Category archives: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Estate Receives a $700,000,000 Bill from the IRS

Payback’s a bitch?  After a flurry of new child abuse allegations, there’s more bad news for the Michael Jackson Estate.  Now, the IRS is chasing down a $700 million debt. Last year, the legacy of Michael Jackson took another major hit.  Pages and pages of dirty documents from a 1990s raid of the Neverland Ranch hit […]

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Michael Jackson Comedy Terminated After Family Whines About It

Michael Jackson’s family found this parody distasteful.  Now, UK TV giant Sky has cancelled the upcoming parody episode with the King of Pop.  Guess what happens next? Several days ago, Sky TV revealed the first trailer of their upcoming comedy program, Urban Myths.  In the trailer for an upcoming episode, Joseph Fiennes portrayed Michael Jackson. […]

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Lady Gaga Blasted By Social Media For “Nazi” Get-Up

No, Lady Gaga did NOT wear a Nazi uniform to a Hillary Clinton rally, though it sure did look like it. Users on social media platforms like rallied against Lady Gaga after she appeared in a Hillary Clinton rally. The reason? She apparently wore a Nazi-style uniform. Take a look. Lady Gaga: This is not […]

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Tabloid Facing $100 Million Lawsuit Pulls Michael Jackson Abuse Story

Did Radar Online bite off more than it could chew? Radar Online is known for a lot of things in the tabloid world, but factual reporting apparently isn’t one of them. We first reported back in June a laundry list of items supposedly found in Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s […]

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Michael Jackson’s Nephews File Suit Against False Tabloid Claim

Michael Jackson’s nephews, sons of brother Tito Jackson and members of the band 3T, have reportedly filed a $100 million libel lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against RadarOnline, the popular celebrity gossip news site that reported that their famous uncle sexually abused them when they were younger and then bribed them with brand new […]

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Sony Music Tricked Michael Jackson Fans Into Buying Fake CDs

A California Judge says Sony Music will have to pay. In 2014, a Michael Jackson fan suspected the songs she was listening to were fake.  That fan, Vera Serova, accused Jackson’s long time friend Eddie Cascio and his production company, Angelikson Productions LLC, of creating and selling fake songs via Michael Jackson’s estate and Sony Music Entertainment. […]

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British Law Firm Sends $204,204.36 Invoice to Michael Jackson’s Estate

UK-based law firm Atkins Thomson Solicitors has now filed a claim against Michael Jackson’s estate for more than $200,000 in unpaid fees. The state claim, filed Monday in California, states that Atkins Thomson never received any money for the legal work that they carried out for Jackson in the two years leading up to his death.  In […]

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Sony Buys Michael Jackson’s $750M Stake In Sony/ATV Publishing

Sony Music is now planning to purchase the Michael Jackson Estate’s share of its joint music publishing venture, Sony/ATV.  The 50% stake will be purchased for a massive $750 million, according to official statements, with a clear-cut agreement expected by the end of the month. Sony Music predicts that the deal will be closed by late 2016/early 2017. […]

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