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Michael Jackson's Dermatologist: 'I Am Not the Father'
8 July 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
He is alleged to be the real father of Michael Jackson's children. Another claim says he is being investigated for prescribing the singer dangerous narcotic pain medications and anesthesia. Now, Jackson's longtime dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, speaks out to address the rumors. Klein, a Professor of Dermatology and Medicine at UCLA medical school, and a favorite of stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, flatly denies any involvement in over-prescribing drugs to Jackson. "I didn't give him this crap they are talking about," Klein states in a new interview with Good Morning America. "I've never prescribed Oxycontin in my life. How
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Scott Thomas To Sing On Stage
8 July 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Kristin Scott Thomas is sharpening her vocal skills as she prepares to perform in her first stage musical, A Little Night Music.
Scott Thomas, 49, has agreed to play actress Desiree Armfeldt in the production, to be staged for the first time in France at Paris' Theatre du Chatelet next year.
And she's sure to be nervous for the upcoming production - as it will be her first role in which she has to sing.
Her French agent says, "She's never done this before. I don't know if she can sing!"
Elizabeth Taylor played Desiree in a 1977 film based on the musical, while Natasha Richardson had been lined up to play the part off-Broadway before her death in March.
Shields Recalls Magical Moments In Tearful Tribute To Jackson
7 July 2009 2:56 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Michael Jackson's longtime friend Brooke Shields fought back tears at the late star's memorial as she recalled magical moments with the King of Pop when they were just kids.
The actress insisted her pal was "one of a kind" and revealed the pair could never quite understand why the media was so mean about their friendship.
She told the Staples Center audience, "The (photo) caption usually said something like 'an odd couple' or 'an unlikely pair', but, to us, it was the most natural and easiest of friendships. I was 13 when we met and from that day on, our friendship grew.
"Michael always knew he could count on me to support him or be his date, and that we would have fun no matter where we were... We had a bond and maybe it was because we both understood what it was like to be in the spotlight from a young age."
She brought humour to the tribute by adding, "I used to tease him and I'd say, 'I started when I was 11 months old; you're a slacker. You were what, five?'"
Shields then recalled the night Jackson tried to teach her how to moonwalk, adding she and her late friend loved to laugh at her "silly imitations".
She said, "Mj's laugh was the sweetest and purest laugh of anyone's I had ever known, his sense of humour was delightful."
Recalling the night she joined Jackson on the eve of Elizabeth Taylor's wedding, the actress revealed she and Jackson were left giggling hysterically when they sneaked into Taylor's bedroom to catch a glimpse of the gown - only to discover the movie great asleep just feet away from them.
She also remembered the time Jackson "started wearing the glove," adding, "I was like, 'Look, if you're gonna hold my hand, it better be the non-gloved one.'"
Shields then brought the audience to tears by reading a passage from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince and then introducing Jackson's brother Jermaine, who performed the late star's favourite song, Charlie Chaplin's Smile, sobbing, "Today, although our hearts are aching, we need to look up, where he (Jackson) is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon - and we need to smile."
Jackson's global mourning: Memorial as variety show
7 July 2009 2:18 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
"I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others," one of Michael Jackson's closest friends said on Twitter this week. "I cannot be part of the public whoopla." But today, a very curious day in the republic of epic productions, Elizabeth Taylor - hardly a stranger to living the public life - seemed just about the only one. He was a celebrity spectacle like no other, so it seemed natural that Michael Jackson's end unfolded the same way. He staged his final show today by posthumously commandeering the heart of the city of fame, after...
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Insight from a Michael Jackson Insider
7 July 2009 12:27 PM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news
Our own Lara Spencer is with Michael Jackson family friend Flo Anthony before today's memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to get her thoughts and impressions on the day's events. "It is very bittersweet," she says. "I'm still very, very sad, but we are going to celebrate the life of a great man today," continues the Black Noir magazine celebrity journalist/radio and TV personality. "It will be a little difficult for me because I'm not a real funeral girl. I prefer to send flowers or a card." Watch the video as Flo also reflects on why the Jackson family chose to bring Michael's casket to the stage and why Debbie Rowe, Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin chose not to attend the public memorial service. "Michael always did everything big," she concludes. "I believe this is the memorial service he would have wanted." Watch "The Insider
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Brooke Shields' tears for Michael
7 July 2009 12:14 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news
Brooke Shields couldn't contain her emotions as she spoke about Michael Jackson at his memorial service. The tearful actress failed to fight back tears as she paid tribute to the "one of a kind star" she was rumoured to have dated. Addressing mourners at Los Angeles' Staples Center - including the late singer's family, who were all wearing a single white glove in tribute to his famous stage outfit - Brooke recalled the time the late singer had tried to teach her his famous moonwalk dance and when they tried to sneak a glance at Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress. She added: "The picture captions used to refer to us as an odd couple. But to us it was the most
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The Michael Jackson Memorial: By the Numbers
7 July 2009 11:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Throngs of Michael Jackson's fans have descended upon the city of Los Angeles to celebrate the late King of Pop at his public memorial service at the Staples Center, and millions more are watching around the world. How many are actually there in person, how much did they pay for their souvenir programs? Read on: Tickets distributed via Internet lottery: 11,000 (Staples Center), 6,500 (Nokia Theater) Requests for tickets: 1.6 million Odds of winning ticket: roughly 1 in 183 Price of tickets for memorial: free Highest price for ticket quoted on eBay: $20,000 Price of domain name officialmichaeljacksonmemorial.com: $9 million Michael Jackson Facebook fan pages:
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Watch Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service Here
7 July 2009 8:50 AM, PDT | From MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news
Twelve days after his death, memorial services for Michael Jackson are taking place today in Los Angeles. The family met at 11 a.m. Eastern in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Cemetery and then will move on to the public event, which is scheduled to begin at the Staples Center at 1. Jackson’s body will reportedly taken to the Staples Center ceremony, which will feature Mariah Carey, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Jamie Foxx, Justin Timberlake and a host of other friends, family members and collaborators. Notable Jackson associates who will be absent include friend Elizabeth Taylor and surrogate for Jackson’s two oldest children Debbie Rowe.
