Presseschnipsel und andere kleine Infos zu Michael

    Also ich les dat Ding zum ersten mal..........



    Zitat:
    Er hatte sich in einer gigantischen Kraftanstrengung selbst erfunden, um seine Erfindung dann in ihrem Erscheinungsbild immer weiter zu modifizieren. Da wurden Nase, Augen, Kinn und Wangenknochen einer rückhaltlosen Umgestaltung unterzogen, die funkelnden Fantasieuniformen immer fantasievoller.


    ??? Also das mit den Phanasieuniformen stimmt in den letzten Jahren aber net wirklich. Die letzte hatte er soviel ich weiß bei der Ankündigung seiner Konzerte an.


    Zitat:
    Mit seinem "Thriller"-Album hat er die schwarze Musik mit dem weißen Mainstream verschmolzen und, wenn man so will, diese Leistung mit seiner immer blasser werdenden Haut auch selbst verkörpert. Doch je bleicher er wurde, desto stärker berief er sich auf seine schwarzen Wurzeln. So hochgradig sexy seine Songs mit ihren pumpenden Bässen sind, Jackson selbst wirkte darin meist hilflos unerotisch, und je entschiedener sich Jackson bei Auftritten in den Schritt fasste, desto asexueller sah er dabei aus.


    Immer noch eine "seriöse" Zeitung die seine Hautkrankheit unter dem Teppich kehrt.
    Zu dem Rest denk ich mir mal meinen Teil..... :tatort;)



    Zitat:
    Zwischendurch entdeckte Jackson das Genre des Weltrettungssongs für sich, doch je nachdrücklicher er vom Weltfrieden sang, desto militärischer war sein Auftreten.


    Also das ist nun wirklich die frechste Behauptung in dem ganzen Text überhaupt!!!

    Annual AFI Almanac Names Eight Moments of Significance in Film, TV and Web



    LOS ANGELES, December 28, 2009 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | --- The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the year's AFI Moments of Significance. These eight noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2009.


    Each year, AFI AWARDS adds another volume to the history of American film and television by documenting the collective opinion of the moving image communities, archiving the year's significant moments and honoring the talent and collaborative teams who have created the year's outstanding accomplishments.


    Ten AFI Movies of the Year and 10 AFI Television Programs of the Year were announced earlier this month. A complete list of the 2009 official selections and the 2009 juries can be found at AFI.com.


    The 2009 AFI AWARDS selections were made through AFI's unique 13-person jury process in which scholars, film artists, critics and AFI Trustees discuss, debate and determine the most outstanding achievements of the year, as well as highlight these significant events that will shape our cultural legacy. Two AFI juries—one for motion pictures and one for television—convened in Los Angeles for two days of deliberations.


    AFI will honor the creative ensembles for each of the selections at a luncheon sponsored by Hewlett-Packard on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The luncheon is by invitation only.


    CRITERIA
    AFI Moments of Significance may include accomplishments of considerable merit; influences with either a positive or negative impression; trends, either new or re-emerging; anniversaries or memorials of special note; and/or movements in new technologies, education, preservation, government or other areas that impact the art film, television and digital media.


    The AFI Moments of Significance selections are listed below:


    AFI MOMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE


    AVATAR – JAMES CAMERON'S MILEPOST IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ART FORM


    James Cameron's pioneering effort to unleash the human imagination was fully realized in 2009 with the release of AVATAR, a film that firmly established itself as a landmark in the way stories are told.


    With an army of technological wizards at his side, writer/director/producer/co-editor Cameron called upon the forces of art and technology to create new tools for storytelling that are groundbreaking in both scope and scale.


    The magic of the motion picture – and the transfer of its power to television and now video games – has always found its truest power in its immersive qualities, and with Cameron's advances in CGI (computer-generated images) and 3-D, AVATAR enters AFI's almanac as an achievement that will have profound effects on the future of the art
    form.


    TWITTER: THE NEW WATERCOOLER


    Twitter, the Internet platform for messages of up to 140 characters, has become a powerful force in the worlds of film and television. It has long been proven that the most effective way to attract an audience is through "word of mouth," and Twitter allows for these influential conversations to be immediate and international.


    Twitter has also created new and direct channels of communication for artists to speak directly to their fan base. Most notably, in 2009, Ashton Kutcher enlisted over one million followers to his "tweets."


    In marketing terms, Twitter and other forms of social networking have allowed motion pictures and television programs the opportunity to both expand and unite their audiences. For example, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY became a cultural sensation in 2009 for mastering "word of mouth" marketing via social networks, in addition to telling a
    terrifying tale very well. In television, Twitter helped to ensure "appointment television" by creating venues for viewers to comment on shows as they aired. For example, GLEE employed Twitter to broaden its fan base of "Gleeks."


    THE LENO EXPERIMENT AND THE LOSS OF DRAMA


    On September 14, 2009, NBC premiered THE JAY LENO SHOW, a reformatted version of THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, to run Monday through Friday at 10:00 p.m.


