Per Cirque CEO, MJ "Returns To The Stage"

In a recent interview Cirque Du Soleil CEO Daniel Lamarre states that MJ will "return to the stage".

Take a look:

He says there will be no Michael Jackson impersonators. "No one can do it the way he was doing it", he said. "Plus, if you're a true Michael Jackson fan, that's him..you want to see him. and that's the challenge, we want to have his presence, a strong presence., on stage like you've never seen before."

MJ as you've never seen before..where have we heard that?

Could a hologram be the answer?

UPDATE: Credit to _Xscape_ for the below find.  In the below Associated Press Article, it says "Daniel's creative team is already looking at "This Is It" dress rehearsals to use in the shows".

This raises a few questions:
1. Doesn't Sony own all of the rehearsal footage now? (they paid millions for it)
2. There were full dress rehearsals that exist that weren't shown in the film, but now can be used for this?
3. If there weren't full dress rehearsals, why would they show unfinished "rehearsal" footage when Cirque Du Soleil wants to put on a show to MJ's expectations?

What is this footage Cirque Du Soleil was looking at, and who was showing it to them?

The Invisible Man

When looking for oddities in this investigation, our friends at TMZ give us a lot to ponder - if anything for the interesting and somewhat eerie coincidences. Take for example, this article that was posted almost a year ago on April 22, 2009 where TMZ says that "the rest of Michael Jackson is well on its way to vanishing too" and "it's a thriller, right?":

I did some research on the movie that is being referenced in the article, and thought the poster for the film was interesting as it shows a "green man" with sunglasses. Now where have we seen a green man before?

Just another "wacky" coincidence....

UPDATE #1: Looks like MJ might have had a little fun with the "Invisible Man" character in the past; (credit to "MSMJFANFOREVER" and "mykidsmum"):

See the disguise in the second half of this video: :

UPDATE #2  In the comments below,annabel said...

"Claude Rains also played the Phantom in a really crappy version of Phantom of the Opera"

Interestingly enough, in another article, MJ was referred to as the "Phantom of the Clinic":

MJ's Influence in Ads, Real or Imagined?

Previously we had posted an "Open Happiness" commercial that was produced by Coca-Cola that contained many "MJ-related" themes, and we wondered if there could be some type of connection.
While researching, I stumbled across this ad for the 2010 Toyota Prius, which came out in May 2009:


This one also had many themes that we tie back to MJ - nature, butterflies, tinkerbell-like fairies, children emerging from flowers, similar to the waking sleepyhead Wizard of Oz "munchkins" emerging out of flowers, "armies" of people, etc.

But I had hesitated posting because I didn't see enough of a connection.

Turns out that the song being song in the commercial is "Let Your Love Flow", by Petra Haden. Interestingly enough, Petra Haden, did a cover of "Thriller":


Hmm..a little more of a connection now. Perhaps a coincidence.

Then while browsing images from This Is It, something caught my eye in the below shot (click to enlarge):

You can see the word "Toyota" in the background.

Pure coincidence, or could of MJ had an interest in "short films" to be designed for commercials and did, or was planning to work with various sponsors?

Bit o' trivia: AEG owns the "Toyota Sports Center"



UPDATE: The readers have discovered even more of a connection - Here is an article about MJ getting into a Prius limo. Interestingly enough, this article links to another about Coca-Cola adding 120 hybrid trucks to their feet.
(click to enlarge)

The article can be found here:
http://green.autoblog.com/2007/12/04/michael-jackson-goes-green-ish-takes-a-prius-limo/


Thanks to the great readers for your comments and tips!!

Connect The Dots, Part Two: make.believe

There has been some discussion regarding similiarities in Sony's "make.believe" commercials, and how they tie into Michael Jackson related projects such as "Moonwalker".
The print ads continue these similarities; most notably to the This Is It film.

This first ad shows a city scene that is very reminiscent to the Smooth Criminal backdrop in This Is It:

This Is It Smooth Criminal Scene:


Sony "make.believe" ad:


Then we have a similarity between the beginning of the "Earth Song" short and another "make.believe" ad. The beginning of Earth Song shows the sun rising above the Earth:


A Sony make.believe ad captures an almost identical image:


So to "connect the dots", perhaps we should look at the overall theme with Sony's new campaign in that the "dot" connects what you can imagine, to what is reality. When Sony announced that "make.believe" campaign, they released the following diagram:


So the dot connects ideas, and we have seen that as a recurring theme. From TMZ's articles referring to "connecting the dots", to the "FOOL" spelled out when "connecting the dots" in that News of The World article about Dr. Murray, to what may be the ultimate theme in this...

We as individuals are single small "dots" in the scope of humanity, but together, when connected for a higher purpose, can make dreams become reality:


Connect The Dots - It's all for L.O.V.E.

A Wacky Coincidence...

This is most likely a wacky coincidence..but in any event, thought it was interesting!

This past weekend I had uploaded an image to Twitpic, just to have a little fun - remember those "Wacky Packages" stickers from the 70's?

Here is the tweet:

And this was the image:


Then on Monday, look what word TMZ uses in their post - Wacky!


It just made me chuckle a bit...

By the way, if you read through the article, where is the 7th claim? They only mention 6. Oh well, it's a wacky article anyway... :)

"Red Casket"..Not Necessarily Referring To A Coffin

So TMZ is reporting that Michael was transported in a "red casket". Well, that can mean a couple of things.

For example, there is a clothing line called "Evolve or Vanish". In fact, they make this T-Shirt called "Charged with Fraud-Red Casket":


The title of the shirt also reminds me, coincidentally, of this CNN headline:


You can find the T-shirt here:
http://www.hauseofhoweclothing.com/c-t-shirts-evolve.html

Note: This shirt also comes in just "black" if you are uncomfortable being in "red casket".

It's All A Mystery, At TMZ

It's all been a mystery - the doctor's appointments, the body, the time of death, the burial...
Every aspect of this continuing investigation has been a mystery, and TMZ agrees. And it appears that every time they use the word "Mystery" in the title of an article, there is curious verbiage that goes along with it.

First, let's travel back to before June 25th, to one of TMZ's postings about one of MJ's doctor's appointments:

This was at the same time that TMZ caught MJ saying that he will be touring with the Jackson 5.

Then we have the mysteries of the location of MJ's body - it's all just a "puzzle":


Like the above article, the next one posted the same day, which talks about the mystery burial, also contains verbiage of MJ not going to Forest Lawn and there being a "decoy":


Then the time of death is also called a "mystery":

Note that they said that Murray's account of the incident seemed "scripted".

Then we have a "mystery" date.

January 18th was Martin Luther King day (which was uneventful), but TMZ suggested it was "a clue"... clue for what?

Yes, it all has been a mystery. Including this posting from May, where TMZ makes a point of calling Michael Jackson a "mortal"...hmm...


But the above brings up another mystery.. before June 25th, TMZ ran several articles about MJ being "human"...from the "human" arm above to the following:


This next one was interesting because of the two definitions of the word "Pachyderm". Below is the article snippet and the two definitions that I have added:



Michael had told Geraldo he had "rhinocerous skin" on Geraldo, so it was interesting that TMZ alluded to this..

Why the overuse of the word "human" in early 2009? Was it a mock to say he was human? Or is it symbolic in some way? Even Dave Dave had commented that "what people fail to realize is that Michael was a human being".

What we have realized is that there is more to the story than meets the eye...

UPDATE: minutes after I posted this, I saw that TMZ posted another "mystery" article..this time with a poll asking if MJ is still alive!