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Printabledag said: zaza said: And who will get the money, huh!  Some fucking bastards from companies.. I think Frand Dileo said that 70% are going to the Michael Jackson estate = Michael´s children and Katherine. [Edited 11/9/09 10:04am] no i think it's 90% "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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Anybody else extremely fond of the live version of I Just Can t Stop Loving You? I just completely adore it including the beginning before the song really starts off. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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babybugz said: mimi07 said: u need to get ur arse to a theater  I'll see it next year I can't see this right now  lolIt'll bring joy to your heart. It made me smile, laugh and sing along. Its alot of fun!  | |
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I really suggest that anyone who has'nt seen This Is it yet do go see it! its that good. Plus you need to view it on a huge screen and hopefully you will have an audience there with you who's engaged in whats going on on screen and who are laughing, clapping and singing as the movie progresses, that makes it even better. Thats how it was for me and I loved the experience. I've seen it twice now and am sure I will be going back! | |
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dag said: Anybody else extremely fond of the live version of I Just Can t Stop Loving You? I just completely adore it including the beginning before the song really starts off.
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According to reports:
Sony paid $60 million for the rights. They have also paid an estimated $1O million in promotion and distribution. Once they have recouped their initial outlay (which they would have done so by now) Michael's estate gets 90% of remaining profits from the film and the dvd release. Sounds more than generous to me. Swa "I'm not human I'm a dove, I'm ur conscience. I am love" | |
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dreamfactory313 said: babybugz said: I'll see it next year I can't see this right now lolIt'll bring joy to your heart. It made me smile, laugh and sing along. Its alot of fun! I think it's too soon- maybe next year for me too LOVE HARD. | |
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bboy87 said: dag said: Anybody else extremely fond of the live version of I Just Can t Stop Loving You? I just completely adore it including the beginning before the song really starts off.
 "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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SAW IT TONIGHT...
Very impressive. Mike still had it. He saved his strongest comments for his musical director. I don't want to say criticisms because they weren't that bad. I wonder why Greg Phillinganes wasn't brought on board... | |
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CHART DATE: 11/09/2009
LAST UPDATE: 11/10/2009 14:28:28 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 312,924 -- PLAY ON 1 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 202,163 -47% THIS IS IT-- 3 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 150,519 -- MY CHRISTMAS -- 4 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 112,578 -- GLEE, VOL. 1 -- 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 104,912 -- NOW 32 2 6 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 67,105 -40% FEARLESS -- 7 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 63,763 -- RADITUDE 6 8 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 57,626 -29% IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT 7 9 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 55,590 -23% CRAZY LOVE 8 10 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 50,212 -30% SOUNDTRACK "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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In other news, Unreleased Masters hit stores today. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: In other news, Unreleased Masters hit stores today.
Whats that? | |
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01 Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save (3:07) 02 That's How Love Is (2:39) 03 Listen I'll Tell You How (3:01) 04 Man's Temptation (5:40) 05 Never Can Say Goodbye (2:58) 06 Love Comes In Different Flavors (3:16) 07 ABC (3:24) 08 Love Call (2:26) 09 Buttercup (3:54) 10 Lucky Day (2:44) 11 I'll Try You'll Try (Maybe We'll All Get By) (4:59) 12 Dancing Machine (4:26) | |
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Thats great but I already have those songs | |
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dreamfactory313 said: Thats great but I already have those songs
No you don't  They're unreleased until now.PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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listening to Buttercup right now  | |
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Michael Jackson in top spot
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It continues to dominate cinemas. The movie showcasing the concert that never was also hit the top spot at the Ster-Kinekor box office for a second week in a row. New release Law Abiding Citizen had to settle for the 2nd spot on the Top 10, while Disney's A Christmas Carol (starring Jim Carrey) opened at #6 despite it being #1 in the US. Cinema Nouveau-exclusive release Departures illustrates its power by reaching #9 on the general Top 10, while Earth is back on the Top 10, pulling in the audiences almost two months after it was released. The top films on the Ster-Kinekor circuit for the weekend 6-8 November 2009 are: 1. MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 2 .LAW ABIDING CITIZEN 3. THE UGLY TRUTH 4. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 5. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 6. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 7. A CHRISTMAS CAROL [3D] 8. UP 9. DEPARTURES 10.EARTH http://www.screenafrica.c...331055.htm "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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dreamfactory313 said: Thats great but I already have those songs
