Video of Jackson 1984 Pepsi burn accident surfaces

NEW YORK (AP) -- Us Weekly magazine has obtained video it says shows never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson's head catching on fire during filming of his 1984 Pepsi commercial.
Jackson suffered severe burns after a pyrotechnics mishap caused his hair and scalp to catch afire. Still photos of the accident have been seen before, but the new video on Us Weekly's Web site shows the moment Jackson's hair caught on fire and the top of his head became engulfed in flames.
Jackson didn't realize his hair was on fire. In the video, he's still dancing as the flames are on his head. When he spins, the flames go out. People on the set tackle him to extinguish the fire, and his brother Jermaine Jackson, playing the guitar in front of him and oblivious to the commotion, turns around. When Michael Jackson emerges from the pile of people trying to help him, the top of his head is bald.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Us Weekly magazine has obtained video it says shows never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson's head catching on fire during filming of his 1984 Pepsi commercial.
Jackson suffered severe burns after a pyrotechnics mishap caused his hair and scalp to catch afire. Still photos of the accident have been seen before, but the new video on Us Weekly's Web site shows the moment Jackson's hair caught on fire and the top of his head became engulfed in flames.

Jackson didn't realize his hair was on fire. In the video, he's still dancing as the flames are on his head. When he spins, the flames go out. People on the set tackle him to extinguish the fire, and his brother Jermaine Jackson, playing the guitar in front of him and oblivious to the commotion, turns around. When Michael Jackson emerges from the pile of people trying to help him, the top of his head is bald.



The accident, witnessed by thousands of stunned fans at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, came at the height of Jackson's fame, about a year after the release of his best-selling "Thriller" album. It marked what would be the beginning of serious, lifelong pain for Jackson, who had been treated for painkiller addiction and has been described by relatives and friends as being hooked on pain medication at the time of his death last month at age 50.
Jackson, who was photographed in an ambulance with a bandage on his head and his trademark sequined white glove on his right hand, required several surgeries and needed skin grafts to treat the injury.
In his autobiography, "Moonwalk," he described the cause of the accident as "stupidity, pure and simple."

As he described the accident, he wrote: "... bombs went off on either side of my head, and the sparks set my hair on fire. I was dancing down this ramp and turning around, spinning, not knowing I was on fire. Suddenly I felt my hands reflexively go to my head in an attempt to smother the flames."

As a result of the accident, Pepsi gave Jackson $1.5 million, which he donated to a burn center named after him.
Watch: New video of Jackson's fiery accident
A representative for Us Weekly had no immediate comment on where the video came from.
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The accident, witnessed by thousands of stunned fans at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, came at the height of Jackson's fame, about a year after the release of his best-selling "Thriller" album. It marked what would be the beginning of serious, lifelong pain for Jackson, who had been treated for painkiller addiction and has been described by relatives and friends as being hooked on pain medication at the time of his death last month at age 50.
Jackson, who was photographed in an ambulance with a bandage on his head and his trademark sequined white glove on his right hand, required several surgeries and needed skin grafts to treat the injury.
In his autobiography, "Moonwalk," he described the cause of the accident as "stupidity, pure and simple."
As he described the accident, he wrote: "... bombs went off on either side of my head, and the sparks set my hair on fire. I was dancing down this ramp and turning around, spinning, not knowing I was on fire. Suddenly I felt my hands reflexively go to my head in an attempt to smother the flames."
As a result of the accident, Pepsi gave Jackson $1.5 million, which he donated to a burn center named after him.
Watch: New video of Jackson's fiery accident
A representative for Us Weekly had no immediate comment on where the video came from.
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Tummy Tuck Complications

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In some cases complications tummy tuck surgery poses relate to the expectations that a patient has about the results of the procedure. It is important for a patient to speak to their surgeon about what they expect from the surgery in order to form realistic expectations about the surgery. In order to reduce the risks of complications, patients should also speak to their doctor about their full medical history, including current medication and supplement use. Patients who smoke or drink frequently should also discuss these issues with their surgeon as these factors can increase the risk of complications tummy tuck surgery poses.
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Tevez reveals move motives

