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NASHVILLE — The state House of Representatives voted today to approve a resolution honoring the late entertainer Michael Jackson. The vote was 51-22 votes with 16 members abstaining.

The resolution was originally submitted for approval on a “consent calendar” of non-controversial bills and resolutions by its sponsor, Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis. Any bill can be “bumped,” or removed, from the consent calendar on request of a single member.

House Republican Caucus Chairman Glen Casada bumped the bill from the consent calendar when it first came up, saying a couple of caucus members objected to the cost. State Rep. Donna Rowland, R-Murfreesboro, has calculated the cost of a congratulatory resolution as averaging about $800, including the staff time needed to write it.
In brief debate, Hardaway read portions of the resolution praising Jackson for his charitable contributions and success in music and entertainment.
Rep. Gerarld McCormick, R-Chattanooga, noted that Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, in the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.

“He was Elvis’ son-in-law and that ought to count for something,” said McCormick.

Rep. Eric Swafford, R-Pikeville, made a brief statement using lines from some of Jackson’s songs. An example: “This is easy as A, B, C or 1, 2, 3.”
The 51 votes gave the resolution just one vote more than the 50-vote minimum needed for House passage. The resolution now goes to the Senate.

More details as they develop online and in Thursday’s News Sentinel.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/feb/03/tn-house-honors-michael-jackson-he-was-elvis-son--/

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New Michael Jackson exhibit opens in Asia with over 40 items of Jackson memorabilia​

February 3, 11:41 AM
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Hoffman Ma poses with famous jeweled "Moonwalk" glove inside the new MJ Gallery exhibit in Macau

February 3 - The new MJ Gallery at Ponte 16, an exclusive exhibit of Michael Jackson treasures, held its grand opening yesterday in Macau. The MJ Gallery features over 40 items of memorabilia and personal belongings owned by Michael Jackson.

Major collection items include:

-- The white rhinestone glove worn by MJ for his moonwalk debut in 1983 as he performed "Billie Jean"

-- The "Zombie" suit worn by MJ for "Thriller" on MTV

-- A pair of crystal socks made by Bill Whitten and worn by MJ for his "Victory" Tour in 1984

-- The RIAA platinum record award for "Bad" signed by MJ, bearing his handwritten words "Thanx All My Love, 1998. Michael Jackson"

-- Moonwalk, an autobiography published in 1989 in which Jackson shares thoughts about many of his famous friends

-- The "We Are The World" collection, which includes a signed poster by MJ and other musicians, and the 3x Platinum RIAA Award for the LP

-- A signed drawing of Charlie Chaplin by Michael Jackson

-- A collection of autographed records and photographs of MJ

See SLIDESHOW of the MJ Gallery exhibit below

Themed sections of the Gallery include Time Tunnel, a journey through the most important moments of MJ's music life; "Billie Jean" featuring scenes from the famous "Billie Jean" music video; the Main Exhibition Hall, a showcase of MJ's iconic items; and the Ponte 16 Gift Gallery, where visitors can take home special MJ souvenirs, exclusive to Ponte 16.

The grand opening event featured appearances by international pop diva Coco Lee, the only Asian artist to have multiple top three singles in the MTV Asia Hitlist, and 13-year-old singing sensation Shaheen Jafargholi. Jafargholi won a standing ovation from the audience at the finals of Britain's Got Talent 2009 as he sang "Who's Lovin' You" made famous by the Jackson 5, and was invited to perform with MJ in his "This Is It" series of London concerts originally scheduled in July 2009.

The MJ Gallery is located in the lobby of the Ponte 16 luxury hotel, The MJ Gallery at Ponte 16 is the first shrine to Michael Jackson in Asia. Macau is one of two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China -- the other being Hong Kong. Macau could be considered the "Las Vegas" of the East since its economy depends mainly on tourism and gambling.

MJ Gallery, new Michael Jackson exhibit, in Macau
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The MJ Gallery at Ponte 16 opened on February 2 in Macau and features over 40 items of Michael Jackson memorabilia
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http://www.examiner.com/x-4732-Cele...ver-40-items-of-Jackson-memorabilia-Slideshow

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Nuneaton firm makes Michael Jackson award for star's mother​

By Marion McMullen

A SMALL Warwickshire firm is helping to keep alive the memory of the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

John Oliver, who runs the Merch Foundry in Nuneaton, was specially asked by Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, to design and produce an award in her son’s name.

The result - inspired by the singer’s world famous glove - is the Michael Jackson Award For Outstanding Achievement In Expressive Arts.
John said the business in Attleborough is only a small company and they normally produce T-shirts for the music industry, but Mrs Jackson approached them last year about the award following the death of her son

He said: “The trophy is a foot high cast metal hand, encrusted with crystals, reaching for and touching a crystal star. “It was made in Hatton Garden in London – the capital’s jewellery quarter.

“I designed the piece according to Mrs Jackson’s wishes, and it depicts Michael’s trademark glove reaching for a star.

