Mes: agosto 2019

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(CBS/AP) Yet another Michael Jackson sibling won’t attend the tribute concert for the late singer and this Jackson may be the most famous: Janet. Janet Jackson said Monday she won’t attend a planned tribute concert for her older brother Michael in Wales because the show coincides with the trial of a doctor charged in the King of Pop’s death. Pictures: Michael Jackson The singer’s one-sentence statement to The Associated Press does not criticize the show, as her brothers Jermaine and Randy have done, but cites the court case as her reason for not attending. “Because of the trial, the timing of this tribute to our brother would be too difficult for me,” her statement reads. Her statement was released on what would have been her brother’s 53rd birthday. Organizers of “Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert” have struggled to line up top-name acts and have been criticized by fans and the late singer’s estate for multiple reasons, including its costly tickets, timing and https://www.gczw821q5.online remote location. The show is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales, and the singer’s mother, Katherine, and some of her children are scheduled to attend. Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, and Cee Lo Green are the top-names listed as performers so far. Organizers had to rescind an offer to the band Kiss after fans and Michael Jackson’s estate noted that singer-bassist Gene Simmons had harshly...

If you’re a Hollywood star, you can get a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, right? Wrong. The folks who decide who’s in and who’s out on the walk say a certain kind of TV personality will never make the cut. For decades, CBS News Contributor Priya David Clemens reports, stars from the worlds of movies, music and TV have been immortalized with their very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ana Martinez, a publicist associated with the Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremonies, told CBS News, “The criteria for getting a star is longevity in the field of entertainment of five years or more, awards, Emmys, Oscars, Grammys, and philanthropic work that they do. And they have to be working actors, singers who have made an impact the entertainment community. However, sometimes the decision committee bends the rules. Stars were granted for Donald Duck, Tinker Bell and even Lassie. But you will never see stars for  “Jersey Shore”‘s Pauly D, “The Situation,” or Snooki. Pictures: Snooki’s Book Release Asked in a Facebook posting if reality stars would ever get a Hollywood star, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce said, “Hell to the no.” Martinez said, “I said no in certain words, and it became a little — it went viral, you could say.” So they’ve not only snookered Snooki, they’ve dashed the hopes of the Kardashians, and shut...