#Neverland valley ranch

[forever-michael]

Okay I have a serious post for once.

I just found some biopic updates on Instagram and they are getting ready to start filming at Neverland.

It’s almost haunting.

I can’t put my finger on what I’m feeling right now. Seeing Neverland has me a little teary-eyed. I’m just beyond words.

[felizzlemynizzl]

Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch

[boricuacherry-blog]

Neverland, the 10,000 square foot Tudor mansion among a backdrop of oak trees and rolling hills, was first discovered by Michael Jackson while filming "Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney. 4 years later, he bought the property and kept most of the furniture, but replacing the grand piano with a huge toy castle imported from Germany. He employed more than 120 staff. There were huge commissioned paintings of himself all throughout the house, some portraying him as Peter Pan, some as the Pied Piper, and some paintings even included Macauley Culkin. He also owned a police motorcycle, a Pinocchio doll under glass, the Oscar from the film Gone with the Wind, the hands from Edward Scissorhands, and a throne-like chair. Jackson owned mannequins all throughout the house, most of them of children, including the gateway to his master bedroom, which were of two child mannequins, one in a boy scout uniform, interlocking fingers. The door of his master bedroom had six locks and a peephole, and there was a camera above the door.

The stairs leading up to the master suite were lined with rows of dolls. Upstairs was a guest room for visiting children. The bathtub led directly into a walk-in closet. And back in the far end of the walk-in closet, behind the clothes, was the infamous secret room. The previous owner used to have it as a panic room, and it is where the prosecution alleged one of his crimes took place. He built a 50 seat theater with a built in snack bar, the only building on the property that Jackson had a personal hand in designing.

Jackson died of a combination of prescription drugs along with a milky anesthetic called propofol, as he had a high tolerance and couldn't sleep that night. He had been having trouble sleeping all that week, and had to perform the next day. His makeup artist, Karen Faye, says she believes his drug abuse began in the 90s, at least as far as she knew. He would use painkillers to perform, she said.

He was basically forced to tour, because he was in massive debt near the end of his life, due in part to an extravagant shopping spree habit, as well as an addiction to plastic surgery. There was also the paying out to victims. All of this combined left him scrambling to repay people he owed. Having a high tolerance, he would doctor shop, asking for different doctors to prescribe the same drugs. After awhile, it was said to have caught up to him. He was nearly half a billion dollars in debt when he died. One former advisor claimed Jackson spent $8 million a year, on plane charters, antiques, paintings and other personal expenses, spending more than he was bringing in.

"It's as though you have - you know - you take out a credit card and borrow the max on that credit card to pay another credit card," the advisor said. "He just did it on a massive scale."

His assets also carried heavy mortgages, including the Beatles catalog and his own music rights. He owed upwards of $450 million, with creditors at the door. Staff were even left unpaid, and Neverland was threatening to go in foreclosure. The result was the This Is It tour set to happen right before his death, and possibly net him more than a billion dollars, but Jackson was already spending his cash advance. He was a great businessman, but also a spendthrift.

[frankenbolt]

Mum: -Talking about dream locations to live- Don't you think Santa Barbara would be a lovely place to live? Me: ...We've never been to Santa Barbara. Mum: I saw it on the TV, one of those house hunting programs for people with too much money for taste- - continues talking as I zone out- Me: -internally- Why do I know what Santa Barbara is like if I've never been... -ONE HOUR LATER- Me:-bursting into her room- THAT'S WHERE NEVERLAND IS! Mum: ...Oh damn it. Me: -Excitedly- Although, it's currently not owned by the estate, I think it's back to being called Sycamore Valley Ranch, but I think because of the biopic- Mum: Stop, you know I don't give a damn-- Me: -some of the rides got restored in the last couple of years and I think they restored some of the landscaping-- Mum: Why do you- Me: --It's a damn shame that it's all closed up because it was lovely in its day-- Mum: Out. Out of my room.

