were gonna be postin in this thread til we're 90

la toyas kinda retarded she'll probably lose them somehow

Timmy84 said:

she stole the drives , I guess she has some few songs .....

dearmother said:

It would be disaster if they are lost

seeingvoices12 said:

With her having it, who knows?

do you guys think she stole the money in the house

Timmy84 said:

i think she was asked to hand them to the estate

dearmother said:

she was mad that she didn't find them

With mommy & daddy

Joe Jackson Refused Entry To German Beer Fest
October 2009


Michael Jackson’s father Joe was shut down at Oktoberfest when he tried to get into an exclusive tent.

The organizer's said they turned him away because they were "shocked" that he would be out partying when he should be mourning Michael's death.


The music mogul requested access to a VIP tent at Oktoberfest, an annual event which runs for 16 days in Munich, but was refused entry by events organizer Sepp Kratz because he thought Joe shouldn't be out on the town celebrating when he just lost one of his children ealier this summer.

Sepp, who has run the Hippodrum tent for 15 years, told German magazine Stern:

"Michael Jackson’s father was desperate to have a seat reserved. I rejected his request immediately. I was really shocked. The man has just buried his son. It’s totally inappropriate to celebrate happily just after your child passed away. That’s just not right. In short, anyone who has no sense of decency isn’t welcome at our place."

Although Sepp isn’t a fan of Joe, one celebrity he did enjoy having in his tent was Paris Hilton.

Sepp revealed: “Paris came 3 years ago. She was lucky, she was allowed to enter. She really behaved herself, but I do think she has an ice cold heart.”

Oktoberfest kicked off on September 19 and ends on October 4. Joe, who the "Billie Jean" singer claimed beat him throughout his childhood, was criticized in the immediate aftermath of Michael’s death for publicizing new business ventures while speaking about he loss of his son.


http://www.zimbio.com/Mic...ktoberfest

Jackson Administrators Retain Control of Estate
October 2009


A judge on Friday extended control of Michael Jackson's financial affairs to the administrators of his multimillion-dollar estate for three months, but urged them to settle differences with the late singer's mother.

Katherine Jackson, 79, is a beneficiary of the estate, valued at some $400 million, along with the singer's three children and charities. Her lawyers have said she wants a greater say in decisions made by the administrators, Los Angeles attorney John Branca and businessman John McClain.

In July, about two weeks after the "Thriller" singer's sudden death on June 25, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff gave temporary control of the estate to Branca and McClain, co-executors of Jackson's 2002 will.

Beckloff has now extended the oversight of the administrators until Jan. 4, and ruled the administrators have the ability to respond to any creditor claims.

"The judge has made it very clear that he'd love us to arrive at some settlement," Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for the estate, told reporters outside the courthouse.

"So I think he has given us a clear mandate on how he thinks we should proceed. If we can do it within his parameters, great. And if not, then there'll be a trial," Weitzman said.

COURT BATTLES

Katherine Jackson was not present at Friday's hearing but Michael Jackson's father and her husband, Joseph Jackson, was.

Some decisions made over Michael Jackson's affairs since his death have prompted disputes between his mother and the administrators and have led to lengthy court hearings.

In one instance, Katherine Jackson objected to a plan for concert promoter AEG Live to mount a traveling exhibition of Jackson memorabilia.

In August, Branca and McClain were given the go-ahead to make a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to release a movie, "This is It," based on video of Jackson's rehearsals for concerts in London that would have begun last July.

Branca and McClain also have been able to grant permission for a reprint of Jackson's 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk."



Jackson died of a prescription drug overdose at age 50, and police are still investigating whether to press charges against any of several doctors who had treated him.

The singer left about $400 million in debts when he died, but he owned half of a music catalog with Sony/ATV, which like Sony Pictures is part of electronics and media company Sony Corp. (6758.T). That catalog holds rights to songs by the Beatles and many other acts.

Jackson's assets are estimated to outweigh his debts by some $200 million, and Branca and McClain has said they expect album sales, licensing deals, business partnerships and the movie could boost the estate value by another $200 million.


http://www.reuters.com/ar...nnel=11604

Judge Empowers Jackson Executors to Handle Debts

Michael Jackson's three children seem to be adjusting well to being raised by their grandmother, a judge said.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said Friday he was "very pleased" with the contents of a probate investigator's report detailing how the children are adjusting roughly three months after their father's death.

"It looks like the children are really doing wonderfully with their grandmother guardian," Beckloff said in brief comments on the report during a hearing Friday.

Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince II, 7, have been in Katherine Jackson's care since their father died in late June. Beckloff appointed Katherine Jackson as the children's permanent guardian in August and asked for an update on their conditions.

In his 2002 will, Michael Jackson designated his mother as his choice to care for his children if he died.

Beckloff sealed the report on the children and said he sees no need to get future updates.

Jackson's estate is paying a $60,000 per month stipend to care for and protect the youngsters.

Beckloff also increased the powers of two men currently administering Michael Jackson's estate, a move made in part because of the singer's substantial debts.


Beckloff gave attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain general powers over Jackson's estate, which allow them to consider creditors' claims. They can also enter into business deals that aren't opposed by Katherine Jackson without Beckloff's approval, and they can begin to represent the estate in several court cases pending against the singer when he died.

The judge made the ruling over the objections of Katherine Jackson's attorney.

Numerous people have already filed claims against the pop singer's estate for unpaid bills. They include a stylist, security providers and Jackson's criminal defense attorneys who won his acquittal against child molestation charges.

Until Friday, no one could accept or reject creditor's claims against Jackson, who died with an estimated $400 million in debt.

Paul Gordon Hoffman, an attorney for Branca and McClain, said there are several people who haven't filed claims against the estate because there was technically no one to accept them.

Burt Levitch, an attorney for Katherine Jackson, declined to comment on the ruling. Levitch said Jackson's mother is still hoping that a settlement will add a Jackson family member to the team administering the singer's estate, which is expected to be worth more than $500 million.


Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson attended Friday's hearing but did not speak during or after the proceedings.

http://abcnews.go.com/Ent...457&page=1

Copycat said:

i think there will be a trial. i think both sides are entrenched in their positions. katherine and the family want someone in the family as one of the administrators, and branca is going to fight it.

if mj had wanted someone in the family as administrator, he could have named them himself. if i was the judge i wouldn't have allowed katherine this 'safe harbor' to harrass branca without some proof of wrongdoing or undue influence. i would have ruled that she's challenging the will. the only people really 'entitled' to mj's money are his children. katherine doesn't have to like that mj effectively disinherited the rest of his family (except for her until she dies), but he had a right to leave his money to whomever he wanted to. what exactly is the point of having a will if your wishes will not be respected?
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MJ and elton!

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

imagine if he stopped the surgery there

muah muah muah so cute

also love

mimi07 said:

dearmother said:

gurl he was fineeeee. That was my boyfriend when I was little. We were gonna get married. I used to have a crush on michael when i was little.

i need to see that in HD

mimi07 said:

Is that Bubbles? I know he had more than 1 chimp, or did Bubbles come around in 86? That pic looks circa 1984

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

awwww

seeingvoices12 said:

She's gonna wipe off MJ vocals on tracks & add her own, then hit us with the "you know, most people didn't get a chance to hear the songs me and my brother recorded together, so as a gift to the fans, I'm going to make them available"

Michael Jackson Sent Me to Buy His Undies.

http://axecollectorblog.b...dness.html

A few weeks ago, I was at a staff meeting for new employees where everyone in the room was asked to mention one interesting thing about themselves that nobody else would know. I waited patiently 'til my turn came around, and then calmly explained how Michael Jackson once sent me to J.C. Penney to buy him underwear.

Since I have told my friends this story countless times, I was a little surprised by the strong reaction people had to my off-the-cuff comment. I guess I shouldn't have been. Like him or not, there is no denying that Michael Jackson is still a force of nature. Even my 5th graders are aware of him, and they were all of three years old when his last record came out! So to set the record straight, here is the account of my years with the so-called King of Pop.

Back in 1989, I was a fresh-faced college grad in Los Angeles searching for my first job. Since I was one of the six people that year who actually went to college just to learn how to work in a recording studio, I had no problem landing a position at one of the major studios in Hollywood. Of course, even with an expensive college degree, you couldn't just expect to start off working with bands inside the building, because that required actual EXPERIENCE, which of course was what everyone else was out getting while I was pursuing my worthless degree.

Instead, they stuck me out in the parking shack across the street for two months. Strangely enough, I had some experience in this area, as I had spent the summer working as a valet in a garage near Fenway Park.

