Month: August 2007

November 30, 1999

TV Guide: "Thriller" changed music videos forever. Where did you get the idea?

Introductory remarks:
Oprah : You're invited to Michael Jackson's house-four minutes from now.

Online Audio Chat – October 26, 2001

On October 26, 2001 Michael took part in an online audio chat, answering fans' questions via the telephone through moderator Anthony DeCurtis. The interview was sponsored by GetMusic.com and RollingStone.com and has been archived online at GetMusic.com.
The text transcript of the interview is below.

The King Of Pop And His Little Prince

OK Magazine Part 1

Interview with Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Tuesday 19th November 1996, Australia

Fan : Michael, are you going to do a new world tour soon?
Michael: No, I don't think so… music is a part of my life and I want to begin something else… for the moment, I think I am going to produce movies, play in movies. That's what I want to do.

Roz – (facing the camera) " The King of Pop is working hard to establish a sizeable business kingdom. He has teamed up with a big time entrepreneur and they are wooing the New York investment banker community. Even though my questions were extremely limited, I'm glad I got to go one on one, with MJ." [She says that with pride]

"The King As Pop" – From LIFE Magazine

You have two nurses, three chefs and a doting dad. You have a petting zoo, two locomotives and a full-scale amusement park – all in your backyard. And, oh yes, your godparents are Elizabeth Taylor and Macaulay Culkin. So you've got that going for you.

I would like to welcome all the journalists and press who are covering this historic press conference. For reasons I will soon share with you, Kingdom Entertainment represents a long avaiting dream come true.

By Robert E. Johnson
JET Associate Publisher

In the first one-on-one interview the "King of Pop, Rock and Soul" Michael Jackson granted after he shook up America with the announcement of his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the late Rock 'n' Roller Elvis Presley, the megastar revealed to EBONY where they met and how he proposed.