[novumtimes]

California wildfire prompts evacuations near wineries, Neverland Ranch

A wildfire in the mountains above Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley has exploded to more than 16,000 acres, prompting evacuations near vineyards and Neverland Ranch. The Lake fire was sparked near Zaca Lake on Friday afternoon just before 4 p.m. and quickly spread through dry grass, brush and timber, officials said. The fire was zero percent contained on Sunday. The Sheriff’s Department…

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[ad_1] Michael Jackson's son spills beans on in-home exotic zoo: 'My dad loved animals'Michael Jackson greatly admired wildlife as he housed different kinds of exotic animals in his Neverland Valley Ranch in California.Providing insights into the ranch's zoo, the King of Pop's son Prince told Mike Tyson's on his podcast Hotboxin'."That's pretty crazy," mentioning that he remembered there being "elephants, tigers, lions, a lot of primates like monkeys, gorillas, orangutans," the boxer recalled. Michael's middle son explained, "[My dad] loved animals when he was a kid. I think his first pets were two rats… As he was making more money and more music, he was able to buy more animals."Not to mention, the Billie Jeans rocker, pet chimpanzee Bubbles, gained global recognition after he hopped on with the global star on his world tour.Elsewhere in the interview, Prince was asked about his childhood, with the host positing, "must've had a pretty interesting life as a kid.""Very, very interesting. And as I've gotten older, I've grown to appreciate how unique and interesting it was," he responded. [ad_2]

[mjtruth]

What authorities found at Neverland the home of Michael Jackson

Posted by @VividVocal.

… The People seek to introduce numerous homosexual and heterosexual picture books, videos, and magazines seized on November 13, 2003, from the defendant's master bedroom suite at Neverland Valley Ranch… 1/14

… A. Items To Be Introduced Specifically, the People seek to introduce the following items: From the search of defendant's bedroom in 1993, the following unnumbered items: -- Book: "Boys Will Be Boys,"… 2/14

… The Gnoids, Genetically Manipulated Nude illustrations, mostly female, some male, extreme sadomasochism and body mutilation; BIDGOOD, James Bidgood Nude young teenage men. Erotica; 2 "Barely Legal"… 3/14

… THE GOLDEN AGE OF NEGLECT Photos of teenagers, some nude; ROOM TO PLAY Photos of children that are altered, morphed head on older bodies, kids made to look sexualized. Some are nude photos of kids; MAN A… 4/14

… Item #346: MacIntosh Power Book G3 laptop computer found in Jackson's master bedroom; which contained: 21 graphic nude female images from "Teen Sex" internet site. Item #347a: Power Mac G4 located in… 5/14

… 2. The Relevance Of The Materials Article 1, section 18 of the California Constitution declares that all relevant evidence is admissible in criminal prosecutions unless its admission is specifically… 6/14

… (1989) 210 Cal.App.3d 910, 913.) It may be inferred from the accused's prior conduct demonstrating a particular state of mind (Evid. Code, § 1101, subd. (b).) That prior conduct need not… 7/14

… "Over an objection made on grounds of irrelevance and undue prejudice and also implicitly made under Evidence Code section 2201, the [trial] court ordered certain magazines and photographs depicting… 8/14

… depict teenage or teenage-looking young girls, generally naked and often engaged in sexually explicit activities with males. The publications featuring young nude females were acquired because their… 9/14

… overlook the fact that the molestations were "acquaintance molestations." This is not a "stranger" molestation, nor is it a case where a child's will was overcome by force. These sexually arousing… 10/14

… Defendant Jackson's possession of both all-male erotica and heterosexual materials, like the evidence of the defendant's gang membership considered in People v. Williams (1997) 16 Cal.4th 153, is… 11/14

… PROOF OF SERVICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years and I am not a party to the… 12/14

… PROOF OF SERVICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years and I am not a party to the… 13/14

… SERVICE LIST THOMAS A. MESEREAU, JR. Collins, Mesereau, Reddock & Yu, LLP 1875 Century Park East, No. 700 Los Angeles, CA 90067 FAX: [CONFIDENTIAL] Attorney for Defendant Michael Jackson ROBERT SANGER… 14/14

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Michael photographed by Harry Benson in the Neverland Valley Ranch, 1993

[dancing-the-dream]

“Up in the hills perched scattered little gazebos, one of which, we stood in now, looking out over the song that was Neverland. The ranch began slowly, easing you into this magical world, then you hit the center. It was this massive technicolored, musical crescendo that eventually slowed to the end. This was the final coda that faded into silence. Looking out over the land, you could see everything, the entire song laid out before you.

