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The Legend Lives On - Official Cirque du Soleil 'Immortal World Tour' Discussion

Paris ..Prince...and blanket being interviewed

http://www.accesshollywood.com/_video_1371729

Prince, Paris and Blanket check out the rehearsals for Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” in Las Vegas. So, what were their favor parts of the show? Plus, will Paris and Prince follow in their famous father’s footsteps?
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Memefan said:
It's official...the branches are GONE! They were blocking view of the giant screens.I am guessing they got a few complaints about this...
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How the hell does that kind of fundamental problem get through all rehearsals without anybody noticing?? Or did they think they could get away with it? Either way the tree just looks stupid without the branches. More like a stump than a tree. They need to somehow fix it.
 
For some reason neither link will work on my phone. Just get redirected to the mobile site which doesn't seem to feature the video
 
elusive moonwalker;3552788 said:
Whether the kids need the money or not isnt an issue.its the estates job to create money for the kids.thats what a estate does. i just stated a reason as to why fans dont have issues with the kids supporting or attending estate events compaired to family events. as i said estate events are done for the good of the kids and mj and the estate is now mjs voice. family events from what we have seen have just used the kids to make money for others.thats called explotation. i guess thats the main issue. maybe blanket was forced to attend x factor but at the end of the day if he was forced he wasnt forced to go by the estate so... if ppl cant see the diff of the kids say attending the cirque shows to going to cardiff and how they were written into the t&c.then there isnt anything else i can say.
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Thanks for confirming my opinion that public exposure is not the issue fans have, fans issue is who get the money, which is also a valid concern. </SPAN>

But, I guess fans shouldn’t complain about seeing PP&B on TV and magazine and cite “Michael would not have wanted his children get all the spotlights so soon” as the reason.</SPAN>

And, just to be clear, I can tell the difference between the Cardiff event and the Cirque premier. One is tacky and the other is prestigious. I do have common sense. Nevertheless, the similarity between the two events is that there are thousands of cameras pointing at their faces at both. </SPAN>


Bonnie Blue;3552791 said:
Love is magical - we posted at the same time. I think that my previous post explains how i feel? It's the quality of the projects that is important as well as the amount of involvement the children have to do (a photo as opposed to speaking on tv), and the obvious point that estate run projects are for their direct financial benefit.

Yes, i agree i didn't like x factor and all the zooming in on them. But i suppose x factor is a top rated show and it was a show that was promoting mj and his music, so maybe that's why fans weren't up in arms. Now if the estate promoted some tacky tv reality series with the children you can be sure there would be universal outcry. And that is an important point as the estate would never do that, the estate do not get involved in the children's lives except to ask their attendance at 2 cirque premieres to pose for cameras, whereas the jacksons continually get involved in the business of mj's legacy with their tribute concerts, involvement in mj's 20% charity giving, asking for family executors etc etc
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Bonnie, I have no issue with the Estate. Didn't I say I'm a supporter of the Estate? I wholeheartedly agree with you that the family is tacky and the Estate is respectable. I just don't understand fans' contradicting positions in the children getting media exposure. That's all.
 
The kids are great and Blanket keeps it simple with his answers. It's cute. It's nice to see they really like the show.
 
Im sure over exposure is very much an issue. as said above if the estate started using the kids every two minutes for unprofessional events then im sure many fans would complain. but so far the estate has not done that so there is no issue inregards to that at this present time. the same cannot be said for jackson family events that the kids have been involved in. personally i dont like seeing them doing interviews whether it be whats posted above or from a family scheme. The issue is when they are being soley paraded and used to sell tickets and or make money by dubious means. that is very diff to making the odd offical appearence at a event such as cirque.uf the estate started acting like the family u can bet id be on their ass
 
