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The Official Michael Jackson Opus Announced (revisited)

AUGUST 25, 2009
The official Michael Jackson Opus is the definitive photographic tribute with exclusive and unseen images. This is the career anthology Michael Jackson was helping to create himself and the only one approved and endorsed by his estate. With exclusive access to Michael’s own archives, Opus brings you an amazing collection of previously unpublished photographs, personal essays and quotes from well-known names in the entertainment industry and will stand as a lasting tribute to this extraordinary performer.

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Michael Jackson Was Afraid Of Dr. Tohme Tohme (revisited)

June Gatlin who was the spiritual advisor of Michael Jackson has come forward with taped conversation in which the singer claims that he was terrified of his chief aide, Dr. Tohme Tohme.

Gatlin said, "He was afraid of who this man is, afraid of whatever this man may be capable of doing... He had taken over Michael's complete life”.

The advisor has handed over the tapes she recorded of phone conversations with Jackson in September 2008 to NBC News in America.

On the tapes, the King of Pop can be heard telling Gatlin, "This guy, he just... has ways about him... There's a divide between me and my representatives and I don't talk to my lawyer, my accountant. I talk to him and he talks to them. I don't like it. I wanna get somebody in there with him that I know and can trust. I don't know what's in my accounts”.

In return, June Gatlin advised Michael Jackson that he should investigate his manager.

June Gatlin told, “Michael said, 'He's (Tohme) mean, he's trying to keep me and separate me from everybody and everything that I love”.


Michael Jackson broke ties with Tohme in May (09) and sent a letter to all business associates, in which he insisted, "Dr. Tohme Tohme is no longer authorized to represent me”.

But, Tohme spoke on behalf of Jackson hours after he died and said, “I’m still in charge of Michael Jackson's business until otherwise I am informed not to do so (sic)”.

http://www.india-server.com/news/michael-jackson-was-afraid-of-dr-tohme-11364.html




Today in
Michael Jackson History​

1972 - The Jackson 5 single "Lookin' Through The Windows" hit #16 in the U.S. ​

2003 - It was announced the Michael Jackson would open his Neverland Ranch to people for a "once in a lifetime" event for $5,000. The invited guests would get a tour of the grounds and eat two meals on September 13. ​

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Costume Designer, Author Landis Brings 'Dressed' to DMA

Learn about Hollywood costume history from the artist behind MJ's red jacket

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For designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, great costumes can't make bad movies good. But they can make good films great, and Landis knows a bit about how to do that. Her touch has made beloved characters iconic: Michael Jackson as a werewolf in "Thriller" was at once his pop star self and a ghoulish ringleader in that red motorcycle jacket, designed by Landis.

Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem is both lovable in hiding and clumsily fabulous as royalty in Coming to America, for which Landis earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Costume Design. Then there's Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blues Brothers, Three Amigos, and other films with stars whose costumes one pictures instantly upon hearing the titles.

Landis' reverence for the nuances of story and seam plays out in Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, an encyclopedic celebration of the value costumes can add to the most lauded Hollywood films. In anticipation of the designer's presentation at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow auditorium on Thursday at 7 p.m. as part of the Arts and Letters Live series, we wrote her to ask what aspects of the 592-page volume she would focus on. A certain decade, maybe? The future of costuming, which she's helping shape as the chair of the world's first center for the study of costume design at the University of California, Los Angeles?

In reply, Landis pours out thoughts on how subtle costumes have helped more heady hits of the last few years -- much like the essential suspension of disbelief in good screenwriting. This thinking adds insight into what has made the designer's partnerships with her husband, director/producer/writer John Landis, so successful. The pair worked on the "Thriller" film, Blues Brothers, Coming to America and other projects together.

"For filmmakers and the key artistic collaborators: the costume designer, the production designer and the cinematographer, the story always comes first. Glamour is just one tool that a director has to tell the story, Landis writes. "It's exciting for actresses to look gorgeous on screen and like spectacular special effects, it's also fun to watch.

There is a risk with glamour -- it says, 'Look at me!' In the same way that the story may seem to come second to robots and explosions, a costume designers' worst nightmare is when 'fancy' clothes (and make-up and hair) sabotage a movie. How many times have you turned to a friend and said 'She could never afford that!' or 'She just ran through a jungle and her lipstick is perfect!'" When the audience is talking to each other they are no longer involved in the movie."

"If clothes are the major story point as in Sex in the City or The Devil Wears Prada, then the costume designer, Patricia Field, may create costumes that dominate the frame. But the opposite would be true for costume designers Mary Zophres (No Country for Old Men), Monique Prudhomme (Juno) and Ann Roth (Doubt) whose detailed sensitive portrayals allowed the audience to become immersed in these dramatic stories with no such distractions," Landis writes.

Like Diane Keaton's character in Annie Hall, for instance, whose wardrobe of vintage menswear was as natural to Keaton's own style as it seemed in the film and is still influencing fashion. Understated costumes like Hall's are examined in the sketches and photos of Dressed alongside the likes of Marilyn Monroe's glamorous dress from Seven Year Itch.

"Because stories are about people and people are the centerpiece of every movie, costumes are always in the foreground and always in the center of the frame. Yet, the work of a costume designer is often "hidden in plain sight" and the costume designer's work is often completely invisible," Landis writes.

And sometimes, the costumes become legends themselves. In a June Wall Street Journal interview, Landis (somewhat reluctantly) shared one of many Facebook messages she received from Michael Jackson fans after the singer's death. "I just wanted to write and say you are the reason (along with Michael’s music) that Thriller is the number song/video in the country," it read.

Designers who really think to serve their subjects with pieces like the red leather jacket are what help make stars larger than life -- and, in some cases, larger than death.


"Michael Jackson could have an entire museum built just for his performance costumes and I would be the first on line to see that exhibition," Landis writes. "He was one of the most naturally elegant people on the planet. His grace of movement, his narrow vertical frame, and his taste for the extraordinary made him a style icon. To quote Diana Vreeland '...too much good taste can be boring.' And Michael was never boring!"

http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/events/Costume-Designer-Author-Landis-Brings-Dressed-to-DMA.html
 
Source: MJ’s personal doc ‘on suicide watch’

The doctor who may face charges over Michael Jackson’s death is under suicide watch at his luxury Las Vegas home.

Pals are keeping a constant watch on 55-year-old heart specialist Conrad Murray, 55.

They fear he may try to take his own life rather than face second-degree murder or manslaughter charges over Jackson’s death.
A neighbour said he is believed to be on the edge of a breakdown.

“He won’t come out because he can’t come out,” the Daily Star quoted the neighbour as saying.

“He’s become the most hated man in the world,” the neighbour added. (ANI)

http://www.newspostonline.com/enter...s-personal-doc-on-suicide-watch-2009082667214
 
mariemarie said:
Source: MJ’s personal doc ‘on suicide watch’

They fear he may try to take his own life rather than face second-degree murder or manslaughter charges over Jackson’s death.

“He’s become the most hated man in the world,” the neighbour added. (ANI)
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Well.... go on!
 
mariemarie said:
A neighbour said he is believed to be on the edge of a breakdown.
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I'm not surprised!

When I saw Dr. Murray's little video clip, I could tell by his EYES that he is a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Dr. Murray knows that it's only a matter of time before the authorities are able to connect the dots to the "crime" he commited and to his attempt to tamper with the evidence of his crime (which I believe he did).

He also knows that there is not a corner of this earth that does not have a substantial amount of Michael Jackson fans. He must JUMP everytime his phone rings and/or when his door bell chimes.
 
Carinemjj said:
Well.... go on!
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First of all...I LOVE YOUR SIggy:wild:.... He looks sooo good in that (SIM vid):D

Second...Even if you knew or didn't know what you were doing, Dr. Murry, You are a doctor and you should've known what the H*ll you were doing. YOU don't even have the credentials to perform a sedative, let alone propofol. You are a Cardiologist Not an ANESTHESIOLOGIST!
 
Number Ones best selling album of 2009!

Michael Jackson’s sales have cooled off a bit lately, but this week they reach an important milestone. “Number Ones” (Epic), the 2003 collection that has dominated sales since Mr. Jackson’s death two months ago, has surpassed Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (Big Machine) as the best-selling album of 2009. Last week “Number Ones” racked up another 68,000 sales, bringing its total for the year to 1,619,000; “Fearless” has sold 1,608,000 copies in the same period.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/countrys-reign-continues-on-album-chart/
 
LOL!

Woman Claims Michael Jackson Father Of Her Son; Files Claim Against Estate
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 @ 02:18PM


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Zuma Press

Somehow we think this is only the beginning of these type of claims...
Zerline LaVette Dixon says that she gave birth to Michael Jackson's son on September 23, 1984 at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills and filed a creditor's claim against his estate Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The name of Michael's alleged son is Prince Michael Malachi Jet Jackson. Michael Jackson is listed on the birth certificate.
Prince Michael has come forward as a creditor of the estate.
The court documents state, "defendant Michael Jackson admitted to members of the claimants family that claimants mother was a friend of his.
Claimant very closely resembles decedent. Decedent's family aggresively pressured claimant's family to not bring the claimant forward to public attention. Claimant seeks DNA comparisons."