While you watch the live stream here, you can also follow all of the action on the Newsroom’s live blog and track the whole event on Twitter here.
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Elizabeth Taylor Opts Out of Michael Jackson's Memorial Service
7 July 2009 8:37 AM, PDT | From www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news
While thousands will be flocking to the Staples Center today for Michael Jackson's memorial service, Elizabeth Taylor, long-time close friend of Jackson's, won't be amongst them. Taylor took to her Twitter account yesterday to express that she'll be skipping Jackson's memorial because he wouldn't have wanted her to be there and she'd find the whole experience too overwhelming. We guess that second part is one thing that Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Rowe definitely have in common.Taking to her Twitter, Elizabeth Taylor (77) said of her decision to skip the memorial, "I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with milli ...
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Michael Jackson's Memorial Mayhem Begins in La
7 July 2009 8:36 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news
The circus has begun surrounding Michael Jackson's funeral events today in Los Angeles. Fans from around the world are pouring in to pay their respects, though only 17,500 were lucky enough to win tickets in the lottery to attend. Last night the Jackson family gathered for a viewing at Forest Lawn cemetery, where Michael will be laid to rest, and they were there again this morning for a private service preceding today's spectacle. The entire thing is being broadcast live, starting with the procession through La's shutdown streets - find out how and where to watch it all here. Michael's body will be front and center at the Staples Center memorial, where performances include Usher, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, and more. Appearances are also expected from stars like Kobe Bryant, Brooke Shields, Lionel Ritchie, and John Mayer. One person who will not be there is Michael's good friend Elizabeth Taylor,
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Brooke Shields Reveals M.J. Relationship Secrets
7 July 2009 7:57 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news
Brooke Shields tells Rolling Stone that Michael Jackson proposed to her many years ago. "I was 13 when I first met Michael Jackson," she tells the mag. "We instantly became friends. Nothing was jaded about him. I just was so impressed by his sweetness. He was thoughtful, sensitive, sweet, and had a funny sense of humor. If you got to talk to him about music or about the future of technology, his voice would get deeper, he would start talking, and it was as if he was this genius. She says the two formed a close bond, with Michael proposing marriage. "There were times when he would ask me to marry him, and I would say, 'You have me for the rest of your life, you don’t need to marry me, I’m going to go on and do my own life and have my own marriage and my own kids,
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Jackson Family Gathers At Cemetery Hours Before Memorial
7 July 2009 6:18 AM, PDT | From MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news
Jackson's body reportedly will be transported to Staples Center for memorial.
By Gil Kaufman and Jayson Rodriguez
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Photo: Angela Weiss/ WireImage
Michael Jackson's family is scheduled to gather on Tuesday morning (July 7) for a private funeral service at Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Memorial Park just a few hours before the pop singer's fans will pay their respects at the Staples Center across town.
According to TMZ, several members of the Jackson clan visited the cemetery on Monday night. Brother Randy and sister Latoya were spotted entering Forest Lawn, and a hearse was spotted pulling up to the Hall of Liberty complex for what the gossip site speculated might have been a private viewing of the body. People reported that a dozen or more cars arrived at Forest Lawn on Monday night for the family event. Fans and media were camped out outside of Forest Lawn,
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Taylor denies 'suicide watch' claims
7 July 2009 2:34 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has hit back at reports that she is on "suicide watch" following the death of close friend Michael Jackson. The 77-year-old, who has recently been spotted using a wheelchair, apparently collapsed in her home after hearing news of Jackson's death nearly two weeks ago. She later worried friends after releasing a statement saying: "My heart... my mind... are broken. I loved Michael with all my soul and I can't (more)
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Brooke Shields Remembers Her Friend At Michael Jackson Memorial
7 July 2009 1:50 AM, PDT | From MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news
'To us it was the most natural and easiest of friendships,' the actress says of relationship with Jackson.
