LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Jackson and entertainment company AEG have agreed to contribute $1.3 million to help cover public costs related to the pop star’s memorial service last year at Staples Center, officials said.
AEG President Timothy J. Leiweke and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Friday in a joint statement that $1 million will be provided to the city’s general fund and the rest of the money will go to
ANAHEIM, California (AP) — “Captain EO” and Michael Jackson are returning to Disneyland.
The park says it will show the 1986 Jackson musical film beginning Tuesday and running indefinitely.
On the Disney Parks blog, Disney executive Heather Hust Rivera says the park will show a 70mm print of the 17-minute movie in the Tomorrowland theater, with enhanced sound.
However, Rivera says the showing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star.
Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged.
He could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
Murray appeared in court in a gray suit as Jackson’s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor wanted to seek his day in court Friday by surrendering before being charged in the singer’s death, but prosecutors upstaged the plan by announcing that no case would be filed until next week.
District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons released the plan less than two hours before Dr. Conrad Murray and his attorneys were going to show up at an airport-area courthouse in an effort
LOS ANGELES – Two men administering Michael Jackson’s estate will receive a total of 10 percent of the its profits minus several sizable assets, a judge agreed Wednesday.
Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the compensation for attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, who have been administering the singer’s estate since shortly after his death on June 25.
Branca and McClain will each receive
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson’s doctor with manslaughter rather than take the case to a grand jury, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press Tuesday.
Prosecutors will file a criminal complaint against Dr. Conrad Murray, who practices in Houston, instead of taking the case before a grand jury, which is done in private, the official said.
The person is not authorized to
Michael Jackson’s estate has been hit by yet another creditor’s claim - from an entertainment company allegedly hired to develop the singer’s various ventures.
Bosses at Machine Management allege they are owed $285,000 after they helped the late King of Pop create his own film company. They also claim to have worked on setting up an environmental campaign for the star, the Michael Jackson Global Warning Awareness Initiative, as well as a film festival in Oman, according to TMZ.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, as the Grammys were approaching, the show’s executive producer was in frequent talks with Michael Jackson to appear on the telecast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Thriller.”
Ken Ehrlich, the Grammy telecast’s co-executive producer, had presented several ideas for performers, including Justin Timberlake and Usher
NEW YORK – Last year, as the Grammys were approaching, the show’s executive producer was in frequent talks with Michael Jackson to appear on the telecast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Thriller.”
Ken Ehrlich, the Grammy telecast’s co-executive producer, had presented several ideas for performers, including Justin Timberlake and Usher, all of which excited Jackson. But in the end, he declined the show’s invitation.
LOS ANGELES – Records show an attorney handling Joe Jackson’s bid to receive a monthly stipend from his son’s estate has had his law license placed on probation for two years.
Last week’s decision by the CaliforniaSupreme Court isn’t related to Brian Oxman’s work on the Jackson case. But the attorney will face scrutiny while he argues the Jackson family patriarch should receive more than $15,000 a month.
The discipline
