Michael Jackson used to listen to motivational tapes when he slept
December 13, 2011 by Daniela
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Michael Jackson listened to motivation tapes which told him he was ”a good person” when he stayed with Jane Fonda for two weeks in 1981.
Michael Jackson used to listen to motivational tapes when he slept.
The late singer – who died of acute Propofol intoxication in 2009 – stayed with veteran actress Jane Fonda in 1981, and she was surprised to discover a series of recordings urging him to be a good person that he kept under his pillow.
She told TV talk show host Rosie O’Donnell: “Michael Jackson lived with me for 10 days when I was making ‘On Golden Pond’. He slept on a mattress that he put on the floor, I was in the loft, and there was a tape recorder, and I looked down and I could see a cord under his pillow and it was a tape that he would listen to and it would say, ‘You’re a good person, it’s going to be OK.’ ”
Meanwhile, the ‘Thriller’ hitmaker’s house has been recreated for an auction in Beverly Hills on Saturday (17.12.11).
More than 500 pieces of fine art that filled his home on 100 North Carolwood Drive have joined items including a chalk board with ‘love you Daddy’ written on and a piano on display ahead of the sale.
However, the bed in which he passed away in will not be sold by Julien’s Auctions following a special request from Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller action
Michael Jackson is being sued by the creator of his iconic ‘Thriller’ music video.
Filmmaker John Landis – who was hired by Jackson to create the werewolf-themed promo because of his work on horror classic ‘An American Werewolf in London’ – is taking the former ‘King of Pop’ to court to reclaim four years of unpaid royalties.
Landis and Jackson allegedly signed a contract in 1983, granting Landis 50 per cent of all profits earned from the video.
In court documents, Landis – who co-wrote and directed the classic 14-minute promo – accuses the troubled singer of “fraudulent, malicious and oppressive conduct”.
He claims Jackson has failed to “provide any accounting of the ‘Thriller’ profits for the past four years and earlier, and failed to pay Landis his 50 per cent cut of the net proceeds”.
Official documents don’t specify how much Landis is owed, but it is thought to be around $1 million.
Landis’ lawyer insists legal action was taken as a last resort.
He said: “I can’t understand what they are doing to John Landis’ company. It is such a straight-ahead thing. It makes no sense at all to me.”Jackson is currently working with the Nederland Organisation to make a Broadway musical based on the horror-themed video, which sees a young couple go on a date only for the boy to transform into a werewolf.