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elusive moonwalker said:
Im sure over exposure is very much an issue. as said above if the estate started using the kids every two minutes for unprofessional events then im sure many fans would complain. but so far the estate has not done that so there is no issue inregards to that at this present time. the same cannot be said for jackson family events that the kids have been involved in
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First of all, I have to stress again that I have no issue with the Estate whatsoever. I respect the skills of Mr. Branca as an entertainment industry profesional. But, no issue at the present times in terms of over-exposure? I'm sorry. But, x-factor put PP&B on the public domain now. It's not the tacky little known Cardiff event, it's not the Gary event, it's not the GMA interview. It's x-factor!!! You think non-fans know anything about the Cardiff tribute or the Gary event? Seriously, no one, but fans, cared about that flop. Yet, x-factor is mainstream. Frequency of attendance matters. But, you cannot ignore the singnificance of the impact of an event can cause.If over-exposure is an issue, then I'm so surprised that no one said anything about seeing a camera zooming to little Blanket's bored face every 10 minutes during a most watched compKetition program in the U.S. Honestly, I enjoy x-factor. I watch it regularly. But, I can't help but feel uncomfortable seeing the children acting "excited". And now, fans want PP&B to promote the Cirque show? I feel ambivalent, to say the least.
 
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Over exposure means attending many different events. add up the family events they have been involved in and add up estate ones. i dont really agree with them being at xfactor. imo there was no need for it .do fans want the kids to promote cirque? the event has garned enough publicity on its own. they arent been used to sell tickets.they arent in the t&c . they arent apart of the show. i dont like all the red carpet photo shoots with the hanger oners or the interviews posted above. id more prefer they just go see the show and enjoy it and thats it.
 
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First of all, I have to stress again that I have no issue with the Estate whatsoever. I respect the skills of Mr. Branca as an entertainment industry profesional. But, no issue at the present times in terms of over-exposure? I'm sorry. But, x-factor put PP&B on the public domain now. It's not the tacky little known Cardiff event, it's not the Gary event, it's not the GMA interview. It's x-factor!!! You think non-fans know anything about the Cardiff tribute or the Gary event? Seriously, no one, but fans, cared about that flop. Yet, x-factor is mainstream. Frequency of attendance matters. But, you cannot ignore the singnificance of the impact of an event can cause.If over-exposure is an issue, then I'm so surprised that no one said anything about seeing a camera zooming to little Blanket's bored face every 10 minutes during a most watched compKetition program in the U.S. Honestly, I enjoy x-factor. I watch it regularly. But, I can't help but feel uncomfortable seeing the children acting "excited". And now, fans want PP&B to promote the Cirque show? I feel ambivalent, to say the least.
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Strangely, I totally get what you're saying even though I like The X-Factor and overall liked that the kids appeared. At times I did kept wondering to myself if they would've put the cameras on someone's else's kid as much as they did MJ's kids.
 
elusive moonwalker said:
Over exposure means attending many different events. add up the family events they have been involved in and add up estate ones. i dont really agree with them being at xfactor. imo there was no need for it .
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The truth is the children can go to a dozen different family related events, the impact would still be nothing comparing to x-factor appearance, in terms of public exposure. Many artists today will wait in line to get onto x-factor.
 
Yes of course going on a legit programe will garner more attention and as ive said i dont see the point of xfactor and havnt watched any clips of it but im looking at the whole picture interms of the family events and the estates and the motives of the two. the intent and the actions of those two seperate groups are just as important if not more important to me.
 
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Remember the x factor is coming after oprah, gma appearance, german tv show, german award ceremony, japan tv interview, speaking to 50,000 at cardiff concert (in uk, that got alot of coverage), and now a us chat show appearance for paris promoting her new movie, not to mention pap shots in all the papers and their twitter mentions on tmz. As fans we have become desensitised to ppb in the media to an extent so maybe when there is an appearance at a bona fida event with no agenda except to promote their dad and not to make money for various relations and crooked businessmen, all hell doesn't break loose. But, love is magical, you do raise a good point about hypocricy, and i hope i'm not being hypocritical. I try to judge each event on their merits and their underlying agenda. My bottom line is if the children are exploited for other people's benefit.
 
http://www.lvrj.com/news/daughter-in-tears-over-i-ll-be-there-135013393.html



Hearing her father's voice singing "I'll Be There" left Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, in tears.

