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Ask them about 15 year-old Shemima Begum
"I don't think it's right to make political points with children."
Isabel Oakeshott says it's "absolutely grotesque" that a 15-year-old became the first person charged with an offence of "riot".
@IsabelOakeshott | @ThatAlexWoman
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Honestly the older I get, the more I realise “God, that’s a little baby”. And I feel so many emotions - so sorry for him, so awed by his unbelievable talent and fear for what was to come.
Y’all realize MICHAEL JACKSON has been famous since he was 5 years old during the Jackson 5 Era?! LIKE????
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Michael Jackson bought the Beatles catalogue and the only song he recorded & released was the song they stole from Chuck Berry, reclaiming Black art for Black artists*
*As part of ATV he also owned Little Richard's catalogue to whom he offered to return it
Now that's a KING! 👊🏽
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I once paid £17.50 to see Michael Jackson at his absolute zenith. Front row, Wembley Stadium, with 72,000 people.
35 years later, I still weigh everything up against that.
Glory days 👊🏽
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Janet Jackson put Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell on the same record and that needs to be spoken about a bit more 👌🏽
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The Royal Family really fucked up. Here was an open goal to take the monarchy into a new generation, show that all their talk regarding equality/inclusivity was genuine and they said “nah, we’re not having any of that” and engaged the state’s apparatus to smear their own family.
Pictured: @KerryWashington, @KellyRowland and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex at the final leg of Beyonce's #RenaissanceWorldTour at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on September 4 (#BeyDay).
📷: @KevinMazur for ParkWood Entertainment
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Damn, I remember when Jimmy Kimmel’s wife wanted people to burn down Michael Jackson’s house… I wonder if these people ever reflect on their behaviour
Jimmy Kimmel and his wife told their children ABC had suspended his show and "our daughter immediately burst into tears. And she said, ‘I’ll sell my Labubus.'”
Their son Billy asked if “the president had done this” and they both replied, “Yes."
variety.com/2025/tv/news/jim…
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I will never get over David Gower and Bumble not being on the Sky commentary teams. It’s just such a waste of such great talent and depth of knowledge.
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I REALLY love Beyoncé… but one of Michael’s albums (ONE OF THEM) has outsold her entire career. I really wish people would stop setting her up like this. She’s brilliant in her own right.
But nobody ever comes out well from a comparison with Michael. No not even that other guy.
.@billboard: “The longevity of Beyoncé remains continually awe-inspiring. In 2023, a full 20 years after her first year of being awarded Billboard’s Greatest Pop Star status, she finished No. 3 in our yearly ranking: an endurance at pop’s forefront that not even solo Michael Jackson, our Greatest Pop Star of 1983and Bey’s closest 20th-century predecessor, can rightly claim.” 👑
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A reminder, Michael Jackson was slapped and physically manhandled by AEG Live’s CEO Randy Phillips in order to get him to this press conference.
You probably haven’t heard about that because the “free press” did everything they could not to tell you.
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Oprah Winfrey said “it’s time to say goodbye to Michael Jackson forever” or some shit.
The world said “no”.
The opening night of @Madonna’s concert in London, kicking off with a tribute to #MichaelJackson - simply beautiful 🤴🏾 👸🏼
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I really hope she enjoyed Beyoncé’s numerous references to Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and to the Jackson family. I really hope her and her mate Gayle King enjoyed every second of that.
Oprah shares her review of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour:
“I have never in my life experienced anything like that”
nitter.app/captainyonce/status/16…
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Before he was KILLED. He was KILLED. A man was prosecuted. For manslaughter.
We don’t say “John Lennon died hours later.” We say “he was killed.”
The same passive language we now see for genocide victims of colour. Where Israelis are “brutally killed”, Palestinians “die.”
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Michael Jackson broke all world records when he sold out Wembley Stadium for 7 nights in 1988.
Absolutely disgraceful that they have erased his history at this venue.
Yet found enough space for a greyhound dog.
Disgusting.
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"Being found Not Guilty 14 times doesn't mean anything"
Well... OK.. I guess...
So many things. MJ absolutely molested boys. Being found not guilt doesn’t mean you didn’t do anything.
Folks been knowing this about Russell Brand. It’s just taken time for British authorities to file because they want a conviction.
A pot/kettle situation to be sure.
