Preparations at Neverland Continue...

In death, as in life, Michael Jackson is doing things with fairytale extravagance. The singer's body will be transported to his funeral in a white carriage led by two horses, instead of the traditional black vehicle, it is understood.
His body will then be placed on show in a glass coffin at Neverland, to give fans a chance to say their personal farewells.
more HERE

Farrah Fawcett Funeral Details

Farrah Fawcett's life was celebrated this afternoon at a private funeral in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in LA..
Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic cathedral.
Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart, Farrah's ex-husband, Lee Majors and "Charlie's Angels" co-star Kate Jackson were among early arrivals before the hearse pulled up, accompanied by 10 motorcycle officers.
Fans and news media watched from across a street. The service was closed to the public.
Diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2006, Fawcett's battle with the disease was documented in "Farrah's Story," which aired last month on NBC.
Fawcett and O'Neal, 68, have a son, 24-year-old Redmond, who has been jailed since April 5 on drug charges. A judge granted his request to attend Fawcett's funeral.
more HERE

More Jackson Birth Certificates

Michael Jackson Jr. (Prince Michael I)'s birth certificate listing Deborah Rowe as Mother

Paris Jackson's birth certificate listing Deborah Rowe as Mother

Happy Birthday Mike Tyson

Shipment Delivered to Neverland Ranch

32,000 lbs. of concrete was just delivered to Neverland Ranch...hummmmm...

Ya gotta love the NEWS...

Al Franken Wins...Finally...

Recount Day 238: Coleman quits; Goshdarnit Al Franken's a senator
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Neverland Owner Writes an Open Letter

Thomas J. Barrack Jr. has lived near Neverland Ranch for decades and recently came into ownership of the property, via his private-equity firm, when Jackson defaulted on a loan. Although Jackson partially still had a stake in the land, he moved to a large Holmby Hills estate where he died last week.

An Open Letter to the Santa Barbara Community
From Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
The windswept face of Grass Mountain and the oak tree studded hills of the Santa Ynez Valley are once again the backdrop for a global drama of epic proportion. Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50 on the eve of a universal comeback.
As his family, friends and millions of fans across the globe seek outlets in which to express their grief, Michael’s only true home, the Neverland Ranch, has become a temporary sanctuary where fans and family can still feel the presence of his kind and compassionate soul.
The universal curiosity about Neverland and its connection to Michael is an unchangeable fact. How grieving fans are treated as they arrive to pay their respects will be viewed with great interest by the world. As we all know, the impressions left by Michael’s last interaction with Santa Barbara County were not positive.
Consequently, I would like to simply frame the issue upon which we all need to focus: It is a reality that the world will quickly descend on Santa Barbara and Neverland as fans continue to grieve, and as Michael’s legacy gains perhaps more appreciation after his death than during his life.
We must be prepared for the fact that visitors and fans will come, with or without permission or an invitation. As a consequence, all actions being taken at the moment are aimed at creating a well thought out and coordinated plan amongst the family, the Sheriff, the County regulatory agencies, the fire department, local proprietors, local press, local residents and the Highway Patrol to protect and preserve the interests of all constituencies.
We must also prepare to accommodate Michael’s family’s wishes as they contemplate the location of his final resting place and their own return to the tranquil grounds of the Michael Jackson family compound.
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Eddie Van Halen Marries Longtime Girlfriend

Eddie Van Halen, 54, married his longtime girlfirend on the grounds of his seven-acre casa Saturday night. Wearing flip-flops, the ex drug addict wed Janie Liszewski, in his estate’s garden after she came down the aisle to a performance of Van Halen’s ‘When It’s Love’ by the Sonus Quartet.
Eddies son Wolfgang,18,served as best man and his brother Alex, an ordained minister, officiated at the 20-minute, non-denominational service. Van Halen’s ex-wife, Valerie Bertinelli — who he divorced in 2006, after 25 years of marriage — was among the 100 or so guests who sipped non-alcoholic beverages from the lemonade bar in honor of Eddie’s year-and-a-half of sobriety.
No sign of Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony or David Lee Roth at the gathering...
more HERE

Weird in Life, Weirder in death...

