Beiträge von ronja

  • Mesereau über seine Art, den Prozess zu führen

    Quelle: MJJ Forum


    http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/artic...p;Archive=false


    Mesereau blasts tabloids over Jackson trial coverage


    DAWN HOBBS, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
    January 19, 2007 7:23 AM


    In his first visit to Santa Barbara since winning the Michael Jackson trial in 2005, Thomas Mesereau spoke to a group of about 200 people Thursday evening about the media's role in high-profile cases.


    The audience was riveted as the distinguished criminal defense lawyer discussed how trial coverage has become an important part of American society, using elements of the Jackson case -- the most covered criminal trial in history -- to make his points.


    "A lot of my views are somewhat controversial and not well liked," he told the packed room at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, "but they are heartfelt views."


    Throughout his 1 1/2-hour speech, Mr. Mesereau lambasted the tabloid media, claiming they sensationalized and distorted the facts of the Jackson trial, and also Santa Barbara County prosecutors for the "savage and cruel attacks" made against his client. But he praised Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville for keeping a tight rein in the courtroom and Robert Sanger, a prominent local attorney, for his work on the Jackson defense team.


    Mr. Mesereau -- who was named by Barbara Walters as one of her "10 Most Fascinating People" and by GQ magazine as one of the "Top Men of the Year" after the Jackson trial -- was featured as part of Fielding Graduate University's Distinguished Speaker Series and sponsored by the doctorate program in media psychology, the first of its kind in the country.


    Noting the intense media competition in the Jackson case, Mr. Mesereau recounted how a tabloid reporter called his cell phone one day:


    "This reporter said, 'Give me some hot documents and I'll tell you who is sleeping with who in the DA's office.' I said, 'First of all, there's a gag order and I will not violate it. Secondly, I don't care who is sleeping with who.' " The audience erupted into laughter.


    He also offered behind-the-scenes glimpses into why he wanted to keep the trial in Santa Maria, what kind of jurors he sought, and how he personally dealt with the anxiety of such a high-profile case -- in bed by 7 p.m. and up at 3 a.m., long walks with co-counsel Susan Yu, vitamins, good food and a condo on the other side of town from where throngs of journalists were staying.


    Referring to comments in his article recently published in the L.A. Daily Journal, Mr. Mesereau noted lawyers should resist the lure of cameras in high-profile cases and instead "focus on the client's interest and welfare." His intent, he said, was to win his case in the courtroom, not in the media.


    A lot of the coverage of the Jackson trial, he said, was erroneously labeled as news but was instead entertainment, perpetuated by television's use of legal analysts who had not even set foot in the Santa Maria courtroom and would "yell and scream and wave their arms around" about evidence they had never seen.


    Mr. Mesereau shared that when numerous colleagues advised him to request the trial be moved out of Santa Maria because of the conservative nature of the city's residents, he said he decided to check it out for himself.


    "I went up before the trial and would hang out in local bars and restaurants, dressed in my jeans and just minding my own business," he said. "After a couple of weeks of doing that, I concluded that people there were not hostile to Michael Jackson -- they liked and appreciated him in the community."


    He described residents as "conservative, but independent-minded. I decided Santa Maria was an honorable, fair, decent community and that he'd get a fair trial, which he did."


    Although he used a jury consultant who conducted telephone polls and then charted the data, Mr. Mesereau said he disregarded it and used his instincts when selecting jurors. While many might think women with children would not be good jurors in a child molestation case, Mr. Mesereau said, he wanted these kinds of jurors because he thought they'd be more open to understanding Mr. Jackson, especially when "crazed prosecutors" were trying to portray him as "asexual, homosexual and weird."


    "I picked jurors who I thought would be open to understanding him and his world and that he dances to a slightly different drummer."

  • Message From The King Of Pop To His Fans

    Krähe- du hast ja tolle Ideen- aber ob er dat packt? Also die Entsorgung meine ich;D


    Noch eine Ergänzung von Paul MJNO:
    Quelle: MJJ Forum;


    I should actually clarify that Michael never said he was in Vegas, I just kind of assumed that from recent reports and put it in the statement. If a mod is around, please edit Trish's post to match the one on MJNO. Thanks.

  • Neues Album evtl. OHNE CD ?!?

    Quelle MJJForum
    Hier noch mal mit Link zum Spot


    Exclusive Video Message from Will.I.Am
    Will.I.Am, producer for multi-platinum acts like The Pussycat Dolls, Fergie, Busta Rhymes and The Blackeyed Peas, sat down for an impromptu chat with MJJF Staff Member Feisal. Will.I.Am is currently co-producing Michael Jackson's up and coming project that's slated for release in 2007.


