Michael Jackson News

A top executive overseeing Neverland Ranch tells The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner it will not become a public Michael Jackson museum, and that the real estate firm has received private bids from several billionaires, and has already turned down a $100 million private offer.

[There'll be tears in F'loonville tonight... -ed.]

[A]s America's Drug Enforcement Administration help the Los Angeles cops hunt down doctors who could have abused their position to help provide the Thriller hitmaker with prescriptions, Metzger's history of providing the superstar clan with drugs in fictitious names has come to light.

Speaking to TMZ.com, the physician admits he wrote a prescription for Janet Jackson in the name of her then chef Ricardo Macchi. The medication was for diuretics - used to help the patient pass water.

He also confesses to writing a prescription - in Macchi's name again - for a Hepatitis B injection for the Nasty singer, but insists it was a precautionary measure and the singer didn't have the virus at the time.

But Metzger soon came under scrutiny - when Macchi sued him over the fictitious notes, the doctor received a strongly-worded reprimand from the U.S. Medical Board in 2000 accusing him of "fraudulent medical practise" involving an "international entertainer".

Record producer Quincy Jones has revealed he does not believe Michael Jackson was suffering from vitiligo, a condition which changed the colour of his skin.

[Uh oh! What? Quincy-who-is-not-attending-the-funeral-says-what?? Boy, it's almost like Quincy didn't like Wacko or sumthin'... -ed.

Michael Jackson's ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes has blamed doctors for his death, saying they "have blood on their hands". Michael Jackson's former bodyguard says his doctors "have blood on their hands". Matt Fiddes, who worked for the star for 10 years, claims he confiscated needles from the 'Thriller' singer out of fear he would kill himself with ...

The clamour for tickets for Michael Jackson's public memorial has started, but the singer's British fans will be left disappointed.

[Ha ha. You Brits killed him and we dont want you at the memorial service. -ed.]

The event has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the downtown Staples Center, according to a statement from the Jackson family's publicist.

A former personal photographer for Michael Jackson has claimed that the late singer was on drugs.

He said: "50% of the time, he was on drugs. He had doctor after doctor working with him and had people score him prescription drugs that he knew he didn't have prescriptions for. He definitely had a problem."

[I'm shocked. Just shocked. Truly shocked. No, really, I am. I didn't suspect this at all. Really. -ed.]

MICHAEL JACKSON's family has allegedly scrapped plans to charge fans for attending the King of Pop's memorial service after outraged devotees expressed their disgust at the proposal.

[If there is a defense for this greedy, obnoxious, outrageous behavior, let's hear it. What pigs. Trying to make money on their son/brother's death. -ed.]

Michael Jackson stopped making records, but he hasn't stopped breaking them. Less than a week after his death, the singer has stormed the music charts with an unprecedented display of sales clout.

[Hey, even I'll buy one or two records now that I know it won't go to supporting a lifestyle that terrorizes children. -ed.]

City officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to try to figure out how to accommodate a public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue that can hold no more than 20,000 people.

"If you can imagine 100,000 people show up and you have 20,000 capacity, there is not sufficient room. Now you have a crowd-control problem," he said. With the July Fourth holiday weekend "it's the worst time ... to work something out." He also said he's concerned about the cost of police overtime for the cash-strapped city.

[Who pays? Who ordered it? Whoever ordered it, pays. Get cash in advance. No checks. -ed.]

A new national study among 1,850 Americans found a majority feel that Michael Jackson's death is receiving too much media coverage in comparison to Farrah Fawcett's. Asked about Jackson's death, 63 percent of respondents felt that there was too much media coverage, while 36 percent said there has been appropriate coverage and 2 percent said there ...

Michael Jackson's "secret girlfriend" has been revealed to the world by a former former bodyguard.

[And the "former former bodyguard"(sic) wants you to know he has some ocean-front property in Oklahoma for sale. Cheap. Call him. -ed.]

Michael Jackson's relationship with the African American community was as ambiguous as his changing skin color, his androgynous features and even the genetic make-up of his children.

Michael Jackson was reportedly so heavily in debt his credit card had a limit of just $405. He also reportedly invented a series of identities in a failed bid to secure bank loans.

The Thriller legend left $500 million in his will, but it consisted entirely of non-cash and non-liquid assets, including the Sony/ATV music catalog featuring the songs of The Beatles.

Now it has emerged the superstar was so desperate for money in the months before his death, he conjured up 20 variations on his name - including 'Michael Jackson Jehovah', 'Michael J Jackson ChristJeh', and 'President Mr Michael Jackson' - to try to get banks to loan him money.

Well lucky for him he died and he's now worth millions. -ed.]

Michael Jackson reportedly offered to adopt 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman's eight babies in exchange for cash just weeks before he died.

[And I thought I'd be out of a job by now... Silly me. -ed.]

Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: Powerful Sedative Propofol, Trade Name Diprivan, Found in Michael Jackson's Home, ABC News has Learned [9:40 a.m. ET] For more on this and other breaking news go to ABCNews.com: http://abcnews.go.com?nwltr=bn

[W]hen [Arland] Bruce... scored a touchdown Wednesday night, he calmly took off his helmet, shoulder pads and jersey and laid down in the end zone.

He said he was pretending to be buried.

Just like Jacko.

[You just can't make stuff like this up. -ed.]

Debbie Rowe: "I want my children" Rowe, who is claiming she is the biological mother of Michael Jackson's two oldest children, says she will fight for them.

[Uh oh. Debbie needs money. Those poor, poor kids. -ed.]

MICHAEL Jackson's family has confirmed a memorial service for the late pop icon will take place on Wednesday at the Staples Centre arena in Los Angeles.

[Stay tuned... the day keeps changing. -ed.]

Drama continued to surround the death of superstar Michael Jackson yesterday as new details emerged about his use of powerful narcotics and a custody battle over his children appeared to intensify.

[Jackson] often used the names “Omar Arnold” and “Jack London” to get drugs such as Demerol, as well as a bodyguard’s name and that of one of his doctors’ office managers.

“Sources tell us the prescription abuse was so egregious, one doctor would call the pharmacy and say Jackson was coming down to get Demerol. The pharmacy would then fill the prescription, leaving the patient’s name blank,” TMZ reported.

[Well, I guess that explains the $110,000 (unpaid) pharmacy bill. The WWWC called that one, too, didn't they? -ed.]