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Michael Jackson News for March 14, 2008:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZNgbrgnco68wdSY5q0bFdgp2MYgD8VDGHD02
Jackson Considers Selling Neverland
By JOHN ROGERS – 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There could be a new owner riding the merry-go-round at Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch this summer.
A public auction of the 2,500-acre spread in central California's wine country had been scheduled for next week after Jackson went into default on the $24.5 million he owes on the property. However, the auction was postponed until May 14 by "mutual agreement" of Jackson and his creditors, said Julie Wagner of Financial Title Co. of San Francisco, the firm that filed the default papers.
"That allows us to refinance or sell the property," Jackson's attorney, L. Londell McMillan, told The Associated on Friday. He added that Jackson is looking at both options.
"We expect to have this matter resolved well before May 14," McMillan said. The extended date was first reported on Foxnews.com.
Jackson, who moved out of Neverland more than two years ago, bought the property in the bucolic rolling hills of Los Olivos, 150 miles north of Los Angeles, from real estate baron William Bone in 1988 and turned it into his personal playground. He brought in more than a dozen amusement park rides, including a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel and roller coaster and installed a zoo complete with flamingos, giraffes, elephants and orangutans.
At the height of his popularity in the late 1980s and '90s, he invited children by the thousands onto the grounds, where they would spend the day playing and feasting on cotton candy and popcorn.
Once hailed as the "king of pop," Jackson saw his financial empire begin to crumble as his record sales plummeted in recent years. His image took a further hit when he was arrested in 2003, accused of molesting a 13-year-old visitor to Neverland.
He left Neverland after a jury acquitted him of the molestation charges in 2005 and is said to be living overseas.
http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20080314/thriller.html
Notes from the mediascape: Dance with Thriller's dead
by Jesse Kohl
Sony BMG and Epic/Legacy Recordings have designed an innovative promo that lets fans of Michael Jackson's Thriller upload photos of themselves to appear as zombies within the original music video. The microsite, supported by Google ads, invites users to upload three pics of themselves at www.michaeljackson.com/mythrillervideo to get dancing with the dead.
We're not talking about just another 2-D pasted-head microsite. The Thriller promo transforms participants into something more like 3-D avatars.
The anniversary celebration's also got some other Web 2.0 and multiplatform perks tied in. Users who participate in the promo will see their videos automatically uploaded to YouTube for easy sharing on blogs and Facebook pages. There's also a feature that lets users send texts to Michael Jackson and purchase the King of Pop's tunes as ringtones for cell phones.
As one might expect, the music video has already inspired user-generated videos on YouTube - including one of prison inmates performing the dance... for more than 12 million viewers at last count.
Michael Jackson Mentionings for March 14, 2008:
http://www.javno.com/en/bestseller/clanak.php?id=132096
"I'm turning 75, and I'll tell you this," says Quincy Jones with a warm, easy laugh. "The one great thing about getting older is that you get to see how everything turns out. It's astounding."
Things have certainly turned out well for Jones, who celebrates his diamond anniversary on Friday. His prodigious talents have left a unique and indelible impression in every field he's pursued. From his work as a bebop bandleader to his groundbreaking scores for such films as 1964's "The Pawnbroker" and 1967's "In Cold Blood," or as the phenomenally successful record producer behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1982) and the guiding force behind 1985's "We Are the World," Jones has been an inspiration, a trailblazer, an educator and, above all, a singular embodiment of artistic integrity.
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/urban-country-underwood-1999007-note-rock
It was funny, actually, to hear Urban's party-starter DJ Debonair spin Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country" in between sets – when nary another country tune ever made its way to his turntable, trumped by the likes of Skynyrd, Mellencamp, Queen and Led Zeppelin, then spiced up with dashes of Michael Jackson, Prince and Fergie. Likewise, note the riff medley Urban broke into just after "Days Go By" – first a bit of Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good," then "Sweet Home Alabama," "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Smoke on the Water," "Stairway to Heaven" and "Walk This Way."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...res/music/e3ida1d365b6d3f571787af21afef477f06
Songwriter Rod Temperton first worked with Jones when he wrote "Rock With You" for Michael Jackson's Jones-produced "Off the Wall" album in 1979. Temperton has subsequently been a key part of such Jones projects as the 1982 "Thriller" album and the soundtrack to "The Color Purple" in 1985. He most recently witnessed Jones' charms and talents during a recording session for last year's "We All Love Ennio Morricone" tribute album. "Quincy wanted to record 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,'
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/soccer_redcard/2008/03/fire-heading-to.html
I never heard my dad talk about sports at the dinner table while growing up. In fact, it took Michael Jordan three championships for my Dad to stop mixing him up with Michael Jackson.
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/467499.html
What's on your iPod (musical tastes): Michael Jackson. "I've always been a fan of his movie. Yeah. I've always like him. His music is very good."