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This fucking legend.
THIS is the speech a REAL Labour leader would be giving.
Mick Lynch @RMTunion General Secretary addresses the Palestine solidarity demonstration in London.
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Are the Michael Jackson Estate spinning against Paris Jackson now?!?
The Michael Jackson Estate has claimed to have made BILLIONS of dollars since Michael Jackson was killed. How dare they talk about what Paris should or shouldn’t receive. SHE’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE BENEFICIARY!
Months after Paris Jackson called out “premium payouts” made to lawyers in charge of her late father Michael Jackson’s estate, a new filing revealed how much she received in inheritance. bit.ly/47saEZi
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Just to clarify, Michael Jackson did not *just* die 13 years ago.
Michael Jackson did not *just* pass away 13 years ago.
13 years ago Michael Jackson was KILLED.
Never forget that.
#MichaelJackson
#13YearsWithOutMichaelJackson
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Always find it interesting how nobody ever takes to Twitter to talk about:
Madonna
Sandra Bullock
Tom Cruise
Charlize Theron
Steven Spielberg
Michelle Pfeiffer
Hugh Jackman
Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
And their Black kids… and whether or not they’re “ashamed of their race”
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His “vocal decline began around 1985”?! Bro are you OK?!
Here’s Michael Jackson in the mid-90s… ABSOLUTELY no one… Prince, or whoever… could EVER sing like this.
EVER.
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You could never be this brave. There are ENTIRE INDUSTRIES SCARED TO DEATH to collectively say what she said. What. A. Woman.
Jewish filmmaker Sarah Friedland accepts award at the Venice Film festival.
“I am accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and 76th year of occupation…I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for liberation.”
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Pretty much guarantee that ANY article that refers to Michael Jackson as “Jacko” is categorically not going to be telling you the truth.
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That look when you’ve waited 30 years to see @JanetJackson live and you’re mere minutes away from her talking to the stage. You have go understand… I’ve loved her since Charlene DuPrey! 😭🤣😭
@TheO2
#JanetJackson #TogetherAgainTour
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Let’s see if they have scenes showing Michael Jackson firing John Branca over and over again…
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Michael Jackson died thinking these people were his friends. Alas, 3 days after he was killed, while the whole world was mourning, they took the time to register BOGUS songs in his name and then later sell them via Sony Music, tying themselves up in litigation for YEARS.
My brothers and I tried to warn you guys over a decade ago about this family. They lost all respect from me when they chose to purposely scam the public with fake Michael Jackson songs, sung by a sound a like. Then even went on Oprah to help sell this lucrative lie to the world. Money and greed can do horrible things to weak people. I’m so disgusted but not surprised unfortunately. They sold their soul and integrity awhile ago. I’m just pissed that my uncle wasted so much time, energy and money with these vultures.
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Is this a @itsSeanBankhead production? Guaranteed it is!
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1. Not Guilty
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17 Years ago, Michael Jackson was FULLY exonerated.
#MJInnocent
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Russell Brand?!? The guy who made jokes about Michael Jackson - who was found Not Guilty 14 times?!? NO WAY?!?!
Expecting all of Russell's comedian friends to flagrantly voice their opinions like they did when that Leaving Neverland TV show was broadcast.
Anyone?! No?!?
BREAKING: Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with rape.
trib.al/kdXA2Dr
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Yeah NONE of this is true.
Word is that during their recording sessions Freddie kept disappearing to the toilets to snort cocaine. And MJ, whose image at the time was that of a Disney character, didn’t want to be associated with that so scrapped any plans for those songs.
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A reminder - there is a record that features MICHAEL JACKSON, MARIAH CAREY, BEYONCÉ, USHER, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, LUTHER VANDROSS, CELINE DION, on and on… that was recorded for charity… and Sony refused to release it.
— michael jackson calling a young beyoncé to thank her for collaborating with him on his charity theme single, “what more can I give”, 2001. 🩵💫🥹🥹 he would’ve been so proud of her & to see how she evolved as an artist from her debut to now! he should still be here omg my chest
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Look at the use of language here.
Israeli “mothers” and “children”, but Palestinian “women” and “minors”.
Israeli “hostages”, but Palestinian “prisoners”.
Everyone engaging in this doublespeak is complicit in the pollution of our political and media discourse.