Michael stood beside me, leaning against the bannister and I could see the song inside him. It radiated with a magical playfulness, contained by this absolute peace.”

One has officially reached 2k reads. Let’s keep it going. We’re all ONE. 

Book 1: https://www.wattpad.com/story/132190049-one-a-michael-jackson-fan-fiction

Book 2: https://www.wattpad.com/story/153886610-one-the-adventure-continues-a-michael-jackson-fan 

[historytheone]

Neverland: the Fairytale about Paradise on Earth that became just a magical memory...

[alaina-in-wond3rland-blog]

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Neverland Ranch Milik Michael Jackson Terjual Rp314 Miliar

123berita.com – Peternakan Neverland milik mendiang bintang pop Michael Jackson dikabarkan telah dijual kepada seorang miliarder sebesar seperempat dari harga awal yang diminta. Ron Burkle, teman Jackson, baru-baru ini membeli perkebunan di Los Olivos, California. Mengutip catatan publik dan tiga orang yang mengetahui kesepakatan itu, Wall Street Journal melaporkan, Ron Burkle membeli Neverland…

[boricuacherry-blog]

In the years since Michael Jackson lived at Neverland, employees - most of whom were no longer working at Neverland - reported that dozens of young boys were dropped off at the guarded front gate and handed over to Michael's "security force." One of Michael's special policemen would then assist the boy into a fanciful carriage pulled by a Clydesdale. After he had been escorted to the main hall of Neverland, the boy of the day was taken to Michael's bedroom. After securing clearance, the boy was allowed to enter the room.

Michael often invited young boys, including some young girls, to Neverland to enjoy its Disney-like attractions. Once the children were at play, he would select those boys whom he'd like to get to know better. Often he made this selection when the kids were playing shirtless or in swimming attire.

Another method of contact was through dozens of model agencies in Los Angeles, many of whom specialized in child models for both TV and print advertising. Michael would order publicity photographs of these boys sent to Neverland. Staff members reported that he would spend the good part of many a day studying each photograph carefully and evaluating it. His excuse to the agencies was that he was planning to make musical videos involving child actors, as he'd done in the past.

Johnny Ciao was employed as a chef at Neverland during the greater part of 1988. During that time, he witnessed a parade of boys being entertained by Michael.

Replacing Johnny Ciao was Faye Quindoy, a Filipino woman. She and her husband would also manage manage his Neverland estate. Michael would regret hiring them when they spilled Michael's secrets to the world on such shows as Geraldo Rivera's Now It Can Be Told.

When Michael and his special friend of the moment tired of his own Disneyland at the ranch, he'd asked Mark Quindoy to drive them to Solvang, which, like Neverland, lay in the Santa Ynez Valley. Because of its association with early Danish settlers, the town offered a taste Scandinavia in California. The architecture is Danish, and even the most famous statue of Copenhagen, The Little Mermaid, was there. Mark accompanied Michael and the boy into Solvang, where they stopped at a mammoth dollhouse Michael was considering duplicating at a Neverland.

On the way back to the ranch, Quindoy later reported that he was shocked to witness Michael embracing the boy, kissing him "like a boy kissing a girl in the backseat." He claimed the boy put up no protest, but just sat there. "Michael began kissing him everywhere. I was utterly stunned - appalled that he could do that to a seven year old boy. The kid stayed for another three weeks at Neverland before departing with his mother, who had been staying in Michael's guest house, unaware. The next day a nine year old boy showed up and began having sleepovers in Michael's bedroom." Quindoy admitted, "He chose one boy at a time. Lewd things went on right under the noses of the parents." The couple claimed they did not go to the police because, "we were just witnesses, not victims."

