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MJ News in review 12 Jun 08

Mentionings.............
Other voices CBC makes right call, CTV does a Michael Jackson
[SIZE=-1]Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 1 hour ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But you also come across like Michael Jackson when he bought the John Lennon- Paul McCartney songbook. As Michael found, you can sit home alone on Saturday ...[/SIZE]


The Web Watcher: Michael Jackson in Star Wars; Regina Richards
[SIZE=-1]Times Online, UK - Jun 10, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]It’sa question that we’ve all asked ourselves at some point: “What if Michael Jackson had starred in Star Wars.” It’sa question that can at last be answered ...[/SIZE]



'My life was a blues song to the max'
[SIZE=-1]Rocky Mountain News, CO - 8 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Cartier once sued singer Michael Jackson, accusing him of stealing her song Dangerous. She lost the case in 1994. Crystal Cartier during the 1994 trial, ...[/SIZE]


[SIZE=-2]Los Angeles Times[/SIZE]

Album Review: 'Evil Urges' by My Morning Jacket
[SIZE=-1]The University of Alabama Crimson White, AL - 7 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]... the most bewildering track on the album, "Highly Suspicious," which melds an '80s hair band feel with a bit of Tom Waits and a bit of Michael Jackson. ...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Band releases obscure album [SIZE=-1]Red and Black[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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Not quite a "Revival"
[SIZE=-1]The News Journal, DE - 6 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]... morphed into Michael Jackson' s "Rock With You" -- unfortunately one of many extended build-ups that never fully satisfied throughout the humid evening. ...[/SIZE]

Band releases obscure album
[SIZE=-1]Red and Black, GA - 5 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]... on the album's biggest head-scratcher, "Highly Suspicious," a dirty dance-rock number in which Jim James sounds like a dead ringer for Michael Jackson. ...[/SIZE]
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Day 133: What the media don't show about Michael Jackson the business man

Mitchell hits a chord in Britain
Christine Sams



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Fame ... Idol star Lisa Mitchell, 18, has signed a songwriting and recording deal in Britain.




SHE was the Albury schoolgirl who found fame on Australian Idol. Now 18-year-old Lisa Mitchell has scored a songwriting deal in Britain to write and record an album.

Mitchell, who was due to fly out to London yesterday, has signed with Sony/ATV and its boutique label Little Victories. "I've got an advance and stuff," she said. "I feel lucky, I'm going over there for three or four months. I'll be living there for a while to work on some songs and hopefully get an album out by the end of the year."

Mitchell, who was born in Britain before moving to Australia as a six-year-old, was one of the strongest contenders in the 2006 Australian Idol won by Damien Leith.

"It feels like a really bizarre dream [having been on Idol], it feels like ages ago now, but it was such a good start for me."
Mitchell quit her studies at the end of year 11 to focus on music.
Her new EP Welcome To The Afternoon is out on Saturday.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/mitchell-hits-a-chord-in-britain/2008/05/24/1211183176209.html

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Sony/ATV’s “Musical Notes” #21 - Steinberg & Kelly
Jun 05, 2008


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Sony/ATV’s "Musical Notes" #21
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.

From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant

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Who was that great British actor performing one of Madonna’s biggest hits?

It was Jim Broadbent as ‘Harold Zidler’ vamping Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly’s LIKE A VIRGIN in Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie “Moulin Rouge!”

Read more about this classic Sony/ATV song in our latest “Musical Notes”

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Stories behind classic Sony/ATV songs #5:

LIKE A VIRGIN (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)

“Like A Virgin
Touched for the very first time.
Like A Virgin
When your heart beats next to mine”

Though it became one of Madonna’s signature hits, LIKE A VIRGIN was not written with her in mind. Several producers had passed on the song until Michael Ostin (then Senior VP at Warner Bros. Records) heard Billy & Tom’s demo, flipped over it and took it to Madonna.