"Never Can Say Goodbye", "ABC" and "Dancing Machine" are all alternate versions and are amazing. Consider these the rough cuts of the songs. The "Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save" also contains new vocals and was also recorded for a 1970's TV special (although the liner notes don't specify which one.) The new songs are pretty good. "That's How Love Is", "Man's Temptation", "Buttercup" and "I'll Try You'll Try (Maybe We'll All Get By)" are my favs thus far. | |
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Jackson's "This Is It" passes $200 million worldwide LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson's concert movie "This Is It" has taken more than $200 million at box offices worldwide in the first two weeks of release, the studio behind the movie said on Thursday. Sony Pictures Entertainment said the movie had grossed $61 million in North America and more than $140 million internationally. Japan ($27.2 million) and the UK ($14.3 million) were particularly strong markets. The movie is now the 22nd biggest grossing movie worldwide of 2009, according to industry tracker boxofficemojo.com "This Is It", distributed by Sony Corp-owned Columbia Pictures, was compiled from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of planned comeback concerts before his sudden death in June. Sony paid concert promoters AEG and Jackson's estate about $60 million for the right to make and distribute the movie. The $200 million plus gross is almost three times more than 2008's "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" -- a movie some box office watchers had used as a benchmark for "This Is It." The Jackson film opened on October 28 for a planned two week run but has since been extended until early December. | |
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 go michael!"we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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mookie said: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091112/music_nm/us_jackson
Jackson's "This Is It" passes $200 million worldwide LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson's concert movie "This Is It" has taken more than $200 million at box offices worldwide in the first two weeks of release, the studio behind the movie said on Thursday. Sony Pictures Entertainment said the movie had grossed $61 million in North America and more than $140 million internationally. Japan ($27.2 million) and the UK ($14.3 million) were particularly strong markets. The movie is now the 22nd biggest grossing movie worldwide of 2009, according to industry tracker boxofficemojo.com "This Is It", distributed by Sony Corp-owned Columbia Pictures, was compiled from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of planned comeback concerts before his sudden death in June. Sony paid concert promoters AEG and Jackson's estate about $60 million for the right to make and distribute the movie. The $200 million plus gross is almost three times more than 2008's "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" -- a movie some box office watchers had used as a benchmark for "This Is It." The Jackson film opened on October 28 for a planned two week run but has since been extended until early December. 
Great news, I think the movie will exceed $250 million MICHAEL JACKSON
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LittleBLUECorvette said: dreamfactory313 said: Thats great but I already have those songs
No you don't They're unreleased until now.Yeah.. if I find out someone had Buttercup and kept it to themselves I will break their ankles. | |
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Superstition said: LittleBLUECorvette said: No you don't They're unreleased until now.Yeah.. if I find out someone had Buttercup and kept it to themselves I will break their ankles. you don't have no buttercup | |
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tangerine7 said: Superstition said: Yeah.. if I find out someone had Buttercup and kept it to themselves I will break their ankles. you don't have no buttercup I don't get it. | |
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Superstition said: tangerine7 said: you don't have no buttercup I don't get it. I was asking if you was listening to the song Buttercup
you said you'd have to break some ankles if someone was holding them back | |
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tangerine7 said: Superstition said: I don't get it. I was asking if you was listening to the song Buttercup
you said you'd have to break some ankles if someone was holding them back Oh, I meant if they were holding it before the album came out. Someone said he already had all those songs, like he had them before the album came out. | |
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Superstition said: tangerine7 said: I was asking if you was listening to the song Buttercup
you said you'd have to break some ankles if someone was holding them back Oh, I meant if they were holding it before the album came out. Someone said he already had all those songs, like he had them before the album came out. gotcha. well i just bought the album today and i think it was just in stores yesterday if i'm not mistaken.
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I can feel it this reality show is gonna be a wreck.  I am not sure what's wrong, but it's probably your fault! | |
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OldTeenager said: I can feel it this reality show is gonna be a wreck.
