Just three months shy of the 1st anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, his estate has entered into a renewed partnership with Sony Music: a $200 million guaranteed contract with the record label calling for 10 projects to be released during the next seven years.

What’s more, the unheard-of contract, which gives Sony exclusive rights to new releases through 2017, could be worth up to $250 million if all aspects of the deal are kept. According to initial reports, the contract calls for at least one project to contain never-before-released Jackson recordings from his legendary vault of recorded, but unused material that could come out as early as November 2010.

With the exact wording of the contract unknown, speculation is the proposed 10 projects could include everything from a proposed Thriller-inspired video game, a music video compilation DVD or even a rerelease of his acclaimed Off The Wall cd, which was originally released back in 1979.

It seems Sony, in a show of good faith has generously included last year’s two-disc cd that coincided with the release of MJ’s final concert film, This Is It as part of the 10 projects.  That audio release alone sold more than 5 million units. (Examiner)

If only Michael Jackson could have seen his work praised in such a way.

If you’re not sure which tune it is in the old Sonic game, don’t lose hope. Jackson reused most of the chord progressions from the video game tune in his hit “Strangers In Moscow”.

NEW YORK (Yahoo! News) – The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 — plus tax — on Saturday.

Winning bidder Hoffman Ma of Hong Kong will pay $420,000, including taxes and fees, for the rhinestone-studded, modified golf glove Jackson wore on his left hand for his moonwalk on Motown’s 25th anniversary TV special.

The glove was the top item in a collection of Jackson memorabilia on the block at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. Its pre-auction estimate was $40,000 to $60,000.

“It was a fairly good discount,” said Ma, a 36-year-old Jackson fan who bought the pop-music treasure on behalf of the Ponte 16 Resort Hotel in Macau.

As the price of the glove soared, fans roared and squealed — echoing the kind of frenzy that accompanied the late pop star when he toured the world.

“That’s what death brings upon celebrity,” said Brendan Doyle, a college student munching chicken fingers from a plate in his lap. “Jackson’s death was such a tragedy at such a young age that it pushed up prices.”

The pop icon, who died June 25 at 50, had given the glove to Walter “Clyde” Orange, of the singing group the Commodores. Read on…

The glove wasn’t the only item up for sale. M.J.’s 1989 “Bad” tour jacket and his moonwalking fedora were also available for purchase.

The article didn’t mention where all the money gained from selling Jackson’s performance items was intended to go. I certainly hope the money is given right to his children. They deserve it.

Because of this terrible history, Michael Jackson fans are unsympathetic, despite the fact that Chandler died a lonely recluse.

“Karma is a —–,” writes Delonda of Chicago.

“Money is the root of all evil,” adds TJ of Atlanta.

“Good. Let the liar burn in —-,” writes Jazz. “[Michael] settled because he wanted to move on with his life. The real question is why did the family settle. If your child was molested, there’s no chance … you would take the money. You would want that person in jail — PERIOD. MJ is innocent.”  (RollingOut.com)

One fan even called for his son to step forward and admit to the lies that he and his father spread.

“I hope this means that justice has been served,” writes Maria, before addressing Jordan directly. “Jodie: sorry for the loss of your father, estranged or not. You now must know how Michael’s children and his numerous fans are feeling. Now that you are no longer under his influence, do the right thing and clear Michael’s name. Clear your conscience so you do not end up like your father. Rest in peace, Michael. We will love you forever.”

Suspicion still reigns among fans, who are certain of Chandler’s deceit – deceit that caused Michael’s image to be tarnished even to this day. Recently Ian Halperin published his book Unmasked: the Final Years of Michael Jackson which reveals that Chandler had premeditated his attempt on Michael and his plan to financially gain from him. The book cites Chandler’s motive – apparently Jackson had cut ties with the family.

Perhaps soon Michael will finally have his name cleared.

Now we’re hearing that Joe Jackson plans to file for a court hearing. Why? Apparently he feels entitled to a monthly allowance of over $20,000 to cover “living expenses”. Riiight. 20 grand? It sounds like ol’ papa here has been living high on the hog. What exactly does that cover?

