Prince Michael Conducts First Interview with ET

[CherubimII]

Prince Michael on 2nd day as ET Correspondent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV6qtdl9yhQ

 

[Bubs]

Michael Jackson's son makes entertainment debut -- as reporter
By Alan Duke and Ben Brumfield, CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

NEW: La Toya Jackson arranged the reporting job for Prince Jackson
NEW: Prince asked his aunt "for her help in starting his career," a source says
Entertainment Tonight will air his first interview in chunks throughout the week
Prince is due to inherit millions but wants to make his own money

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's oldest son launched his showbiz career this week with a gig as a guest correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight," a job his aunt La Toya Jackson arranged.

The first assignment for Prince Michael Jackson, who celebrated his 16th birthday last Wednesday, was an interview with actors James Franco, Zach Braff and director Sam Raimi about their remake of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

"I'm looking to become well-rounded as a producer, director, screenwriter and actor," Prince Jackson told ET's Brooke Anderson, who coached him on interviewing techniques.

Michael Jackson's sister La Toya was "very instrumental" in setting up the job, a source close to her told CNN.

"Prince came to her and asked for her help in starting his career," said the source, who was not authorized to talk to the media.

La Toya, who owns an entertainment company, "was like an onset mom!" during the shoot, the source said. "She was so caring, making sure he looked great, going over his script with him, and just (being) there for him 1000%, coaching him for each day he worked."

ET will broadcast clips from the interview throughout this week.

Michael Jackson's three children -- Prince, Paris and Blanket -- were kept out of public view until they appeared at his memorial service, when Jackson died in 2009.

Since then, Prince has made public appearances, including at events to honor his father.

In February 2010, at the age of 12, Prince Jackson accepted a Grammy for lifetime achievement on behalf of the iconic entertainer. In the fall of the following year, he autographed replicas of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and "Thriller" leather jackets for a special sale on Amazon.com.

Though he will inherit millions from his father's estate, he is determined to make his own money, a lawyer for the Jackson family has said.

He wants to do it all, Prince Jackson told Anderson. But he has said that he can't sing or dance like his father.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/19/s...=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=cnni

This make me feel like I'm going to pukeuke:
No doubt who is the source - Jaffre.
I'm surprised of this piece as they advertising LaToya's company and brothers half bake attempt to sell Thriller jackets signed by Michael's kids.

La T nono around... uke: She would not miss it.... May God always protect Prince (and his brothers) of snakes and leeches. ray:

I will join with you for that prayer.

 

[LastTear]

Prince Jackson gets off to an awkward start as Entertainment Tonight special correspondent as questions turn to the famous teen while he prepares for his first interview

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 04:59, 20 February 2013 | UPDATED: 09:19, 20 February 2013

He sought out the job on his road to becoming well-rounded 'as a producer, director, screenwriter and actor' and on Tuesday night Prince Jackson struck out on his own as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.
Despite those efforts, Michael Jackson's 16-year-old son found himself the centre of the story on Tuesday evening.

The 30-minute programme featured clips of co-host Brooke Anderson grilling Prince with questions in between teasers for his first assignment, while he patiently waited for his moment to step into her shoes and test his skills as an interviewer.
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On air: Prince Jackson made his debut as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday

With little known about the length of Prince's contract, producers were keen to exploit their most high-profile - and their youngest - new celebrity reporter.
Teasers airing before his debut showed the teenager stiffly dressed as if ready to sit for a serious interview, while co-hosts told viewers about ET's newest addition.



Critics immediately put out their claws - surely a 16-year-old has not earned the credentials to juggle on-air interviews, despite his or her own status as a celebrity or even a studious cinephile, as Prince described himself.
His banter with Brooke was awkward, even cringe-worthy, though on par with exchanges between evening news anchors.

Loosening up: A candid moment gives a flattering view of Prince's charisma

Awkward exchanges: Teasers between Prince and his mentor, Brooke Anderson, were cringe-worthy

Thrusting a teenager in front of cue cards and a glaring red light did little to enhance the story (Prince's first assignment would be to interview the cast of Oz the Great and Powerful).
But viewers, and interested fans of the Jackson clan, did get a glimpse into how young Prince sees himself stepping out of his father's shadow.
'I've been raised around stuff like this so it was different being the interviewer instead of the one being interviewed,' he told Brooke.

