WaterInYourBath said:

I tried not to cry and failed.

This is so cute. Chili from TLC says that Michael was her husband - she's convinced, LOL She also mentions that if Michael gave her his number, she would have dropped Usher in a second.


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Eddie Wolfl talked about this on Spiegel TV on Saturday, he said, on this picture Michael yelled "smell my sock!"

MyLuv229 said:

I think Mike had more wives than he knew about. She´s funny and wow, she looks totally incredible for 39. So youthful. You´d say she´s 20.
This was posted on KOP board.

MyLuv229 said:

I think Mike had more wives than he knew about. She´s funny and wow, she looks totally incredible for 39. So youthful. You´d say she´s 20.

Blanket, Prince, Paris first autographs up for sale

By Alan Duke, CNNMay 26, 2010 -- Updated 1717 GMT (0117 HKT)




Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's three children did something recently they've never before done: signing their autographs on something to be sold.

Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson put their names on a designer belt produced as a tribute to their late father and to raise money for the Jackson family museum planned for Gary, Indiana.

The merchandising deal for the crystal-encrusted belt is also a first -- the trustees of the Michael Jackson estate authorizing the Jackson family to produce and sell memorabilia in the pop star's name.

Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge for control of her son's estate last October, but her husband still has a legal objection pending in probate court.

"This is a truly one-of-a-kind opportunity," said Jerry Olivarez, the Jackson family friend who brought the deal together. "I know of no other item that has ever been made available to the public that has been signed by both the parents and children of Michael Jackson."

The youngest, who was born in 2002, signed his name in true "John Hancock" style, taking up the most room with large block letters spelling "BLANKET."

Prince, 13, helped his younger brother by adding "Jackson" below his first name.

Paris, 12, showed flair with her signature, using a heart to dot her "i" and giving her "r" a long, flowing branch.

Grandparents Katherine and Joe Jackson sat next to each other on a sofa in the Jackson's Encino, California, home to add their autographs to the "artist proof" of the belt.

The leather belt was designed by Simon Tavassoli and a limited run of 7,000 are being handmade at his Newport Beach, California, studio. Each unsigned belt will retail for $1,500, he said.

The only belt signed by the three children goes on auction Thursday night,
Tavassoli said.


Source CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/20...mily.belt/
[Edited 5/26/10 11:27am]

Paris, 12, showed flair with her signature, using a heart to dot her "i" and giving her "r" a long, flowing branch.

Blanket, Prince, Paris first autographs up for sale

By Alan Duke, CNNMay 26, 2010 -- Updated 1717 GMT (0117 HKT)




Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's three children did something recently they've never before done: signing their autographs on something to be sold.

Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson put their names on a designer belt produced as a tribute to their late father and to raise money for the Jackson family museum planned for Gary, Indiana.

The merchandising deal for the crystal-encrusted belt is also a first -- the trustees of the Michael Jackson estate authorizing the Jackson family to produce and sell memorabilia in the pop star's name.

Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge for control of her son's estate last October, but her husband still has a legal objection pending in probate court.

"This is a truly one-of-a-kind opportunity," said Jerry Olivarez, the Jackson family friend who brought the deal together. "I know of no other item that has ever been made available to the public that has been signed by both the parents and children of Michael Jackson."

The youngest, who was born in 2002, signed his name in true "John Hancock" style, taking up the most room with large block letters spelling "BLANKET."

Prince, 13, helped his younger brother by adding "Jackson" below his first name.

Paris, 12, showed flair with her signature, using a heart to dot her "i" and giving her "r" a long, flowing branch.

Grandparents Katherine and Joe Jackson sat next to each other on a sofa in the Jackson's Encino, California, home to add their autographs to the "artist proof" of the belt.

The leather belt was designed by Simon Tavassoli and a limited run of 7,000 are being handmade at his Newport Beach, California, studio. Each unsigned belt will retail for $1,500, he said.

The only belt signed by the three children goes on auction Thursday night,
Tavassoli said.


Source CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/20...mily.belt/
[Edited 5/26/10 11:27am]

Not sure how I feel about this... Please dear GOD in heaven don't let these children be used for the wrong reasons.

sag10 said:

I don't get why didn't they include other relatives in this so it wouldn't have an exploitation vibe to it.

Man In The Mirror. The HD version from the Blu Ray of Moonwalker

mookie said:

I think because "they" knew it would sell better if the kids signed it - considering how obsessed the world is about them. Plus, they're the closest thing to Michael. The public is generally turned off by the rest of the Jackson family members.

bboy87 said:

Thanks for posting this. I can't wait to get my copy,and watch it on a bigger screen. He was truely an amazing man,and seeing the crowds he drew togehter still leaves me in awe.

it's sad because there is no one who is going to step up and stop these vulnerable kids from being exploited.

Does anyone know if Prince released a formal statement about Michael Jackson's death yet? I haven't heard anything credible confirming it.

For several years, you've cultivated the art of surprise concerts in exceptional locations...

I now prefer this format above the traditional tour, it tempts me more. I like being the first and the last to do something. When I played in London in 2007, the O ² Arena, I asked the producers what had been the record number of shows played consecutely in their venue. They said six. I said that I wanted to do twenty-one. During two weeks they refused me, nobody had ever played for so long. All concerts were nevertheless sold out. Since then, Michael Jackson showed me that I should go farther (Michael Jackson had planned to fifty concerts in this venue for what should be his big comeback).


At your concert at the Grand Palais, you've performed a song the Jackson 5 Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground). Was it a tribute?

My singer Elisa has the same timbre as Michael when he was young. And a good song is a good song.

How did you feel at the death of Michael Jackson?

(Prince, obviously reluctant, does not want to dwell on the subject.) It is always sad to lose someone you loved.

MyLuv229 said:

yes to all of the above. they're creating this 'family' museum but the only way they can raise money for it is to exploit mj's kids. if mj had wanted to help them raise money for this thing, he would have done it while he was here, and done it a long time ago. let's be honest: any money that is raised is going to line joe's pockets, that's all.

it's sad because there is no one who is going to step up and stop these vulnerable kids from being exploited.

Reel said:

No, but he mentioned it in an interview some months back