What’s President Obama’s reaction to the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson? White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about it this afternoon.
“I talked to him about it this morning,” Gibbs said. “He said to me that obviously Michael Jackson was a spectacular performer and a music icon and I think everybody remembers hearing his songs and watching him moonwalk on television during Motown’s 25th anniversary.”
“But the president also said aspects of his life were sad and tragic,” Gibbs continued. “His condolences went out to the Jackson family and to fans that mourned his loss.”
Why no statement?
“Because I just said it,” Gibbs said.
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Michael Jackson's death took the world by surprise Thursday (June 25), when he died suddenly from a heart attack. Fans all across the world couldn't believe it, and neither could countless celebrities on Twitter, who tweeted in disbelief.
Here's a few of their initial reactions:
Cassie - There are no words.... Sending all of my love and prayers out to the Jackson family.
Dawn Richard (Danity Kane) - omg! u guys say a prayer..mj is gone..i wont believe it!
MC Hammer - I have no words.. I loved Michael Jackson.. RIP.. I will be mourning my friend , brother, mentor and inspiration.. He gave me and my family hope. I would never have been me without him.
Ice-T - Rest In Peace Mike. People can say what they want but you were 100% original. WE will always love , miss & remember your GREATNESS. "Ice T"
Alyssa Milano - Remember the first time you saw him moonwalk? RIP Michael Jackson.
Lil Jon - RIP M J!!
Nicki Minaj - Oh no! Plz tell me its a joke!!!! Please! Not michael jackson!!!! No!!!! Dead???!!!!
Tyrese - I can't believe I'm about to write this Michael Jackson May God Bless your SOUL WE LOVE YOU FOREVER REST IN PEACE I'm sad this is horrible
Ashton Kutcher - Mike Jackson passed away today from a heart attack. That's what tmz said. Wow. Pray for his kids
Tila Tequila - My heart is broken! We have lost a true icon of our time, he will forever be with us! Please have a moment of silence and pray for MJ
Ben Baller (jeweler) - im literally sick, im gonna vomit and then eat it. im just happy to have worked & met the legend smh sad
Lauren London - Michael Jackson?!. It feels like someone called me and told me a family member passed away. Since I could remember...there was always MJ. There are no words.....my prayers to the Jackson Family
Khloe Kardashian - This can't be true! Michael Jackson Passed away???
Kim Kardashian - Wow I am truly in shock that Michael Jackson has passed away! I love u Jackson family, my prayers are with the whole family!
Travis Barker - Michael Jackson R.I.P. I'm speechless, WTF?
Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers) - My thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Jackson and his family. He is a legend. King of Pop.
Baron Davis (Los Angeles Clippers) - RIP Mike Jackson
Xzibit - DAMNIT! they just put the big yellow banner up "breaking news" on CNN. the King of Pop has passed away. MJ we love you. U were Genius.
Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) - i am very shocked about mj. i have every song he ever put out. i am shocked and sad.
Kanye West was rolling deep at the Los Angeles Film Festival tonight, surprising the audience with the premier of a short film by Spike Jonze called We Were Once A Fairytale.
In the film, Kanye plays himself drunk at a club acting belligerent and boastful, telling starstruck club-goers that the song playing in the club is his. He wanders into a side room where he encounters a beautiful woman. They start having sex and then he passes out on her leopard print dress. When he comes to, he finds himself in the VIP room with his pants down – he was hallucinating and fucking the pillow. The realization startles him and he rushes to the bathroom where he vomits what look like rose petals.
Then it gets weird.
Kanye finds a bowie knife in the bathroom and cuts into his stomach, spilling a torrent of more petals. He digs in the knife deeper and then with his hand rips out a small furry rodent, like a demon, only its quite cute. When Kanye realizes it’s connected to him with an umbilical cord, he pulls it hard, ripping it out of him for good. He then puts the demon on the sink and hands him a tiny bowie knife to fit the critter’s scale who then uses it to commit hari kari.
The short, written and directed by Spike Jonze, walks the fine line between self aggrandizement and self mockery that runs through all of Kanye’s endeavors. But the filmmaking is on point, with cinematography and sound design that authentically renders that feeling of being really disoriented in a nightclub. One doesn’t need to love Kanye to love the film, but the Jonze short takes what people love and hate about Kanye’s persona and then pushes it into a new, trippy realm. And in case you’re wondering, the answer is no, Kanye still can’t act. The film features the song “See you in my Nightmares” from 808s and Heartbreaks, remixed and pretty severely tweaked by Spike Jonze’s brother and N.A.S.A.‘s Squeak E. Clean (Sam Spiegel).
MTV News reported back in March:
Last week, news began to trickle out that West and director Jonze — who teamed up last year for the eye-popping (and brain-warping) “Flashing Lights” video — were working together once again, this time on a video for West’s “See You in My Nightmares.” Intrigued, MTV News decided to follow up, reaching out to reps for both parties for comment on the collaboration.
“They’ve teamed up again, but this time, it’s for a short film,” Vincent Landay, Jonze’s producing partner, told MTV News. “It’s not necessarily [a video for ‘Nightmares’], but the song is featured in it. We’re still editing it right now, it’s probably going to run between 10–15 minutes. ... Essentially, we’ve been editing it whenever we had time — it’ll be a couple of weeks on and then a couple of weeks off. ... Nobody’s making any money on it, so it’s sort of like, ‘Hey, let’s get in there and edit on night and weekends.’ ”
Landay — who has produced the majority of Jonze’s ventures, including his upcoming “Where the Wild Things Are” movie — went on to add that the film was shot at the end of January over the course of two days in Los Angeles, and that there’s no set date for its release. And while he wasn’t about to reveal all the details about the project, Landay did say that it’s a decidedly Jonze-ian event.
“I’d rather not say what that plot is, but it’s based on an idea Spike had,” Landay explained. “It came to him, and he called Kanye and said, ‘I think you’d be great in this. We showed Kanye a very early rough cut, and he said, ‘It’s very Spike Jonze.’ ... I don’t know when or where it will debut. We did it for fun, so maybe it would be good if someone would give us an actual deadline for it.”
According to Spike Jonze’s team, the film was completed less than 24 hours before tonight’s screening.
The California Supreme Court has declined to delay a June 22 preliminary hearing for singer Chris Brown, 19, who's charged with two felonies in an alleged attack on singer Rihanna, 21, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Brown's attorneys had asked the state high court to postpone the hearing to assess if a Superior Court judge had justifiably rejected the defense's request for access to internal police files. Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, told the L.A. Times that the records may have something to do with the leak of a photo of a bloodied Rihanna to TMZ.com. Judge Patricia Schnegg said that Geragos and team were only entitled to access to those files for the trial, not for the preliminary hearing. Brown could face close to five years in prison if convicted.
Though Wrigley Gum was diplomatic in their statement as to why they’ve suspended Chris Brown from his endorsement deal with Doublemint Gum, The Milk Mustache campaign is cutting right to the chase:
"The Milk Mustache campaign is taking the allegations against Chris Brown very seriously," a company rep said.
"We are very proud and protective of the image of the Milk Mustache campaign and the responsible message it sends to teens. Mr. Brown's ad was launched last fall and is scheduled to end this week."
Brown being dropped is the second blow to the pop star’s career since his alleged fight Sunday, with girlfriend Rihanna. Rihanna was allegedly bloody and bruised after a reported scuffle, that caused her to back out of her Grammy performance Sunday.
According to the Los Angeles Times, she is currently building a domestic violence case against Brown, and is being fully cooperative with police investigators, who have reportedly called her injuries “devastating proof of abuse."
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