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Michael Jackson's manager has revealed the rift within the Jackson family over the tragic superstar's funeral this week.

""Hot Pants , " One two, one two three, uh... More Songs Biography "Soul Brother Number One," "the Godfather of Soul," "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business," "Mr. Dynamite" -- those are mighty titles, but no one can question that James Brown earned them more than any other performer.

This autopsy does not require a scalpel. A mirror will do. "He had the nose of a black male, and he didn't want one," Scott L. Spear, chairman of the plastic surgery division at Georgetown University, told me.

The London News.Net Friday 3rd July, 2009 London, July 3 : Late King of Pop Michael Jackson will be buried in a solid bronze, gold-plated coffin worth a whopping 2,50,000 dollars, say reports.

The story starts with talent. Not the sort of talent that wins the lead in the school musical, or even the sort that wins American Idol .

THE misty black-and-white clip has been opening most of the televisual retrospectives for the last few nights, and to me it's the alpha and omega of Micheal Jackson.

James Brown joins the kick-ass slate in the concert pic Soul Power. Body and Soul Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's Soul Power resurrects the massive soul music festival in Zaire produced by Don King as a sideshow to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's 1974 prizefight.

Why does it take someone's death appreciate an artist's genius? The Michael Jackson's death has proven several things: 1.) We are not here forever 2.) While we are here, we should make an impact The King of Pop's legacy ranges from music to videos to dance.

Michael Jackson, center, performs with *NSYNC during Jackson's "30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years" concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, Friday, Sept.

Which was your favorite Michael Jackson? Not your favorite Michael Jackson song, but your favorite Michael? There were so many of him.

The BET Awards 2009 will continue on as planned on Sunday, June 28, even after the shocking death of pop music legend Michael Jackson.

Harlem Community Development Corporation announced that it will provide the Apollo Theater Foundation with a $75,000 grant to go towards the partial financing of the design, planning and other costs associated with mounting the Apollo Theater "Walk of Fame" project this summer.

So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches? His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate.

I used to spend a lot of time and money purchasing slick vinyl re-issues of "forgotten" or "lost" eras in American music: albums with titles like New Orleans Funk, Vol.

Michael Jackson performs onstage at the 1995 Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA on September 7, 1995.

He was the King of Pop. And in his prime, he more than made good on the promise of that title, from the pre-teen dazzle of his Jackson 5 days through that legendary moonwalk on the Motown anniversary special to several key post-"Thriller" efforts sadly overshadowed by increasingly bizarre behavior.

Night birds going to bed after a round of browsing online on Thursday came across the news that wouldn't let them sleep.

Before Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, he was just a talented, shy, skinny kid, wearing a tuxedo, his head slumped against a wall.

This is an excerpt from a blog post written by hip-hop historian and activist Davey D. It first appeared on his Web site.

Rev. Al Sharpton: : "A friend of Michael's for the last 35 years, I call on people around the world to pray for him and his family in the hour.