Michael had a playroom constructed next to the manor which was strictly off-limits to other employees. Sometimes Michael would spend all day in this playroom with another kid.

Said sister La Toya, "He would stay in his room at Hayvenhurst for days on end with young boys." Hayvenhurst was the home he lived in before he moved to Neverland.

In Neverland, he also had his private zoo, with various animals including a llama called "Puddin' Pie." There were many pink flamingos, a "Lawrence of Arabia" camel, and elephant. He also had a cage of chimps, not just Bubbles. Throughout the park were waterproof pictures of Michael holding hands with children.

Security guards from the Nation of Islam required each guest to sign a waiver agreeing not to carry cameras. Later cellphones were added. One of these guards claimed, "I can't count the number of young boys who rode with Michael on that Ferris wheel, his arm locked possessively around them. All the young kids were instructed to call Michael 'Daddy.'"

He installed a water pistol range for Macaulay Culkin.

When the builders of Neverland thought they were finished with the project, Michael demanded more - his own steam railway, a fun fair, a cinema, and a make-believe Indian village. When everything was finished, Michael hired a Charlie Chaplin impersonator to wander the grounds, amusing the children, who usually didn't know anything about the silent screen star.

Michael also had a Shirley Temple Room at Neverland. He had seen all of Shirley Temple's films countless times, and had decorated the room with film posters of her. He collected Temple memorabilia, including a pair of patent-leather Mary Jane shoes that she'd worn in one of her movies. He purchased curly haired wigs sold in the 30s to young girls whose mothers wanted them to look like the chubby-cheeked toddler. Michael was especially intrigued with a series of shorts Temple had made in the early 1930s. Called Baby Burlesks, these films starring young kids spoofed movies and stars of the early Talkies. Viewed today, these seemingly innocent films have been called by some as, "baby porn." Michael even ordered a Shirley Temple mannequin, dressing it in baby pink with a pink bow holding up her curly coiffure. He also had a shrine to Elizabeth Taylor, seen in some archival Moonwalker footage.

When Michael truly wanted privacy, he had the so-called bachelor pad he rented in 1989 called "The Hideout." It was a condo on the 14th floor of The Westford, a luxury housing unit at 10750 Wilshire Boulevard. It didn't have a bed, only a sleeping bag and a large-screen TV. Often parents, usually a mother, delivered her son to Neverland, and later in the night, Michael would take the kid to the condo.

[123berita]

Neverland Ranch Milik Michael Jackson Terjual Rp314 Miliar

Neverland Ranch Milik Michael Jackson Terjual Rp314 Miliar

123berita.com – Peternakan Neverland milik mendiang bintang pop Michael Jackson dikabarkan telah dijual kepada seorang miliarder sebesar seperempat dari harga awal yang diminta. Ron Burkle, teman Jackson, baru-baru ini membeli perkebunan di Los Olivos, California. Mengutip catatan publik dan tiga orang yang mengetahui kesepakatan itu, Wall Street Journal melaporkan, Ron Burkle membeli Neverland…

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Background on the owner of the private jet

Marc Ganzi is an American businessman. He is the President and CEO of DigitalBridge, and is the founder and former CEO of Digital Bridge Holdings and Global Tower Partners. He is also a polo player.

He received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He interned in the White House for Stephen M. Studdert, special advisor to President George H. W. Bush in 1989. In 1990, Ganzi served as an assistant Commercial Attaché in Madrid for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Foreign Commercial Service Department.

After graduation, Ganzi bought distressed real estate for Resolution Trust Corporation. He worked at Deutsche Bank, where he oversaw investments in the radio tower sector.

In 1993, he co-founded AD Development Corporation, a real estate development company in the Mid-Atlantic states, where he worked until 1994. He co-founded Apex Site Management, which was purchased by SpectraSite, and he served as group president for a year. In 1998, Ganzi founded Eureka Broadband, an application service provider and high-speed Internet access corporation. From 2000 to 2002, he was a partner in DB Capital Partners in New York City.

