A village in the eastern Ukraine could be renamed in honor of Michael Jackson if one local lawmaker has his way.

Oktyabrskoye Village could soon become Michael Jackson Village, according to The Reporter Newspaper in the Zaporozhye Region of the country.

One of the factions in the legislature has already discussed the proposal, and it could be put to a vote soon.

The mystery the Jackson children’s true family tree just got even stranger, according to a new scoop from TMZ.com. The gossip site — which was the first in the world to report the death of the late Michael Jackson last Thursday– claims that the dermatology nurse the King of Pop married in 1996, is not biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris Jackson.

Multiple sources allegedly tell the site that all three Jackson children, “were conceived in vitro — outside the womb,” using a sperm donor and that the eggs of Jackson’s former wife, Debbie Rowe, were not used. TMZ claims Rowe, was a surrogate, paid handsomely for carrying the children.

Lindsay Lohan, who turns 23 this Friday, paid tribute to late King of Pop Michael Jackson by posing as the singer in an image uploaded to her Twitter account.

On Saturday, LiLo posted a picture of herself dressed in her underwear while wearing a Jacksonesque “Smooth Criminal” era hat pulled over her eyes.

“MJ was playing when this was taken, I’m not that much of narcissist,” the actress Tweeted.

A funeral for bellowing informercial trendsetter Billy Mays will be held in his hometown, just outside Pittsburgh, on Friday, The AP has learned.

Mays was found dead by his wife in their Tampa, condo on Sunday. According to preliminary autopsy reports, the TV pitchman — best known as the voice of products like OxiClean and ShamWow — likely died of a heart attack.

A funeral Mass for Mays is set for 9:30 AM at St. Mary Church in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.

Rick Astley is alive and kicking despite a scoop from CNN iReport claiming the ’80s pop star was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Monday.

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