Produced by Sony/ATV writer Nile Rodgers, Madonna’s LIKE A VIRGIN reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on December 22, ’84 and remained there for six weeks. Here’s a list of key Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly compositions controlled by Sony/ATV:

ALONE (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Heart (Capitol/EMI: 1987) US #1 Pop, #3 Mainstream Rock, #2 AC, UK #3
Other versions incl: i-Ten (Epic/Sony BMG)(i-Ten was Billy & Tom’s own band)

ETERNAL FLAME (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly/Susanna Hoffs)
By The Bangles (Columbia/Sony BMG: 1989) US #1 Pop, #1 AC, UK #1
By Atomic Kitten (Innocent: 2001) UK #1
Other versions incl: Susanna Hoffs (Arista/Sony BMG),
Richard Clayderman (Inter), The Vienna Boys Choir (EMI)

FIRE AND ICE (Tom Kelly/Pat Benatar/Scott Sheets)
By Pat Benatar (Chrysalis/EMI: 1981) US #17 Pop, #2 Mainstream Rock

HE’S BACK (THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK)(Tom Kelly/Alice Cooper/Robert Athis)
By Alice Cooper (MCA/Universal: 1986) UK #61

HEY MAMBO (Tom Kelly/Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman/Jack Feldman)
By Barry Manilow with Kid Creole & The Coconuts (Arista/Sony BMG: 1988) US #90 Pop

HOW DO I MAKE YOU (Billy Steinberg)
By Linda Ronstadt (Asylum/WMG: 1980) US #10 Pop
Other versions incl: The Chipmunks (Excelsior)

I DROVE ALL NIGHT (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Cyndi Lauper (Epic/Sony BMG: 1989) US #6 Pop, #43 AC, UK #7
By Roy Orbison (MCA: 1992) UK #7
By Roy Orbison (Virgin America/EMI: 1993 reissue) UK #47
By Pinmonkey (BNA/Sony BMG: 2003) US #36 Country
By Celine Dion (Epic/Sony BMG: 2003) US #45 Pop
Other versions incl: John Waite (One Way)

I TOUCH MYSELF (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly/Christine Amphlett/M. McEntee)
By The Divinyls (Virgin/EMI: 1991) US #4 Pop, #2 Modern Rock, UK #10
Other versions incl: Lenny B. Featuring Kristy Kay (Radical), FMH High Street Honeys (All Around The World)

I WANT YOU SO BAD (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Heart (Capitol/EMI: 1988) US #49 Pop

IN YOUR ROOM (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly/Susanna Hoffs)
By The Bangles (Columbia/Sony BMG: 1989) US #5 Pop, #5 Modern Rock, UK #35 (in ’88)

JACKIE (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Blue Zone UK (Arista/Sony BMG: 1988) US #54 Pop, #37 Dance

LIKE A VIRGIN (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Madonna (Sire/WMG: 1985) US #1 Pop, UK #3
Other versions incl: Bow Wow Wow (Cleopatra), Big Daddy (Rhino/WMG), The Cooltrane Quartet (PMB),
Texas Lightning (Sony BMG), Mad’house (Universal), Parody version: LIKE A SURGEON (Steinberg/Kelly/Yankovic)
By Weird Al Yankovic (Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1985) US #47 Pop



http://www.sonyatv.com/index.php/articles/395
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LOOK ME IN THE HEART (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Tina Turner (Capitol/EMI: 1990) US #8 AC, UK #31

MY SIDE OF THE BED (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly/Susanna Hoffs)
By Susannah Hoffs (Columbia/Sony BMG: 1991) US #30 Pop, #27 AC, UK #44

SEX AS A WEAPON (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Pat Benatar (Chrysalis/EMI: 1986) US #28 Pop, #5 Mainstream Rock, UK #67

SO EMOTIONAL (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Whitney Houston (Arista/Sony BMG: 1988) US #1 Pop, #5 R&B, #8 AC, UK #5 (in ’87)