Michael Jackson HIStory for March 14, 2008:
1990 - Michael Jackson won the Silver Award as the 1980s Artist Of The Decade at the fourth annual Soul Train Music Awards.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZNgbrgnco68wdSY5q0bFdgp2MYgD8VDGHD02
Jackson Considers Selling Neverland
By JOHN ROGERS – 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There could be a new owner riding the merry-go-round at Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch this summer.
A public auction of the 2,500-acre spread in central California's wine country had been scheduled for next week after Jackson went into default on the $24.5 million he owes on the property. However, the auction was postponed until May 14 by "mutual agreement" of Jackson and his creditors, said Julie Wagner of Financial Title Co. of San Francisco, the firm that filed the default papers.
"That allows us to refinance or sell the property," Jackson's attorney, L. Londell McMillan, told The Associated on Friday. He added that Jackson is looking at both options.
"We expect to have this matter resolved well before May 14," McMillan said. The extended date was first reported on Foxnews.com.
Jackson, who moved out of Neverland more than two years ago, bought the property in the bucolic rolling hills of Los Olivos, 150 miles north of Los Angeles, from real estate baron William Bone in 1988 and turned it into his personal playground. He brought in more than a dozen amusement park rides, including a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel and roller coaster and installed a zoo complete with flamingos, giraffes, elephants and orangutans.
At the height of his popularity in the late 1980s and '90s, he invited children by the thousands onto the grounds, where they would spend the day playing and feasting on cotton candy and popcorn.
Once hailed as the "king of pop," Jackson saw his financial empire begin to crumble as his record sales plummeted in recent years. His image took a further hit when he was arrested in 2003, accused of molesting a 13-year-old visitor to Neverland.
He left Neverland after a jury acquitted him of the molestation charges in 2005 and is said to be living overseas.
http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20080314/thriller.html
Notes from the mediascape: Dance with Thriller's dead
by Jesse Kohl
Sony BMG and Epic/Legacy Recordings have designed an innovative promo that lets fans of Michael Jackson's Thriller upload photos of themselves to appear as zombies within the original music video. The microsite, supported by Google ads, invites users to upload three pics of themselves at www.michaeljackson.com/mythrillervideo to get dancing with the dead.
We're not talking about just another 2-D pasted-head microsite. The Thriller promo transforms participants into something more like 3-D avatars.
The anniversary celebration's also got some other Web 2.0 and multiplatform perks tied in. Users who participate in the promo will see their videos automatically uploaded to YouTube for easy sharing on blogs and Facebook pages. There's also a feature that lets users send texts to Michael Jackson and purchase the King of Pop's tunes as ringtones for cell phones.
As one might expect, the music video has already inspired user-generated videos on YouTube - including one of prison inmates performing the dance... for more than 12 million viewers at last count.
Michael Jackson Mentionings for March 14, 2008:
http://www.javno.com/en/bestseller/clanak.php?id=132096
"I'm turning 75, and I'll tell you this," says Quincy Jones with a warm, easy laugh. "The one great thing about getting older is that you get to see how everything turns out. It's astounding."
Things have certainly turned out well for Jones, who celebrates his diamond anniversary on Friday. His prodigious talents have left a unique and indelible impression in every field he's pursued. From his work as a bebop bandleader to his groundbreaking scores for such films as 1964's "The Pawnbroker" and 1967's "In Cold Blood," or as the phenomenally successful record producer behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1982) and the guiding force behind 1985's "We Are the World," Jones has been an inspiration, a trailblazer, an educator and, above all, a singular embodiment of artistic integrity.
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/urban-country-underwood-1999007-note-rock
It was funny, actually, to hear Urban's party-starter DJ Debonair spin Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country" in between sets – when nary another country tune ever made its way to his turntable, trumped by the likes of Skynyrd, Mellencamp, Queen and Led Zeppelin, then spiced up with dashes of Michael Jackson, Prince and Fergie. Likewise, note the riff medley Urban broke into just after "Days Go By" – first a bit of Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good," then "Sweet Home Alabama," "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Smoke on the Water," "Stairway to Heaven" and "Walk This Way."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...res/music/e3ida1d365b6d3f571787af21afef477f06
Songwriter Rod Temperton first worked with Jones when he wrote "Rock With You" for Michael Jackson's Jones-produced "Off the Wall" album in 1979. Temperton has subsequently been a key part of such Jones projects as the 1982 "Thriller" album and the soundtrack to "The Color Purple" in 1985. He most recently witnessed Jones' charms and talents during a recording session for last year's "We All Love Ennio Morricone" tribute album. "Quincy wanted to record 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,'
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/soccer_redcard/2008/03/fire-heading-to.html
I never heard my dad talk about sports at the dinner table while growing up. In fact, it took Michael Jordan three championships for my Dad to stop mixing him up with Michael Jackson.
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/467499.html
What's on your iPod (musical tastes): Michael Jackson. "I've always been a fan of his movie. Yeah. I've always like him. His music is very good."
Michael Jackson HIStory for March 14, 2008:
1990 - Michael Jackson won the Silver Award as the 1980s Artist Of The Decade at the fourth annual Soul Train Music Awards.
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