Though Michael Jackson was wed to Prince and Paris' mother, Debbie Rowe, their biological father is Dr. Arnold Klein (above), Jackson's L.A.-based dermatologist and Rowe's former boss, multiple sources confirm to the new issue of Us Weekly.

Is that a squirrel between your boobs?

Blueman Group goes...er...BLUE?

The Obama 'Evil Eye'

News from Gary Indiana

The Mayor of Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson's hometown, has asked the Jackson family to bury Michael in their town. He said that Michael could be buried on the grounds of a new Jackson family museum and performing arts center.
more HERE

Translation: They want the tourist cash...

Biologically Speaking

TMZ.com claims Michael Jackson was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro -- outside the womb.

WTF?!!!!

Jackson Birth Certificate Missing MOM...

On the doc, Prince Michael Jackson II's father is listed as MJ -- but the space where Prince's mother is supposed to be named was left blank.
document HERE (pdf)

The Circus Begins...

Michael Jackson's body is set to be driven to Neverland Ranch late Thursday morning.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ.com upwards of a 30 car motorcade -- including Jackson's body -- will be traveling from Los Angeles to Neverland at 10 AM on Thursday July 2, 2009.
Law enforcement is currently meeting to discuss security and traffic control. Sources say plans are in the works for a public viewing to take place on either Friday or Saturday.

Honored by Ink

tits & tats

Never one to pass up a photo opportunity, Jodie Marsh made sure she had her Michael Jackson tattoo on full display as she went out clubbing.
more HERE
Trendhunter.com Jackson tat pics HERE

Jackson's Death Winners & Losers

Sales of Michael Jackson's music have outstripped the demand for material by Elvis Presley and John Lennon following their untimely deaths.
more HERE
Web traffic caused by the news of Michael Jackson's death Thursday caused a flurry of crashes and slowdowns across the Internet.
more HERE
CNN Wins With Michael Jackson News HERE

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French & Fantastic

French star Marion Cotillard showed off her je ne sais quoi at last night's European premiere of Public Enemies.
The Oscar-winning actress, 33, looked chic in London's Leicester Square, wearing a glamorous red dress and killer heels, teamed with a slicked-back hairstyle.
more HERE

Death, Depravity & Dollars

OK! Weekly is bracing for some flak over its pick for this week’s cover. While other publications went with feel-good images to commemorate Michael Jackson, OK! chose a grim photo of the dying star being whisked to the hospital June 25.
A knowledgeable source said British parent Northern & Shell paid the equivalent of roughly $500,000 in U.S. dollars for exclusive magazine rights to the photo in the U.S. and U.K.
OK! claims that the photo, which is similar to an image that has appeared on Entertainment Tonight’s Web site, is the last one showing Jackson alive. It plans to use the image in a number of its international editions.
News and entertainment weeklies are counting on huge newsstand sales this week due to the public’s huge interest in the pop phenom’s death.
more HERE

...yes, CWW did post the pic...in our defense: '...we report depravity...we don't create it...'

Surface by Satellite

The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published.
The data, comprising 1.3 million images, come from a collaboration between the US space agency Nasa and the Japanese trade ministry.
The images were taken by Japan's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (Aster) aboard the Terra satellite.
more HERE

Epitome of Shamelessness

Janet Jackson -- and other Jackson family members -- were "really horrified" when they learned Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, started plugging his new Ranch Records label as he walked the red carpet at the BET Awards show Sunday night, which was totally reworked to honor Michael's memory and legacy.
more HERE

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Young, Dumb & Dead

Teenagers tend to wildly overestimate the odds of dying young, and teenagers who think they'll be dead before age 35 are far more likely to abuse drugs, attempt suicide, get arrested, or contract HIV. Scientists have known for quite a while that teenagers tend to think that an early death is much more likely than the infinitesimally small risk it really is. What's recently been discovered, and is intriguing for teens and the people who love them, is that there seems to be a connection between having a fatalistic take on life and behaving in ways that actually make it more likely that you will die—or at least be sick and miserable—instead of blossoming into a young adult.
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...the trick is to make sure these imbeciles don't take you with them...

If it sounds like a duck...

World's Largest Alarm Clock

The Truth About Poop

We have a lot of silly names for it: BMs, caca, doo-doo, turds, and of course, poop.
We don't generally discuss it in our daily conversations.
But asking some important questions about your bowel movements might give you some insight into your gastrointestinal health. HERE's the scoop on poop.