Prince refers to his late father with the ET veteran compliments him on his maturity.
'That’s what most of my people say,' he responds. 'That was all thanks to my dad. He raised me right.'

Going over notes: Prince and Brooke sat down with some questions for his interview with the cast of Oz the Great and Powerful

Reading it through: The 16-year-old said he would ask the cast if they had any advice for him going forward

Ambitious: Prince talked of his goals to become a well-rounded producer, director, screenwriter and actor


The teen was just 12-years-old when his father died, leaving Prince and his two siblings in the care of extended relatives, including their paternal grandmother, Katherine Jackson.
But with an index cards full of notes ready for Brooke, she instead turned the interview to him.
'I'm so curious about how movies are made,' Prince said as they went down his list of questions for the Oz cast.
One of them: What advice would they have for him starting out?
Making their way through light stands, tangled wiring and cameras, Brooke asked who he pulled inspiration from after sitting for so many interviews himself.
Oprah Winfrey, he said, 'made it feel like home', referring to her interview with the Jackson clan in their backyard in 2010.

Behind-the-scenes: Questions turned to Prince with little time for his sit-down

New ritual: The pair did a few push-ups to loosen up before they met the cast

The hard-hitting questions: Brooke mentored Prince through the process

'It was a very casual, very easy interview to do,' he said.
Loosening up before his first interview, Brooke proposed the pair have a push-up battle. Prince obliged, and the pair pumped their arms until she was too winded to continue.
Soon after, credits rolled - with a clip of Prince sitting down opposite James Franco and Zach Braff, the respective Wizard and voice of Frank/Finley in Sam Raimi's Oz.
Viewers will have to wait, despite ET pitching the evening as Prince's debut, to see him actually do what producers claim to have hired him for - as opposed to a simple tool to boost ratings.

Is he ready? The teenager sat with Sam Raimi, James Franco and Zach Braff

Dragging it out: Prince is seen briefly striking out on his own before credits roll, telling viewers to tune back in on Wednesday night for his interview


Zach is heard congratulating Prince on his first day on the job, while in previously released teasers James Franco give Prince a word of advice.
'I always tell people, just go out and try, and stop waiting around or dreaming it’s going to happen,' he says. 'Just go and start doing things on your own.'
The role is certainly a step up from the usual first jobs of delivering papers and washing cars.
But Prince did concede to have learned one aspect about his new position: 'It's not as easy as it looks'.

As they were: Prince with his father Michael Jackson in 2009, shortly before the singer's death



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[Snow White 1937]

Here we go... "awkward" and "cringe worthy". Why the jabs? Why can't people simply be happy for others when they are successful or when something good happens? Prince came across as very poised and eloquent. Not once did he stumble. Remember he's only 16. Well, Mr/Mrs Daily Mail Reporter, I hope you get warts! Genital warts! now THAT would be cringe worthy. Have a nice day.

 

[Bubs]

Well, Mr/Mrs Daily Mail Reporter, I hope you get warts! Genital warts! now THAT would be cringe worthy. Have a nice day.

Oh my goodness, I'm laughing tears in my eyes.:lmao:
I'm going wish the same to Roger Friedman.

 

[LastTear]

Here we go... "awkward" and "cringe worthy". Why the jabs? Why can't people simply be happy for others when they are successful or when something good happens? Prince came across as very poised and eloquent. Not once did he stumble. Remember he's only 16. Well, Mr/Mrs Daily Mail Reporter, I hope you get warts! Genital warts! now THAT would be cringe worthy. Have a nice day.

LMAO

Yes, it is the Daily mail, but when the children are in the limelight this is what they can expect. I wish it wasn't like that, I just hope the family have prepared them for worse for when they are older.

 

[Bubs]

You are right LastTear. The article wasn't first of its kind, there are more similar posts, but I suppose some fans wants to turn blind eye for those articles. If Junior continues going on with LaToya's ventures, some of those ventures will not turn out as expected or something fishy comes out. Junior, as Michael's son, he will be the one who takes the heat, or who will be whipped by the tabloids, and LaToya walks away untouched. Just like his father took the heat for all the family mess they created and they walked away without scratch. Junior should be careful what he decides to do and with whom, as if he does something wrong, tabloid will remind us about it for years. Just like everything Michael did was chastised by them.

