SUN 27th JAN 2008
NEW MESSAGE

Last night Michael sent a video message to the French NRJ AWARDS

THIS VIDEO IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD.

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SAT 25th JAN 2008
Grammy Performers: Beyonce, Foo Fighters...and Michael Jackson?

The Recording Academy has announced that Beyonce the Foo Fighters, and Carrie Underwood are all slated as headline performers for the 50th anniversary Grammy Awards celebration February 10, 2008. Mary J. Blige and living legend Aretha Franklin will take part in a gospel extravaganza, and the show will also feature Rihanna in a special segment with the reunited Time. These are the officially announced performances, but there are plenty of other rumors floating around about possible additional performers.

The most significant of these rumors is that Michael Jackson will take part in the Grammy celebration and possibly even perform. His 25th anniversary special edition of Thriller is scheduled to hit stores 2 days after the Grammys on February 12, 2008. A Michael Jackson performance would be timely. Los Angeles Times reporter Tom O'Neill is keeping an eye on the story as well.

The 2008 Grammy Awards will take place at L.A.'s Staples Center February 10, 2008 and will be broadcast on CBS television 8-11:30 p.m. ET.

SOURCE :http://top40.about.com

THURS JAN 24 2008
50 CENT.

Rapper 50 Cent has denied reports he is working on Michael Jackson's comeback album - insisting the Thriller star doesn't need his help to make a hit record.

Jackson is said to have recruited some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R+B to collaborate with for his new disc, including the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, former Blackstreet frontman Teddy Riley and Akon.

But 50 Cent admits rumours of his involvement are all false.

He says, "It's not true. Anyway, what can you possible teach Michael Jackson about music? Nothing."

SOURCE :http://music.moldova.org/stiri/eng/89595/

JAN 22nd 2007
VEGAS

Its no longer the secret I promised not to reveal! No sooner did Luxe Life post our exclusive story about pop-prince Michael Jackson hiding out in a Vegas hotel as he gets ready for a comeback tour and a new album release than all my respected rivals revealed hes holed up at George Maloofs Palms hotel resort.

So now I feel I can tell you another secret I also promised not to reveal: the reason Michael has hardly been seen around the casino property is because hes been using the exclusive stars-only elevator. It connects him with private passageways to access the hotels Pearl theater, its recording studio and a hidden rear entrance for limousines all well away from the prying eyes of overly enthusiastic fans and paparazzi!

The secret tactics kept Michaels 30-day stay there almost a total secret until our exclusive report prompted the other gossip gurus to name the hotel! Michael has been working not only on the remixes and re-mastering of the new Thriller 25 album being released early February to mark the 25th anniversary of his original Thriller blockbuster. Hes also been winding up the tracks of another album that he started two years ago when he was staying overseas in the oil-rich kingdom of Dubai and the calmer pastures of Ireland. Its set for release to tie in with a series of 30 concerts hes hoping to stage in England this Spring at Londons prestigious 02 Arena. If the deal is completed he’s expected to earn a cool $1 million a night per show for a total of $30 million and hes hoping it will top Princes recent 21 concert run there. Im also reliably told that Michael has been getting his vocal strengths back to full blast while working out at the Palms recording studios

Source: Vegas Luxe Life

FRI 18th 2008
MJ and SONY

Sony continue to hold on to Michael Jackson with the launch of several sites.

http://www.michaeljackson.com/

http://www.myspace.com/michaeljackson

http://www.facebook.com/michaeljackson

http://www.youtube.com/michaeljackson

http://michaeljackson.imeem.com/

TUESDAY JAN 15th 2008
Lawsuit accusing Michael Jackson of molestation is dismissed

A lawsuit filed by a young man who alleged he was molested as a boy by Michael Jackson -- and who also claimed he fathered the singer's two oldest children and saw him dine with Fidel Castro -- was dismissed today by a judge.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu granted a motion by Jackson's lawyer, Thomas C. Mundell, to throw out the case after the 22-year- old plaintiff, Daniel Kapon, failed to show up for the scheduled start of today's trial."I think the judge realized how crazy the lawsuit was," Mundell said outside the courtroom.
Kapon never visited Jackson's Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County as he claimed, and the entertainer did not know him, the lawyer said.Kapon's lawsuit alleged Jackson "repeatedly and forcefully sexually molested" him starting in 1987, when he was 2, and lasting until he was 14.

The case was originally filed in Orange County, but a judge transferred it to Los Angeles County in March 2006 at the request of Jackson's lawyers.