elaborate... "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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World Exclusive - Travis Payne talks about Michael Jackson
Saturday, 14 November 2009 10:02 Worldwide famous coreographer Travis Payne, Michael Jackson's old friend and associate producer of the "Michael Jackson's - This Is It" film, has exclusively granted the following flash, though really intense, interview to MJPortal.com. We deeply thank Travis for having found the time to fulfill our request, initially agreed for June 09, then postponed until some days ago. Click on the images to enlarge Interview by Nick Bertovello Unauthorised reproduction forbidden Copyright © 2009 - MJPortal.com Q. Well, I suppose that the first question that I'll ask is about you. When did you fall in love with "Dance" as an Art form and what prompted you to believe in the "power" of Dance? A. As a young child, I always moved a lot. I would move to the music my parents played. At 5 years old, I first saw Michael Jackson. I was instantly mesmerized by his dance and music. I listened to Michael and his brothers religiously before starting formal dance training at the age of 9. I studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern and gymnastics. Q.How did you and Michael end up together... or maybe I should ask how did it all begin between you and Michael? A. Every morning before going to middle school and during high school, I would watch Michael and Janet’s short films while I ate my breakfast cereal. I imagined myself on stage performing with both of them. I did this for years. I attended the ‘Bad’ and ‘Rhythm Nation: 1814’ tours multiple times. I knew all the steps. My friends and I sent a video tape of me doing Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation Tour choreography to Janet. About one week later I was flying to Japan to meet her and join the tour. After touring with Janet at 19, I auditioned for “Remember the Time” with Michael. This was the first time I worked with MJ. It was truly a dream-come true. After “Remember the Time”, I joined the Dangerous tour as a dancer. Once on the Dangerous tour, I became a choreography partner to Michael. We did the “American Music Awards” in 1993, the “MTV Awards” opening number in 1995. Next was the “HIStory Tour” and “Ghosts”. For ‘This Is It’, I was the associate director and choreographer of the tour and associate producer of the film. Q. Was your relationship with Michael purely work work work or is there a friendship somewhere in there also? A. In the beginning our relationship was only about the art and creating. Over the years, it grew into a very special friendship. Michael grew to trust me. We didn’t always speak regularly in the beginning. That changed. During “This Is It”, we were always together creating the best show Michael, Kenny and I could. Q.How do you feel after Michael passed away? A. I feel numb and emotionally exhausted. I still can’t believe he is not going to call me with another new idea. I will really miss those calls. Q. From past experience we all know that Michael was a real perfectionist. What was the climate during rehearsals of the “This Is It” tour? A. The climate during “This Is It” was intense, but loving. We had a huge responsibility that continued to grow daily. Michael was very clear that he wanted to create the greatest show his fans and the world had ever seen. There was never tension, but a constant awareness of the creativity and energy needed to realize Michael’s vision. Q. Have you noticed any changes in MJ from the time you met until now? A. Michael had matured in his art and awareness of his responsibilty to the planet. Everything he stood for was based on love, peace, good will and joy. He loved his fans, our planet and his family. He had always shared these ideals with the world through his music and art, but the world didn’t really hear him. It was necessary for Michael to return to the stage to remind the world of our individual and collective responsibility to our planet. He was even more passionate about his messages this time. He’d say, “This Is It! We have to fix this mess!” All of the environmental tragedies and poverty that exist really affected Michael, more than people knew. Q. We know that the “This Is It” tour would have been the greatest show of all times. Which are the main differences with Michael's past concerts? A. Michael was a father of 3 children this time around. His children were now old enough to appreciate what their dad loved so much: performing for his fans. Michael was young enough to do it again. Q. Was Michael really ready to face 50 concerts? A. Michael was definitely ready to do the concerts. The 50 shows scheduled in London were spread out over 9 months. Michael would have been performing an average of 2 to 3 shows per week. Q. The selected dancers appeared very motivated and happy about their engagement. How did they react to MJ's death? A. Eveyone was devastated. We couldn’t be apart. We would meet in a different location for many days after Michael’s passing to be aorund each other for support. Q. What about the Dome Project, and how about all the uncompleted songs Michael Jackson wrote in the last decade? Will they see the light in a reasonable time? A. The “Dome Project” was the code name for ‘This Is It’ during production. I hope Michael’s songs will be heard by the world, especially the new ideas I heard before he passed. Q. You've worked with some of the greats like Michael, Madonna, Janet and many more. Do you think that the future will give us some new pop music phenomena of this type or can we say that this era is coming to a close? A. I think anything is possible. I do know that there will never be another Michael Jackson. He was an instrument of nature and a unique being. Q.What do the future generations have to look forward to? A. Future generations have hard work to look forward to. With hard work comes glory. Michael has set the bar so high in all of entertainment, philanthropy and so loved humanity. Let us remember his spirit when dealing with each other. It’s not hard to love each other more. We’ve learned violent behavior just as we’ve learned to read in 2-d. 3-d is what’s natural. Q. Thousands of fans around the world believe Michael is still alive, and that his death is an hoax. What can you tell us about all the misteries surrounding this argument? A. I have heard this and don’t believe it. Michael would never take his children, family and fans through the drama of staging such a hoax. That’s not his style. He’d think that was selfish because it would hurt so many who love him. He was ready to take the stage again and do what he did best. Change the world. http://www.mjportal.com/m...ckson.html 
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