Micahel Jackson in Search Of His Childhood

It was frequently said life in a dysfunctional family, lack of consistency (??)at home beginning an entertainment career at the age of nine, may have been some contributing factors to the unusual artistic adult male Michael Jackson became. In the following video Michael sings of his constant search for his lost childhood.



We Never Can Say Good-bye to you Michael Jackson.



Rest in peace.



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Michael Jackson Has Left The Planet: Rest In Peace-We Never Can Say Good-bye

Just made a post about Michael Jackson's demise.The quintessential entertainer died yesterday at age 50. Watch this early video of Michael with his brothers as the Jackson 5.



Then go here to see our tribute to Michael Jackson the most influential super-star in all areas of world culture for the past forty years.


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Jim Scott Music: Concert Performer, Vocalist, Classical Guitarist, Environmental Activist

Jim Scott plays music. His original compositions exceed the boundaries of style. Through his original music Jim Scott advances such concepts as peace, justice and the ecology. He's recorded with and performed on stage with the music giants of folk, jazz, and classical music.

This thrilling formally trained musician, a graduate of The Eastman School Of Music, is a classical guitarist. Scott is a former member of the Paul Winter Consort.

In fact Jim led an audience of thousands in singing the song "Common Ground" as well as his own self composed anthem for the ecology, "A Song For The Earth." He was co-creator of the Consort's memorable piece for choir, "Missa Gaia/Earth Mass,". Jim also recorded "A Concert for the Earth”" in the Great Hall of the United Nations. During his time as a guitarist with the Consort, composed PBS soundtracks. He composed and wrote the arrangements for a whole concert given by the Paul Winter Consort with the Indianapolis Symphony.

You will enjoy Jim's mellow thoughtful musical creations. Through Jim's music you will be influenced and transformed just like so many from around the world who have hard him play. We suggest you do not miss an opportunity to see him live. In the meantime, until he comes to your town pick up one or all of his CDs. You'll be so glad you did.

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Richard WIlliams Announces Engagement To Lakeisha Graham 30 Years His Junior

Last week the father and coach of tennis super-stars, sisters Venus and Serena Williams announced to Jose Lambiet he is serious about Lakeisha Graham. According to Williams they plan to marry sometime after April 5, 2009 following the Sony Ericcson Open scheduled to take place in Key Biscayne, Florida. Williams has been divorced from Oracene, the mother of Venus and Serena, for about seven years. We send our best wishes to the happy couple.
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Paris Hilton, Michael Strahan, Nicole Murphy, Rihanna, Chris Brown-Clark Dark Reports

Hello celebrity watchers, I'm Clark Dark with enfotainment news...here's the latest:

Former NFL star Michael Strahan gives new meaning to keeping an eye on his lover. It was recently exclusively reported by some New York tabloid that Strahan had a tracking device installed on the vehicle of his now former love-honey Nicole Murphy, the ex-wife of comic Eddie Murphy. Seems Michael had suspected Nicole was not entirely committed to him. According to reports she'd been sharing some close intimate times and emails with Universal Records A&R executive Demetrius Spencer. No need to be concerned about it now. The tracking device was found in Murhpy's car and removed; Strahan was to say in the least disappointed. He has a history of being insecure about his relationships. It's the 21st Century technology at work in so many creative ways, folks

More love notes about Rihanna and Chris Brown... the popular couple will be in court on Thursday in Los Angeles. Amid reports of possible charges to be lodged by the Distric Attorney against Chris Brown, Diddy is helping them to reconcile and TMZ reports Rihanna in her police interview claims the beatings were becoming worse. I'd like to say to all young ladies, teens, and up: no one has the right to physically abuse you. No one has the right to make a point by hitting, slapping, harming you in any way. Being fearful of a guy who allegedly cares for you, while trying to avoid a beatdown is not the way a healthy relationship is conducted. Eventually your self-esteem and your morale will be as damaged as your physical body.

With all this unhappy relationship news word from the Hilton household is that Kathy Hilton, mother of Paris, is advising her daughter to stay away from the dating scene. Momma Hilton believes her baby, Paris, should have time to heal from the devastating November 2008 break up with Benji Madden.

"My dating advice for Paris would be just to take your time. It is okay to be alone; you don’t have to always be with someone."

To help her heal there are reports of Paris's plans for a super b'day party in Las Vegas...you know the place where what happens there stays there...plus she's reportedly got a brand new bitch: one tiny teacup Pomeranian, a designer pooch, purchased during a recent business trip to Tokyo to promote Samantha Thavasa, a line designed by her sister Nicky Hilton. Meanwhile reports abound that Hilton's latest ex-beau is now sniffing around Katie Perry. I say Paris listen to your mother, but when you're ready to kick it again. holla atcha man Clark.



