The last video of Michael Jackson were so bahagian, atas secret, they were transported in an unmarked truck, accompanied sejak armed guards in the dead of the night ... this according to new docs filed in the Conrad Murray manslaughter case.
anda ask what Conrad Murray has to do with MJ videos? Well, Dr. Murray wants to see ALL of the rehearsal video shot for the doomed "This is It" tour. Murray's lawyers believe it could tunjuk Michael was in such a frail condition ... there were many reasons for his death other than Propofol.
Murray's lawyers subpoenaed the tapes, but now Sony Pictures -- which has possession of the video -- is objecting for several reasons. Sony claims there are lebih than 20 boxes of video and it would cost $200,000 to log and reproduce all of them.
But in the docs, Sony describes how bahagian, atas secret the video were to the studio. Sony lawyers say, "When they were transported to the Sony lot in Culver City, the transport in an unmarked truck was accompanied sejak armed guards in the dead of the night."
When the tapes were in an editing bay, security guards were telah diposkan outside the door and no Internet access was allowed in the room.
And a Sony honcho also telah dihantar a declaration which says the video "have a high monetary value inherent in their potential for future uses. Those uses include one atau lebih 'anniversary editions.'"
anda ask what Conrad Murray has to do with MJ videos? Well, Dr. Murray wants to see ALL of the rehearsal video shot for the doomed "This is It" tour. Murray's lawyers believe it could tunjuk Michael was in such a frail condition ... there were many reasons for his death other than Propofol.
Murray's lawyers subpoenaed the tapes, but now Sony Pictures -- which has possession of the video -- is objecting for several reasons. Sony claims there are lebih than 20 boxes of video and it would cost $200,000 to log and reproduce all of them.
But in the docs, Sony describes how bahagian, atas secret the video were to the studio. Sony lawyers say, "When they were transported to the Sony lot in Culver City, the transport in an unmarked truck was accompanied sejak armed guards in the dead of the night."
When the tapes were in an editing bay, security guards were telah diposkan outside the door and no Internet access was allowed in the room.
And a Sony honcho also telah dihantar a declaration which says the video "have a high monetary value inherent in their potential for future uses. Those uses include one atau lebih 'anniversary editions.'"
TMZ has learned the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson died is getting a serious boost in security -- so nobody messes with the super-expensive property while it's on the market.
Sources connected to the utama tell us ... now that people know the utama is "vacated and for sale, the property owners have increased security to keep it safe."
As we previously reported, the owners are requiring potential buyers to go through an "extensive pre-qualifying check" before they can even walk in the door ... just to keep out the riffraff.
The utama is currently on the market for a cool $28 mil.
Sources connected to the utama tell us ... now that people know the utama is "vacated and for sale, the property owners have increased security to keep it safe."
As we previously reported, the owners are requiring potential buyers to go through an "extensive pre-qualifying check" before they can even walk in the door ... just to keep out the riffraff.
The utama is currently on the market for a cool $28 mil.
An MJ peminat club is on a desperate mission to clean up the baru-baru ini graffiti onslaught outside the King of Pop's tomb -- claiming a few bad apples could spoil everything for MJ's non-vandal followers.
The Official Michael Jackson peminat-peminat of Southern California have extended an zaitun branch to Forest Lawn Cemetery -- where MJ is buried -- offering to clean up the baru-baru ini wave of hidden vandalism outside the singer's tomb ... before the cemetery decides to ban MJ peminat-peminat altogether.
A rep for the group -- which organizes a monthly pilgrimage to MJ's burial place -- tells TMZ, they want to "fix this mess" so FLC doesn't associate MJ's upstanding peminat-peminat with a bunch of sharpie-wielding hoodlums.
As TMZ first reported, Forest Lawn is currently on red alert over the illegal doodles -- hunting down the artists responsible ... and threatening to ban any potential copycats for life.
No word if Forest Lawn will take the peminat group up on their offer.
The Official Michael Jackson peminat-peminat of Southern California have extended an zaitun branch to Forest Lawn Cemetery -- where MJ is buried -- offering to clean up the baru-baru ini wave of hidden vandalism outside the singer's tomb ... before the cemetery decides to ban MJ peminat-peminat altogether.
A rep for the group -- which organizes a monthly pilgrimage to MJ's burial place -- tells TMZ, they want to "fix this mess" so FLC doesn't associate MJ's upstanding peminat-peminat with a bunch of sharpie-wielding hoodlums.
