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shyGirl

Mar 04, 2003, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
I hope he DOES have to sell off his share of the Beatles catalog -- HE sure doesn't deserve to be making a profit from it.

-lennon4Unfortunately, I don't think he's going to be selling the catalog anytime soon. It's the ONLY thing that's giving him profit these days.

BrazilianFlag

Mar 04, 2003, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:

Vanity Fair reported in the article that in 2000 Jackson attended a voodoo ritual in Switzerland where a witch doctor promised that Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and 23 other people on the entertainer's list of enemies would die.OK, this may be sick and everything; please bear with me - but I couldn't help but think Paul would be on that "death list".

And how on Earth does the police let his children live with him? Was any John Doe with the same mental troubles, the kids would be off his reach in a heartbeat.

IWantToTellYou

Mar 04, 2003, 04:24 PM

He is one, sick, sick man...It's just scary!

beatlewho01-02

Mar 04, 2003, 05:11 PM

graemlins/afraid7.gif *This pushes things too far. A curse on Steven Spielberg? What did Steven do to Jacko?

Darkaardvark

Mar 04, 2003, 05:54 PM

That's a lot of cows.... O.O and I hope he does sell the Beatles catalog of music..I'll buy it! *scrounges up $2.42* Will this pay for it Mr. Jackson? Puh-leeze?

Magill

Mar 04, 2003, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted By Darkaardvark:
I'll buy it! *scrounges up $2.42* Will this pay for it Mr. Jackson? Puh-leeze?I dunno, Darkaardvark. You could be too old for him to, uh, dicker with. graemlins/lookaround.gif

[ Mar 04, 2003, 08:27 PM: Message Edited By: Magill ]

HMVNipper

Mar 05, 2003, 12:13 AM

If only one-quarter of the stuff they say here is true, the guy is a nutcase...this is just SICK.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/04/leisure.jackson.reut/index.html

Report: Jackson put 'curse' on Spielberg
Voodoo rituals, prosthetics and bleaching

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) --Embattled pop star Michael Jackson wears a prosthetic nose and once paid $150,000 for a "voodoo curse" to kill director Steven Spielberg despite being deep in debt, Vanity Fair magazine reported on Monday.

Vanity Fair, in an article for its April issue, also reports that Jackson bleaches his skin white because he does not like being black. The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as "spabooks," the magazine said

Jackson's manager did not immediately return phone calls and a faxed request for comment on the article. Jackson's London publicist could not be reached for comment.

The onetime King of Pop has been dogged by controversy for months, first over his odd appearance in a California courtroom last November. That same month, Jackson stunned fans in Berlin by briefly dangling his young son from a hotel balcony.

And in February a British television documentary that aired to blockbuster ratings both in England and the United States caused a stir when Jackson told his interviewer that he slept in the same room, and sometimes the same bed, as young boys.

Vanity Fair reported in the article that in 2000 Jackson attended a voodoo ritual in Switzerland where a witch doctor promised that Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and 23 other people on the entertainer's list of enemies would die.

Jackson, who underwent a "blood bath" as part of the ritual, then ordered his former business adviser Myung-Ho Lee to wire $150,000 to a bank in Mali for a voodoo chief named Baba, who sacrificed 42 cows for the ceremony, the magazine reported.

Vanity Fair reported that Jackson wears a page-boy wig and a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose. The magazine interviewed a source close to Jackson who said that, without the device Jackson resembles a mummy with two nostril holes.

According to the magazine, Jackson's extravagant lifestyle and declining record sales have left him $240 million in debt.

The article, which relies in part on court filings in a $12 million lawsuit against Jackson by Lee, said that since the mid-1990s the reclusive entertainer has relied on a series of multimillion-dollar loans to cover his expenses.

In addition to the lawsuit by Lee, Jackson is also enmeshed in a $21 million court battle with German concert promoter Marcel Avram over canceled Millennium concerts and has been sued by Sotheby's auction house for $1.6 million.

