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Celebrities Pee In Cups And Have Genitals That Require Maps

6:04PM Azaria Jagger | Self-proclaimed dermatologist to the stars Arnold Klein is not to be trusted, but he sure tells good stories, like the one about the time he rebuilt Michael Jackson’s nose and how celebrities liked to pee in weird places. More »
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A-Rod Sees Himself As Half Man, Half Horse

11:06PM Ravi Somaiya | The Yankees steroid-villain-turned-World-Series-hero has ridiculous self-portraits, Michael Jackson liked to pee into cups in public and Rihanna said her life sucked so much after she got beaten up that she might as well have been Britney! More »
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Scandal And Death Spell Success For Letterman And Michael Jackson

4:33AM Richard Rushfield | Somewhere out there in Hollywood, there are a few dozen people who made bets that “scandal was never the way to win over audiences” kicking themselves, hard. More »
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Joe Jackson Assists Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Valuation

3:30AM Foster Kamer | And you think your parents are bad? This Is It came out over the weekend, and to celebrate, Joe Jackson isn’t remembering his son’s life. He’s telling Extra that Michael Jackson’s worth more dead than he is alive. More »
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How Does A Michael Jackson Hype Happen?

1:42PM Richard Rushfield | For months, the entertainment press has, with its relentless hype, all but guaranteed us that This Is It, the Michael Jackson rehearsal documentary would become if not the highest grossing film of all time, certainly one of the top three. More »
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Hints Of Light At The End Of The Michael Jackson Mourning Tunnel

9:06AM Richard Rushfield | We’ve spent four long months mourning the death of the self-anointed King, a life of PR exploitation which segued beautifully into an afterlife of PR exploitation. But at last it seems the parade might be winding down. More »
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Michael Jackson Still A Gigantic Celebrity — Except In New York

3:11AM Brian Moylan | Last night was the premiere of This Is It, and there were galas in 16 cities around the world. Most of them were huge, ornate affairs. Except in New York, where barely anyone noticed. More »
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Christopher Walken Taps Into Your Primitive Urges

3:51PM Amrita Rajan | Angelina Jolie as a scary Lolita, Michael Jackson is Elizabeth Taylor’s new favourite prophet and Christopher Walken does terrible things to a chicken. Gossip is served! More »
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The Touch, The Smell, Of Michael Jackson: Fragrance Of Our Lives

8:15AM Adrian Chen | Not sure what’s weirder: that Michael Jackson had “custom fragrances” made for him which he then smeared all over everyone he hugged, or that this fact warrants 48 fawning seconds in the MTV “This is it” premier special/extended advertisement. More »