Carlos Tevez claims he has joined Manchester City because Manchester United did not do enough to persuade him to stay.
The Argentina international completed his much-touted move to Eastlands on Tuesday, penning a five-year contract with the Blues.
He had spent the last two seasons with City's arch-rivals United, but has opted to cross the Manchester divide.
United had always insisted that they were keen to turn Tevez's two-year loan deal at Old Trafford into a permanent agreement.
However, the combative striker insists Sir Alex Ferguson and United chief executive David Gill failed to convince him that he was an important part of their future plans and, as such, he has decided to take on a new challenge at City.
"The fact that I am not staying at United is not because of the fans, it is because Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill did not do enough to keep me there. If it was down to the fans, I would still be there," Tevez said.
"I want to thank Manchester United, David Gill, Sir Alex Ferguson and the fanbase for a happy time there, but this is a new challenge and I am very happy to be at Manchester City."
Communication
Tevez also claims that United never offered him a new deal, despite media reports to the contrary, and insists his relationship with Ferguson was distant throughout his time with the Red Devils.
"I was there for two years and Sir Alex never called or sent any text messages in that time," he said.
"The only time he talked to me was after a match against Roma to discuss a situation about going to play for Argentina.
"It doesn't seem that this is the way to treat a player in two years at the club. It doesn't seem there is a line of communication."
Tevez believes he has made the right choice in joining the revolution at City, claiming the Blues have the ability to become a major force in world football.
Good move
"Man City boast the technical department and the ownership that can make a very good move for me," he said.
"They have really shown to me that they want to become one of the biggest clubs in the world. This made it very easy to make the move. I am very happy to be here."
He added: "I have not spoken to Mark (Hughes) much as we need to get used to working together, but I am very excited about working with him."
The South American star also refuted suggestions that he moved to City after being given assurances that he would be a first-team regular, insisting he is prepared to battle for a place in Hughes' side.
"In every team you have to win the respect of your team-mates and you have to work hard for the shirt," he added.
"I would not be happy if I had assurances that I would be a member of the first team. I am prepared to fight for a place."
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Who's getting hit most by layoffs

Your likelihood of job loss depends a lot on your gender, your race and your age.

The current recession is hitting workers in just about every industry, but men are taking a much bigger hit than women.
The 2.3-percentage-point gap between men's June unemployment rate of 10.6% and women's 8.3% rate was just below May's 2.5-point gap, the largest since records started being kept in 1948. The gap first hit 2 points in March.
The overall unemployment rate rose to 9.5% in June, from 9.4% in May. The economy lost a more-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June. (See full story.)
"The gap between female and male unemployment has never been as large as it is now," said Sophia Koropeckyj, an economist with Moody's Economy.com.
It's not hard to see why. Two male-dominated industries -- construction and manufacturing -- account for about half of the 6 million jobs lost since the recession started in December 2007, and both industries started shedding jobs before that.
"Every industry is contracting, but these industries have taken the brunt," Koropeckyj said. Given that men account for 87% of workers in manufacturing and 71% in construction, it's not surprising that men's unemployment is rocketing past women's.
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Health care, education jobs gaining The only two private-sector industries to show a net increase in jobs from the start of the recession are health care and education -- and female workers are highly concentrated in both.
Health care logged a net gain of about 542,000 jobs from December 2007 through May, and private education showed a net gain of about 102,000 jobs in that period.

Eighty-one percent of health care workers are women, and 61% of workers in private education are women, Koropeckyj said. Also, government has shown a net job gain of 259,000 in that period, and 57% of government workers are women.
That's not to say women are escaping unscathed. Unemployment has skyrocketed for both sexes. Women's unemployment rate was 4.7% in January 2008; men's was 5.1%.
And lower-income and less-educated workers, no matter their sex, usually face steeper job losses than others in recessions, and this one's no different.
"It's not as if women are not suffering," said Eileen Appelbaum, an economist and visiting scholar at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and director of Rutgers University's Center for Women and Work.
"Less-educated women are certainly feeling it, but to the extent that they have been employed in (health care and education), they have not felt the brunt of it, at least so far," Appelbaum said.
That may change.
Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said the net gain in health care jobs is slowing, partly because millions of Americans have lost not only their jobs but their employer-provided insurance and thus are ratcheting down their health care spending.
The education sector is also looking less solid, due mainly to state budget crises. "Education is losing jobs now," Shierholz said, though "not nearly as dramatically as other" industries.
Age- and race-based differences The differences in unemployment rates are even more dramatic when broken down by race and age. For example, white men's unemployment rate in June was 9.5%, while black men's was 17.8%. For white women it was 8%, and for black women, 13.1%, according to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Teens have a harder time during recessions too. Here's a sampling of unemployment rates in June for various groups:
Black men 20 and older: 16.4%.
Black women 20 and older: 11.3%.
White men 20 and older: 9.2%.
White women 20 and older: 6.8%.
Black males age 16 to 19: 50%.
Black females age 16 to 19: 40.6%.
White males age 16 to 19: 26.5%.
White females age 16 to 19: 23.5%.

Yahoo Is Now Resorting To Selling Killer Domain Names On The Cheap

No sooner do we finish writing up Yahoo deadpooling yet another project, Gallery, do we get a tip that Yahoo apparently has another money saving/making plan: Selling off domains it owns. That’s exactly what it has done with contests.com, which sold during a live auction last night.
What’s really odd though (aside from an Internet giant actually selling a domain rather than buying one), is the price at which it sold. Contests.com is a killer domain name. People like my mother love nothing more than going online and searching for contests to enter to win stuff. But what’s crazy is that Yahoo sold it for only $380,000.
Let’s put that in some perspective. In February, Toys.com sold for $5.1 million in auction. Sure, that’s a better domain, but not over 10 times better. And a few weeks ago, Candy.com sold for $3 million.
How Yahoo failed to secure even a million for the name is beyond me. Just poor luck in the auction? This guy, who apparently left right before the auction started last night is flabbergasted as well.
I just really would like to know why Yahoo would even sell it in the first place? I know times are tough at Yahoo but is $380K really going to help much in the long run? No. Hell, it’d probably be better to keep the domain and just put a load of ads on it, perhaps even Google ads. Or, I don’t know, run some Yahoo contests on it. People on the web love that stuff, I hear.

