Michael Jackson to be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park just hours before public farewell
The King of Pop will be laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills

BRAIN TAKEN OUT FOR CLUES TO HIS DEATH
Michael Jackson will be buried this week... without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop's funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests. They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson's brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it - which they have decided to do. Los Angeles Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey confirmed that neuropathology tests will be carried out to see if it holds any clues to the...

Michael Jackson Fans Raise Money To Defeat Peter King
There is, it turns out, a political price to pay when you make bold statements calling out Michael Jackson for some of the nefarious moments of his personal history. Fans of Jackson are mobilizing to raise money for an opponent -- any opponent -- to run against Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., following the critical remarks the congressman made about the recently deceased pop icon. Over the weekend, King said that the media had gone far over the top in glorifying Jackson, who he deemed a "low-life"...

Michael Jackson's live-in doctor not licensed to prescribe drugs in California
Michael Jackson's live-in physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, does not have a license to prescribe or even administered prescription medication in the state of California, according to FOX News : Federal authorities told FOXNews.com that Dr. Conrad Murray is not licensed to administer certain levels of controlled medications in the state, and that if he gave Demerol or Oxycontin to Jackson, as has been reported, it would have been illegal. To possess the drugs in California, Murray would have had to...

Who Will Perform at Michael Jackson's Memorial?
Everyone from Mariah Carey to the surviving Jackson brothers are expected to perform in honor of the late King of Pop at the his memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. On Monday, the Jackson family's publicists released a "preliminary and subject to change" list of participants, which included Carey and confirmed an earlier report from CNN that Jennifer Hudson would take the stage. Other stars set to appear include: • Brooke Shields • Usher • Stevie...

Watch Michael Jackson's Funeral - Live Online Video Streams
Watch Michael Jackson's Funeral Live Online Are you wondering where you can watch Michael Jackson's funeral online on Tuesday? PopCrunch will use this

Michael Jackson Memorial -- The Players
The Jackson family just announced everyone who will participate in tomorrow's memorial -- and here's the list: Ron Boyd (family friend), Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Andrae Crouch Choir, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on Britain's Got Talent), Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend), Usher and Stevie Wonder.

Michael Jackson's Ghost Visits Neverland - See Video!
I’m going to admit, I do believe in ghosts — I watch Ghost Hunters all the time. Is this really Michael Jackson ’s ghost roaming the halls of Neverland — maybe, maybe not. We all know about the crack pots who like to manipulate video and images. Someone check the original footage for me, let me know if you can see the image there.

Michael Jackson's chicken confusion
Michael Jackson thinks peeling the skin off a chicken makes it organic.The eccentric pop star, who is a huge fan of fast food eatery KFC, believes removing the outer layer from fried chicken renders it free from unnatural substances.Michael's close pal David Gest revealed: "I've been best friends with Michael for 40 years and I will defend his reputation until the day I die. Comment on this Article "When we hang out we visit antique stores, play Frisbee and go to KFC - he thinks if you peel the skin of

Michael Jackson's Ghost Debuts On CNN?!
In the above clip from the tour of Neverland Ranch on Larry King Live , Michael Jackson's ghost makes its television debut. Either that, or someone walks by a window to cast that shadow. You be the judge!

Debbie Rowe Michael Jackson Memorial NOT!
Debbie Rowe won’t be attending Michael Jackson’s Memorial. And the funeral? Debbie Rowe says she will not attend the Michael Jackson Memorial because she would be a “distraction”. Rowe would be a distraction at the event with 11,000 people and everyone from Mariah Carey to Kobe Bryant ….

Michael Jackson's chicken confusion
Michael Jackson thinks peeling the skin off a chicken makes it organic.

Michael Jackson Memorial: Brooke Shields, Mariah Carey And NOT Debbie Rowe Going
LOS ANGELES — A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson's longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer's estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson's mother to be put in charge or share control. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff backed attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, who had been designated in Jackson's 2002 will as the people he wanted to administer his estate. Attorneys for the pop singer's mother repeatedly objected...

