By Keith Williams Keith is Hollywood Today’s box office guru and one of several on the staff whose lives were touched by Michael Jackson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/30/09 — It was about twenty-six years ago, just before Thriller was released. I’d arrived in California five months earlier in search of, y’know, fame and fortune. [...]

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Joe Jackson back in spotlight with news on Michael and new company By Scott Hettrick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_1DWOdM8iE. ENCINO, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/30/09 — So, what the heck is this new Blu-ray company that Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson was mentioning on the red carpet of the BET Awards Sunday that caused such backlash by those who [...]

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MADOFF SENTENCED TO 150 YEARS IN PRISON: DISGRACED INVESTOR GETS MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR MASSIVE PONZI SCHEME: Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison after apologizing to victims for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that the judge called “extraordinarily evil.” U.S. District Judge Denny Chin handed down the maximum allowable sentence in a New [...]

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‘I Bring What I Love’ documentary explores the music and life of Grammy-winner Youssou N’Dour *** 3 stars By Jennifer Huber HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/28/2009 - ”I could have never predicted the controversy surrounding ‘Egypt’,” says ‘I Bring What I Love’ director Chai Vasarhelyi. “Maybe best known as the man who sang with Peter Gabriel [...]

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Novel set in 1936 England, Rhys Bowen mystery an enjoyable romp **** 4 Stars By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 2009/06/28 – “I thought what fun it would be if Georgie doesn’t understand the connotation behind the words Escort Service and High Class Girls,” says Royal Flush author Rhys Bowen. “I thought it would be time [...]

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IRAN ALLOWS DEMONSTRATION DESPITE WEEKEND CLAMPDOWN: HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/28/09 — Iran’s government will allow a demonstration at Tehran’s Ghoba mosque Sunday, CNN has confirmed. The gathering is officially meant to honor Mohammad Beheshti, a hero of the 1979 Islamic Revolution who was killed in a bombing on this date in 1981. The demonstration [...]

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