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27 Jun 2009 10:55

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s autopsy: Inconclusive. Wait for toxicology.

  • Another 4-to-6 weeks (at least) of lack of clarity. The autopsy of Michael Jackson, who was reported to have been injected with narcotic painkillers shortly before his death, has proven inconclusive. That means, yes, weeks of speculation of 24-hour news channels await us until we possibly learn the truth about what happened. Unless, you know, the toxicology reports also come up inconclusive. In which case, we’re screwed. source
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26 Jun 2009 17:55

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Culture: Lisa Marie Presley: Michael Jackson thought he’d end up like Elvis

  • At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, ‘I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did.’
  • Lisa Marie Presley • On her MySpace blog, explaining a conversation between her and her former husband where he revealed his fear of ending up just like her famous dad. She tried to get him away from that thinking but he had accepted it as fact, something that hit her yesterday when an untimely death proved to be true. Presley went further in her post, saying that their marriage was in fact not a sham: “I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much.” • source
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26 Jun 2009 15:39

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Culture: Thanks to a couple of dead icons, Generation X is now old.

  • These people were on our lunchboxes. This is the moment when Generation X realizes they’re grown up.
  • Gary Giovannetti • A manager at HBO who grew up with Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, both of whom obviously died yesterday. Is it accurate? Well, think about this: Kurt Cobain burned out so long ago that the impact of his suicide is starting to fade away, Eddie Vedder, a man in his mid-40s, has long been fading away, nobody talks about “The Real World,” or, heck, MTV anymore, and most Gen-Xers probably have a defaulted mortgage. And now Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died within a few hours of one another. We’d say that Gary’s right. • source
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26 Jun 2009 15:26

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Culture: A doctor was already in Michael Jackson’s house yesterday

  • A person of interest Apparently, Jackson had a doctor living with him who officials have not named. He is currently being held by the L.A.P.D., who want to spend more time questioning him before they let him go. The doctor’s car has also been seized as evidence. source
  • A person of interest Apparently, Jackson had a doctor living with him who officials have not named. He is currently being held by the L.A.P.D., who want to spend more time questioning him before they let him go. The doctor’s car has also been seized as evidence.
  • Jackson’s history with drugs Michael Jackson has long been associated with the use and overuse of prescription drugs. While a toxicology report is still forthcoming, Jackson was sued for $100,000 by a Beverly Hills pharmacy for prescription drugs he had not paid for. source
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26 Jun 2009 03:54

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Culture, Tech: The Internet wasn’t ready for Michael Jackson’s death at all

  • Twitter’s traffic doubled in just a short period, and Jackson’s death nearly made Iran a forgotten memory on the site. Facebook had triple the traffic. source
  • The L.A. Times site, which was the first reputable source (sorry TMZ) to confirm his death, had over two million pageviews in just an hour. source
  • But most telling might be the long-running AOL Instant Messenger. They went down 40 minutes, and called the day “a seminal moment in Internet history.” source
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26 Jun 2009 03:34

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Culture: First “Jon & Kate,” now “Transformers”: Why, America, why?

  • $60 million on Wed. for the worst film until “Transformers 3” source
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25 Jun 2009 22:57

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Culture: Of course, Michael Jackson isn’t the only celeb death making news

  • Farrah Fawcett, best-known for that TV show and that poster, died today after suffering from a sad, public bout with cancer. She was 62.
  • Despite a multitude of tweets to the contrary, Jeff Goldblum did in fact not die on a movie set in New Zealand. Whew. We just can’t live without him.
  • dead
  • dying
  • alive
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25 Jun 2009 22:41

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Culture: Key quote on Michael Jackson’s death, from Quincy Jones

  • He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever.I’ve lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.
  • Quincy Jones • The guy who produced “Thriller,” on the death of the superstar pop icon. Jackson, by the way, died of cardiac arrest and died as he lived: In the public eye with the focus completely on him. Dude had that nature about him. • source
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25 Jun 2009 21:49

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Culture: The evolution of Michael Jackson’s face, through the years

  • mj1969
    1969
  • mj1979
    1979
  • mj1989
    1989
  • mj1999
    1999
  • mj2009
    2009
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25 Jun 2009 20:59

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Culture: “Billie Jean” at Motown 25: Remember Michael Jackson this way

  • Before he got ruined by his fame, this is him earning his bread. This dance made his career. “Thriller” was big, but it became epic after this performance. Forget all the other stuff. This is where he should be frozen in amber.source
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