The 13-year-old broke down and leaned her head on the shoulder of a young woman, reportedly a cousin, who consoled her as Jackson's image appeared on a giant screen. The emotional moment came near the end of Saturday's Las Vegas premiere of Cirque du Soleil's "The Immortal" at Mandalay Bay.

In a rare public appearance, Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket, even joined family members on the red carpet.

They sat in the front row, at the front of the runway, with the group that included Katherine Jackson and Tito and Jackie Jackson, brothers of the late pop icon. Missing was family patriarch Joe Jackson, a Las Vegas resident, and son, Jermaine.

The tour opened in Montreal on Oct. 2 and will run for three weeks at Mandalay Bay, where a resident version of the show will open in 2013.

The red carpet turnout included Motown Records founder Barry Gordy, John Landis, who directed Jackson's epic "Thriller" video, James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos," Allison Janney of "West Wing," and former "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" star Sierra Boggess and her fiancé, Tam Mutu, her co-lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies." Boggess is a personal friend of Tara Young, artistic director for Cirque's collaboration with the Jackson family. ... Mark Salling of "Glee," Criss Angel and his fiancé, Sondra Gonzalez, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, "Peepshow" star Holly Madison, Matt Goss, Carrot Top, Orlando Jones and Babyface.
 
Erikmjfan;3552933 said:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/daughter-in-tears-over-i-ll-be-there-135013393.html



Hearing her father's voice singing "I'll Be There" left Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, in tears.

The 13-year-old broke down and leaned her head on the shoulder of a young woman, reportedly a cousin, who consoled her as Jackson's image appeared on a giant screen. The emotional moment came near the end of Saturday's Las Vegas premiere of Cirque du Soleil's "The Immortal" at Mandalay Bay.

In a rare public appearance, Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket, even joined family members on the red carpet.

They sat in the front row, at the front of the runway, with the group that included Katherine Jackson and Tito and Jackie Jackson, brothers of the late pop icon. Missing was family patriarch Joe Jackson, a Las Vegas resident, and son, Jermaine.

The tour opened in Montreal on Oct. 2 and will run for three weeks at Mandalay Bay, where a resident version of the show will open in 2013.

The red carpet turnout included Motown Records founder Barry Gordy, John Landis, who directed Jackson's epic "Thriller" video, James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos," Allison Janney of "West Wing," and former "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" star Sierra Boggess and her fiancé, Tam Mutu, her co-lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies." Boggess is a personal friend of Tara Young, artistic director for Cirque's collaboration with the Jackson family. ... Mark Salling of "Glee," Criss Angel and his fiancé, Sondra Gonzalez, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, "Peepshow" star Holly Madison, Matt Goss, Carrot Top, Orlando Jones and Babyface.
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I creid too when I saw the show a month ago. That part and Childhood had me in tears. It is a fun show but there are certain moments where you can't help but get emotional. I can only imagine how hard it must be for Paris and her brothers.
 
MOD NOTE:

If someone were to speculate about who the parents of MJ's children were outside of MJ/Debbie, we would not allow it. We give a certain respect to Mj's children:
1:Because they were his children
2:Because they are minors and don't deserve to have their biology spoken of that way.

Well, the same thing applies to their cousins as well.

So, please do not make posts speculating about who Donte's parents are or who are the parents of any of those children in those pics. It is not appropriate.

Thank you.
 
Dont know if its been posted but here is an article by Linda Deutsch

Michael Jackson Immortal? His Legacy Soars After Conrad Murray Trial

LOS ANGELES &#8212; The private world of Michael Jackson, fiercely shielded by the superstar in life, was exposed in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. But rather than suffering harm from revelations of drug use, experts say Jackson's legacy and posthumous earning power will survive any damage done and could actually grow after he was portrayed as a victim of a money-hungry doctor.

Jackson died before he could launch a series of highly anticipated comeback concerts in London as he tried to regain the towering status he enjoyed when he released the "Thriller" album in 1983.

But his death did breathe new life into record sales and boosted other projects to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for his estate, even as his already tarnished personal life took another hit by revelations about his drug use.

Jackson zoomed to the top of the Forbes Magazine list of highest earning dead celebrities and his executors are moving quickly on more projects designed to burnish the performer's image and expand the inheritance of his three children.

