Word: jacksonism
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...litany of alleged misbehavior--making prank phone calls, sneaking drinks, scanning porn sites, even a lesson in masturbation--is not unfamiliar for preteens. But such doings usually occur among peers. According to the boy, Jackson saw himself as the wise teacher. "If men don't masturbate," the boy recalled him saying, "they can get to a level where they might rape a girl or they can be kind of unstable...
...brother and sister, who were forced into contradictions. Sneddon took heat from observers for unloading his heavy artillery in the second week of what is expected to be a four-month siege, with hundreds of witnesses. The suspicion is that the D.A., who has been itching to nail Jackson since an aborted 1993 molestation trial, just couldn't wait to see the star squirm...
...what kind of star is Jackson? He has not had a No. 1 hit since You Are Not Alone, in 1995. He has allowed surgeons to ravage his face until he resembles Peter Pan less than the Phantom of the Opera. He is now famous primarily for being notorious. Jackson is not the only celebrity who has been hypnotized by the limelight, who pampered his quirks instead of developing his work, who remained addicted to the high life long after the big money ebbed. (Prosecutors, angling for access to his financial statements, assert that he is near bankruptcy...
Stars, even frayed ones, don't keep a lot of no-men on their payroll. But even at this early point in the trial, it must be getting through to Jackson that not only could he lose his liberty, perhaps until he's in his 60s, but that--win or lose--he will never again be seen in the old, genial way. The testimony of a boy who was one of his biggest admirers a few years ago will deprive Jackson of fans in the future. --Reported by Matt Kettman, Cathy Murillo and Ethan Stewart
...been inspired by a fashionable, Ayurvedic resort. Food-wise, heavy curries are being replaced with more subtly flavored dishes. As a result, interest in the cuisine has been revived and a rush of cookbooks has come on the market to cater for it. Modern Indian Cooking, by Annabel Jackson and Deepak Chauhan, takes one of the more original approaches. Many of the recipes were influenced by Kenya's Indian community. It's a wealthy society, Jackson explains, where "many women don't work, and have servants and fantastic local produce - so what develops is a luxury cuisine based on time...