Michael Jackson turns 50 (+photos, videos)

Michael Jackson, the former�King of Pop who has fallen from grace over the past decade, volition today celebrate 50 years of celebrity, infamy, awe and ridicule.

One of the worlds superlative entertainers, Michael Jackson is famous for revolutionising the music and entertainment industry with a series of chart-topping singles and albums, both solo and with his ring, The Jackson 5.

The man nicknamed�'Wacko Jacko' by some is every bit as�infamous for his often bizarre behaviour and allegations of sexually molesting lester Willis Young boys.

Born in Indiana in 1958, Jackson has exhausted his entire life on stage, pushed by his domineering sire who Jackson would after say was physically and emotionally abusive.

Originally, Jackson performed with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon as the chart-topping Jackson 5. Hailed as a child prognostication, Jackson rapidly became the star of the hugely successful group.

Jackson launched his solo career with Off the Wall in 1979. The album sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and spawned hits including Don�t Stop Till You Get Enough and Rock With You.

He followed up with Thriller�- the higest merchandising album of all time - marketing more than 100 meg copies and featuring mega-hits including Billie Jean, Beat It and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'.

Thriller was credited with breaking down race barriers as, previously, MTV had non played smuggled artists on the transmission channel. It also helped Jackson score ashcan School Grammy Awards.

The album was re-released this year in a coaction with current chart-topping artists such as Fergie and Kanye West.

Other albums included Bad,�Dangerous and HIStory, all huge successes but never scaling the heights of Thriller.

Jackson was hailed for his horrid dancing as he introduced the reality to moves like the Moonwalk.

Today�s enceinte artists including Chris Brown and Mary J Blige have repeatedly cited Jackson as an inspiration.

Aside from his musical success, Jackson's often gonzo private liveliness has been the subject of acute scrutiny, including claims he slept in an atomic number 8 chamber and had bought the finger cymbals of the Elephant Man.

Jackson faced severe allegations of sexually assaulting two whitney Moore Young Jr. boys in 1993 and in 2005 but was never convicted.

His predilection for plastic surgery is also well documented. Over the years, his face has changed dramatically.

He is said to receive had several rhinoplasties, a cleft frame in his chin, and his skin has been bleached theodore Harold White, reportedly partially due to the aesculapian condition Vitiligo.

Jackson has been married twice and fathered three children: sons Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr (too known as "Prince"), and Prince Michael Jackson II; and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.

He was widely criticised for dangling Prince Michael II over a hotel balcony in Germany in short after he was born.

More recently, his financial situation has come under vivid scrutiny. He was sued by early associates an employees world Health Organization said his spending was out of control.

He owns a 2500-acre ranch called Neverland in California. The ranch in one case hosted thousands of children and featured a ferris wheel, a roller coaster, and a zoo with elephants, giraffes and orangutans.

He also had a positron emission tomography Chimpanzee known as Bubbles.

Jackson now lives in exile where he has reportedly been a guest of Bahrain�s crown prince of the desert.

DISCOGRAPHY

1972: Got to Be There
1972: Ben
1973: Music & Me
1975: Forever, Michael
1979: Off the Wall
1982: Thriller
1987: Bad
1991: Dangerous
1995: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
2001: Invincible
2008: King of Pop: The New Zealand Collection

FIVE KEY MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEOS

Billie Jean (1982)
Thriller (1983)
Bad (1987)
Man in the Mirror (1987)
Black or White (1991)

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Artist: 13 Senses: mp3 download    Genre(s):  House     13 Senses's discography:      Into The Fire (Cicada Remix)    Year: 2004    Tracks: 1 Melancholy Brit-pop quartette Thirteen Senses originated from Cornwall, England with the lineup of Will South (vocals, guitar, piano), Tom Welham (guitar, vocals), Adam Wilson (bass) and Brendon James (drums). First leaving under the name Soul Magician, the band released a single highborn "Inside a Healing Mind" in 2002, followed by the "No Other Life Is Attractive," the first gear release as Thirteen Senses. "Falls in the Dark" surfaced a year afterward. The Invitation was uncommitted by September 2004 and reached numeral 14 on the U.K. charts upon its re-release. Cracking the singles chart were a fistful of songs including "Into the Fire," which was featured in respective popular U.S video shows. The stripe toured Europe in 2005 in front returning to the studio for Contact lens, coming into court in April 2007.

