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Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Win Big at AMAs
Originally posted 11/23/2009 12:15AM
How hot is Taylor Swift right now? The country star dominated the American Music Awards on Sunday night – and she wasn't even there.
After sweeping the Country Music Association Awards earlier this month, Swift won five American Music Awards, including Favorite Artist of the Year – all while she was in London.
A stunned and momentarily speechless Swift, 19, gave her acceptance speech via satellite, paying homage to the night's other big winner, Michael Jackson.
"To even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson … is an unimaginable honor," said Swift, who also won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult-Contemporary Artist, Favorite Country Album for Fearless and Favorite Country Female Artist. "I'm sending my love to the Jackson family."
Jackson won four trophies: Favorite Soul/R&B Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Vocalist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album, both for Number Ones, giving him a record 23 AMAs over his career.
"It's not just about the winnings, the awards," his brother Jermaine said in an acceptance speech. "It's mainly the message. The message Michael had will live on forever. He saw good in everyone … Start with love and let's love each other."
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Michael Jackson Doctor Investigation Will Go into 2010
Originally posted 11/21/2009 10:10AM
It will be at least a couple of more months before authorities decide whether to arrest Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician who treated Michael Jackson before his death.
"A decision (on whether to prosecute) will be made in 2010. It is not going to be made this year," LAPD Commander Patrick Gannon tells PEOPLE.
Although Jackson's June 25 death was ruled a homicide by the county coroner, which found lethal levels of the toxic anesthetic propofol in his body, and Murray admitted to administering propofol at Jackson's bedside to help him sleep, authorities have to determine whether Murray was solely responsible, and to what extent any negligence can be considered criminal.
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Michael Jackson's Kids Are 'Wonderful,' Says Family Friend
Originally posted 11/19/2009 05:25PM
Five months after their father's death, Michael Jackson's three children are thriving in their grandmother's care, longtime family friend Kathy Hilton tells PEOPLE.
Paris, 11, Prince 12, and Blanket, 7 are "wonderful, their grandmother is incredible and ... they could not be in better hands," Hilton said Tuesday at the launch of daughter Paris's beauty line at the Thompson Hotel Rooftop in Beverly Hills.
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Janet Jackson: Michael Was in Denial Over Drug Use
Originally posted 11/18/2009 01:55PM
Nearly five months after Michael Jackson's death, Janet Jackson is shedding new light on her brother's alleged longtime prescription drug addiction.
In a new interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, the pop star reveals that she (and her family) staged a drug intervention on more than one occasion.
"Of course, that's what you do," she says. "Those are the things that you do when you love someone. You can't just let them continue on that way. And we did a few times. We weren't very successful."
Was Michael in denial? "Possibly," says the singer, 43.
She adds, "I wish he could answer this question for you and not me. I felt that he was in denial."
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Father of Alleged Michael Jackson Molestation Victim Kills Himself
Originally posted 11/18/2009 12:45PM
The father of an alleged molestation victim of Michael Jackson's killed himself on Nov. 5 in Jersey City, N.J., authorities say.
Evan Chandler, 65, was the father of the boy, now 29, who was paid a reported $15 to $20 million by the King of Pop to stop speaking about his claims of sexual abuse he alleges took place during sleepovers in 1992.
Chandler, a onetime Beverly Hills dentist, was discovered dead on Nov. 5 in his luxury waterfront apartment, clothed and without a suicide note nearby. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head from a .38-caliber revolver, according to Jersey City Police Department spokesman Stan H. Eason.
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Janet Jackson Blames Doctor for Her Brother's Death
Originally posted 11/16/2009 01:10PM
Janet Jackson is very clear about who she thinks should be held responsible for the tragic death of her brother, Michael Jackson.
Dr. Conrad Murray "was the one that was administering [propofol]," she says in a new interview with Robin Roberts on ABC News, referring to the powerful anesthetic that killed the star. "I think he is responsible."
Murray, who has admitted administering propofol to the singer, has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Janet Jackson, 43, also describes how she found out her brother had been rushed to the hospital – and how she later learned the shocking news that he'd passed away.
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Michael Jackson Laid to Rest in a $35,000 Suit
Originally posted 11/10/2009 07:35PM
It indeed was a funeral befitting a king.
Michael Jackson was laid to rest in September in a lavish ceremony that cost at least $1 million – with the expenses covered by his estate, court documents show.
The funeral bill alone from Forest Lawn Cemetery totaled $855,730, which included entombing Jackson inside the Grand Mausoleum, costing $590,000. His casket cost $25,000, his burial garments came to $35,000, while $175,089 was spent on security.
Among a list of other expenses:
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This Is a Hit! Michael Jackson Movie Draws Star-Studded Crowd
Originally posted 10/28/2009 08:00AM
It was a star-studded evening at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles Tuesday as celebs like Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Neil Patrick Harris, Paula Abdul, Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, Adam Lambert, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ashley Tisdale flocked to the premiere screening of This Is It.
Though it was speculated that none of the Jacksons would appear at the event, in attendance were all of Michael's brothers – who received a standing ovation inside the theater before the film began. None of Michael's sisters nor mother Katherine Jackson or father Joe Jackson (who actually attended the premiere in Las Vegas) were present.
"We had to be here to support my brother's work," Jermaine told PEOPLE. "They say this is it, but this is just the beginning."
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PEOPLE Critics Rate Michael Jackson's This Is It
Originally posted 10/28/2009 07:30AM
Michael Jackson's This Is It begins its two-week run in theaters around the world Wednesday, and PEOPLE's movie and music critics were among the first to see it. Here's their take on what may be the late King of Pop's final offering to his fans:
PEOPLE Movie Critic Leah Rozen:
To see Michael Jackson in rehearsal in Michael Jackson's This Is It is to appreciate the hours of hard work and dedication behind his artistry. But anyone hoping for an up-close-and-personal glimpse of the man behind the man in the mirror will be disappointed.
When Jackson, 50, died on June 25, he had only hours earlier returned home from rehearsing in Los Angeles for an international concert tour which he was about to start. This Is It, directed by longtime Jackson collaborator Kenny Ortega (High School Musical), is a compilation of footage shot of Jackson between March and his death while he was rehearsing for the tour.
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LaToya Jackson Reveals Michael's Kids Are In Therapy
Originally posted 10/26/2009 11:30AM
Four months after the death of their father Michael Jackson, his kids Paris, 11, Prince 12, and Blanket, 7, have turned to therapy to cope with their grief, Michael's sister LaToya Jackson tells London's Mirror newspaper.
"Prince just doesn't want to speak about it," LaToya said. "I do worry about him very much."
Meanwhile, his sister Paris "thinks and talks about her father all the time. She's doing very well, writes a lot and she wears his shirts every day," she said. "They still smell of him and it helps her feel close to him."
Michael's youngest child, Blanket, "is just a very sad, shy little boy," LaToya said. "He cries – he really does cry. It's so painful for him. No one can bring his daddy back and it hurts so much. They all go to therapy and I truly hope Prince especially will be able to open up."
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