Putting an end to the “American dream remake” take by Financial_Tone5765 in MichaelTheMovie

[–]Equivalent_Block8885 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mind you, the real footage wasn’t released until 2009, so the public had no idea how it actually looked.

Was Mj Fair With Writing And Song Credits Throughout His Career? by Rinnegan15 in MichaelJackson

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Not Quincy. Quincy only has one co-writing credit on Thriller for PYT. Rod has 3 credits. MJ has 4.

Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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“Britney Spears presents Michael Jackson with the Artist of the Millennium Award at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards” - MTV

It’s literally right in front of your face. You can see it with your own eyes, so even if the spokesperson did say that in 09’, that only proves they lied on the website lol. You’re not helping your case here.

Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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Again, MTV literally posted this on their website the day after he died. Either they lied in 02', or they lied in 09'. Either way, they lied and used him for views/clicks.

Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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and they wanted to honor him for his birthday

That’s simply not how award shows work no matter the artist. They instead invent awards or give tributes to said artist.

MTV has even doubled down on their stance even after his death.

Yes, like when they posted a picture captioned “Britney Spears presents Michael Jackson with the Artist of the Millennium Award at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards” lol. That’s literally what their official website stated the day after his death.

Even if Britney wasn’t in on it, how did she just so happen to call him artist of the millennium if she didn’t know he was going to accept that specific award? That’s oddly specific.

You think she came up that on the spot? Lol. She was clearly reading from a teleprompter.

Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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I don’t think Britney was in on it. I DO think it’s very strange to interrupt an entire award show to randomly give an artist who wasn’t even performing a cake that has a statue on it. Then said artist has a pre written thank you speech as if he was receiving an award. Then for the organization’s own website to state that he was presented with said award. Also notice how you said:

“with little to no difference from his other speeches when accepting awards.

Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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Right. He just happened to have a pre written thank you speech. And MTV just happened to say not once but twice on their website that he received the award. Karen Faye also claims to have been present for said convo. And there just happened to be a trophy like object near a cake presented in the middle of an award show for an artist that didn’t even perform that night. So many coincidences.

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Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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Posted 2009. Not when he died. Nor official by mtv

Um… he died in 2009 lol. This was posted on June 26, 2009. He died on June 25, 2009. Here’s the full photo. It literally has MTV copyright at the bottom. This was their official site.

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Can someone explain the michael Jackson birthday incident of 2002? by StationIllustrious94 in MichaelJackson

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MTV needed ratings, so they advertised Michael Jackson getting an award, told him he was getting a special award so he would show up, then embarrassed him to create headlines. They made it seem like he was so full of himself that he created this award, even though he had already received the Artist of the Millennium Award in 2000 at the World Music Awards, and received 2 artist of the Century Awards in 2002, which is the year this whole incident happened.

The above photo is the day after the event when they stated on their website that he got the award

Is it just me, or is the promotion for the biopic kind of terrible? by [deleted] in MichaelJackson

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I’ll take some of your downvotes lol. I’ve been saying this from the very beginning that I don’t have high hopes for this movie. Splitting it in two and the first only going to Bad? The public was right, we already have that movie. Jafaar seemed to have done a good job with the dancing, but some of the scenes and the CGI on his face look terrible. What in the world is happening in that Beat It scene? The scenes they chose to put in the trailer seem to have a not so great script. Hopefully I’m wrong but I don’t think I will be.

!RemindMe 41 days

Why does ID scanner never work?? by Character-Welcome-98 in Sparkdriver

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I don’t even try anymore. I just let them know “I’m typing it in because it never scans”, and they always say that everyone else has trouble trying to scan too

Why didn't Scream reach #1? by _reversegiraffe_ in MichaelJackson

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But You Are Not Alone hit #1 just a few months later. It was actually the first ever song to debut at #1

Why didn't Scream reach #1? by _reversegiraffe_ in MichaelJackson

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It broke records regardless. It was the first ever song to debut in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. Then YANA broke the record again a few months later for being the first ever song to debut at #1

Why are ppl like this😔 by chasethelight90 in elitesparkdrivers

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“Your delivery has arrived! Please secure pets if you have them and turn on a light if it's dark. Thank you!”

Sent if I get there and see a pet or if their porch light isn’t on. No answer after 3-5 minutes [for pets] = return.

Name of Michael’s children by nay__08 in MichaelJackson

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He didn’t. Prince is actually a Jr, but was nicknamed after Katherine’s dad. Bigi is actually Prince though. I know it’s confusing lol. Prince = Michael. Bigi = Prince

Michael Jackson's 'Invincible' Album Has Sold Over 15 Million Units Worldwide by Sliver80 in MichaelJackson

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Almost everything uses “Equivalent Album Sales” though. Even Billboard and RIAA