Debbie Rowe won't attend Michael Jackson's memorial
Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and mother of his two eldest children, will not attend his memorial service because her presence would be a distraction, her lawyers said today. In a brief statement, the law firm representing Rowe said she had intended to attend Tuesday's service at the Staples Center but concluded after conferring with her lawyers that she should not go. "The onslaught of media attention has made it clear her attendance would be an unnecessary distraction...

Family will hold private service for Michael Jackson at Forest Lawn
A private family service for Michael Jackson will occur Tuesday at 8 a.m. at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, sources have told The Times. The service will take place about two hours before a grand public memorial featuring Kobe Bryant, Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder and others takes place at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Sources said some family members will start at the Jackson family compound in Encino and go to the cemetery before going to Staples. It's unclear...

A Michael Jackson Is Best Measured When It Is Down
A Michael Jackson Is Best Measured When It Is Down

Michael Jackson memorial - who's attending?
The Jackson family has made public the details of all the stars participating in Michael Jackson's memorial service at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here's the full list: Ron Boyd (family friend) Kobe Bryant Mariah Carey Andrae Crouch Choir Berry Gordy Jennifer Hudson Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on Britain's Got Talent) Magic Johnson Martin Luther King III Bernice A. King John Mayer Lionel Richie Smokey Robinson Rev. Al Sharpton Brooke Shields Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend)

Plies Set To Release Second Album In One Year
Barely three months after the release of his second solo album, Florida rapper Plies is already gearing up to release his third solo album before the end of the year. Ted Lucas, CEO of Slip-N-Slide Records,  recently revealed to MTV that Plies' third solo album is titled The Realest and will be hitting shelves in December.

Source: Neverland Likely to Become Next Graceland
After Michael Jackson 's somewhat early  passing, tons of questions  have been raised about how exactly the talented pop star spent the last several years of his life. Well, from what we're hearing from sources high up in Jackson's life, all of those broke rumors weren't exactly rumors at all. We're told investors who bailed out  Jackson last year never saw Michael's death coming. But now they may wind up making much more dough than they had originally thought... "The London...

Mariah Carey, Usher more booked for Jackson memorial
Mariah Carey , Usher , Stevie Wonder and John Mayer lead the list of participants in Tuesday morning's Michael Jackson memorial service at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The preliminary list of guests was distributed Monday afternoon via Jackson's publicity firm. Specific details of the event were not revealed. The announcement states the the lineup is subject to change, and Pop & Hiss has it on good authority that some big-name artists have not yet been revealed. 

Chicago man wins Jackson memorial tickets
When Zach Moss applied online to receive tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service, he really didn't think he would be a winner, he said. "I didn't think anything of it," Moss said. "I was just applying." But when the Buffalo Grove DJ got an e-mail at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Moss went from indifference to shock, he said. One of the first things Moss did after reading the news of his win was Twitter, he said. "Immediately everyone wanted to talk to me," Moss said. "CNN,...

I bet Michael Jackson
signed up with those producers because they had the lab that made that diprivan shit. That is supposed to be the one drug no body who is just anybody can get. You have to have five doctors worth of speed...

Heather Mills To Star In A TV Documentary To Repair Her Public Image
Heather Mills is set to star in a revealing TV documentary. The 40-year-old former model, the ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, reportedly hopes being interviewed by British broadcaster Louis Theroux will help repair her public image. View Photos [47] View Profile View All News A source said: "Heather reckons she has been very badly treated so she wants to redress that balance and change people's perceptions." Louis, who previously made a documentary about Michael Jackson, has expressed inte

Springsteen to play Super Bowl show
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night. Images View Larger Image Continuing a run of major talent that has lately included The Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Michael Jackson and, infamously, his sister Janet Jackson, the biggest television event in th

Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson to Team up For Quincy Jones Tribute
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson are reportedly set to record a song together for a Quincy Jones tribute album. The duo fell out when recording sessions for a proposed James Bond theme went sour - which resulted in Jack White and Alicia Keys providing the opening music to Quantum of Solace. But the pair have since settled their differences and are planning to record a track for a tribute album to Michael Jackson producer Quincy Jones. Speaking about the Quincy Jones project, an unnamed source told Britain's