In a giant celebration of the legacy of the King of Pop, and the Los Angeles debut of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour, Michael Jackson’s three children, Prince, Paris and “Blanket” will use their father’s shoes and sequined glove to make impressions in the cement in the famous forecourt of the theatre (alongside such entertainment icons as Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Poitier, Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks).

The cast of THE IMMORTAL World Tour will perform a special live presentation, and the entire event will be streamed live via Twitter @michaeljackson with additional photos and live coverage of the event tweeted from Twitter’s music channel @twittermusic.

Fans can go to findeventdetails.com/mjlegacyon January 19 for line up information!!

Source: MJ Team Online

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Ready to dance? Listen to today’s second song off of IMMORTAL, “Dancing Machine/Blame it on the Boogie” and let us know what you think!

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You’ve never heard “I’ll Be There” like this before – nothing but Michael’s vocals and a piano played by Greg Phillinganes, musical director for Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour. Just one of the tracks on the upcoming album IMMORTAL.

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When / Date: 2nd November 2011
Where / Venue: Empire, Leicester Square, London

Times: (Please be aware this is a tentative schedule, and therefore subject to change)

6.15 pm – Guests to arrive at the theatre
6.35 pm – This is the latest time you need to be seated in the theatre by
6.45 pm – Introduction by David Guest, followed by the Q & A session
7.15 pm – Screening starts
8.50 pm – Screening ends

Two individual tickets will be sent out to each competition winner. One ticket will admit one person into the venue. You must be in possession of your ticket; no ticket = no admittance.

If there are any changes to the above schedule we will update this post and also publish updates via our Twitter and Facebook profiles.

Lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray have told jurors that the involuntary manslaughter case will hinge on the science of what killed Jackson in June 2009. They will call their own experts to counter prosecution witnesses who have repeatedly told the panel that Murray was reckless and beyond the fringes of medicine when he administered the anesthetic propofol to help Jackson sleep.

The Houston-based cardiologist has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys continue to maintain that Jackson somehow gave himself the fatal dose of medication. They have abandoned the theory that Jackson died after swallowing propofol, but now contend he was killed after taking several pills of the sedative lorazepam and possibly giving himself a shot of propofol after Murray left the singer’s bedroom.

Before the defense lays out its case — expected to consist of 15 witnesses and last until the end of the month — it will have to contend with the government’s final witness, Dr. Steven Shafer. The Columbia researcher and professor helped write the warnings and directions included with every vial of propofol — warnings a prosecutor said in opening statements that Murray ignored.

Defense attorney Nareg Gourjian declined to say Friday who Murray’s team would call to testify, but told the judge they would include police officers, experts and some character witnesses. He was not asked, nor did he mention, whether Murray would testify in his own defense.

It seems unlikely that Murray will testify. Jurors have already heard his more-than-two-hour interview in which he laid out his version of events before Jackson’s death to a detective who acknowledges he wasn’t conducting an interrogation.

If Murray takes the stand, he would undoubtedly be asked by prosecutors about several unanswered questions, such as why he never told paramedics or ER doctors about giving Jackson propofol, why he never told police he was on the phone for long stretches of the morning Jackson died, and why he recorded the singer when he was impaired, stumbling his way through his plans for a children’s hospital and cementing a legacy larger than those attained by Elvis Presley or The Beatles.

In his opening statement to jurors, lead defense attorney Ed Chernoff said Murray’s team would try to answer two fundamental questions:

“First, how did Michael Jackson get to this point, this desperate point,”

Chernoff said.

“And second, what happened when Dr. Murray was out of the room?”

Prosecution witnesses have acknowledged that only Jackson and Murray know what really happened, but two medical experts testified last week that Murray was grossly negligent. Even if Jackson somehow was able to give himself medication after Murray left the room, the doctor should have been closely monitoring the singer and should have never left any medications within arms’ reach, the doctors said.

Ellyn Garofalo, who last year won an acquittal for one of Anna Nicole Smith’s doctors charged with improperly prescribing pain medications, said Murray’s team should focus on their expert testimony and not start calling character witnesses.

“If they start to call character witnesses, they don’t have a great deal of faith in their defense,”

she said.

She said the experts should be able to show that the case isn’t as simple as prosecutors have claimed, and that it is filled with “all kinds of shades of gray.”

Murray’s attorneys should also try to argue that prosecutors should not be second-guessing medical decisions. “Do we really want the DA’s office making medical decisions for doctors,” she asked.

Murray’s case, she noted, differs in one major respect from the case against her client, who was never accused of causing Smith’s death.

Garofalo said Murray’s case will be harder to win, and prosecutors so far have done a solid job of showing that the doctor shouldn’t have been giving Jackson propofol as a sleep aid in the superstar’s bedroom.

“It’s a strong case because you have somebody dead after somebody did something that is unheard of,”

Garofalo said.