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusiv...son-father-her-son-files-claim-against-estate
 
sunnyday81 said:
LOL!

Woman Claims Michael Jackson Father Of Her Son; Files Claim Against Estate
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 @ 02:18PM


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Zuma Press

Somehow we think this is only the beginning of these type of claims...
Zerline LaVette Dixon says that she gave birth to Michael Jackson's son on September 23, 1984 at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills and filed a creditor's claim against his estate Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The name of Michael's alleged son is Prince Michael Malachi Jet Jackson. Michael Jackson is listed on the birth certificate.
Prince Michael has come forward as a creditor of the estate.
The court documents state, "defendant Michael Jackson admitted to members of the claimants family that claimants mother was a friend of his.
Claimant very closely resembles decedent. Decedent's family aggresively pressured claimant's family to not bring the claimant forward to public attention. Claimant seeks DNA comparisons."

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusiv...son-father-her-son-files-claim-against-estate
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:doh:
By the end of the year, Michael will have some 10 or more children. lol! People want to appear. After so many years and only now appear to solve? No comments...
 
sunnyday81 said:
Number Ones best selling album of 2009!

Michael Jackson’s sales have cooled off a bit lately, but this week they reach an important milestone. “Number Ones” (Epic), the 2003 collection that has dominated sales since Mr. Jackson’s death two months ago, has surpassed Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (Big Machine) as the best-selling album of 2009. Last week “Number Ones” racked up another 68,000 sales, bringing its total for the year to 1,619,000; “Fearless” has sold 1,608,000 copies in the same period.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/countrys-reign-continues-on-album-chart/
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In the USA maybe, not in the world...:scratch:
 
sunnyday81 said:
LOL!
The name of Michael's alleged son is Prince Michael Malachi Jet Jackson.
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Prince Michael?
Malachi, as in Jason Malachi?
Jet, as in "The Amazing Jett Jackson?" (a tv show that used to air on Disney)
 
ashtanga said:
:doh:
By the end of the year, Michael will have some 10 or more children. lol! People want to appear. After so many years and only now appear to solve? No comments...
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Well at least that proves he isn't gay ;) :p

Maybe there's not 1 Billie Jean, but there are plenty? :p
 
mariemarie said:
Source: MJ’s personal doc ‘on suicide watch’

The doctor who may face charges over Michael Jackson’s death is under suicide watch at his luxury Las Vegas home.

Pals are keeping a constant watch on 55-year-old heart specialist Conrad Murray, 55.

They fear he may try to take his own life rather than face second-degree murder or manslaughter charges over Jackson’s death.
A neighbour said he is believed to be on the edge of a breakdown.

“He won’t come out because he can’t come out,” the Daily Star quoted the neighbour as saying.

“He’s become the most hated man in the world,” the neighbour added. (ANI)

http://www.newspostonline.com/enter...s-personal-doc-on-suicide-watch-2009082667214
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You know this week tha guy who killed the model and dumped in the dumpster killed himself. And the mother of the victim was saying that she was glad he did because was not having to go through a trial and stuff.

I am not reccommending Murray do that but this case is gonna rehash allot of ugly things about MJ and maybe Mike's children might hear about it. It sad to know that all this man had to was say no or try and help Michael in some kind of way, but he did not.


He is just paying for his greed right now. And the way he is going about it blaming other ppl like nurse Lee is getting me rally angry. Not to mention his covering up calling Prince Michael. He has no scruples.
 
Yay! MJ's number one in the US!

(do a victory dance)

I hope he keeps this up at least until the end of the year.
 
sunnyday81 said:
LOL!

Woman Claims Michael Jackson Father Of Her Son; Files Claim Against Estate
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 @ 02:18PM


20090625_mms_e30_265.jpg

Zuma Press

Somehow we think this is only the beginning of these type of claims...
Zerline LaVette Dixon says that she gave birth to Michael Jackson's son on September 23, 1984 at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills and filed a creditor's claim against his estate Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The name of Michael's alleged son is Prince Michael Malachi Jet Jackson. Michael Jackson is listed on the birth certificate.
Prince Michael has come forward as a creditor of the estate.
The court documents state, "defendant Michael Jackson admitted to members of the claimants family that claimants mother was a friend of his.
Claimant very closely resembles decedent. Decedent's family aggresively pressured claimant's family to not bring the claimant forward to public attention. Claimant seeks DNA comparisons."

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusiv...son-father-her-son-files-claim-against-estate
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I could never understand why lunatics just always want to involve themselves in any and all things Michael Jackson!
 
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