KING OF POP NEWS July

SAT OCT 27th 2007
**TABLOID NEWS** NEVERLAND

Pop superstar MICHAEL JACKSON has 90 days to pay back a $23 million (GBP11.5 million) loan plus interest or he faces losing property including his Neverland Ranch in California, according to legal papers.

The Thriller singer has been put on notice after reportedly defaulting on the $23 million loan with Fortress Music Trust, which he was to have reimbursed by 12 October (07).

Legal papers were filed under the title of 'Notice Of Default And Election to Sell' in Santa Barbara County on 22 October (07), according to FoxNew.com's Roger Friedman. Jackson is currently renting in Washington, D.C. while his Neverland home, worth $17 million (GBP8.5 million), remains empty.

SOURCE : CONTACT MUSIC

THURS OCT 25th 2007
Rihanna ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ ft Michael Jackson

NOW PLAYING ON

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Don’t Stop The Music, this new track infectiously lifts the chant from Michael Jackson’s Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.

As the third single from her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna’s Don’t Stop The Music already is a smash in the clubs, thanks to the Jody den Broeder peak-hour remixes.

PROOF THAT MICHAEL MAY NOT BE IN THE CHARTS WITH NEW MATERIAL BUT HIS SOUND LIVES ON THROUGH TODAYS MUSIC ARTISTS.... MICHAEL YOU TRUELY ARE THE KING OF POP ROCK AND SOUL!

MON OCT 22nd 2007
Exclusive: Rolling Stone Japan confirms the release of MJ 'extra' book.

Rolling Stone Japan is featuring Michael Jackson in the upcoming December Issue by including an extra 44 pages book 100% dedicated to the King if Pop.

The extra book cover design is almost finished: it features a drawing. Probably the cover of the Rolling Stone will also feature Michael Jackson! They're actually still editing it so, at this time, we're not authorized in publishing it.
Extra Book Specifications:

Size: 166 x 209 mm, 44 pages, not sold as a separate piece.

Extra Book Contents: 5 interviews that have been previously published by Rolling Stone US edition:
#81 (1971), #389 (1983), #417 (1984), #509 (1987), #621 (1992), a complete gallery of US edition's covers dedicated to Michael Jackson, discography of Rolling Stone Japan's (6 albums recommended by Rolling Stone Japan) and the latest news about MJ's new album.

Release date is November 10th, 2007.
Source: CTE MJ Italian Fanclub/Jacksonland.it

THURS OCT 18th 2007
Channel 4

On Wed the 24th October channel 4 will be showing a documentory on MJ.

The program is once again another slice of tabloid T.V. trash. We have complained to channel 4 because of the fact they are in the middle of showing programs relating to Black History Month.

This is article is from their own web site,

Black History Month (BHM) is a constant reminder of black achievement in world history and culture. BHM 2007 foregrounds stories of success and achievement that challenge common perceptions of Black people. It transgresses received views of what Black success is supposed to mean, and how it should be measured. The Black men and women featured have succeeded in areas where odds were stacked against them.

So with this in mind why show a negative program on the worlds number one entertainer.

This is Channel 4's reply to my letter,
Dear Christian,

Thank you for your email concerning MICHAEL JACKSON: AFTER THE VERDICT

We were sorry to read that you object to aspects of this documentary and we have noted the fact that you felt it was unsuitable for broadcast, we would like to advise that this programme delves deeper than any other programme and tells the story of Michael Jackson in a way never seen before.

An important part of Channel 4's remit, set out in the Broadcasting Act 1990, is to include programmes calculated to appeal to tastes and interests not generally catered for by ITV, and to encourage innovation and experiment in the content of programmes. Although this does not solicit the transmission of programmes which will be viewed as offensive, it does mean that occasional programmes may contain material which might not be to the taste of some viewers.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate all
feedback from our viewers; complimentary or otherwise.

Regards,

Joe Fitzpatrick
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

TUES OCT 16th 2007
Los Angeles judge orders Michael Jackson to pay law firm $175,000

LOS ANGELES - A judge has ordered Michael Jackson to pay $175,000 in overdue fees to a law firm that sued the pop singer.

Superior Court Judge James Chalfant's order means Jackson's legal bill to the firm, Ayscough and Marar, now totals more than $430,000. The firm sued Jackson in February 2006, claiming he did not pay for services it rendered on his behalf.

The firm said it had obtained court orders to delay discovery in civil cases and kept information from being released during the singer's 2005 child-molestation trial, according to the lawsuit.

