Singers Ne-Yo (L) and host Jamie Foxx pay tribute to the late singer Michael Jackson to close the 2009 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
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Posted Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:02pm PDT
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It can’t come as a surprise to anyone that the 2009 BET Awards will go down in history as being all about the legacy of one entertainer.
Guess which entertainer? Yes, you guessed correctly.
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 1984 file photo, Michael Jackson is seen backstage at the 26th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as he poses with the awards he won in eight different categories.
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Michael Jackson at Apollo — 40 years after his $1,000 gig
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Jun 27, 2009 4:19 pm PDT
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The Harlem theater that helped launch Michael Jackson’s career plans star-studded tributes to him this summer.
The Apollo Theater will stage a public memorial Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eulogies will be delivered under the marquee by its president and others.
Jackson and his brothers once did 31 shows in one week at the Apollo for $1,000.
Inside, DJs will spin Jackson’s music accompanied by video tributes.
Inmates at the island province of Cebu in central Philippines display a huge tarpaulin of the late Michael Jackson during a performance to pay tribute to the music icon Saturday June 27, 2009.
One woman laughs about the time she took her 14-year-old daughter and
her daughter’s best friend to a Peter, Paul and Mary concert. They
were all fans of “oldies” music from the 60’s and 70’s and felt lucky
to get front row seats. When they returned home, her daughter said,
“During the show, we looked back and saw hundreds of little lights
swaying to the music. At first we thought the people were holding up
cigarette lighters. Then we realized that the lights were the
reflections off all the eyeglasses in the audience.” (Thanks to
“Reader’s Digest”)
My eyesight isn’t what it used to be, either. But as Helen Keller (who
could neither hear nor see) said, “The greatest tragedy in life is
people who have sight but no vision.” Maybe I should be more concerned
with my vision than with my eyesight.
Michelle Obama recently said she will take cues from Laura Bush’s “calm, rational” approach to being first lady. She’s not the only fan: Laura Bush has maintained consistently high approval ratings during the past eight years.
Books, movies and search show our fascination with her. She is the subject of two biographies (this one and this one), and if current rumors are true, she may seal a book deal for her memoirs well before her husband does.In September, this racy book loosely based on her life hit the shelves. The author, a self-described “flaming liberal,” says Bush is a “true role model” and that there is no public figure she admires more.Read More
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