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NEW MICHAEL JACKSON BOOK REVEALS HOW FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BILKED HIM

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No matter how overdosed you might be on the subject of Michael Jackson – his private life does provide an interesting book. There’s always SOMETHING you didn’t know about his strange life. The latest expose is called “Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson” written by Randall Sullivan. We found his relationship with his family to be just as we suspected – he avoided them like the plague and they constantly tried to make money off him. In 2001, two tribute concerts celebrating Michael’s 30th anniversary in music were planned at Madison Square Garden. Each family member demanded $250,000 to attend, even for just sitting in the audience! When Jermaine learned that Michael’s take from the shows could reach 10 million, he pushed his parents to demand another $500,000 each. Even Michael’s friendships were costly – Marlon Brando chiseled money out of Michael by charging his “friend” a million dollars for a rambling “tribute video” for the event, which the crowd booed! And you should see what Elizabeth Taylor got! No wonder Michael was so paranoid. (Above, Jackson and Brando in the good old days)

THE BIRTH PARENTS OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S KIDS ARE GETTING CONCERNED

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The biological parents of Michael Jackson’s kids must be getting concerned about their welfare now. Debbie Rowe was happy having Katherine Jackson care for the kids but she’s not sure about cousin TJ. She wants more information about the situation. We noted the resemblance between Prince Jackson and Dr Arnold Klein growing more obvious every day and decided he was the test-tube biological father, although he will not confirm or deny. (No doubt there were documents signed.) Paris seems to have inherited Debbie Rowe’s blue eyes but not her hefty size. Surely both parents are having second thoughts about the well being of the children considering the Jackson family chaos. Will this bring the REAL parents out in the open?

MISS JACKSON WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

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Even more puzzling than LaToya Jackson’s absence from the Jackson turmoil of the past weeks is the sudden emergence of Janet Jackson as a villain. She has always had a prickly relationship with her family and was regarded as the soft-spoken successful one who was above the Jackson family antics. But all that changed when we saw her confrontation and verbal exchange with Paris Jackson on video. A family member has confided to Stacy Brown at the NY Post that It’s all about the money. Janet’s career isn’t flourishing – she has money going out and nothing new coming in. And she DOESN’T want to get stuck supporting eight siblings and their families– something the estate could easily do. THAT’S why she got involved in Randy’s plan to gain control of Michael’s money. Michael had warned his kids to watch out for “certain people” and one of them was Janet – he considered her evil, selfish and cheap, according to the source. So far, Janet’s attempt to help her brothers become financially solvent has backfired and now her reputation has lost its luster.

SYLVESTER STALLONE IGNORED HIS SON SAGE FOR YEARS

We had a chat with a friend of the Stallone family who cleared up a few things about the death of Sly’s oldest son Sage. Sage’s autistic brother Seargeoh, 32, lives with his mother Sasha. Apparently, family members feel Sly DID ignore his son after he married Jennifer Flavin and started a new family. And Jennifer did not encourage Sly to stay in contact with his “old family.” Sage rarely saw his father and unfortunately Sage called Sly on his birthday July 6, and left a message saying he’d like to get together, but Sly didn’t call back, according to our source. Sage’s mother Sacha paid for all the funeral expenses (the funeral is at Forest Lawn on Saturday) but Sly may or may not have chipped in some money later. The Stallone family is not a happy one. Sly has banned his mother Jackie and half sister Toniann (who has lung cancer) from the ceremony.

PARIS JACKSON IS NO LONGER A SHRINKING VIOLET

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We were HAPPY to see Paris Jackson speak out on Twitter when she disagreed with her uncle Randy Jackson. It seems a letter is circulating on the internet supposedly signed by Janet, Rebbie, Tito, Randy, and Jermaine Jackson, calling for the present executors of the Jackson estate to resign because Michael’s will was “fake.” (Randy confirmed that the letter was accurate.) The letter also claimed that the executors mishandling of the estate caused Katherine Jackson to become ill and she suffered a mild stroke. Paris was outraged because her grandmother is NOT ill and she scolded “family members” and Randy in particular for spreading untruths. All tweets have since been deleted but it’s apparent that the Jackson family is still in turmoil over Michael’s estate, which has earned $475 million since he died in 2009. The fact that Paris is now speaking out and asserting herself is a GOOD thing. She’s come a long way since she was that quiet little girl hidden under a veil…

RACHEL ZOE AND FAMILY: CAN THEY SURVIVE NOT BEING ON TV?

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Rachel Zoe’s reality show wasn’t picked up for a fifth season, but, so what! Her clothing lines exceeded sales expectations and her deco-inspired jewelry is exclusively featured at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Whether her absence from TV will affect her business remains to be seen, but she IS starting her own production company. Rachel, 40, and her investment banker husband Rodger Berman have been married for 16 years and their son Skyler was born a year ago. Little Skyler is actively walking already and judging by this photo, looks just like his daddy.
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FAMILY REUNION FOR SURI AND CONNOR CRUISE


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Here’s something you don’t see very often – it’s Suri Cruise and and half-brother Connor together – and holding hands. Sweet. Tom and Katie and her parents, as well as Suri and Connor are all down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where Tom is filming “Oblivion.” The movie is described as an “action fantasy,” but it’s a comic book story about a soldier of the future sent to a distant planet to destroy the remains of an alien race. The family reunion seems like more fun than the movie.

BETHENNY FRANKEL IS HAPPIER THAN YOU THINK

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Bethenny Frankel and her husband Jason Hoppy and their baby Bryn look awfully happy for a family going through “a divorce crisis.” Don’t hold your breath waiting for them to split up. Bethenny is smart about making her reality show interesting so she’s been playing up the diva behavior. Her complaints about her husband and marriage are exaggerated for ratings. She doesn’t mind being the villain as long as she doesn’t get canceled!