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J-Hud To Perform National Anthem At SuperBowl XLIII

Clark Dark, ace entertainment reporter here with news about our favorite American Idol star Jennifer Hudson.

The National Football League, (NFL) has confirmed Jennifer Hudson, the 27 year-old singer/actress who already has an Oscar on her trophy shelf, will be returning to the stage on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, to sing the Star Spangled Banner, the American national anthem. As we recall the last time Hudson performed the tune was in August at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado on the night President Barack Obama accepted the party's nomination to run for the office of President of the United States.

Hudson has not performed in a public appearance since her mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson; brother Jason Hudson; and nephew Julian King were slain in Chicago in October. Her estranged brother-in-law has been charged in the killings.

Hudson is also expected to sing at this year's 51st Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 8, 2009 where she has been nominated to receive four awards; Hudson is up for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song (for "Spotlight"), Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for her duet with Fantasia ("I'm His Only Woman"), and Best R&B Album.

Add to those nominations seven nominations from the NAACP Image Awards and it looks like Jennifer Hudson's future is very bright after thedevastating experience of losing and mourning for her family members.

I hope she wins in all four Grammy categories, and I hope she will take home all of the Image Awards, even for categories she's not been nominated. Much success to you J-Hud. I love you.


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Patrick McGoohan TV's Star "Secret Agent" Man Dies

Patrick McGoohan, the man who starred as "Secret Agent" on American television, and on British and Canadian tee vee as "Danger Man", as well as the quixotic "Prisoner" Number Six died on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 80 years old.

During the airings of the popular shows with which he was associated McGoohan had the distinction of being the highest paid television actor of that time.

Orson Welles once said of McGoohan that he could have been one of the major stars of his generation: he had the looks and the intensity and painted most of the roles he played with a wryness and a satirical edge that made him a compelling actor to watch. Yet this complicated man, highly-strung, unpredictable and irascibly enigmatic, seemingly threw away his career while at the height of his fame and influence and was never again to fully recapture it.
It was Orson Welles, who discovered McGoohan's talent and cast him as Starbuck opposite his Ahab in the well-received theatrical production of Moby Dick in the 1950s.

On television McGoohan, a charismatic leading man, was selected to play secret agent John Drake in a new action-adventure series, Danger Man. It proved to be the perfect showcase for McGoohan's special brand of acting in which he created around him an aura of potential eruption, like a caged wild animal that could pounce at any moment. McGoohan confessed that he deliberately acted with a certain abrasive edginess to keep himself and others on their toes.

McGoohan starred in 86 episodes of Danger Man, propelling him to international stardom. The father of three daughters, McGoohan reacted against what he considered to be a moral lapse on television by refusing to allow his TV hero to use a gun (unless absolutely necessary) or be involved in sexual dalliances with his leading lady. He gave similar reasons for twice turning down the chance to play James Bond in 1962.

The success of Danger Man as the first British show to break into the burgeoning American television market, paving the way for others like The Avengers and The Saint – gave McGoohan creative carte blanche to pursue his own project, a startlingly original, and costly, series about a retired spy (known as Number Six) living in a quaint village from which he cannot escape.

He was never interested in the ancillary aspects of acting, of stardom and having his name up in lights. He even moved his family, first to Switzerland, then to Mexico, and finally to California to avoid media intrusion on his home life.

McGoohan found satisfaction in total involvement in first-class projects. Although first and foremost an actor, during his Danger Man/Prisoner days he had also involved himself heavily in scripting and production and he continued these interests in America. He directed the film Catch My Soul (1974), a rock version of Othello, and directed and guest-starred in a number of episodes of the popular television detective series Columbo, winning an Emmy Award for one performance. He also began to write poetry and novels, supplementing such pursuits by taking supporting roles in big Hollywood movies including the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy hit Silver Streak (1976) and Clint Eastwood's Escape from Alcatraz (1979).

McGoohan's final appearance on the big screen as the tyrannical King Edward Longshanks was in the 1995 Mel Gibson blockbuster Braveheart.




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Ricardo Montalban, Activist, Fantasy Island Actor Dies

Ricard Montalban had died. He was 88 years old. According to a statement by his son-in-law, Gilbert Smith, the actor succumbed to "complications of advancing age". Montalban was born in Mexico City in 1920. He was a star in Mexican movies before coming to the United States when hired by MGM in the 1940s to appear in big expensive American film productions with swimming star Esther Williams.

Montalban is best remembered as the welcoming wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke on the hit tee vee show "Fantasy Island". He is also known for his portrayal of the alien super being "Khan" on the original Star Trek television show a role he reprised in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Watch video:



Klingon proverb - "Revenge is a dish best served cold. It is cold in space." Khan

Ricardo Montalban is held in high esteem by his community for his contributions. Among them his assistance in founding the ALMA Awards, which honor and encourage fair portrayals of Latinos in entertainment.

