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Sadly it did not take long after Michael Jackson was pronounced dead for the world to gasp in collective shock at the loss of an icon. The death of the King of Pop has since been compared in significance to the death of Princess Diana, and like any major iconic loss, the world is mourning and remembering. Here you are looking at the montage that took milliseconds to appear on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the Michael Jackson star, and this is one montage that keeps growing and growing, only to be rivaled by the mountain that has appeared at the gates of his home, the Neverland Ranch. And like many deaths of icons, more and more news on the life of the King of Pop has surfaced since his death. And it is no coincidence that his death has sparked more questions than answers, as this seems to be exactly how he lived his life. Will we ever truly know or understand what really happened during his lifetime? There are many things better left unsaid at this point, but as it stands now, Michael Jackson does have some heirs to his throne. And since his estate is worth many million dabloons, the truth behind the genetics and his heirs may play an important role here. The most interesting question right now that remains to be under a lot of speculation as wills prepare to be read and so on are, who ARE Michael Jackson’s children, and did he ever really father ANYBODY? If you were to base your answer on information from the 2003 documentary Living With Michael Jackson, then you might consider the truth that his children were conceived using Michael’s own sperm. But then, Michael said a lot of things. He said his youngest son Prince Blanket was the product of a relationship he had with a black woman, despite the fact that he’s clearly white. He also said that when his daughter Paris was born, he stole her and ran out of the hospital before the doctors had even cleaned the placenta off her. Unfortunately, the second claim is more convincing.
This is all a long way of saying that Michael did not actually father any of his children. According to Us Weekly, his two oldest children, Michael Jr. 12, and Paris, 11, were fathered using sperm from dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein, who was Debbie Rowe’s boss. Says a friend of the family:

“He is the dad. He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth.”

In death, Michael has left a final clue that his relationship with Debbie Rowe was about as romantic as his onscreen antics. In his will, which was written in 2002, he specifically notes he “intentionally omitted” Debbie. Debbie maintains she was the mother, which is believable, although I don’t know who they were trying to fool by getting married. Even the people who thought Adam Lambert was straight were like “please.” He left his estate to a family trust to be managed by his mom, Katherine Jackson. He also asks that she care for his children, and if she should not be able to, that they be raised by Diana Ross. Ah yes, Diana Ross, an interesting twist to the whole charade indeed. As it stands now, Katherine Jackson has custody of Michael Jr., Paris and Prince until August 3, when a case will be heard to give Katherine permanent custody. I guess that makes the most sense, and was what Michael wanted. But if Joe Jackson starts using them to market blu-rays, I’m asking Emmanuel Lewis to intervene. Is this the real legacy of Michael Jackson?

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Ah yes, yet another fairy tale that started out in the Playboy Mansion has a happy ending yet again. Here we have Kendra Wilkinson making quite the statement as she arrives at Guys and Dolls in LA to celebrate her engagement. Wearing a white veil and surrounded by her girlfriends, the former Playboy bunny looked to NFL star Hank Baskett, 26, with the most adoring of eyes. And yes, if you are wondering why they’ve only been together 10 months but are already celebrating their nuptials, it is because it seems that Kendra is expecting Hank’s baby. Who would have thought that someone from the Mansion would do things old fashioned style, but there is our Kendra doing just that. To make this charade, I mean fairy tale even more comical, Playboy Playmate and Hugh Hefner ex Kendra Wilkinson had the nerve to wear white to her wedding on Saturday. It’s not so much her pregnancy that makes it such an audacious choice, as it is that at this time last year, she was in a four way relationship with an 82-year-old. Beyond that she might be a polygamist, the ceremony sounds lovely. Her new husband, the Philly Eagles boy Hank, gave her a wedding ring to compliment her engagement ring and her “expecting a baby” ring (apparently that’s ‘the’ thing now). The happy couple are currently in St. Lucia, a.k.a. The Imperial Republic Of Amy Winehouse, enjoying their honeymoon. Kendra’s baby is due this Christmas, and if she makes headlines before that, I’m going to use my observations to instigate a high-profile celebrity divorce to revitalize the celebrity news cycle. I’m just saying that Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman shouldn’t get too comfortable. How long are we giving this one, folks?

