The trial against Dr. Conrad Murray for the death of Michael Jackson has begun, and it even has its own Ustream so you can catch all the morbid details in real time. And if the results of Day One are any indication, there’s bound to be a lot of uncomfortable, depressing and all-around alarming revelations … More » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Idolator Discovery Date : 28/09/2011 00:36 Number of articles : 2
Michael Jackson’s eldest son Prince will very likely be asked to testify at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, which begins today in L.A. An eyewitness to the horrific scene in the bedroom where his father lost his life in 2009, the 14-year-old does not want to testify, but will do what he must. According to a TMZ report, Prince is telling family that if he’s called to the stand, he’ll do what needs to be done in the name of justice for his late father. That said, he’s not exactly looking forward to it. Prince is “nervous” and worried that if he’s called to the stand, he might get flustered and “mess up.” If Prince, who is on the prosecution’s witness list, is called by prosecutors, his grandma and guardian, Katherine, will ask her lawyers to protect him . Not to bar him from testifying, but to request that the entire courtroom be cleared during his testimony. That wouldn’t be unprecedented for minors. Judge Michael Pastor will likely prohibit the media from putting Prince on camera and traumatizing him further, but may not clear the court altogether. Prince is on the witness list because Dr. Murray summoned Prince Michael Jackson to MJ’s bedroom for help during the fateful morning in June 2009. Opening statements in Murray’s trial begin today. [Photos: WENN.com]
Dr. Conrad Murray ‘s actions – or lack thereof – were telling, according to the officials tasked with investigating the death of Michael Jackson in 2009. Prosecutors in the physician’s involuntary manslaughter trial want the jury to hear about how authorities tried repeatedly to get in touch with Dr. Conrad Murray to figure out how Michael Jackson died, and how he didn’t cooperate. That, they say, is proof positive of a guilty conscience. Prosecutors say both the LAPD and the L.A. County Coroner tried on at least three separate occasions from June 30-July 21, 2009 to contact Murray about the case. Never once did they receive a call back. By falling off the radar, prosecutors believe it shows a consciousness of guilt – if not a full-scale effort to be less than forthcoming – and they want this evidence before the selected jurors. The judge has yet to rule the motion. The gaping hole in the Michael Jackson death timeline and the judge’s ruling that some previous MJ doctors cannot testify won’t help Murray, either.
Passionate Michael Jackson fans who wish to witness the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray have been told to get their asses in gear or be banned for good after an incident yesterday in which a number of MJ supporters acted out. Fans were “staring down Murray and giving him dirty looks,” reports say . These weren’t furtive glances, either. Spectators were staring so intensely at Dr. Murray it prompted the deputy to remove all spectators from the room. Despite this distraction, Judge Michael Pastor has not issued any bans on public viewing of the trial … yet. He has warned fans to shape up or get out. Jury selection continues in the trial of Conrad Murray , who faces involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from the 2009 death of the King of Pop. Murray will reportedly argue that the singer was in such a deteriorated state and being pushed so hard to perform that he cannot be held liable. [Photo: Fame Pictures]
Kurt Cobain was disappointed with the first version — so he went in and edited it himself. By Gil Kaufman Kurt Cobain Photo: MTV News It’s one of the most iconic videos in music history, up there with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” or Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” But to hear late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain tell it, he wasn’t that happy with how the final version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” turned out, which is why he went in at the last minute and tweaked it himself. “Although it worked … I like the video overall, but it wasn’t what I pictured in my mind,” Cobain said in a December 13, 1993, interview with MTV News about the clip that helped launch a rock revolution and turned his band into unwitting grunge poster children. “When I come up with an idea for a video, I want it to be translated exactly how I see it in my mind … and it just wasn’t that way.” Nirvana’s rise to fame, in their own words. Cobain — who was notoriously hands-on with all the imagery associated with the band, including creating the artwork for their album covers — said Nirvana just didn’t take enough time to prep themselves for the shoot. “We didn’t prepare ourselves enough to have as much control as we wanted to,” he explained, perhaps alluding to the fact that the clip was the first one the band filmed after making the huge leap from cash-strapped Seattle indie label Sub Pop to major label Geffen/DGC as a still mostly unknown new act. Cobain described walking in on the first day of shooting of the video — for the first single from what would become their smash breakthrough, 1991’s Nevermind — with director Sam Bayer (Green Day, Justin Timberlake, The Strokes) and realizing that the set did not look as he had imagined or drawn in his storyboarding for the clip. “I told him what I wanted, I drew pictures of it, and I walked in and it wasn’t what I wanted,” Cobain said. “It looked like a Time-Life commercial to me, with that backdrop, it just looked like such a contemporary … you know those kind of commercials where people are sitting there trying to sell aspirin or something? Or an AT&T commercial? That’s what it looked like to me; it looked too contemporary.” Even though he was disappointed with the look of the set, Cobain had high praise for the super-jacked real fans who were trucked in to fill out the bleachers in the studio for the exhausting 12-hour shoot. “Still, the kids made the video,” he said. “Even after Sam had edited it … he edited it and sent it to me and I didn’t like it, and I flew down at the last minute to L.A. and edited it myself. I threw in a few extra things which pretty much saved it.” Reluctant to toot his own horn (while, you know, totally tooting his own horn), Cobain added that there was “a lot of really good” footage that Bayer had shot that wasn’t used. “If a lot of that hadn’t been used, it would have been a really bad video,” he laughed, alluding to the shots of the (over) excited kids trashing the set. “There wasn’t really a lot of that, and most of the stuff that was used looked really contrived. There was no spontaneity in it. So I just threw all the spontaneous parts in.” Stick with MTV News all week as we reveal the Nevermind You Never Knew , celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s definitive album with classic footage, new interviews and much more. Related Videos Nirvana: The Nevermind You Never Knew