In July, Chalfant said Jackson would have to pay the law firm $256,000 for unpaid fees. Jackson's lawyers have appealed that judgment.

Monday's award compensates the law firm for having to hire a lawyer to sue Jackson. The firm had asked for nearly $450,000.

Jackson countersued the firm last year, claiming that one of the firm's lawyers threatened to expose confidential information about him to the media.

Chalfant dismissed Jackson's suit, saying it lacked merit.

The law firm, located in Torrance, also helped defend Jackson against a lawsuit brought by former business associate Marc Schaffel, claiming the singer owed him $1.4 million for past work.

A jury last year awarded Schaffel $900,000, but directed him to pay Jackson $200,000 to satisfy a countersuit alleging Schaffel misappropriated funds.

Jackson, 49, was acquitted of the molestation charges.

SOURCE : CBS2

FRI OCT 12th 2007
Kanye West teams up with Michael Jackson

Kanye West has revealed he is working on a track with Michael Jackson, creating more speculation that Jackson will be releasing a new album in the near future.

Yesterday, Jackson sparked rumors that he would be announcing new material, after the singer wrote a letter to his European fans.

He said he would be "sharing exciting and surprising news with you from my other efforts."

West told London's The Sun: "I'm working on stuff for Michael Jackson. If I like a person's outlet or what a person brings to the table then I'll speak to them."

The album would be Jackson's first new material since 2001's Invincible.

SOURCE : NME.COM

WED OCT 10th 2007
Michael Jackson statement.

A very special message from MJ to his fans around the world.

MON OCT 08th 2007
Michael Jackson - X Factor

Every year in the U.K. we here the same old story about MJ being on X Factor.

We can once again confirm that this story is a work of fiction to hype up a dying T.V. show.

Raymone's email.

Not true. We have no knowledge of Mr. Jackson participating on X Factor.

My regards to all.
Raymone K. Bain

SAT OCT 06th 2007
Michael Jackson Breaks Silence,
Remembers Marcel Marceau

When France's renowned mime Marcel Marceau died last month at age 84, many fans remembered his close connection with Michael Jackson, a Marceau admirer, even erroneously attributing The King of Pop's signature Moonwalk dance to the mime's influence.

In a Jet exclusive interview, Jackson shared how much in awe he was of the performer, how "he would defy the laws of gravity." The two developed a friendship over the last several decades.

However, while he "learned a lot" from Marceau, Jackson said his Moonwalk step, popularized in 1983, was intstead inspired by "watching the great rhythmic wonderful black children dance around the world."

Nevertheless, Marceau was one of his inspirators, Jackson said in his first magazine interview in nearly a decade "He was a great guy. I used to go and see Marcel Marceau all the time, before Off The Wall," Jackson said, with a smile. "I used to sneak in and sit in the audience and watch how he would defy the laws of gravity, like he was stepping on air."

Jackson said that he would later use of the mime's magical movements in his own dance routines. "I would take some of those things and include it into rhythm and dance when I moved," he said

Marceau died in the Southwestern France town of Cahors on Sept. 22. He had retired from the stage in 2005

Andy Warhol asked me to photograph a group of boys called the JACKSON FIVE for the magazine INTERVIEW. They were with their guardian in a New York hotel. Their guardian was an elegant lady, almost as one of the actors from the George Cukor-movie "The Women".

When I began to shoot the photos, Michael and his brothers were having a pillowfight, and she tried to make them behave like gentlemen. Michael did not sit - the only thing that interested him, was to read the newspaper and look up the reviews (of their concerts).

That was almost 30 years ago. Since then I have had the opportunity to meet his charming sister Janet, and to achieve great friends in the manager of Muhammad Ali, Bernie Yuman, the movie director, Brett Ratner, and the lady beyond description, Elizabeth Taylor.

As years has past, Michael and I have spoken of doing a photosession, but we never carried it out untill now, because our busy lives have carried us to different parts of the world. Luckily, this time we find us both in New York city at the same time. I wanted to photograph Michael now, instead of sending him a note of gratitude, explaining him, how his singing and dancing had been marked as a one of the many celebrations in my life, along the likes of new infatuations, buying the car of my dreams, having a new dog, photographing my family or even going out with friends for a few beers. If I had to count the number of times Michael's music has given life to the photographs I have taken, it would be thousands. Accompanied by the rhythm and soul of his music, I have finished so many photos, that I ran out of spools and broke several cameras.

So Michael, accept my gratitude. Because you have a great place in the hearts of many people. As they say in the street "Michael is here and we got to go see!" Listen to the rhythm, and let us take some photos to see, if we yet again will land on the moon.

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