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Sunday, December 26, 2010

LAST AND INPORTANT:

The memo -- which was just auctioned off on eBay for more than $3,000 -- was allegedly found in June 2009 by staff working at MJ's home in Holmby Hills.
The note -- purportedly handwritten by MJ -- seems to reference his then upcoming "This Is It" concert series in London -- "One year in London 3? International # 1 2 3 4 5 albums and single."
The note -- written on Dr. Arnie Klein's stationary -- continues, "Talk to digital people, Universal, Warner ... make huge $" ... followed by the words, "Who's doing sculpture for Halloween special."
FYI -- the red stuff on the note ain't blood ... the seller claims it's simply a drink stain. 

Monday, December 13, 2010

Michael Jackson’s ex left out of his will


The will, dated July 7, 2002, estimated his estate at that time at more than £300m.

The documents said Jackson’s estate consisted almost entirely of “non-cash, non-liquid assets, including primarily an interest in a catalogue of music royalty rights which is currently being administered by Sony ATV, and the interests of various entities,” referring to The Beatles’ song rights he co-owned.
Meanwhile a Jackson source told the Associated Press news agency that no public memorial was planned for Neverland on Friday, contradicting earlier reports. The source said it appeared more likely a funeral and burial will take place in Los Angeles. The family has the final say.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Michael Jackson:



Birth name
 Michael Joseph Jackson
                                
Also known as
king of pop
                                                                         
Born August 29, 1958(1958-08-29)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Died June 25, 2009(2009-06-25) (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres R&B, pop, rock, dance
Occupations Singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, dancer, choreographer, actor, author, businessman, philanthropist
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar, drums, keyboards









Michael Jackson Childhood:


Michael Jackson was born Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. His father Joseph Walter was an employee at a steel factory and mother Katherine was Jehovah's Witness and raised her kids in that faith. Michael was the seventh of nine children and had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. As a young kid of 5, he performed a Christmas recital in his school and was applauded for his voice. When he was 11 years old, he joined the band his brothers had formed and soon got to sing lead vocals. The band was called ‘The Jackson 5’ and released
a number of singles before being signed by Motown Records 
label in 1968. The young Jackson was described as a child 
prodigy by the Rolling Stone as he used to sing famous
numbers of Sam Cooke, James Brown, Ray Charles, and
Stevie Wonder like a grown up.
The Jackson 5 set a record of sorts when their first four 
singles charted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. These
songs were ‘I Want You Back’, ‘ABC’, ‘The Love You Save’
, and ‘I'll Be There’. In the year 1978, Michael Jackson 
portrayed the role of the Scarecrow in the movie adaptation 
of the Broadway Musical, ‘The Wiz’. The songs were arranged by Quincy Jones who agreed to produce Jackson’s following solo album. The first album in the history of music to have four Top 10 hits was ‘Off the Wall’ in the year 1979. The album was
jointly produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones, and the music
was composed by various artists like Heatwave's Rod
Temperton, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. The 
album sold over 15 million copies all over the world.
A star had been launched and he was about to
shine even more brightly!

In the year 1987, Michael Jackson released his third album, Bad, which had 11 tracks. In order to direct the video for the title track, Jackson hired the acclaimed director Martin Scorsese. The 18 minute music video generated much controversy over the altered physical appearance of Michael Jackson. Though it didn’t have sales similar to thriller, it was a pretty significant commercial success. The album had five hit singles - I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror and Dirty Diana. In the same year, he embarked on the ‘Bad World Tour’, which lasted over 16 months and he performed in 123 concerts and entertained around 4.5 millions fans! He was transported to a successful height in his career and also got the nickname ‘King of Pop’ from Elizabeth Taylor.
Then came the album ‘Dangerous’ in the year 1991, which featured a large number of hits like Black or White, Remember the Time, In the Closet, Give In To Me and Heal the World. The track ‘Black or White’ went on to become one of the biggest hit singles and remained on the number 1 slot on Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks. In the year 1992, he founded the ‘Heal the World Foundation’, which brought under-privileged children to Jackson's Neverland Ranch, located in California, to go on theme park rides. In 1993, he married daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, but divorced two years later. In the year 1995, he released another album named ‘HIStory: Past, Present and Future’, which got him a single Grammy for ‘Best Video of the Year’. He also went on a successful HIStory World Tour, which was attended by over 4.5 million fans. In the year 1996, Jackson was presented the ‘Artist of a Generation’ award at 
the BRIT awards.