The King of Pop’s mane was famously burned in a pyrotechnics accident during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in 1984. He was left with with second degree burns. Shreds salvaged from the superstar’s scorched scalp are set to be sold at an auction in London later this week.
The locks were scoped up by the commercial’s executive producer, Ralph Cohen, who helped rescue the star by extinguishing the blaze with his coat.
“Michael on his cue, was supposed to come down the stairs the explosion went off and the first thing I noticed was – he was about half way down the stairs – and I noticed flame emanating from his hair,” he explains, recalling the famous fire.
“And it took me a moment to register what exactly was happening because there was so much lights and so many different things go on, it was a little confusing but I noticed his hair was on fire and I immediately rushed out from my position. I pulled my jacket off as I was running and proceeded to, when I reached him, put it over his head…”
The twelve strands of hair are valued at $1,600 and will be auctioned off at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel in London on Oct. 17.
“This memorabilia has doubled in price since Michael Jackson died,” says Richard Davie, who will host the auction. “The hair was collected by Ralph Cohen who worked on the Pepsi advert when Jackson’s hair caught fire. The strands are clearly burned and were picked up after the incident that left Jackson with second degree burns,” he added.
Ladies and Gents, introducing The Jackson 3! The King of Pop’s three children will be featured in an upcoming A&E reality show about the famous Jackson clan, according to a report in the Oct. 26 issue of Us Magazine. The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty is tentatively scheduled to air in December and will include Prince, 12, Paris, 11 and Prince Michael II, 7, who’s also called “Blanket,” in the cast. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Jackson was nominated for the Artist of the Year Award at the 2009 American Music Awards, as Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, and Snoop Dogg announced the nominees for this year’s ceremony in a live press conference from Los Angeles early Tuesday.
The King of Pop also picked up four additional noms for his 2003 Greatest Hits Collection. In all, the music icon, who passed away in June, is up for Artist of the Year, Pop Rock Male, Pop Rock Album, R&B/Soul Male and R&B/Soul Album. Michael is eligible because the AMAs go by sales and air play, not based on the year the material may have been released.
The American Music Awards air Sunday, Nov. 22 on ABC.
MJ’s new song isn’t so new after all……It has been revealed that “This Is It” the Michael Jackson song that was posthumously released on Monday was co-written by Canadian singing legend Paul Anka.
Almost immediately after “This Is It” began streaming online on Monday, controversy followed. Fans and music experts quickly spotted striking similarities between the track and one recorded nearly two decades ago. On Monday afternoon Anka told The New York Times that he had written the song with MJ in 1983, and that the King of Pop recorded it as a duet with Spanish Harlem’s own Safire under the title “I Never Heard” in 1991. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Jackson, the legendary King of Pop, will be featured in a concert film documentary titled This Is It, in theaters Oct. 28.
The film will be preceded by a soundtrack of the same name on Oct. 27. The two-disc album will include some of Michael’s biggest hits, previously unreleased versions, and two versions of the title track, “This Is It.” The single just premiered on Michael official website and it features backup vocals by the legend’s brothers.
MJ’s This Is It also includes a 36-page, commemorative booklet featuring exclusive photos of Michael from his last rehearsal.
A bench warrant has been issued in Nevada for Michael Jackson’s physican after the Death Doc failed to appear for a court hearing in a pending child support matter.
….We think we’ve figured why Michael Jackson avoided Madonna for more than a decade….
Michael Jackson thought Madonna was “sincerely in love” with him — despite harboring a deep-seated envy over his incredibly successful career.
The late King of Pop – who died in June from acute Propofol intoxication – claimed Madonna once threw herself at him, but he turned down the “Vogue” singer’s advances because he didn’t find her “sexy.”
Newly-released tapes recorded by friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach reveal Michael Jackson’s painful childhood, his paralyzing fear of his father, his loneliness, and jealousy of other stars.
The explosive recordings are transcribed on the pages of the new book The Michael Jackson Tapes.