Thursday's Transfer Clockwatch

19.05 Sky Sports News sources understand that Wigan have agreed a fee with Swansea for striker Jason Scotland.
18.45 Carlisle have bolstered their ranks by bringing in Chelsea youngster Tom Taiwo on a six-month loan deal.
18.41 Northampton Town have signed former Gillingham striker Gary Mulligan in an intial one-year deal.
18.24 Charlton have signed former Leeds skipper Frazer Richardson on a two-year-deal.
18.05 Tottenham have announced the signing of young defender Anton Blackwood from Arsenal, while Sam Cox and Steven Caulker have also penned their first professional contracts with Spurs.
17.50 Roberto Di Matteo has confirmed that West Brom are in talks with Jonathan Greening over a new deal.
17.24 Skysports.com understands that John Obi Mikel has signed a new long-term contract with Chelsea.
17.00 Teenage striker Daniel Sturridge is confident that joining Chelsea from Manchester City will help him fulfil his ambitions in the game.
16.53 Leeds United have rejected bids from two Premier League clubs for Fabian Delph and have turned down approaches for Jermaine Beckford, who would be keen on a move to Newcastle United.
16.43 Reports in France claim Blackburn Rovers are tracking Valenciennes winger Gael Danic after cooling their interest in Paris St Germain's Jerome Rothen.
16.29 Rennes midfielder Stephan Mbia's proposed move to Marseille has hit a snag after the failure to agree personal terms and he is now reportedly on his way to England to discuss a move to Stoke City, having previously been a target for Everton.
16.21 Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish believes his team are not yet strong enough to survive in the Premier League and is targeting further signings, particularly in midfield.
16.11 Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has insisted that the club have not yet received any offers for the likes of Stewart Downing and Tuncay Sanli, although he expects his squad to look very different when the new season kicks off.
15.54 Bristol Rovers have completed the signing of midfielder Dominic Blizzard on a three-year contract.
15.39 Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits he is 'really pleased' that captain Steven Gerrard has finally signed a new contract until 2013.
15.23 Rafa Benitez believes Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano owe it to Liverpool to stay at the club. Alonso is wanted by Real Madrid, while Barcelona are keeping tabs on Mascherano.
15.17 Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock has revealed Barnsley have made an offer for Alan Lee and does not expect the striker to move to Norwich City.

The Best Bra for Your Body

Bra know-it-all (in a good way) Eyvette Manigault of New York City’s Town Shop helps these five brave volunteers—and you—solve the peskiest fit and flattery issues.

“I thought only a granny bra would work for me.”As a 34DD, Hilary Harper, 25, was living in bras that way overcovered her. Manigault found effective but sexy choices that weren’t as wardrobe-limiting. The lesson? Décolletage is doable as long as you avoid anything demi-style.
After Elle Macpherson Intimates bra, sizes 32B-36E, 38D-DD, $65, Bloomingdale’s, 800-232-1854

“I needed something strapless with more support.”Asia Mone’t, 25, traded her 38DDD bra for one in a 38H because, once again, a larger cup size can offer better support. Bend over to put on your bra, adds Manigault; when you stand up, your breasts should be snugly in place.
After Fantasie bra, sizes 32-40D, 30DD-40E, 30-38F, 30FF-36G, $69, Town Shop, NYC, 212-724-8160

“My bra made me look lumpy in tight shirts.”Nana Brew-Hammond, 31, was searching for something that wouldn’t show up under fitted tees. Manigault tossed her stretched-out style and gave her one that was structured, completely seamless (crucial) and free of bump-creating hardware.
After Wacoal bra, sizes 34-38B, 32C-38DD, $42, wacoal-america.com for stores

“My bra didn’t give me any lift.”Alyse Leung, 23, was sick and tired of her so-called support system. She was making what Manigault says is a very common mistake: a too-small cup paired with a too-large band. Leung swapped her 36C bra for a 32D with fuller-coverage cups—hello, perky!
AfterB.Tempt’d bra, sizes 34-38B, 32C-38D, 32-36DD, $45, btemptd.com for stores

“I wasn’t exactly blessed with a large chest.”Jessica Smith, 23, gravitated toward unstructured styles that made her look, in her words, like “a walking adolescent poem.” The fix? Bras with a lightly molded shape, which round out the bust and give the illusion of a larger cup size.
AfterDKNY bra, sizes 32B-38D, 32-36DD, $40, Macy’s, 800-343-0121

If You Have a Small BustH&M, sizes 4-14, $15, hm.com for stores
Aerie, sizes 32AA-36D, $30, aerie.com
Calvin Klein Underwear, sizes 32A-36D, $42, cku.com

If You Want Serious SupportEmporio Armani, sizes 32A-36D, 38B-D, $46, Armani/5th Avenue, NYC, 212-339-5940
Vanity Fair, sizes 34C-38DD, $38, Macy’s, 800-343-0121
Diesel, sizes 32A-38C, $42, diesel.com