Timmy84 said:

Yeah, but they were the first one's to report of him being rushed to the hospital and his death. It took all of the other stations hours before they said anything, so I give them some credit.

Timmy84 said:

Yeah, well even though I'm NOT a fan of MJ, I mean he was a great artist and all but he was never my favorite artist. Anyway, what pisses me off is all these damn people who want to sweet talk about MJ now (Martin Bashir for example) but was all like "Pedophile" "Wacko" before his death. Fake ass muthafuckas and all these people "now" fans of MJ but only like "Thriller" . God, help me.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah I doubt the actions by one doctor wasn't why Michael met his demise. A homicide also don't mean they believe MJ was murdered, like Markk said, Murray (or whoever is linked to him) could be charged with involuntary manslaughter, which doesn't mean no one was trying to kill him.

And the only thing LAPD could confirm is whether or not it'll be a homicide or an accidental death on the part of MJ.

shorttrini said:

TMZ tells the truth...half the time.

Jackson to Receive Save The World Award, Tribute
July 2009


Jermaine Jackson will pay tribute to his late brother Michael Jackson and receive an award on his behalf at the 2009 Save The World Awards.

Set for July 24, the Austria hosted awards ceremony will posthumously honor Michael Jackson with the 'Save the World Award' for his exceptional work towards creating a "peaceful, sustainable and livable future" through social and humanitarian efforts.

"I thank all the fans in Europe and around the world who loved and admired Michael for their support in these difficult times. At the SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS we all will be able to remember a very special person as well as celebrate a truly unique artist," says Jermaine Jackson about the event dedicated to the memory of Michael Jackson.

Jermaine Jackson, notably a member of the Jackson 5, will also perform "Smile" during the ceremony at lower Austria's Nuclear Power Plant Zwentendorf.

As noted during the late King of Pop's memorial Tuesday, July 7, Michael Jackson loved the song "Smile" since "he was a little boy".

Jermaine Jackson, accompanied by friend and attorney Vicki Roberts, will represent his family during an all star line up performance of "We Are The World" as well.

"We are extremely pleased that Jermaine Jackson is supporting this very important and timely event and that he will accept the award in honor of his brother, Michael. The goals of the SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS are similar to those Michael Jackson strongly advocated throughout his life: peace, tolerance, and saving our fragile Earth. Some of his greatest hits will be performed live including 'You Are Not Alone,' 'Man In The Mirror,' and 'Black Or White' at the monumental show for 2,500 guests on location and TV audiences around the globe," says 'World Awards' chairman Georg Kindel.

For more information on the forthcoming awards show and tribute visit the at worldawards.com.

News of the awards and tribute follows record ratings for the televised and streamed broadcast of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson's memorial service at Los Angeles' Staples Center. The memorial, attended by Lisa Raye, Usher, Chris Brown, John Mayer, Berry Gordy, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah and Smokey Robinson drew over 31.1 million viewers.

Jackson died, at the age of 50, June 25 in Los Angeles. His death came just weeks before anticipated concert series at London's O2 Arena. Ironically that very series was to kick off this week (July 14) and run through Spring of 2010.


http://www.examiner.com/x...erformance

Timmy84 said:

LOL!! I love ya, Timmy!!

DesireeNevermind said:

This, to me is the craziest part of this entire story. That TMfuckinZ actually had the story first. What does this say about the state of our media?!

Did MJ ever get money from the Pepsi commercial accident?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

After seeing that, he should have.

How the hell did Seacrest get footage of that Fire on his head?

Poor MJ

utopia7 said:

Um, no. We have a knee jerk reaction from a fan who can't compute the fact that you can criticize the actions of a man and have sympathy for the children he left as orphans.

PricelessHo said:

oh wow


Oh and people don't be throwin' shade at Seacrest or US, especially if you watched the damn thing !
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shorttrini said:

suga10 said:

Seacrest is not the ONLY source of this footage.

matthewgrant said:

I refuse to look so ima throw shade and at Ryan. He's still a bitch ass mofo for bringing that out of the woodwork.

Damn, Tito, not you too:

Tito Jackson Talks About Michael's Alleged Drug Problems
Older brother says family planned military-style intervention with Michael.

By Gil Kaufman

For years, the Jackson family largely presented a unified, denial-filled front in response to allegations of Michael Jackson's alleged addiction to prescription medication. But, following in the footsteps of sister LaToya, who was paid to speak to a British tabloid about her feelings that Michael was "murdered" by a shadowy group of conspirators, older brother Tito, 55, has broken his silence to a rival British tab, The Daily Mirror.

In a lengthy interview, Tito told the newspaper — which seems likely to have paid him for his time, as The Daily Mail did with LaToya — that the family was so concerned over Michael's alleged abuse of prescription pills that they planned a military-style intervention at Jackson's then-home, Neverland Valley Ranch. (Representatives for the Mail had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time.)

"I never saw him on drugs. Not once. He deliberately did it away from us. He didn't want his family to know anything about that part of him," Tito reportedly told the paper, adding that Jackson did everything in his power to hide his activities, even ordering his staff to bar his brothers and sisters from the ranch.

"We had to act," he explained, saying that as rumors grew of Michael's addiction his siblings rushed passed the security guards to confront Michael. "It was me, my sisters Janet, Rebbie and LaToya and my brothers, Jackie and Randy ... We bust right into the house and he was surprised to see us, to say the least. ... We went into one of his private rooms and had a discussion with him. Some of us were crying."

Tito claimed that the siblings kept asking Michael if it was true he was using drugs and the singer kept denying it, saying they were overreacting and asking a doctor who was on hand to assure them everything was OK.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused Jackson to collapse and die on June 25 at the age of 50, apparently of cardiac arrest. Numerous news outlets have reported that the singer was taking a number of prescription pain medications and anti-anxiety drugs at the time of his death and that he was also allegedly using the powerful doctor-only approved anesthetic Diprivan as a sleep aid to counter his chronic insomnia.

Tito said that despite the assurances, the siblings didn't take Michael's word and attempted to speak to him about the problem for hours, to no avail. He did not say when the intervention took place, but noted that the family subsequently tried "many times" to speak to Michael about the issue, but were shut out by his handlers.

"I don't know if they were just doing their job or if it they were part of some kind of conspiracy," he said, adding that the security staff would often set up roadblocks to keep the siblings out. Tito said he first became aware of Michael's alleged problems with prescription drugs after the singer was treated at a rehab clinic in 1993.

"He had been taking pain medicine because of the burns to his scalp and evidently he got some type of addiction from it," Tito said, referring to injuries Jackson suffered from burns during a 1984 shoot for a Pepsi ad.

Though LaToya claimed that Michael was killed by a group of conspirators trying to get their hands on his money, Tito said he is not convinced of that. "I don't know whether he was killed or not," he said. "But I would say that sometimes he had people around him that were not in his best interests. ... Whether his death was an accident or whether it was deliberate, something has gone on and we need to get to the bottom of it."

On another topic the family declined to discuss over the years, Jackson's proclivity for image-remaking plastic surgery, Tito said that obsession may have come from taunting the singer endured from family patriarch Joseph Jackson when Michael was young about his nose and acne. "Michael's plastic surgery started around 1979, when he went solo," Tito said. "It was just something that a lot of entertainers were doing at the time. ... It started with just an alteration of his nose. He never told me why, but I think he thought it would improve his looks."

The former member of the Jackson 5 also countered reports in a new unauthorized biography by Canadian writer Ian Halperin, who said that near the end of his life, Michael was obsessed with fears of his own death.

"Michael was one of those people that was always worried about someone having to take care of him," Tito said. "He didn't want to turn into someone who couldn't make it up the stairs or couldn't make it to the bathroom. ... But I don't think losing his life at an early age was part of his plan either. ... He never talked to me about dying, but most of us are a little in fear of dying."

I have been off the board for a long time so I am late to say this but RIP MJ you will be missed

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angelface22 said:

No, Prince hasn't made any statements on MJs death. Just saving you a little grief

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

good to know because i was looking

angelface22 said:

I was off the board for 2 weeks and was nearly assassinated for asking

DesireeNevermind said:

Honey, he's doing more spins than he was ever able to accomplish while still here and you KNOW that's a lot!

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I'm trying to find the MJ spins GIF just so I can prove it. He's SPINNING over this bullshit!

midnightmover said:

Ain't nothing awful about him being gay if that's what he was, it's just that unlike you I don't believe it was impossible for him to have sex with a woman, either. Infact I truely believe he had sex with at least one woman-LMP, I have no reason to disbelieve her.

Timmy84 said:

I like the one with MJ thorowin the TKO to Joe Jackson's face is here Someone should put Joe's actual face on that! Joe Jackson, what a piece of shit.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Least Tito ain't saying "Michael didn't paint his skin white":

MJ had to lighten skin over fears of looking like a ’spotted animal’, says bro
Ani
July 15th, 2009

LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s brother Tito has furiously slammed reports that the superstar lightened his skin because he wanted to change his race.

Tito claimed that his brother constantly got himself bleached because he feared looking like a “spotted animal”. (I always believed that!)

He revealed that the ‘Thriller’ star was forced to bleach his skin because he was suffering from vitiligo.

“He wasn’t trying to make himself look less black. My brother had a case of vitiligo. His body was blotching and he chose to bleach out the blotches with dermatologist creams,” the Mirror quoted Tito as saying.

“He wanted to have uniform skin. It had nothing to do with him wanting to change his race. It was due to the loss of pigmentation. If I had no pigment I would be just the same.

“I don’t know if he was embarrassed, but he knew his body was going through changes. He just wanted to look as good as he could.

“He had no choice in the matter, otherwise he would have looked like a spotted animal or a cow with spots all over him.

“It spreads and grows, you can catch it any time and can’t do a lot about it. That’s why he just had to carry on bleaching his whole life. He was trying to get himself as attractive as he could, to make himself presentable as a celebrity,” he added. (ANI)

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I can believe this over Quincy's claims of "chemical peels". Plus MJ was in the business where looks mattered and if there were any photos showing him with white spots around brown spots, they wouldn't stop picking on him but he was gonna get shit about it regardless.

www.tmz.com


Paris and Prince attending Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall

I believed Vitiligo to a certain degree but I have never known anyone that it spread to their whole body. Why lie about it this whole time?

suga10 said:

OK, did MJ dye their hair when they were babies? Remember that their hair used to be white blonde!