all our fans there and putting on a great tribute show on behalf of my brother, with AI...so I'm very excited about that. It's gonna be something special," the eldest Jackson brother said over the phone from his home in Las Vegas earlier this month.
For Jackie, it will be his first appearance on a Japanese stage for quite some time.
"Maybe in the early '80s--or it might have been the late '70s--that was the last time we performed, and it was a great show. But we felt something was wrong, because Japanese people are so kind and so quiet, and there was no screaming going on. It was applause after every song. We were used to screaming when we were doing a concert, and that was not taking place in Japan," he said with a laugh.
Jackie's forthcoming visit with brothers Marlon and Tito came about after promoters of Michael Jackson Tribute Live contacted their mother, Katherine Jackson.
"As my brother was such a big icon in Japan--and so were The Jacksons as well--they wanted to do something to celebrate everything [Michael] did in the music industry and for all the humanitarian work he's done for charity. They decided to do a tribute show to honor him and wanted us to be a part of it, so they contacted my mom, and my mom said, 'Yes, he would love that,' and that's how it all started," Jackie explained.
michael Jackson Tribute Live had its official launch in London last month, the day after the Michael Forever concert in Cardiff, a show that featured The jacksons among a glittering array of stars. Jackie has fond memories of the occasion.
"It was wonderful. We had Jamie Foxx hosting the show. There was Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera. And Michael's kids were there, and my mom was there. They came on the stage--it was unbelievable," he recalled.
The appearance of Michael's children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, at Cardiff came as a big surprise to the audience at the Millennium Stadium.
Joining The Jacksons on stage will be R&B singer AI, who was also at the launch in London, having recently released a single featuring The Jacksons. Jackie has fond memories of the recording.
"[AI] told us she'd got this number, 'Letter in the Sky,' and my brothers heard it and we thought it was a great song. She wanted us to be a part of it and they showed up right away. We went to the recording studio that Michael had always recorded in, called Westlake [in Los Angeles], and everything was set up, the cameras and everything, and we recorded the song in one day. We shot the video the same day, too," he said, adding he and his brothers were very pleased with the results. "We did a great job on the song with her and it turned out to be wonderful. We love the song. She's an incredible talent."
On the subject of talent, it's easy for people to forget that, for all his well-documented eccentricities, Michael was a phenomenal artist. Shortly before my interview with Jackie, the radio played "Hallellujah Day," one of the lesser-known Jackson 5 singles that a 14-year-old Michael sings on, and it struck me his voice is unmistakable. Jackie concurred.
"Yes, I noticed that when he was very, very young. He had a talent when he was very, very young. The group started with myself, Jermaine and Tito, and Michael and Marlon came in later. Michael was playing the bongos, but he started dancing and singing, so we decided to put him up front, and it was magic," he remembered.
Of all the magical moments that ended up on vinyl, Jackie's favorite Jackson 5 song goes way back to 1969.
"The very first one, 'I Want You Back,' that's the one that still means the most for me, because that was the very first hit. When we heard it for the first time on the radio, I was in the car with one of my friends. I had to pull in to the side of the road just to hear what it sounded like on the radio, and it sounded so good to me--I knew it was a hit," he said.
It's appropriate Jackie will join thousands of others to celebrate michael's life, though as the eldest jackson son, Jackie had his own thoughts on how his younger brother will be remembered.
"He was a great father, he was a great humanitarian, he gave to so many charities around the world and he wanted to make the world a better place. If a kid needed something, a heart or something like that, he would try and find a donor for that heart, he would give up the money for it, no matter what it was. That was Michael Jackson."
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michael Jackson Tribute Live, featuring The Jacksons, AI and many more, will take place at7 p.m. on Dec. 13-14 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. For more information, visit http://mjtribute.jp/
(Nov. 25, 2011)
mjs will dictates who gets the kids after katherine.
I thought the will stated k and then ross would get them after k died. havnt read it in ages if someone could post . anyway at the end of the day the kids are off an age where they will decide for themselves regardless. they would hardly be forced to live with
someone they didnt want to be with as they arent littke kids with no opinion. and if they chose certain ppl it will just show they have
no choice interms of picking the devil they
know rather than one they dont or they have been brainwashed or are clueless about those aroubd them. the best option is them getting to 20 and the three of them living together. but kats old so who knows how long it could be
and if they chose certain ppl it will just show they have no choice interms of picking the devil they know rather than one they dont or they have been brainwashed or are clueless about those aroubd them. the best option is them getting to 20 and the three of them living together. but kats old so who knows how long it could be
Anyway, if KJ dies tomorrow, a judge will most likely ask the kids who they want to stay with.