Raffles von Exel este unul dintre prietenii lui Michael Jackson. Mda... nu stiu cat de prieten, si nici nu prea avem cum sa dovedim asta, doar actiunile ii stau marturie. Se pare ca din iunie-iulie a tot luat interviuri de ici de colo, lui Frank DiLeo, Kenny, Travis Payne... asa ca pare destul de bine intentionat. Intrebarile nu sunt impertinente, sunt puse cu grija iar rezultatul dezvaluie niste interviuri chiar ok, pe care nici un alt jurnalist de orice fel nu s-a gandit sa le faca, si astfel noi sa le vedem.Astazi, il avem pe Travis Payne la masa interogatilor. Oricum Travis a demonstrat in mai toate interviurile pe care le-a acordat, ca este un om deosebit, awesome! as putea spune. Numai vorbe frumoase despre Michael, cum altfel, dar partea frumoasa este ca se vede admiratia si iubirea, adica nu sunt pure inventii de dragul camerei. Iar in ultima vreme domnul Travis Payne se implica in tot felul de proiecte frumoase, precum cel cu cei de la CPDRC, Drill Dance Instruction, si cine stie ce mai "coace". De pe RafflesEntertainment, especially for you:
Daca tot am pus un ditamai interviul cu Travis Payne, sa adaugam si ceva info, de pe site-ul coregrafului, ca sa fim siguri.
TRAVIS PAYNE
Choreographer/Director
selected credits
CHOREOGRAPHER
FILM
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 20th Century Fox
A MAN APART Avery Pix/Dir. F. Gary Grey
COYOTE UGLY Bruckheimer Films/Dir. David McNally
THREE TO TANGO Warner Bros./Dir. Damon Santo Stefano
PRINCE OF MIRRORS w- Lou Diamond Phillips/Heart Prods.
THE CABLE GUY w- Jim Carrey/Columbia Tri-Star
TELEVISION
MOTOWN…45 Jeff Margolis Productions
VIDEO MOD’S MTV 2
DISCO BALL Jeff Margolis Productions/ABC
2002 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NAACP
LIZZIE MCGUIRE None of the Above, Inc.
MTV BECOMING “BRANDY” MTV Productions
POPSTARS Warner Bros./Stone Stanley Entertainment
2001 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS w- Mystikal
DISNEY TV SPECIAL w- Hoku
THE TONIGHT SHOW w- Mandy Moore
2000 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS w- Eric Benet
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2000 w- Brian McKnight/Trawick Ent.
ALLY McBEAL *ACA Nominee David E. Kelly Prods.
DOUBLE PLATINUM Disney/Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND Warner Bros.
1998 MTV MUSIC AWARDS w- Brian Setzer Orchestra
DIVAS FOX Television
ONE NIGHT ONLY w- Michael Jackson/HBO
GHOST *ACA Award w- Michael Jackson/Sony Entertainment
50 YEARS WITH RAY CHARLES Variety Special
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC/Lorne Michaels Productions
GRAMMY AWARDS w- TLC/1996, w- En Vogue/1993
MARTIN w- Martin Lawrence/FOX Television
MTV MUSIC AWARDS *Emmy Nominee w- Michael Jackson/Opening Segment/1995
w- En Vogue/1992 & 1993
BET 15TH ANNIVERSARY GALA BET Network/Variety Special
HANGIN’ WITH MR. COOPER FOX Television
1998 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS w- Puff Daddy/1998, w- Michael Jackson/1993
THE TONIGHT SHOW w- Jay Leno/Multiple Episodes
1998 KID’S CHOICE AWARDS w- Puff Daddy
SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO Variety Series/Multiple Episodes
BRITISH MUSIC AWARDS w- Michael Jackson/1996 &1993
WORLD MUSIC AWARDS w- Michael Jackson/1993
SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS w- Dru Hill/1998, w- En Vogue/1997
w- TLC/1996, w- Michael Jackson/1993
1992 ESSENCE AWARDS w- En Vogue
MUSIC VIDEOS
REBA MCENTIRE “I’m Gonna Take That Mountain”
MYA *ACA Nomination/MTV Video Award nom. “My Love Is Like…Wo”/Interscope
FAITH HILL “You’re Still Here”/HSI
MUSIC VIDEOS Cont.