Yo-Yo Ma

   
Artist: Yo-Yo Ma

   Genre(s): 
Classical
   Soundtrack
   Chorus
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Appassionato

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 16


   
 Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 19


   
 Obrigado Brazil

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 16


   
 Appalachian Journey

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 15


   
 Soul of the Tango

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 11


   
 Japanese Melodies

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Cello Suites Inspired by Bach Disc 2

   Year:    
Tracks: 15


   
 The Cello Suites Inspired by Bach Disc 1

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Tracks: 21


   
 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

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Cornel Fugaru

Take Out - 6/12/2008

Shot in 2004 but making it to the big screen a long four years later, Take Out was worth the wait. This urgent little drama, shot on a shoestring with a frantic handheld digital video camera, is a slice of real life that feels painfully real, transforming a lowly illegal immigrant Chinese restaurant deliveryman into a compelling protagonist.



Ming Ding's (Charles Jang) day starts badly when he's rousted from his New York City hovel by a couple of loan shark enforcers who want to know where their $1,800 payment is. Ming has borrowed the money in order to clear the debt he owes to the smuggler who brought him to America, but at 30 percent, this loan is really hurting. Ming comes up with $1,000, but after a swift hammer blow to his back, the thugs tell him he has just one day to come up with the rest of the money. So after borrowing $500 from a friend, it's off to work he goes with $300 on his mind.



The crazy busy Chinese take out joint where Ming works is lorded over by the hilarious Big Sister (Wang-Thye Lee), a fast-talking spitfire who can handle a dozen customers and a dozen phone orders all at the same time. She's seen it all, and nothing phases her. Ming's delivery buddy Young (Jeng-Hua Yu) is a comic philosopher, always promising that "things will work out." Luckily he's able to loan Ming $150, but in order to make the rest of the cash, Ming will have to take every delivery all day long. And it's raining. Hard.



We race alongside Ming up and down streets and staircases as he encounters a motley cross-section of hungry New Yorkers hiding behind their doors (all of them are non-actors). A dollar tip here, a dollar tip there, how will it ever add up? Young encourages Ming to smile and say "thank you very much," but Ming is having none of it. "Why should I smile when I'm in a bad mood?" he asks. Good question.



For a film about Chinese take out, Take Out becomes intensely suspenseful. The hours are ticking by. Will Ming make it? His bike gets a flat. Rats! A customer gets the wrong order and demands it be replaced. Rats! Hurry, Ming, hurry!



Back at the restaurant the woks are sizzling, the customers are pouring in, and Big Sister is chattering away in two languages, dealing with a parade of crazies who try to give her a hard time. Day becomes night, and we still don't know how all it's all going to end.



In a nearly silent role, Charles Jung is able to make Ming totally sympathetic, and the rest of the cast, almost all of whom, including Big Sister, are non-actors, are totally watchable. It's hard not to be moved by the relatively jolly attitude all these long-suffering workers are able to maintain despite being poor, separated from their families, and forced to work grueling shifts. While directors Sean Baker and Shih-Chin Tsou go way overboard with the shakiness of their camera (it's worse than the Bourne trilogy and can be painful to watch at times), the look of the film does mirror the chaos of Ming's existence.



Watch Take Out, and you'll tip big the next time you order in.

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Pop singer Kylie Minogue has advised troubled star Britney Spears to "reach out" for whatever help she needs.
Speaking to The Sun, Australian singer Minogue said: "Who knows what is going on in her life? Britney isn't that young anymore. I think she will still come back but it's like she's taken an extended holiday."
She continued: "Whatever help she needs, she should reach out and get it. I wish someone would write a manual about fame because it's not easy."
The singer also said: "I'm always loath to say that because there are a lot more difficulties out there that people deal with every day - but when fame is handed to you, it is unique."
She added: "It's not to the same extreme, but I can remember having a mini-meltdown myself - and unless you've got good people around to support you, you've got a problem."

Otis Fodder

   
Artist: Otis Fodder

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   

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Discography:


   
 Music To Drive Cross Country By

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 10

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Gloria Allred in Pissing Match

Gloria Allred has a message for the Bev Hills Hotel -- urine trouble now!

Allred claims her client -- a lady who looks just like a dude -- was "humiliated" when she was thrown out of the women's restroom at the hotel. Allred says her client dresses like a man but proved to security she had right equipment for entry. Nonetheless, Allred smells blood, because the lady was tossed from the hotel.

And here's a shocker -- Gloria's holding a news conference at noon PT with the lady who will be wearing the same getup she wore on the fateful day.

Yes, we'll be live streaming it. Wouldn't miss that for the world.



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