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COOL THING
Blaise Marcoux
ENTERTAINMENT
Jackson's legacy to live on in Vegas
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soleil will collaborate on a series of projects designed to extend the late pop star's legacy across several different media, chief among them a reality TV show tied to a concert-style touring production and a permanent show in Las Vegas akin to existing Cirque productions built around the music of the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
The parties say that the collaboration recognizes Jackson's longtime fascination with Cirque's signature blend of music, dance and theatrical spectacle.
"We went to the very first Cirque du Soleil tent show opening in Santa Monica," John Branca, co-executor of Jackson's estate, said Tuesday. "It was in the late 80s, and I'll never forget it ... (We) drove to Santa Monica together — no bodyguards — and we sat there in the front row. Michael was dazzled, and we went backstage after the show because he wanted to meet all the performers. It was a very passionate evening."
The reality show, intended to air early next year, would be along the lines of "American Idol" and "Dancing With the Stars," created as a platform for discovering a choreographer to help develop the touring and permanent shows built on Jackson's music, dancing and life story.
Budding dance enthusiasts from across the globe would audition in the search for 'someone young, who is cutting edge, from the outside, from the streets, who can bring that style that no one's ever seen before, like Michael always
did," Branca said.
The Cirque deal is yet another step in an aggressive series of grand-scale projects Jackson's estate has undertaken in recent months. Among them are the concert film and DVD "This Is It," featuring rehearsal footage for a planned London concert series from shortly before his death last June; and a new long-term contract with Sony Music, said to be worth as much as $250 million, covering reissues as
The cross-platform philosophy will be central to what Jackson's estate and Cirque creators are constructing as a way to ensure the King of Pop's legend lives on.
tines on a par with what Jackson employed on his own tours. The plan is to hire two professionals and then, through the reality show, find the third. The winner will join the team assembling the arena tour and the permanent show, which Lamarre said "will be very, very different."
"As Michael Jackson was ahead of his time, we have to be ahead of our time with this show."
"One thing is clear for us," Cirque President and CEO Daniel Lamarre said Tuesday. "As Michael Jackson was ahead of his time, we have to be ahead of our time with this show. We have to use all the technology there is, and develop new technologies with those two shows to create a breakthrough as Michael did when he was touring. The pressure is very, very big on us to deliver on his fans' expectations."
The idea for the TV show, which is still in the discussion stage, grew out of the planning for the arena tour and the permanent show in Vegas. The partners in the venture plan to hire three choreographers with the goal of creating dance rou
Among the media and technologies that Branca predicts will be featured in the show, which will open at one of MGM Mirage's
DANIEL LAMARRE
CEO, Cirque du Soleil
existing properties include "such things as 3-D, holograms and
Television industry analyst Brad Adgate said Tuesday that the deal, while impressive, was not without its perils. "It's a very bold plan certainly very aggressive. It seems like this could work on a lot of different platforms, but if the first step is a misfire, the whole thing could go down in flames."
But Jackson's music, which remains a hot seller, will provide a measure of insurance. John McClain, Branca's co-executor of the state, "will supervise remixes and mash-ups of various recordings so that fans will experience Michael's music in new ways," Branca said. "In addition, it's very possible that (previously) unreleased recordings could find their way into this show. That will be a creative decision everybody will be making."
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Today is a 5
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Let everything else go.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Today is a 6
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Today is a 7
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Today is a 6
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Today is a 6
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"I was just home, kind of on maternity leave," says Lopez during an interview at the Four Seasons Hotel.
New film won't be J.Lo's comeback
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez doesn't see her new film "The Back-up Plan" as a comeback. Although she took a break from films after the 2007 release "El Cantante," Lopez continued to work on her music, producing TV and film projects, and she gave birth to twins.
In the film, Lopez plays a single woman who wants a baby so much she decides to get artificially inseminated. She then meets the man of her dreams, played by Alex O'Loughlin.
There was nothing significant about her return to acting — Lopez just felt it was the right time. But knowing she was going before the cameras did motivate her to stick to the diet and exercise regimens she started after the babies were born.
She opted for a romantic comedy because she's had success in the genre with "The Wedding Planner,""Maid in Manhattan" and "Monster-in-Law."
The key to a good romantic comedy, says Lopez, is playing the role as real as possible.
"When you do that, it's funnier and you really get the emotional beats," Lopez says. "I do that whether it's a drama or a comedy. But with a comedy I just have a little more fun."
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