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Hopefully no one is 'tired' of seeing my postings :cheeky: - This is the last Friday I'll be covering for Marie Marie, but then again, things could change. So here we go!:clapping:


Michael Jackson NEWS:

Stalked outside his dr's office by fans and media....just another day in the life of MJJ and family....:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:

did anyone notice that those photos of him with Blanket climbing into the car, the camera seem to be IN the car...wow...too close


Michael Jackson Mentionings::waving:

Ups and downs of a diva
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA -
When an 18-year-old Dion tells Angelil that she wants to be a star like Michael Jackson, he reportedly has her take 18 months off for an extensive makeover ...


Sound Check: Best of Motown, Pendergrass
Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX -
... vocals of Mary Wells on "My Guy" and the electricity that Michael Jackson and his brothers ignite on "I Want You Back" are among the many highlights. ...



Round Table For Friday, January 16th, 2009
Capitol Hill Blue, VA -
1984 - Michael Jackson didn’t get to sit down much at the 11th annual American Music Awards this night. The ‘Gloved One’ got up and down to receive eight ...





Just rewards
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Today in
Michael Jackson History​
1984 - Michael Jackson received seven trophies at the 11th annual American Music Awards.

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1990 - Janet Jackson's single "Rhythm Nation" was certified Gold by the RIAA.

2004 - Michael Jackson pleaded innocent in his first hearing on child molestation charges. The judge made the following comment after Jackson was 20 minutes late to court. "Mr. Jackson, you have started out on the wrong foot here," the judge said. "I want to advise you that I will not put up with that. It's an insult to the court." About 3,000 fans and news media were outside the court building.




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Michael Jackson Quote​





People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth
- Michael Jackson, Billie Jean


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And now for something a little different - no street signs, but check out this video - Lego Thriller!​

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Bionicle Thriller Extravaganza

..... spent the better part of two months forcing a group of Lego Bionicle figures to perform the Thriller dance. This is the result. Hey, I guess when the muse strikes, you just have to go with it. Still, I'm glad it turned out to be so cool, because otherwise I'd be a little worried ....


http://ideas.veer.com/members/pamelahaskell/posts

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Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

The cameraman had to be all up in the car when Blanket was getting in because those pics are mighty clear..
Thanks for the news
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

#1MJstan said:
The cameraman had to be all up in the car when Blanket was getting in because those pics are mighty clear..
Thanks for the news
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Yeah...they probably glued them cameras to the car windows. Blanket looks like he's curious about all the circumstances.

Thanx for posting MsSnoop.
(extra thanks to you for covering up the other staff members:))
All the trophies in his arms...look so heavy. I would've given him a hand and hold some of 'em for a lil while.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Thanks for the news :flowers:
The video was really cool. I can't even imagine how long that must have taken to make.
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating one today !! :cheers:
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Thanks for the news and mentionings. Hope everyone gets rested and ready for a new week-- and some other new thing(s). :cheeky:
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Thanks for the news!

Nice picture of Mike and his awards.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Thanks for the mention! Happy Birthday to everyone else. Hope you had a good day.
And brilliant work on the video!
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

1984 - Michael Jackson received seven trophies at the 11th annual American Music Awards.
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Wow, that was 25 years ago. :)
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

And also happened to be the highest rated AMA show ever with 50 million viewers.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

hi :waving: i found this news i hope this is o.k :) and have happy weekend everybody cause this weekend i'm having birthday party :party: on sunday :party:

here is website:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2009/01/michael-jackson.html

Michael Jackson on the Gridiron
The N.F.L. season is almost done. This weekend, either the Steelers or the Ravens will pick up the A.F.C. title, and either the Cardinals and Eagles will become N.F.C. champions. Then comes the Super Bowl, in Tampa. Through this all, the Dallas Cowboys are sitting at home, thanks in part to an offensive meltdown that led to (or resulted from) internal squabbling. One of the men at the center of the squabbling, predictably, was Terrell Owens, the once-great, now-good wide receiver whose method has always been to grab as much of the spotlight as possible, team chemistry be damned. And now there are rumors that the Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, will be meeting with his head coach, Wade Phillips, to discuss the possibility of releasing Owens.