 

[Paris78]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2281816/Prince-Jackson-holds-hands-sweetheart-celebrates-new-job-Entertainment-Tonight.html
Prince Jackson holds hands with his sweetheart as he celebrates new job at Entertainment Tonight

 

[CherubimII]

From CNN "Showbiz Today" talks about the LaToya Connection:

 

[Bonnie Blue]

With little known about the length of Prince's contract, producers were keen to exploit their most high-profile - and their youngest - new celebrity reporter.

Even the dailymail has seen it as exploitation. Maybe it's a culture thing, but in the uk these type of celeb reporter gigs are given to x-factor rejects or d-list soap stars. To see mj's son doing this type of thing at age 16 is all shades of tacky for me, totally ghastly and tabloidish. Just my opinion.

 

[max000]

The media probably thinks Prince is openly courting them. Many will react like the daily mail, when they are denied access to exploit Prince.

 

[Bubs]

Michael would be crawling out of his grave:-(

 

[AngieJ]

Even the dailymail has seen it as exploitation. Maybe it's a culture thing, but in the uk these type of celeb reporter gigs are given to x-factor rejects or d-list soap stars. To see mj's son doing this type of thing at age 16 is all shades of tacky for me, totally ghastly and tabloidish. Just my opinion.

For the most part him being on it is being seen as harmless. It's him, Paris and Blanket being near that reality show that will come across as tacky and embarrassing. I can already tell you the public is going to shred them for that.

It's ironic because he says he wants to break into the industry, but appearing on a reality show will just chip away at his credibility.

 

[Ashtanga]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...celebrates-new-job-Entertainment-Tonight.html

La T nono uke: While some vibrate, I worry......

 

[marebear]

I watched again tonight and thought he did very well. This is a dumb question but why is there 3 j's in his twitter?

 

[CherubimII]

I am so....enjoying seeing Prince Michael on Entertainment Tonight. :jump:

 

[max000]

Can't watch one more min of bottom feeding ET. This Brooke Anderson won't let Prince breathe. She butts in every second. Exploitation every where with, larry Burkett and Anna Nicole's baby, Robin Roberts illness, and Mindy McCready suicide.

Prince, big mistake by a mile and a half.!!!

 

[Justthefacts]

He is a 16 year old boy who wants to be in show business don't blame him. Instead how about blaming his almost 60 year old aunt because you she will get or has got something out of it

 

[marialovesmjj]

I watched again tonight and thought he did very well. This is a dumb question but why is there 3 j's in his twitter?

Well his name does have 3 Js technically. Middle, last and the Jr.? *shrug* Maybe he just wanted 3 Js.

 

[loveforever]

Prince is wise and mature beyond his age but he is still just a 16 years old boy who needs adult guidance to make his first step. Unfortunately, he turned to the wrong person. IMO The Jacksons are the last to lean on if he wants a serious career, Latoya is the worst. I watched ET just because of him, although Prince did very well, the show is too cheesy to watch. prince deserved much better. Credibility is the key to success, I hope Prince will understand that and has better judgment but Who can blame him for trusting his 'family'.

 

[Ashtanga]

Nobody is questioning Prince. We will support him and we wish him luck in everything he does and we know he will do great. The big problem is that all those who are around and that will help you follow a path to what he wants: La T nono This is very worrying. She is not and never will be the right person to orient Prince and his brothers about anything. :nono: Never! And I'm sorry dear Prince, you have the wrong person by your side.

 

[ivy]

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Michael Jackson's Son Becomes Celebrity Journalist, Discovers Meaning of 'Irony'

Prince Michael becomes 'Entertainment Tonight' reporter

"Hiding, getting away. You can't go that way because they're over there, we won't, let's go this way and pretend we're going that way and we'll go that way. Someone should say HOLD ON, STOP. This person deserves their privacy. You are not allowed to go there. I mean I go around the world dealing with, running, and hiding, you can't…I can't take a walk in the park. I can't go to the store. I can't. I have to hide in a room, you feel like you're in prison."

