Monday, April 29, 2024

Celebrity

Michael Jackson Stinc: Pop Star Was Terrible at Business, Always in Debt

"Michael Jackson Inc" by Zach O'Malley Greenburg hits stores tomorrow. It's a clip job, with 25 pages of single spaced footnotes. Greenburg, a Forbes...

Rock Hall of Shame Edits Beatles, Stones’ Manager Induction Speech to Shreds

Peter Asher has not complained to me. I haven't even talked to him about this. But the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame edited...

Exclusive: Bodyguards Detail Michael Jackson’s Last 2 Years of Dwindling Finances, “Homelessness,” and Mysterious Lady Friends

In the last two years of his life, Michael Jackson entertained at least two mysterious lady friends. According to his bodyguards in their chock-full-of-stories...

Mariah Carey Gets Toasted by Her Fresh Air Camp Graduates on 20th Anniversary

Mariah Carey got home  from Monaco and the World Music Awards just in time yesterday. Last night at Chelsea Piers Mariah was toasted by...

Aretha Franklin Gets Honorary Doctorate at Harvard, Performs National Anthem, Gets an A

Call her Doctor Aretha now. Aretha Franklin received an honorary doctorate from Harvard University today. She sang the "Star Spangled Banner" and played the...

Hyatt Hotels Heir Dan Pritzker Will Never Finish His $100 Mil Plus Jazz Movie

It's that time of the year again. Last May and the one before I wrote about Hyatt Hotels heir Dan Pritzker and long, long...

Michael Jackson “Xscape” Drops 58% as Coldplay Rocks to Number 1

Michael Jackson's "Xscape" album dropped 58% in its second week of sales. After moving 161,000 copies in its debut, "Xscape" moved only 68,000 copies...

Melanie Griffith Joins Doc Director Joe Berlinger’s First Feature “Facing the Wind”

At last, Melanie Griffith is getting back into the feature world. She's joining famed doc director Joe Berlinger's first feature, "Facing the Wind." The true...