A Cirque du Soleil extravaganza, "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" opens in Las Vegas this weekend, a precursor to a permanent installation at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, and fans are expected to flock there for a "Fan Fest" exhibit of Jackson memorabilia.

After the trial, a judge made it clear that the defense effort to cast Jackson as the villain in the case had been a miserable failure. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, called a reckless opportunist and sentenced to the maximum four years in prison.

Judge Michael Pastor also blasted Murray for experimenting on the pop star with the operating-room anesthetic propofol to help him battle debilitating insomnia, even though the drug was never meant to be used in a private home.

Some experts say the revelations made the King of Pop look more like a regular person coping with a difficult challenge.

"In the final analysis, not a lot of damage was done," Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborelli said. "I think the trial humanized Michael Jackson. It presented him as a human being with problems."

As evidence unfolded, "It definitely made our hearts go out to Michael Jackson. He was a person suffering a great deal and not getting the help he needed," the author said.

Taraborelli said the entertainer's family, fans and estate executors were concerned before the trial that testimony would paint Jackson as responsible for his own death while resurrecting past accusations of child molestation and bizarre behavior by the King of Pop.

But the judge limited testimony and evidence to Jackson's final months and specifically ruled out any mention of the 2005 molestation trial.

Thomas Mesereau Jr., the attorney who won Jackson's acquittal in that case, believes the Murray trial did damage Jackson's reputation but said the impact would likely be short term.

"It certainly didn't help to have all this testimony about drug use," Mesereau said. "But as time passes, people will focus more on his music and the negatives will fade."

While Murray was ultimately shown to be negligent, the portrait of his patient that emerged during the trial was one of an aging superstar desperate to cement his place in entertainment history while providing a stable home life for adored children, Paris, Prince and Blanket.

The image of Jackson as a caring father had never been illustrated quite so vividly. A probation officer who interviewed Jackson's mother, Katherine, said she told him: "Michael Jackson was his children's world, and their world collapsed when he left."

A leading expert on the licensing and branding of dead celebrities believes the trial engendered so much sympathy for Jackson that in the long run it will eclipse negative fallout from his past.

"I don't think any tawdry revelations that may have come out of the trial will have any impact on his lasting legacy," said Martin Cribbs, who is based in New York. "We as a society tend to give everyone a second chance. Michael's legacy will be like Elvis and the Beatles. It will be his music, his genius. and his charitable works "

Cribbs has represented the estates of such deceased luminaries as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Steve McQueen and Mae West.

He is not involved in the Jackson estate but praised its executors' efforts. Beginning with the rapid release of the concert movie, "This Is It," he said, "They have done a brilliant job of reminding us of Michael's genius."

Taraborelli also cited the film based on rehearsals for Jackson's ill-fated concerts as a spectacular move setting the stage for a posthumous comeback of the Jackson entertainment empire.

"It made you want to embrace him," said the author of "Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness."

Jackson's eccentricities and bizarre behavior often made headlines. Whether it was traveling with a chimp named Bubbles, sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber or dangling his baby Blanket off a balcony, he managed to alienate many people. The molestation trial pushed him further from the mainstream.

"That all ended on the day the news was announced that Michael was dead," said Lance Grode, a former music executive and onetime attorney for Jackson who now teaches legal issues in music at University of Southern California.

"The public decided they prefer to remember Michael as this great superstar and music prodigy and to forgive and forget any negative things they had heard over the last 10 or 15 years," Grode said. "Nothing came out at the trial that was nearly as bad as things they had heard in the past."

Grode said evidence of public acceptance is seen in the Jackson estate's ability to generate a half-billion dollars in the wake of his death.

The Cirque show, which launched in Canada, is slated for 150 dates across North America through July and expected to run through 2014 internationally. The permanent Las Vegas show is due in 2013.

The year he died, Jackson sold 8.3 million albums in the U.S. &#8211; nearly twice as many as second-place Taylor Swift &#8211; and "This Is It" became the highest-grossing concert film and documentary of all time.