Our Nevermind You Never Knew 20th-anniversary coverage continues with part two of a three-part look back at Nirvana in their own words. By James Montgomery Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain in 1993 Photo: MTV News ” Nevermind was definitely an album we wanted to make. … We have no regrets, other than maybe the production was too slick.” That was Kurt Cobain in December 1993, after the initial impact of Nirvana ‘s sophomore album had subsided, and the band was trying to slip effortlessly into the promotional cycle for its follow-up, In Utero. Of course, it went about as well as you would expect. Such is often the case when a band attempts to move on from the shadow of a monolithic, moment-seizing record: It’s difficult to talk about anything else. When it was released, no one had any idea of what Nevermind would eventually become. In fact, in the Geffen offices, they were hoping it’d sell maybe 250,000 copies, and as such, shortages in record stores were common in the months following its release. But, as you’re probably aware by now, the album far exceeded initial expectations (it’s since sold more than 30 million copies worldwide,) and, in the 20 years since its release, Nevermind has gone on to become an album that not only lends itself to being mythologized, but deserves it as well. And yet, the album didn’t become a household name overnight. It slowly (almost methodically) ascended the charts, finally overtaking Michael Jackson’s Dangerous atop the Billboard albums chart in January 1992. And when it did, it signified not only the changing of the guard, but a new era for music. It was a rare moment: A good band was also the most popular. And 20 years later, we’re still marveling at that fact. But, again, Nevermind lends itself to mythology. And with its 20th anniversary just around the corner, we suspect you’ll be subject to no shortage of it. So rather than add another anecdote (or 10) to the pile, we figured it would be best to tell the story of Nirvana in the words of the people who knew it best: the band itself. We’ve spent the past few weeks mining the MTV News archives to find our definitive Nirvana moments — not just the iconic interviews, but the behind-the-scenes nuggets that show the band as they truly were: funny, irreverent and just a little uncomfortable with their newfound fame (a fact they’d go to great lengths to prove with In Utero ). Earlier Monday (September 19), we published Nirvana’s take on their early years , and now, we’re going to give you their view on everything that happened in the year following the release of Nevermind . Here, now, is a band at the epicenter of a true revolution, trying to make sense of everything that happens while, at the same time, attempting to remain true to the scene that birthed them. That struggle is just one of many reasons why, 20 years after they burst into the world, Nirvana remains one of the most fascinating rock bands of all time. Stick with MTV News all week as we reveal the Nevermind You Never Knew , celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s definitive album with classic footage, new interviews and much more. Related Videos Nirvana: The Nevermind You Never Knew Related Artists Nirvana
Must be nice… According to TMZ reports : A huge development in the Michael Jackson Estate case. The Executors have done so well making money for the Estate since Jackson died, they want to fund the Michael Jackson Trust to the tune of $30 million for the benefit of Katherine Jackson and Michael’s 3 kids. TMZ has obtained court documents in which co-Executors John Branca and John McClain are asking the court’s permission to fund the trust. According to the docs, the Estate generated more than $310 million in gross revenues as of December 31, 2010 — that’s the latest accounting. In addition to funding the trust, the Executors are asking the court’s permission to sell the longtime family home on Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino, CA. According to the docs, Katherine wants to sell the house and, although no price is mentioned, the property was valued at $4,150,000 when Michael died. The docs say Katherine wants the Estate to purchase another home and she’s eying several properties, but we’re told the home she really wants is the Calabasas house in which she and the kids are currently living. There was $310 million made and you only want to shoot them 30?? We know MJ had debts and $30 mill is no small chunk of change, but get that number up a lil bit playa…
Beyonce and her baby bump finally made it to the Fashion Week festivities today when she and her sister Solange hit J.Crew’s Spring 2012 presentation. Bey wore a belted shimmery gold dress that matched her new mommy glow and her highlighted hair, while sis stayed true to her eclectic style in a pink top with a high neckline and patterned blue pants. Beyonce Bares Baby Bump In A Bikini! [PHOTOS] Solange Doesn’t Want To Talk About Beyonce! Beyonce Cancels Performance At Michael Jackson Tribute Concert
Wow: Jermaine Jackson says his family had secretly arranged to fly Michael to Bahrain if the pop icon was found guilty of child molestation. Jermaine was quoted as telling The Times magazine out Saturday that a private jet financed by a friend was on standby to whisk his late brother to the Gulf emirate if the 2005 court case ended with a conviction. Bahrain does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. Jermaine says his brother did not know about the escape plan but Michael would have “done it in a heartbeat” because “why should he go to jail for something he didn’t do?” The singer was found not guilty on all charges. He later spent a year in the emirate as a guest of a son of Bahrain’s king. Jermaine is such an attention whore…he needs to sit the hell down somewhere and let his brother rest in peace. Source Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/09/11/2011-09-11_jermaine_jackson_had_escape_plan_ready_for_brother_michael_in_case_of_child_mole.html#ixzz1XfG6cmm7
