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"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with." - Michael Jackson
One of my favorite quotes from Michael Jackson. Sometimes quotes and wise words can help one understand or be used as a supportsystem when times are though. Or, some quotes are just straight up funny! Do you have any quotes by Michael Jackson that you would like to share? 
Fashion Week 2009
New York Fashion Week 2009 began Friday, February 13th and from what I've been reading there have been fabulous reviews on Jason Wu's collection, as well as Alexander Wang (which I've mentioned before and he is AMAZING).
Alexander Wang's models were covered in black head to toe, but there were the occasional white and purple clad. But his collection gave a very rock-like kind of feeling. His show ended with Michael Jackson's "Thriller," which gave this grungy but cool feeling. I loved look #35 and #36. These dresses looked like you could wear them for a nice dinner, and then for a night out dancing. I love the one shoulder strap dresses, and I especially love the one that has a semi sweetheart cut along the bust.
Elvis still generating big bucks
ELVIS Presley's best mate Joe Esposito talks about the man, the money and the memories in an exclusive look at the extraordinary value of Elvis the asset.
Mr Esposito (71) retired in December after working as a casino host in Las Vegas.
He first met Elvis in the late 1950’s after they were both drafted in the US Army for duty in Germany. “I was an office clerk in Chicago and was drafted when I was 20. Most of the guys, including Elvis, were 23. I though getting drafted would change my whole world. It did,” he said.
“I met Elvis, we struck up a friendship and before I left the Army in March 1960, he asked me to come and work for him.
“At my discharge from the Army I was told I had flat feet and a bad ankle. I was also too young. I shouldn't have been in the Army in the first place, yet it was fate. I met Elvis and he changed my life.''
He worked for Elvis for 17 years, was the best man at Elvis' 1968 wedding, was a pallbearer at Elvis' 1977 funeral and went on to manage the Bee Gee's, Michael Jackson and John Denver.
He was sacked five times by Elvis - usually an overnight event because it was forgotten the next morning - and endured the bitterness that came with a tell-all 1976 book “Elvis - What Happened?'' written by former Elvis bodyguards. “That book crushed him,'' he said.
“It was all he talked about - `why did they say those things?' he would say. It hurt him tremendously.
“The book, with all its negativity, depressed Elvis. He took pills and more pills. I think that 50 per cent of the cause of Elvis' death was that book.''
More on this story http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25069234-5017965,00.html
MARLON JACKSON ANGERS NIGERIANS WITH MUSEUM PLAN: (also reported in yesterdays thread)
Singer to build Jackson 5 museum at historic slave port.
*Michael Jackson's brother Marlon is caught up in a controversial plan that will transform the site of an historic slave port in Nigeria into a $3.4 billion slavery memorial that will double as a luxury resort and museum honoring the Jackson 5.
*Michael Jackson's brother Marlon is caught up in a controversial plan that will transform the site of an historic slave port in Nigeria into a $3.4 billion slavery memorial that will double as a luxury resort and museum honoring the Jackson 5.
The idea is that the Jackson name will help attract African-American tourists looking to trace their roots back to Nigeria. Organizers believe the plan will honor the history of the transatlantic slave trade and provide employment opportunities for Nigerians.
The plan, however, has been criticized heavily by citizens. Critics dismiss it as a cynical money-making scheme, inappropriate for the subject of such seriousness as the transatlantic slave trade, reports the BBC.
The plan, however, has been criticized heavily by citizens. Critics dismiss it as a cynical money-making scheme, inappropriate for the subject of such seriousness as the transatlantic slave trade, reports the BBC.
The developers say the Badagry Historical Resort will be marketed to African-Americans as a mixture of luxury tourist attractions and historical education. Visitors will be able to see the route their ancestors walked before boarding slave ships. They can then retire to their five-star hotel to drink cocktails by the pool.
Visitors will also be able to pay their respects at the site of a mass grave for those who died before boarding ships across the Atlantic Ocean – then travel a few yards in a buggy to play a round of golf. They can visit a replica slave ship to see the conditions Africans suffered, before visiting the world's only museum dedicated to the career of the Jackson 5.
The idea to house the Jackson 5 museum on the sacred site came to Marlon Jackson during a trip to Nigeria.
"The Jackson Family had been looking for a place to site their memorabilia collection for some time," says Gary Loster, a former mayor of Saginaw, Michigan, and chief executive of The Motherland Group. "We visited the site of the slave port in Badagry and Marlon turned to me and said: 'Let's put it here, this is right.' It's such an emotional place, and I think we all felt that it was the right place to have the Jackson family memorial."
Today in
Michael Jackson History
Michael Jackson History
1998 - It was announced that Michael Jackson was planning a benefit called "We Are The World 2" for starving children in North Korea.
2003 - "Dateline NBC" aired a segment entitled "Michael Jackson Unmasked."
2003 - ABC repeated an airing of "The Many Faces of Michael Jackson."
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