The King of Pitchmen

In memory of Billy Mays, the king of pitchmen, the folks at Neatorama put together 5 of the strangest products Mays ever pitched...HERE

Lindsay Strikes a Pose for Michael

In an apparent drunk tribute to Michael Jackson, the D-list star struck a King of Pop pose in a black fedora hat that she pulled down in true Smooth Criminal style before publishing the picture on her Twitter page.
Lindsay Lohan was in Sin City, Las Vegas to launch her new tanning line Sevin Nyne at Wet Republic. Ms Lohan indulged in no less than five outfit changes during the celebrations.
more HERE

Janet Jackson on BET Awards

New Disney Super Group

THE JACKSON 3 featuring Blanket, Paris and Prince Michael, you want to believe Joe Jackson is burning up the phones to Disney with this one; between this deal and the one to turn Neverland Ranch into Graceland Joe has probably been working 24/7 since Thursday.

Where is Tito in all this?

Jackson's Final Rehearsal Photos Surface

The last photos of Michael Jackson before he died Thursday have surfaced.
more HERE

Happy Birthday Gary Busey

Posthumous King of Pop

Michael Jackson has topped the UK album chart and made six new entries in the singles top 40, six years after his last number one.
Greatest hits album Number Ones rocketed from 121 to the top spot after a surge in sales since the superstar's death on Thursday.
The same album earned Jackson his last number one when first released in 2003.
Four of his other hit albums also made a reappearance in the top 20.
BBC report HERE
CD available HERE

Bernie 'Maximum' Madoff

Notorious Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years in prison for the $65 billion fraud that swindled his many devastated victims.
Judge Denny Chin said the sentence was a symbolic one for a crime that showed "extraordinary evil" and "took a staggering human toll."
ABC News report HERE

Classy Photo from Kendra Wilkinson's Wedding

Former Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson was the first of Hugh Hefner's 3 girlfriends to find true love outside of the mansion.
While no official photos of the wedding have been released, paparazzi managed to snag a few photos from hovering helicopters.
more HERE

Lifesize Lego Amy

Creator Craig Stevens made the statue of Amy Winehouse out of 12,500 pieces of Lego to mark Croydon Fashion Festival.
more HERE

R.I.P.: Fred Travalena

The man of a 1,000 faces and voices Fred Travalena died Sunday of a recurrence of an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a release from his publicist. He was 66 years old.
more HERE
IMDB HERE
official website HERE

Celebrity Look Alikes

Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel

Though Deschanel has scoffed at comparisons, the pop star and the indie It Girl might as well be twins, with their wide blue eyes and chocolate-hued locks. Zooey's skin looks so much healtier though.
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Centre Court Cuties

World No 59 Maria Kirilenko of Russia

When it comes to choosing which women play on Centre Court, good looks count for more than big shots.
While a succession of easy-on-the-eye unknowns have appeared in Wimbledon's prime arena, the top women's seeds have been relegated to lesser courts.
All England Club admitted that physical attractiveness is taken into consideration.
Spokesman Johnny Perkins said: 'Good looks are a factor.
more HERE

MJ's Top 10 Albums

5. "Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5" (1969, The Jackson 5)

Just 11 years old when he made his recording debut alongside his brothers, Jackson's powerhouse voice shimmers on everything from Smokey Robinson's "Who's Loving You" to Sly and the Family Stone's "Stand!" Better yet, "I Want You Back" still sounds like a slap upside the head.

the rest HERE

Anonymous Hottie

It's hard to imagine Emma Watson ever fading into the background - but according to the Harry Potter actress that's exactly what she wants to do.
The 19-year-old is busy preparing for the end of the Harry Potter franchise and her start at U.S. university Columbia in September.
And, despite her worldwide fame, she has revealed to Elle magazine that she hopes to be just another 'anonymous' student.
more HERE

Britney Desperate for Attention

Britney's ever-changing hair has long been used as a barometer of her internal mood.
At the top of her game, it was long, blonde and glossy - at her lowest it was shorn to reveal her bald scalp.
So, as she stepped out with new love, and rumored fiancé, Jason Trawick, her newly brunette hairdo was bound to raise eyebrows. Britney seems determined to pull the spotlight away from the recently deceased Michael Jackson.
Her hair was long and dark - a change from a day earlier when it was shoulder-length, wavy and blonde.
more HERE

THE PUNCHLINE

"On Facebook, lists his relationship status as, 'It's complicated.'"
-- From David Letterman's "Top Ten Surprising Facts About Governor Mark Sanford."

