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Batman vs. Batman
The small-town mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue filmmaker Warner Bros. for using his locale's name without permission.
Batman, Turkey - The comic-book superhero Batman may have finally found his match – and he happens to be a plain-spoken mayor from southeast Turkey.
The caped crusader's latest nemesis is Huseyin Kalkan, the two-term leader of a city called, appropriately enough, Batman (pronounced Baht-mahn). The politician recently raised eyebrows around the globe when he announced plans to sue Warner Bros., makers of the successful Batman films.
Although Mr. Haco is the only headliner to actually have attended the festival, the mayor has created buzz by inviting Michael Jackson, Fidel Castro, and Nelson Mandela to subsequent festivals.
"It's very expensive to bring Michael Jackson, so we dropped that," the mustachioed mayor said. "But we did get letters of thanks from Fidel and Mandela."
Kalkan's next stunt is trying to bring President-elect Barack Obama to his town for an official visit.
Full article http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1125/p04s01-woeu.html
The small-town mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue filmmaker Warner Bros. for using his locale's name without permission.
Batman, Turkey - The comic-book superhero Batman may have finally found his match – and he happens to be a plain-spoken mayor from southeast Turkey.
The caped crusader's latest nemesis is Huseyin Kalkan, the two-term leader of a city called, appropriately enough, Batman (pronounced Baht-mahn). The politician recently raised eyebrows around the globe when he announced plans to sue Warner Bros., makers of the successful Batman films.
Although Mr. Haco is the only headliner to actually have attended the festival, the mayor has created buzz by inviting Michael Jackson, Fidel Castro, and Nelson Mandela to subsequent festivals.
"It's very expensive to bring Michael Jackson, so we dropped that," the mustachioed mayor said. "But we did get letters of thanks from Fidel and Mandela."
Kalkan's next stunt is trying to bring President-elect Barack Obama to his town for an official visit.
Full article http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1125/p04s01-woeu.html
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Michael Jackson History
Michael Jackson History
1991 - Michael Jackson's album "Dangerous hit #1 in the U.K.
1997 - Debbie Rowe Jackson gave an interview at Neverland Ranch.
2003 - Lawyers for Michael Jackson filed a lawsuit against XtraJet allegin an invasion of privacy, public disclosure of private facts, recording confidential information, misappropriation of name and likeness, use of name and likeness and unfair business practices. The lawsuit came when XtraJet attempted to sell an unauthorized and illegally obtained video of Michael Jackson on his way to Santa Barbara to be arrested on child molestation charges.