Joe Vogel, author of a new book on Jackson's music, and others said the most shocking part of the Murray trial was the playing of a recording of a drugged Jackson slurring his words while dreaming aloud about his future concert and his plans to build a fantastic state of the art children's hospital.

Vogel said the recording, found on Murray's cell phone, reveals the dark side of Jackson's world.

"Michael had a difficult life. He said once that you have to have tragedy to pull from to create something beautiful and inspiring. And that's what he did. His music has staying power," Vogel said.

Rich Hanley, a pop culture specialist who teaches journalism at Connecticut's Quinnipiac University, said Jackson had "complexities on top of complexities."

"There may be collateral damage to his reputation from the trial. His inner sanctum was penetrated for the first time," he said.

However, "his music is eternal. It brings universal joy to people and will continue as much as Elvis' work continues to attract new fans even though he's been gone for generations," Hanley said.

Scroll through the slideshow below to view photos from Michael Jackson's life, including his days with the Jackson 5 and career as a solo artist, as well as fans remembering the King of Pop following his passing.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/michael-jacksons-immortal_n_1125694.html
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Neither little Blanket nor his two older siblings were dragged to XFactor by John Branca, or anyone else managing the Estate, they were dragged their by their beloved grandma Katherine. If u had to see Blanket's bored face complain to Katherine, as she is the reason they were there. The Estate certainly didn't incorporate those children into their xfactor contract unlike what Katherine does, when she's on a mission to make money for the useless. And the estate can hardly be blamed that they do not promote Michael Jackson on Z listed programs, so when Katherine does drag the kids along it's clear that appearing on such a program is going to get more exposure than signing some belts for a porn producer.
 
Bitter_finalEE_twinklEE said:
Neither little Blanket nor his two older siblings were dragged to XFactor by John Branca, or anyone else managing the Estate, they were dragged their by their beloved grandma Katherine. If u had to see Blanket's bored face complain to Katherine, as she is the reason they were there. The Estate certainly didn't incorporate those children into their xfactor contract unlike what Katherine does, when she's on a mission to make money for the useless. And the estate can hardly be blamed that they do not promote Michael Jackson on Z listed programs, so when Katherine does drag the kids along it's clear that appearing on such a program is going to get more exposure than signing some belts for a porn producer.
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Did I even blame the Estate for the children's appearance on x-factor at all? On the contrary, I keep praising the outstanding job the Estate has done thus far. I didn't even say whether I was for or against the x-factor promotion. I said I'm ambivalent.

Apparently, you let your negative opinion on Katherine influence your willingness to hear someone else opinion - opinion that may not consistent with yours. None of my posts here direct to the Estate. I raised a question on fans' contradicting positions on the children's media exposure. That's my discussion point, not crap. If you don't want others to call your posts crap, then don't do it to others.

Fortunately, there are people here who can hold a discussion without being insulting and condescending.
 
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(what did you think about the show) it was good (you like it?) yeah (what was your favorite part) I didn't have (looks to paris) I didn't really have one because it was always good but uhmm it was really a good show.
 
Here's some new pictures of Paris Jackson from on the Red Carpet at Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson Immortal Tour Premiere in Las Vegas.















 
At the onset of Saturday’s Las Vegas premiere of "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," the audience listened to a poignant recording of Michael Jackson asking, “Have you seen my childhood?”

Not long after, I was asking, 'Have you seen my tree?”

You might recall my reference on Saturday to “The Giving Tree,” a concept so metaphorically appealing that Director Jamie King ordered a Yosemite National Park-worthy oak to be constructed as part of the “Immortal” set and planted it in the middle of the stage.

In reality, “The Giving Tree” was Jackson’s Walden Pond, an asylum of creative and spiritual refuge at Neverland Ranch where he would paint, draw and craft songs.

However, as “Immortal” bounced along Saturday night, it became curiously apparent that the tree we fell for in October’s opening performance at Montreal’s Bell Centre had been summarily chopped down. We got a trunk, and some videos of the tree. But this was no oak. It was, mostly, an imaginary tree.

