celebrity now

[karen]

michael jackson's job hunt
jacko resume
seeking employment: lawsuit-prone expat superstar and peter pan aficionado whose skills including moonwalking, theme-park construction and typing 50 words per minute while wearing sequined gloves.
okay, we're not sure about that last bit, but in any case, michael jackson is on the job hunt.

jackson is looking to trade his king of pop credentials for the title of consultant with a bahrain-based entertainment company.
the entertainer is currently in negotiations to take a position with aaj holdings ltd. to act as an advisor on the company's latest endeavors, setting up theme parks and music academies throughout the middle east.

aside from his disney-esque neverland ranch, jackson's amusement park experience is limited to captain eo
(the 1980s-era 3-d film and disney theme park attraction he created in collaboration with george lucas and francis ford coppola) and scuttled plans to build amusements parks and/or entertainment complexes in such locales as detroit, poland, brazil, japan, south korea and africa

but jackson apparently needs the work--he has reportedly been suffering cash-flow problems due to extensive legal bills, profligate spending habits and dearth of new hit albums--and he can probably telecommute.
jackson has been living as a guest of the royal family
(who is also bankrolling his yet-to-be released all-star hurricane relief single, which he's been working on since september).
01/17/2006

[susan]

lisa marie presley weds again
lisa marie presley, daughter of elvis presley, married music producer michael lockwood in a ceremony in kyoto, japan, her publicist said. presley, 38, and lockwood exchanged vows in a traditional japanese ceremony on
jan. 22, 2006 spokesman paul bloch said.

it was presley's fourth marriage. she was previously married to such noted pillars of stability as nicolas cage, michael jackson and danny keough, who is the father of her two children and was best man at the kyoto nups.
the bride's mother, actress priscilla presley, walked her daughter down the aisle and gave her away. daughter riley Keough was maid of honor and son benjamin keough was a groomsman.
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13891073.htm
lisa marie presley, daughter of rock 'n' roll king elvis presley, has married guitarist and music producer michael lockwood in a ceremony in Kyoto, japan, her publicist said.
her ex danny is in the band with the two newlyweds, of course she and ex are the best of friends.
www.topix.net/forum/who/michael-jackson/TFA4FQ54KD85SOF3N

[michelle]

china cancels chinese geisha movie
the chinese government has canceled the release of "memoirs of a geisha" a decision made amid speculation that officials are worried the sight of chinese actresses playing japanese geishas would stir a backlash.
the film originally was cleared for distribution on feb. 9, but the state administration of radio, film and tv reversed itself over the weekend, according to sony pictures entertainment, which had planned to distribute the film in china.
02/01/2006
movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=214253

[daisy]

i read a book many years ago called miko and it was about this girl's mother as a geisha and how the girl escaped that life and became a student and she was a miko and as a samurai warrior she was a badass as the book portrayed.
but the definition is different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko

[daisy]

in the most expensive turkish movie ever made
"valley of the wolves iraq" set to open in turkey feeds off the increasingly negative feelings many turks harbor toward their longtime nato allies: americans.
in this movie: american soldiers in iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother. they kill dozens of innocent people with random machine gun fire, shoot the groom in the head, and drag those left alive to abu ghraib prison where a jewish doctor cuts out their organs, which he sells to rich people in new york, london and tel aviv.
u.s. soldiers have become hate figures in muslim countries around the world after the unpopular war in iraq.
but here in turkey, a personal grudge fuels the resentment.
02/02/2006
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1569087&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312