#Shameful
New - Israeli media reporting deal with Hamas includes
▶️ 53 hostages to be released, mostly children and mothers
▶️ 4-day ceasefire - with some hostages released each day
▶️ 150 Palestinian prisoners released, mostly women and minors
▶️ Hostages released via Egypt @rtenews
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For fuck sake… there’s so many “next Michael Jacksons” that they could create a new Jackson 5!
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A reminder.
When Michael Jackson released the biggest selling album ever by a Black recording artist (“Off The Wall”, a record he later broke with “Thriller”), Rolling Stone told him and his management that he wasn’t worthy of a front cover…
Don’t let them ever forget.
I'd rather see a @RollingStone cover story about what their editors said 35 years ago when writers approached them about covering *Straight Outta Compton*, N.W.A, and hip-hop, in general, AND why they weren't hiring Black writers in 1988.
Give me the 35th anniversary of *that*.
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There are some heroes that only grow in stature when you meet them, and Thomas Mesereau is one such hero.
An absolute honour to spend a day with this King amongst men, as well as with my little bro @CEThomson 👊🏽
(Sorry about all the boxing chat, Charlie!)
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When MJ won the biggest award of his career, the Grammy for best album of the year, in 1984, he dedicated it to Jackie Wilson who had recently died. And remarked “some people are followers, Jackie was a pioneer” - the room and the world knows who and what he was talking about.
Costas: "I mean, Elvis was a talented guy."
Ray Charles: "Well...okay..."
Just showed this in my Michael Jackson and Prince course.
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I created a documentary on this video some years ago. How Michael channeled the spirit of Soviet-era, anti-Imperial, anti-Military, propaganda film “Ava Maria.”
But that level of high-art discourse doesn’t sell lunchboxes so you get fake songs from the MJ Estate instead…
Michael Jackson - Earth Song #90s
nitter.app/backup2319068/status/1…
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The same Russell Brand who used to take to the stage and make jokes about Michael Jackson? No way… I don’t believe it…
#KarmaTrain
Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse by four women, including one who was 16 at the time.
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This man's influence, my goodness. Not only the music from the games but also the *creation of the character* of Sonic was inspired by Michael Jackson.
Sonic creator Yuji Naka has confirmed that Michael Jackson wrote the soundtrack to the 1994 Sega game Sonic the Hedgehog 3: cos.lv/sTlM50JFWIp
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Tony Buzbee made no effort to refer to anyone legally called Shawn Carter, and tweeted about “Jay Z” and that should have been the first red flag, really.
And to euphemistically refer to a financial settlement as a “resolution” the second.
But yeah… we’ve seen this before.
"We write to the Court on behalf of our client Shawn Carter on a matter of extraordinary and grave importance for the integrity of the proceedings in the above-captioned case," begins tonight's letter to the court from Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro.
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Inevitable, lazy comparisons. But here's something for nothing - Michael Jackson had his day in court. He was found NOT GUILTY 14 times. And allegations for which he had previously settled were admitted into court. The jury didn't believe them & FULLY acquitted him.
Try again.
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The Jackson family still run London I see… 👌🏽
#MusicalRoyalty #Jacksons #MichaelJackson #JanetJackson #JanFam
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It was so much easier when they were just able to call us 'Pakis'. Now they're just tying themselves in knots 🤣😂🤣
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A reminder, for those in the back, Michael Jackson was found Not Guilty 14 TIMES. Everyone that EVER accused him of ANYTHING did so whilst trying to extract multimillion dollar settlements. In court, in 2005, he was being accused by a family of fraudsters.
But keep talking...
In the setting of no DNA evidence and many of the accusations coming only when the children who hadn’t been paid off like their parents came of age and made the accusations themselves it wasn’t that hard for his lawyers to throw in reasonable doubt. No one Gen X & up doesn’t know
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Yeah, false allegations are all fun and games… until you’re the subject of them.
Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court. @AaronRodgers12
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Scary that a child could do this. And you’re comparing adults to this guy? THIS GUY?! Don’t embarrass them. Please.
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Piers Morgan really was the ONLY mainstream journalist who called this bullshit out for what it was. He didn’t even do that much, just asked for evidence… alas… there was none. And when he asked Dan Reed about the multimillion dollar compensation claim, Reed fell to pieces.