NICK CARTER “Do I Have To Cry For You”/HSI
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS “I Love To See You Cry”/Dir. Matthew Rolston
I WANT KANDEE MGM Feature Productions/David Ladd Films
POPSTARS-EDEN’S CRUSH Co-Directed/“Get over Yourself”
CHAYANNE “Alive”
BAHA MEN “You All Dat”
MANDY MOORE *ACA Nomination “I Wanna Be With You”
JESSICA SIMPSON “I Wanna Love You Forever”
JORDAN KNIGHT “Close My Eyes”
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA *ACA Award “If You Can Rock Me”
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA *ACA Award “Jump, Jive ‘an Wail”
MADONNA “The Power Of Goodbye”
LENNY KRAVITZ “American Woman” & “Thinking Of You”
“Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind”
DON PHILLIPS “Sugar”
HOLE “Celebrity Skin”
SHERYL CROW “There Goes The Neighborhood”
JEWEL “Jupiter” & “Foolish Games”
MICHAEL JACKSON *MTV Award “Scream” & “HIStory”
PAULA ABDUL “Crazy Cool” & “Never Gonna Give You Up”
BRANDY “Best Friend”
ROD STEWART “Oooh La La”
MATCHBOX 20 “Real World”
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA “Wishing I Was There” & “Smoke”
TAYLOR DAYNE “Sad, Sad, Sad”
FOO FIGHTERS “Walking After You”
TAMIA “Imagination”
GARBAGE “I Think I’m Paranoid”
MARILYN MANSON “Long Hard Road Out Of Hell”
DIANA ROSS “Take Me Higher”
SALT ‘N PEPA & SHERYL CROW “Imagine”
TEVIN CAMPBELL “Goodbye” & “Tell Me What You Want Me To Do”
“Just Ask Me To”
TLC “Red Light Special”
EN VOGUE *MTV Award “My Lovin’ (Never Gonna Get It)”
“Runaway Love”& “Free Your Mind” *MTV Award
“Giving Him Something He Can Feel”
“Give It Up, Turn It Loose”
MASTER P & SKULL DUGGERY “If It Don’t Make Dollars”
ROLLING STONES “Mixed Emotions” & “Almost Hear You”
“Rock And A Hard Place”
EN VOGUE & SALT ‘N PEPA “What A Man”
TAMIA & QUINCY JONES “You Put A Move On My Heart” & “Slow Jams”
WARREN G. & CISELL “The Rhapsody”
RUFUS BLACK “Make It Hot”
MORRISSEY “Alma Mater”
DEBBIE GIBSON “Losin’ Myself”
SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS “The Pressure”
DIRECTOR
MUSIC VIDEOS
EDEN’S CRUSH “Get Over Yourself” Co-Director / Squeak Pictures
TRINA & TAMARA “What You Came Here For” / Pre-duk’shen
COMMERCIALS
FANTA HSI
GATEWAY HSI
PEPSI w- Chayanne & Lucero/Dir. Nigel Dick
THE GAP *MVPA Winner *Obie Winner *ACA Nomination “Khaki’s Swing”
HERBAL ESSENCE HSI
DR. PEPPER Omaha Pictures
GILETTE Venus Entertainment
FERIA HSI
COMMERCIALS Cont.
SPRINT HSI
IVORY SOAP w- Brooke Shields/HSI
EZ-SPIRIT HSI
NEUTROGENA HSI
KAHLUA Venus/HSI
PSA - GENERAL MOTORS “Breast Cancer”
THE GAP “Cool Fit”
ESTEE LAUDER w- Elizabeth Hurley
REVLON w- Cindy Crawford/”Won’t Rub Off”
w- Halle Berry/“Flex”
w- Claudia Scheiffer & Cindy Crawford
LEVI’S “Dockers”
PAUL MITCHELL HAIR CARE “Salon Care”
CONVERSE w- En Vogue
TACO BELL “They’re Hot Man!”
L’OREAL w- Jennifer Aniston, Natasha Kinski
Melissa Gilbert, Jennifer Lopez, Milla Jovovich
STAGE/LIVE SHOWS
CHOREOGRAPHER
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BCBG Maxazria Ent. /Kodak Theater
SIRENS OF TI Treasure Island Hotel/Las Vegas
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND Bill Sammeth Organization
HAIR Reprise: Broadway’s Best In Concert
BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Reprise: Broadway’s Best In Concert
STEPS IN TIME Hyperion Theatre/Disneyland
PLUS 1 2001 Tour
JESSICA SIMPSON 1999 – 2000 World Tour
BRIAN McKNIGHT Back At One World Tour 2000
STING Movement Coaching
MANDY MOORE 2000 World Tour
TAMIA 2000-2001 Tour
CARLY 2001 Tour/MCA Records
AMANDA 2001 Tour/Maverick Records
MICHAEL JACKSON World HIStory Tour
DIANA ROSS Take Me Higher World Tour
KENNY LATTIMORE Days Like This World Tour
MICHAEL JACKSON Dangerous World Tour
EN VOGUE Funky Divas Live
CHAYANNE 1998 World Tour
PLAYZONE ’99 & 2000-2002 999 & 2000-2002 Japan Tours
TAMIA Various Events
BRANDY Various Events
BLACKSTREET Various Events
DIRECTOR
USHER Evolution 2002 Tour/Arista Records
BRIAN MCKNIGHT Back at One 2002 Tour & video excerpts
AARON CARTER Winter Party 2002 Tour
Un autograf plin de motivare de la Michael
si cu maestrul la repetitii...
