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2:30 PM ET, June 29, 2009

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 Top News: 
TMZ.com:
Reported Jackson Autopsy — A Fake  —  We've learned the story making the rounds detailing the terrible condition of Michael Jackson's body is a fake.  —  A report in The Sun gave harrowing details of the body, but we've learned the “autopsy report” was fabricated and completely false.
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Katherine Jackson Files for Guardianship of Three Kids  —  According to TMZ.com Katherine Jackson filed a petition Monday asking the court to appoint her as guardian of Michael Jackson's three children.  The petition states the kids have “no relationship with their biological mother,” Debbie Rowe, according to the site.
Janet Surprises / New York Post:
REVEALED: THE JACKO AUTOPSY  —  NEEDLE MARKS, PILLS - AND A NEARLY BALD HEAD  —  By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT in LA and DAVID K. L I in New York  —  An autopsy on Michael Jackson revealed that the King of Pop's emaciated body was riddled with needle marks and scars, and his head was virtually bald, it was reported today.
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Guardianship Papers Filed  —  A guardianship petition has been filed for Michael Jackson's children by Katherine Jackson, the grandma.  —  She is asking the court to appoint her as the guardian for all three kids.  —  The petition states the kids have “no relationship with their biological mother.”
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
L.A. Coroner's Office: Michael Jackson Autopsy Report Inaccurate  —  The Los Angeles coroner's office on Monday dismissed as inaccurate a British  —  newspaper report that said Michael Jackson was emaciated and almost bald when he died suddenly last week.  —  Michael Jackson …
Discussion: TMZ.com and PopEater
Associated Press:
Court fight over Michael Jackson's children looms  —  LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, is taking care of the singer's three children and the family will go to court Monday in part to protect her rights to custody, the family's spokesman said.
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 …
CNN:
Jackson's mother files for custody of his three kids  —  LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Michael Jackson's mother filed a petition Monday in Los Angeles Probate Court seeking legal guardianship of her son's three children, CNN has confirmed.  —  A hearing was scheduled for August 3 on Katherine Jackson's petition.
X17 Online:
Jackson's Mother Asks Court For Kids
Discussion: Reuters and TMZ.com
FemaleFirst:
Michael Jackson ‘gay’ Allegations
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Billy Mays Likely Died of Heart Disease  —  Pitchman extraordinaire Billy Mays died from a pulmonary embolism, according to the coroner in Tampa, Fla., who announced preliminary autopsy results at a press conference Monday.  Evidence of heart disease was also found.
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TMZ.com:
Autopsy Shows Billy Mays Had No Head Trauma  —  The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner just announced the results of Billy Mays' autopsy — and said there was no connection between Billy's death and Saturday's rough aircraft landing.  —  Billy had admitted to suffering a blow to the head …
TMZ.com:   Billy Mays 911 Call — “It's Too Late”
Alex Fletcher / Digital Spy:   Infomercial star Billy Mays dies, aged 50
Andrei Harmsworth / Metro.co.uk:
Brunette Britney hots up romance  —  Sun lovers: Britney and Jason catch the sneaky camera  —  Things look to be hotting up in the love life of Britney Spears after she enjoyed a day in the sizzling heat with new lover-cum-agent Jason Trawick.  —  The singer, 27, continues to ditch …
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog
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Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
New man, new hair: Britney Spears goes brunette as she shops …
Discussion: Yeeeah!
Lisa Timmons / Socialite Life:
Britney Spears Goes Brunette For New Boyfriend?
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
NY Daily News:
Have Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf Transformed into a true couple now?  —  Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are certainly fanning the gossip fires when it comes to reports they're an item.  The “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” co-stars (whose movie killed the competition with a $201 million five-day opening) …
Heath Ledger / Vanity Fair:
The Last of Heath  —  Why was Heath Ledger so ambivalent about his own stardom, and what happened at the end of his life?  Vanity Fair contributing editor Peter Biskind sheds new light on these difficult-to-answer questions as he writes about the actor's remarkable talent and untimely death …
Paul Chi / People.com:
Ugly Betty's Ana Oritz Welcomes a Baby Girl  —  Ugly Betty star Ana Oritz and her husband, musician Noah Lebenzon, have welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Saturday, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  “She is elated and completely glowing,” said Ortiz's rep. “She is surrounded …
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Brianm / Us Weekly:
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Welcomes a Baby Girl
Discussion: Socialite Life
 
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Joe Jackson / TMZ.com:
Janet Jackson — ‘We Miss Him So Much’
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Agence France Presse:
Liza Minnelli enchants Paris gay pride march
Discussion: kenneth in the and #gay
News of the World:
Zombie  —  But, like every chapter in the troubled music legend's life …
Discussion: X17 Online
 

 
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