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AP-APTN-1800: UK Industry reax Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:UK Industry reax- NEW Industry insiders look back at Jackson's career LENGTH: 07:19 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Entertainment/Epic STORY NUMBER: 610965 DATELINE: London, 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 07:19 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: COMMERCIAL MUSIC, MUSIC VIDEO AND OR PERFORMANCES, MUST BE CLEARED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN LOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR APPLICABLE COLLECTING SOCIETY. DETAILS OF THE TRACKS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT.YOU HAVE EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF ALL AND ANY CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SERVICE, AND FOR LIBEL, PRIVACY, COMPLIANCE AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THEIR TERRITORY. SHOTLIST(including transcript):- Epic 1. Clip video - 'Thriller' Michael Jackson AP Entertainment London, 26 June 2009 2. Wide shot MTV 3. Medium shot MTV sign 4. Medium shot Albert Schilcher 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Albert Schilcher, Senior Director MTV Music: "Well I think that Michael Jackson his impact on the music video was immeasurable so when Thriller came out that really changed the way that people thought about music video. Before that it was all performance. He made this mini movie which was just sensational around the world and things were never quite the same after." 6. Medium shot picture with Michael Jackson and Judd Lander 7. Close up picture 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Judd Lander, Music PR: "Michael, with the guys and on his own was such a lovely guy, genuine, quietly spoken, but very clever at ... He was always a little prankster. I learnt a bit of magic and just used to entertain the troops. Something where an artist was a bit bored I'd come out with my little magic tricks just to bide the time. He was besotted with illusions and he was a prankster himself and he'd do little things with the brothers, little humorous things, so when it came to manipulating the media well he had a field day and as you know that's part of history." AP Entertainment - file London, 21 December 2008 9. Arrival of Paul McCartney at record store AP Entertainment London, 26 June 2009 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Judd Lander, Music PR: "He was talking about the Beatles and how he loved The Beatles and I was from Liverpool and we were talking about music and this and that. And I said that I had met Paul on a couple of occasions, lovely guy would you like to meet him. So I phoned over Paul's company so see whether he was around and he was and we took him over to meet Paul and I'd done that with Abba as well. Paul is such a lovely man and Linda and Paul adopted Michael as like a surrogate son." AP Television - file Johannesburg, South Africa - 18 July 1996 11. Pan to Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela posing for photographs AP Entertainment London, 26 June 2009 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Judd Lander, Music PR: "I was doing an interview at Capital Radio, we were going there. Capital then was not far from these studios and we got there, arrived there a little bit early and there were lots of fans outside so I'm riding around trying to work out what to do I took Michael over to Lawrence Corner, it's a small little corner shop off the Euston Road that sold military garments. So he was all excited so we went in to the shop and he was like a kid in a sweet shop, looking at all of the hats and the jackets. He ended up buying a guards jacket. A red jacket and taking that back to the US." AP Television - file California, US - 18 April 1995 13. Michael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley walking with children during opening of Neverland AP Entertainment France, 26 June 2009 14. SOUINDBITE (English) Michael Roberts, Vanity Fair Style and Fashion editor: "He had a very particular toy soldier look that he used in a lot of his stage shows. It became iconic, the military jacket with the frogging and the epilates and the spangley glove, the trousers that were short so you saw an expanse of white sock. It was very much a part of his not stepping too far out of childhood thing. He really evoked images from his childhood of toy soldiers. It's very sad that he's gone." 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kris Van Assche, designer: "Obviously I am Michael Jackson generation so of course it is a big loss, what can I say. It's too bad, we were making suits at Dior for him so it's really too bad." AP Entertainment London, 26 June 2009 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Little Steven, guitarist with the E Street Band: "Well I am sure like everybody else I was quite surprised, really it's a shame. He was coming back to 50 sold out shows which is quite amazing. It just reminds you that you should make sure you live every day and make it count. It didn't quite ring, it was a little bit odd, aside from the tragedy and of course your thoughts go out to the family and all those fans that bought all those tickets and all that. But my next thought was heart-attack doesn't quite go with a dancer, it's a bit odd I think." AP Entertainment London, 26 June 2009 17. Wide shot press conference arrivals (L-R) Gary Lloyd - Director, Paul Walden - Producer, Ricko Baird - Thriller singer, Roger Wright - Thriller singer, Mitchell Zhangazha - Young Michael Jackson, Maria Lawson - Thriller singer 18. Cutaway audience 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Lloyd, director: "Obviously we are deeply shocked and devastated by the news today, we have been immersed in the life and the music, living and breathing the life and music of Michael Jackson all of our lives but particularly while putting this show on it comes as a great shock to hear that he has passed on." 20. Cutaway audience 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ricko Baird: "Performing is natural for him like breathing so I am sure that it wasn't due to stress. Maybe he hadn't performed in a long time but he has been performing on stage since he was a child, so performing is like breathing for him, so I think he was excited more so than stressed. As we all know the personal things that were going on in his life I'm sure had some sort of stress on him but I just feel like he was more excited to come here and do it, versus stressed. In my opinion." 22. Cutaway Thriller sign 23. Medium shot Ricko Baird being interviewed 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Ricko Baird: "He's was an amazing person a normal guy which you probably wouldn't think if you were on the outside looking in but once you get close to someone you start to open up to them and you really see who the person is and he was just really cool, it was amazing to work with him, a perfectionist, a genius musician, a master performer and just amazing and I am glad that I did get to work with him." 15. Medium shot Ricko Baird being interviewed JACKSON REMEMBERED Michael Jackson has left the world with a musical legacy that will live on for years. The dramatic death of the brilliant singer seems to have obscured his recent controversies and has kindled warmer memories of Jackson the child star and Jackson the show-stopping, moonwalking headliner. Albert Schilcher, Senior Director MTV Music said there is no denying the mark that his work has left behind. "When Thriller came out that really changed the way that people thought about music video. Before that it was all performance. He made this mini movie which was just sensational around the world and things were never quite the same after." One memory that will also live on is that of Jackson's distinctive fashion style. Michael Roberts, Vanity Fair's Style and Fashion editor said his look "became iconic, the military jacket with the frogging and the epilates and the spangley glove, the trousers that were short so you saw an expanse of white sock. It was very much a part of his not stepping too far out of childhood thing." Ricko Baird, singer in musical Thriller had the good fortune to work with Jackson as a choreographer. He remembered his high standards when it came to performing citing him as "a perfectionist, a genius musician, a master performer and just amazing." APTN APEX 06-26-09 1442EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1800: France Jackson Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:France Jackson- NEW Liza Minnelli AUDIO tribute to Michael Jackson LENGTH: 01:29 RESTRICTIONS: Part No France/See Script TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/AP PHOTOS/FRANCE INFO STORY NUMBER: 610959 DATELINE: Paris - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 01:29 SHOTLIST: ++PLEASE NOTE: STILL IN SHOT 1 OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 2++ STILL: AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE New York, USA - 7 June 2009 1. STILL of Liza Minnelli at 63rd Tony Awards in New York AUDIO: FRANCE INFO - AP CLIENTS ONLY Paris, France - 26 June, 2009 ++MUST COURTESY FRANCE INFO++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Liza Minnelli, actress/singer: ++TELEPHONE QUALITY++ "I'm devastated. He was a dear, dear friend. All I can tell you - I'm so upset - all I can tell you is that he was a wonderful man, a really nice, wonderful man. He was a lovely man and he was a genius talent, absolutely genius and I will miss him until the day I go." (Question: Which is your favourite song?) "I loved all of his songs. They were sensational and 'Thriller' was so great and the first album was sensational." (Question: He seems to be very sad boy.) "He didn't know what growing up was like, so he tried to recreate it for a lot of children who really were in trouble. He changed history. He changed musical history and he changed performing." AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE FILE: New York - 16 March 2002 3. Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson arrive at Marble Collegiate Church to attend Liza Minnelli's wedding AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY FILE: New York - 16 March 2002 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 4. New York police officers outside Regent Wall Street Hotel where reception was held after Liza Minnelli's wedding 5. Newly weds Liza Minnelli and David Gest arriving 6. Minnelli and Gest walking, talking to media UPSOUND (English) Gest: "We had a great time. Great wedding." 7. Gest and Minnelli waving to fans MINNELLI PLANS TRIBUTE TO JACKSON Actress and singer Liza Minnelli paid tribute to Michael Jackson on Friday (26 JUNE 2009), describing him as a "wonderful man, a really nice, wonderful man." "I'm devastated. He was a dear, dear friend," she told France Info Radio. Jackson died in Los Angeles after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest. Minnelli, speaking in Paris, where she is giving a concert on Saturday, said she would sing something for Jackson. "He was a lovely man and he was a genius talent, absolutely genius and I will miss him until the day I go," she said. Jackson was a guest at Minnelli's wedding to David Gest in New York in March 2002, arriving at the ceremony with Elizabeth Taylor. She said Jackson had "changed musical history and he changed performing." Asked if she had a favourite Jackson song, she said loved all of them. "They were sensational and 'Thriller' was so great and the first album was sensational," she said. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 06-26-09 1443EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1800: US Jackson coroner Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:US Jackson coroner- NEW Coroner's office, DC, NY, Detroit reax LENGTH: 05:26 RESTRICTIONS: Part NAmerica/ Internet TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ABC STORY NUMBER: 610961 DATELINE: Various - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 05:26 SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP Clients Only Los Angeles, California 1. Wide exterior of Los Angeles Coroner's office AP TELEVISION - AP Clients Only Los Angeles, California 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Ed Winter, Assistant Chief Coroner: "We did an exam, we did an exam at the hospital and we'll be examining and doing further exams here this morning." (Question: Did the exam at the hospital lead you to think anything or towards anything?) "I am not going to comment on that at this time. The body will be released as soon as the family does make arrangements." (Question: Did you say you might have a preliminary result today and what might that include if you do?) "Well I can tell you the likelihood is very slim that we will have any results to release today because of the extensive level of tests that we are going to be performing." 3. Wide shot Coroner's office 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Ed Winter, Assistant Chief Coroner: "Hopefully after the autopsy's done we'll be able to make a statement of some sort for you. It will take several hours, okay." POOL - AP Clients Only Washington, DC 5. Wide shot House of Representatives floor 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative Diane Watson, Democrat - California: "To the country and the world - a young man has left earth but now resides in astra, in the stars. And this was a talented, multi-talented person who entertained the world with his dynamic portrayals, his songs that he had written, but his style of dancing. And we think it is appropriate to say that we pay tribute to the culture that he has left behind - his legacy." 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative Jesse Jackson Junior, Democrat - Illinois: "Madam Speaker, if there is a God and I believe there is, and that God distributes grace and mercy and talent to all of his children, on August 29, 1958 he visited Gary, Indiana and touched a young man with an abundance of his blessings. With that gift, that young man Michael Joe Jackson would touch and change the world. His heart couldn't get any bigger and yesterday it arrested. I come to the floor today on behalf of a generation to thank God for letting all of us live in his generation and in his era. And with that, Madam Speaker, we would ask members to please stand for a moment of silence." 8. Various shots House of Representatives standing and observing a moment of silence for Jackson ABC - No Access North America/Internet Gary, Indiana 9. Man dressed as Michael Jackson dancing outside Jackson family home in Gary, as other fans watch as his music plays over loudspeaker 10. Pull out shot of Jackson impersonator outside the family home AP TELEVISION - AP Clients Only New York City, NY 11. Various of ABC ticker in New York's Times Square displaying news of Michael Jackson's death 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Carmen Hooker, 58-year-old fan: "I really feel sorry, I've always felt sorry for Michael. I didn't know if it was all the fame and fortune, him changing his appearance, I didn't know but I feel very sorry for him. I think he was trying to make a comeback and all his