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Dorothy_Marie

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As we already know there is some ish that has been posted around the internet about Michael supposedly pulling out of the American Idol show, which is reported by The Sun. I will tell you now and only one time we will NOT post that ish here because we should all know Michael isn't scared to preform and we all know that it's Tabloid ISH, so do NOT post it here. This thread is only for reliable news and nothing else! Thanks.



Michael Jackson Mentionings:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...andal--Viewers-accuse-bosses-fixing-show.html

Fans of Britain's Got Talent have accused producers of rigging the result.
For four nights in a row, the semi-finalists who performed last were voted through to tomorrow's final.
On Monday, Michael Jackson dance act Signature was last to perform and ended up with most votes, while on Tuesday, 13-year-old Andrew Johnston sang as the last act and also topped the public poll.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/sh...008/05/30/usher_on_gma_today_and_his_per.html

“But another reason I do things like that - other than promote an album - are the opportunities to step outside the box. I love that. Like when I did the Gene Kelly tribute on ‘Movie Rocks’ (YouTube video below). It’s a reminder of what a classic performance is. And that I am a product, and student of things like that. Things like Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal’ [performance]. They serve greater purposes than record promotion. They live forever. It’s not just about a moment.”


http://www.opprairie.com/Articles-c-2008-05-30-179511.112113_Jest_a_Thought.html

love living in Orland Park because, as the "World's Golf Center," it affords me the opportunity to go to numerous, beautifully groomed courses and slowly destroy them with every divot-dislodging swing I take…and I take plenty of swings! I am bad. Not in the Michael Jackson, wearing tight leather black pants and dancing all about…not that kind of bad, although I must admit, my "Thriller" dance and moon walking have become the stuff of legend on the wedding reception circuit, but I digress.



http://www.kingstonthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1051489

Blake McGrath, the Canadian dancer who reached the finalist stage in the huge TV hit “So You Think You Can Dance” is performing Sunday, June 1 at 7 p.m, in a benefit concert for Hospice Kingston at McArthur College. The talented dancer has worked with Madonna, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Ashanti, Destiny’s Child and performed in Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary special.


http://soundslam.com/articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in080530_donniek

Yeah, the way I take it is that he's an artist that I grew up listening to with N'Sync, and that's the level that I want to be at. Being compared to him instead of just some one hit wonder is an honor, and he's someone that's compared to Michael Jackson, so to me, that's a huge compliment.



http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/a-titan-remembered/2008/05/29/1211654216631.html

His is a timeless legacy, recalled in film classics such as West Side Story - for which he shared the best director Oscar in 1961 with Robert Wise when his 1957 Tony-winning Broadway creation was transferred to film (and which years later, would inspire Michael Jackson's Beat It video) - and in an enormous canon of 66 ballet works, many of which were among the first to tell stories of Americana, instead of the usual Russian fairytales.


http://www.skynewswire.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3685



The Simpsons Season 3 DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in which Homer's co-workers have him committed after they mistake him for a mental patient. While in the New Bedlam Home for the Emotionally Interesting, Homer meets a tall, stocky white man who claims to be Michael Jackson. The Simpsons befriend the man who eventually admits to being bricklayer Leon Kompowsky... Other notable episodes include "When Flanders Failed" in which Ned Flanders opens a store at the local mall called the "Leftorium" (catering only to left-handed customers) and "Lisa's Pony" in which Lisa's overwhelming desire to have her own Pony nearly drives Homer to an early death as he works 24-hours-a-day to afford the expensive pet…



http://www.wbtimes.co.uk/content/br...y=newswbc&itemid=WeED30 May 2008 21:22:42:387


Manu Dibango, internationally renowned for the classic 'Soul Makossa', was headlining; dubbed the first-ever disco record, Soul Makossa has had an enduring influence on popular music since its release in the 1970s, not least Michael Jackson's 'Wanna be Starting Something'.