In 2003, he founded Global Tower Partners, a telecommunications company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. He served as its Chief Executive Officer and built the company into the largest privately held operator of U.S. cell towers. The company was purchased by Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG) in 2007, and, in 2013, American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) acquired GTP for $4.8 billion.

In 2013, Ganzi and Ben Jenkins founded Digital Bridge Holdings, an investor and operator of mobile and internet connectivity companies. Digital Bridge Holdings was acquired by Colony Capital in 2019, where Ganzi took over as CEO-elect. On July 1, 2020, he became CEO and President of Colony Capital. In 2021, the company rebranded to become DigitalBridge, a digital infrastructure investment firm, and he remained in those respective positions.

DigitalBridge Group, Inc. is a global digital infrastructure investment firm. The company owns, invests in and operates businesses such as cell towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure. Headquartered in Boca Raton, DigitalBridge has key offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Singapore.

In 2010, DigitalBridge, then still Colony Capital, was reported to manage about $30 billion in investments. In 2011, DigitalBridge was tied for 3rd largest private equity real estate fund in the world, behind Blackstone Group and Morgan Stanley Real Estate

Colony purchased Raffles International on July 18, 2005. This included the 41 hotels and resorts operated under the Raffles Hotel and Swissotel brand names. On January 30, 2006, it acquired Fairmont Hotels and Resorts of Toronto, Ontario with Kingdom Hotels International as a joint partner for US$3.24 billion.[citation needed] On April 10, 2006, it acquired French professional football team Paris Saint-Germain.

On November 11, 2008, Michael Jackson transferred the title of his 2,700 acre estate Neverland Ranch to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC, a joint venture between Jackson (represented by attorney, L. Londell McMillan) and an affiliate of Colony Capital. It is still unclear whether Colony Capital has a part in the property. Jackson earned a total of US$35 million when he agreed to the joint venture between himself and Colony Capital.

In March 2010, Colony arranged a financing and marketing package for Annie Leibovitz. The New York celebrity photographer had been in financial difficulty and in danger of losing to her previous lender, ArtCapital, the rights to her photographs and negatives and her three Greenwich Village townhouses. ArtCapital's credit was for $24 million. In December 2010, Colony purchased Miramax from Disney with Qatar Investment Authority, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and The Weinstein Company as part of a joint venture called Filmyard Holdings for $663 million.

In September 2017, Colony NorthStar agreed to sell its Townsend Group unit to Aon for $475 million.

In October 2017, Colony entered discussions to purchase The Weinstein Company, a movie and TV production studio that sustained damage after its co-founder, Harvey Weinstein, was accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment over three decades. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal, in late October 2017, it was reported that Colony Capital LLC had proved hesitant to purchase Weinstein Co. after a week of exclusive negotiations. Fortress Investment Group was also in talks to provide a loan to Weinstein Co.

In June 2018, The New York Times reported that Colony North Star had raised more than $7 billion in investments since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. 24 percent of the money came from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

In April 2022, DigitalBridge bought out Wafra’s stake in its investment management subsidiary for $800 million and switched from REIT to traditional C-Corp. DigitalBridge announced and initiated several acquisitions during 2022 including AMP Capital's global infrastructure equity investment management business for $328 million and Switch, Inc., a data center company, for $11 billion. The firm sold 27 percent of its stake in DataBank to Swiss Life and EDF Invest for $1.2 billion. DigitalBridge said it would own 15.5 percent of DataBank after the sale.

Thanks!

He looks a lot like that Mark Dyer guy that used to keep tabs on Harry.

Mark Ganzi

Mark Dyer and Harry:

[twixnmix]

Michael Jackson and his wife Lisa Marie Presley at Neverland Valley Ranch in Santa Barbara on April 18, 1995. They welcomed 46 children from 17 countries for a three-day World Children’s Congress, a series of seminars and workshops on issues facing kids around the globe. The event was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the United Nations.