2 ICONS TEAM UP, THE JACKSON KIDS GET AN ALLOWANCE OF HOW MUCH?!

Oh hell yes!!!




Sources are saying Madonna was overly impressed with Janet Jackson's tribute to her brother at the VMA's that now she wants to collaborate and do something huge to honor MJ!




Someone inside the camps revealed, "It was a meeting of two great musical minds. Madonna was so impressed with Janet's tribute to Michael that they started talking about how great it would be to honor him by doing something together…There was definitely something very interesting being planned between them."




Oh yes please yes!!!!

Michael left a fortune to his mother and his 3 children Paris, Prince Michael I & Blanket, so I guess it isn't surprising that the allowance they'll be gettin is unusual for young kids!





Legal documents revealed that the kids will receive a $60,000 per month to spend!





That's what some adults make in a year!

JACKSON UPDATES: JANET JACKSON PAY RESPECTS TO MICHAEL AT THE VMAS

This is what I was hoping & waiting for!!!

Extremely reliable sources are saying Miss Janet Jackson has been rehearsing vigorously for a surprise tribute to her brother for this year’s VMA’s!!!

The tribute is said to bring the house down & is being choreographed by some of the top dancers in the game! It'll feature at least 20 background dancers, all of who have been practicing non stop 15 hours a day!

This will truly be a performance to remember! BET just didn't do it right & it's now up to MTV and their VMA's to pay homage to MJ correctly.

****On another note, some of the names for the Michael Jackson Tribute concert goin down in Vienna, Austria have been released. So far we know the concert will include soul group Sister Sledge, Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole & Chris Brown!

More names are expected to be released within the next few weeks.

If it were up to me, I'd say Breezy should be a part of that Janet Jackson MJ tribute too! Although, the gossip mill is saying MTV is quietly trying to exclude him from the VMA's since Rihanna will be in the buildin too but who knows!

I'll say this again, Chris Brown needs to be involved with anything & everything Michael Jackson.

VMA's are this Sunday! Coverage begins at 7PM.

JACKSON FAMILY UPDATES

UPDATES:

• The DEA raided Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas yesterday looking for documents because investigators believe this is where Dr. Conrad Murray purchased the powerful anesthetic Propofol. However it is said that Dr.Murray bought the drug legally.

• Joe Jackson may be getting his own reality show. Go figure.

• MJ has not been buried yet according to Joe, despite the rumor that he'd secretly been laid to rest at Forest Lawn Cemetery without an engraved headstone.

• A global tribute for Michael is set to be televised worldwide on September 26th from Vienna. Jermaine Jackson is expected to announce the lineup for the 3 hour concert in 2 weeks. Organizers are saying the concert will feature about 10 major entertainers who will perform 15-20 of MJ's hits on a crown shaped stage. Jermaine says Vienna was chosen because MJ had a love for castles.

A concert fit for a king.

LaToya Jackson is loving all the media attention she's been getting. In fact, she's caught the attention of Dancing With The Stars producers who are in serious discussions about having her on the show.




LaToya's rep says, "She's a big fan of the show and being from a musical family, it would be a good fit."










Uh huh.

THE APOLLO CELEBRATES MICHAEL JACKSON

There was a tribute at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem world yesterday for Michael Jackson.


Fans brought memoribilia, teddy bears, flowers and much more to pay respects to the singer. They watched footage of MJ's performances, his time at the Apollo and memories of his life on a projector screen.

To the non die hard fans, The Apollo was the first real gig The Jackson 5 had at the time and where they gained notoriety by winning the famous amateur night.

The Jackson 5 were introduced to the world and the discovery of the talent in little Michael Jackson was brought to everyone's attention.

MICHAEL'S WILL, FUTURE OF SHOW & MORE

I have some heavy updates on Michael's death.

• Let's start with this report by The Sun in the UK spreading like wildfire online. The Sun claimed to have the results of Mike's autopsy, which turns out to be completely false. So if you read about it, its totally untrue.

