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Is It Still Good to Be Michael Jackson? We Find Out


Neverland chef gets Michael to eat his greens

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Jackson's Cash: See how Michael made--and spends and spends--his many millions
Premieres: July 27, 10:30 p.m.
Encores: July 28, 1:30 a.m., 8 p.m.; July 29, 5 p.m.; July 31, 6 p.m.; Aug. 1,
10 p.m.


From living in cramped poverty to his now famous million-dollar spending
sprees, Michael Jackson has gone from rough to rich to downright excessive.

It's Good to Be Michael Jackson explores the financial realities of one of the
world's richest--and possibly most money-troubled--entertainers.

We dig into the rocket rise and unfathomable wealth of a pop star like no
other. Learn how he broke from the Jackson 5 and recorded Off the Wall, making
him a millionaire, and then how Thriller, the biggest album of all time,
brought him $115 million. And that was only the beginning.

But the extravagances that began as cute (Bubbles the chimp!) soon became just
plain odd (wanting to buy the Elephant Man's bones), and our number crunchers
have figured out the price of eccentricity. (While on tour, he'd have a bus,
plane and helicopter on standby--so he could travel whichever way the mood
struck him.)

He may be worth $500 million, but some experts say he's on the brink of
collapse, his assets recklessly mortgaged. Indeed, it takes $25 million for him
to stay afloat each year, feeding his zoo, maintaining his theme park at
Neverland, shopping and performing voodoo ceremonies. Yes, voodoo ceremonies.

Get a detailed look at the excesses fame can bring in this jaw-dropping new
episode of It's Good to Be--only on E!


"If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change"
(Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson)