Mid January : Michael leaves his townhouse in Manhattan and after a few days of vacation at Neverland, he resumes the recording sessions in Los Angeles with Bruce Swedien.
January 20 : Michael’s co-production credit for the planned “The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe” film is reported; Michael read the script in August, and plans to prepare for his leading role.
February : Janet completes the filming of “Nutty Professor 2” (NP2) and she goes to Flyte Time Studios to record “Doesn’t Really Matter” for the NP2 soundtrack.
Michael visits “Stan Lee Media” headquarters in Beverly Hills, California, and is given a tour by Stan Lee, who talks with him about teaming up to buy Marvel.
February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 3rd birthday at Neverland with family and friends including Macauley Culkin.
February 27 : A whole episode of E True Hollywood Story is dedicated to LaToya and features an interview of Katherine at Hayvenhurst where she speaks for the first time about LaToya’s reconciliation with the family.
March : Michael stops the recording sessions and leaves for Europe with Grace, Prince & Paris. They spend time with the Chaplin family in Switzerland.
March 13 : Michael cancells a visit to Poland after talks about a theme park project he was involved in broke down. MJ wanted to build a theme park in the city since his first visit there in 1996, but difficulties in finding an appropriate site held up progress.
March 31 : Michael takes Prince & Paris to the Tierpark Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. The visit takes place after the zoo had closed to the public, ensuring a private experience for the family. While in town they stay at the Schleiter family house with Anton & Frantcheska.
April 03 : Michael hosts a party for Paris 2nd birthday in Hamburg at the Schleiter family house.
May 7 : : Michael arrives in Zurich for a few days and stays at the The Dolder Grand hotel with his children Prince and Paris, at this five-star hotel located on the heights, on the shores of Lake Zurich. Michael takes Prince & Paris to the famous Knie Circus in Zurich.
May 8 : Michael arrives in Monaco with Prince, Paris, Grace, Bob Jones, Karen Faye, Michael Bush & german business man Dieter Wiesner.
May 10 : Prince Albert of Monaco presents Michael with the Artist Of The Millenium Award at the very end of the World Music Awards ceremony in Monaco.
May 12 : Michael, Grace & the kids leave Monaco and go to London where they visit Mark Lester and his family.
May 16 : Janet celebrates her 34th birthday with friends in NYC.
May 21 : “Doesn’t Really Matter” is released as the 1st single from the Nutty Professor II Soundtrack. It peaks at #1 on Hot 100 Billboard.
May 22 : Janet & Eddie Murphy are guests on the Oprah Winfrey Show (in Chicago) to promote NP2.
May 26 : Michael escorts Dame Elizabeth Taylor to a tribute concert honoring her at the Royal Albert Hall in London. At the end of the concert, As Elizabeth takes a standing ovation, Michael walks onto the stage with a huge bouquet of white flowers. Joan Collins and other stars join Elizabeth and Michael on stage.
May 30 : Michael becomes a key investor and partner of HollywoodTicket.com Inc
May 31 : Rene Elizondo reveals during a press conference that he & Janet secretly got married on March 31, 1991 and that they are filing for divorce.
June : Michael & the kids go to Geneva, in Switzerland. They stay at the presidential suite on the third floor (central balcony) of the Hotel d’Angleterre, a five-star hotel located on the shores of Lake Geneva. Michael takes Prince & Paris to visit the Chaplin family at the manor of Ban, or the manor of the Champ de Ban estate, located in Corsier-sur-Vevey, a Swiss commune near Lake Geneva. The property is famous for being the residence of Charlie Chaplin for 25 years, from 1952 until his death in 1977.
Marcel Avram sue Michael for breach of contract of the Millenium Concerts and asks for $21 million.
June 3 : Janet presents an award to Keanu Reeves at the MTV Movie Awards at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
June 4/8 : Janet shoots the video for “Doesn’t Really Matter” in L.A.
The video is directed by Joseph Khan and choreographed by Swawnette.
June 15 : Janet gives an interview to Ed Gordon on BET.
Janet starts working on a new album with Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam.
June 19 : Janet & Rene are on the cover of Jet Magazine.
June 28 : The video for “Doesn’t Really Matter” is premiered on MTV’s Making The Video.
July : Michael takes Prince & Paris to Disneyland Paris where they are joined by Omer Bhatti.
July 7 : Janet goes to NYC to promote NP2.
She gives an interview to Z100 radio and attends a Britney Spears concert.
July 10 : Janet is a guest on MTV’s TRL in Times Square.
The single of Doesn’t Really Matter reaches number 1 on Hot 100 Billboard!
July 11 : Janet gives an interview to Hot 97 in NYC.
July 12 : Janet gives a press conference for NP2.
July 21 : Janet is photographed for USA Weekend in Los Angeles.
July 24 : Janet and father Joe Jackson attend the “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps” Premiere at Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City.
July 25 : Janet attends an NSYNC concert at the Madison Square Garden in NYC.
July 28 : Janet is a guest on the Today Show with Matt Lauer.
NP2 is released in theatres across the US and tops the Box Office!
Michael is spotted leaving the restaurant Planet Hollywood in Orlando, Florida.
July 29 : Michael takes the kids to the Siegfried & Roy magical show at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
July 31 : Janet is on the cover of Jet magazine with the characters of NP2.
August 1 : Janet tapes a performance of “Doesn’t Really Matter” in a Los Angeles studio for British Show Top Of The Pops.
Janet is photographed for Honey Magazine.
Janet gives an interview to UK TV show GMTV.
August 24 : Janet is in Paris to promote NP2.
August 25 : In Paris, Janet gives a press conference with NP2’s director Peter Segal and she also gives an interview to NRJ radio.
August 27 : Michael invites Rabby Schmuley Boteach & his family to spend one week at Neverland so they can work on their projects for the children (a book and a new foundation). The same day, he invites 10 year old cancer victim Gavin Arvizo & his family (his parents Janet & David, his brother Star & his sister Davellin). Gavin & Star ask him to sleep over in his room, Michael offer them his bed and sleeps on the floor with Frank Cascio.
August 29 : The Arvizo and Boteach kids arrange a small party for Michael 42nd birthday at Neverland with the Cascios, Prince & Paris.
Early September : Michael resumes recording sessions on his new album in L.A and asks Teddy Riley to work with him.
September 7 : Janet opens the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony with a performance of “Doesn’t Really Matter” at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
September 30 : Michael sells his merchandising rights to Dieter Wiesner who creates MJ NET Entertainment.
October : Jermaine Jackson lends his voice and participation to official fundraising project of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games 3Wave To The World3 project. The music video of the song “The Spirit of Life” features various artists including Jermaine and his family members, including Rebbie and Michael, and Is shown during commercials to promote the message of the Paralympic athletes to the world.
October 07 : Alejandra gives birth to Jermajesty and takes him home to Hayvenhurst to live with Genevieve, Randy Jr, Donte, Jaafar, Jermaine, Katherine & Joe.
October 28 : Michael & Elizabeth Taylor attend the Carousel Of Hope charity gala at the Hilton Hotel of Beverly Hills.
October 29 : Michael shops at “Recycled Records” record shop in San Francisco, California after-hours.
November : Michael, Frank, Grace & the kids go back to NYC and check in the Four Seasons Hotel.
Michael resumes recording sessions for his new album in NYC.
Janet is on the cover of Ebony magazine.
Mid-Late November : Michael does a photoshoot for his Invincible album cover early, at 5AM, in order to attend a peace conference between Shmuley Boteach’s eldest daughter and her school bully’s parents.
November 20 : Michael attends Schmuley Boteach birthday party at his home in the New Jersey .
November 21 : Michael presents six songs from his new album to Sony Music excecutives in New York .
In the evening he attends the launching of his new foundation “Heal The Kids” with Shmuley Boteach & Frank Cascio at his publicist Howard Rubenstein’s house.
November 25 : Michael & the kids spend Thanksgiving dinner at Shmuley Boteach home in New Jersey .
November 30 : Michael attends the G & P Foundation’s ‘Angel Ball’ benefit gala for cancer research at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City with Schmuley Boteach and Denise Rich. Two members of boy band N-Sync, Lance Bass and JC Chasez, introduce him onto stage. MJ is presented with an award for his work fighting cancer from the G&P Foundation. During the event, Michael poses for pictures with President Clinton, Elie Wiesel and Professor Stanley Greenspan.
December : As MJJ Productions offices on Sunset boulevard are closed, MJ Team included Bob Jones and Evvy Tavasci now work from their home.
December 2 : Michael attends Tommy Mottola’s wedding at the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.
December 10 : Janet attends the premiere of “The Emperor’s New Groove” movie in Los Angeles.
December 19 : Michael makes an appearance on the stage of the Madison Square Garden in New York at the end of the charity concert Miracle On the 34th Street and hugs Whitney Houston & Destiny’s Child.
December 24/25 : Michael, Grace & the kids celebrate Christmas at the Cascio family home in Franlin Lake in New Jersey.
December 29 : Rene Elizondo sues Janet for 10 millions dollars claiming that she manipulated him into signing a pre-nuptial agreement back in 1990. He also threatens her to write a tell all book about her…
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