The new bio-pic 'Michael' includes no mention that its protagonist, the late pop star Michael Jackson, faced multiple accusations of child sexual abuse. The allegations (which Jackson denied) were addressed in an earlier cut of the film, as the director, Antoine Fuqua, told Kelefa Sanneh for a recent profile in this magazine.
He found meeting other celebrities very uncomfortable unless he was a fan. He could get bashful or embarrassed, or there could be huge stars and he just wouldn't give them the time of day.
I used to think I was over my startup failure. That was three years ago, ancient history, right? Yet every time I pitched a new idea to someone, my hands would shake. Every investor meeting felt like walking into that same room where I had to tell my team we were shutting down. My body remembered what my mind tried to forget. That's when Bruce Springsteen's words hit me like a freight train: "The past is never the past. It is always present. And you'd better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad."
The Boss, who is expecting a baby with his former backup singer Patti Scialfa, closed escrow a few days ago on the property, which a real estate source not involved in the deal described as being like Montecito but only three minutes to downtown Beverly Hills.
Video of the fatal incident Saturday showed Pretti facing off with federal agents holding an iPhone then being thrown to the ground and beaten by around six or seven men. A first shot is then fired before at least nine more and Pretti falls still. It is not clear from the footage which agent fired the first shot, or the ones that ultimately killed Pretti.