Choreographer/Director
selected credits
CHOREOGRAPHER
FILM
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 20th Century Fox
A MAN APART Avery Pix/Dir. F. Gary Grey
COYOTE UGLY Bruckheimer Films/Dir. David McNally
THREE TO TANGO Warner Bros./Dir. Damon Santo Stefano
PRINCE OF MIRRORS w- Lou Diamond Phillips/Heart Prods.
THE CABLE GUY w- Jim Carrey/Columbia Tri-Star
TELEVISION
MOTOWN…45 Jeff Margolis Productions
VIDEO MOD’S MTV 2
DISCO BALL Jeff Margolis Productions/ABC
2002 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NAACP
LIZZIE MCGUIRE None of the Above, Inc.
MTV BECOMING “BRANDY” MTV Productions
POPSTARS Warner Bros./Stone Stanley Entertainment
2001 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS w- Mystikal
DISNEY TV SPECIAL w- Hoku
THE TONIGHT SHOW w- Mandy Moore
2000 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS w- Eric Benet
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2000 w- Brian McKnight/Trawick Ent.
ALLY McBEAL *ACA Nominee David E. Kelly Prods.
DOUBLE PLATINUM Disney/Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND Warner Bros.
1998 MTV MUSIC AWARDS w- Brian Setzer Orchestra
DIVAS FOX Television
ONE NIGHT ONLY w- Michael Jackson/HBO
GHOST *ACA Award w- Michael Jackson/Sony Entertainment
50 YEARS WITH RAY CHARLES Variety Special
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC/Lorne Michaels Productions
GRAMMY AWARDS w- TLC/1996, w- En Vogue/1993
MARTIN w- Martin Lawrence/FOX Television
MTV MUSIC AWARDS *Emmy Nominee w- Michael Jackson/Opening Segment/1995
w- En Vogue/1992 & 1993
BET 15TH ANNIVERSARY GALA BET Network/Variety Special
HANGIN’ WITH MR. COOPER FOX Television
1998 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS w- Puff Daddy/1998, w- Michael Jackson/1993
THE TONIGHT SHOW w- Jay Leno/Multiple Episodes
1998 KID’S CHOICE AWARDS w- Puff Daddy
SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO Variety Series/Multiple Episodes
BRITISH MUSIC AWARDS w- Michael Jackson/1996 &1993
WORLD MUSIC AWARDS w- Michael Jackson/1993
SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS w- Dru Hill/1998, w- En Vogue/1997
w- TLC/1996, w- Michael Jackson/1993
1992 ESSENCE AWARDS w- En Vogue
MUSIC VIDEOS
REBA MCENTIRE “I’m Gonna Take That Mountain”
MYA *ACA Nomination/MTV Video Award nom. “My Love Is Like…Wo”/Interscope
FAITH HILL “You’re Still Here”/HSI
MUSIC VIDEOS Cont.