    As a result, five hours traditionally reserved for episodic drama were dropped from the broadcast television landscape. The move had a harsh effect in job losses for the creative ensembles whose stories were told at that time, and also among national affiliate stations whose ratings for 11:00 p.m. local news programs dropped significantly.


    This experiment can be viewed as another chapter in the evolution of television to less expensive programming, which began in force with the emergence of reality television. However, audiences have found quality dramas moving in force to cable and pay cable television, and the world awaits the first breakout drama scripted for the Internet.


    REALITY TV AND THE LOSS OF BOUNDARIES


    Reality television crossed a line in 2009 as the cultural craving for celebrity moved in a dangerous new direction. Most significantly, the "characters" now referred to as "Balloon Boy" and "Octomom," in addition to a couple who allegedly infiltrated the White House to attend a state dinner, have marked the year as one in which the health
    and welfare of our citizens should be considered before the standards and practices of television.


    THE END OF ANALOG AND OTHER SIGNS OF SEA CHANGE


    On June 12, 2009, analog television switched off, and the digital revolution saw a new day. This moment is mostly symbolic, but signaled further change across many former television traditions:


    • Several long-running soap operas were cancelled in 2009. GUIDING LIGHT, the longest-running drama in television and radio history, aired its final episode on September 18, 2009. The program began in 1937, during the second Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was also announced that AS THE WORLD TURNS, a daytime staple since 1956, would air its last episode on September 10, 2010. The demise of the soap opera can be linked to the omnipresent melodrama presented in news, reality and other programs that are now available instantaneously, around the clock and on many platforms.


    • Long-form television became more scarce in 2009. While excellent programs like GREY GARDENS, INTO THE STORM and PRAYERS FOR BOBBY proved there was still quality work being done in the field, the fragmentation of the television audience strained the economics of the old business model for TV movies and mini-series.


    Other notable moments in the sea of change include Comcast's bid to acquire NBC Universal to ensure content for distribution to its more than 23 million subscribers, as well as the continued rise in the reliance of DVRs (digital video recorders) so that audiences have shows when and where they wish to view them.


    2009 – A YEAR OF EXTRAORDINARY ANIMATION


    Though animation has been a genre of great impact since the dawn of the moving image, 2009 marked a year that saw a dazzling explosion of noteworthy work from many of the nation's finest artists, and in forms vast and varied – from classic hand-drawn stories like THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG; to stop-motion splendors like CORALINE and FANTASTIC MR. FOX; to computer-generated creations like 9, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS and MONSTERS VS. ALIENS.


    THIS IS IT – DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON


    Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. One of the most influential entertainers in modern day, Jackson's death was met with a worldwide expression of grief.


    In the months that followed his death, Jackson's talents were celebrated on-line, with a renewed interest in the musical and video gifts he had given the world over five decades; on television, as millions tuned in for his memorial and funeral services; and, most notably, in theatres, with the film THIS IS IT, a documentary crafted from the rehearsal footage for an upcoming concert tour. The film proved an unprecedented global eulogy for fans and friends of the "King of Pop."

    RECESSION – THE MOVIES AGAIN PROVE A TONIC FOR ECONOMIC AILS


    Just as Americans flocked to musicals and screwball comedies during the Great Depression of the 1930s, audiences in 2009 escaped their worries by going to the movies. Though total admissions do not compare, it is worthy to note that in the world's darkest economic time since the Depression, American films grossed more money than any time in the history of the art form. Aliens, vampires and wizards may have replaced Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the silver screen, but the movies still provide joy and refuge in a story well told.


    About the American Film Institute
    AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.


    AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned AFI Conservatory, preserves the legacy of America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and AFI Archives, explores new digital technologies at the AFI Digital Content Lab and honors artists and their work through a variety of programs and special events.


    For 37 years, the AFI Life Achievement Award has remained the highest honor for a career in film. AFI also honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year at AFI Awards, the institute's almanac for the 21st century, while AFI's 100 Years… series has introduced and reintroduced classic American movies to millions of film lovers. And as the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the United States, AFI's festivals include AFI FEST presented by Audi in Los Angeles and AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS documentary film festival in Silver Spring, Maryland. AFI exhibition also offers year-round programming at the ArcLight Cinemas and Skirball Cultural
    Center in Los Angeles and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in the Washington DC, area. Additional information about AFI is available at AFI.com.




    shootonline.com

    'Thriller,' Muppets among 25 in US film registry



    WASHINGTON -- Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that unforgettable graveyard dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.


    The 1983 music video directed by John Landis, though still the subject of lawsuits over profits, was one of 25 films to be inducted Wednesday for preservation in the 2009 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.


    It's the first music video named to the registry. It had been considered in past years, but following Jackson's death, the time was right, said Steve Leggett, coordinator of the National Film Preservation Board.


