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Michael Jackson - the man who blew a billion.
Daily Mail ^ | 11-24-08 | Alison Boshoff

Posted on 11/24/2008 3:02:11 PM PST by dynachrome

Michael Jackson, the 50-year-old king of pop, defending himself against an Arab sheik claiming that Jacko owes him £4.6million.

The Jackson circus had been due to arrive yesterday.

The singer and his children were understood to have been planning to fly in to Luton Airport by private jet and were reportedly booked into the Dorchester Hotel with his permanent detail of five bodyguards at around £7,000 a night.

Then last night came dramatic nnews that Jackson had reached an out-of-court deal to avoid a potentially humiliating showdown.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: celebrity; deranged; jacko; michaeljackson; popstar
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To: Solson

Yeah, I thought they’d left a word out of the title myself.


21 posted on 11/24/2008 3:27:07 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Revolting cat!
...Yes, he’s fifty, but his nose is about two years old.

You're thinking of his weekend nose. His weekday nose is pretty much a standard.

22 posted on 11/24/2008 3:27:22 PM PST by SGCOS
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
I bet within a couple years, he’ll work a deal to perform in Vegas to repay most of his debts like Celine Dion did to pay off her husbands massive gambling debt owed to Ceasers.

It's already rumored he'll be replacing Barry Manilow at the Las Vegas Hilton when Manilow's run there ends.

23 posted on 11/24/2008 3:28:05 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: dynachrome

24 posted on 11/24/2008 3:30:41 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Everytime they open their mouth they shoot themselves in the foot.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

That’s been the route for some of the many folks who woke up one day bankrupt after years of success in the music business. There are several who could have actually opted for bankruptcy, but admirably did not do so and worked a hard Vegas (or Branson, Mo.) schedule to make good on their debts. I don’t think Michael Jackson will do that, but he could surpise.


25 posted on 11/24/2008 3:32:05 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: SkyDancer
Wonder if he maxed out his credit card(s) .... does he have a black AmEx card????

It used to be black, but now it is nearly white.

26 posted on 11/24/2008 3:32:15 PM PST by AmusedBystander (Democrat's new lament: I voted for "hope & change" and all I got is "shuck & jive".)
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To: dynachrome
Picture of Michael Jackson, 50 years old - how he would have looked without the plastic surgery.


27 posted on 11/24/2008 3:32:54 PM PST by Alex Murphy ( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
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To: dynachrome

How does he have white children and why does he make them wear masks? He named one of them Blanket, they do not know their mother and they have to be at least some part of all his strange behavior. I just hope they beat the odds and don’t end up as messed up as he is.


28 posted on 11/24/2008 3:33:47 PM PST by WildcatClan (AND THOSE DOESNT BRAIN JUST GO. ---- Cecile Noe)
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To: dynachrome

He doesn't belong on a starship. He should be squatting on a mushroom.

...oh wait, wrong metaphor.

29 posted on 11/24/2008 3:44:15 PM PST by MarineBrat (You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.)
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To: dynachrome

Not to worry, the Bush Administration will bail Jacko out!


30 posted on 11/24/2008 3:46:23 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Everytime they open their mouth they shoot themselves in the foot.)
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To: dynachrome

Have you heard about the Michael Jackson Sale at JC Penneys? Little boys pants are half-off...


31 posted on 11/24/2008 3:46:59 PM PST by bigbob
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To: MarineBrat

Now I have to scrub my brain of that image! LOL


32 posted on 11/24/2008 3:47:12 PM PST by dynachrome (Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: dynachrome

now we know why he converted to islam.


33 posted on 11/24/2008 4:35:12 PM PST by Peanut Gallery (A government that can give you everything you want, can also take it all away.)
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To: Alex Murphy

Oh my goodness, he would have been a handsome man. But no, he opted for freak instead.


34 posted on 11/24/2008 5:04:50 PM PST by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: mrs tiggywinkle

I know. He was very handsome when he made the Billie Jean album but he opted for the ET look (and I don’t mean Entertainment Tonight).


35 posted on 11/24/2008 5:06:50 PM PST by Paved Paradise
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To: dynachrome
Michael Jackson - the man who blew a billion.

"Little Boy Blue.....He needed the money!"

36 posted on 11/24/2008 5:10:01 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: Alex Murphy

Man, that’s just sad, he would have been quite handsome by normal standards. Jackson would have remained a huge powerhouse in the music industry if he hadn’t succumbed to his narcissism.


37 posted on 11/24/2008 5:11:45 PM PST by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Actually he was already offered a Vegas show and turned it down.


38 posted on 11/24/2008 5:33:27 PM PST by diverteach (http://www.slapobama.com/)
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