17-year-old Michael Jackson fan Brett Nichols didn’t just win his school’s talent show with his MJ routine … he caught the eye of MJ’s estate … who have invited the kid to Las Vegas for a show … TMZ has learned.
A rep for the Jackson estate tells TMZ … the executors saw Nichols’ impressive performance and were blown away … so they put together a package to send to Nichols to show how much they liked his act.
The rep says they sent Nichols two CDs (no iTunes cards?) and an invitation for Brett and his family (mom, dad and sister) to all attend a performance of Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas.
We’re told they contacted Nichols’ principal, who in turn told Nichols and his family this afternoon … who were predictably beyond excited.
Brett Nichols, a 17-year-old junior, stole the show at Pitman High School’s talent show last week in Turlock, Calif. To the tune of “Billie Jean,” Jackson’s 1983 No. 1 hit, Nichols mimics the smooth dance shuffle and leg bends the King of Pop made famous. He even moonwalks — a step that generates cries of delight from the audience, just as it did when Jackson first did it on the “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” NBC special in 1983.
Nichols told News10 that old Jackson YouTube videos got him hooked, and led to the natural next step: “This is something that really inspires me, and then it was later I thought, ‘Why isn’t this something I can’t do?'”
His segment starts around 1:11 in the video — don’t miss it!
REDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WTVR) – Police apprehended a man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. The man was also accused of living in the girl’s closet for five days.WSOC reported the victim’s mother found Jarred Workman, 27, of Albemarle, hiding in her daughter’s closet Friday. The girl’s mother told WSOC that she had no idea the man was living inside her daughter’s closet when she made the shocking discovery.
“I asked him who he was and he said his name was Jarred Workman and that he was 19,” she said.
Once caught in the closet, police said Workman ran off and left his wallet and cell phone behind.
Police said Workman had been living inside the closet from April 27 through May 2.
The woman’s daughter said she met Workman online and developed an online relationship three weeks prior to April 27. However, once they arranged to meet and he arrived at her house, he sexually assaulted her and moved in.
The crime has baffled investigators.
“Just the fact that he would be that brazen to come up here to meet a girl online and then would try to stay in her residence not knowing what her parents are or what they’re about,” said Lt. Bill Hamby with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
Workman was charged with 11 counts of statutory rape and five counts of statutory sex offense.
“The internet has just ruined that poor girl. She was very taken advantage of,” the girl’s mother said. “I’m uncomfortable in my own home. I’m scared. I can’t sleep at night.”
College and NFL scouts should be clamoring to make a visit to the small town of Manvel, in Texas, after a teenager’s video of him catching his own 40-yard football pass has gone viral. Gary Haynes, a football player at Manvel High School, catapulted onto the national stage after a fellow player and his coach filmed him doing the amazing feat.
Haynes, a 17-year-old junior, was first taped by a teammate who posted the clip on Vine last week, with skeptics alleging the video had to be faked since you can’t see a shadow. Haynes’ coach also had his doubts, so he too staged a recording of the act, and confirmed that Haynes can actually catch his own past. Local news outlet KHOU caught up with the athletic and slightly bashful teen for more:
“I didn’t think it was gonna blow up to be this big to be honest,” admitted Haynes. “I just kept hearing my phone going off and looked at it and it was twitter from ESPN, Sports Nation.”
Some allege the video is fake, pointing to the fact that you can’t see the ball’s shadow. It wouldn’t be the first time a little trickery was used in a Vine video.
Haynes’ coach at Manvel was skeptical too.
So, he shot a video on Tuesday of his 17-year old player doing it again.
“He thought I could do it but he wasn’t sure,” said Haynes. “He wanted to make sure I could do it before going on different TV shows.”
Haynes, who has never been outside of his home state or flown on a plane, was flown to New York last week to appear on a morning show. The University of Houston is rumored to be interested in offering the young man a scholarship.
This world can be so cruel, and that’s an understatement.
A 10-year-old girl in Oklahoma City was recently sexually assaulted by an8-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister in their elementary scho l. According to her mom, the alleged victim ran out of Edgemere Elementary school crying and when asked what happened, the little girl replied:
According to the suspected rape victim, she was in the bathroom when an 8-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister cornered her. The child’s mother, who was not named to protect her daughter’s identity, told the station KFOR, that the boy pulled down his pants, undressed her daughter and proceeded to rape her while his sister held her down. The girl screamed for help at first but the dup warned her that if she was not quiet, they would beat her up, so she stopped resisting because she was outnumbered, her mother tearfully said.
Doctors have confirmed that her injuries were consistent with sexual assault and the police were notified immediately after officials with the Oklahoma City school district became aware of the incident.
An investigation is currently being held and the school is fully cooperating, according to reports. We will keep you posted on any updates regarding this horrible crime and for more details click here.
Ryan Noval posted four pictures showing his five-day-old son lying in a Philippines nursery with his mouth taped shut after a nurse said she did it to keep him from crying. The helpless child had wet his diaper and was upset, the furious father said in a Facebook rant alongside the photos of the alleged abuse.
RYE KIDO VIA FACEBOOKNewborn baby Yohannes Noval is seen wailing away with tape slapped across his mouth on Friday.
A crying newborn was muzzled with a strip of tape by nurses at a Philippines maternity ward, an outraged father claims.
New dad Ryan Noval posted pictures to Facebook showing his son, Yohannes Noval, sleeping with the strip smushed across his upper lip and across both his cheeks.