Interesting to see so many journalists on here accept everything in #LeavingNeverland is true, without applying any questioning eye.
The 2 accusers have changed their story multiple times & are suing Jackson’s estate for 100s of millions. At least be challenging, surely?
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“I am setting the record straight, the idea that somebody would be silenced for being critical of Israel during a phone-in is palpably absurd” James O’Brien
“LBC should apologise and take James O’Brien *off air*”
“@LBC should apologise, and take @mrjamesob off air.” - VP @AndrewGilbert1
See our full statement below 👇
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Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album was released 35 years ago today. This was what my bedroom looked like around that time.
No I didn't have any girlfriends.
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Anytime Chris Rock mentions Michael Jackson’s name it’s worth remembering Chris Rock’s phone call with convicted criminal Anthony Pellicano. That’s the funniest shit he’s done in years.
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What people have to understand is… Michael is like family to some of us fans. When he used to come on TV my family used to say “quick, quick… your family’s on TV” 😭🤣😭
And when it comes to family, I do not play around…
I want to give a shout out to the true ones in the MJ fandom who not only always had my uncle’s back but have ALWAYS looked through facts and used critical thinking. Thank you for your love of my uncle. It means the world to us… For everyone else, two things to always remember…
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"The final part of the conversation was (MJ) telling me he felt someone was going to try to kill him to get hold of his catalogue and his estate" Lisa Marie Presley.
He died protecting his rights and publishing. Not to be sold in death to the ONE COMPANY he publicly protested.
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My soul will never be at ease but I know that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
I love you and I miss you.
#14YearsWithoutMichaelJackson
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When Michael Jackson said “They Don’t Care About Us” he was talking about trash outfits such as Rolling Stone. A magazine that refused to run a cover story on him AFTER he had sold the world’s biggest album by a Black artist at the time… hence it’s FUCK ROLLING STONE for life 👊🏽
Rolling Stone compiled a list of the Top 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time, and #MichaelJackson's "They Don't Care About Us" was NOT included! Unbelievable! A song that was so impactful that MJ shot TWO videos for it! 😡
rollingstone.com/music/music…
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“They love to shout “Free Palestine” (which is currently suffering a genocide at the hands of one of the world’s nuclear powers)… and I just think “grow up”…”
Staggering intervention, here.
‘It’s teenage foot-stamping.’
‘I just think, grow up!’
Shelagh Fogarty has some strong words for those who take part in pro-Palestine marches.
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Incredible article in what it *fails* to mention.
The Kate Clanchy affair really began after *she* took to Twitter to "cancel" chunks of her own work by denying their existence and threatening to sue the reviewer who claimed they existed. The reviewer was proved right.
On the witch hunts of modern social justice movements - a product of social media frenzy and brittle, cowardly institutions.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Hi Stig, as we're on the subject of moral bankruptcy, didn't you publish the Katie Hopkins article that called for gunships to be turned on people escaping war, that was compared to Nazi propganda by the UN High Commissioner?
"Show me bodies floating in the water..." - that one?
Looking forward to Newcastle vs Chelsea tomorrow. A club bankrolled by those connected to a regime responsible for illegal wars and terrorism. And Chelsea. It’s Morally Bankrupt Super Sunday!
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I always wonder about some of Quincy’s recollections. Because Quincy insists that MJ was over rap and hip hop. But as soon as MJ produced his own albums, his albums included Biggie Smalls, Heavy D, Wrecks n Effect, etc.
"I had Run-DMC ready to go on an anti-crack thing and Michael [Jackson] said, “Quincy is so old he doesn’t realize that rap is dead.” I said, motherfucker it hasn’t even started yet."---Quincy Jones, futurist.
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The demo of the song, recorded at home with Janet Jackson and Randy, tells you everything you need to know about the birth of the song.
Yes Quincy’s a genius.
But let’s get it right. The song was all but complete by the time Michael hit the studio.
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Happy birthday Michael Jackson. The world was a better, more beautiful place for having you in it ❤️
#HappyBirthdayKingOfPop
#HappyBirthdayMichaelJackson
#MichaelJacksonBirthday
Cedonia Ave.
