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CNN confirm MJ kids at Grammys.. but no Blanket.
January 28, 2010, 06:52:55 PM
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's two eldest children are scheduled to take the stage this weekend to accept the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for their father, Jackson family sources said.

It would be the first public appearance for Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, since their dramatic appearance at the memorial service 12 days after their father's death.

"The whole world is waiting to see these children blossom," said Brian Oxman, a lawyer for Joe Jackson.

Two sources close to the family said the youngest, 7-year-old Blanket, was not expected to appear, although they suggested that might change.

Contrary to some media reports, the sources said there was no plan for the children to sing or dance at the show.

The Recording Academy, which presents the Grammy Awards, will honor the late pop star with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Special Merit Awards ceremony Saturday evening in Los Angeles.

Video of the presentation is likely to be included in Sunday night's musical tribute to Jackson during the Grammy telecast, the sources said.

While Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother, is expected to attend, Joe Jackson, his father, decided not to go because of his anger over the behind-the-scenes talks that led to the agreement to have the children accept the award, family sources said.

The decision came just this week, after Katherine Jackson, the legal guardian of the children, complained to Grammy producers that no family members had been invited, the Jackson sources said.

Two sources in the family said that she was initially told by producers that the estate's special administrators would decide who would take part in the Jackson tribute.

"Can you believe this crap?" one source quoted Joe Jackson as saying when he heard that.

The Grammy producers have not responded to a CNN request for comment.

A spokesman for the estate administrators said the matter was for Grammy producers to decide.

"Why is a stranger making family decisions?" asked Oxman, the lawyer who is representing Michael Jackson's father in a legal battle with the administrators.

Oxman said those administrators have disconnected the Jackson family from any decisions involving Michael Jackson's legacy.

Oxman was in a Los Angeles court Thursday where a judge set May 26 as the date he will hear testimony in Joe Jackson's request for a monthly allowance from his son's estate. Joe Jackson, 80, said he depended on his son's financial support for years before his death.

The administrators, lawyer John Branca and former music executive John McClain, contend he has not shown how he was "actually dependent" on Michael Jackson.

The estate lawyers said the expenses Joe Jackson wants covered by the estate -- including vacations, air travel, assistants and legal fees -- are not reasonable. They also noted that while Jackson's mother and three children were named as beneficiaries in his will written in July 2002, Joe Jackson was not.

Joe Jackson is challenging the validity of that will, which names Branca and McClain as executors, but so far the court has refused to hear his arguments.

The judge overseeing probate of the will already awarded $60,000 in monthly support for the three children and $26,000 a month for Katherine Jackson, starting from June 25, 2009, the day Michael Jackson died.

CNN has learned that Katherine Jackson has not received any of the money ordered for her because of a judgment in a lawsuit nearly two decades ago.

A South Korean newspaper, the Segye Times, sued Michael Jackson in 1990, claiming he failed to perform at a series of concerts they had already paid him for. The lawsuit also named Katherine Jackson, Joe Jackson and another one of their sons, Jermaine Jackson.

Michael Jackson's lawyers reached an out-of-court settlement with the newspaper, but his parents and brother did not. When they failed to fight it in court, a California judge issued a $4 million summary judgment against them, which has now grown with interest to about $8 million, according to court papers.


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Ok what I'm thinking about doesn't have anything to do with the children attending the Grammys but this article got me thinking again. We've all seen Joe's slip-ups and his odd behaviour but I'm thinking that if he was in on the hoax he surely wouldn't be fighting for Michael's money all the time right? And if he's not aware of the hoax it would mean that those weird things he's been saying aren't actually slip-ups just him being very cold and stupid  :?
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IDK guys this aint looking too good for a hoax. :(
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I don't know what to think of that. Isn't that exactly what Michael didn't wan't for his kids? To be exposed to the world?

I really don't know. I mean I don't think they are old enough to make such a big decision. And Katherine admitting to that somehow doesn't add up.  :?

So there are two conclusions for me. Either MJ will be there and BAM or he is really gone and the family is just plane cold and taking advantage of the kids.

For the kids sake, I hope it's the first one but I somehow doubt MJ will come back at the Grammys.

Hmmm
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I hope Michael comes back at the Grammys, if he doesn't I agree with the poster above... not looking to good for the hoax. I know that Michael would not want those kids on the stage, not without him at least...

BUT i still have hope that Sunday may be the night. Everything has fallen together, and it may be time. (Although i always felt it would be much longer) I can imagine the children up their accepting and then out of no where they introduce their father and he comes out singing and danceing : )
I think though, that if Prince and Paris get up there and talk about their father being dead that, that is the truth. I like to think that the family would not have the kids get up there and lie, but you never know....

I want so badly for him to be alive, I guess it's all a waiting game at this point.
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joe jackson just sounds like more and more of an ass everytine he opens his trap
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[size=150]All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
-Bob Dylan[/size]

Two sources in the family said that she was initially told by producers that the estate's special administrators would decide who would take part in the Jackson tribute.

"Can you believe this crap?" one source quoted Joe Jackson as saying when he heard that.


I don't normally pay attention to statements by people named "Source". However, if the Grammy producers  turned to the estate instead of the family to decide who gets in on the tribute then I wholeheartedly agree with how Joseph reportedly reacted. So does everything related to Mj have to be screened by and approved by the estate i.e Branca and McLane? Is  the name Michael Jackson  and all entities using the MJ brand now  completely controlled and owned by those two? Scary indeed.
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I don't know what to think of that. Isn't that exactly what Michael didn't wan't for his kids? To be exposed to the world?

