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Three hours after the show began, Jackson, wearing an astronaut helmet and suit, rose from the middle of the stage, backed by his five brothers, making a Jackson 6. He took off his headgear and, when he finally opened his mouth to sing, the talent was still there. Doing a medley of their greatest hits--ABC, I Want You Back, I'll Be There--the Jacksons appeared to be having actual, unrehearsed...
...Jackson was seated in a box by the side of the stage, squeezed between Elizabeth Taylor and Macaulay Culkin. After lackluster performances by a Who's Who of mediocrity--James Ingram, Deborah Cox, Al Jarreau--the evening got weirder. Liza Minnelli, made up like a Joan Crawford female impersonator, performed You Are Not Alone with a gospel choir and then directed a few bars of Over the Rainbow to the royal...
Following obligatory youth-market duets with Britney Spears and 'N Sync, Jackson put on a sequined glove and sang his solo hits. It is hard to believe how easily the past 15 years of Wacko Jacko melt away when he sings and dances. Jackson's voice was noticeably lower, though agile enough to nail Billie Jean and Beat It. On the one new song he performed, You Rock My World, Jackson sounded very much like a contemporary Top 10 R.-and-B. artist, and his ability to work a crowd--not to mention, at 43, his dance moves--is still...
...Jackson cannot save himself from his own poor taste. After telling the crowd "I love you" for the 26th time (admittedly one "I love you" was directed specifically to Donald Trump), Jackson assembled a choir of his acolytes for a jazz version of We Are the World. No one pays $2,500 to see Kenny Rogers jam with Yoko Ono and Petula Clark. But with Michael Jackson, you have to take the bad with the good...
...result, the central coast now boasts some of winemaking's biggest names. Beringer Blass (owned by Foster's--the Australian brewer, mate), Kendall-Jackson, Fetzer and Gallo (2000 sales: $1.5 billion) have all moved in or expanded there. Napa's Robert Mondavi Winery (2001 sales: $506 million) has boosted its holdings across Santa Barbara, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. "Every major winery in the state is betting on the central coast," says Robert La Vine, Mondavi's director of grower relations. "It's been a real rocket ride...