• The London 02 Arena concerts that Michael was suppose to do is now going to be one tribute show. It's said that stars and celebrities such as Madonna and Justin Timberlake are going to perform and honor the King of Pop. The photos below were taken the day before Michael's death when he did a final rehearsal at the Staples Center for his London O2 shows.
  

Kevin Mazur, the photographer who took these photos of the final rehearsal was amazed by Michael's abilities.

“I am devastated by the sudden loss of ‘The King of Pop,’ who I have photographed numerous times since the Victory Tour in the ’80s. When he hit the stage at rehearsal, I was thrilled that the magical Michael Jackson was BACK!!! I felt the same adrenaline rush as when I photographed him the first time moonwalking. I was so looking forward to shooting the O2 Arena performances with the amazing production that Kenny Ortega and AEG put together with Michael for his fans.”

Michael even changed his hair back to the original wavy curls to set the tone for his show. He looks fab and healthy. Not sick at all!!! =(

• MJJcommunity.com President Gary Taylor, the world's largest Michael Jackson fan site says that 12 people have already committed suicide after hearing of his death.

"It is a serious situation that these people are going through but Michael Jackson would never want this. He would want them to live."

Jesse Jackson, a friend of Mike's, even recorded a YouTube video addressing the issue, "This is a time when hearts are heavy. There is great pain but great cause to celebrate Michael's life. It made Michael happy saying 'We Are The World'. Don't self destruct.We fall down sometimes, we get back up. That's the right thing to do. In Michael's name let's live together as brothers and sisters and not die apart as fools."

I'm speechless... if that doesn't show you what kind of impact MJ had on the lives of people worldwide then I don't know what will. Perhaps his funeral will . . . but I don't know what else to say. . .

• Michael's mom Katherine was granted temporary custody of his 3 children, Prince Michael I, Paris and Prince Michael II.

Perhaps the most disturbing of the children's situation is the documents that are saying Michael is not their biological father and neither is Debbie Rowe who gave birth to the 2 of the children years ago! You guys remember that controversy. But how is that possible??


TMZ is reporting that multiple sources deeply connected to the births says Michael was not the sperm donor for any of his kids. Debbie’s eggs were not used. She was merely the surrogate and was paid well for her services in the births of Prince Michael I. and Paris.


In the case of Prince Michael II (the youngest), the surrogate was never told of the identity of the receiving parent — Michael Jackson. Three days after Prince was born at Grossmont Hospital in San Diego County, Michael's lawyer came to the hospital to pick the baby up and deliver him to Michael. It isn't certain if Michael chose the sperm or egg donors or if he even knew who they were.


My lawddddddd. The skeletons are all coming out now. . .



Aside from that drama, there's issues now going on with the Jackson family's legal advisor Londell McMillan. McMillan is saying that Michael does not have a will.

Contrary to belief, Michael does in fact have a will and his old lawyer John Branca whom he re-hired just three weeks ago has it. According to The Wall Street Journal, Michael signed a will in 2002, leaving his estate, estimated at $1 billion to his mother Katherine, his 3 children and one or more charities.

His father Joe was left out of it. I wonder why???? *sarcasm



Branca plans to file the will with the court within 30 days of MJ's death.

• It's being reported that Michael never legally or formally adopted his 3 children.
  

• Michael’s live-in doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, has said he will not attend the funeral out of respect. During a press conference yesterday, Al Sharpton nd Joe Jackson announced that the funeral will be public and will not be at Neverland Ranch.

• Michael's radio airplay has jumped to a ridiculous 27 million spins since his death last Thursday.

If you think that's crazy, he's also at the top of the Billboard charts when figures are released tomorrow.


According to preliminary reports issued by Billboard magazine, three of Michael's albums (Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson, Thriller) moved over 100,000 units before Sunday night.


While his sales jump will not be reflected on the Billboard 200 albums chart, due to the albums being ineligible as catalog entries, Billboard says it will dominate the catalog and overall sales charts.


Albums Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and The Ultimate Collection have also sold well at retail and through digital retailers such as Amazon.com. Michael's digital sales soared to nearly 1.8 million last week.


The exact figures will be given tomorrow.


The KING of pop? Do you dare disagree??