I really don't know. I mean I don't think they are old enough to make such a big decision. And Katherine admitting to that somehow doesn't add up.  :?

So there are two conclusions for me. Either MJ will be there and BAM or he is really gone and the family is just plane cold and taking advantage of the kids.

For the kids sake, I hope it's the first one but I somehow doubt MJ will come back at the Grammys.

Hmmm
I think that MJ was worried about exposure his kids would have with the state of his reputation at the time and the way the world thought of him...Now, with the advent of his "death" he is now celebrated for the genius he was and the contributions he made to the world.  I think the light that the children stand under has gone from negative to positive and had this happend while MJ was alive, I think he would have relented and not gone to such extremes to "cover" the children.  He never wanted his kids to be called "Wako Jaco's Kids"  Now they are simply, the King of Pop's Children... Besides, they are getting to the age where they no doubt are starting to make their own decisions.
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I think this would be a strategic move to the hoax because Jermaine and Latoya have been the spokespersons for everything and people are becoming suspicious of their behavior including Janet when she did her interview she was acting very strange.  The more his family does things the more his death seem fake because their behavior is so odd.  Having the children accept the award is something that no one would ever expect because everyone always says that MJ would never put his kids in the spotlight.  Well just like at the memorial no one was expecting Paris to speak on her dad's behalf.  This come totally out from left field the children accepting the award.  Plus prior to June 25th MJ was starting to unveil his children himself in public.  It's like he got to the point where he knew it was time for them to be seen to the world.
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Quote from: "BillieJean"
I don't know what to think of that. Isn't that exactly what Michael didn't wan't for his kids? To be exposed to the world?

I really don't know. I mean I don't think they are old enough to make such a big decision. And Katherine admitting to that somehow doesn't add up.  :?

So there are two conclusions for me. Either MJ will be there and BAM or he is really gone and the family is just plane cold and taking advantage of the kids.

For the kids sake, I hope it's the first one but I somehow doubt MJ will come back at the Grammys.

Hmmm

Michael exposed his kids before June 25th and if he really didn't want to expose them he wouldn't put them on stage at the memorial, don't ya think? ;)
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ejay

ugh, i don't know..but for me when ever those kids are involved with something public(Paris at memorial and now the Grammy acceptance) it's like we are being reminded and forced to accept the death..ya know what I mean? Nothing against the kids..but it's like if they speak it's more real.
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jill

From what the article said that the Grammy producers told Katherine the executors would decide who was involved in the show.  It sounds like they put her in a position where she had no choice but to let the children except the award or the family would have been excluded.  And why would the executors be the ones to make the decsision?  Could it be they are doing this to force Michael's hand and make him come out of hiding?  We do not really know if Michael actually did hire Branca back before his "death".  I don't trust this guy.  He has been in bed with Sony for so long, it certainly looks like he is working more for them than the MJ estate.  This whole senario seems very sinister to me.  When I read the article I got a sick feeling in my stomach.  There is a lot we are not reading between the lines.  If it was murder (one where no charges have been filed yet, mind you!), you would think Katherine would be overly protective of the children and would not want them on stage.  And I think up to this point she has been.  They have not been seen in public much at all in the past couple of months.  It's almost as if they are holding something over her head to force her to do this.  I don't like what's happening.  They couldn't control MJ, now they are trying to exercise control over the kids.  In this instance I think Joe has a right to be pissed!
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JILL, I don't like what's happening either.  Everything is manipulation. I have to hold my emotions/reactions til the Grammy night itself. The media, well, we know that we can't trust them either.  I'm just wondering, I haven't heard anything from TMZ.  Just recently, everybody was talking about the Jackson's Dynasty - now they are all quiet because....the next plan is The Children? In my belief, Michael wouldn't agree to exploit his children or any other children. But I really don't know who is pulling the strings (puppeteer)

From JUNE 25, people from MJ's turf are taking turns with the media/limelight and all of a sudden, they're quiet and Michael is supposed to receive an award. Didn't anybody(media) interview the family about how they feel about the awards,etc. regarding the Grammy? Especially Jermaine, he has always something to say. and La Toya, would love to be in the Grammy and I was expecting her to say something in excitement about his brother.

I really don't know what's going on. From the TII Movie Theater Showings, then the coming out of 2 types of DVD versions(Normal DVD & BluRay) which I doubt the contents are the same. So, we have TII MOVIE THEATER, then TII MOVIE DVD, then TII MOVIE BLURAY.
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This doesn't make sense to me either, it never did, especially with the children being exposed right before his "death".  And it does kind of give me a sick feeling too, that he is gone (sorry if I offend anyone that thinks I should have 100% faith he is alive)  but this is where it gets me.  If he is alive how could they be acting that he's not?   and to continue on with the facade with children?   the adults I'm okay with but the kids?   This is when I start feeling a little impatient - I pray MJ is okay, even if he never returns......
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"The righteous will possess the earth,
And they will live forever on it."
Psalm 37:29

I'm with you guys...this isn't looking very good, and things just don't seem right.  I don't blame Joe for his reaction if this is true about the Grammys.  His family should be the ones making these kinds of decisions, not the estate lawyers.  I'm really surprised the kids will be accepting the Grammy though...I just can't imagine MJ would want that.  

And are they saying that the state will be garnishing all of Katherine's allowance until she pays back her share of the $8 million lawsuit?  That would take almost 10 years if she lives that long.  If MJ is alive, would he allow this to happen?   Why does Joe think he'd see a penny, even if they do end up awarding him an allowance, if Katherine basically gets nothing?  So many questions...  :?
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I will always love you Michael!

 

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