TRUE COLORS (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly)
By Cyndi Lauper (Portrait/Sony BMG: 1986) US #1 Pop, #5 AC, UK #12
By Phil Collins (Atlantic/WMG: 1998) US #66 Pop, #2 AC, UK #26
Other versions incl: Aztec Camera (Sire/WMG), Eva Cassidy (Blix Street)


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Presenting ‘The King Of The Stroll’ … CHUCK WILLIS

R&B singer Chuck Willis (1928-1958) was born in Atlanta and was also a standout songwriter. The majority of his songs were total originals of which I FEEL SO BAD and IT’S TOO LATE are absolute milestones. However, his C.C. RIDER was based on “See See Rider” recorded back in 1924 by blues singer Ma Rainey; Chuck’s version turned out to be the perfect record to accompany the-then latest dance craze “The Stroll” hence him being tagged ‘The King Of The Stroll’. Sadly, Chuck Willis died very young but his songs are very worthwhile revisiting.

Here are the finest Chuck Willis compositions:

BETTY AND DUPREE (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1958) US #15 R&B, #33 Pop
Other versions incl: Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band (Private Music/Sony BMG), Willy DeVille (Eagle), Billy Lee Riley (Sun/Sun Entertainment)

C.C. RIDER (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1957) US #1 R&B, #12 Pop

CLOSE YOUR EYES (Chuck Willis)
By The Five Keys (Capitol/EMI: 1955) US #5 R&B
By Peaches & Herb (Date/Sony BMG: 1967) US #8 Pop

DON’T DECEIVE ME (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (OKeh/Sony BMG: 1953) US #6 R&B

THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART (Chuck Willis)
By The Cardinals (Atlantic/WMG: 1955) US #4 R&B
By Dean Martin (Reprise/EMI: 1964) US #6 Pop, #1 AC
Other versions incl: Don Cornell (Coral/Universal)

FEEL SO BAD
See under: I FEEL SO BAD

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART (Chuck Willis)
By The Clovers (Atlantic/WMG: 1956)

HANG UP MY ROCK AND ROLL SHOES (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1958) US #9 R&B, #24 Pop

I FEEL SO BAD aka FEEL SO BAD (Chuck Willis)
“I Feel So Bad/Feel like a ball game on a rainy day”
By Chuck Willis (Okeh/Sony BMG: 1954) US #8 R&B
By Elvis Presley (RCA/Sony BMG: 1961) US #5 Pop, #15 R&B
Other versions incl: Delbert McClinton (Capitol/EMI), Otis Rush (Atlantic/WMG), Gegg Allman (Capricorn),
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra/WMG)

IT’S TOO LATE (Chuck Willis)
“It’s Too Late, she’s gone/It’s Too Late, my baby’s gone”
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1956) US #3 R&B
Other versions incl: Buddy Holly & The Crickets (MCA/Universal), The Animals (IRS/EMI), Otis Redding (Volt/WMG), Derek & The Dominos (Polydor/Universal), Roy Orbison (Sun/Sun Entertainment), Jerry Garcia (Rhino/WMG), Les Paul & Mary Ford (Columbia/Sony BMG)

JUANITA (Chuck Willis/Jesse Stone)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1956) US #7 R&B
Other versions incl: Charlie Rich (Sun/Sun Entertainment)

KEEP A-DRIVING (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1958) US #19 R&B

MY LIFE (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1958) US #12 R&B, #46 Pop

MY STORY (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (OKeh/Sony BMG: 1952) US #2 R&B

OH WHAT A DREAM aka WHAT A DREAM (Chuck Willis)
By Ruth Brown (Atlantic/WMG: 1954) US #1 R&B
By Patti Page (Mercury/Universal: 1954) US #10 Pop
By Conway Twitty (MGM/Universal: 1971) US #50 Country


WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN YOUR BABY LEAVES YOU (Willis)
By Chuck Willis (Atlantic/WMG: 1956) US #11 R&B

