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Essence Fest to bless atramentous music in La.

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:08:36 GMT

The anniversary of atramentous music and ability at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will accommodate abundance to artists and admirers akin afterwards a boxy anniversary afterward Michael Jackson's death.

Publisher releases SC gov from book contract

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:55:46 GMT

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's accord to address a book on budgetary abnegation has been concluded amidst revelations about his activity with a woman from Argentina.

Jermaine Jackson: `I ambition it was me'

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:47:34 GMT

Jermaine Jackson says he would like to see Neverland Ranch as his brother Michael's final comatose place.

Obama cites Michael Jackson as ball icon

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:45:35 GMT

President Barack Obama has alleged Michael Jackson a abundant amateur and says "I still accept all his being on my iPod."

Rumors agitate over who will ample Jackson's O2 dates

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:24:05 GMT

An all-star Michael Jackson accolade show? A Jackson ancestors concert, bare Michael? An ABBA reunion?

Don't Count Out Debbie Yet: Rowe's Lawyer to Attend Custody Hearing

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:01:06 GMT

Debbie Rowe may accept exhausted it from her kids' livesâ€”and aboveboard bare from her ex's willâ€”but she's allegedly not activity abroad agilely back it comes to the two accouchement she had with Michael Jackson.

American Idol Record Deals: What's Up With the Others?

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:25:57 GMT

So far, American Idol champ Kris Allen, runner-up Adam Lambert and fourth-place finisher Allison Iraheta accept all active recording contracts. But what about the others?

Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: "I Wish It Was Me"

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:06:24 GMT

Exactly one anniversary afterwards Michael Jackson's death, brother Jermaine Jackson became the aboriginal affiliate of the still-mourning agreeable ancestors to sit bottomward for an all-embracing account about the backward icon, speaking to the Today appearance this morning from the area of Neverland Ranch.

Paisley: 'Hard to ignore' austere capacity on new CD

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:01:20 GMT

As abundant as he enjoys singing about the bifold lives of computer geeks ("Online") and amative country boys ("Ticks"), Brad Paisley says there's too abundant activity on in the apple to be too blithe on his new album, "American Saturday Night."

DEA joins Michael Jackson afterlife investigation

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:42:41 GMT

With the federal Drug Enforcement Administration now abutting the analysis into Michael Jackson's death, Jermaine Jackson says he would be "hurt" if toxicology letters appearance that his adolescent brother abused decree drugs.

Housewife aboriginal up for 100-day "live sculpture"

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:03:38 GMT

A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be the aboriginal of bags of bodies to angle for one hour on top of a plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as allotment of a 100-day "live sculpture" exercise.

Web advertisers adduce self-regulation principles

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:56:44 GMT

Online advertisers are proposing a mix of customer education, disclosures about what advice is actuality calm and appropriate protections for accouchement and acute advice in an accomplishment to arch off boxy legislation.

Jolie, Aniston are Hollywood's top-earning actresses

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:12:22 GMT

Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's top earning actress, cyberbanking $27 actor in the accomplished year to exhausted out her accomplice Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in $25 million, a Forbes.com abstraction showed on Wednesday.

Poll: 64 percent say too abundant Jackson coverage

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:54:53 GMT

Nearly two in three Americans say account organizations accept accustomed too abundant advantage to the afterlife of Michael Jackson, but bisected say the media accept addled the appropriate antithesis amid accoutrement the pop star's claimed activity and agreeable career.

Geller, ex-bodyguard acquaint of Jackson biologic abuse

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:45:49 GMT

Two of Michael Jackson's above confidantes, average Uri Geller and ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes, say they approved in arrogant to accumulate the pop superstar from abusing painkillers and added decree drugs doubtable of arch to his afterlife Â— but others in the singer's amphitheater kept the food flowing.

Jay Leno wins appropriate to Web name for his new show

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:39:43 GMT

Television host Jay Leno has won ascendancy of a Web abode application the name of his new show.

Rucker finds absurd success on country charts

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:45:24 GMT

After 15 years of actuality accustomed as "Hootie" from Hootie & the Blowfish, Darius Rucker was bent off bouncer afresh while blockage into a Baltimore hotel.

Fired Fox News biographer seeks $5 actor in suit

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:23:45 GMT

Former Fox News ball biographer Roger Friedman is suing his old administration for added than $5 actor afterwards he was accursed for reviewing a leaked archetype of Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

Franken the agent could be 'SNL' bluff material

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:59:35 GMT

Al Franken's broken over who he'd like to see about-face the apology tables on him.

UK ball extra Mollie Sugden dies at 86

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:49:45 GMT

British extra Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television ball alternation "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.