That harrowing, almost literary passage is Michael Jackson discussing the paparazzi with Barbara Walters in 1997, as transcribed by a fan site. And yet in the same interview, Jackson discussed selling pictures of his first son to the National Enquirer and other tabloids when his eldest child, commonly known as Prince Michael Jackson, was born earlier that year. Plus, Entertainment Tonight, for all of its ridiculousness, isn't exactly the Enquirer. All of which is to say it's ironic but not entirely shocking that the young Jackson is now an ET correspondent.

Sure, as with Luke Russert's ascension to NBC News correspondent when he was only 22, high-profile parentage is obvously the deciding factor here. But Tim Russert's Sunday morning perch on NBC's Meet the Press meant he could expect other poltical journalists to kiss his ring; he wasn't, we assume, ordinarily stalked by them. The late King of Pop was a very different case.

According to ET, Pince Michael interviewed someone for the first time in his life when he interviewed actors James Franco and Zach Braff, along with director Sam Raimi, about their upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful. The subject is especially appropriate (?!) because his father played the Scarecrow in 1978's The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When told by ET's terrifyingly cheerful Brooke Anderson he seems older than 16, Prince Michael reportedly replied: "That's what most of my people say. That was all thanks to my dad. He raised me right."

More than 30 years after Thriller, and in the wake of last year's bizarre Jackson family feud, it's impossible not to root for Prince Michael. As much as anyone, he deserves a chance to grow into a successful adult, and he presumably has the financial resources to catch him if he falls. Still, we wouldn't have expected him to become a celebrity journalist. It's the type of quirky move that helped his father stay in the crosshairs of, well, celebrity journalists.

Pretty sure a caring adult might've advised Prince Michael to, like, start small and gain experience first, but then again being the child of Michael Jackson is so singular that it's really impossible for an outsider to judge. But can we still judge the adults, who evidently didn't tell Prince Michael that part of the appeal of watching him on ET is the peculiar irony of watching a "raised right" tabloid-target's kid going to work for a tabloid TV show. It could be worse; he could still go into music criticism.

http://www.spin.com/articles/michael-jackson-son-prince-celebrity-journalist-entertainment-tonight

 

[Ashtanga]

[video=youtube_share;gla9Sb5yMRM]http://youtu.be/gla9Sb5yMRM[/video]

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Michael Jackson's Son Becomes Celebrity Journalist, Discovers Meaning of 'Irony'

Prince Michael becomes 'Entertainment Tonight' reporter

"Hiding, getting away. You can't go that way because they're over there, we won't, let's go this way and pretend we're going that way and we'll go that way. Someone should say HOLD ON, STOP. This person deserves their privacy. You are not allowed to go there. I mean I go around the world dealing with, running, and hiding, you can't…I can't take a walk in the park. I can't go to the store. I can't. I have to hide in a room, you feel like you're in prison."

That harrowing, almost literary passage is Michael Jackson discussing the paparazzi with Barbara Walters in 1997, as transcribed by a fan site. And yet in the same interview, Jackson discussed selling pictures of his first son to the National Enquirer and other tabloids when his eldest child, commonly known as Prince Michael Jackson, was born earlier that year. Plus, Entertainment Tonight, for all of its ridiculousness, isn't exactly the Enquirer. All of which is to say it's ironic but not entirely shocking that the young Jackson is now an ET correspondent.

Sure, as with Luke Russert's ascension to NBC News correspondent when he was only 22, high-profile parentage is obvously the deciding factor here. But Tim Russert's Sunday morning perch on NBC's Meet the Press meant he could expect other poltical journalists to kiss his ring; he wasn't, we assume, ordinarily stalked by them. The late King of Pop was a very different case.

According to ET, Pince Michael interviewed someone for the first time in his life when he interviewed actors James Franco and Zach Braff, along with director Sam Raimi, about their upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful. The subject is especially appropriate (?!) because his father played the Scarecrow in 1978's The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When told by ET's terrifyingly cheerful Brooke Anderson he seems older than 16, Prince Michael reportedly replied: "That's what most of my people say. That was all thanks to my dad. He raised me right."