“The message is that anyone from any humble beginning can reach for and achieve great things.”

The first award winner was Saul Nash of specialist performing arts college Winchmore Hill School in North London.

The trophy is currently on display at the school and is a tribute to the work they do with young performers.

John said: “The trophy is a rather odd job for a T-shirt printers in Nuneaton to be given, but it comes off the back of our involvement with the music industry.”

The company recently worked on the Gladys Knight UK Farewell Tour and have produced tour merchandise in the past for Michael Jackson’s brother, Tito.

2010 will see the company involved with the Jackson family again.

They will be producing tour merchandise for the brothers as they reform for a Jackson reunion tour.

The company will also be working on other major music shows throughout the year, including the likes of Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick.

John also met Tito Jackson when he was in the UK and he said how much he liked their work.

John said: “At The Merch Foundry, we’re still keeping our feet firmly on the ground though.

“We have just opened our new stall on Nuneaton’s Saturday Market, designing party tops, selling printed workwear and funny T-shirts.”

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...ackson-award-by-star-s-mother-92746-25752811/

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Today in​

Michael Jackson History​
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1997 - "Daily Variety" reported that Michael Jackson had fired his long time personal managers and had signed a contract with Prince Alwaleed Bin Talai.

1997 - Michael Jackson testified in Rome that he did not steal his 1991 song "Will You Be There." Italian singer Al Bano claimed that the Jackson song was stolen from his 1987 song "Swans of Balaka."
 
OMG! Sorry ... I am speechless.

Gene Simmons: ‘***** Was An Abuser’
gbarton / News / 03/02/2010 16:44pm

Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons believes the late Michael Jackson was guilty of child molestation.

“I knew Michael,” Simmons tells Classic Rock. “I ran into him a few times. I met him the first time before he became the superstar, when he was sort of teenagey, when he was still a Jackson Five. This was in the Cher days, when Cher and I lived together.

“But as time moved on, and no matter what my fond memories and fond images of Michael were, with one allegation of paedophilia after another and another and another… Oh dear.

“I knew some of the musicians he toured with, and specifically one who quit because of seeing boys coming out of the hotel rooms. And then you factor in that his travel agent was put on the stand and in court said that she was authorised to fly to Brazil and bring boys back to America for him…

“Well, you know, where there’s smoke there’s fire. There’s no question in my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt.

“Michael’s on tape going, ‘Give the kids Jesus juice.’ Which is wine. I mean, it’s just endless.

“There’s never been a single female of any age that I’ve ever known about who has ever made a claim that she has had a physical relationship with Michael, ever.

“In fact, while he was alive, I never heard about mature men ever making that claim either – and believe me, you can’t keep it a secret. If you’re a celebrity, somebody somewhere will say, ‘Oh yeah, I shagged him.’

“The only sexual references ever made about Michael Jackson that were made by anyone, anywhere around the world, have always been made by kids, and specifically males usually 10 to 14 years of age; never females, that age or older, and never grown men.

“Oh, I don’t think this is going away any time soon.”

* The above is an extract from an interview in the new issue of Classic Rock. Simmons also talks about how Bob Dylan calls him “Mr Kiss”, his relationships with Cher and Diana Ross, how he discovered Eddie Van Halen, and how he reckons he’s got better hair than Donald Trump (not difficult). The March edition of Classic Rock is on sale now.

it is not possible to click the following link because of the J.... name. If you complete the link with the forbidden J.... name, then it will work.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/simmons-*****-was-an-abuser/

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/kiss-gene-simmons-calls-michael-jackson-an-abuser-235539

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Gene Simmons: “Michael Jackson Was A Molester”
terrybezer / News / 04/02/2010 13:28pm

gene90The latest issue of Classic Rock magazine has Gene Simmons laying into Michael Jackson.

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has launched a scathing attack on Michael Jackson, saying that there was ‘no question’ that Michael Jackson molested children.

“I knew some of the musicians he toured with, and specifically one who quit because of seeing boys coming out of the hotel rooms,” Simmons told Classic Rock. “And then you factor in that his travel agent was put on the stand and in court said that she was authorised to fly to Brazil and bring boys back to America for him…

“Well, you know, where there’s smoke there’s fire. There’s no question in my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt.”

* The above is an extract from an interview in the new issue of Classic Rock. Simmons also talks about how Bob Dylan calls him “Mr Kiss”, his relationships with Cher and Diana Ross, how he discovered Eddie Van Halen, and how he reckons he’s got better hair than Donald Trump (not difficult). The March edition of Classic Rock is on sale now.

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/gene-simmons-michael-jackson-was-a-molester/
 
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Thanks for the House Of Reps & the Nuneaton stories, very interesting :)
 
mjdove said:
Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons believes the late Michael Jackson was guilty of child molestation.
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Oh Jeez give me a break:doh:
I thought that after the FBI files being released & that speech haters would give up but wow this is just pathetic.
“There’s never been a single female of any age that I’ve ever known about who has ever made a claim that she has had a physical relationship with Michael, ever.
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That shows you the level of people's ignorance.

So Cliff Richard is an abuser? Since no female has ever had a relationship with him?

You could name so many, male and female, so they are abusers?

And on top of that, this guy of course did not watch Take 2 where Debbie spoke explicitly of teh physical relationship. Of course to him the word "Paris was conceived in Paris" does not constitute physical relationship

and Lisa Marie also spoke of the physical relationship.

Of course Michael hanging out with Brooke Shields and asking her to marry him does not constitute a "relationship"

These people just want to blind themselves to the truth and believe the tons of tabloid garbage they have read.

Yeah, what about the male relationship they levlled against him that he was gay in teh 1980s which then formed the basis of the false allegations? What male came to say that he had a gay relationship with him in the 80s?

It was the creation of the tabloids.

Oh he was an abuser? You took 15 years trying to prove a lie and failed.
People said only a jury would be able to prove otherwise. He was acquitted, but they want to still hang onto the lie.

So ignore this airhead full of tabloid garbage. He never knew Michael and his opinions are formed from junk and not reality.
 
Gene Simmons has a tour and new album coming out which isn't selling too well. Its all for publicity. The guy disgusts me.
 
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20...op+Headlines)

Conrad Murray will turn himself in to Los Angeles authorities Friday in connection with the death investigation of Michael Jackson, his attorney Michael Flanagan confirms.

"He'll surrender Friday," Flanagan tells PEOPLE. "I anticipate he'll be charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, to which we'll enter a plea of not guilty. I expect that we'll have him first surrender to the LAPD where he'll be booked and then transported to court for arraignment."

The doctor is suspected of administering a lethal amount of the anesthetic propofol to the late singer, but prosecutors have remained mum on any specific charges. Murray has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing.

Flanagan says if Murray surrenders to an LAPD station for booking there should be no need to handcuff him, but that his client will likely be handcuffed if Murray is transported in a police car to the courthouse.

An initial plea of not guilty is standard in criminal defense strategy. Flanagan expects that "volumes of evidence and expert witness reports" will have to be pored over by Murray's legal team and will be analyzed by their own experts.

Flanagan says he will immediately post bail for Murray following the expected arraignment.



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We want to get in there and take care of this, we have been waiting for a week and even offered to surrended the doctor last summer!" That word coming from Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team.

Dr. Murray was with Michael Jackson the night he died last summer and has been allegedly responsible for giving MJ the fatal dose of medication. The doctor's defense team is really frustrated right now, as attorney Ed Chernoff has been here in Los Angeles for a week waiting and negotiating a potential surrender. No one in the DA's office or with the LAPD will give them a plan and no one will talk to him about any final final plan to arrest Dr. Murray.

I am also told that even though Doctor Murray has been "the easiest suspect ever", he has gotten multiple death threats from people who feel he is responsible for Jackson's death.

Right now, Ed Chernoff has been "hanging out" at his hotel for a week waiting for someone to make this decision. Murray's team says this is an overdramatic and unnecessary process. They claim to have been transparent from the beginning and have always welcomed investigators into offices and homes that Murray owned or used. They even said they wouldn't need a search warrant, that Murray would let them in, but investigators still got the warrants and went in forcefully anyway.

Apparently this is a battle between the LAPD and the DA. The DA has been out of town and returned to the office today and wanted to be here for the arrest. Also, the DA wants this quick and easy, but LAPD wants a perp walk with Murray in cuffs walking in front of camera's. The two agencies are not getting along right now I am told by multiple sources.

A clerk at the small courtroom near LAX tells people the arraignment is set for Friday at 11am local time, yet the attorney's for Dr. Murray have been told nothing and are very frustrated. As for investigators, I have been told they didn't really want this case and have called it a "loser case" because it is so difficult to prosecute.

As one told me, "both sides are gonna have doctors testify. Both sides are gonna have medical experts with opposite opinions. Now we are going to have a jury of common people off of the street with no medical background try and wade through this stuff??"

Also, multiple federal agencies remain only in a support role. Last fall it appeared that they would get more involved, but as this case has progressed, they have "decided to only support and stay out of it." I am told "why waste our time" on one guy, who could afford what he wanted and knew he was being injected, when we have so many other cases hurting a lot of innocent people." Those cases are our priority"
 
That article re Mr Simmons small-minded and ill-informed opinion may have been better served by being posted in Enough is Enough.

Thanks for the other bits of news!
 
earthlyme;2593627well news flash! His expired in 2008? Didnt it? So there's nothing to take away!. [/quote said:
:eek: omg u serious!!?
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Thanks to Google News, this Simmons' story has now gone global. All over the world people are reading it and many will believe Simmons' comments!!!

So post comments on the articles you will find!!!
 
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