YOU’RE STILL MY BABY (Chuck Willis)
By Chuck Willis (OKeh/Sony BMG: 1954) US #4 R&B

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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine

http://www.sonyatv.com/index.php/articles/395
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Thanks for posting, Rasta. :)

I kept on forgetting to post this mentioning - Jermaine Dupri, Janet's man, was interviewed or filled in for radio dj Miss Jones on Hot 97 in NYC (Philly fans, we listen to her show on 100.3 The Beat). The other djs, Michael Shawn and Envy asked him who would he chose Jay Z or Nas because he was in NYC. He hesitated at first and then he said that he decided to just chose a Michael Jackson cd. LOL. I thought that was funny. LOL. If Jermaine would have chosen Jay Z he might have gotten some flack. If he chose Nas he might have gotten some flack so he chose Mike. LOL. Jermaine was on there I think either Monday or Tuesday.
 
ahahahha Michael is soooo broke! :lol:
and some people still believe he is really broke.. i pitty the fool :lmao:
 
It'd be a shame if a man who has done so much for the world could be really broken... He'll always make money, forever.
 
thank you very much... ;)
 
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:D
http://style.hollyscoop.com/christian-audigier/michael-jackson-and-christian-audigier-to-collaborate_630.aspx


Michael Jackson And Christian Audigier To Collaborate
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Michael Jackson is reportedly striking up a deal with fashion designer Christian Audigier. MJ is working with the Ed Hardy designer on the very first stages of a clothing line. The two are hoping it gets really big, and Michael is dedicating a lot of his time to the design of the clothes.

Well as long as he's spending as much time in the studio, it's fine with us! Could the two be designing wardrobe for Michael's upcoming tour when the album is released? We'll keep you updated!
 
http://x17online.com/celebrities/ch...partner_for_vegas_clothing_store-06122008.php

X17 XCLUSIVE - Michael Jackson & Christian Audigier Partner For Vegas Clothing Store!

Get ready, folks - Las Vegas is about to get a little more glamorous!

X17 inside sources can Xclusively reveal that Ed Hardy founder Christian Audigier is partnering with pop icon Michael Jackson (shown above at Christian's B-day party together in late May) to launch a new clothing store in Vegas at the Treasure Island Hotel - taking over the Tangerine night club space - for a Grand Opening on July 4th!

This $14 million venture will feature clothing inspired by glitzy, glamorous Las Vegas shows... and Michael and Christian will act as co-designers for the new line.

So exciting - and so glamorous! We know where we'll be come this July 4th!
 
This was in the Wall Street Journel. I don't know what to make of it. The WSJ used to be a respected paper but of course now Murdoch (Mr. turn everything into a tabloid) owns it. I guess like everything else we will just have to wait and see. It doesn't seem to jive with what Michael just said at the party.



http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121331476011469961-H3cramuHbt8PxGMk0yJiyoG3uCQ_20080712.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
HOLLYWOOD REPORT



Michael Jackson: The Next Elvis?
A Private Equity Group
Hopes to Relaunch
The Singer's Career in Vegas
By ETHAN SMITH
June 13, 2008

A private-equity group is hoping to do for Michael Jackson something a long parade of music-industry veterans, lawyers and billionaire friends have failed to accomplish: Revive the pop star's dormant career after a 2005 child-molestation trial and a financial meltdown.

Colony Capital, which owns the Las Vegas Hilton and is a major shareholder in closely held Station Casinos, is in discussions with Mr. Jackson to get him back onstage and in the spotlight via a long-term stand in Las Vegas. It also wants the singer to sell his Neverland Ranch, the home of his private amusement park and menagerie and site of his controversial sleepovers with young children.