http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=19&theme=&usrsess=1&id=206177

What is not immediately obvious as you stroll into the open-plan, 17th-floor offices of Tommy Hilfiger, brightly lit by windows that stare down New York’s Hudson River, is whether you are entering the home of a fashion house or a music label. Sure there are racks of pick ‘n’ mix clothes rolled across the aisles and a fashion shot or two on the desks, but the walls are adorned by guitars, photographs of rock and rap stars, and album covers. In one frame sits the Tommy Hilfiger sweater worn by Michael Jackson in a Vogue feature. In another, the designer himself posing with Mick Jagger. In a third, a broody black-and-white still of Tommy and his three brothers ~ Andy, Bobby and Billy (who died of a brain tumour in 2001) ~ looking every inch the rock band.



http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/30/arts/NA-A-E-ART-US-Jeff-Koons.php


CHICAGO: A gigantic balloon-animal dog painted metallic orange watches over paintings of Popeye, a sculpture of Michael Jackson and portraits of an ex-porn star.



http://entertainment.timesonline.co...ainment/music/live_reviews/article4036274.ece


While their showmanship was weary, their vocals were surprisingly tender on a cover of Cat Stevens’s Father & Son. On a Michael Jackson medley, they were pitch-perfect but looked like a crotch-grabbing amateur dramatics ensemble when they tried to mimic the moves from the videos of Billie Jean and Bad. Worse was their supposed play on OK Go!’s famous internet clip — for their version of Billy Ocean’s cheesy hit When the Going Gets Tough, Boyzone changed into silky boxing shorts and ran on treadmills. Whereas Take That would




Michael Jackson HIStory:
1992 - Michael Jackson's single "In The Closet" hit #6 in the U.S.

1995 - Michael Jackson's single "Scream" was released.

2000 - Michael Jackson's album "Dangerous" was certified at 7 million copies by the RIAA.
 
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thank you.. don't worry about the lateness. :)
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Hey guys, I don't know if this has been posted yet. But Siedah Garrett was interviewed in Essence magazine and she talked about Michael. Here's the part where she speaks about him:

Essence.com: Sorry to hear that you were put through the ringer. You also wrote “The Man in the Mirror” for Michael Jackson and recorded the duet “I Just Can't Stop Loving You” with him. How is he and have you spoken to him?

S.G.: I don’t know and no, I haven’t spoken to him since I toured with him. I spent more time with him when we recorded the duet, but I don’t talk to him all the time. I spent more time when we recorded the duet because we did it in French, English and Spanish in all these different languages and saw him every night for two hours.

Essence.com: So you two never spoke the entire time you worked together.

S.G.: I think he is the most talented artist on the Planet. I’ve toured with Madonna and there is no one--aside from Quincy [Jones]--who’d I tour with again except Michael. It was so much fun. He was so amazing. We saw him every night there were some nights we were on stage clapping like we’d never seen him before and we worked with him every night and the man is just incredible. His shows take two day to have the set built and he needs about that much time to regroup and rest so Michael only performs twice a week. Madonna? I was on the road for three months and practiced everyday, all day.

Essence.com: Did you two get to hang out at all?

S.G.: No, we’d go to different cities and the next day we’d read the newspaper and learn what he did in that city. Other than that I saw him in rehearsals. I’m hearing rumblings that he might be back on the road so I just put my lil’ name in the ring.

Essence.com: That’s great to hear everyone gets so caught up in celebrities public persona because that’s all we’re given.

