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22 Mar 2010 23:36

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Culture: Oops. Dr. Conrad Murray reportedly chose cover-up over CPR

  • bad Michael Jackson – a.k.a. the King of Pop – just had cardiac arrest. You’re his doctor. You live there and give him the insane sleeping medication that probably killed him.
  • worse You reportedly stop doing CPR on him so you can pick up a bunch of drug vials. A witness says this. This information gets unsealed. Your lawyer freaks. source

16 Mar 2010 09:52

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Culture: Dead guy surprises everyone by signing recording contract

  • $250 million for King of Pop’s recordings and soul source

10 Nov 2009 22:55

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s funeral suit worth more than your salary

  • $35,000 to go out in crazy pop star style source

29 Oct 2009 20:13

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Culture: Michael Jackson is off to a good start on the record concert film tip

  • $7.4 million the amount “This Is It” made in the U.S. in its first full day of release – it also got another $12.7 million worldwide; Sony Pictures paid a pricey $60 million for the rights, plus marketing
  • $65.3 million the amount the deceased King of Pop’s cash in film needs to make to match the record-holding concert flick “Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert;” hot teens always win source

10 Aug 2009 22:04

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Culture: Ah crap, the torrent of Michael Jackson news is still coming

  • autopsy Coroners have finally completed another autopsy of the King of Pop. However, they cannot confirm whether the details of the autopsy can nail down the cause of death due to a pending investigation.
  • movie For people who wanted to see Jackson on tour before his death, get ready for the movie. Columbia Pictures has secured rights to “This Is It,” based on Jackson’s pre-tour rehearsals. source

29 Jul 2009 10:45

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s live-in doc wasn’t doing well financially

  • $435,000 amount in judgments and liens Dr. Conrad Murray was on the hook for before he went to work for the King of Pop
  • $150,000 amount that Michael Jackson was paying Murray for his services, which apparently included lots of prescription drugs source

27 Jul 2009 22:38

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Culture: Source: Michael Jackson’s doctor gave him a lethal dose

  • The doctor gave him Diprivan, and that did him in. According to a source close to the investigation and the Jackson family, authorities have their pinpoints directly on Dr. Conrad Murray, the live-in doctor who was apparently giving the now-deceased King of Pop his pills. Last week, authorities were looking in Murray’s office in Houston, supposedly for evidence of manslaughter. So yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it. (Note that we could’ve gone with a pill metaphor but didn’t.) source
 

04 Jul 2009 17:26

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s funeral isn’t a media circus without Fred Phelps

  • WBC will be there to remind you to stop worshiping the dead. We will be there to tell you to Thank God for the death of this filthy, adulterous, idolatrous, gender-confused, nationality-confused, unthankful brute beast.
  • A message from the Westboro Baptist Church • Informing the citizens of the world that, yes, they’ll be making Michael Jackson’s funeral on Tuesday. Great. Wonder when the bearded lady and the trapeze artists are showing up. The WBC, of course, is famous for hating gay people and protesting soldiers funerals, because clearly, those are Christian things to do. • source

03 Jul 2009 10:58

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Culture: OK Magazine has taste? Over Michael Jackson’s dead body

  • $500,000 to show The King of Pop dead source

01 Jul 2009 20:48

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Culture: Hitting the Michael Jackson media saturation barrier yet?

  • 64% of folks think we should shut about the King of Pop source