The magazine reported that Jackson must pay off the principal on a $200 million loan within a few years, which will be nearly impossible unless he sells his most valuable asset, the Beatles song catalogue. He owns only half of the catalogue while Sony Corp. owns the other half in an arrangement that might make selling his share difficult, Vanity Fair reported.

Jackson has also run up nearly $4 million per year in expenses from his Neverland Valley ranch in central California, where in April 2001 his amusement park equipment was nearly repossessed for late payments, the magazine said.

Magill

Mar 05, 2003, 12:19 AM

I heard a cute joke the other day that when you play the "I've Got Your Nose" game with him, you really DO get his nose! graemlins/laugh5.gif

dav-here

Mar 05, 2003, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted By Magill:
I heard a cute joke the other day that when you play the "I've Got Your Nose" game with him, you really DO get his nose! graemlins/laugh5.gif Good one, Nanc'!! graemlins/laugh2.gif

lennon4

Mar 05, 2003, 12:37 AM

I hope he DOES have to sell off his share of the Beatles catalog -- HE sure doesn't deserve to be making a profit from it.

-lennon4

anurag

Mar 05, 2003, 01:09 AM

He`s a loony bin

HMVNipper

Mar 05, 2003, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted By beatlewho01-02:
graemlins/afraid7.gif *This pushes things too far. A curse on Steven Spielberg? What did Steven do to Jacko?According to another article I read, Spielberg was on the list because he refused to let MJ play Peter Pan in the movie "Hook." Gimme a break...the man is a nutcase.

And I agree, Anna -- if he was just some shmoe on the street, those kids would be taken away from him in a heartbeat! I feel really sorry for them, growing up in that sickness...way to go, Michael, screwing up another generation!

Boggles the mind.

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Lynner

Mar 05, 2003, 07:18 AM

It does indeed boggle the mind. The man is looking for attention and the world at large is giving it to him! His recent interviews have been big hits (and no, I did not watch them!) I keep wondering if we ignored him, he'd go away....

Rellevart

Mar 05, 2003, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted By Lynner:
I keep wondering if we ignored him, he'd go away....I'm willing to try. images/icons/wink.gif

Magill

Mar 05, 2003, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/04/leisure.jackson.reut/index.html

Vanity Fair reported that Jackson wears a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose.

Michael Jackson. The Mr. Potato Head of Pop. D'ya think he has a drawer full of them?

[ Mar 05, 2003, 09:57 AM: Message Edited By: Magill ]

Rocky Rabbit

Mar 05, 2003, 10:14 AM

I think I may be in a minority of one here but why don'nt people just leave him alone.He has'nt been convicted of anything and what happened until innocent until proven guilty.Theres people like Bin Laden and Saddam doing evil things in this world which have been proved and still they don'nt get nearly as much bad publicity.

Rellevart

Mar 05, 2003, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted By Rocky Rabbit:
Theres people like Bin Laden and Saddam doing evil things in this world which have been proved and still they don'nt get nearly as much bad publicity.Well, this is true, but MJ is actively courting publicity, which makes things a little different.

Rocky Rabbit

Mar 05, 2003, 10:23 AM

This is very true but don't 99% of celebrititys court publicity?.I know the press like to kick people when they're down but I feel they are going way too far.

Rellevart

Mar 05, 2003, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted By Rocky Rabbit:
This is very true but don't 99% of celebrititys court publicity?.Yeah, they do. But if you've got....um...unusual personal habits (and he's not stupid...he knows people think he's weird) and you give interviews flaunting them, you have to expect that people are going to think you're a little off.

Rocky Rabbit

Mar 05, 2003, 10:31 AM

OK fair enough ... I tried my best to stick up for him but I've run out of reasons.

Magill

Mar 05, 2003, 10:38 AM

Does anyone know why he put tape on his fingers before the interview?