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Colony and its executives aren't working with Mr. Jackson as managers or personal advisers. But they may nonetheless have a better chance of succeeding with Mr. Jackson than the many figures who have served in those capacities, thanks to Colony's major leverage with the pop star. The private-equity group in May bought from hedge fund Fortress Investment Group a $23 million loan backed by Neverland, in Los Olivos, Calif. Mr. Jackson, 49 years old, was in default on the loan and Fortress had initiated foreclosure proceedings. After buying the loan, Colony negotiated some short-term breathing room for Mr. Jackson. Under discussion is a scenario in which he would be allowed to put off making payments for a while, in exchange for more money further down the road.

"We bought the note and we've been having discussions with Mr. Jackson about a recapitalization and refinancing of Neverland in addition to various other business opportunities and mutual interests," says Colony CEO Tom Barrack.

Now Colony is urging the singer to emerge from the rural Nevada compound where he has recently been holed up with his family, to stage a residency performance -- either at one of its gambling and entertainment properties or elsewhere in Sin City.

Michael Amir, a spokesman for Mr. Jackson, confirms that the singer is in talks with Colony: "We're moving forward and looking to do some positive things in the future."

Since Mr. Jackson's 2005 acquittal on child-molestation charges, various entertainment-industry executives have pursued some kind of splashy comeback for him. For the most part, the singer hasn't played along. In February he backed out of a planned performance during the Grammy Awards telecast. Around the same time, he also declined a proposal to perform for 10 nights at a London arena. People who have spoken to Mr. Jackson say he has simply not felt up to the rigors of performing after his lengthy legal ordeal.


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Michael Jackson in concert in Buenos Aires in 1993.
Recently the singer has been living in Pahrump, Nev., an unincorporated town 60 miles west of Las Vegas, where he has been writing new songs in a home studio and having his three children (ages 11, 10 and 6) home-schooled.

He did cooperate with Sony BMG Music Entertainment in the creation of a 25th-anniversary edition of his "Thriller" album, which posted unexpectedly strong sales in the U.S. and around the world. But even that undertaking -- which included one new song and remixes of several old hits -- may have contributed to Mr. Jackson's problems getting back to real work.

One person close to the famously distractible singer says that for a time he became preoccupied with making a feature-length movie based on the music video for the album's title track.

The current situation is the latest twist in a long-running saga that peaked three years ago. Funding his high-flying lifestyle with loans like the one backed by Neverland, he simultaneously stopped working and racked up millions of dollars in lawyers' bills to fight child-molestation charges.

The singer was acquitted in 2005 by a jury in Santa Maria, Calif. But he is still carrying almost $400 million in debt secured by his extensive music-publishing holdings, in addition to the smaller loan backed by Neverland.

Since then, according to people close to Mr. Jackson, he has cut back his personal spending somewhat. The biggest of Mr. Jackson's loans is backed by his share of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a joint venture he owns with the Japanese media and electronics giant. Mr. Jackson's stake is likely worth $500 million or more. But the partnership agreement is set to expire in two years, at which point provisions kick in allowing one side to buy out the other.

People familiar with the situation say Sony has always presumed that it would exercise that right -- and has even worked to prevent creditors from seizing Mr. Jackson's half of the company partly with the aim of buying it later. But if Mr. Jackson had a deep-pocketed partner like Colony, it could complicate such a transaction.

Adding to the chaos until now: Throughout much of that time, Mr. Jackson has put his business affairs in the hands of a rotating cast of advisers. Some of these have dealt honestly with the singer, but others have had previously-reported conflicts of interest.


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Michael begins singing professionally with his four brothers at age 6. The Jackson 5 score their first No. 1 hit in 1969.
Mr. Jackson has run into trouble making payments on his loans, which have been passed around among banks and other Wall Street players who have balanced the risk of default against the possibility of acquiring the valuable assets backing them.

Colony in recent weeks has presented Mr. Jackson with a range of possible Las Vegas comeback scenarios -- each of which borrows elements of other pop stars' highly successful long-term Las Vegas runs.