As TMZ first reported, Forest Lawn is currently on red alert over the illegal doodles -- hunting down the artists responsible ... and threatening to ban any potential copycats for life.
No word if Forest Lawn will take the peminat group up on their offer.
The film deals with the life of Jackson from his childhood until the death of large stars. The Katherine, in fact, intends to offer hundreds of hours of family video to Howard Mann, who wrote the album with her. These include hardware since the family moved from Gary Indiana to Los Angeles as soon as the Jackson 5 signed with the label Motown.
berkata even, that the Howard has paid richly-digit amount to the former partner of Michael, Marc Schaffel, for 26 additional hours of video material with the king of pop. The Katherine Howard and planning a series of films for Michael. The documentary "This is it in the preparation of the king of pop for the comeback, earned profits of 400 million U.S. dollars to the family.
Michael Jackson's estate is lashing out at the people behind a new MJ documentary set to debut in Jepun tomorrow -- claiming peminat-peminat are being duped into believing the flick was authorized sejak Team MJ.
The estate has released a scathing statement claiming that flamingo Features is promoting the movie in a way that is misleading MJ's peminat-peminat into believing the film -- shot sejak former MJ confidante Marc Schaffel -- was properly authorized.
The estate also makes it clear it doesn't endorse the flick and none of the profits will benefit MJ's children. They also note that the movie is not allowed to contain any of Michael's music.
Schaffel doesn't appear to be bothered -- the above foto was taken moments lalu at the movie premiere in Tokyo ... where Schaffel took the stage and told peminat-peminat Katherine Jackson sent along her best wishes.
Tuesday, we shot video of Schaffel and Debbie Rowe boarding a plane to Tokyo.
The estate has released a scathing statement claiming that flamingo Features is promoting the movie in a way that is misleading MJ's peminat-peminat into believing the film -- shot sejak former MJ confidante Marc Schaffel -- was properly authorized.
The estate also makes it clear it doesn't endorse the flick and none of the profits will benefit MJ's children. They also note that the movie is not allowed to contain any of Michael's music.
Schaffel doesn't appear to be bothered -- the above foto was taken moments lalu at the movie premiere in Tokyo ... where Schaffel took the stage and told peminat-peminat Katherine Jackson sent along her best wishes.
Tuesday, we shot video of Schaffel and Debbie Rowe boarding a plane to Tokyo.
Michael Jackson had some unexpected company drop sejak this weekend -- a surprise visit from his close friend Stevie Wonder.
TMZ has confirmed that the singer and three of his children stopped sejak Michael's tomb at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA this weekend to pay their respects.
According to Stevie's rep, Wonder and his kids had gone to the cemetery to visit Stevie's dearly departed mother -- but Stevie's children insisted they visit MJ too.
Wonder and MJ were famously close -- and at MJ's memorial last year, Stevie told the crowd he often let Michael know how much he loved him ... and was "at peace with that."
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TMZ has confirmed that the singer and three of his children stopped sejak Michael's tomb at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA this weekend to pay their respects.
According to Stevie's rep, Wonder and his kids had gone to the cemetery to visit Stevie's dearly departed mother -- but Stevie's children insisted they visit MJ too.
Wonder and MJ were famously close -- and at MJ's memorial last year, Stevie told the crowd he often let Michael know how much he loved him ... and was "at peace with that."
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Originally telah diposkan May 13th 2010 5:30 PM PDT sejak TMZ Staff
Lisa Marie Presley's desperate plea for peminat-peminat to bring lebih Bunga to Michael Jackson's tomb must have fallen on deaf ears -- because as of today the entrance to the tomb was pretty bare.
Michael Jackson's ex-wife complained about too much "empty space" around the singer's tomb on her MySpace page yesterday -- and urged peminat-peminat to fill the void with lots of sunflowers ... but obviously that didn't happen.
peminat-peminat have since fired back, claiming they've been faithfully doing their part flowers-wise since MJ died last year.
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Lisa Marie Presley's desperate plea for peminat-peminat to bring lebih Bunga to Michael Jackson's tomb must have fallen on deaf ears -- because as of today the entrance to the tomb was pretty bare.
Michael Jackson's ex-wife complained about too much "empty space" around the singer's tomb on her MySpace page yesterday -- and urged peminat-peminat to fill the void with lots of sunflowers ... but obviously that didn't happen.
peminat-peminat have since fired back, claiming they've been faithfully doing their part flowers-wise since MJ died last year.
Read more: link