Janet Jackson says her entire family recognized her brother Michael had a drug problem, and tried to help, but she insists the King of Pop wasn’t ready to acknowledge he had a problem.
“You can’t make ‘em drink the water,” Jackson tells ABC News in an interview airing Wednesday.
Michael Jackson passed away June 25 after a powerful overdose of the prescription drug Propofol.
Janet Jackson will open up to ABC’s Robin Roberts in her first TV interview since the death of her brother.
The “Control” star is expected to share memories of her older brother– who died of an overdose last June — for “In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson.”
The interview will air Nov. 18 @ 10 PM on ABC, and marks the first time Janet has allowed cameras into her Malibu mansion.
Michael Jackson was nominated for the Artist of the Year Award at the 2009 American Music Award, in a live press conference from Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
The King of Pop also picked up four noms for his 2003 greatest hits collection; including Pop Rock Male, Pop Rock Album, R&B/Soul Male and R&B/Soul Album. Michael is eligible because the AMAs go by sales and air play, not based on the year the material may have been released.
The American Music Awards air Sunday, Nov. 22 on ABC.
September 13th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson performed a tribute to her brother Michael at the 26th annual MTV Music Video Awards, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday. A montage of the star’s songs and videos played, including “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Smooth Criminal” and finally, “Scream,” the duet that won Michael and Janet a VMA in 1995.
Janet Jackson is speaking out in her first interview since the death of her older brother, pop legend Michael Jackson.
Janet tells Harper’s Bazaar Magazine that she hasn’t watched television since learning of Michael’s death of an overdose on June 25. At times, the star still struggles with the concept that her brother is gone, at one point in the interview, Janet refers to Michael in the present tense, saying, “My brother is, I mean was…..You have to forgive me, because it’s really hard to believe he’s passed.”
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September 8th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson is planning a dance tribute to her late brother, The King of Pop Michael Jackson, at next weekend’s 26th annual MTV Video Music Awards, according to reports.
An all-star cast, featuring Akon, Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige, Sister Sledge, Natalie Cole, and controversial crooner Chris Brown, will perform at a tribute concert to Michael Jackson in Vienna later this month, organizers said Tuesday.
Thirteen artists so far have been confirmed to perform at the concert, set in front of Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Castle on September 26, Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson and producer Georg Kindel told reporters at a news conference in Vienna this morning
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Michael Jackson’s burial will finally take place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale on Thursday. More than two months after his death, the King of Pop will be laid to rest in a private burial at 4PM PT.
Transit officials in New York City have vetoed plans to rename the site of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” music video in tribute to the singer. In 1987, Jackson teamed up with Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese to shoot the 16-minute short film — featuring Wesley Snipes — at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station in Brooklyn.
Officials at the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) have scrapped the plan because they fear tourists and commuters will be confused by the name-change.
“Having Michael Jackson visit and moonwalk at this station was a huge deal not only for Brooklyn, but all of New York in the ’80s. And renaming this station in his honor would put it on the map and help ensure that people don’t forget,” says New York City Councilwoman Letitia James, who is spearheading the campaign for the Jackson subway tribute.
Conrad Murray, the doctor at the center of the investigation into the death of Michael Jackson has released a one-minute video message thanking his patients and friends for their support as he awaits word on whether or not he will face manslaughter charges in connection with the King of Pop’s possible drug overdose on June 25.
In the one-minute video, the cardiologist says he has been “afraid to return phone calls or e-mail” in the weeks since Jackson’s passing.