NICK CARTER “Do I Have To Cry For You”/HSI
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS “I Love To See You Cry”/Dir. Matthew Rolston
I WANT KANDEE MGM Feature Productions/David Ladd Films
POPSTARS-EDEN’S CRUSH Co-Directed/“Get over Yourself”
CHAYANNE “Alive”
BAHA MEN “You All Dat”
MANDY MOORE *ACA Nomination “I Wanna Be With You”
JESSICA SIMPSON “I Wanna Love You Forever”
JORDAN KNIGHT “Close My Eyes”
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA *ACA Award “If You Can Rock Me”
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA *ACA Award “Jump, Jive ‘an Wail”
MADONNA “The Power Of Goodbye”
LENNY KRAVITZ “American Woman” & “Thinking Of You”
“Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind”
DON PHILLIPS “Sugar”
HOLE “Celebrity Skin”
SHERYL CROW “There Goes The Neighborhood”
JEWEL “Jupiter” & “Foolish Games”
MICHAEL JACKSON *MTV Award “Scream” & “HIStory”
PAULA ABDUL “Crazy Cool” & “Never Gonna Give You Up”
BRANDY “Best Friend”
ROD STEWART “Oooh La La”
MATCHBOX 20 “Real World”
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA “Wishing I Was There” & “Smoke”
TAYLOR DAYNE “Sad, Sad, Sad”
FOO FIGHTERS “Walking After You”
TAMIA “Imagination”
GARBAGE “I Think I’m Paranoid”
MARILYN MANSON “Long Hard Road Out Of Hell”
DIANA ROSS “Take Me Higher”
SALT ‘N PEPA & SHERYL CROW “Imagine”
TEVIN CAMPBELL “Goodbye” & “Tell Me What You Want Me To Do”
“Just Ask Me To”
TLC “Red Light Special”
EN VOGUE *MTV Award “My Lovin’ (Never Gonna Get It)”
“Runaway Love”& “Free Your Mind” *MTV Award
“Giving Him Something He Can Feel”
“Give It Up, Turn It Loose”
MASTER P & SKULL DUGGERY “If It Don’t Make Dollars”
ROLLING STONES “Mixed Emotions” & “Almost Hear You”
“Rock And A Hard Place”
EN VOGUE & SALT ‘N PEPA “What A Man”
TAMIA & QUINCY JONES “You Put A Move On My Heart” & “Slow Jams”
WARREN G. & CISELL “The Rhapsody”
RUFUS BLACK “Make It Hot”
MORRISSEY “Alma Mater”
DEBBIE GIBSON “Losin’ Myself”
SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS “The Pressure”
DIRECTOR
MUSIC VIDEOS
EDEN’S CRUSH “Get Over Yourself” Co-Director / Squeak Pictures
TRINA & TAMARA “What You Came Here For” / Pre-duk’shen
COMMERCIALS
FANTA HSI
GATEWAY HSI
PEPSI w- Chayanne & Lucero/Dir. Nigel Dick
THE GAP *MVPA Winner *Obie Winner *ACA Nomination “Khaki’s Swing”
HERBAL ESSENCE HSI
DR. PEPPER Omaha Pictures
GILETTE Venus Entertainment
FERIA HSI
COMMERCIALS Cont.
SPRINT HSI
IVORY SOAP w- Brooke Shields/HSI
EZ-SPIRIT HSI
NEUTROGENA HSI
KAHLUA Venus/HSI
PSA - GENERAL MOTORS “Breast Cancer”
THE GAP “Cool Fit”
ESTEE LAUDER w- Elizabeth Hurley
REVLON w- Cindy Crawford/”Won’t Rub Off”
w- Halle Berry/“Flex”
w- Claudia Scheiffer & Cindy Crawford
LEVI’S “Dockers”
PAUL MITCHELL HAIR CARE “Salon Care”
CONVERSE w- En Vogue
TACO BELL “They’re Hot Man!”
L’OREAL w- Jennifer Aniston, Natasha Kinski
Melissa Gilbert, Jennifer Lopez, Milla Jovovich
STAGE/LIVE SHOWS
CHOREOGRAPHER
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BCBG Maxazria Ent. /Kodak Theater
SIRENS OF TI Treasure Island Hotel/Las Vegas
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND Bill Sammeth Organization
HAIR Reprise: Broadway’s Best In Concert
BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Reprise: Broadway’s Best In Concert
STEPS IN TIME Hyperion Theatre/Disneyland
PLUS 1 2001 Tour
JESSICA SIMPSON 1999 – 2000 World Tour
BRIAN McKNIGHT Back At One World Tour 2000
STING Movement Coaching
MANDY MOORE 2000 World Tour
TAMIA 2000-2001 Tour
CARLY 2001 Tour/MCA Records
AMANDA 2001 Tour/Maverick Records
MICHAEL JACKSON World HIStory Tour
DIANA ROSS Take Me Higher World Tour
KENNY LATTIMORE Days Like This World Tour
MICHAEL JACKSON Dangerous World Tour
EN VOGUE Funky Divas Live
CHAYANNE 1998 World Tour
PLAYZONE ’99 & 2000-2002 999 & 2000-2002 Japan Tours
TAMIA Various Events
BRANDY Various Events
BLACKSTREET Various Events
DIRECTOR
USHER Evolution 2002 Tour/Arista Records
BRIAN MCKNIGHT Back at One 2002 Tour & video excerpts
AARON CARTER Winter Party 2002 Tour
Un autograf plin de motivare de la Michael
si cu maestrul la repetitii...
