Lawyer: Jackson ex undecided on seeking custody
Published Friday, July 03, 2009   1 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- Deborah Rowe, ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday.Attorney Eric M. George made the disclosure on a teleph ... full story

School in movie flap leaves district
Published Friday, July 03, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district.Birmingham High School in Los Angeles had already been planning to becom ... full story

Versatile Oscar-winning actor Malden dies at 97
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his fa ... full story

The same, yet different
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009   0 comment(s) MANCHESTER, Tenn. -- When it's remarked to Jeff Tweedy as he walks backstage at the recent Bonnaroo Music Festival that it's a shame he won't have time to catch most of the festival's other acts, he turns and smiles."Yeah, well, I don't really like m ... full story

Sequel to 'Catcher' blocked
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Swedish author cannot publish in the United States a book he wrote that was advertised as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye.U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her ruling in Ma ... full story

Musical theater star dead at 75
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Annie, has died at age 75.The actor died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., said Gregg K ... full story

Thousands show up at memorial
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem's famed Apollo Theater on Tuesday for a tribute to the performer, clutching photographs, cheering and dancing to his music at the venue that launched the star's career.A black fedora w ... full story

Private funeral honors Fawcett
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- The life of Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private funeral in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, 68, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered ... full story

Did Michael Jackson really die too soon?
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) My generation has seen its share of music icons die tragically. Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls -- they all died too soon. Or did they? Biggie's last album, released after he died, was his highest-selling. Tupac had hit after hit post-m ... full story

Calendar
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) ONGOING The Beer Joint -- Firehouse Karaoke, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, no cover. Christopher's World Grille -- pianist D.A. McDowell, 7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, no cover. The Corner -- piano bar, 9 p.m. Sundays, no cover. The Cowboy Club -- ... full story

Music can conquer all -- or at least try
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) A little over a week ago, Arsenal Tattoo in College Station was broken into. Some $10,000 worth of equipment was stolen. Owner Cliff Collard's equipment was not insured, and while most of it is replaceable, it is the sentimental value of much of the ... full story

AP source: No public Neverland memorial planned
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- An effort to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch fizzled and it appears more likely a funeral and burial will take place in Los Angeles, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Authorities in San ... full story

Usher's wife says she was surprised by divorce
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) ATLANTA -- The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce earlier this month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, according to court documents.Tameka Raymond, 38 ... full story

LA schools chief fumes over 'Bruno' school photos
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon Cortines isn't amused by the GQ magazine photo ... full story

Complaints about concert tickets closes sites
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) CHICAGO -- A Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Illinois Attorney General after complaints of overly high-priced tickets to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts.The state attorney general's office an ... full story

Ono wins case on rare Lennon footage
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009   0 comment(s) BOSTON -- Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing John Lennon and his family in London in 1970, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel last week refused to reinstate a copyright-infringeme ... full story

Jacksons move to seize control
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's family moved quickly Monday to take control of his complicated personal and financial affairs, winning temporary custody of his three children and asking a judge to name the King of Pop's mother as administrator of hi ... full story

Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for i ... full story

Editors scramble to get covers on Michael Jackson
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- After Michael Jackson's death last week, editors scrambled to turn the King of Pop into the king of magazine covers.From Newsweek's shot of a young reflective Jackson to Herb Ritts' sexy T-shirt photo used for Time's special commemorativ ... full story

AP Exclusive: Jackson wrapped video before death
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- The Associated Press has learned that Michael Jackson finished an elaborate video production two weeks before he died.The five-week project filmed at Culver Studios, dubbed "Dome Project," could be the final finished video piece overse ... full story

Refund details announced for Jackson concerts
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) LONDON -- More than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's canceled 50-night "This is It" concert extravaganza -- or opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, the promoters announced Monday.In a move that could help recou ... full story

Nev. court schedules bond hearing for OJ Simpson
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) LAS VEGAS -- A state Supreme Court panel will hear oral arguments on O.J. Simpson's bid to get out of a Nevada prison pending his appeal to overturn a conviction in an armed hotel room heist, officials said Monday.A three-member panel of the state's ... full story

Jackson's death returns his father to spotlight
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- At the BET Awards over the weekend, Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, was back in front of the cameras. Wearing a black fedora and oversized sunglasses, he spoke proudly of his son, paid tribute to "a superstar" and promoted his own ... full story

CAPITAL CULTURE: Protecting images of Obama's kids
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's face brightened as he looked up and saw his 8-year-old daughter Sasha on the White House's Truman Balcony. He gave an exaggerated wave, she waved back and photographers captured a rare, unscripted moment.It seemed ... full story

Wall-to-wall media coverage of Jackson receding
Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009   0 comment(s) NEW YORK -- Media coverage of Michael Jackson's death began receding following an extraordinary worldwide outpouring, with the shock wearing off and the pace of new developments slowing.The Bernie Madoff sentencing, a presidential speech on energy, U ... full story

Jackson's mother files for guardianship of his children
Published Monday, June 29, 2009   4 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- A court document says Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has filed for guardianship of the singer's three children.The guardianship papers were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday. A hearing has been set for Aug 3.Jackson l ... full story

Fans moonwalk to honor Jackson, wait for tribute
Published Monday, June 29, 2009   0 comment(s) PARIS -- Mourning Michael Jackson fans lauded his talent, moonwalked in his honor, sang his lyrics and awaited word Monday on the possibility of a global memorial to the King of Pop.In Paris, fans and Jackson lookalikes held what they claimed was the ... full story

Lawyer: Jackson had faint pulse
Published Monday, June 29, 2009   0 comment(s) LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson still had a faint pulse and his body was warm when his doctor found him in bed and not breathing, a lawyer for the doctor told The Associated Press on Sunday.Lawyer Edward Chernoff also said Dr. Conrad Murray never pres ... full story