Unlike Jackson’s boundless imagination, the tree that was once so prominent in the show faced physical limitations. The oak was just too vast for its surroundings at Mandalay Bay Events Center.

King, the show’s resident director and sometimes lumberjack, explains.

“There were some technical things to consider. With the nature of an arena show, certainly things become venue-specific,” King says. “Some of the larger props, depending on the venue, we can’t always fit in. This is a low-ceiling venue, so things don’t always work.”

The big oak is depicted only occasionally, on the LED screens and video roll-downs, and also as a stump.

But the tree, thematically, is as large as ever.

“The essence of the tree is still here,” King says. “The actual physicality of the tree isn’t, but if you saw in ‘Wanna Be Startin' Somethin',’ there is tree imagery that comes in, but certainly now it’s a more kind of esoteric approach to the tree. It’s certainly represented, just not in its physical form any longer because of our limitations.”

The tree might well return in some form, or not, King says. But please remember the tree, as it was important to Jackson’s creative spirit and has been a focal point of the show -- except in Vegas.

OK, enough about the tree. For now.

I have now seen “Immortal” twice and have likened it to a Lady Gaga or Madonna concert, absent Lady Gaga or Madonna. As expected, the show that played to about 8,000 joyous fans at Mandalay Bay was musically outstanding. The 12-piece band, many of whom performed with Jackson on tour or in the studio, is fantastic. Cellist Tina Guo in particular is astonishing in how she commands the stage. She is at once beautiful and plays beautifully. The trampoline effect on the circular stage space that juts into the audience, the acrobats whirling over the set on gymnastic rings, the LED-infused body suits, the use of old Jackson 5 videos and the dancing throughout, is all wonderful.

Highlights: “Thriller” was exhumed with spot-on choreography inspired by the famous video (including the eerie voice of the late Vincent Price); “Smooth Criminal” resurrected the great lean-forward move, always a crowd-pleaser. And the gal on the very tall pole bends her body in ways that most practitioners of that form of entertainment in Vegas can only dream about. “Human Nature,” punctuated by cast members wading through the crowd while carrying hearts glowing bright red, is a warm and unifying moment.

Of course, there are some curious decisions: Why Bubbles? It would be fine to make a reference to the famously befriended chimp, maybe play some video of the hairy little beast or playfully toss him back and forth as a stuffed animal. But here he is, a full-fledged cast member, loping around the stage and even performing as a club DJ. This is the show’s “Blackbird” moment, reminiscent the regretful scene in the first version of “Love” when the gorgeous song was reduced to badly executed slapstick until the scene was mercifully adjusted to fit the tune’s inspired message.

No, Bubbles must go. And I have this uneasy feeling that some nightlife exec might pick up the Bubbles-as-DJ idea and have some luckless soul dressed as the chimp host a night at a Vegas nightclub. If that ever happens, we can just shut down the city, forever. It’s over.

What we can look forward to, happily, is the dynamic King signing on as director of the resident Cirque-Jackson show when it opens at Mandalay Bay Theater in early 2013. Cirque CEO Daniel Lamarre says the decision is all but official that King will be retained to direct the theater version of “Immortal.”

“We are so, so happy to have a director who knows Michael,” Lamarre said during Saturday’s red-carpet walk. “All along, we were always asking the same question to our creative team, which was, ‘How would Michael react if he were here?’ and Jamie and his team were so close to him that they were able to give us the right answer. That’s why it would make sense to pursue this venture with him.”

Lamarre added that finalizing the deal is “only a formality right now, and I’m very confident we will get there.”

As King says, “If I’m asked to do the resident show, and it would be a great moment, there are moments and elements in this show that are very Michael, from ‘The Giving Tree’ to the Neverland world he lived in, that whole fairytale life he really appreciated, that certainly would make sense going into a resident show.

“In (Mandalay Bay Theater), you can be more theatrical. This is a rock interpretation of the show now.”

