Michael Jackson News

Michael Jackson was secretly dating his children's nanny, it has been claimed. The romance between the 'Thriller' star - who died of a suspected cardiac arrest last week - and Ugandan-born Grace Rwaramba was reportedly an open secret among the singer's staff and his three children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11 and six-year-old Prince ...

[I promise to put an editorial comment here as soon as I stop ROFLMAOPIMP. -ed.]

Michael Jackson 's family are "divided" over his funeral arrangements. The late singer's adviser Dr. Tohme Tohme has revealed that although his father Joe and brothers wanted the ‘Thriller’ star to be buried at his former Neverland home in California, his sisters and mother Katherine have overruled the idea, as well as vetoing plans for an open coffin.

Dr. Tohme said: “His brothers wanted the final resting place to be Neverland but the rest of the family didn’t want him there for some reason that’s not known to me.

[Or, more correctly, the owner's of the property didn't want him buried there not to mention it's against the law. -ed.]

A video of Michael Jackson uncomfortably facing questions about allegations that the singer sexually molested young boys and others' doubts about his sexuality has surfaced on a British tabloid's Web site.

The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will finally get word Sunday on whether they will be among the lucky few to get tickets for the ceremony.

[Does anyone see this memorial going well at all? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? -ed.]

One of Michael Jackson's most famous lyrics proclaims, "It don't matter if you're black or white." But when it comes to the late singer's identification with blacks, that declaration becomes much cloudier.

A top executive overseeing Neverland Ranch tells The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner it will not become a public Michael Jackson museum, and that the real estate firm has received private bids from several billionaires, and has already turned down a $100 million private offer.

[There'll be tears in F'loonville tonight... -ed.]

[A]s America's Drug Enforcement Administration help the Los Angeles cops hunt down doctors who could have abused their position to help provide the Thriller hitmaker with prescriptions, Metzger's history of providing the superstar clan with drugs in fictitious names has come to light.

Speaking to TMZ.com, the physician admits he wrote a prescription for Janet Jackson in the name of her then chef Ricardo Macchi. The medication was for diuretics - used to help the patient pass water.

He also confesses to writing a prescription - in Macchi's name again - for a Hepatitis B injection for the Nasty singer, but insists it was a precautionary measure and the singer didn't have the virus at the time.

But Metzger soon came under scrutiny - when Macchi sued him over the fictitious notes, the doctor received a strongly-worded reprimand from the U.S. Medical Board in 2000 accusing him of "fraudulent medical practise" involving an "international entertainer".

Record producer Quincy Jones has revealed he does not believe Michael Jackson was suffering from vitiligo, a condition which changed the colour of his skin.

[Uh oh! What? Quincy-who-is-not-attending-the-funeral-says-what?? Boy, it's almost like Quincy didn't like Wacko or sumthin'... -ed.

Michael Jackson's ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes has blamed doctors for his death, saying they "have blood on their hands". Michael Jackson's former bodyguard says his doctors "have blood on their hands". Matt Fiddes, who worked for the star for 10 years, claims he confiscated needles from the 'Thriller' singer out of fear he would kill himself with ...

The clamour for tickets for Michael Jackson's public memorial has started, but the singer's British fans will be left disappointed.

[Ha ha. You Brits killed him and we dont want you at the memorial service. -ed.]

The event has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the downtown Staples Center, according to a statement from the Jackson family's publicist.

A former personal photographer for Michael Jackson has claimed that the late singer was on drugs.

He said: "50% of the time, he was on drugs. He had doctor after doctor working with him and had people score him prescription drugs that he knew he didn't have prescriptions for. He definitely had a problem."

[I'm shocked. Just shocked. Truly shocked. No, really, I am. I didn't suspect this at all. Really. -ed.]

MICHAEL JACKSON's family has allegedly scrapped plans to charge fans for attending the King of Pop's memorial service after outraged devotees expressed their disgust at the proposal.

[If there is a defense for this greedy, obnoxious, outrageous behavior, let's hear it. What pigs. Trying to make money on their son/brother's death. -ed.]

Michael Jackson stopped making records, but he hasn't stopped breaking them. Less than a week after his death, the singer has stormed the music charts with an unprecedented display of sales clout.

[Hey, even I'll buy one or two records now that I know it won't go to supporting a lifestyle that terrorizes children. -ed.]

City officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to try to figure out how to accommodate a public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue that can hold no more than 20,000 people.

"If you can imagine 100,000 people show up and you have 20,000 capacity, there is not sufficient room. Now you have a crowd-control problem," he said. With the July Fourth holiday weekend "it's the worst time ... to work something out." He also said he's concerned about the cost of police overtime for the cash-strapped city.

[Who pays? Who ordered it? Whoever ordered it, pays. Get cash in advance. No checks. -ed.]

A new national study among 1,850 Americans found a majority feel that Michael Jackson's death is receiving too much media coverage in comparison to Farrah Fawcett's. Asked about Jackson's death, 63 percent of respondents felt that there was too much media coverage, while 36 percent said there has been appropriate coverage and 2 percent said there ...

Michael Jackson's "secret girlfriend" has been revealed to the world by a former former bodyguard.

[And the "former former bodyguard"(sic) wants you to know he has some ocean-front property in Oklahoma for sale. Cheap. Call him. -ed.]

Michael Jackson's relationship with the African American community was as ambiguous as his changing skin color, his androgynous features and even the genetic make-up of his children.

Michael Jackson was reportedly so heavily in debt his credit card had a limit of just $405. He also reportedly invented a series of identities in a failed bid to secure bank loans.

The Thriller legend left $500 million in his will, but it consisted entirely of non-cash and non-liquid assets, including the Sony/ATV music catalog featuring the songs of The Beatles.

Now it has emerged the superstar was so desperate for money in the months before his death, he conjured up 20 variations on his name - including 'Michael Jackson Jehovah', 'Michael J Jackson ChristJeh', and 'President Mr Michael Jackson' - to try to get banks to loan him money.

Well lucky for him he died and he's now worth millions. -ed.]

Michael Jackson reportedly offered to adopt 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman's eight babies in exchange for cash just weeks before he died.

[And I thought I'd be out of a job by now... Silly me. -ed.]