Sunday, May 11, 2008

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

NEW YORK (May 11) - Entertainer Michael Jackson said on Sunday a foreclosure sale on his Neverland Ranch set for this week was averted after a loan on the California property was sold to Colony Capital, a large real estate investment firm.
The loan had been held by Fortress Investment Group, a New York-based private equity and hedge fund group.The loan was about $23.5 million, according to a source familiar with the matter.In a press release, Jackson said he was in discussions with Colony and its founder, Tom Barrack Jr, "with regard to the ranch and other matters."Representatives of Jackson and Colony did not provide additional details. A Fortress representative could not be reached for comment.The formerly high-flying singer and songwriter saw his career slammed by child molestation charges in 2005. Even though he was acquitted on all counts, he has faced significant financial problems in recent years.Reporting by Dane Hamilton; editing by John WallaceThis Week in Pop Culture

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 24, 2005: Ashton Kutcher, the star of such epic films as 'Dude, Where's My Car?' and 'The Butterfly Effect,' marries Kabbalist cougar Demi Moore in Beverly Hills, before roughly 100 friends and family, including Moore's ex-husband, Bruce Willis. (OK!/AP)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 26, 1957: Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' returns to Broadway, this time as Leonard Bernstein's 'West Side Story.' The retelling of the classic love story will run for 734 performances and produce such classic songs as 'Somewhere' and 'America.' (Everett Collection)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 29, 1984: With 'Let's Go Crazy' joining both the album and film 'Purple Rain' at No. 1, Prince becomes only the second artist to simultaneously top the song, album and movie charts in the U.S. (Everett Collection)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 27, 1954: 'The Tonight Show,' hosted by Steve Allen, makes its television debut. The show will become the second-longest running entertainment program in TV history, trailing only 'Guiding Light.' (Bettmann/Corbis)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 26, 1955: Debbie Reynolds weds crooner Eddie Fisher, a union that will last until Fisher falls under the spell of Elizabeth Taylor four years later. Luckily, the couple is together long enough to produce son Todd Fisher and daughter, Carrie "Princess Leia" Fisher. (WireImage.com/LucasFilms/ZUMA)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 30, 2006: Love is in the air as Amanda Peet marries screenwriter David Benioff in New York City, while 1,348 miles away, Isaac Hanson, the eldest brother from the band Hanson, weds Nicole Dufresne in Tulsa, Okla. (Getty/WireImage.com)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 29, 2005: Two weeks after photos of her doing lines of cocaine are splashed across the front page of the British tabloid the Daily Mirror, supermodel Kate Moss checks into the $4,000-a-night Meadows Clinic in Wickenberg, Ariz., where she is said tostay for 30 days. (Getty Images)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 25, 1990: Underwhelmed by drummer Chad Channing, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana invite Dave Grohl to join the band. Later that year they record the landmark album 'Nevermind.' (WireImage.com)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 29, 2001: Jennifer Lopez marries dancer Cris Judd, whom she'd met on the set of her video for 'Love Don't Cost a Thing.' The union will begin to sour when she is handed a bouquet of flowers from Ben Affleck while Judd and the paparazzi look on at the opening of Madre's, her restaurant in Pasadena, Calif. (Getty Images)

Foreclosure on Jackson's Ranch Averted

Sept. 26, 2003: Singer Robert Palmer,former frontman for the band Power Station, dies of a heart attack in Paris at the age of 54. (Retna)




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