Month: July 2007

Jackson spotted last Wednesday at law offices of Venable LLP in Washington The Return of Jackson By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts Friday, July 27, 2007; 6:38 AM He’s back!!! Or is it possible Michael Jackson has been quietly lurking in our region ever since his early-a.m. Smithsonian tour last week? The sometimes-reclusive, sometimes-exhibitionist performer was spotted Wednesday evening in the downtown law offices of Venable LLP.

VIDEOS of Michael Jackson’s trip to Washington to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space and American Indian museums. (Shout-out to

Judge to Decide Award in Secret Taping in Michael Jackson Case LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talk about throwing yourself on the mercy of the court. The owner of a charter jet company says he’d like a judge to decide how much he should have to pay Michael Jackson in connection with an incident during the pop star’s arrest on child molestation charges.

Las Vegas Judge Rules Michael Jackson May Get Belongings Back Breaking news July 16, 2007 04:44 PM Michael Jackson may

Best-selling author’s book signing aims to help kids BY JANA SOELDNER DANGER jdanger@MiamiHerald.com JANA SOELDNER DANGER / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD When New York Times best-selling author Aphrodite Jones hosted a book signing at the Fort Lauderdale restaurant to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, the number of guests was supposed to be limited to 50. At least twice that number showed up, and it was tough to turn down folks who were eager to write checks that will benefit kids.

Jackson Denies B.E.T. Snub Michael Jackson has blasted claims he was too busy to appear at the Black Entertainment Television awards, branding the allegations “false and defamatory.” The singer was asked to appear at the B.E.T. ceremony in Los Angeles on June 26 to perform a special “Thriller” album tribute and to present his mentor Diana Ross with a Lifetime Achievement Award — but news agencies claimed Jackson was “too incapacitated to appear.” Jackson’s spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain says the information “being disseminated in the media with regards to Mr. Jackson’s invitation is false. We cannot understand why anyone affiliated with the program would deliberately misrepresent the facts or attempt to defame Mr. Jackson.

MIJAC’S REP RAYMONE BAIN IS UPSET: Letter to Lee Bailey addresses yesterday’s story regarding BET and Md/Va house hunting. Although EUR is just the messenger, Raymone K. Bain is too through with our passing along what she has described as “misinformation” from Fox.com columnist Roger Friedman regarding her client, Michael Jackson. On Wednesday, we mentioned Friedman’s column about Jackson’s invitation to attend the recent BET Award ceremony for a special “Thriller” album tribute and to present his mentor Diana Ross with her Lifetime Achievement Award. Friedman said plans fell through because Jackson was “too incapacitated to appear.” In a letter to EUR’s Lee Bailey, Bain says Jackson had conversations with the network about attending the ceremony, but the information “being disseminated in the media with regards to Mr. Jackson’s invitation …is false. We cannot understand why anyone affiliated with the program would deliberately misrepresent the facts or attempt to defame Mr. Jackson.”

Sony BMG seeks Michael Jackson’s backing for move to sign songwriters
Dan Sabbagh, Media Editor

Sony is in talks with Michael Jackson to renegotiate the terms of their music publishing joint-venture, which would allow Sony BMG, the sister company, to sign songwriters for the first time.

A clause in the existing agreement between the Thriller singer and the Japanese electronic giant prevents Sony backing a music publisher to rival their Sony/ATV venture, which has the copyrights to all 252 Beatles songs in its catalogue.