trials and tribulations and I was looking forward to him making a comeback and he dies." 13. Wide shot of news stand in Times Square 14. Close-up of New York Times front page with picture of Jackson 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Ruoff, fan from New Jersey: "You've got to think of the moon walk, the dance, his songs, the energy, you know there is really nobody who is reminiscent of that type of performer and I don't know that there is ever going to be another one like him." 16. Close-up of Daily News front page with photo of Jackson 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatimah Smalls, Michael Jackson fan: "It's like a brother to me, you know, we're not related by blood but his music brought us together and that's what the love is and that's why I'm here." 18. Various of woman signing memorial AP TELEVISION - AP Clients Only Detroit, Michigan 19. Wide of fans outside Motown Museum 20. Close-up Motown Museum sign 21. Man taking photos of tributes to Jackson outside the museum 22 SOUNDBITE (English): Larry Smith, Jackson Fan: "He was a legend and I'd like to pay my respects to him, he was great. That's all I have to say right now." 23. Jackson fans looking at flowers, cards and teddy bears in front of museum 24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Debra Ford, Fan "I love Michael Jackson; I grew up with him." 25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jazzmin Taylor, Fan: "We grew up listening to him for the longest, and it's sad to see him go. We just sent our respect out to his family and that's it." 26. Tilt down shrine outside museum with balloons, flowers and teddy bears 27. Close-up photo of Jackson 28. Mid shot shrine 29. Close-up balloon with message reading (English): "We love you Mike J" AUTOPSY BEGINS Michael Jackson was due to make his triumphant return to the stage in London next month - but instead his sudden death has left (m) millions of fans feeling they've lost a lifelong friend. The 50-year-old musical superstar died on Thursday, just as he was preparing for a series of 50 concerts starting on July 13 at London's O2 arena. He died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills. Across the United States, people reacted in stunned disbelief on Friday as word spread that the star had passed away. The dramatic death of the singer seemed to obscure his recent controversies and kindle warmer memories of Jackson the child star and Jackson the show-stopping, moonwalking headliner. The worldwide chorus of grief united the famous - statesmen and superstars alike - and the legions of ordinary people who grew up with "Thriller" and "Beat It." Meanwhile, US authorities were seeking to clear up the mystery surrounding Jackson's death, including whether prescription drugs could have been a factor. The autopsy was scheduled to begin on Friday, though results weren't likely to be final until toxicology tests could be completed, a process that could take several days and sometimes weeks. In a news conference on Friday, Lieutenant Ed Winter, assistant chief coroner, said the likelihood was slim that the coroner's office would have anything to release Friday and said results could take six to eight weeks. Police said they were investigating, standard procedure in high-profile cases. Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine said it was believed that Jackson suffered cardiac arrest at his home. In Washington, members of the House of Representatives honoured Jackson's memory with moment of silence. Representative Diane Watson led the tribute to the "King of Pop" saying he had left behind a legacy, while Jesse Jackson Jr lead a prayer. In Times Square on Friday morning live television billboards and news tickers continued to tell the news as tourists and commuters watched on. Among them Carmen Hooker, a 58-year-old fan from Los Angeles, expressed her sadness. "I think he was trying to make a comeback and all his trials and tribulations. I was looking forward to him making a comeback and he dies," she said. Todd Ruoff, a 38-year-old New Jersey resident said he didn't think there would be another entertainer like Jackson. "You've got to think of the moon walk, his dance, his songs, the energy, you know there is really no one who is reminiscent of that type of performer and I don't know that there is going to be another one like him." Other people heading to work in the Harlem neighbourhood in New York City stopped at a makeshift memorial outside Harlem's Apollo Theatre, where Michael Jackson performed as a child. The tributes were being written on Friday on pieces of cardboard, and on newspapers bearing his photo. Fatimah Smalls was among those paying respects, said she had felt really close to Jackson. "We're not related by blood, but his music brought us together, and that's what the love is and that's why I'm here." Fans also gathered to remember him at Detroit's famous Motown museum, where they brought flowers, cards and teddy bears to a makeshift shrine. "He was a legend and I'd like to pay my respect to him, he was great," Larry Smith, a Jackson fan said. Others described how they had grown up listening to Jackson's music and how saddened they were by his death. Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer. An entertainer who united black and white music and one who broke racial barriers on MTV, becoming the first black artist to be prominently featured on the youth-oriented cable TV channel. He dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage. His 1982 album, "Thriller" - which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" - is the best-selling album of all time worldwide. Yet after selling more than 61 (m) million albums in the US and having a decade-long attraction open at Disney theme parks, Jackson died reportedly awash in about 400 (m) million US dollars in debt, on the cusp of a final comeback after well over a decade of scandal. As word of his death spread, radio stations began playing marathons of his hits. The public first knew him as a boy in the late 1960s, when he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the singing group he formed with his four older brothers out of Gary, Indiana. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "I'll Be There." APTN APEX 06-26-09 1444EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1800: World Jackson Reactions 2 Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:World Jackson Reactions 2- NEW UK O2 arena, Germany reax; China vigil LENGTH: 02:04 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/RTL STORY NUMBER: 610967 DATELINE: Various - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 02:04 ++PRELIMINARY SCRIPT - TRANSCRIPT AND FULL STORYLINE TO FOLLOW++ SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Beijing 1. Mid of fan holding picture of Michael Jackson 2. Close-up of poster 3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Michael Jackson fan, no name given: "He is kind... his talent in music is the best and most unique in the world. Nobody has surpassed him so far and nobody will in the future..." 4. Mid of fan holding computer playing Michael Jackson videos 5. Close-up of computer screen 6. Wide of people walking and holding picture of Michael Jackson 7. Wide of fans lighting candles, pan right 8. Mid of people lighting candles on ground 9. Close-up of fans 10. Wide of poster of Michael Jackson, pan to fans gathering 11. Close-up of fan crying 12. Mid of fans holding candles and picture of Michael Jackson 13. Close-up of picture RTL - NO ACCESS GERMANY, AUSTRIA (EXCEPT: INFOSCREEN, ATV+), GERMAN-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND (EXCEPT: TELEZUERI), LUXEMBURG AND ALTO ADIGE Hamburg 14. SOUNDBITE: (German) Vox pop, name not given: "To his music I can dance the best, I am sad that he died." 15. SOUNDBITE: (German) Vox pop, name not given: "All the stuff was nice actually. I saw him once in London, maybe twenty years ago. Actually everything was beautiful, anyhow I can't...Mainly I remember his dancing performance on the stage. That was...The melody goes into the ear, one knows immediately when one hears it, that is him." RTL - NO ACCESS GERMANY, AUSTRIA (EXCEPT: INFOSCREEN, ATV+), GERMAN-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND (EXCEPT: TELEZUERI), LUXEMBURG AND ALTO ADIGE Berlin 16. SOUNDBITE: (German) Vox pop, name not given: "He was one of the black artists who has opened ways even now for Obama. Black or white reflects that." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY London 17. Wide of staff entering O2 Arena 18. Wide of O2 Arena, car park in foreground 19. Mid of Lyric Theatre with billboard advertising show "Thriller" 20. Mid of man taking photos of flowers on step of theatre 21. Close-up of illustrated picture of Jackson reading (English) "1958-2009 gone too soon, Michael Jackson" 22. Flowers on theatre step 23. Sign reading (English) "Due to tragic events the theatre will open later than usual today." 24. Wide of fan outside theatre being interviewed 25. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Jackson fan calling himself "DLO": "I started dancing because of him, he's my big inspiration. His music, his style of dancing, everything man. There it is, for life man, he's dead." 26. Wide of stage with people arriving for news conference 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ricko Baird, singer in musical "Thriller" and former choreographer for Michael Jackson: ++TRANSCRIPT TO FOLLOW++ 28. Cutaway of camerawoman 29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Roger Wright, singer in musical "Thriller": ++TRANSCRIPT TO FOLLOW++ 30. Mid of news conference STORYLINE: People across the world on Friday reacted with shock and sadness to the death of Michael Jackson, one of the world's iconic pop idols. The 50-year-old musical superstar suffered cardiac arrest and died on Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would have been a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's O2 arena. ++TRANSCRIPT AND FULL STORYLINE TO FOLLOW++ Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 06-26-09 1448EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM -------------------