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Post by bluegangsta on Feb 14, 2011 9:11:38 GMT -5
Did You Know? Michael really is a King in Africa! He was crowned "King of the Sanwis" in the Ivory Coast in 1992  |
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Post by MJArmyAngel on Feb 14, 2011 15:05:51 GMT -5
Did You Know? Michael really is a King in Africa! He was crowned "King of the Sanwis" in the Ivory Coast in 1992 No, I did not know that! Thank you for sharing! Attachments:
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Post by bluegangsta on Feb 14, 2011 19:38:56 GMT -5
Did you know that Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV?  Did you know Michael Jackson has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for radio play, located at 1541 Vine Street, and one for recording at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. Did you know Jackson received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse. |
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Post by MJArmyAngel on Feb 14, 2011 19:55:25 GMT -5
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Post by MJArmyAngel on Feb 15, 2011 15:06:32 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For the Michael Jackson collector with superhuman strength: a 375-pound (170 kg) slab of concrete featuring the pop star's hand and foot impressions along with his signature will go on the block in Los Angeles next month, its auctioneer said. The item is dubbed the "Broken Heart Stone," said auction house Nate D. Sanders, because a surface crack runs through a heart design within Jackson's left palm print. The online auction, to be held at natedsanders.com, will end on February 15. The slab dates from 1984 when Jackson made the impression for a Las Vegas Walk of Fame project that never materialized. It was discovered in the Riviera Hotel basement in 2006 and raffled-off to a guest, who in turn sold it for an undisclosed sum to its current owner in 2009. Coincidentally the consignor, Andy Wilson of Santa Maria, Calif., was an acquaintance of Jackson's, and bought it with the star's blessing. Sanders told Reuters on Wednesday that the slab could sell for more than $100,000. His firm last month auctioned off another unorthodox piece of memorabilia, selling the rotting coffin of suspected John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald for more than $87,000.  |
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Post by bluegangsta on Feb 17, 2011 0:46:38 GMT -5
Did you know Michael saved Sesame Street?
For all of the musical parodies that Sesame Street produced, very few of them resembled the original song enough to warrant legal action.
In the early 1980s, the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) was sued for $5.5 million by the Northern Songs, owners of the Beatles catalogue, who said the song “Letter B”, performed by the Sesame Street Beetles, had the unfortunate distinction of being too similar to the original “Let It Be.”
However (thankfully), before the case went to trial, Michael Jackson purchased the Beatles catalog. Mike, also, decided not to pursue legal action, and CTW was only fined $50, which songwriter Christopher Cerf paid out of his own pocket.
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