More than 30 years after Thriller, and in the wake of last year's bizarre Jackson family feud, it's impossible not to root for Prince Michael. As much as anyone, he deserves a chance to grow into a successful adult, and he presumably has the financial resources to catch him if he falls. Still, we wouldn't have expected him to become a celebrity journalist. It's the type of quirky move that helped his father stay in the crosshairs of, well, celebrity journalists.

Pretty sure a caring adult might've advised Prince Michael to, like, start small and gain experience first, but then again being the child of Michael Jackson is so singular that it's really impossible for an outsider to judge. But can we still judge the adults, who evidently didn't tell Prince Michael that part of the appeal of watching him on ET is the peculiar irony of watching a "raised right" tabloid-target's kid going to work for a tabloid TV show. It could be worse; he could still go into music criticism.

http://www.spin.com/articles/michael-jackson-son-prince-celebrity-journalist-entertainment-tonight

*big sigh*

 

[Silouette]

Good job Prince! Keep following your ambitions.

How long is his stint on the show?

 

[marebear]

All we can do is watch what happens and hope for the best for him and Paris and Blanket. I think if he is anything like Michael that he will move beyond the family as well. He is only 16 but I have a feeling as he gets older he will want to do things his way and be more independent.

 

[Bubs]

"Pretty sure a caring adult might've advised Prince Michael to, like, start small and gain experience first, but then again being the child of Michael Jackson is so singular that it's really impossible for an outsider to judge. But can we still judge the adults, who evidently didn't tell Prince Michael that part of the appeal of watching him on ET is the peculiar irony of watching a "raised right" tabloid-target's kid going to work for a tabloid TV show."

Unfortunately seemingly there are no caring adult around kids to give them proper advice, and once he is linked to LaToya, he positions himself to same level as LaToya (which is D list celebrity).

 

[WildStyle]

If Prince wants to get into directing there must be better people he can go to than LaToya for help. Michael knew and was friends with a lot of people in the movie business. Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, Brett Ratner, and on, and on, and on. I would think it would be wiser to reach out to one of these types of people. This just screams of another LaToya exploitation to me. As if being a reporter for a joke of a show like ET is the path to a serious career in the film industry.

 

[Courtney]

Is anybody else annoyed by how they keep calling him, "Michael Jackson's son" over and over? That's exploitation at it's finest. Again, I still think it's great that he got to pursue this opportunity. He seemed to really enjoy it and he did a GREAT job so far! But the truth is, as I keep watching, ET doesn't care about Prince Michael. They care about the fact that he's "Michael Jackson's son." Then they don't show him until the very end of every show because they know people will tune into the entire program just to wait to see "Michael Jackson's son" (I turn it off). I wish he would have some proper guidance...

But still, good for him! He's only 16 and he's going for what he wants. His goal isn't to become a media reporter, just remember. He's just reporting about a new movie coming out. He's not gossiping about someone else's life. I really think he deserves a chance and the media needs to get off his back. It's only one interview for this one week.

 

[Billie Jean 78]

Is anybody else annoyed by how they keep calling him, "Michael Jackson's son" over and over? That's exploitation at it's finest. Again, I still think it's great that he got to pursue this opportunity. He seemed to really enjoy it and he did a GREAT job so far! But the truth is, as I keep watching, ET doesn't care about Prince Michael. They care about the fact that he's "Michael Jackson's son." Then they don't show him until the very end of every show because they know people will tune into the entire program just to wait to see "Michael Jackson's son" (I turn it off). I wish he would have some proper guidance...

But still, good for him! He's only 16 and he's going for what he wants. His goal isn't to become a media reporter, just remember. He's just reporting about a new movie coming out. He's not gossiping about someone else's life. I really think he deserves a chance and the media needs to get off his back. It's only one interview for this one week.

He isn't gossiping yet, but if he does stay in this ET business sooner or later he might be forced to start gossiping and that won't be pretty.

Plus, I never heard of him being into journalism, but into film directing. However if he is into journalism, he should stick to names like Larry King. He was big, he was respected, he was serious business. By all means don't stick to La Toya!

I do realize it's not pretty discovering that your family can't be trusted and that you have noone with your best interests any more, but the sooner Prince gets the strengh, the better.

 

[Bubs]

I agree with others that Junior could contact on his daddy's old friends in film business, if he seriously wants to be in the fild business.
MJ knew plenty of them, some of them were good friends like Tucker etc.