Murray’s defense strategy also appears to involve calling hostile witnesses, including police officers who prosecutors did not call during their case. The defense scored some points early in the trial by getting a coroner’s investigator to acknowledge that she moved some evidence around in Jackson’s bedroom before photographing it and that she didn’t keep all her notes. The officers would likely undergo the similar harsh questioning about their decisions.

They may also call doctors who previously treated Jackson but have never been formally accused of wrongdoing. They are barred from calling one doctor whose name has been repeatedly mentioned during the trial — Jackson’s longtime dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein.

Murray’s team may also call Jackson’s hairdresser, Karen Faye, who they have said will testify that the singer was distraught at the prospect of performing 50 comeback concerts at London’s O2 arena. Such an account would be in contrast with several other witnesses who said Jackson was excited about the concerts and that his three children would see him perform.

Several of Dr Murray’s patients came to his defence, as they testified that he was a caring and competent physician. Many of those who appeared in court were patients at Dr Murray’s Las Vegas clinic, and spoke of his willingness to provide essential care to all his patients, even those who could not cover the costs of his medical bills.

It’s been difficult to avoid seeing details of the Jackson trial over recent months. With Dr Murray pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, the case has continued to be widely reported by the media, and you’re more than likely to catch the latest headlines while checking your emails or playing online games, like Partypoker. One aspect of the case which is often documents online and in newspapers is the fact that Murray has appeared to show little emotion during the trial, even whist prosecutors accused him of being ‘greedy’. However, during the recent the latest hearing, the doctor broke down in tears after hearing the various character witnesses speaking in his defence.

Final witnesses are due to be called tomorrow in the form of medical experts. Although Murray’s patients claimed that the physician never seemed to be motivated by money, prosecutors previously claimed that he has requested a $5million fee to be Jackson’s personal doctor, before agreeing in $150000 a month.

The trial, which is entering its fourth week, has moved rapidly, with 33 witnesses so far and both sides presenting more than 250 pieces of evidence. At its current pace, jurors should receive the case next week.

Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late superstar, was snapped in the front row of his Los Angeles concert yesterday, screaming his name and singing and dancing along to his set.

And at one point, she threw her arms in the air and made a heart shape with her hands as she directed her love towards the singer.

She screamed and sang along to Brown’s songs as he gyrated and strutted his stuff on the stage right in front of her, and much to her delight.

Wearing a blue baseball cap with an Egyptian pharaoh print on the front, the smile never left Paris’s face as she soaked up the atmosphere of the concert. Paris and her friend clung on to each other as they screamed at their idol

And she took to her Twitter page to share her delight at being in the audience, firstly Tweeting Brown to say:

‘AMAZING Show Tonight!! You Were Outstanding!!’

She then added:

‘Blew my MIND!!!! i was in the front; it was just like, mind-blowing!!! hahaha!

‘Amazing, mindblowing, outstanding, crazy, like… indescribable lol.’

Paris, 13, was joined by some friends at the gig at the Staples Center in the city – the same venue where her father’s memorial service and concert took place a few weeks after he died.

Brown, 22, was forced to bow out of plans to take part in the event following his highly-publicised bust-up with ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

The incident with Rihanna also meant he was also unable to be part of the line-up of artists performing at a Michael Jackson memorial concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff earlier this month.

He was sentenced to five years’ probation after assaulting his then-girlfriend resulting in him being barred from entering the UK as a result of his criminal conviction.

A suggestion was reportedly made at the time that he could perform via video link, but the idea was alleged to have been vetoed by organisers because they feared it might put a ‘negative slant’ on the day.

A source told the Daily Mirror: ‘The family wants to make sure the show is a fitting tribute to Michael.’

Source: DailyMail.com

Katherine Jackson, Tito and Rebbie will join David Gest for a special screening of ‘Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon’ – which comprises interviews with more than 50 of Michael’s closest friends and family at the star-studded event. Thomas Mesereau and Susan Yu will also be in attendance.

Additionally, Katherine, Tito, Rebbie, Thomas Mesereau and Susan Yu will also participate in a special Q&A session prior to the screening to discuss their involvement in the project.

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By clicking “Like” and posting on our wall on facebook.com or “Following Us” and tweeting @kopfanclub on twitter.com, you will be entered into the draw for London Premiere Tickets for ‘Michael Jackson – The Life of an Icon’. Winners will be selected at random from the pool of entrants. No cash alternative will be offered. Competition prizes consist of one pair of tickets to the premiere event. competition prizes to not include travel or accommodation. Event tickets will be sent out via post. Winners must be able to attend the premiere event in Leicester Square, London on 2nd November 2011. King of Pop will inform winners by reply before 26th October 2011. This competition is open only to residents living in the United Kingdom, and is not open to team members of the King of Pop Fanclub. Furthermore, King of Pop Fanclub is not responsible for the attendance and/or cancellation of the event itself or any ‘celebrity’ attendee’s participation.