By Jocelyn Vena
Brooke Shields speaks during the Michael Jackson memorial service on Tuesday
Photo: Paul Buck-Pool/Getty Images
Standing before the crowd at the Staples Center, a teary-eyed Brooke Shields remembered not the Michael Jackson that the world knew, but the Michael Jackson that she knew — the Michael who, like her, began his career as a child and had to grow up quickly in the spotlight. But the two managed to be kids when they were alone, despite what anyone else thought of their relationship.
"Thinking back to when we met and the many times that we spent together and whenever we were out together," Shields, who met Jackson when she was 13, said, "there would be a caption of some kind, and the caption usually said something like 'an
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Liz Taylor boycotts Jackson's memorial
7 July 2009 1:31 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Elizabeth Taylor has revealed that she will not be attending the memorial service for her close friend Michael Jackson. According to Sky News, the Oscar-winning actress was asked to speak at the service but declined the invitation. Taylor, who referred to the service as "public whoopla", wrote on her Twitter page: "I certainly don't want to become a part of it. I love him too much." She later wrote: "I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with (more)
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Shields Shared 'Asexual Relationship' With Jackson
7 July 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Brooke Shields formed an instant bond with Michael Jackson after they met - but insists their relationship was purely platonic.
The actress was introduced to the singer when she was just 13 and the pair made headlines as they stepped out as a couple.
In a new candid interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Shields recalls that in the 1980s she was "the most celebrated virgin ever" while Jackson was trying to adjust to the scores of women who "wanted to throw themselves at (him) and feel like they were going to teach him".
But she insists she was able to befriend the superstar straight away because he didn't put any pressure on her to advance their relationship.
And the 44 year old maintains that as the years passed, "the more asexual he became to me."
She adds, "Nothing was jaded about him."
But The Blue Lagoon star admits Jackson did express a certain curiosity about her early romances.
She explains, "He was like a little kid who talked about the bases - what first base was, what second base was. It sounded very odd to the outside, I can imagine, but to the inside, to someone who's never really left his bubble, you can understand how he would be curious."
Shields, who will pay tribute to Jackson at Tuesday's Los Angeles memorial, has fond memories about her last meeting with Jackson, which was at Elizabeth Taylor's 1991 wedding to Larry Fortensky.
She says, "We snuck in and took pictures of ourselves next to her dress. We always seemed to revert to being little kids."
Jackson died on 25 June after suffering a cardiac arrest in his California home.
Elizabeth Taylor Twitters She Will Not Attend Michael Jackson's Service
6 July 2009 11:18 PM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news
Dame Elizabeth Taylor is not going to attend her friend Michael Jackson's memorial service. The legendary actress has addressed the rumors that she will be speaking at the service this Tuesday on her Twitter account.
The 77-year-old actress was widely rumored to take part in the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
However, Taylor, whose Twitter account is DameElizabeth, denies she will attend, saying she does not want to be part of the "public whoopla."
She wrote on her Twitter, "I've been asked to speak at the Staples Center. I cannot be part of the public whoopla. And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word."
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Elizabeth Taylor Won't Attend Michael's Funeral
6 July 2009 11:03 PM, PDT | From Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news
Elizabeth Taylor was one of Michael Jackson's closest friends, but she said she won't be attending the "whoopla" that is Michael's funeral this morning. Taking to her Twitter page, Elizabeth wrote, "I cannot be part of the public whoopla," she writes. "And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word." "I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not a public event." Instead, she's expressing herself in writing. "I will always love Michael from the depth...
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Jackson Family Members Gather at Los Angeles Cemetery
6 July 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Randy and La Toya Jackson were among mourners delivered in a dozen or so cars to the Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Los Angeles Monday night, accompanied by police. Randy, a younger brother of the late superstar, was one of the first to show up at the cemetery, a little before 7 p.m. local time. Wearing a casual straw hat, La Toya Jackson arrived shortly after, showing no outward sign of emotion, according to eyewitnesses. The visit, one night before Michael Jackson is to be remembered at a massive public tribute at Los Angeles's Staples Center July 7, prompted speculation that a
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Jackson Family Members Gather at Los Angeles Cemetery
6 July 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Randy and La Toya Jackson were among mourners delivered in a dozen or so cars to the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles Monday night, accompanied by police. Randy, an older brother of the late superstar, was one of the first to show up at the cemetery, a little before 7 p.m. local time. Wearing a casual straw hat, La Toya Jackson arrived shortly after, showing no outward sign of emotion, according to eyewitnesses. The visit, one night before Michael Jackson is to be remembered at a massive public tribute at Los Angeles's Staples Center July 7, prompted speculation that a
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