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The First Official European Convention dedicated to Michael Jackson took place Sunday February 14, 2010. Legend Music Awards and MJPortal are proud to have been the organizers of this important event which was given an incredible visibility through the media coverage which included not only national but international journalists. Included on the guest list and present at the Convenition were RAI, ANSA, Mediaset and international newspapers. Invited guests who presided at the Convention and gave their special insights into Michael Jackson's life were Brian Oxman, Kathryn Milfsky, Rabbi Smuley Boteach and Sony Pictures Italia.
Despite the fact that the announced presence of Rabbi Boteach, author of “The Michael Jackson Tapes”, caused a torrent of protest these past weeks from Jackson fans around the world, the Rabbi spoke of Michael with great affection pointing out to all of us many important facets concerning Michael's relationships with children and the negative people that the popstar surrounded himself with in the last ten years who almost always used Michael as a source of personal gain.
Perhaps even Rabbi Boteach is one of those “users” but the audio files of his discussions with Michael presented at the Convention as an exclusive only for us and the question and answer period following gave us all a deep insight into certain aspects of Michael's personality usually ignored by the general press.
The arrival of Brian Oxman, presently Joe Jackson, La Toya and Marlon Jackson's lawyer, was perhaps the most waited for encounter of the whole day. Presented by the American journalist and television personality Kathryn Milofsky, Oxman was able to give us his special evaluation of his ongoing working rapport with the King of Pop. Oxman was Michael's personal lawyer during the last 25 years.
During the course of a two hour visula presentation which dwelled upon many aspects of the private and personal life of Michael we were able to innocently smile while watching several different episods in the life of MJ. Brian made an exclusive announcement concerning the intention on the part of Michael's family to ask for a tougher treatment for Dr. Conrad Murray, guilty, according to Oxman, of second-degree murder. The news was immediately picked up by the worlwide press agencies.
Oxman said, “If you take a gun and shoot it at a moving train it's obvious that you'll have a high probablity of killing someone.” If so, even if you try justifying yourself and your action you still would be guilty of homicide. It is therefore necessary to ask that the incrimination of Murray, since then nicknamed “Michale Jackson's killer”, be considered a heavier penalty.
Oxman then emphasized, using blatant examples, how Michael was always a victim of flase press statements and stories. One of the most lampant examples that he brought to our attention was the E T (Entertainment Tonight) photomontage of Michael being transported into the ambulance as it was compared to the original photo of Michael sleeping on the stage. Obviuosly a fake! A photo touch up thanks to Photoshop. His was jsut the tip of the iceberg of a brilliant life onstage, but touched by an enormous spiritual suffering caused by the unprofessional behavior of the media and the tabloids.
After Brian was greeted with a standing ovation from the more than 200 persons present in the hall it was Sony Pictures Entertainment's turn to illustrate important projects that will be leading up to the forthcoming release of the DVD/Blueray of "This Is It" in music and video shops around the world. Sony confirmed the presence of Travis Payne at San Remo Music festival during the final evening gala to be broadcast live by Italian TV, RAI. (Actually Travis himself gave us the news by phone a few days earlier but it was literally impossible to be able to make a jump start and publish the news due to restrictions caused by the Convention).
Other important moments that interspersed the Convention day and the above mentioned appearances were the video message by Laura Pausini, awarded the "Legend Music Award" (www.legendmusicawards.org) for her battling of important social causes, the presentation of heretofore unreleased films of Michael's last days before his tragic death and the reading of the personal message sent to LMA/MJPORTAL by Travis Payne.
Travis Payne was forced to cancel his announced video conference with the MJEC for personal reasons, but yesterday morning in a personal phone conversation with MJPORTAL, he promised a special interview and will soon be a headliner in the MJPORTAL site news.
http://www.mjportal.com/michael-jac...el-jackson-official-european-conventionq.html
Despite the fact that the announced presence of Rabbi Boteach, author of “The Michael Jackson Tapes”, caused a torrent of protest these past weeks from Jackson fans around the world, the Rabbi spoke of Michael with great affection pointing out to all of us many important facets concerning Michael's relationships with children and the negative people that the popstar surrounded himself with in the last ten years who almost always used Michael as a source of personal gain.
Perhaps even Rabbi Boteach is one of those “users” but the audio files of his discussions with Michael presented at the Convention as an exclusive only for us and the question and answer period following gave us all a deep insight into certain aspects of Michael's personality usually ignored by the general press.
The arrival of Brian Oxman, presently Joe Jackson, La Toya and Marlon Jackson's lawyer, was perhaps the most waited for encounter of the whole day. Presented by the American journalist and television personality Kathryn Milofsky, Oxman was able to give us his special evaluation of his ongoing working rapport with the King of Pop. Oxman was Michael's personal lawyer during the last 25 years.
During the course of a two hour visula presentation which dwelled upon many aspects of the private and personal life of Michael we were able to innocently smile while watching several different episods in the life of MJ. Brian made an exclusive announcement concerning the intention on the part of Michael's family to ask for a tougher treatment for Dr. Conrad Murray, guilty, according to Oxman, of second-degree murder. The news was immediately picked up by the worlwide press agencies.
Oxman said, “If you take a gun and shoot it at a moving train it's obvious that you'll have a high probablity of killing someone.” If so, even if you try justifying yourself and your action you still would be guilty of homicide. It is therefore necessary to ask that the incrimination of Murray, since then nicknamed “Michale Jackson's killer”, be considered a heavier penalty.
Oxman then emphasized, using blatant examples, how Michael was always a victim of flase press statements and stories. One of the most lampant examples that he brought to our attention was the E T (Entertainment Tonight) photomontage of Michael being transported into the ambulance as it was compared to the original photo of Michael sleeping on the stage. Obviuosly a fake! A photo touch up thanks to Photoshop. His was jsut the tip of the iceberg of a brilliant life onstage, but touched by an enormous spiritual suffering caused by the unprofessional behavior of the media and the tabloids.
After Brian was greeted with a standing ovation from the more than 200 persons present in the hall it was Sony Pictures Entertainment's turn to illustrate important projects that will be leading up to the forthcoming release of the DVD/Blueray of "This Is It" in music and video shops around the world. Sony confirmed the presence of Travis Payne at San Remo Music festival during the final evening gala to be broadcast live by Italian TV, RAI. (Actually Travis himself gave us the news by phone a few days earlier but it was literally impossible to be able to make a jump start and publish the news due to restrictions caused by the Convention).
Other important moments that interspersed the Convention day and the above mentioned appearances were the video message by Laura Pausini, awarded the "Legend Music Award" (www.legendmusicawards.org) for her battling of important social causes, the presentation of heretofore unreleased films of Michael's last days before his tragic death and the reading of the personal message sent to LMA/MJPORTAL by Travis Payne.
Travis Payne was forced to cancel his announced video conference with the MJEC for personal reasons, but yesterday morning in a personal phone conversation with MJPORTAL, he promised a special interview and will soon be a headliner in the MJPORTAL site news.
http://www.mjportal.com/michael-jac...el-jackson-official-european-conventionq.html