Thank you LA Times for this little layout of Joe’s monthly expenses.

The filing does not specify the amount Joe Jackson seeks, but a monthly budget included in the court papers lists more than $15,000 in expenses, including $1,500 for rent, $2,500 for eating out and $5,000 for hotels and air travel.

OK, I’ll give him the rent. Housing isn’t cheap. But what is this $2,500 for eating out? Or $5,000 for traveling? Where is he going that he needs to spend 5 grand a month on hotels?

Really, the point here is that Joe didn’t treat Michael right when M.J. was a boy, and now he’s getting his comeuppance.  Michael made a will for a reason. He wanted to use his money to take care of the people who cared about him. His children are taken care of, along with his mother who is reportedly getting $26,000 a month.

That’s what he wanted.

Notice that Joe was not included. So why does he think that he is automatically entitled to his son’s money?

The judge in charge of this case denied a hearing at this time.

If I was part of the Jackson family, I would most certainly not be happy when I heard this headline.

Gustav Turner with the LA Weekly covered this outlandish breaking story. Apparently the psychic asked to do the interview wasn’t too creative when it came to putting words in the dead singer’s mouth. Apparently:

* Michael Jackson loved his children

* he really loved to sing “We Are The World”

* he did not want to die tragically

* he’s tormented about the tabloid pictures of his corpse (which the helpful folks at KTLA will repeatedly rebroadcast so that you know what MJ is so tormented about)

* he feels “emotional pain” and is “absolutely mortified” about the molestation allegations

* he absolutely does not want his children to be raised by their biological mother, who, according to the spectral singer, has “a lot of addictive personality problems.” (Ed’s note: neither West Coast Sound nor world-renowned psychic Vox wish to defame any person living or astral.)

* he does not like This Is It (too rehearsey) and does not wish you to go see it

Once again, if I was family I’d be pretty upset hearing this garbage. And when it comes to psychically speaking with the deceased, this woman is on the same level as pet psychics.

Actually, now that I think about it, pet psychics B.S. better than her. Any fan could have thrown that “information” on the table.

Overall, this “interview” is disgusting and insulting to Michael Jackson and his family, and shame on KTLA for even contemplating (even more for actually) airing it.

Here is the news segment in full. Get out your raincoat, because there’s a downpour of B.S.

“He’s worth more dead than when he was alive,” Joe, 80, tells “Extra” in an interview that airs Thursday night. “I’d rather have him alive.” (Extra)

Hmmm…sounds like pop here doesn’t mind so much that his son is dead. And I don’t think anyone is fooled by his poor attempt at fixing his little faux pas by saying that he’d “rather have him alive”.

Too late, Joe! You said it!

He went on talking trying to smooth over that horrifically cold comment by stating things like, hearing Michael’s songs makes him “very emotional”, and that he gets teary thinking about the “things that we went through”. Riiiight.

This guy is so full of it that I have to wipe the B.S. off my screen.

Forbes counted money earned from October 2008-October 2009, even for Jackson, who died June 25. But about $72 million — or 80% of the $90 million earned in the past 12 months — came after Jackson’s death, said a spokesperson for GreenLight, a consultancy company that represents “delebs,” their term for dead celebrities still earning money.

Given that the Forbes countdown year starts in October, this makes it look like Michael Jackson will most likely make next year’s list as well, since “This Is It” will still be available for theatre viewing well into next month.

The intention was to use the new videos as transitions into the performed versions of the songs, transitions that are a long way from the original. Payne promises that the new “Thriller” is nothing like the boy on the date with the girl, while at the same time, “We didn’t touch what we considered the sacred inside of it.” And while the new version of “Thriller” and the other songs will be screened with This Is It in plain old 2D next week, that’s not how they were intended to be seen, and that might not be the last we see of them either. Read on…

This should most certainly be interesting! The article goes on to say that even This Is It could end up in 3-D, along with music videos that were originally intended to play during the concert. Very interesting indeed.