The One And Only

Interesting program note: ABC will air a Spike Lee documentary on Michael Jackson's epochal "Bad" — which turns 25 Aug. 31. Not a lot of detail here yet — notably airdate, length, etc. — but the network indicates this should hit the air on Thanksgiving. Lee has presented this already at some film festivals in Toronto and Venice.

The details, via ABC's release:

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Legacy/Epic Records, carefully culling The Estate’s archives for rare and never-before-seen footage for the film which focuses on the creative forces that pushed Jackson to make the “BAD” album...

Later That Night
Janelle spent about an hour, trying to get Coraline to sleep sa pamamagitan ng telling her stories of Peter Pan and Pinocchio. Now, Coraline was a curious child and she often asked her mother about her life as a child. Janelle told her that she did have to wear a mask, just like the one Coraline would always wear, as a child up until she was 10. Her mother didn't want her to be known at such a young age. She sinabi that it was Elizabeth who convinced her to stop wearing the mask.
"Really? Great Aunt Liz had you stop?" Coraline asked.
Janelle nodded. "That's correct, sweetheart. She told me that...

michael askes michelle how old is she michelle tells him she's 16 and he also askes her how long has she been a tagahanga of him she tells him ever since she's been a little girl and that she's been in pag-ibig with him since she also says that time she just had to come and see him in konsiyerto for the first time michael starts to blush a little and then giggles shealso tells him that she's soo glad that she had finally seen him for the first time ever he starts to blush again and tells her that she's pretty again and she starts to blush and says thankyou they start to stair at each other she starts to...

Jermaine Jackson -- a major ringleader in the Jackson family rebellion against the MJ Estate -- has officially defected from a family letter criticizing the Estate ... but still has "deep reservations" about the executors.

Jermaine just posted a long letter on his Twitter account, writing, "I rescind my signature from the letter which was sent to the Estate, and which should never have gone public."

"I still hold deep reservations about many issues involving the Estate, and I will continue to bring scrutiny and a resolute voice wherever we have cause for concern. But the way to address such...

The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate have barred a number of the late singer’s siblings, including Janet Jackson, from the California tahanan where their mother, Katherine, is raising the late singers three children.

The details of who is and isn’t allowed onto the Calabas, California is detailed in an email obtained sa pamamagitan ng CNN’s Roland S. Martin.

Howard Weitzman, who represents John McClain and John Branca, sent the email Wednesday to Charles Schultz, an attorney for Mrs. Jackson.

Weitzman writes that after the drama over the last two weeks, which including allegations that Katherine Jackson...

Michael Jackson‘s family has demanded the executors of their late brother’s estate resign effective immediately, confirms Celebuzz.

In a scathing letter — obtained exclusively sa pamamagitan ng Celebuzz and signed sa pamamagitan ng Michael’s sisters Janet, Rebbie and brothers Tito, Randy and Jermaine Jackson — the family maintains that executors John Branca and John McClain faked the King of Pop’s last Will and Testament prior to his untimely death on June 25, 2009.

“At the time we couldn’t possibly fathom what is so obvious to us now: that the Will, without question, it’s Fake, Flawed and Fraudulent,”...