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MJ Memorial Creates Financial Dust Up
A memorial for Michael Jackson hosted in Gary, Indiana, last month was a touching tribute to the King of Pop. Financial records surfacing about the event, however, are becoming a huge thorn in the city’s side. The city’s records reveal that Gary forked over $5,000 to pay for air fare for father Joe Jackson as... »
MJ To Be Buried on Birthday
Is Joe Jackson becoming the de facto spokesperson of the Jackson family? Maybe it’s just because he won’t quit talking about himself, but it seems like most of the news we’re getting about the Jacksons is coming from daddy Joe. This time, Joe blabbed to New York Daily News that his son Michael Jackson... »
Joe Jackson Wants Shrine for Michael
Joe Jackson has a tendency to say things that are a little crazy so we’re not sure what to make of this. According to the LA Times, the estranged father of the King of Pop wants to build a shrine for Michael in Las Vegas for fans to come and remember him. Fashioned along the... »
Jackson Finally Buried- But Where?
After almost two months, the King of Pop has finally been laid to rest. Too bad for us, though, the family won’t be revealing exactly where they buried his body. According to Marie Claire, the Jacksons will keep Michael’s final resting place a top secret to keep legions of fans from disturbing his grave site... »
More Jackson Memorabilia in Store
A few days ago, we heard the news that Michael Jackson’s estate managers were planning an explosive Jackson memorabilia campaign to help pay off the many debts in the Jackson estate. At the time, the only thing that stood between them and their entreprenurial dreams was a judge’s approval, and today they finally got... »
Sony Making Movie out of Jackson’s Rehearsal Videos
Sony Pictures, in an attempt to cash out on Michael Jackson’s postmortem surge in popularity, has doled out $60 million to get the rights to the singer’s rehearsal clips from his planned “This Is It” tour. The media company plans to sift through the 80 hours of footage to piece together a film that... »
New Prison Tribute Dance for Jackson
Some of you out there may be familiar with the viral video of Filipino prisoners recreating Michael Jackson’s famous “Thriller” music video. Following news of the singer’s death, the prison inmates got together once again, this time creating a tribute video using MJ’s “Dangerous.” The prisoners, complete in orange jumpsuits, performed their memorial dance... »
Rumored Fourth Child Denies Family Connection
We told you a few days ago about the media frenzy surrounding Omer Bhatti, the young man rumored to be a possible love child of Michael Jackson. Bhatti spoke out yesterday, denying these claims and labeling himself simply as a “best friend” of the late singer. Bhatti-gate started when reporters noticed that the Norwegian man... »
Fans Showed Up Anyway
On what was to be opening night for Michael Jackson’s return concert series showed hundreds of fans arriving at the London O2 Arena in memory of the King of Pop. It was a mixed atmosphere of mournful silence and voices raised in musical tribute. Some fans sat quietly beneath a large screen with a picture... »
Jackson Memorial Ranks Third In TV Memorials
With a hefty 31.1 million viewers, Michael Jackson’s televised memorial service came in third only under Reagan’s televised burial (35 million) and that of Princess Diana (33.2 million). Of course, these figures are only for live television broadcasts. That figure doesn’t include the potential millions more that watched from their computers via streaming media. Reuters... »