Category: Michael Jackson
American Music Awards Nominates Michael Jackson 5 Times
Michael Jackson has been nominated for five American Music Awards. The pop legend – who died on June 25 – is in the running to be named Artist of the Year at the prestigious event and will be up against Taylor Swift, Eminem, Kings of Leon and Lady Gaga.
The ‘Thriller’ singer is also nominated for Favorite Male Artist in both the Pop or Rock and the Soul/Rhythm and Blues categories, and Favorite Album for his ‘Number Ones’ Albums in both of the categories.
Country singer Taylor Swift leads the list with six nominations, while Eminem received four.
The nominees were selected through a measurement combining sales and radio airplay and the winners are determined by an online vote of fans. They will be announced at a Los Angeles ceremony on November 22.
Full list of nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards under the cut. Click on the continue reading link to see the entire post.
New Reality Show For The Jackson Brothers
Michael Jackson's brothers are filming a new reality TV show. 'The Jackson Dynasty' will explore the public and private lives of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon Jackson.
Tito confirmed to BBC6 Music:
"It basically shows the insides of the Jackson brothers, what they are about, what they are about musically, their recording and their personal life as well as their public life, as you guys know it."
"We've had cameras follow us our whole entire lives, so that part of it is no problem. I have nothing in my life that I need to hide or whatever so I'm good with it. If anything, they're gonna see how many girlfriends I have."
The first episode - which was filmed in March, three months before their brother Michael died - will air later this year. The remaining five episodes will be shot over the next three months, starting on September 21.
The program was initially planned to be a one-off documentary, but was extended into a series after Michael died of acute Propofol intoxication in June. It is not known whether footage of Michael will be included in the pilot episode, which focuses on the brothers as they prepared for a Jackson 5 reunion tour.
Interested in this one?
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Janet Jackson Talks About Losing Michael
In her first interview since Michael Jackson's death, Janet Jackson sat down with Harper's Bazaar. As you can imagine, it's been a difficult couple of months for the singer. One thing she has not done is watched the news. At all.
"It will drive you crazy," she says. "People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you. Not everyone is stone, stone. I haven't watched the news in weeks."
Janet said there are parts of Michael's memorial service she doesn't remember, but one moment in Michael's service stood out to her: when his daughter, Paris, spoke.
"I was really proud," Janet recalls. "People said to me that Michael's daughter speaking really gave them a sense of how he was as a father, in her words. Paris is incredibly smart; they are all so smart. She's a sweet girl. The kids are doing well. They're with all their cousins; that family love will keep them going."
Click on the click here to continue reading link below to see how Janet's been coping since Michael's untimely death.
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Chris Brown To Lead Michael Jackson Tribute
How soon the media forgets...
According to WENN, Chris Brown will make his musical comeback by headlining the upcoming tribute concert to Michael Jackson in Vienna, Austria.
Sorry, but I hope he gets booed off the stage. I usually try to stay as neutral as possible, but he hasn't even finished his community service obligations. What has he learned? What punishment has he received? This is ridiculous and absolutely too soon.
The R&B star has not performed in public since the Rihanna incident, which occurred after a pre-Grammy Awards party. Brown is now ready to make his return to the stage - he has been announced as the first headline act for the star-studded Jackson tribute concert set to take place on September 26th. The news was revealed by the King of Pop's brother Jermaine at a press conference in Vienna earlier today.
Michael was his idol and he (Brown) dedicated his first number one hit in the U.S. to Michael. Chris is a very, very talented artist."
Other artists on the bill include Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole and Sister Sledge, as well as boyband US5.
What do you think about Chris headlining this show?
Michael Jackson Has Been Buried
Michael Jackson has been buried.
The late 'King of Pop' was laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park last night, in a ceremony attended by his family and a host of celebrity friends.
Among the stars who paid their last respects were Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and girlfriend Mila Kunis, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight, Rev. Al Sharpton, Corey Feldman, Kenny Ortega and Michael's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.
The service was due to start at 7pm, but guests were kept waiting by Michael's family.
Their cars did not start the journey to the service until 7.30pm, with the ceremony finally getting underway around two hours later than planned.
Full details after the cute. A lot of information was released about the ceremony. Click on the continue reading link to see the full article.
Janet Jackson Planning Tell-All Interview
Janet Jackson is planning a tell-all interview about her brother’s death.
The ‘Together Again’ singer has not yet spoken publicly about Michael Jackson’s passing but has agreed to speak to Harper’s Bazaar about her grief.
A source said:
"She is giving them the world exclusive and is going to be on the cover.”
While Janet has not publicly paid tribute to the ‘Thriller’ star – who died of acute Propofol intoxication on June 25 – her sister La Toya recently made an emotional posting on her blog.
She wrote:
"Michael, after 50 years of waiting, God has finally called you home to do what you do best.
"Mike, you will always be in my dreams! I LOVE YOU SO VERY! VERY! VERY! VERY! MUCH!"God shared your extraordinary talent with us all for many decades and now it's time for you to spread your wings to a much higher level, which of course I know you will do, and join the other angels and give them an incredible eternal performance. Keep the angels smiling, Joker! I love you deeply and I can't wait to see you perform again! (sic)"
Would you be interested in reading Janet's interview?
Michael Jackson's Death Officially Ruled A Homicide
I don't know whether or not this will help the Jackson family get on with the grieving process...but they were right when they thought that Michael's death was a homicide. The breaking story of today is the L.A. coroner's big announcement.
Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide, the Los Angeles County coroner announced Friday.
According to the coroner's report, the drugs propofol and lorazepam were found to be the primary drugs responsible for his June 25 death at the age of 50.
Can you BELIEVE it? A life unnecessarily taken. A talent that will never return. So very sad.
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