    Please click this link for Will.I.Am's message to Michael and his fans!


    http://www.mjjforum.com/main/content/view/1964/0/

  • Album / Management / Plattenfirma / Collabos / NEWS - [ KEINE DISKUSSIONEN! ]

    ich hoffe, da sist jetzt hier richtig- wnen nicht bittre dahinschieben , wo es hingehört
    Quelle MJJForum:
    im original:KLICK



    Michael Jackson and Will.I.Am: WTF



    For the past couple of years, Michael Jackson has surrounded himself with a weird cloud of mystery, which was probably a good idea on his part. His public image had become bafflingly bizarre; he'd spent years hitting levels of insanity that we don't think he could possibly ever surpass them and then surpassing them. It had become harder and harder to think of Jackson as a musician or as an artist with so many layers of persona in the way. After the endless child-molestation courtroom drama and bankruptcy rumors, it made sense for him to get out of town and lay low for a little while. Still, Jackson is pretty much the most popular singer in the history of pop music, and he can't just disappear completely. So every loose crumb of information that makes its way onto the internet gives a tantalizing, frustrating glimpse of a disturbed, hermetic genius on the run from the people who once loved him. He's living in Dubai, he's eating lamb with Whoo Kid, he's signed an album deal with a label owned by Dubai's royal family and run by the guy who invented Crazy Frog. And now he's working with Will.I.Am, a story that's sort of surprising in how unsurprising it is.


    Will.I.Am's had quite a year, inexplicably shaking off some of the cornball-rap associations that he'd earned himself by turning himself into a dancing cartoon and making unlistenable kiddie-rap. He's sold a ton of Black Eyed Peas records, which probably has something to do with the fact that some credible big-name rappers are totally willing to hire him to make beats and sometimes even to rap. In 2006, he produced songs for Busta Rhymes, Too Short, the Game, Nas, and Common. He made that terrible Sergio Mendes album that I saw staring at me from the counter every time I went into Starbucks for a couple of months. He did a song with Justin Timberlake, probably today's closest equivalent to 80s-era Michael Jackson. He turned a thirtysomething former speed-freak child actor named Fergie into a pop-radio fixture if not an actual pop star. Even weirder, a lot of those Will.I.Am productions haven't really been all that bad, and a few of them (the Game's "Compton," Nas's "Hip Hop is Dead") have been downright good. He's becoming less and less insistent about making sure he gets to drop his own unbelievably awful verses on all the songs he produces, and he's only been responsible for a few outright clunkers. That's not exactly astronomical praise, but it's a lot more than I expected this guy to manage. A few years ago, I saw the Black Eyed Peas open for Gang Starr in Baltimore, one of the most inappropriate, awkward double-bills I've ever witnessed. Today, Will is doing tracks for Nas and Common while DJ Premier keeps his lights on by making tracks for Christina Aguilera and maybe attempting his own extreme pop makeover with Whitney Houston. Will.I.Am has proven himself to be a shockingly adaptable creature, so you can see the reasoning behind one of the most maligned public figures in music wanting a piece of him. And I can't imagine a much greater challenge for Will than Jackson's artistic and commercial rehabilitation; I sure wouldn't turn down the offer if I got that call. So the only remaining question is whether a Michael Jackson/Will.I.Am collaboration has the potential to be any good at all.


    It would be a mistake to underestimate Jackson, who's always been capable of doing great things vocally. I thought Jackson's maligned 2001 comeback album Invincible was pretty good, even if it was loaded down with too many snoozy ballads, even if it's impossible not to contemplate how much better it would've been if he hadn't turned down the tracks the Neptunes offered him. The uptempo tracks were sleek and jittery pieces of impeccable studio craft, and he attacked them with all the spastic grace that they demanded. As a singer, Jackson has long put all his effort into the asides; yelps and whoops and sharp exhalations are more important than actual words, and he pants as much as he sings. He never lets his voice float on top of a track. Instead, he dives into it, fighting its current and crashing headlong into its edges like a bird against a window. On Off the Wall, he used that technique to convey total irrepressible joy, but since then, he's sounded dark and angry and paranoid, like he's getting out all the frustration that he can't possibly express anywhere else.


    But *****n's voice needs itchy, propulsive dance tracks, and Will.I.Am. doesn't understand dance music the way Invincible producer Rodney Jerkins does, let alone past Jackson collaborators like Teddy Riley and Quincy Jones. I can only think of one Will.I.Am track that would work as a Michael Jackson song: Fergie's "Fergalicious." "Fergalicious" is cold and skeletal and catchy as all hell; it's not that distant from Jackson's "Smooth Criminal." Of course, Will.I.Am can't justifiably claim much credit for "Fergalicious" considering that the song is basically just a wholesale jack of JJ Fad's bubble-rap nugget "Supersonic." If Will.I.Am's ever made a beat that great by himself, I haven't heard it. The good news is that Will's never been above complete, shameless appropriation (see also: "Hip Hop is Dead"). If he really wants to bring Jackson back, I'd love to see him do it by raiding his stacks of old electro and freestyle and synthpop and disco records, finding a few great beats for Jackson to sing over, making a couple of minimal tweaks, and then letting them go. Jackson has the money to clear those samples, and it's the only way this will ever work. If Will ends up presiding over twelve sub-"Man in the Mirror" ballads, I'm going to be pissed.