In court papers filed Dec. 17, Mundell said Kapon made a series of unusual statements during his Dec. 11 deposition that undermined the validity of his case.

Kapon claimed his mother married Jackson multiple times, and testified that the ceremonies were attended by Elizabeth Taylor, Celine Dion, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Beyonce Knowles and Diana Ross, according to Mundell's court papers.
He said Kapon testified that his mother "was in Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' music video. She helped Michael with a lot of his material, his songs, his music videos. Michael Jackson was madly in love with my mom."

Kapon also claimed he fathered Jackson's two oldest children, Paris and Prince Michael, by masturbating into a jar so his semen could be used to impregnate Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe, according to his deposition.

Jackson specifically wanted Kapon to be the father of the two children, Kapon testified.

"He was obsessed with geniuses and blood lines and he told me that he wanted to continue my blood line, which he believed to be related to the Rothschilds," Kapon testified.
Jackson wanted Kapon to have sexual intercourse with Rowe, but "it did not work out," he testified.

Kapon also testified that one of Jackson's other lawyers, Marshall L. Brubacher, was conspiring with disgraced private investigator Anthony Pellicano and "other associates of Michael Jackson" to "kidnap me and make my life a living hell."

According to additional Kapon deposition testimony, he said he saw Jackson dining with Castro in New York City, Mundell's court papers state.

"These are not good-faith deposition answers," Mundell wrote. "They are the ravings of an unbalanced celebrity stalker."
Treu granted a motion by Barry Fischer, Kapon's most recent attorney, to withdraw his representation Jan. 10 after his client stopped communicating with him in late November.

Kapon's mother stated he was homeless and living in a car, Fischer said in his court papers.

"I do not know if he is ill, dead or simply refusing to respond," Fischer wrote.

The lawyer filed a "missing persons report" with Los Angeles police on Jan. 3, a copy of which was attached to his motion.
In December 2006, Treu threw out Kapon's allegations of childhood sexual molestation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, plagiarism, conversion, breach of contract, accounting, fraud, negligence, civil conspiracy and unfair business practices.
However, Treu ruled then that case could to trial on allegations of battery, willful misconduct, assault and false imprisonment, along with a sexual battery cause of action that Brubacher did not move to dismiss.

Kapon's court papers alleged the false imprisonment occurred when Jackson confined him for "multiple periods" from 1987 to late 1991 at Neverland Ranch, as well as homes in Encino and Woodland Hills.

Kapon also claimed he was occasionally confined inside a car, against his will, by Jackson; that the singer stuck his tongue down Kapon's throat, masturbated him and anally penetrated him by force; and that Jackson gave him drugs and alcohol and subjected him to unnecessary cosmetic surgery, as well as burning, torturing and beating him.

Along with the abuse claims, Kapon alleged Jackson misappropriated his song ideas, lyrics and melodies during the time in which the pop star was recording"Bad," released in 1987, "Dangerous," released in 1991, "HIStory, released in 1995, and "Blood on the Dance Floor," released in 1997.

Treu previously dismissed Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Music Holding Inc. as defendants. Kapon alleged they shared responsibility with Jackson for stealing his music ideas and for breaching a contract.

Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of child molestation charges brought by a teenage boy, and some years ago reached an undisclosed, but reportedly multimillion-dollar settlement with another boy who alleged he was molested by the pop star.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_7969754

TUES JAN 15th 2008
MJ AND APPLE

Having problems finding the APPLE "The Girl Is Mine"download?

Apple have now put the track under Michael Jackson, up untill mid afternoon yesterday the track could only be found in the U.K. under Will.I.am's name.

Lets hope all purchases under Will.i.am's name count towards getting this track to the top of the playlists!

In order to download you will have to set up I.TUNES, visit the Apple website for more information on how to do this.

www.apple.com

WEDNESDAY 09 JAN 2008
CHRIS BROWN

BLACK EYED PEAS star WILL.I.AM is helping fellow rapper CHRIS BROWN realise his dream of recording with MICHAEL JACKSON. Will.i.am - who is executive producing Jackson’s new album - has asked the Thriller hitmaker if he would consider collaborating with his pal.

And Brown is delighted Jackson has agreed to work with him. Brown tells AllHiphop.com, "We are talking but… like I originally talked to Will.i.am, because he does some stuff for him. And then when I talked to Mike, he said 'Yeah we'll do something,' so hopefully we will do that record."

SOURCE: CONTACT MUSIC