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Michael Jackson: Recent controversies
In late 2002, new scandal arose surrounding Jackson. His most recent album, Invincible, had disappointing sales figures. Instead of blaming this on what was, by most fans and critics, considered mediocre music, he blamed his record label and industry executives, most notably the legendary producer Tommy Mottola, whom Jackson likened to Satan. Jackson also recorded a song featuring various celebrities on vocals in an attempt to raise funds for disaster relief following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. However, the song was never released. One possible reason was that producer Marc Schaffel has worked as a producer of homosexual pornography (his house was searched by the police in 2004; it is not clear whether this was related to Jackson).
In October 2002 various international banks claimed that Jackson was in financial debt into the tens of millions of dollars due to various unpaid loans. That same month, concert promoter Marcel Avram sued Jackson in a court in Santa Maria, California, claiming that he reneged on a deal to perform on a series of millennium concerts crossing the International Date Line on the evening of December 31, 1999 - January 1, 2000. Jackson lost the case, and is appealing.
He has been involved in a legal dispute with his former financial adviser, Union Finance and Investment Corp. of South Korea, who claim that Jackson owes the firm $12 million in fees and expenses and that Jackson's extravagant spending may lead to his bankruptcy.
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EntertainmentBashir has pituitary gland tumour
TV journalist Martin Bashir, famed for his interview with Michael Jackson, has a tumour on his pituitary gland.
Published: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:50:56 GMT - Source: News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Read the articleEurope7 days 7 questions
Pop royalty reaches 50 this year - but who is youngest: Weller, Madonna, Prince or Michael Jackson?
Published: Fri, 30 May 2008 08:23:30 GMT - Source: News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Read the articleLiteratureAstaire/Jacko mashup video: Smooth Criminal
Richard sez, "A fan of both Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson has cut this short film in the hope of introducing new generations to Astaire and the influence he had on Jackson." I love both Astaire and Michael Jackson. I want young people to know Astaire stuff, that is why I made this. The video features scenes from the Girl Hunt ballet in The Band Wagon (1953) starring Astaire and Cyd Charisse (those supreme legs!! The most perfect body a woman could have. So sensual, so elegant), to which MJ gave homage in his Smooth Criminal vid (also in a performance of Get Happy on the Jacksons show in the 70s as well as You Rock My World in 2001), and, as an intro, a sequence from Daddy Long Legs (1955) featuring Leslie Caron (in motion pictures, you mustn't put a coin into a jukebox in an ordinary way!). Link (Thanks, Richard!)...
Published: Wed, 28 May 2008 01:30:55 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the article
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