Facts Of The Day (Michael Jackson)
By WENNFriday, August 28, 2009
A hat and a pair of shoes belonging to MICHAEL JACKSON sold for $36,500 (?22,800) at a London auction on Wednesday (16Dec09).
A pair of MICHAEL JACKSON’s shoes is expected to fetch $19,200 (?12,000) when auctioned in the U.K. on Wednesday (16Dec09).
A company in California is formulating a line of fragrances based on the DNA of dead celebrities including ELVIS PRESLEY, MICHAEL JACKSON and MARILYN MONROE. The firm will make the perfumes using a “secret process” involving DNA tests performed on clippings from a celebrity hair collector.
MICHAEL JACKSON’s concert rehearsal movie THIS IS IT has passed the $200 million (GBP125 million) mark at the global box office. The film was released on 28 October (09).
The costs for MICHAEL JACKSON’s September (09) funeral at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California sailed past $855,000 (£534,400), according to new documents.
Moviemaker BRETT RATNER has opened up his snapshot collection in his new online magazine Rat-Mag. The Rush Hour director’s limited edition publication, available through the MyMag.com initiative, features shots of Ratner with Michael Jackson, moguls Robert Evans and Warren Beatty and a Paris nightlife shot with Roman Polanski under the Eiffel Tower.
Fans will be given another opportunity to get their hands on MICHAEL JACKSON memorabilia at an auction in New York on 21 November (09). The latest in a series of sales of King of Pop-related goods will include a scarf worn by the singer, which he gave to his aunt, and the mold for the star’s Thriller fangs. More than 30 of the items up for grabs at the Julien’s Auctions event were personal gifts from the star to his friends and family.
MICHAEL JACKSON’s concert rehearsal movie THIS IS IT grossed $20.1 million (£12.5 million) in its first 24 hours at the worldwide box office.
MICHAEL JACKSON has been added to Etch-a-Sketch artist George Vlosich III’s quirky star gallery. The King of Pop’s death in June (09) prompted the famous arty twiddler to create something special in his honour.. The piece joins impressive Etch-a-Sketches of Elvis, Tiger Woods and Barack Obama.
MICHAEL JACKSON fans in Mexico attempted to break the world record for the largest number of people dancing to the late star’s hit track Thriller. The crowd of 12,937 all moved in time to the music in the attempt, which was monitored by officials from the Guinness Book of World Records. The group will find out whether their attempt was successful next week (beg07Aug09).
MICHAEL JACKSON will be laid to rest in a $30,000 (£20,000) gold casket inside the Holly Terrace area of the Great Mausoleum at California’s Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Thursday evening (03Sep09).
The black sequined jacket MICHAEL JACKSON wore when he first moonwalked at the Motown 25th Anniversary Special belonged to his mother, Katherine.
MICHAEL JACKSON fans will get a sneak peek at the upcoming documentary about the star’s doomed THIS IS IT tour at Sunday’s (13Sep09) star-studded MTV Video Music Awards. MICHAEL JACKSON: THIS IS IT, which features rehearsal footage taken before the King of Pop’s death in June (09), is set for a two-week worldwide theatrical release next month (28Oct09).
British psychic DEREK ACORAH will try to make contact with MICHAEL JACKSON during a live seance on Sky TV next month (Nov09).
MICHAEL JACKSON will be remembered on DANCING WITH THE STARS as the U.S. show’s professionals perform tribute dances to three of the King of Pop’s hits on 20 October (09).
The red carpet at the THIS IS IT movie premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (27Oct09) was lit up like the pavement in MICHAEL JACKSON’s BILLIE JEAN video.
MICHAEL JACKSON’s THIS IS IT movie has got off to a great start at the North American box office - late-night screenings in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday/Wednesday (27/28Oct09) raked in $2.2 million (GBP1.4 million).
Actress VIVICA A. FOX was an extra in MICHAEL JACKSON’s REMEMBER THE TIME video. The KILL BILL star says, “My shadow was the one handing (co-star) Iman a drink.”
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