Archive for February, 2005

Oscar jokes?

There are a few things we can count on at the Oscars tonight.
Someone will thank their partner, and someone else will thank their lawyer. Chris Rock will do a Michael Jackson joke and Best Supporting Actress nominee Virginia Madsen will burst into tears — either on the stage, after winning, or in the women’s room, […]

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Michael Jackson’s True Believers

Why would anyone still be devoted to Michael Jackson? He’s on trial for child molestation. He hasn’t had a No. 1 hit for a decade. Look at the face. Look at the life. These hard-core fans people call Jacko’s Wackos—what are they thinking? They told us.

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Michael Jackson Fans - True Believers

‘In Farah Pajuheshfar’s house, candles are always burning for Michael Jackson. The 46-year-old Las Vegas hairdresser keeps at least three votives lit at all times on a table with photos of the embattled superstar—also 46—his CDs and vases of silk flowers with simulated dew on their leaves. Her dining-room table is covered with banners: MICHAEL […]

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Jackson calm as jury seated

Just hours before selection of the jury that will decide his case, Michael Jackson was relaxed enough last week to ask about buying some sketches of himself from a courtroom artist.
With opening arguments set to begin Monday in a molestation trial that could put Jackson in prison and destroy a career he has worked his […]

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Michael Jackson’s lawyer can mention that boy took clothes from a store, judge says

Michael Jackson’s lawyers, aiming to discredit the pop star’s alleged victim, will be allowed to mention the boy’s family claimed in a lawsuit that security guards beat and held them against their will at a store where he took clothes without paying.
But the defense cannot refer to the boy as a “shoplifter,” Superior Court Judge […]

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

Michael Jackson Trial Summary

E! Online has a helpful article summarising all the details and people involved with the trial here.

Saturday, February 26th, 2005

Mystery Witness

A mystery witness has emerged in the Michael Jackson case and will be deposed by both the prosecution and defense in a rare weekend session at noon Saturday in Los Angeles. The witness is a paralegal who worked for the attorney representing the accuser’s mother when their family sued J.C. Penney and won a […]

Saturday, February 26th, 2005

Michael Jackson Trial Outcome

As the Michael Jackson trial plays out in the next few months you are faced with the ability to change your own life for the better.
Mark Kaye, a motivational speaker and radio host asks, “Have you ever said to yourself, I wish I were happier? I wish people liked me? I wish I had more […]

Saturday, February 26th, 2005

Judge Won’t Cite Martin Bashir in Jackson Case

The judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has denied a request for a contempt citation against British journalist Martin Bashir.
Court documents released on Friday do not give a reason for Judge Rodney Melville’s decision on the defense request, which argued that Bashir violated the court’s gag order prohibiting him, as a witness, from making […]

Saturday, February 26th, 2005

Michael Jackson: Peter Pan

This is a really interesting article into the psyche of Michael Jackson - who calls himself “Peter Pan”:
In 1984 Michael Jackson built “Neverland” ranch to — according to the has-been pop star — compensate for his missed childhood while touring non-stop with “The Jackson Five.” Thus the petting zoo with exotic animals and carnival rides.
That […]

Saturday, February 26th, 2005