    "Because of the way the recording industry is evolving and changing, we thought it would be good to go back to the development of an earlier seismic shift, which was the development of the music video," he said.


    Joining the King of Pop in the 2009 class will be the Muppets from 1979's "The Muppet Movie" - the first time on the big screen for Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy - and the 1957 sci-fi classic "The Incredible Shrinking Man," among other titles.


    The library works with film archives and movie studios to ensure original copies are kept safe. It also acquires a copy for preservation in its own vaults among millions of other recordings at the Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in the hills near Culpeper, Va.



    "By preserving the nation's films, we safeguard a significant element of our cultural patrimony and history," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.


    Congress established the registry in 1989, which now totals 525 films. They are selected not as the "best" American films but instead for their enduring importance to U.S. culture.


    The library selects films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and consulting with the National Film Preservation Board.


    In "The Muppet Movie," Kermit leads his fellow TV characters on a road trip to Hollywood where they meet Steve Martin, Mel Brooks and other actors with the magic of creators Jim Henson and Frank Oz.


    Other notable titles include "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), directed by Sergio Leone, representing the "spaghetti western" genre that helped propel such rising stars as Clint Eastwood. The list also includes Bette Davis' Oscar-winning performance in "Jezebel" from 1938.


    The oldest film inducted was "Little Nemo" from 1911, a mix of live action and animation adapted from Winsor McCay's comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland." The film, highly advanced for its time, influenced future animators, including Walt Disney.


    Regardless of ongoing legal disputes over rights to Jackson's "Thriller," the library holds a copy submitted in 1984 for copyright purposes and will seek to acquire another for preservation.



    washingtonpost.com

    "Thriller" als erstes Musikvideo in US-Filmarchiv


    Michael Jacksons "Thriller" zieht als erstes Musikvideo in das Nationale Filmarchiv des US-Kongresses ein. Das von John Landis gedrehte Musikvideo mit dem inzwischen verstorbenen "King of Pop" habe einen großen Umbruch bei der Gestaltung dieses Genres eingeleitet, begründete Koordinator Steve Leggard die Entscheidung.


    Das Nationale Filmarchiv wurde 1989 gegründet und enthält inzwischen 525 Filme für die Nachwelt. Jedes Jahr werden mehrere Filme für die Archivierung ausgewählt. Neben Jacksons "Thriller" sind diesmal unter anderen "The Muppet Movie" - der erste Auftritt von Kermit und Miss Piggie auf der großen Kinoleinwand -, "The Incredible Shrinking Man" ("Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mister C."), ein Science-Fiction-Film aus den 50er Jahren, "Jezebel" mit Bette Davis und der Italo-Western "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" dabei.


    "Indem wir unsere Filme erhalten, sichern wir einen wichtigen Bestandteil unseres kulturellen Erbes und unserer Geschichte", erklärte Bibliothekar James Billington. Nach den Regeln des Archivs müssen Filme "kulturell, historisch oder ästhetisch" wichtig sein, um aufgenommen zu werden.



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    Nick Jonas Covers Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel” At Tour Kick-Off



    Nick Jonas kicked off his tour with his new band, The Administration, this past Saturday (January 2) with a show at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas, and on the setlist, that included songs from his soon-to-be-released album, Who I Am, was a cover of Michael Jackson’s hit song “The Way You Make Me Feel.” Of course, like anything worth taping (or not), the video made its way to YouTube.


    Fear setting in yet?


    You might be surprised, but the cover isn’t as grimace-inducing as you might think. Instead of trying to sound like the late King of Pop, or mimicking any famous dance move, Nick and the guys gave the song a bit of a funk-rock twist with lots of guitar and a tiny pinch of soul.


    Will it go down as the best cover in history? Oh, no way! But, the worst? Not even close



    [ame='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLltl_-0yuY&feature=player_embedded#']YouTube- Nick Jonas and The Administration - The Way You Make Me Feel[/ame]



    neonlimelight.com

    Hat jemand grad Punkt12 gesehen ????


    Da waren 2 Fans die ein song für Michael gemacht haben....hab nur den schluss gesehen...MITM als hintergrund und am schluss freues neues jahr....hats jemand gesehen???? :respekt

    An den Tag an den ich dich das erst mal am Bilschirm sah wusste ich du bist einzigartig.
    Ich liebte dich vom ersten moment und werde erst aufhören wenn mein letzter tag kommt.
    Du bist mit jeden moment meines Leben verbunden,warst immer da....Ich Liebe Dich Michael.



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    Zitat von Xscape86

    Hat jemand grad Punkt12 gesehen ????


    Da waren 2 Fans die ein song für Michael gemacht haben....hab nur den schluss gesehen...MITM als hintergrund und am schluss freues neues jahr....hats jemand gesehen???? :respekt



    Ich hab es gesehen, am Anfang fand ich es witzig, aber dann ist der Text irgendwie schlimm geworden :sad

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