R.I.P.: Gale Storm

Gale Storm, who shot to the top on television as the vivacious star of two popular 1950s situation comedies, "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna," has died. She was 87.
Storm, who also had a successful recording career during her TV heyday, died Saturday of natural causes at a convalescent hospital in the Northern California community of Danville.
obit HERE
IMDB HERE
official website HERE

Gilda Radner 1946 – 1989

Farrah Funeral Announced

A private funeral service will be held Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
Church officials say the service is set for 4 p.m.
Fawcett died Thursday from a rare cancer. She was 62. The actress, best known for her role in TV's "Charlie's Angels," chronicled her battle with cancer in a documentary called "Farrah's Story" that aired last month.
more HERE

Pimp Love

Heidi Fleiss and Dennis Hof, owner of The Moonlight Bunch Ranch have announced their engagement. Hof always known for his whoring of media attention and the Laundrymat owning ex of Tom Sizemore make a perfect couple. One can assume they will be living in a trailer next to "The Ranch" for many happy weeks to come.
more HERE

R.I.P.: Billy Mays

In a week unusually rife with celebrity death, it’s a little spooky to note that the king of pop, Michael Jackson, and the king of pitchmen, Billy Mays, were born within about six weeks of each other in 1958.
Mr. Mays, who was found dead this morning by his wife in their Tampa, Fla., home, was one of the loudest and, perhaps as a consequence, one of the most familiar voices on American television.
more HERE

Happy Birthday Kathy Bates

Donny Reflects On Michael's Passing

Donny Osmond has told ET how he feels about the passing of Michael Jackson.
"I've known Michael since we both were about 13 years old. He once told me that because we went through similar experiences as teenagers, I was the only person who ever understood him. Words can't express the sadness I feel right now. My prayers go out to his family and his children..."
more HERE

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TIME Rushes Special Issue

Time has decided to go ahead with a “special commemorative edition,” to be published on Monday. The current issue of Time, which came out on Friday with a cover date of July 6, closed on Wednesday, a day before Mr. Jackson died.
more HERE

The Plastic Ono Band Revisited

John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Live In Toronto ’69 is a rare look at one of the world’s most influential popular artists at a pivotal moment in his career. Filmed on the eve of the release of the Abbey Road LP — the last Beatles album to be recorded — this is the only performance ever caught on film of John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band. It had been three years since Lennon had performed onstage with The Beatles. Seemingly on a whim, John and wife Yoko Ono hopped on a plane with guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White to travel to the Toronto Rock ’N’ Roll Revival festival showcasing some of Lennon’s early musical heroes — among them Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. As it turned out, Lennon and the newly formed Plastic Ono Band played an equally significant role that night in the history of rock ’n’ roll, as it is widely believed this concert foreshadowed the official end of The Beatles.
DVD available HERE

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon took to the stage at the Royal Festival Hall last week for a performance with the group 'the Plastic Ono Band' she started with her late husband John in 1969.
more HERE

Yoko Ono - MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award - Tribute Film HERE

Another Jackson Prison Tribute

Women Happiest at 28

Happy? ...not for long

Researchers discovered women feel most confident and happy with their love life and body shape shortly before they reach 30.
It is also the period in their life when they enjoy the best sex – but the happiness is relatively shortlived.
Because by the time they have turned 30 they start worrying about growing old and developing grey hair and wrinkles.
more HERE

Britney Wants Spotlight Back

Britney Spears was showing off her new bling ring to photographers, fuelling speculation that the star is engaged.
The blonde pop star was out shopping in Los Angeles and was quick to hold up her newly manicured hand when paparazzi made an appearance.
Rumors of an engagement to her agent Jason Trawick have been circulating for the past week but her spokespeople deny that there is any truth to the gossip.
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Robot Crotch Shots

This recently-built Japanese robot, who keeps his human companion safely tucked right between his legs. If you've ever dreamed of being inside robot wood, well this is your chance.
more HERE