So the tree is likely to be replanted, somehow, in Vegas. It’s only appropriate, even if it’s just to give Bubbles a place to swing.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ka...al-giving-tree-has-been-taken-away-expect-ja/
 
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...ckson-the-immortal-tour-and-fan-fest-20111206

Tito and Jackie Jackson On 'Michael Jackson the Immortal' Tour and Fan Fest
Jackson brothers hint at more to come from the family

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By Benjy Eisen
December 6, 2011 11:15 AM ET

Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour opened in Las Vegas this past weekend, where it will run through December 27th before traveling the world. In conjunction with the premiere of the Cirque show, a memorabilia exhibit called Michael Jackson Fan Fest opened at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort (now through December 14th).

To celebrate the fanfare, Jackson brothers Tito and Jackie attended both openings, along with their mother, Katherine, Michael’s children, and family friends including producer Berry Gordy and "Thriller" director John Landis. Rolling Stone caught up with the Jackson brothers to get their take on the celebrity-filled affair.

What's been the most emotional part of all of this for you?
Tito: It's all emotional, I must say to you, because my brother's my brother. I don't look at him through a fan's eye. I look at him through a brother's eye. At Fan Fest, just being around his clothing and all that – it's emotional. I mean, they’re beautiful costumes and some of them I’ve seen him wear before. Just to know that he actually wore these things and these were his belongings but he's not in them anymore – it's emotional.

They were playing "I Want You Back" on the intercom and all of the sudden here's Mr. Berry Gordy standing next door to me, right there, and it's like full circle. We both looked at each other and got a little teary eyed and I said, "Boss, do you remember those days?" He said, "How could I forget? Thank you for reminding me."

Those were beautiful times in our life. We were young, we were kids, we were full of energy, everything was polished, we were ready to go and we did it like that – five boys from Gary, Indiana.

Jackie: Hearing "ABC" and "I Want You Back" and all those songs that we did together as a group – it was so emotional then.

The wonderful thing about the Immortal show is that Cirque didn't try to find someone to impersonate Michael; they just try to recreate his essence. Is this it, in terms of large scale productions, for Michael Jackson?
Jackie: I wouldn't say no – you never know what's going to happen next. But Cirque is an icon; so is Michael Jackson. So you put the two together like this, people expect to see something fantastic. And it is. It's such a great show. It's very entertaining.

Tito: I feel that as far as Michael's legend, there will be even greater things coming in the future for Michael. Because I feel that he was more than just a performer – he was a humanitarian. And that part of his life was most important for me, because he really cared about our world and our society and feeding hunger and making this world a better place. So with that being said, I feel that that overrides...I would like for him to be remembered in those aspects as well as his music.

What about the Jackson brothers? Do you guys ever plan on doing something new, again?
Jackie: Oh, there's going to be a lot of great things in the future. We're working on some things right now. I can't say what though, just now.

How involved were you with the Immortal production?
Jackie: From the very beginning, I was there helping them put things together and they brought me down before the show came out and they did a whole run through for me and I was with the whole team. I was just so happy to help them and they were so excited just to meet me; it brought back tears in my eyes.

To everybody else, Michael is an icon and a legend. But, to you two, he's your brother. So what do you think about something like Fan Fest, where they display some of his personal belongings?
Tito: Well, you know, first of all, to come here and to see how many people love my brother, and to be around his fans – which are Jacksons fans as well – it makes you feel good. It makes you feel that you're part of Michael and that you're being around what he loved. So I actually get a good feeling when I'm around Michael's belongings and his fans and that whole thing. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel like my brother's still alive – it’s a good feeling.
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To everybody else, Michael is an icon and a legend. But, to you two, he's your brother. So what do you think about something like Fan Fest, where they display some of his personal belongings?
Tito: Well, you know, first of all, to come here and to see how many people love my brother, and to be around his fans &#8211; which are Jacksons fans as well &#8211; it makes you feel good. It makes you feel that you're part of Michael and that you're being around what he loved. So I actually get a good feeling when I'm around Michael's belongings and his fans and that whole thing. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel like my brother's still alive &#8211; it&#8217;s a good feeling.
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Oh Lawd....no comment.
 
I am not surprised but I think it is sad that Michael's own father can't go to see the show and the fan fest. This is a really nice thing that is happening and certain people stay away. Just because you are not making any money off it you should support your son.
 
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