Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service – Brooke Shields Remembers MJ

I was lucky enough to catch a little bit of the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center live today (though I’m sure it’ll get plenty of replay), and found Brooke Shields’ speech particularly moving. Here it is below:

How Narcissism Killed Michael Jackson – Great Article

Michael Jackson

Coline Covington, a British psychoanalyst, wrote Narcissism Killed the Man in the Mirror in reaction to Michael Jackson’s death. It is an interesting look at how Jackson’s deriving of self-worth from an adoring public may have doomed him. A brief excerpt is below:

“Surrounded by his entourage of “enablers” in his hospital bed in the UCLA Medical Centre, Michael Jackson died last Friday with his music playing and “bouncing off the walls”. Jackson was to the end a performer, transfixed with seeing himself and hearing himself, with being seen and being heard, searching for the public limelight and for the reassurance of being loved by all…” Read More.

The Michael Jackson Tragedy- What Happens When You Don’t Deal With Your Past

Young Michael Jackson

By Tara Overzat

Michael Jackson died on my birthday. I received a text message from a friend at 6:09pm. TMZ was reporting the death well before any of the other news outlets.

Everyone was shocked and saddened. I feel like Jackson was robbed of his last shot, his last chance Read more »