a guy on skynews international just said that michael jackson had all of the plastic surgery so that he wouldn't look like his father and that michael jackson never really knew who he was. as if i wasn't already sad enough
@tini_l.a. face, oakland booty: The guy was Uri Gellar, who also claomed that he hypnotised Michael and got him to say that he had NOT sexually abused the children but paid off one boy because he just wanted the continued speculation to end.
The news stations are talking to people who claim to have been close to Michael. Both of them so far, have admitted that it has been a number of years since they last spoke to him.
I feel sorry for Michael and his family. I also feel sorry for anyone who are or who fall seriously ill in that part of LA and either are in a state of siege within the hospital or else cannot get into the hospital. It seems a lot of fake emergences are being reported by reporters/fans desperate to get into the hospital in any way they can.
@BreeDMN: I seem to recall they had a picture of Marilyn's autopsy in a biography about her. I neither bought or even opened the book at te bookstore because of what I had read. Ghoul sells and a picture of his corpse would sell for a fortune (I imagine).
I hope the media doesn't get amnesia whilst they churn out their tributes. They treated Michael was like shit/freakshow for a huge chunk of his life. Eccentric, weird...maybe but it was really awful and all the drama overshadowed his talent. I hope they (hell even us) all let him RIP.
i'm just glad both gawker and jezebel led the story with pictures of him in his prime, before he succumbed to this plastic surgery madness and became a creepy punchline. it's how i hope to remember him--adorable and when he made his greatest music.
Kind of an aside, but is anybody watching the footage of the crowd gathering outside UCLA hospital? And they're saying the entrances are cordoned off by security guards. I hope nobody has to get to the ER in a hurry. Ugh.
@BatCat!: Yes, seriously, people should stay clear of the hospital. It's a HOSPITAL for fuck's sake, where there are sick people and people in need of emergency care. Plus, it's not like he's going to come out in a glass box through the front doors, either. Some respect should be due, the guy just died.
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Disclosure: I own Thriller. On wax. But that's it.
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OPP, Naughty By Nature = ABC, Jackson 5
SWV, Right Here = Human Nature
Kanye West, Good Life = P.Y.T.
Please Don't Stop The Music = You Wanna Be Starting Something
Inspired
JT, Rock Your Body = Rock With You
Janelle Monae, Letting Go = Off The Wall/Rock With You
Any dude who dances and sings r&b in a falsetto post-Thriller (Chris Brown, Justin, Usher)
That's off the top of my head. And I'm not the biggest fan. See? His influence, for good or bad, is everywhere.
That said, I wil being sick of the news coverage/facebook/twitter Jackofest come Monday.
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He was charged, but never convicted...I think.
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Thanks. I do like dancing to his songs :(
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