One option would be for Colony to create for Mr. Jackson a purpose-built theater at one of its hotel-casinos, where he would need to perform up to 180 nights a year. Céline Dion's four-year run at Caesars Palace grossed more than $400 million, while Barry Manilow earned $23.7 million for 88 shows at the Vegas Hilton in 2007. But the rigors of any such commitment would likely be too taxing for Mr. Jackson.

The most likely option would be to create something like "Love," the Cirque du Soleil show built around Beatles tunes. Mr. Jackson wouldn't be a regular part of the performance but would appear for 20 to 30 performances a year, possibly with his brothers.

Any of these scenarios would be paired with a plan to restore his image.

The first step in that plan is to distance the singer from Neverland, which, as a focal point for the trial, is indelibly linked with those charges in the eyes of the public. Mr. Jackson has vowed never to live at the ranch again, given its associations. But he nonetheless has entertained visions of turning it into a family-oriented theme park, with rides for children. Colony executives consider the residence completely toxic to Mr. Jackson's image, and are urging him to restore the property's original name, Sycamore Canyon Ranch, and to sell it as quickly as possible.

Colony is also urging him to make a public statement further distancing himself from the controversy, in a venue like Oprah Winfrey's talk show. A person familiar with the discussions says the general idea of such remarks would be for Mr. Jackson, who moved temporarily to Dubai following his acquittal, to say that the American legal system exonerated him, and that he now hopes to move on.

The final step would be for him to stage some kind of televised performance -- ideally in the context of a high-profile charity concert -- to prove to the world that he can still sing and dance.

If all goes according to plan -- a long shot, to be sure -- in three to five years, Colony would like to develop a Thriller Casino with Mr. Jackson. That is something Mr. Jackson has kicked around for more than 10 years.

Write to Ethan Smith at ethan.smith@wsj.com
 
Thanks eternitys_child, I agree that with Rup taking over the WSJ it's unrecognizable in parts, only time will tell who gave them this information for this article and what comes of it.
 
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This was in the Wall Street Journel. I don't know what to make of it. The WSJ used to be a respected paper but of course now Murdoch (Mr. turn everything into a tabloid) owns it. I guess like everything else we will just have to wait and see. It doesn't seem to jive with what Michael just said at the party.
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How so? He didn't say anything particularly revealing about any of his plans during the party coversation. He just said he was going to the studio and something was coming soon. Who knows in what way his studio work may or may not be related to what's written in the article?

Thanks for posting the article. :flowers:
 
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Uhhhh... no. None of that sound's ideally plausible to me. Michael, with the kind of performing he does, couldn't do 180 shows a year. Forget it. And a Cirque Du Soliel type show sounds absurd.

On top of that, I thought that the option to buy out Michael's half of the catalog already passed? His finances are too complex for me to totally understand, especially with me on the outside looking in, but the information in this article sounds sketchy.

I don't see Michael exercising any of these options, really.
 
On top of that, I don't like the idea of Michael going on a show like Oprah's and saying he was exonerated by the US legal system AT ALL. Michael doesn't owe any compliment to anyone. The jury did what they were supposed to do, they didn't do him any favors. So whatever to that idea.
 
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How so? He didn't say anything particularly revealing about any of his plans during the party coversation. He just said he was going to the studio and something was coming soon. Who knows in what way his studio work may or may not be related to what's written in the article?

Thanks for posting the article. :flowers:
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The reason I said that is because Michael said it would be "sooner than they think" but the things listed in the article sound like they are all a ways out.

The other thing is I think we got a denial from Michael's people about his skipping out of the Grammy show. I don't remember what the deal was but it wasn't what the media was saying at the time.

Michael would have told people he wasn't ready to perform for a while after the trial. He has been reportedly working out to regain his strength since he was in Bahrain so to me he has been laying the groundwork for 'a comeback' if you will at an appropriate date. It is almost likje they are playing with the articles that came out in the tabloids but they are a lot more sophisticated in how they write so it isn't obviously wack. Murdoch's papers have always reported smack about MJ. Don't forget that Aphrodite informed us that they were told they had to report negatively about Michael or lose their jobs.
 
