Joe wants his money! Michael Jackson’s “allegedly” abusive father is seeking a monthly allowance from his late son’s estate, The Associated Press has learned.
Let that marinate for a moment.
An attorney for Jackson Family patriarch Joe Jackson filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday seeking a stipend from the millions that should go toward caring for Michael’s three young children. According to court documents, Joe, 81, feels there’s “no apparent reason” for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for him.
You’ve gotta give it to the ole Battle Axe, he’s got a pair of onions. What an opportunist….The strategic move comes just as cash pours into the Jackson estate from Michael’s hit concert documentary, This Is It. Michael 2002 will, however, only called for money to be paid to his mother, Katherine, his kids, and various charities. A judge has approved more than $26,000 in payments to Katherine Jackson each month, and a $60,000 monthly payment for the care of Prince, Paris and Blanket.
Lindsay Lohan, who branded her estranged father Michael a “lunatic” just last week, has called in her lawyers to sue the backside off the elder Lohan, who recently sold audio of his daughter having a meltdown to RadarOnline.com.
In the alleged recording made from New York, a female voice can be heard wimpering: “No one cares about me. They don’t, by the way. It’s about how they feel, not how I feel. It’s not about me. It’s never been about me, unless I fight for it.”
Now the Lindsay’s lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley says he will stop at nothing to get pay back for his client. According to Holley, the actress is “exploring all options both civilly, and criminally. We are talking to legal authorities in New York and Los Angeles to determine if any laws were broken.”
‘This was a private phone conversation, and if this conversation took place in California then it was a violation of the law,” Holley said Wednesday.
In her first TV interview since the death of Michael Jackson, the icon’s younger sister Janet will open up to ABC’s Robin Roberts.
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Michael Jackson’s This Is It was the No. 1 “Thriller” for movie audiences this Halloween.
The King of Pop’s highly anticipated musical documentary — comprised of This Is It Tour behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage — led the box office with $21.3 million in weekend ticket sales, knocking low-budget horror fest Paranormal Activity down to No. 2. This Is It has raised its five-day total worldwide to $101 million. Paranormal has raised $84.8 million total, according to The AP.
This mofo….Now that Michael Jackson’s new concert documentary, This Is It, is breaking box office records across the globe, Joe Jackson is getting plenty of opportunities to speak with the press…..And we all know that’s never a good thing.
In his latest interview snafu, the 80-year-old stage dad tells Extra that his legendary son has made a bigger impact than ever since his death from an apparent drug overdose in June.
“He’s worth more dead than when he was alive,” Joe tells Extra in an interview airing Thursday night. “I’d rather have him alive,” he quickly added.
Nice save, Joe, but somehow we don’t think that remark is going to go over very well with the masses.
A new report has surfaced suggesting a photo of Michael Jackson, taken as the late pop legend’s lifeless corpse lay on an autopsy table, has been leaked.
On Wednesday, The Daily Beast’s Gerald Posner reported that a person he described as a “prominent restaurant owner” in Los Angeles has reportedly obtained “a high-resolution copy of what is evidently a photo from the Jackson autopsy” from a leak in the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office.
Developing…
The Man still had “it.” The highly anticipated Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It has already set a record!
The Sony film grossed an estimated $2.2 million at the North American box office during Tuesday night’s limited theater release, Variety reports. This is a record for a Tuesday October release.
On Wednesday, This Is It opened in 3,500 theaters and IMAX screens nationwide, in addition to thousands more overseas.
This Is It for La Toya and Janet…..
The youngest member of The Jackson 9 has had it up to here with her eccentric big sister’s loose lips when it comes to the passing of their late brother Michael, Jackson Family snoops snitch. Ever since the King of Pop took his final bow last June 25, La Toya has promptly alerted the press of her every thought bubble — sending “Ms. Jackson If Ya Nasty” into full Bitch Mode. Read the rest of this entry »
Los Angeles came to a standstill on Tuesday night as Hollywood A-listers joined the Jackson brothers for the premiere of the King of Pop’s concert rehearsal movie This Is It.
The film – featuring Michael Jackson’s final stage performances before his death in June – has been cut from 80 hours of videotape filming the star’s last few days of rehearsals for the concerts planned for London’s O2 arena in July.
Last night’s Los Angeles launch coincided with the worldwide release of the film, which premiered across 15 cities including London, Seoul, South Korea; Johannesburg, South Africa; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Berlin, Germany.
The tragic superstar’s brothers Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon walked the red carpet alongside Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Paris Hilton.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It opens in theaters Wednesday, and one of the late King of Pop’s dearest friends has already branded the production a masterpiece.
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