That’s not a culture story. So what is it doing on a culture blog? Well, in this piece in the Chicago Sun-Times, Neil Hayes wonders aloud if Owens would be a good fit for the Bears if he left Dallas. Still not culture. But then there’s this:

The thing you have to remember about Owens is he never dreamed of becoming a football player. He dreamed of becoming a celebrity, a star. He entered Michael Jackson look-alike contests as a kid.
What? Owens was a Michael Jackson look-alike? How come that isn’t mentioned in every single broadcast of every single Cowboys game? This required some research, which eventually turned up a 2002 piece by Dan LeBatard in ESPN magazine that notes that Owens has “enjoyed attention ever since winning a $25 prize in a Michael Jackson look-alike contest that included glitter and moonwalking” and a New York Times piece, from 2004, that doesn’t mention glitter (“winning a Michael Jackson look-alike contest the next year thrilled him so much that he moonwalked all the way home”). Here is Owens, reinforcing the resemblance with an emotional press conference following last year’s loss to the Giants.

 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

rockstar said:
hi :waving: i found this news i hope this is o.k :) and have happy weekend everybody cause this weekend i'm having birthday party :party: on sunday :party:

here is website:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2009/01/michael-jackson.html

Michael Jackson on the Gridiron
The N.F.L. season is almost done. This weekend, either the Steelers or the Ravens will pick up the A.F.C. title, and either the Cardinals and Eagles will become N.F.C. champions. Then comes the Super Bowl, in Tampa. Through this all, the Dallas Cowboys are sitting at home, thanks in part to an offensive meltdown that led to (or resulted from) internal squabbling. One of the men at the center of the squabbling, predictably, was Terrell Owens, the once-great, now-good wide receiver whose method has always been to grab as much of the spotlight as possible, team chemistry be damned. And now there are rumors that the Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, will be meeting with his head coach, Wade Phillips, to discuss the possibility of releasing Owens.

That’s not a culture story. So what is it doing on a culture blog? Well, in this piece in the Chicago Sun-Times, Neil Hayes wonders aloud if Owens would be a good fit for the Bears if he left Dallas. Still not culture. But then there’s this:

The thing you have to remember about Owens is he never dreamed of becoming a football player. He dreamed of becoming a celebrity, a star. He entered Michael Jackson look-alike contests as a kid.
What? Owens was a Michael Jackson look-alike? How come that isn’t mentioned in every single broadcast of every single Cowboys game? This required some research, which eventually turned up a 2002 piece by Dan LeBatard in ESPN magazine that notes that Owens has “enjoyed attention ever since winning a $25 prize in a Michael Jackson look-alike contest that included glitter and moonwalking” and a New York Times piece, from 2004, that doesn’t mention glitter (“winning a Michael Jackson look-alike contest the next year thrilled him so much that he moonwalked all the way home”). Here is Owens, reinforcing the resemblance with an emotional press conference following last year’s loss to the Giants.
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thank you for this, it is really sweet. Don't know why at the end they make fun of him. Me for myself it touches me. :better:
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Thanks for all the updates. Nice picture. So proud of the KING.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Michael Jackson News for January 17, 2009:


http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/4055207.He___s_not_so_Bad/

