Adoring fans and dozens of news crews crowded around Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch on Wednesday in anticipation of witnessing the finale to the story of the King of Pop, only to learn that no funeral was planned there. Hotel rooms in the bucolic wine country surrounding Jackson's estate sold out within minutes of the first — and eventually, erroneous — reports Tuesday that the pop icon might be buried there. And residents of Los Olivos, who were plagued by reporters following Jackson's... Read Full Story
With Peter Pan as inspiration, Michael Jackson turned his lush Neverland ranch into a whimsical retreat with carnival rides, a chimpanzee named Bubbles and even a Disney-like train station where he could recapture his lost childhood. But like the superstar's career, the property's idyllic image was tarnished when Jackson was accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor there in 2003. He was acquitted, but the scandal nearly ruined Jackson and drove him from Neverland forever. Over the... Read Full Story
With Peter Pan as inspiration, Michael Jackson turned his lush Neverland ranch into a whimsical retreat with carnival rides, a chimpanzee named Bubbles and even a Disney-like train station where he could recapture his lost childhood. But like the superstar's career, the property's idyllic image was tarnished when Jackson was accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor there in 2003. He was acquitted, but the scandal nearly ruined Jackson and drove him from Neverland forever. Over the... Read Full Story
Neighbors of Neverland are organizing against any move to turn Michael Jackson's former home into a tourist destination that could disturb the area's rural tranquility. Residents of the rural Santa Ynez Valley announced a new group Monday called "Never!" It is backed by area community organizations that want to head off any attempts to convert the Neverland ranch in remote Los Olivos into a commercial venue, spokesman Bob Field said. Field said the area doesn't have the roads, police or... Read Full Story
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city — at his rented Holmby Hills mansion, at the Jackson family home in Encino, at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and at his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County. Now that the King of Pop has been memorialized publicly and privately, some say it's time to start clearing the mementos away. The... Read Full Story
Michael Jackson will not be laid to rest at Neverland Ranch after officials failed to overcome regulations concerning burials on private property, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Citing a source close to the situation, the Times reported that Jackson's family had wanted to bury the King of Pop at his sprawling estate northwest of Los Angeles in the rolling hills of Santa Barbara's wine country. However Santa Barbara County officials were unable to clear the way for the burial at... Read Full Story
The plans for Michael Jackson's funeral remain uncertain, but that did not stop Desiree Crossley and her family from camping out for hours outside of his Neverland ranch. Reports that the King of Pop would be laid to rest at his sprawling fantasy estate prompted a near stampede here to the rolling hills of Santa Barbara wine country, with hundreds of media satellite trucks parking outside the gate. As newscasters broadcast live in multiple languages and traffic crews hurriedly erected no... Read Full Story
A group of businesspeople are proposing to build a replica of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch on an island north of Shanghai as a tribute to the late singer, state media reported Thursday. The 100 million-yuan (14.6 million-dollar) replica would be the centrepiece of an agricultural sightseeing park where visitors will be able to sample rural cuisine and listen to Chinese folk music performances, the Shanghai Daily reported. "We believe the farmland, without the Neverland Ranch, would be... Read Full Story
Getty Images and via press release. Michael with Brooke Shields in the early '80s. The white glove singer Michael Jackson wore during his 1984 Victory Tour will be auctioned off by American auction house Profiles in History in October. The glove was designed for Jackson by Ted Shell of Ted Shell Designs in 1984. It's covered in bugle beads and Austrian crystals and embedded with 50 small battery-powered lights, which twinkle at random. It is one of two illuminating gloves Shell made for... Read Full Story
From time to time my collection of entertainment news falling into the category of Odds and Ends , tends to build up.
Today is such a day. It’s not that the stories are bad, it’s just that by themselves, they really don’t fill enough space for total coverage in one entry.
As I scanned my stack of papers this morning, I came across four such stories.
No More Neverland
Space The Final Frontier…The Search For Spock’s Home Planet
TV’s Toughest Action Heroes
Top 10 TV Dogs
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