CHRIS BROWN A NO-SHOW BC OF J-HOV

The blogs are going nuts because of a Tweet by what one of the dancers who was suppose to perform with Chris Brown said on their Twitter.


The dancer pretty much blames Jay-Z for the cancellation of Chris Brown's tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards last night. As you may, know he was set to perform and was even advertised on BET's website saying he was set to open the show!


Reportedly, Hov still has bad blood for the smooth dancer over the whole Rihanna ordeal and heard of Breezy's plan to pay a tribute to the legend. Jay-Z told BET execs that if Chris Brown was to perform, both him and Beyonce would not take part in the show festivites.


I gotta disagree with you on this Hov. What occurred between Rihanna and Chris Brown has absolutely nothing to do with Michael Jackson. The night was in rememberance of the legend and to honor his work and music. The night was not the Jay-Z Awards. You had no right to do that! Chris Brown saw Mike as his idol, wanted to pay his respect and had every right to take that stage! Your performance was mediocre.


Damn. Chris Brown should've performed! I think a dance number was what the show was lacking! There weren't any dance tributes of any kind. You know Breezy woulda killed it!!!!

BET AWARDS 2009 RECAP

I'm sure everyone watched the BET Awards that went down yesterday. The channel paid homage to the great Michael Jackson, refining the whole show in a matter of days.



Well since that was the case, I guess the BET network gets a pass because if they took a month to plan out the event, they would have done a horrible job. But nonetheless, Michael was honored.



Overall, the show wasn't all that. It was just okay. I expected it to be the best of the best, one to go down in the history books but I was let down. Aside from the Michael tribute, there was nothing fabulous about it.


The performances were just okay, some were wack, nothing outstanding and the energy in the room seemed depleted. Why? I do not know. *shrugs



The only parts of the show that stood out to me or what I could remember off the top is Lebron James winning Sports Athlete of The Year, Tiny coming on stage to accept T.I's award but being unable to understand her because she was just plain ol' ghetto, Janet coming out on stage, New Edition's rendition of the Jackson 5, with Bobby Brown thinking he's back the 80's instead of coming to terms with who he really is now. Ummm did anything else happen??? lol The performances were that terrible that I can't even remember more then 3 of em! The Young Money crew closed the show and it was suppose to be a bang, but ended up more like a toot if you ask me. Jamie tried to keep the crowd hype troughout the night but it obviously wasn't working too well lol. He did his thing though.


Butttt, I'm not gonna totally hate on the whole thing, there were some memorable moments:





LMAO. To those who don't know, Sheneneh (Martin Lawrence) is an infamous character he played on his show Martin and Wanda (Jamie Foxx) was a character on the hilarious sketch comedy show I grew up on called In Living Color. I wish this was real! For a second I thought it could've been! Oh mah goooo'nesss.



Beyonce doing Ave Maria/Angel as a tribute to MJ. She looked stunning and made me tear when she sang the verse from Angel. She could have had me balling outta control if she decided to put photos of Mike on the jumbotron behind her though. There wouldn't be a dry eye in the room if she did!:





Now this right here had me crying, especially when the camera showed the audience's reactions to the song and once again, the photos of Michael in the background helped to bring it all together. Janet's surprise appearance and her speech made me feel her pain =(. She didn't say much, but that raw emotion and hurt is apparent. Makes me cry just watching this video again! It was beautifully sung:




Ohhh it's so emotional!! =(((


On the stupid side, the Jackson's crazy daddy Joe Jackson showed up to the awards show and did a red carpet interview with CNN. Is it me, or does he not seem saddened about his son's death? And why the hell is he plugging his new record label?????? Are you friggan kidding??? Some thing's just doesn't change!!!





What a loser!!!



And to end this off, I wasn't floored by Hov's performance of D.O.A at the show. Surprise surprise huh? Hey I could admit if a performance was bad! It could've been a lot better. When Jamie introduced him, the audience didn't seem that excited like they would've been if they were all from Brooklyn. I turned the TV off after the show ended and didn't know that his D.O.A Death of Autotune video premiered!! Well here it is.





What a don. I frickin loves it!!!!!


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