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http://x17online.com/celebrities/ch...partner_for_vegas_clothing_store-06122008.php

X17 XCLUSIVE - Michael Jackson & Christian Audigier Partner For Vegas Clothing Store!

Get ready, folks - Las Vegas is about to get a little more glamorous!

X17 inside sources can Xclusively reveal that Ed Hardy founder Christian Audigier is partnering with pop icon Michael Jackson (shown above at Christian's B-day party together in late May) to launch a new clothing store in Vegas at the Treasure Island Hotel - taking over the Tangerine night club space - for a Grand Opening on July 4th!

This $14 million venture will feature clothing inspired by glitzy, glamorous Las Vegas shows... and Michael and Christian will act as co-designers for the new line.

So exciting - and so glamorous! We know where we'll be come this July 4th!
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How do we knoiw this us even true, and not just tabloid embellishing something Christian sais whern he was still high on Michael. There is no official word yet. I will believe it when I hear it officially.
 
EC, the article sounds like a compilation of RF.s article .There is nothing new that was said, it is based on speculation just lkike the rest of them. They need to leave MJ alone and focus on themselves instead of spewing out all these lies.
 
They’re Gonna Need A New Word For Gaudy
June 12th, 2008

Life and Style magazine is reporting that Michael Jackson is teaming up with Christian Audigier to collaborate and design a new line of clothing together … cuz, you know, Christian Audigier’s usual designs aren’t quite gaudy enough:

Michael Jackson, 49, whose unique fashion sense ranges from sequined gloves to surgical masks, is working on a new clothing line with Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier. “It’s still in the developing stages, but it’s going to be big,” an insider tells Life & Style. “This will be a major comeback for Michael. He’s dedicating a lot of his time and money to this venture.”

http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/theyre-gonna-need-a-new-word-for-gaudy/

Both mentiioning as a source
http://lifeandstylemag.hollywood.com/
but can't find nothing like that.
May be it is inside the paper?
 
The media are like monkeys they copy from each other. All their reporting comes from the same source. If we hear one we hear them all.
 
Well, I hope Michael deosn't sell Neverland.
Actually the whole article is not accurate, there a re no names or real people quoted there.
To me everything sounds stupid. 180 shows a year? LOL never ever. Sony can not buy his hal fthe catalog anymore, the contrct is expired this year.
 
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Well, I hope Michael deosn't sell Neverland.
Actually the whole article is not accurate, there a re no names or real people quoted there.
To me everything sounds stupid. 180 shows a year? LOL never ever. Sony can not buy his hal fthe catalog anymore, the contrct is expired this year.
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The story is a rehash of Roger friemans articles and all the other tabloids that follow him. The newspapers seem to be using him as their source now in the same way tv use DD and Randy T. The trouble is that they know nothing at all so they will all look foolish. Remember how court tv relied on DD, look how they ended up.
 
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The story is a rehash of Roger friemans articles and all the other tabloids that follow him. The newspapers seem to be using him as their source now in the same way tv use DD and Randy T. The trouble is that they know nothing at all so they will all look foolish. Remember how court tv relied on DD, look how they ended up.
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I hope there will be justice also for those cases, but you know media are the power of today.

I don't read RF anymore, I used since two years ago, but I notice he started not to write enything true, he didn't write anything and I mean anything right in the last 3 years. Everything he writes is invented, so, if their suorce is a former journalist who could find a job just in writing gossip for the foxnews web site, well, that's very professional!!! :D
 
I wonders if it is correct that Mike recently lives in Pahrump, nevada. Does anyone knows what kind of town Pahrump? Is there huge luxurious mansions with pools for Mike and the kids? :)
 
he is still carrying almost $400 million in debt
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Tell me how is it possible that the debt is growing? Few years ago it was 200, then 300 and now it's 400 million. :doh:
 
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