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10:45 AM ET, June 29, 2009

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Joe Jackson Appears at BET Awards Tribute to Michael  —  There was an unexpected but most welcome figure on the red carpet of Los Angeles's Shrine Auditorium for Sunday night's BET Awards: Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson.  —  Sporting a black hat, sunglasses and a dark suit …
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Michael Jackson's Father Hits The Red Carpet  —  Everybody grieves in their own way.  Joe Jackson, who - according to many accounts - physically abused his son, Michael, decided to hit up the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.  —  He was interviewed by CNN on the red carpet.  —  Check it out (above)!
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Brianm / Us Weekly:
Jamie Foxx Dances the Moonwalk for Michael Jackson  —  Jamie Foxx paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson while hosting Sunday's BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  —  The show opened with a medley of Jackson 5 hits, including “ABC” and “The Love You Save,” as images of Jackson as a child flashed on a screen.
Discussion: PopSugar, Cele|bitchy and Bumpshack.com
Daphne Barak / Times of London:
What nanny who worked for Michael Jackson saw
TMZ.com:
Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead  —  TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning.  —  According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 AM.
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TMZ.com:
FAA — Billy Wasn't Wearing a Seat Belt on Plane  —  The FAA is already deflecting blame for the death of Billy Mays — claiming the legendary TV pitchman wasn't wearing a seat belt when he took a shot to the head during a rough landing on a flight he was on yesterday.
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Informercial Pitchman Billy Mays Dies at 50  —  Billy Mays, the bearded infomercial pitchman with the trademark shout, has died in his sleep at home.  —  “Everyone [who knew] him was aware of his larger-than-life personality, generosity and warmth,” the Discovery Channel (which aired his series …
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood and TMZ.com
Mark Gray / People.com:
Kendra Wilkinson Was a ‘Princess’ Bride, Says Holly Madison  —  Holly Madison (left) and Kendra Wilkinson  —  With the backdrop of a sunset and an altar bedecked with white flowers, Kendra Wilkinson's wedding was “absolutely beautiful,” according to one of the bridesmaids.
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EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Minnillo Hooks Up With Topher Grace  —  Nick who?  —  Just days after announcing her breakup with Nich Lachey, beautiful Vanessa Minnillo seemed to heal her broken heart very, very  —  fast - with Topher Grace!  —  And it all happened right before our Radar eyes.
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Transformers’ on top with $387.3 mil  —  Pic scores best five-day haul after ‘Dark Knight’  —  Aside from its whopping five-day domestic tally — the second highest of all time — Paramount's “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” broke records in several countries overseas …
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Associated Press:   ‘Transformers’ takes to sky with $112M weekend
Ian Halperin / Daily Mail:
'I'm better off dead.  I'm done': Michael Jackson's fateful prediction just a week before his death  —  Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson.  Had he not been driven - by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers …
Vicki Sheff Cahan / People.com:
Eddie Van Halen - in Flip-Flops - Weds Girlfriend  —  Guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen is no longer a solo: Saturday night he married Janie Liszewski, his girlfriend of three years.  —  The ceremony took place in the garden of his seven-acre estate in the hills above Studio City, Calif. …
News of the World:
Zombie  —  But, like every chapter in the troubled music legend's life, his final moments were riddled with macabre twists and turns.  We can reveal:  — THE kids and Jacko's personal doctor Conrad Murray thought he was playing a practical joke by PRETENDING to be dead.
Discussion: X17 Online
Agence France Presse:
Liza Minnelli enchants Paris gay pride march  —  PARIS (AFP) — Hundreds of thousands on Saturday marched through Paris and Berlin in flamboyant Gay Pride parades with US showbiz diva and gay icon Liza Minnelli mesmerising crowds in the French capital.  —  Minnelli, who takes …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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