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'Black or White' just came on my playlist... and I remembered... FUCK I love Michael Jackson, man... what a LEGEND 👊🏽
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I honestly have no idea why this is Photoshopped - but when you bump up the 'curves' (as most GOOD designers do before sending work off to print - to check for any 'obvious' errors) this is what showed up... really rudimentary work
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Ah Jan Wenner, we meet again…
Who’s Jan Wenner, you ask? He’s the guy who told Michael Jackson that he wasn’t worthy of a Rolling Stone cover story after he released the biggest selling album by a Black artist in the history of recorded music.
History is LONG…
@RollingStone
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An honour to spend time with this absolute mountain of a man. Here we are discussing the Cassius Clay v Doug Jones, Bobby Chacon v Rafael Limon 4 and Marvin Hagler v Alan Minter fight. Harvard’s former Boxing Club Captain and world-renowned lawyer Thomas Mesereau 👊🏽 @CEThomson
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I hope Michael’s family are looking at this and feeling the love the public have for this man. After all we’ve been through. I hope they look at it and are reminded how much that man is loved.
Michael Jackson becomes the first and only act in history to rank inside the Hot 100's top 10 in six consecutive decades.
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
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I did say... don't EVER compare anyone to him... they only pale into insignificance by the comparison...
"A Michael Jackson doesn't come around once in a lifetime... a Michael Jackson comes around ONCE" Berry Gordy
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Are we going to get scenes of Michael Jackson firing John Branca over and over again?
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Just watched this for the first time in years and to think that this was all filmed live. The absolute precision of everything, as if it was a multiple-take music video. Imagine the amount of rehearsal that went into making this look so perfect. Genius.
This is one of my favorite Michael Jackson performances! nitter.app/moonwaIkbae/status/152…
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Hi @iamcardib, please get those security guards to wake up! Even after you got attacked they just stood there and looked on 👀
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"Michael Jackson was an incredible dancer... so here's a static, lo-res picture of his face"
Brilliant. Thanks.
Michael saw his dancing could drive success of his records during a Soul Train performance: “I did a street-style dance move called the Robot…Overnight, ‘Dancing Machine’ rose to the top of the charts + within a few days it seemed that every kid in the US was doing the Robot."
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The fucking baddest…!
4 Number One singles by the age of 11
Biggest selling album of all time
Greatest live performer of all time
Owned The Beatles
Married a Presley
Pissed off all the very worst racists from right wing idiots to “liberal” frauds
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The war has been long and ongoing. And Billboard probably thought it was over after Michael had been killed. But the fans are going to keep on their necks. We still remember how they *deliberately* removed Thriller 25 from the Billboard Hot 100 before it could go to No.1.
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Framed?
He was slandered, falsely accused, killed, robbed and then maligned.
Framed doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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Odd, your favourite comedians who were so concerned about provably false allegations levelled at a deceased Michael Jackson in a wholly disproven TV show suddenly don’t want to tweet about their mate Russell Brand following the Channel 4 documentary?
What a surprise…
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Quite obviously, and rudimentarily, Photoshopped. Absolutely no idea why, but, yes, it has been:
I honestly have no idea why this is Photoshopped - but when you bump up the 'curves' (as most GOOD designers do before sending work off to print - to check for any 'obvious' errors) this is what showed up... really rudimentary work
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As the years move forward, the ECB are one day going to catch up with what this guy was saying. Schedules, the IPL, the freedom to bat without fear... he was too good & too progressive for this dinosaur mentality.
As was Tony Greig.
That's why hiring diversely matters so much.
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Please read that tracklisting.
Please remember each song.
Please remember each individual short film.
Please remember the tour that supported this album.
Please remember the film that supported this album.
Because that’s as good as art will ever get in our lifetime 👊🏽
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David Bowie was offering children drugs?! I guess the UK media just didn't want to talk about it...
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I tell you a true Andrew Garfield story. Me and my wife were waiting for @DipzDanjal at a tube station to go and see Prince in concert. Andrew was buying a train ticket from a machine in Chalk Farm. This was AFTER Spider-Man. And she was so excited, as my kid loved him.
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An immigrant, you mean?
I’m recording a podcast tomorrow about being an American expat - 20 years (!!) I’ve been abroad. I’ve loved my time in all the countries I’ve lived in. There’s a humility in seeing other societies & integrating & learning. What’s your take-away from living abroad (if you have)?
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