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Today, in the final part of our series, he explains the deep friendship Jackson had with Diana Ross... The 18-year-old Michael Jackson was coy when I interviewed him back in 1978 and we got on to the subject of his friends.

MUSLIMS locked up in police cells will get a compass so they can face Mecca to pray.

"If you say anything vile about me, I will spend any amount of money to defend myself.

SUFFOLK youngsters are today preparing to perform a major musical - in which Michael Jackson once starred - at Felixstowe's Spa Pavilion.

Maureen McCormick on Jackson A A Former "Brady Bunch" star, Maureen McCormick, recalls what it was like when she and Michael Jackson dated as teenagers.

London Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's memorial service could turn out to be the 'greatest show on earth', just like the superstar had predicted in a past interview.

Michael Jackson's family says there will be a public memorial for Jackson, but it won't be held at his Neverland Ranch.

Clockwise from Top-Left: The Jackson 5 , Tito, Marlon, Michael, Jackie and Jermaine in 1972.

SARAH Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick look doubly delighted as they show off their week-old surrogate baby twin girls to the world yesterday.

"If you believe in yourself, you will have brains, heart and courage to last your whole life through..." So declares Dorothy to her new-found friends as they finally find the way to realize their hopes and dreams in the spectacular musical movie, "The Wiz," a Motown Production for Universal Release.

Michael Jackson's will, which was written seven years ago, names singer Diana Ross as the guardian of his three children if his mother is unable to care for them.

I saw "The Wiz" and I saw "Captain EO" and I never saw Michael Jackson the movie star.

His movie career will be the least remembered thing about him but, in many ways, the late King of Pop had something of Steven Spielberg's childlike alien about him The call of celluloid a Nipsey Russell as Tinman, Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as Scarecrow, photographed during the filming of The Wiz in 1977.

"For many years, people have been asking me, 'Quincy, what was your very first big assignment?' My answer now is, "THE WIZ." a ' Anytime you have 9 singing principals, 120 dancers, 6 sound technicians, 3 conductors, 4 contractors, 300 musicians, 105 singers, 9 orchestrators, 6 copyists, 5 music editors; you are talkin' big numbers.

Nipsey Russell, Michael Jackson Diana Ross, and Berry Gordy at the premiere of The Wiz.

This sounds so fun: Stay up all night and watch movies at BAM. And the price is right: $15 bucks, includes an all-night dance party and access to all screens.The marathons have really funny names and themes.

With Michael Jackson's sudden death on Thursday, fans began scrambling to buy records, videos and books to relive their best Michael memories.

There are certainly no lack of comparisons today between Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson's glorious decade began with a forgotten failure. Michael hadn't yet turned 20 when he got his first co-starring role in a big movie: The Wiz , a black version of The Wizard of Oz that had been a hit on Broadway.

Diana Ross and Michael Jackson performing at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at New York City's Appollo Theater.