S.G.: Awesome, truly. Michael has a really acute sense of humor. He’s very funny, but he’s also a perfectionist. And serious about his art—the singing and dancing. When I did the duet with him I didn’t know him. I just happened to be in the studio for the second day working on “Man in the Mirror” and Quincy asked me what I thought about the song. I told him it was cool and then he asked me to lay down some vocals in the booth. So I go in and the next thing I know he tells Michael to join me so he does and starts facing me at the other stand and singing. I’m trying to be all serious and Michael starts throwing peanuts at me, but Quincy doesn’t see him so everytime I’d start cracking up Quincy would be like, “Siedah you’re wasting studio time!” And Michael is over there just cracking up. He has a great sense of humor and is like a big kid.
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Thanks for posting that interview with SG WBSS21. :)
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

wannabestartinsomthin21 said:
Hey guys, I don't know if this has been posted yet. But Siedah Garrett was interviewed in Essence magazine and she talked about Michael. Here's the part where she speaks about him:

Essence.com: Sorry to hear that you were put through the ringer. You also wrote “The Man in the Mirror” for Michael Jackson and recorded the duet “I Just Can't Stop Loving You” with him. How is he and have you spoken to him?

S.G.: I don’t know and no, I haven’t spoken to him since I toured with him. I spent more time with him when we recorded the duet, but I don’t talk to him all the time. I spent more time when we recorded the duet because we did it in French, English and Spanish in all these different languages and saw him every night for two hours.

Essence.com: So you two never spoke the entire time you worked together.

S.G.: I think he is the most talented artist on the Planet. I’ve toured with Madonna and there is no one--aside from Quincy [Jones]--who’d I tour with again except Michael. It was so much fun. He was so amazing. We saw him every night there were some nights we were on stage clapping like we’d never seen him before and we worked with him every night and the man is just incredible. His shows take two day to have the set built and he needs about that much time to regroup and rest so Michael only performs twice a week. Madonna? I was on the road for three months and practiced everyday, all day.

Essence.com: Did you two get to hang out at all?

S.G.: No, we’d go to different cities and the next day we’d read the newspaper and learn what he did in that city. Other than that I saw him in rehearsals. I’m hearing rumblings that he might be back on the road so I just put my lil’ name in the ring.

Essence.com: That’s great to hear everyone gets so caught up in celebrities public persona because that’s all we’re given.

S.G.: Awesome, truly. Michael has a really acute sense of humor. He’s very funny, but he’s also a perfectionist. And serious about his art—the singing and dancing. When I did the duet with him I didn’t know him. I just happened to be in the studio for the second day working on “Man in the Mirror” and Quincy asked me what I thought about the song. I told him it was cool and then he asked me to lay down some vocals in the booth. So I go in and the next thing I know he tells Michael to join me so he does and starts facing me at the other stand and singing. I’m trying to be all serious and Michael starts throwing peanuts at me, but Quincy doesn’t see him so everytime I’d start cracking up Quincy would be like, “Siedah you’re wasting studio time!” And Michael is over there just cracking up. He has a great sense of humor and is like a big kid.
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The link to the whole story:

http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1810220,00.html

siedah-leather-240x340.jpg

Siedah Garrett: Renaissance Woman
The award-winning singer and songwriter launches a luxe accessory line of handbags
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Thanks for the Siedah piece :flowers:
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

wannabestartinsomthin21 said:
S.G.: Awesome, truly. Michael has a really acute sense of humor. He’s very funny, but he’s also a perfectionist. And serious about his art—the singing and dancing. When I did the duet with him I didn’t know him. I just happened to be in the studio for the second day working on “Man in the Mirror” and Quincy asked me what I thought about the song. I told him it was cool and then he asked me to lay down some vocals in the booth. So I go in and the next thing I know he tells Michael to join me so he does and starts facing me at the other stand and singing. I’m trying to be all serious and Michael starts throwing peanuts at me, but Quincy doesn’t see him so everytime I’d start cracking up Quincy would be like, “Siedah you’re wasting studio time!” And Michael is over there just cracking up. He has a great sense of humor and is like a big kid.
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:rofl:

He's too great :lol: I can sooo see him throwing peanuts :rollin:

