Daily News - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010

[MsSnoop]

Not much news yet - here's some mentionings...

Our fascination with brains

By Kelly Tucker | The News Record

Undead, flesh-hungry beasts are usurping the silver screen, helping students procrastinate and even making Jane Austen interesting.

For years there has been little to no objection toward the increasing popularity of zombies in popular culture. The phenomenon isn’t new. Zombie culture gained much momentum with the release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video.

Since then, drones from the undead have never been the same...

http://www.newsrecord.org/sections/entertainment/our-fascination-with-brains-1.2158758

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Today in
Michael Jackson History

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1989 - "Moonwalker" replaced "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial" at #1 on the Billboard Video Sales chart.​

2004 - A travel agent filed a lawsuit against Michael Jackson for failure to pay her $18,000 for a charter jet flight. Cynthia Montgomery had arranged the November 20, 2003, flight in which Michael Jackson and his lawyer were videotaped.​

2005 - ABC's "20/20" aired a segment in which Corey Feldman claimed that Michael Jackson showed him pornography when he was a young teenager. The interview was conducted with "20/20" correspondent Martin Bashir. Bashir's documentary "Living With Michael Jackson" sparked a child molestation investigation.​

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2005 - ABC's "20/20" aired a segment in which Corey Feldman claimed that Michael Jackson showed him pornography when he was a young teenager. The interview was conducted with "20/20" correspondent Martin Bashir. Bashir's documentary "Living With Michael Jackson" sparked a child molestation investigation.

where do these Today in MJ History come from
mabe staff should review them before posting some
of them, This is certainly not positve toward MJ
and is stating a false statement that could be taken
very negative toward Michael _ this is NOT true _

Corey did not say Michael showed him ponography
Feldman said, was that Jackson had a book on his coffee table about
"venereal diseases and the genitalia," which the singer showed him
pictures in and "discussed what those meant."

 

[mjdove]

Batman, Michael Jackson win Carnival's top award
February 18, 2010


Unidos da Tijuca samba group's winning parade featured a dancing impersonator of the late pop singer Michael Jackson. Photo: AFP

The Unidos da Tijuca samba group won the battle for Rio bragging rights for the first time in 74 years for their parade entitled "It's a Secret!" that also featured rapid-fire costume changes and a dancing impersonator of the late pop singer Michael Jackson.

http://www.theage.com.au/photogalle...-champions/20100218-ofbl.html?selectedImage=0