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01 Feb 2010 09:10

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Music: Every time we see Michael Jackson’s kids, it’s a big scene

  • Prince Michael Jackson did a great job of speaking in front of a massive crowd, all the more impressive because we don’t think we’ve ever actually seen the dude. Paris, who you remember from Jackson’s funeral, holds up well. Either way, this moment (where they accept Jackson’s Lifetime Achievement Award) is, again, great television. source

04 Jan 2010 01:17

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Music: Michael Jackson gives us “Another Day” to wonder what if

  • This isn’t the full song, but it’s enough to let you know that Michael Jackson still had it late in his life. “Another Day,” a collaboration with Lenny Kravitz reportedly recorded last year (unlike earlier “Dangerous”-era tune “This is It”), sounds like the work of the someone who had something to say. It’s sad that we won’t get the full answer as to what that is.

22 Nov 2009 22:14

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s most famous hand appendage gets auction love

  • $350,000 for a stupid glove source

17 Nov 2009 09:33

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Culture: Janet Jackson lays blame squarely on Dr. Conrad Murray

  • He was the one that was administering. I think he is responsible.
  • Janet Jackson • Talking about her brother Michael’s death, and Dr. Conrad Murray’s role in it, on ABC. She goes on, saying that Murray shouldn’t be allowed to practice medicine. “Not at all,” she said. “So this could happen to someone else? Another family?” • 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 source

12 Oct 2009 09:45

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Music: We have a new Michael Jackson song. It goes like this.

  • Is This It? Yes, this is it. “This is it” is the single Michael Jackson was supposed to ride off into the sunset of a second wind of a career. That didn’t happen. Instead. It’s a painfully ironic statement of a guy who died before he had a chance to live the song’s statement of optimism. How about the song itself? It’s pretty good. It’s got an old-school MJ feel. It’s not even pretending to be a song released in 2009 (which suggests to us it wasn’t recorded recently). What do you think? Post your thoughts, kids.source
 

18 Sep 2009 11:39

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s estate is giving lots of cash to his mom and kids

  • $86,000 monthly allowance; holy crap source

08 Sep 2009 11:17

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Culture: Trip report: Propofol (just like Michael Jackson!)

  • Propofol didn’t just make me sleepy; it made me feel as if my soul had been detached from my body and was resting just above it, on a cloud of marshmallow fluff, sweet and achingly tender.
  • “The Root” contributor Angie Chuang • Describing her usage of propofol during a colonoscopy, the way it’s supposed to be used. Michael Jackson, who overdosed on it, reportedly used it to sleep, which she says is “bull@(%^.” Chuang suggests, based on her usage, that Jackson may not have been taking it for the sedative elements but the “catharsis. … Not the sleep, but the escape.” He wasn’t loved enough late in life, so he probably wanted a temporary out, she suggests. • source

03 Sep 2009 10:24

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Culture: Michael Jackson still hasn’t been buried yet. He will be tonight.

  • 71 days between his death and his burial; WTF, Jackson family? source