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*Concert giant AEG Live is seeking book drafts and manuscripts by Jermaine Jackson that it claims may reveal details about his superstar brother that will help its defense in a lawsuit filed by the singers’ mother. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] AEG is wants the material from Jackson’s recent book, “You Are Not Alone,” [...]
*Michael Jackson’s concert promoters have withdrawn a $17.5 million dollar insurance claim over loss of revenue from his “This Is It” series of concerts. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Promoter AEG pursued the sum over loss of revenue from the late singer’s “This Is It” series of 50 concerts in London. Jackson died of acute [...]
*A black surgical mask that Michael Jackson is said to have worn the night before he died is now on an auction block with bids already surpassing $220,000. According to Nate D. Sanders Auctions, which is handling the sale, Jackson wore the mask (pictured above) on June 24, 2009 while rehearsing for his planned “This [...]
*(Via LA Times) – In the film “This Is It,” the late Michael Jackson is shown as agile and energetic as ever, on the cusp of possibly the greatest comeback in music history. “We’re all here because of him,” director Kenny Ortega said in the documentary, between images of Jackson lithely floating across the stage [...]
*Michael Jackson was unconscious backstage before a London news conference for his “This Is It” concert series, and he appeared drunk during the announcement itself, an attorney said in court on Monday. [Scroll down to watch.] The revelation came during a hearing in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jackson’s former physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, a [...]
*Jurors in the Michael Jackson manslaughter case will not watch previously unseen footage from the singer’s final rehearsals to determine the state of his health before his death, a judge ruled Monday. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor agreed with the characterization of a defense attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray that more than 100 hours of [...]
*A hearing in the criminal case of Michael Jackson’s doctor has been postponed because lawyers are bogged down viewing hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage from the singer’s “This Is It” concert, the AP reports. In a conference with attorneys on Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor accepted the requests to delay a July 12 [...]
*A Los Angeles judge has delayed ruling on a request by attorneys for Michael Jackson’s doctor for raw footage not used in the star’s posthumous concert film, “This is It.” Lawyers for Sony Pictures sought time Thursday to file more arguments on the issue. They say Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team has radically changed the [...]
*Attorneys for Michael Jackson’s doctor want access to raw footage that was used for the star’s posthumous concert film, “This is It.” But Sony Pictures is fighting the request, reports the AP. Lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray and Sony attorneys are due in court Thursday to argue whether material should be turned over. The Sony [...]
*The insurer of Michael Jackson’s canceled comeback concerts has asked a judge to nullify a policy intended to protect concert promoters if the singer wasn’t able to complete the shows. Lloyd’s of London sued AEG Live and Jackson’s company on Monday, claiming the concert promoter has failed to provide necessary medical information and details about [...]
*Prosecutors have been granted permission to show jurors two images from Michael Jackson’s autopsy during the involuntary manslaughter trial of the pop star’s doctor, according to a judge’s ruling Thursday. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said the photographs, one of which shows Jackson clothed and another one with him nude, are relevant to the case [...]
*The L.A. County District Attorney filed a motion today asking the judge to allow the rehearsal footage from June 23 and June 24 to be entered as evidence in Murray’s trial, reports the AP According to the motion, the D.A. believes the footage will support expected testimony from “This Is It” director Kenny Ortega [...]
*Today is the day. The day you begin. This is it. This day. Right now. This is the day you stop deciding and do. The day you stop evaluating and processing and Getting in the Position to Get Ready to Get It and simply get on with it. This is the day you confirm, instead [...]
*Chris Brown reveals he and Jamie Foxx were all set to spend a few hours at the Staples Center in Los Angeles watching Michael Jackson rehearse for his “This Is It” tour dates when they heard the horrible news that he had died. Brown, who performed a tearful tribute to his hero at the BET [...]
*A judge on Wednesday ruled the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother can proceed against concert promoter AEG Live, setting up a legal showdown between Katherine Jackson and the company she blames for her son’s death. The lawsuit accuses AEG of being responsible for medical decisions made by Jackson’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, [...]
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