Thanks for posting, WBSS21 :D And thank you, Dorothy :)
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

lol i can see him goofing off too! :lol: he seems like a fun guy.
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Cool!
Siedah looks very nice and I think she really did justice to Michael in that interview :)
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Kudos to Usher for the nice comments.

http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/7035/TXT-BACK-Usher.html
Sir Leng A Lot: Who would win in a dance-off between you and Chris Brown or the other guys who’ve tried to take your crown?
To see artists like Chris Brown, he’s more one of the total artists – the guy who dances and sings, which is a lot like I do and did as a young artist. But I think it’s all great, I have nothing negative to say. Justin I consider to be great, with Ne-Yo, I always found him to be an incredible writer and then there’s new guys like Dream. All of this young, new energy is great for the industry. I think a lot of times people try to spin a negative on it. Like ‘A new person is coming, look out.’ That would be like me telling Michael Jackson to look out because I’m coming back. Are you serious?

RWD: Have you had the call to work with MJ yet?
No, but actually I spoke to Michael yesterday. I ran into his attorney in the lobby of my hotel and he called Michael up, who was asking me about the album. It was good because I had wanted to thank him for giving me a shout out in an interview. He also didn’t know I had a child so I told him and he said ‘Oh wow, congratulations, the universe is open to you now.’ But who knows, maybe you’ll see us working together one day.
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

aww michael :wub: always so sweet my God :wub: sigh
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

some MJ mentioning from NAS via MTV news

Nas Unveils Spike Lee-Inspired Video, Cover Of Controversial New Album


He also said he doesn't think the lyrics, which are filled with racial slurs, will bring the same type of backlash that befell Michael Jackson almost two decades ago when the King of Pop dropped "They Don't Care About Us."

"I think that, fortunately for hip-hop artists, we don't stand under the microscope like Michael Jackson, the pop star," he analyzed. "Rappers, hip-hop artists are known to be edgy, crazy, real blunt with it. I think people expect for hip-hop to be crazy like that. With Michael Jackson, no one expected for him to come out with something where he was just giving you a piece of himself, no matter how nobody took it. The same way he wasn't trying to be mean to anybody is the same way I'm not trying to be mean to anybody. I think he caught the worst end of the stick.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588421/20080530/nas.jhtml
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thanks for the updates :)
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Simon Cowell: Stage Fright Rumour Not True

(31-5-2008) This week, the British tabloid The Sun published an article claiming that Michael canceled a performance on 'American Idol' just 24 hours before the show due to stage fright. The story was repeated by media organizations worldwide.

On Friday, 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell appeared on the BBC2 radio show 'Steve Wright In The Afternoon'. Asked about the rumour he said that those rumours are not true:

"Not true, not true. We hear those rumours all the time."

Cowell also stated that they would be happy to have Michael Jackson on the show some time.

For an audio of the show, please click here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wright/

Source: BBC2 Radio
 
Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

VOTE NOW! (For Signature!!) 09011 32 22 10


(cf. Britains Got Talent thread)
 
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eternitys_child said:
Thanks Rasta. I saw that 'headline' for that but didn't read it. It turns out it was worth reading.
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yeah, Nas is on Columbia ( a division of Sony) and I remember someone here posted a snippet of an interview from Vibe mag.. where he said... Michael is gansta and he is the one that got Tommy Mottola fired...

something to that affect...

also Nas had a MJ theme at his big birthday bash recently.. so I would say he is a fan and has great respect for Michael...


as for Simon Cowell.. great to see him disspell the rumour and also not have one snide remark to say about Michael... loving it..
 
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Re: May 30- June 1, 2008 (Now Updated)

Usher's always been very respectful towards Michael. So that was nice to hear that from him.
 
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Rasta Pasta said:
yeah, Nas is on Columbia ( a division of Sony) and I remember someone here posted a snippet of an interview from Vibe mag.. where he said... Michael is gansta and he is the one that got Tommy Mottola fired...
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Does anyone have this snippet?
 
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