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A new book about the twilight of Michael Jackson's life is arriving in a couple weeks.Bestselling author Ian Halperin's Unmasked: The Finals Years of Michael Jackson delves into the King of Pop's reported prescription drug use, links to Scientology and more.
"If you think you know everything there is to know about Michael Jackson you're wrong. Ian has uncovered startling new information that will make this book the definitive biography of the most iconic performer of our time," says Jennifer Bergstrom, vice president and publisher of Simon Spotlight Entertainment, which is publishing the book.
Unmasked: The Finals Years of Michael Jackson is slated for publication on July 14.
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Don't buy this book. It's complete garbage it's complete trash. Why? Because it is full of mistakes, fiction and unproven accusations. The MJFC has done some background checking. Here are some details you should know before even considering spending a penny on “Unmasked.” DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. Ian Halperin is a Canadian journalist and writer who makes his money writing books on various celebrities, super-models and Hollywood in general. He is the author or coauthor of nine books on stars such as Celine Dion, James Taylor and Kurt Cobain - all of which contain very highly questionable material and often cite "unnamed sources". So you can't really say he is a specialist on Michael Jackson but rather a specialist in using famous people to make money.
here is what I read...
A coming biography of Michael Jackson, due soon and excerpted in the New York Post over the weekend, is riddled with errors. Ian Halperin’s book will make salacious reading but is full of fiction, sources tell me. I could have told you that myself.
For one thing, Halperin’s new assertion that Jackson didn't know what his contract with AEG Live read is nonsense. [...] As one of my best sources on the AEG matter reiterates: “The contract always called for 31 shows and MJ had agreed to add 19 more when it was obvious how great the demand was. He did not die from doing 50 shows over 9 months since he hadn't done one yet at the time of his death. He never collapsed in rehearsal and worked long days both filming the mini-movies and rehearsing at home with Travis Payne. He wasn't supposed to come to stage rehearsals until the entire company was ready. This is the way he has always worked.” [MJFC note: This was also confirmed by Michael's manager Frank DiLeo in a recent interview.] So there.
As well: Halperin repeats nanny Grace Rwaramba’s assertion that somehow Michael was made to rent a house for $100,000 that was only worth $25,000 — and that the Nation of Islam was somehow involved. In fact, the house was found by Jackson’s short-lived manager Tohme Tohme, who has nothing to do with the Nation of Islam. The house is said to be owned by a Tunisian Jew. The irony here is that it was Rwaramba herself who brought the Nation of Islam into Jackson’s life in 2003.
There’s more, including Halperin’s insane claim that Michael had at least two gay lovers in the last years, that he dressed as a woman and slipped out of the house to meet one of them. Unfortunately, Halperin’s timelines are all wrong. Plus, everyone knows that Michael Jackson was a germ freak. The behavior described by Halperin defies all Jack[son]-like logic.
Beware these sudden “tell alls” and “expert biographies” of Michael Jackson. You can write anything about the dead. This party is only getting started."
DON'T BUY THIS COWCRAP