Parking cars for rock stars certainly had its moments. Iggy Pop once drove up in a Hyundai with no windshield. Either Milli or Vanilli tipped me a dollar for parking their Jeep. The Beastie Boys all sped off laughing one day in their rented Escort, and then drove straight up to Mulholland Drive and pushed it over the cliff. And once a week during lunch, David Crosby handed me a twenty-dollar bill to take his brand-new BMW 750 to the car wash, which really only set me back like three bucks. Once when I brought it back to him, he handed me another twenty for a tip.

Nevertheless, a promotion was inevitable, and in the winter of '89. I was promoted to the midnight to eight janitorial position. At least I was happy to be inside the building, as it was getting cold in the unheated parking shack. But I knew absolutely nothing about cleaning toilets and mopping floors, as evidenced by the huge cloud of noxious smoke that spewed from the cleaning bucket on my first night when I mixed the bleach and ammonia together.

Washing David Crosby's car for twenty bucks was one thing. But cleaning the studio bathroom after David Crosby had been in there for twenty minutes was a different deal entirely. For starters, I was supposed to stay awake all night, but after six hours of cleaning the entire building, this was easier said then done. Finally, one morning as I was leaving, the studio manager asked me to take two small brass elephant bookends home and polish them up before my next shift. I spent the day looking for another job instead, and found one right away at a studio down the street on Sunset Blvd.

At my new job, I was hired on as a "runner," which meant I got to run errands all over LA in my trusty '84 VW Rabbit. A couple months later, they moved me out to a studio in the San Fernando Valley for a "special" project.

This project would eventually become Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" album. When I first started, Michael was working with three different groups of producers all trying to take the place of Quincy Jones, who had not been chosen to work on this project. I think Michael wanted to go out on his own for this one, but the problem was that he had no idea what he wanted! One day, Slash from Guns N' Roses would be recording a searing guitar solo, while the next day, a chorus of thirty children would be singing a nursery rhyme or something.

Michael didn't say much to me at first, until one day he ran in screaming that there was a "vagabond" sitting in the alley behind the studio. I took a look, expecting Charlie Chaplin to pop out or something, but there was just some homeless guy sipping malt liquor out of a bag on the back steps.

Eventually, Michael warmed up to me, and even started talking to me once in a while if he was in the mood. Once, he asked if I was going to have to go fight in the (Gulf) war. I told him I was probably too old to be drafted, and he responded by saying that he was relieved, because "if you went to the war, you could die."

He also started sending me out on errands, like going out with his credit card one afternoon to fill his huge Blazer up with gasoline. If I remember correctly, he had an auxiliary gas tank mounted, so he could get up to his ranch without having to get out and fill up along the way.

I guess I should mention at this point that Michael is an awful driver. He hit everyone's car in the studio lot at least once, including mine. One time, he rear-ended a guy on the 101 freeway, and just left the scene because the guy got out of his car and started screaming at him. Eventually, he gave up and got someone to drive him in to work every day.

Other memorable experiences include calling Tower Records (RIP) an hour before they closed, and having them shut down early so that Michael and I could go shopping. Even thought it was just up the road, I was glad to get out of MJ's car and into the safety of the store! I think he dropped about $1500 on CDs that night.

Anyway, one day Michael shyly asked me if I could do him a special favor. I'm pretty sure this was after he stopped driving, so I guess he really didn't have any other way to get stuff during the day. Of course I agreed, which was when he told me flat-out that he had just run out of underwear.

For pretty much the whole two years that I worked with him, Michael came in every day wearing black dress pants and a red button-down shirt. He had a whole rack of just these two items in his office, which I assume he either had cleaned and returned to him, or just threw away at the end of the day. But on this particular day, I guess he was running low on drawers.

At first, he just said that he wanted underwear. When I asked him what kind, he just repeated "Underwear!" When I told him I wasn't his mother and didn't know what to get, he kind of laughed, and then said "Hanes thirty please." When I was almost out the door however, he came running up and yelled "make them thirty-twos, I don't want them to be too tight!" So there it is folks. The King of Pop wears tightie-whities!

Other than that, I never saw any funny business going on for the two years I worked with him. I really enjoyed this experience, and even got my name on the CD! Michael was always polite and reserved in the studio, but he had his silly moments as well.

He was also really concerned about doing anything that would inadvertently upset anybody around him. Even though he was spending five thousand bucks a day on studio time, Michael left me this note one day on my desk. I kept it as a souvenir, and pull it out now and then if people ever question my story. It pretty much tells you everything you need to know about him as a person and an artist.




Just when I think I can't love him anymore then I already do, I find stuff like this.
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ViintageJunkiie said:

Giiiiirl, she better not!

dearmother said: