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Unpacking the Michael Controversy: Everything Michael Jackson’s Family Has Said About the Movie

Unpacking the Michael Controversy: Everything Michael Jackson’s Family Has Said About the Movie

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When Colman Domingo, who plays her late grandfather Joe Jackson, said that Prince and Paris were “very much in support” of Michael, Paris begged to differ.

“Don’t be telling people I was ‘helpful’ on the set of a movie I had 0% involvement in lol,” Michael’s daughter wrote on her Instagram Story in August 2025. “That is so weird.”

Rather, she continued, “I read one of the first drafts of the script and gave my notes about what was dishonest / didn’t sit right with me and when they didn’t address it I moved on with my life. Not my monkeys not my circus. God bless and god speed.”

She crystalized her take the following month, saying in a series of Instagram videos, “They’re gonna make whatever they’re gonna make. The big reason why I haven’t said anything up until this point is because I know a lot of you guys are gonna be happy with it” because it “panders to a very specific section of my dad’s fandom that still lives in a fantasy.”

Hollywood biopics are “sold to you as real,” Paris said, but they’re “sugar-coated.”

Meaning, she alleged, “The narrative is being controlled. There’s a lot of inaccuracy and there’s a lot of full-blown lies. At the end of the day, that doesn’t really fly with me. I don’t really like dishonesty.”

Paris also pushed back against accusations that she “hates her dad…because I’m not, like, calling the shots on set being a big-shot producer of a movie that’s filled with just inaccuracies. That’s not my truth…I just prefer honesty over sales and monetary gain.”



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Deadspin | Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart won’t accept highly criticized $1M job in retirement <div id=""><section id="0" class=" w-full"><div class="xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0"><img src="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/27733059.jpg" srcset="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/27733059.jpg" alt="NCAA Football: Kentucky Head Coach Will Stein Introductory Press Conference" class="w-full" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager"/><span class="text-0.8 leading-tight">Dec 3, 2025; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats athletic director Mitch Barnhart speaks during the introductory press conference for head football coach Will Stein at Nutter Field House. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Prather-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> </span></div></section><section id="section-1"> <p>After facing criticism, including from the state’s governor, Kentucky’s retiring athletic director Mitch Barnhart said Thursday that he will not accept a $1 million post with the university.</p> </section><section id="section-2"> <p>University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto, who has announced the transition in March, and Barnhart issued statements that the latter will not become executive in residence for the UK Sports and Workforce Initiative. The position, which Gov. Andy Beshear called “a new $1 million job that has no defined duties” in a social media post on Tuesday, has also gotten backlash from major boosters of Kentucky athletics.</p> </section><section id="section-3"> <p>“Mitch Barnhart came to me earlier this week to share his concern that the discussion surrounding his future role leading our sports workforce initiative has become a distraction from the work of our university,” Capilouto said in a statement. “Mitch and his family care deeply about this institution and our state, and they want the focus to return to the work that matters most for our students and the Commonwealth.”</p> </section><section id="section-4"> <p>Capilouto said that Barnhart, 66, will retire as planned on June 30 but “step away” from the proposed role at the university. He said they will work through terms of his exit as guided by his contract. Barnhart reportedly was to be paid $950,000 annually through August 2030.</p> </section><section id="section-5"> <p>“The compensation associated with his departure will be supported entirely by private funds — not athletic funds, not funds that would go toward NIL opportunities or university funds — that I will raise,” Capilouto said. “Mitch’s impact on this university has been profound, and I am grateful for his decades of leadership and service.”</p> </section><section id="section-6"> <p>Barnhart has overseen the Wildcats’ athletic department since 2002 and is the longest-tenured athletic director in the Southeastern Conference.</p> </section><section id="section-7"> <p>In August 2023, Barnhart signed an extension on his contract through 2028. According to reports, his deal includes a clause allowing him to step down in July 2026 to transition to a non-athletic role such as special assistant to Capilouto.</p> </section><section id="section-8"> <p>Barnhart announced a change in plans in Thursday’s joint statement.</p> </section><br/><section id="section-9"> <p>“With our family previously having made the decision to retire in June from the position of Athletics Director, we were very excited about beginning the Workforce Initiative, developing a new program and pouring into the next generation of leaders in sports,” Barnhart said. “Work has already begun on the Initiative but recently it has become apparent that now is not the right time and we would never stand in the way of what we deem best. The world of sports is dynamic and ever-changing. It is my hope that this initiative will continue in the future.”</p> </section> <section id="section-10"> <p>The Wildcats have won six national championships during Barnhart’s tenure: men’s basketball (2012), women’s volleyball (2020) and the rifle team (2011, 2018, 2021 and 2022).</p> </section><section id="section-11"> <p>The Kentucky football program posted a pair of 10-win seasons (2018, 2021) on his watch, peaking with a No. 7 AP ranking during the 2022 campaign.</p> </section><section id="section-12"> <p>Barnhart was named the Division I Athletic Director of the Year by the Sports Business Journal in 2019.</p> </section><section id="section-13"> <p>More recently, the Kentucky football team’s descent led to the firing of head coach Mark Stoops in December after 13 seasons. The winningest football coach in school history, Stoops went 82-80, but his teams finished 4-8 in 2024 and 5-7 in 2025.</p> </section><section id="section-14"> <p>Kentucky owed Stoops a buyout of about $37.7 million, or 75% of the salary remaining on his contract.</p> </section><section id="section-15"> <p>The men’s basketball program, the pride of the Bluegrass State for generations and one of the sport’s blue bloods, saw highly accomplished coach John Calipari — who won a national championship in 2012 — leave in 2024 after 14 seasons. His replacement, Mark Pope, has not lived up to lofty expectations so far in Lexington.</p> </section><section id="section-16"> <p>“I am losing confidence and growing increasingly concerned with the management and decision-making at the University of Kentucky,” Beshear said in a statement on Tuesday. “My concerns include the creation of a new $1 million job that has no defined duties and the announcement that the new dean of law was the only candidate not recommended by law school faculty.”</p> </section><section id="section-17"> <p>–Field Level Media</p> </section></div> #Deadspin #Kentucky #Mitch #Barnhart #wont #accept #highly #criticized #job #retirement

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‘Make Test cricket priority’: Harbhajan Singh urges BCCI to make pitches that last five days <div id="content-body-70901341" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Harbhajan Singh has urged the ICC and the BCCI to ensure that Test cricket is played on pitches that last the full five days. Expressing his disappointment over the recent trend of matches ending within a couple of days, the former India off-spinner reiterated that Test cricket remains the ‘best’ format as it truly challenges players.</p><p>“I would make a strong recommendation that Test cricket should be the priority, because that is where you get the best cricket and the cricketers. In Test cricket, you get to see the best competition as it lasts for five days and every day, the challenge becomes different,” Harbhajan said on Friday during an event organised by the Legends Club to celebrate Sachin Tendulkar’s birthday.</p><p>“Obviously, a lot of things happen on the pitch and accordingly, the people need to change their mindset and adopt to those conditions and come out as a winner. If I was part of any committee in the ICC or the BCCI, I would tell them that to save Test cricket, we must make sure that we play on better pitches, where the game last for five days and does not get over inside three days,” he added.</p><p>Having represented India in 103 Tests and claimed 417 wickets, Harbhajan believes it is up to the game’s ambassadors to preserve its longest format.</p><p><b>Also read | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ind-vs-aus-2001-eden-gardens-test-reporter-diary-photographer-kolkata-india-australia-laxman-dravid/article70734768.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The garden of rebirth: Eden Gardens 2001 through the eyes of a reporter and photographer</a></b></p><p>“If you look at the Ashes or some of the top Test series, it still attracts a lot of people to come over and watch the game. And we can do the same here in India,” Harbhajan said, adding: “Why are we finishing games in inside three days? We need to make sure we produce those kinds of pitches where everybody is in the game.”</p><p>Back in 2024, India lost a Test series at home against New Zealand, and last year, too, it ended up losing the Test series against South Africa on rank-turners. “I think we are losing those matches because of the pitches, not because of the skill. We need points to reach the final circle of the World Test Championship, and how do we get points? Because of that result-oriented approach, we assumed that the opposition wouldn’t know how to play spin, and in the end, dug our own hole,” Harbhajan said.</p><p>“It is not fault of the state associations that they produce such pitches, but they do so because that’s how the management wants them to be. The team management wants the match to be over in three days, and that’s why the skill is left out of the game.”</p><p><b>On Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi</b></p><p>Over the last couple of years, several young talents – including Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre – have made their presence felt in the IPL and T20s. And there have been talks that they should be fast-tracked to the national team. However, Harbhajan made it clear that they need to prove their mettle to be part of the Test squad.</p><p>“They will have to make a place for themselves and of course, create enough buzz that they are good enough to be in the squad for Test cricket. If there is someone who is batting the best among them all is – Yashasvi Jaiswal, and we are not even talking about him much,” Harbhajan said.</p><p>Lauding the young Jaiswal, Harbhajan added: “He has got the perfect mix of what is required in T20 and in Test cricket. He has got the mindset to leave the ball for a session and in the next session, he would start scoring runs. There are a very few with that sort of mindset and he has made a place for himself.</p><p><b>Also read | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/eden-gardens-test-2001-miracle-ind-vs-aus-laxman-dravid-indian-cricket-fate-changed-sadagoppan-ramesh/article70734740.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Laxman and Dravid changed the fate of Indian cricket: Sadagoppan Ramesh recalls 2001 miracle at Eden Gardens</a></b></p><p>“His story is also unbelievable; he has come through a lot of struggles and Mumbai Cricket Association gave him a chance and look at where he is now. He is hitting (Mitchell) Starc for a first-ball six.”</p><p>“Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi and even Ishan Kishan have the same mindset to hit the ball, but at the same time, you need to understand that when the ball moves and conditions differ, you have to have a game where you need to defend the ball,” Harbhajan said, adding: “They will eventually learn, even through failures.</p><p>“If a 15-year-old boy can hit the ball, he can also block. It is about the mindset, if you give him the chance he will adapt to that. But if you send him to England for a first tour where the ball will swing, it will not be a matter of intelligence. But if we want him to play Test cricket we will have to nurture him.”</p><p><b>‘The art of spin bowling has gone out of the window’</b></p><p>The seasoned tweaker also expressed his disappointment on spin bowling losing its sheen. “The art of spin bowling has gone out of the window. I rarely see people spinning the ball. Spinners are supposed to spin the ball and if you are not spinning the ball, you are making things easy for the batter,” Harbhajan said.</p><p>“Whether you are playing T20 or Test cricket, if you are able to spin the ball and if you can get something out of the pitch, that is where your class comes into the picture. Otherwise, anyone can roll over their arm…”</p><p>But he also insisted that those mastering the craft are still faring well. “Yuzvendra Chahal is doing it, no one can get hold of him. Yesterday (Thursday) Akeal (Hosein) and Noor (Ahmad) for Chennai Super Kings (in an IPL match against Mumbai Indians). I always talk about spinners having a big heart to bowl, we cannot bowl bouncers or yorkers and the only way we can get people out is by deceiving them in the air. And if they do not bowl slow (through the air), do not spin, how will a batter get out?” Harbhajan wondered.</p><p><b>Also read | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ind-vs-aus-2001-eden-gardens-venkatapathy-raju-changed-perception-of-test-cricket-dravid-laxman/article70734681.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">It changed the perception of a cricket fan towards Test cricket: Venkatapathy Raju on 2001 Eden Gardens Test</a></b></p><p>“Wankhede is the place to bowl spin. The ball should make a half-a-moon shape through your hand and if it is not happening, then the ball will not bounce and that is what the batter is left wanting. People who are applying themselves, they are successful even in T20Is, but those who are not are only filling up the spots in Test cricket, they are just doing the job of containing and not taking wickets,” Harbhajan, who recently had sessions with the spinners at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, pointed.</p><p><b>Mumbai over Punjab</b></p><p>During a conversation with Ajinkya Naik, the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, Harbhajan was asked whether he would want his son to play for Mumbai or for Punjab if he chose to pursue cricket.</p><p>Harbhajan replied with a smile: “Since he’s born and raised in Mumbai, I will send him to play for Mumbai if he ever decides to take the sport. I will never push him.”</p><p class="publish-time" id="end-of-article">Published on Apr 24, 2026</p></div> #Test #cricket #priority #Harbhajan #Singh #urges #BCCI #pitches #days

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