Living with Michael Jackson

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British television programme documentary film television documentary

Living with Michael Jackson is a 2003 British television documentary that offers an intimate and controversial look at the life and personality of pop star Michael Jackson through an extended interview with journalist Martin Bashir.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Living with Michael Jackson canonical	5
Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special	1
The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Living with Michael Jackson
Context triple: [Prince Michael Jackson II, appearedIn, Living with Michael Jackson]

A. Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness
Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness is a bestselling biographical book that offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes account of Michael Jackson’s life and career.
B. Michael Jackson ONE
Michael Jackson ONE is a resident Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas that combines acrobatics, dance, and visual effects set to the music and imagery of Michael Jackson.
C. Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
"Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration" is a 2001 televised concert special produced by David Gest that commemorated the 30-year solo career of Michael Jackson with performances by Jackson and numerous guest artists.
D. The Legend of Billie Jean
The Legend of Billie Jean is a 1985 cult teen drama film about a Texas girl who becomes an unlikely feminist folk hero after standing up against injustice.
E. Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer known as the "King of Pop," celebrated for his groundbreaking music, iconic dance moves, and immense influence on popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Living with Michael Jackson
Target entity description: Living with Michael Jackson is a 2003 British television documentary that offers an intimate and controversial look at the life and personality of pop star Michael Jackson through an extended interview with journalist Martin Bashir.

A. Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness
Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness is a bestselling biographical book that offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes account of Michael Jackson’s life and career.
B. Michael Jackson ONE
Michael Jackson ONE is a resident Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas that combines acrobatics, dance, and visual effects set to the music and imagery of Michael Jackson.
C. Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
"Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration" is a 2001 televised concert special produced by David Gest that commemorated the 30-year solo career of Michael Jackson with performances by Jackson and numerous guest artists.
D. The Legend of Billie Jean
The Legend of Billie Jean is a 1985 cult teen drama film about a Texas girl who becomes an unlikely feminist folk hero after standing up against injustice.
E. Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer known as the "King of Pop," celebrated for his groundbreaking music, iconic dance moves, and immense influence on popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television programme ⓘ documentary film ⓘ television documentary ⓘ
accusedOf	misrepresenting Michael Jackson ⓘ
broadcastFormat	television special ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy	Michael Jackson ⓘ
director	Julie Shaw ⓘ
featuresTheme	Neverland Ranch lifestyle ⓘ child friendships of Michael Jackson ⓘ parenting practices of Michael Jackson ⓘ personal life of Michael Jackson ⓘ
filmingLocation	Berlin ⓘ Las Vegas ⓘ Miami ⓘ Neverland Ranch ⓘ
followedBy	The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See ⓘ linked to: Living with Michael Jackson
genre	documentary ⓘ television special ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special ⓘ linked to: Living with Michael Jackson
hasPart	segment about Michael Jackson's children ⓘ segment about Neverland Ranch amusement park ⓘ segment about child molestation allegations ⓘ segment about plastic surgery allegations ⓘ
interviewedPerson	Michael Jackson ⓘ
interviewer	Martin Bashir ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Michael Jackson ⓘ
narrationBy	Martin Bashir ⓘ
narrativeFocus	extended interview with Michael Jackson ⓘ
originalBroadcastDate	2003-02-03 ⓘ
originalChannel	ITV ⓘ
originallyAiredAs	Tonight with Trevor McDonald special ⓘ linked to: Tonight with Trevor McDonald
originalNetwork	ITV ⓘ
partOf	ITV documentary programming ⓘ
portrays	Michael Jackson as eccentric and childlike ⓘ
presenter	Martin Bashir ⓘ
producer	Granada Television ⓘ
productionCompany	Granada Television ⓘ
releaseYear	2003 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	90 ⓘ
star	Michael Jackson ⓘ
subjectOf	legal scrutiny related to Michael Jackson investigations ⓘ media controversy ⓘ
title	Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ
triggered	critical response from Michael Jackson ⓘ public debate about Michael Jackson's behavior with children ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Michael Jackson II → appearedIn → Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ

Blanket (Bigi) Jackson → appearedIn → Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ

Bigi Jackson → appearedIn → Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ

Blanket Jackson → appearedIn → Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ

Living with Michael Jackson → title → Living with Michael Jackson ⓘ

Living with Michael Jackson → followedBy → The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See ⓘ

linked to: Living with Michael Jackson

Living with Michael Jackson → hasAlternativeTitle → Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special ⓘ