In an interview during the 1970s Ricardo Montalban said, "The Spanish-speaking American boy sees Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid wipe out a regiment of Bolivian soldiers. He sees `The Wild Bunch' annihilate the Mexican army. It's only natural for him to say, `Gee, I wish I were an Anglo.'"

By all reports from family, friends, fellow actors he was the spirit of humility, and excellence. He was known for giving back to the community. They say he was just plain decent man.

With his wife the former Georgiana Young, actress, model and younger sister of actress Loretta Young, whom he married in 1944, he had four children: Laura, Mark, Anita and Victor. Ricardo and Georgiana remained one of Hollywood's most devoted couples. She died in 2007.

Montalban is survived by daughters Laura and Anita, sons Victor and Mark and six grandchildren.
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Balfour Suspect In Chicago Hudson Family Murders Indicted

William Balfour, 27, was indicted during an appearance in an Illinois courtroom today. Balfour is the estranged husband of singer actress Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia.

Prosecutors allege he killed Hudson family members October 24, 2008 in their home in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago because he thought Julia had a new boyfriend. Slain were Jennifer's and Julia's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57; their brother, Jason, 29, and Julia's 7-year-old son, Julian King.

Balfour is also charged with home invasion. He is being held without bond on a parole violation at the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet. Today, his attorney asked Judge Maria Cecil to transfer him to Cook County Jail so he could be closer to his family. She took the request under advisement.

The indictment--on exactly the same charges as filed against Balfour earlier--relieves prosecutors of having to detail their evidence at a preliminary hearing.

Prosecutors have alleged Balfour told a girlfriend the day of the slayings that he killed Donerson and Jason Hudson and later lied to police about his travel that day.

His attorney has said there's no evidence to connect Balfour with the crime.
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Paris Hilton's Pink Bentley, Leonardo DiCaprio's Green Tesla

Seems the Hollywood elite are treating themselves to new rides.

Paris Hilton, the model, actress, hotel heiress, and BFF, spent a bundle on a customized, Barbie doll pink Bentley sports car. We think it looks like Pepto Bismol on wheels; you know the over the counter medicine for relief of upset stomach, nausea and such.

Now comes news that Leonardo DiCaprio has traded in his Toyota Prius for a new Tesla Roadster. This environmentally friendly electric vehicle goes 244 miles on one charge and burns no oil.

In an interview with the London Daily Mail Online Leo said,
"It's my first sports car and it's an unbelievable drive. It's scarily fast and it all happens with the flip of a switch, unlike a piston-driven engine that needs to build up momentum."

The Tesla Roadster is the first high performance electric car.



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Eartha Kitt, Singer, Dancer, Activist, Dies

Eartha Kitt died on Christmas Day 2008 in Connecticut. She had recently been treated for colon cancer. She was 81 years old.

Orson Welles called her "The most exciting woman in the world." She persevered through an unhappy childhood as a mixed-race daughter of the South to become one of the entertainment world's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and receiving a third nomination. She also was nominated for several Tonys and two Grammys.

Eartha Kitt began her career as a dancer with the Katherine Dunham dance group. From there she sang in cabarets moving to acting and singing on stage, in movies and on television. Below an interview from 2006.



As an activist she participated in the movement for equal rights marching with the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. She was also an opponent to the war in Viet Nam stating at a White House luncheon with then First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed," she told the group of about 50 women. "They rebel in the street. They don't want to go to school because they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam."

For those remarks she investigated by the FBI and CIA. Following that episode wherein she expressed her anti-war stance Ms Kitt worked almost exclusively overseas.

In an interview with Essence MAgazine Ms Kitt revealed, "The thing that hurts, that became anger, was when I realized that if you tell the truth _ in a country that says you're entitled to tell the truth-you get your face slapped and you get put out of work."

Eartha Kitt was known for her cat-like purr. Her career spanned 60 years. She will always be remembered as an international symbol of elegance and sensuality.

"I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans."







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Aretha Franklin-Queen Of Soul- To Headline Free Concert For King Birthday Celebration

A free concert featuring Aretha Franklin will be held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Monday, January 19, 2009 to celebrate the birthday of American humanitarian the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The event is co-sponsored by Georgetown University and the Kennedy Center. This concert event features Kennedy Center honorees along with popular entertainers. Ms Franklin was honored in 1994.

Tickets will be available at the concert hall on the day of the program. Other performers include the violin duo of Nuthin' But Strings and the Let Freedom Ring Choir from Georgetown University.



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