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Michael Jackson was appalled by the Martin Bashir documentary about him that aired in the UK and US last week. Apparently he feels betrayed by Bashir voicing his concerns for Jackson’s own children, and for other “vulnerable” children who come under Jackson’s sway, in voice-overs for the documentary, where Bashir …
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The Michael Jackson doc airing Thursday on ABC debuted last night in the UK. The British tabs have gone wild over this: When Bashir asked Jackson about his friendships with children, Jackson said: “I have slept in a bed with many children,” including actor Macaulay Culkin (news) and his brother …
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The Michael Jackson documentary that ABC paid big bucks for and is airing on the 7th, debuts tonight on the British ITV: The ITV program is the result of the unprecedented access Jackson granted Bashir, famed for a historic interview with the late Princess Diana in which she confessed to …
Read More »Freak Week
These days Michael Jackson is much more popular on TV than he is on record. Why? Because the general populace still can’t quite believe what a freak of nature Jackson has become, so he has great oddity appeal, but he hasn’t recorded anything very good since “Black and White” over …
Read More »Another Wreck and Cameron
Sunday night on the Discovery Channel, James Cameron, Titanic’s “King of the World,” takes on another famous lost ship: The Bismarck, the German warship that went down in 1941 only nine days after it’s departure from Germany. On the show’s site, you can examine the underwater wreckage of the ship, …
Read More »Bond Babes Bounce on AMC
In conjunction with the forthcoming Bond flick Die Another Day, AMC is going Bond-girl crazy: From Dr. No’s Ursula Andress to Halle Berry in the new movie Die Another Day, Bond Girls were once portrayed as angels with broken wings, yet now emerge as strong, sexy and intelligent women who …
Read More »“I’ve Got This Guitar and I Learned How to Make It Talk”
It's almost never enough. A new documentary on the music biz tonight on the Sundance Channel.
Read More »Chet Baker As Symbol of Celebrity-Worship
James Gavin discusses Baker documentary Let’s Get Lost in the NY Times: IN “Let’s Get Lost,” his 1989 documentary about Chet Baker, the fashion photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber shows a photograph so erotic that his camera all but drools over it. There stands Baker, the jazz trumpeter and singer …
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