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Ah yes, it is the Cannes Film Festival time once again where all of the beautiful people come out to play in France. And here is one star that never seems to miss the spotlight at all when it comes to making the appropriate appearances at the film festivals. Brad Pitt is seen here arriving for the premiere of Inglourious Basterds at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival that was held at the Palais des Festivals on the Croisette in Cannes. And this is only a year after last year’s appearance where he appeared with his Jolie girl, who was on the brink of delivering their twins. My how time flies, are the twins almost one already? At any rate, though Mr. Pitt is all smiles here, these may be hiding some disgruntled appearances as work on his latest movie ‘Moneyball’ has recently come to a screeching halt. The movie was working on a $50 million dollar budget through Columbia Pictures, when all of a sudden, Columbia pulled the plug according to the Hollywood Reporter. The trade paper says that studio head Amy Pascal switched on the red light after several changes had been made to the script since it was first approved. The movie itself is based on Michael Lewis’s nonfiction book about the Oakland Athletics and their general manager Billy Beane – who put together a star Major League team despite a lack of a major bank account – the script was by Ocean’s series director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Steven Zaillian. The latest Moneyball script draft wasn’t even a week old, and Columbia went and pulled the plug. Pascal permitted Soderbergh to shop the script around to other studios this weekend. Meanwhile, the film’s crew was already assembled – meaning that if another movie company is to bite, it would have to act fast to get going. Variety suggests that Columbia even might take another look, possibly replacing Soderbergh but then hoping that Pitt doesn’t abandon the project. As viewers, we all know there simply MUST be a solid chemistry between Soderbergh and Brad Pitt as they have worked on many MANY projects together, so this will be a great disappointment to lose either one OR the other in a possible flick. We shall see how this one pans out, because it may be time that Brad Pitt fans are getting a little withdrawal over his talent. Stay tuned!

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Michael Jackson has died at age 50.

Apparently Mike Jackson was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home after receiving a 911 phone call and CPR was performed.

TMZ.com reports that he may have suffered cardiac arrest.

Image below of the exterior of Michael Jackson’s rental home in Bel Air this afternoon, where he was earlier rushed to UCLA Medical Center after having suffered from a Cardiac Arrest.
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When we see her in public, she always looks and appears so cool and collected, so it is a little strange sometimes to hear of the things that people are accusing her of. Here is Jennifer Aniston seen on the set of her latest movie ‘The Baster’ where she plays a hip 40 year old woman who tries to get pregnant with a turkey baster. And no matter where we see her, she looks great and always comes across as so cool about life, so why all of this drama with the John Mayer thing? In fact, one can’t help but wonder how much of this John Mayer thing is driven up by someone else, or is true drama that goes on and on and ON for weeks and months after a relationship ends. The latest is that she has sparked speculation that she wants to reunite with ex-lover John Mayer after sending him a perfumed good luck note. The word is that she is reportedly struggling to get over her Player Mayer and has good luck messages delivered to the ‘Gravity’ star’s dressing room before he performs. Of course all of this comes from a very reliable source:

“Jennifer sent John a hand-delivered perfumed note before one of his concerts recently. It read, ‘Play well, you always do’. It was sweet. Clearly she doesn’t want to let go completely.”

Friends of the 30-year-old singer claim Jennifer has stayed in touch with John’s brother and believe a reunion could be possible. But these same friends are also linking her romantically to a whole slew of other men, such as ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ co-star Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler (yes, again). And if you want real “evidence” on this case, this same source has said that John hasn’t even been dating anyone else since the split. Given his nickname that we love so affectionately here, this seems to be a break from his usual pattern of doing things, and may even be a sign of true love on John’s part. Do we want to sigh or gag over this now? This “source” seems to be the only person that thinks neither of them are letting it go, but who knows what in this case. If nothing else, this is one couple that does like to keep us guessing, and it seems they know this as well. So once again, anything can happen, neither of which will be in the least surprising.

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Chic pop star Rihanna is seen here back to business as usual in New York City signing autographs and taking photographs with some of her fans as she heads out of a New York City hotel. She’s seen looking sexy and glamorous as ever in a black dress with a gorilla face on the front, in a style that leaves little to the imagination when it comes to her figure. And Rihanna has become quite famous for many things this year, one of them being this ability she has to always look absolutely stunning no matter what is going on in her life. Many even have referred to her as a style icon, so one look at her here and many that did not know otherwise would be surprised to hear she is in the thick of a heated domestic assault case. As we all know, she was involved in an altercation with her boyfriend Chris Brown the night before the Grammy’s. We still don’t know all of the details of the altercation, but there was some physical violence that resulted in bruises and an injured face for Rihanna. And of course, he was the last person she was with so the charges went to him. Today we are anticipating more news on the Rihanna case as she is expected to appear in court to provide testimony against him. We won’t have too much drama though, as this is only a preliminary hearing to see if in fact there will be enough evidence against Chris to go to trial. And of course since Rihanna is the primary witness, what she says today will be a large stock of evidence for or against the case going to trial. There has been a lot of speculation on this matter alone since this all started, will she or won’t she testify, and will she tell the truth? Will Chris Brown be in attendance when she does so, and is she legally obligated to give his testimony? For starters, her lawyers say that yes, she is absolutely going to testify and intends to tell the whole truth and nothing but. This despite the fact that yes, Chris will be there to hear her every word, and she is testifying even though she is not legally required to do so. She is legally required to appear in court mind you, but due to the fact that this is a domestic violence case, she can exercise her right to refuse to take the stand without suffering jail time or charges. Another issue swirling on this case is the fact that Rihanna hit Chris Brown first and this started the whole thing. This issue is expected to come up during testimony today, despite the fact that the police report does not say that she was the instigator. At this point, as far as that issue is concerned, no lawyers from either side are commenting on this, though we do know the fight erupted after Chris Brown received a text from a former girlfriend. Again we have a case of he said she said and it is said that Rihann’s testimony will make or break whatever ends up happening to Chris Brown. She only needs to appear honest and credible while she is on the stand and the case will be made against him. Now, if it does work in this favour, experts are saying that we can expect Brown to then push for a plea bargain, which may involve some jail time, all to avoid a very public trial on his violence issues. The case could end at any minute if he goes for this route, as lawyers on both sides presume that a trial in this matter is unlikely. And, despite all of this, it seems that this will all make for some uncomfortable issues between Chris Brown and Rihanna as we still do not have official word on whether or not they are still together. There is no question that these two have not cut ties for good, as they have been seen out and about together, but Rihanna is also being linked romantically to Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake. And like with all of our stories folks, only time will tell on any of these matters. Let’s cross our fingers for Rihanna this nightmare is over very soon.

