Jan. 19 in history

18 Years Ago --- Jackie O's Editorial Hand Works Gloved One's Book Orange County Register January 19, 1988 "Michael Jackson talks about his career, his family, his friends Marlon Brando and Fred Astaire and his producer Quincy Jones (who jokingly refers to the immaculate Gloved One as 'Smelly.')" Doubleday would not detail the nature of the editing process. Jackson is touring Japan and Australia... --- 14 Years Ago --- "Hook" Boston Globe January 19, 1992 "Hook" boasts a sweeping, romantic score that adds up to a whopping two hours of music -- an opera's worth. There is soaring, flying music for the journey to Neverland that recalls "E. T.," and a lot of charming pictorial detail. The giant flowers of Neverland recognize the Wall Street Peter Pan long before the Lost Boys do and they nuzzle up to him; as they do, the French horn nuzzles up, too. Throughout the film, romanticism is undercut and complicated by the twisting Prokofievian irony of the music that accompanies Captain Hook himself -- music that is at once swaggering and comic as it traces its silvery, sinister arc. "Hook" is actually Williams' second major score related to the Peter Pan story. A few years ago, he wrote the songs for a film musical of Sir James M. Barrie's play; Steven Spielberg was hoping to persuade Michael Jackson to take the title role, but when Jackson declined, the project died. "Hook," too, was originally planned as a musical, with songs, but those plans changed as the film evolved and Spielberg cast it mostly with nonsingers. "Robin Williams can sing," Williams said, "and Dustin Hoffman was game, but it wasn't really a singing cast. So now we have a two-hour score for full orchestra, pounding away." --- 9 Years Ago --- Swiss Family Jackson Sun Sentinel January 19, 1997 Apparently the gloved one wants his young one to be born in Switzerland. Michael Jackson is staying at the Palace Hotel in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva, famous for its annual Jazz festival. The Swiss tabloid Blick, quoting a nurse at the La Prairie clinic in neighboring Clarens, reported Friday that Jackson was asking whether his wife, Debbie Rowe, 38, could give birth to their son at the hospital next month. La Prairie is hidden behind walls and protected by security cameras and guards. U.S. doctors and midwives will be flown in, Blick said. --- 5 Years Ago --- Day of Jackson The Sun January 19, 2001 It'S got to be the ultimate present for Michael Jackson fans. The superstar has agreed to ring a fan anywhere in the world on their birthday and sing Happy Birthday down the phone. His offer is part of Liam Neeson's Movie Action for Children charity auction, which is being held in March. You can bid for Michael's message now by logging on to www.iona.com/movieaction. --- 2 Years Ago --- Jackson Denied Abuse Under Hypnosis Birmingham Post January 19, 2004 Psychic Uri Geller came to the defence of his friend Michael Jackson yesterday, saying the pop singer denied under hypnosis three years ago he had sexually abused children. Geller said he hypnotised Jackson when the two were alone in a recording studio at an undisclosed location. The hypnosis took place before Jackson was alleged to have molested a cancer-stricken boy invited to his Neverland Ranch. Last week, Jackson was formally charged in relation to that case. He faces seven counts alleging lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. The molestation charges each carry between three and eight years in prison. "Some three years ago I was alone with Michael Jackson in a recording studio and I told him that if he would let me I would hypnotise him," Geller said. "He said, 'okay, let's give it a try'." Geller said he asked Jackson about persistent rumours he had abused children. "He answered me under deep hypnosis that he had never touched a child in a sexual way," Geller said. "He said -and here I'm using his exact words -'my relations with children are very beautiful'." ---