The Star Online: Entertainment: Music
The Star Online: Entertainment: Music |
- Prosecution rests in MJ trial
- Singer Loretta Lynn out of hospital
- Justin Bieber, Christina Augilera to peform at AMAs
| Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:39 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson's doctor Monday after nearly four weeks of testimony and evidence against the man accused of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death. The final witness to testify for prosecutors in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray was Dr. Steven Shafer. He told the jury Murray never should have given Jackson the powerful anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid at home and called Murray's treatment a ''pharmacological 'Never-Never Land.''' Murray has admitted giving Jackson propofol, the key drug that caused the Thriller singer's overdose, but defense attorneys have argued that Jackson gave himself an extra, fatal dose of the drug when Murray was absent. Murray's attorneys called their first witness on Monday. They hope to finish presenting their case Thursday. Since the trial began roughly four weeks ago, jurors have heard from several doctors who slammed Murray's treatment of Jackson on June 25, 2009 -- the day the singer died -- and for not keeping records in the weeks he cared for the singer. Prosecutors have put Murray's defense attorneys in a quandary by presenting the doctor's account to police of what happened in Jackson's final hours, then pointing out glaring inconsistencies between his statements and the evidence. For instance, Murray never mentioned to police that he was on his phone after giving Jackson a cocktail of propofol and sedatives. But prosecutors have presented records showing Murray using his cell phone for more than 45 minutes before discovering that Jackson had stopped breathing. Among the trials most dramatic moments, so far, was the playing of an audiotape Murray had recorded of Jackson's slurred and apparently drugged voice that gave the trial an emotional jolt as the singer talked about his desire to help children. Moreover, defense attorneys have had to withdraw one of their key contentions about Jackson's drug use, telling the judge they would not try to convince jurors he swallowed propofol, as they had argued in hearings earlier this year. Their reversal was due to the fact that scientific studies showed propofol has little effect when ingested orally. Still, defense attorneys have clung to their argument that Jackson could have taken more of the drug intravenously. The first defense witness called to testify on Monday was a Beverly Hills police official, who discussed details about the call for an ambulance made from Jackson's mansion on the day he died. Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter, faces a maximum of four years in prison if convicted. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Singer Loretta Lynn out of hospital Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Country music legend Loretta Lynn was resting at home on Monday after spending part of a "scary" weekend in the hospital suffering from pneumonia, the singer said. "It was one scary night ... But I am feeling better and just gonna take it easy for a couple of weeks," she said in a statement from her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. The 76-year-old music icon went to a Kentucky hospital early on Saturday after awakening on her tour bus complaining of difficulty breathing, her web site said. Lynn canceled her two weekend performances in Kentucky and North Carolina, but the statement said she expected to return to the stage on Nov. 3 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The singer, who grew up poor in Kentucky's coal-mining country before rising to fame, has additional performances scheduled in Mississippi, Louisiana and North Carolina. Lynn, whose hits including "If You're Not Gone Too Long" and "Don't Come Home A Drinkin'," has released 70 albums and charted 16 No. 1 hits in a career spanning five decades. She has won two Grammys and written several books, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," which was made into a movie that earned Sissy Spacek an Oscar for her performance as the singer. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Justin Bieber, Christina Augilera to peform at AMAs Posted: 24 Oct 2011 04:59 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera will be among the artists taking the stage at the 2011 American Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions president and executive producer Orly Anderson announced Monday. ''Baby'' singer Bieber and ''The Voice'' coach Aguilera will be joined by Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5, along with previously announced performers Katy Perry and Pitbull. Aguilera will join her ''Voice'' colleague, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, to perform their collaboration ''Moves Like Jagger,'' the announcement states. Dick Clark Productions didn't elaborate on the specifics of Bieber's performance, though chances are good that it will involve meticulously arranged bangs and hyperventilating tweeners. The 2011 American Music Awards will air from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A. Live! on ABC, Sunday Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This year's festivities will also include a pre-ceremony show, ''Countdown to the American Music Awards,'' at 7 p.m. ET/PT. An online countdown show, ''Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ the 2011 AMAs,'' will stream live on the Internet at 2:00 p.m., PT/ 5:00 p.m., ET. Lance Bass, Michael Buckley, Estelle, Sarah Hyland, Josh Sussman and Xzibit will host. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Star Online: Entertainment: Music To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan