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11:15 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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Perez Hilton:
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)!
Discussion: omg! and Associated Press
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.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Report: Michael Jackson: Emaciated; Bald; Disfigured at Time of Death  —  Michael Jackson, who died June 26 after suffering cardiac arrest at the age 50, weighed just 112 pounds, was bald and badly disfigured at the time of his death, according to leaked results from an official autopsy.
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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.
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Informercial Pitchman Billy Mays Dies at 50
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.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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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.
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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
RADAR:
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.
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 …
 
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