    Voice review: Frank Kogan on Michael Jackson's Invincible
    Voice review: Jason King on the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business
    Voice review: Joshua Clover on the Black Eyed Peas' Elephunk

  • Randy Jackson (Michaels Bruder) in Hospital

    Quelle MJNO- danke Bady:blumen


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


    January 19th, 2007


    Lugano, Switzerland


    Statement of Thanks from Randy Jackson:


    "There comes a time in all of our lives, when we are forced to stop and God lets you know what is really important.
    At a time like this, there is no greater blessing that the outpouring of love and care from all of you around the world.
    I sincerely thank you for all of your support, kind words, well-wishes and prayers."


    Randy Jackson
    __________________

  • Randy Jackson (Michaels Bruder) in Hospital

    Quelle Malibu


    Bestätigung von Gail Felix, Assistentin von Angel Howansky (Pressesprecherin der Jackson Familie)



    I can confirm that Mr. Randy Jackson is undergoing some tests to rule out a heart attack.
    Ich kann bestätigen, dass Herr Randy Jackson sich derzeit einigen Tests unterziehen muss, damit ausgeschlossen werden kann, dass er einen Herzinfarkt hatte.


    He was on the phone yesterday and started to have chest pains and was directed to go to the hospital for tests.
    Er sprach gestern am Telefon und bekam große Schmerzen in der Brust, direkt danach wurde er ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert für entsprechende Tests.


    I was told that Randy is overall in good health, that his diet is very good so they are doing tests to rule out any sort of minor heart attack and to get to the source of the problem.
    Mir wurde mitgeteilt, dass Randy in allem bei guter Gesundheit ist, seine Diät verläuft sehr gut und die Tests sollen nur klären was der Grund für die Brustschmerzen ist.


    If I get any updates to his condition, I will let you know.
    Wenn ich weitere Informationen zu seinem Zustand bekomme werde ich euch informieren.



    Quelle: Gail Felix / MJJForum
    Übersetzung: Bina / MALIBU FC

  • Das Prinzip Vergebung

    kann schon sein- aber wo steht, das man sich nicht auseinandersetzen soll? ( weiß es jetzt echt nicht mehr...;D und ich denk , das kann auch jeder Zeit , wenn es angebracht ist wieder passieren. Das hat ja nichts damit zu tun, das man den anderen als Menschen icht mag, sondern das man gerade anderer Meinung ist:blumen ! Mit dem Screamy fetze ich mich sozusagen immer wieder... mehr oder weniger, finde ihn aber doch (meist) recht sympathisch ;D ! Das gehört doch im Leben dazu und gibt die richtige Würze- wie langweilig, wenn alle einer Meinung wären, immer und zu allen Punkten!:drück

  • Das Ende von M- Files


    ich bin ein Fan von Michael und nicht von seinem Managment- die kommen und gegen und wenn ich ein Magazin oder sonst was für Fanarbeit mache, würde ich das machen, weil ich das will und nicht mit der Premisse, ob mich das Managment dabei unterstützt oder nicht.

  • Das Prinzip Vergebung

    nun , ich finde die Arbeit der ( Boulevard) Medien generell fragwürdig, nicht nur in Sachen Jackson. Und sie gehen bei ihrer Arbeit ohne Rücksicht auf irgenwelche verluste vor- sei es bei Erwachsenen, Kindern , oder Menschengruppen. Das habe ich selbst erlebt- zum Glück nicht als Betroffene, aber es war auch so schon hart zuzusehne, was die Folgen sein können. Und Artikel 1 des Grundgesetzes ist in Sachen Michael Jackson eh abgeschafft worden, könnte man den Eindruck haben. Natürlich haben an diesem Zustand die braven Leser /Höhere , Seher dieser Medien ein- die ja angeblich nur das senden, was die Massen sehen wollen. Es werden aber immer wieder und noch tiefer unter die Gürtelliene gehenden Formate erfunden, um Publikum zu bekommeen, wen dieses übersättigt scheint. Und da- eben bei dem wie ich was warum verkaufe, liegt die Verantwortung der Macher vor finde ich

  • Mikes Alter

    dit is aber ungesund für die Haut...sich nachtsnicht abschminken...aber wenn es spaß macht...is ja nich meine (Haut);D

  • Mikes Alter

    und außerdem kennst du den Zauberlehrling? Die Sache mit den Geistern, die er rief.... man kann son ein Superstarimage , wie man sieht , nicht einfach ausziehen, wie einen Anzug und in den Schrank hängen , wo es dann rumhängt, bis ans Ende aller Zeiten- oder bis es mal wieder gebraucht wird- klebt wie Patex....da würde wirklich nur Brandos Insel helfen... weiß aber nicht , ob es da überhaupt wat zu essen jibt und all sowas oder nur Wald und Natur- und um dat zu ändern bräuchte man schon wieder (recht viel) Geld...

  • Mikes Alter

    ;) :D Dit is doch ma ne jute Idee- glaub aber die Knete würde gerade kanpp dazu...
    Allerdings , die Insel hat er ja schon- dank Marlon Brando:D ;D