{"id":1840,"date":"2009-10-15T21:52:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T21:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2009-10-15T21:52:34","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T21:52:34","slug":"michael-jackson-on-the-cover-of-entertainment-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/michael-jackson-on-the-cover-of-entertainment-weekly\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson On The Cover Of Entertainment Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>The King Of Pop appears on the front cover of the american magazine &#8220;Entertainment Weekly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ewpopwatch.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/mjackson-1072_l.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->When tickets for Michael Jackson\u2019s This Is It went on sale on Sept. 27, hundreds of shows around the globe sold out in less than 24 hours, without anyone knowing quite what it even was \u2014 a concert movie? A documentary? \u201cIt\u2019s somewhere in between,\u201d says Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal of the film, which consists of behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson rehearsing for his planned comeback concerts at London\u2019s O2 arena. \u201cIt\u2019s a movie about rehearsing for a concert that never happened. It\u2019s heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time. It gives you chills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the October 28th worldwide release of the movie fast approaching, the late pop star\u2019s collaborators open up about working with Jackson during his precarious last days. At age 50 Jackson hadn\u2019t toured in more than a decade, but while his team worried at times about his health, his imagination was as active as ever.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as the production got under way, it quickly became clear that Jackson\u2019s creative ambitions for the concerts were beyond anything he\u2019d ever attempted. With the budget already past $24 million, Jackson told his team he wanted to recreate one of the world\u2019s largest waterfalls \u2014 Victoria Falls in southern Africa \u2014 on the stage. \u201cI was ready to jump off the balcony of my office,\u201d says Randy Phillips, president of the concert promotion firm AEG Live. \u201cWe went and met with Michael, and [director] Kenny [Ortega] said, \u2018Michael, you\u2019ve got to stop. We\u2019ve got an incredible show, we don\u2019t need any more vignettes.\u2019 Michael said, \u2018But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can\u2019t sleep because I\u2019m so supercharged.\u2019 Kenny said, \u2018But Michael, we have to finish. Can\u2019t God take a vacation?\u2019 Without missing a beat, Michael said, \u2018You don\u2019t understand \u2014 if I\u2019m not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/popwatch.ew.com\/2009\/10\/15\/this-weeks-cover-michael-jackson-this-is-it\/\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King Of Pop appears on the front cover of the american magazine &#8220;Entertainment Weekly&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Jackson On The Cover Of Entertainment Weekly - 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