He’s not so Bad

10:18am Saturday 17th January 2009

Michael Jackson’s huge UK fanbase helped Adrian Grant to launch a hit tribute show.
LIFE has been a thriller for theatre producer Adrian Grant since 1988 when he became a Michael Jackson fan and has ended up running shows personally endorsed by the mega-star.
Grant opens Thriller Live in the West End on Wednesday and brings the touring version to Newcastle and York in the next two months.
So what was it like when he met the controversial superstar back in 1990? “When I first went over to Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch and there was monkeys running around inside and a tiger, a giraffe, llamas and everything, I was thinking ‘this isn’t real’. His security guard told me ‘it is real for Michael Jackson, he’s grown up with that, that’s his reality’.
“When you do spend time with him you realise he’s as very down to earth as much as I’m talking to you now. He’ll joke around and he’s very knowledgeable about his music and his craft, but away from all that he’s just a normal guy who has had massive success. His life has been lived under a microscope unfortunately and he’s been naive and been let down by people and made mistakes which he’d hold his hand up to,” says Grant.
In the Eighties, he launched the Off The Wall fan magazine selling 200 copies. Subscriptions grew to 25,000 and led to an annual Michael Jackson tribute show from 1991 with the tenth anniversary event attended by Jackson.
“We had over 3,000 people there and it came into my mind that it would make a stage show in its own right. At that time a one-off event cost us about £30,000 up to £100,000,”
says Grant who gained the investment of the Flying Music production company in 2006 to develop the show, but admits it was hard handing over “his baby” to the commercial experts. “On the creative side I work hand in hand with the director (Gary Lloyd) but he provides the choreography and staging,” he says.
The only down side of linking your burgeoning stage production career so closely to Jackson is that Reading-based Grant finds himself having to defend the 50-year-old singer’s reputation even though his show never touches on the “wacko”
side of the artist.
“The funny thing is that when one of his records, like Billy Jean, plays people aren’t talking about the allegations against him. We don’t touch on any of the controversy.
People are just dancing and having a good time. We’ve had people as young as five and as old as 70 dancing in the aisles,” says Grant, who developed Thriller Live from two years of UK and European touring. This year it will move on from Newcastle and York to Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Jackson hasn’t seen this latest version of the show but brother Tito did pop along to the Lyric Theatre last week “and was complimentary”
while a taped version will be sent to the singer who is currently recording in Los Angeles and promising new releases, TV appearances and tours in the near future. “He’s going to come back bigger and better than ever. I’m looking forward to hearing his new material. He’s looking forward to putting this negative period behind him. In my case, it’s hard to go wrong with Michael Jackson’s music.
“When we first started touring he gave me a message of congratulations. Otherwise, there is no direct deal with Michael Jackson.
It’s a concept presentation of his music, not a book musical where you’d need planned rights. With tribute shows you’re free to put on a presentation.”
Grant says that his many meetings with Jackson shows that the “reclusive” side of the singer is more of a media myth. “At the end of the day he’s one of the most open pop stars I’ve met. Prince is reclusive, but Michael will open his doors to the public and fans. I once offered him a few dance moves which he laughed at. His advice to me was that you need rhinoceros skin to be in this industry,” he says.
THE West End version boasts Sunderland’s Ben Foster as the voice of Michael Jackson during his rock music period and he sings songs like Beat It and Dirty Diana playing the US performer’s alter ego.
“We could never emulate Michael Jackson as one person because of the expansive career he’s had which has lasted 40 years so we’re going from having a young Michael Jackson and split his material across five lead singers including a female version (originally Darlington’s Zoe Birkett followed by Denise Pearson of Five Star for the West End run),” says Grant.


http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5339164&autostart=y
Giraffes to stay at Lake Powell, for now
January 16th, 2009 @ 9:52pm


(KSL News) Michael Jackson's giraffes are getting a reprieve at Lake Powell and won't be evicted for at least 120 days.
A few nights ago, we told you about Freddie Hancock, who took in four giraffes and other animals from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. She's trying to create an animal sanctuary in Page, Ariz., but the city wants to evict her because she can't post a $100,000 bond. At a court hearing today, city leaders gave Hancock another 60 days to line up a letter of credit. If she can't get it, they'll evict the animals 60 days later.



Michael Jackson HIStory for January 17, 2009:

1992 - "Michael Jackson...the Legend Continues" aired on CBS-TV.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

Wow! Thanks Guys, I appreciate all this good stuff this morning. The photos of Dangerous are amazing!
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

i hope this news is o.k is Thriller Live news :)

here is website:http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_Ne...n_focus_of_London_musical/UPI-65441232213362/

Michael Jackson focus of London musical

LONDON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The producer of "Thriller Live" says the new London musical is a tribute to U.S. pop star Michael Jackson and his music.

Producer Paul Walden said no one in Jackson's family is involved with the production, which features a look-alike Jackson wearing the singer's trademark single white glove and focuses primarily on the star's music, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

"We don't have a big name in the cast to pay. There are no moving sets or scenery," Walden said of his production.

Instead of elaborate stage sets, "Thriller Live' offers Jackson fans more than 30 of the pop star's top songs accompanied by dancing.

The Lyric Theatre show in London, which opens Wednesday, will be paired with an identical "Thriller" production that will begin touring in Europe in February.

Walden told the Journal his musical, which is being supported by Sony Music UK, will highlight "an artist who had an amazing career."
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

His advice to me was that you need rhinoceros skin to be in this industry,”
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Awesome advice and I like what Aridian stated about MJ being "reclusive". Prince is definitely reclusive, Mike is not.

Regarding Terrell Owens (football player) being a MJ impersonator - he told that story to Jay Leno a few years back. I am a big Eagles fan so I am very familiar with Owens and let's just say that he is NOT a team player. LOL. He is just not.
 
Re: January 16 - 18, 2009

i found this story i hope this is o.k Dorothy_marie :)
 
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