Another snapshot shows the boy, at just five days old, wailing away as the tape begins to come off his face.
Noval claims his wife, Jasmine, returned to the nursery Friday evening to find the baby gagged with tape at the Cebu City hospital.
“This is not even close to being professional or humane,” the furious father wrote on Facebook. “Jasmine immediately asked the attending nurse ‘why is there tape over his mouth?’ and the reply she got from the nurse was ‘your baby was TOO NOISY (crying) so I put that over his mouth….’”
RYE KIDO VIA FACEBOOK
The new mother found the baby had wet his diaper, something the nurse hadn’t checked, Noval wrote. Jasmine asked the woman to remove the tape but was told “you can go ahead and take it off yourself, ma’am.” The nurse eventually relented and did it herself, ripping off some of the child’s lip skin as she pulled off the sticky strip.
The pair complained about the incident to the information desk, and an investigation into the incident, first reported by The Sun newspaper, is said to be underway at the Cebu Maternity Hospital.
“Meet my son Yohannes Noval!! He cannot speak about his horrific experience from the attending nurse’s hands inside Maternity Hospital’s nursery…..so we have to speak out for him,” Noval wrote in his posting, alongside four pictures of the alleged abuse. “If you think your new born babies are safe, think again. Your babies could be silent victims and you will never really know about it!!!”
Boy, something must have really pissed off Beyoncé’s sister. As soon as the elevator door closed, the 27-year old Solange lunged at Jay Z, swinging legs, arms, fists and feet at her 44-year-old billionaire brother-in-law. The entire episode was caught on surveillance camera as the group left the Met Gala after party in New York last Monday.
As the younger sister of Beyoncé is finally restrained, Beyoncé is seen standing next to her battered husband while Solange continued trying to get more of the Jay!
The group finally exits the elevator, Jay Z captured holding the side of his face.
A Missouri judge ordered the state on Monday to set free a man who was convicted of robbery in 2000 but never sent to prison until a clerical mistake was discovered last year.
Cornealious ‘Mike’ Anderson was 23 when he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a fast-food restaurant’s assistant manager. He told The Associated Press last month that he waited, and even asked about going to prison, but the order never came.
In the years since his conviction, Anderson started his own construction-related businesses, married and had children. He also coached youth football and volunteered at his church in Webster Groves, Missouri.
A free man: A judge ordered Cornealious Anderson (left) out of jail today. He was arrested last year when it was discovered he was never sent to prison for a robbery conviction in a clerical mistake. Pictured above with wife LaQonna and daughter Nevaeh, 3, after his release today
Family man: When summons never came to report for jail, Anderson went on to live a life dedicated to his family. Pictured above leaving court Monday morning
Reunion: Anderson embraces his grandmother Mary Porter after being released from custody on Monday
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Nightmare over: Anderson, his grandmother (left), wife LaQonna (right) and daughter Nevaeh walk down the stairs and out of court today
Judge Terry Lynn Brown lauded Anderson’s ‘exemplary’ behavior during his 13 years of freedom before the arrest. “You’ve been a good father. You’ve been a good husband. You’ve been a good taxpaying citizen of the state of Missouri.
‘That leads me to believe that you are a good man and a changed man.’
As the judge announced his decision, about 10 of Anderson’s relatives broke out in sobs and cried. Anderson stared straight ahead but dabbed tears from his eyes. Afterward, he hugged his toddler daughter tight. The hearing lasted about 10 minutes.
The judge said rather than Anderson being granted parole, he would get credit for the 4,794 days between when he was convicted and when he was arrested last year.
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Mistake: If he served his full sentence, Anderson would have been released last July. That’s when authorities realized the clerical error and brought him to prison
Anderson’s plight drew international headlines last month. An online petition on change.org includes more than 35,000 signatures urging the state to set him free. Even Attorney General Chris Koster seemed inclined to find a solution to resolve what he called a ‘difficult situation.’
Anderson, 37, had never been convicted of a serious crime before the robbery. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the holdup, then told to wait for orders that would specify when and where he was to report to prison.
But the orders never came. Anderson suspected that his case had been overlooked and asked his former attorney what to do.
‘Day by day, month by month, year by year, time passed, and they never picked me up,’ he said in the interview with AP.
Changed man: In his 13 years of freedom, Anderson got married, had children, started a construction business, coached his son’s youth football team and volunteered at his church
So Anderson went about his life, never trying to conceal his whereabouts or identity.
He married, divorced, married again. He raised three children of his own and a stepchild, owned and operated three construction businesses. He coached his son’s youth football team in Webster Groves, and he ran the video operation at his church.
In July, Anderson’s sentence was supposed to end. It was then that someone at the Missouri Department of Corrections realized he had never been put behind bars.
Eight U.S. marshals arrived one morning at his home in a middle-class neighborhood and took him away. He was in prison by noon that day, and has remained behind bars ever since.
The Missouri judge decided to free Anderson based on his life after his convicted. Pictured on the right his his wife LaQonna
Koster said last month that his goal was to suggest a way for the court to balance the seriousness of Anderson’s crime with the clerical error made by the justice system and Anderson’s conduct since the robbery.
‘All three factors deserve recognition in resolving this difficult situation,’ Koster said.
Anderson’s attorneys filed an appeal in February calling his imprisonment unfair and unjust. They had also asked Gov. Jay Nixon to commute the sentence or grant clemency.
Justice: Anderson walks out of court victorious today with wife LaQonna and daughter Neveah
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