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Autopsy Images of Michael Jackson Allowed at Trial
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- Images of Michael Jackson in life and death will be shown to jurors at his doctor's trial, a judge ruled Thursday, after a prosecutor promised restraint while using autopsy photos that might upset the singer's family. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also said he will allow prosecutors to screen segments of the concert movie "This Is It" for jurors in highly redacted form to show the pop star's mental and physical state in the days before his death. "I don't think this should be entertainment," the judge said. "We should not feel deprived of our 99-cent iTunes if we don't ...
British Football Team Owner to Fans Against Michael Jackson Statue: 'Go to Hell'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThe owner of Fulham says that fans of his football club can "just go to hell" if they don't like the latest addition to the gardens outside West London's Craven Cottage stadium. That, of course, would be the 7-foot-6-inch statue of Michael Jackson that club owner Mohamed Al Fayed unveiled before a Premier League match against Blackpool on Sunday. "Football fans love it," Al Fayed said before the match. "If some stupid fans don't understand [and] appreciate such a gift that this guy gave to the world ... they can just go to hell." Ian Walton, Getty Images Fulham Football Club ...
Liz Taylor's Life in Film and Husbands
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsElizabeth Taylor, who died early this morning at the age of 79, had a prolific life in marriage, film, philanthropy, sickness and diamonds. A consummate Hollywood starlet, Taylor spent only 12 years of her life under the radar before she burst into stardom with her role in 1944's "National Velvet." She was truly "famous for being famous," as Adam Bernstein writes in her obituary in The Washington Post, appearing on the cover of Life magazine 14 times and on the cover of People more than 25 times. She is survived by four children, 10 grandchildren, four great grandchildren and godchildren ...
Sheila Jackson Lee: 6 Wild Allegations From the Daily Caller Profile
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsRep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, is the subject of a long profile by conservative writer Jonathan Strong at The Daily Caller, and, perhaps not surprisingly, the picture Strong paints isn't pretty. The Daily Caller is a news and opinion site founded by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. Jackson Lee did not speak to Strong on the record (or at all), so the profile is based largely on statements made by her former and current staffers, not all of them named. While the congresswoman is a frequent target of right-wing complaints, she ...
Fans Debate Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Fans in Hollywood share their thoughts on eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao, six-time champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and three-division, five-time Shane Mosley, the latter whom meets Pacquiao in a May 7, Showtime, Top Rank Promotions clash during which Pacquiao's WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt will be on the line. ...
Has Technology Knocked the Quality Out of Super Bowl Commercials?
By Barry Barnes - AOL NewsFor the last generation, Super Bowl commercials were the bread and butter of the biggest sporting event of the year outside the game itself. Legendary commercials like the 1979 Coca-Cola commercial with Hall of Fame Steelers defensive lineman Joe Greene tossing his jersey to a kid (where is he now?) in the tunnel and the McDonald's shooting contest between NBA legends Larry Bird and Michael Jordan in 1993 where they shot the ball out the backboard, through the window, nothing but net. Remember the office linebacker by Reebok in 2003 and the countless Budweiser ads, especially the frogs of ...
Conrad Murray Arraigned: 5 Facts on Michael Jackson's Doctor
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMichael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty today to charges of involuntary manslaughter surrounding the pop star's death. Dr. Conrad Murray now faces a high-profile trial in which the prosecution will attempt to convince a jury that it was the doctor's "gross negligence" involving a propofol-based drug cocktail that ultimately killed the "King of Pop." If convicted, Murray faces a maximum of four years in prison and will likely be unable to practice medicine again. Surge Desk offers up five facts about Dr. Conrad Murray. 1. He didn't have an easy upbringing Murray grew up living mainly ...
Opinion: The Insanity of MTV's 'Skins'
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach - AOL NewsThe media called me to ask my opinion on MTV's "Skins." I told them I had not watched it but read all about it. My take? Simple: irresponsible and exploitative on the part of MTV. Man, what are we coming to when even 15-year-olds are sexualized on TV and actors who can't drive a car or buy a beer are filmed in sexual situations for national consumption? Just look at the evolution, or should I say devolution, of sexual exploitation in the culture. First, Madonna sexualized herself and erased the line between music and soft porn when she was in her 20s. Then Britney Spears did it at 19. Miley ...
Judge Orders Michael Jackson Doctor to Stand Trial
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- A judge on Tuesday ordered the personal physician of Michael Jackson to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after hearing testimony that he administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives then left the pop star alone. The ruling in the case against Houston cardiologist Dr. Conrad Murray came after a six-day preliminary hearing before Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor. Prosecutors concluded their case with testimony from two doctors who said Murray acted outside the standard of medical care when he administered the propofol then failed to provide ...
Opinion: Will Anyone Pay for Michael Jackson's Death?
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach - AOL NewsThe preliminary hearing of Dr. Conrad Murray on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson is an astonishing spectacle. Here is a doctor who essentially acted as a pusher now denying any and all responsibility for dispensing to Michael a truckload of prescription drugs that eventually killed him. Sources are even reporting that Murray will claim as the linchpin of his defense that Michael injected and killed himself with Propofol, a contention with little to no evidence that in any event utterly skirts the issue of where Michael got all these drugs in the first place. ...
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