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Think back. Think waaaaayyyy back when Paris was hanging out with her ex boyfriend. It was like 3 days ago. Here she was only TEN days ago in West Hollywood hanging out with good old Doug at the Cinespace movie theatre looking pretty in too much blue. And if you closed your eyes for five minutes, you would have missed the fact that less than a week ago, she dumped good old Doug and even less than five minutes later, started dating Christiano Ronaldo, the mega super star. Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that Ronaldo earned over 100 million dabloons just moments before Paris popped the “will you be my boyfriend” question? Ah yes, but folks, make no mistake, she is determined to have us believe that she is SERIOUS about this man, despite the fact that his own mother doesn’t put too much stock into a relationship seven seconds old.Paris Hilton and Cristiano Ronaldo have vowed to make their long-distance relationship work. The socialite and the soccer star - who spent hours kissing in a Los Angeles nightclub last Wednesday and they have even promised to remain faithful to each other while Paris is in Dubai filming a new TV show and he is in America. One of those fabulous “sources” has been leaking the dish to Britain’s Daily Star:

“He is really taken by Paris. It could be something big. Paris has to go to Dubai with work, and that will test how serious they are about each other. There’s a feeling that neither needs the other one’s money, which is a breath of fresh air for the pair of them - they’re normally on the lookout for gold diggers. They’ve pledged to keep in touch and have been texting each other all the time. Fortunately, Paris understands that every time Cristiano is pictured with another girl, he’s not being unfaithful. It will be very interesting to see what happens.”

So to translate “it will be very interesting to see what happens” into Paris speak, this source actually means, it will be interesting to see how long this lasts. Particularly since already 12 seconds into this relationship, mama boy Ronaldo’s own mother doesn’t approve of the socialite. The word daughter in law was used at some point, and well, Mommy dearest doesn’t find Paris an ideal candidate. Is it just me, or is there something fundamentally WRONG with the fact that 10 days ago Paris was seen with Doug, and….here we are listening to someone else’s mama talk about Paris in the daughter in law way.

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There is quite a few obvious reasons why half the world is in love with Jennifer Aniston, regardless of what John Mayer may think. Besides the fact that she is gorgeous, this girl is one cool chick, and she sets quite an example for us to follow. She takes life in stride and doesn’t seem to sweat the small, or the not so small stuff, and this all just makes her so damn likable. Here she is looking hot on the set of her latest film, The Baster, and it’s kind of cute how she is spotted carrying a copy of Preview Magazine with a picture of herself on the cover. Guess between takes Jennifer really DOES stop to see what we are thinking about her. And just recently Jennifer proved just how likable and cool she really is, as she was honoured with the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film at the recent Women in Film Awards. And since her love life has been such a fun topic to discuss, it even cropped up when she was accepting her award. Jennifer, who has had several failed relationships since her divorce from Brad Pitt, most recently with singer John Mayer - mocked her run of bad luck with men when she took to the stage to accept the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film. Host Chelsea Handler jokingly told her: “You have increased the visibility of women in film, and we thank you for that. You’ve recently decreased the visibility of John Mayer, so we thank you for that.” And Jennifer being the cool likable chick that she is, laughed hysterically and ran with it:

“I’m trying to be more careful than I have been in the past about the titles of movies that I choose to be in. It’s funny - I kind of noticed something a couple years ago that I have a strange parallel with movies I was doing and my life off screen. First, it was ‘The Good Girl’…which evolved into ‘Rumor Has It’, followed by ‘Derailed’. Then there was ‘The Break-up’. Followed by the lighter side, ‘Friends with Money’. If anyone has a movie called ‘Everlasting Love With an Adult Stable Man’, that would be great! I’m at table six, and my agents are at table 12.”

And cantcha just picture her wowing the crowd with her funny moments? What a girl. Yep, we should all be so lucky to find a director casting for a role in this movie as well. The Women in Film Awards took place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles last Friday. And until her next public mockery of herself, we certainly do hope for this sweet girl that she finds what she is looking for.

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