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Onetime Sperm Donor Dr. Klein: Not M.J.'s Baby Daddy "to the Best of My Knowledge"
The lingering questions of just who's the daddy of Michael Jackson's three children didn't exactly get answered today when Dr. Arnold Klein, one of the buzzed-about potential papas, appeared on Good Morning America and Larry King Live.
"I can't say anything about it, but to the best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children," he told Diane Sawyer. "I can't answer it in any other way. I don't want to feed any of this insanity that is going around."
He took a similar route with Larry King, telling the CNN host, "I still can't absolutely answer that one way or another...The best, to my knowledge, I'm not the father."
Klein did admit to King that he donated sperm at one point—to a sperm bank, and not to Jackson, he said adamantly. And as far as he knows, Jackson and ex-wife Debbie Rowe (Klein's former assistant) consummated their marriage.
What he would say about the three children, two of whom are Rowe's, simply reiterated a message that was driven home yesterday during daughter Paris' impromptu speech.
"I will tell you one thing: These are brilliant children and I want them in no way to be harmed," he told Sawyer. "These are great, wonderful, fabulous children who he loved deeply."
Now, as for the King of Pop's drug use...
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Coroner Confiscates Meds at Jackson Home; LAPD Interviewing More Doctors
Michael Jackson's medical history is starting to unfold in pill form.
Los Angeles County Coroner's officials have confiscated various prescription drugs from the entertainer's rented Holmby Hills mansion, Chief Investigator Ed Winter told reporters Monday.
A team from the medical examiner's office, including Winter and a photographer, had been spotted going inside around noon.
The investigators emerged from the residence toting two large plastic bags, declining to mention any specifics of what they found or where. They removed "additional medical evidence as part of our work with the LAPD," Winter said.
The Los Angeles Times reported today that authorities are in the process of interviewing a number of doctors who prescribed medication for Jackson.
The initial autopsy performed Friday was ruled inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests in six to eight weeks, though Winter confirmed that Jackson was taking prescription meds. A second autopsy requested by the family was performed the following day.
But while fans and family alike won't know for sure what caused Jackson's sudden heart failure, the star's longtime friend Dr. Deepak Chopra has little doubt that drug use may have come into play.
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Carrie Prejean Stands by, Well, Carrie Prejean
The now former Miss California is talking.
Carrie Prejean is finally speaking out, a day after Donald Trump and the pageant decided to give her the boot.
"I've done my best under the difficult circumstances to handle the vicious attacks with integrity and show respect to others, even those who don't agree with me," she said in a written statement just after congratulating her successor, Tami Farrell, thanking Trump and (finally) saying a nice word or two about the Miss California pageant.
"I worked in good faith to meet my responsibilities as Miss California USA," she continues, before vaguely addressing some of the harsh accusations coming from her employers and the rest of the Internet.
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"Terrified" Tyra Banks Testifies Against Alleged Stalker, Who Says He Never Meant to Scare Her
Rosenberg
Tyra Banks had her own moment in the hot seat this morning.
The supermodel-TV host took the stand in Manhattan Criminal Court to testify against her accused stalker, 39-year-old Brady Green, who's on trial for charges of stalking, harassment and criminal trespassing.
According to the New York Daily News, the star was calm as she told the court how terrified she and her staff were in March 2008 when Green attempted to get past security at the Tyra Banks Show studio. The staff wouldn't allow Banks to exit her dressing room.
"'Stop! No! You can't leave,' " she claimed they said. "I know I have fans, but I've never in my entire career had my staff act in this way."
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Neeson, Redgrave Hold Wake for Natasha Richardson
REUTERS/Mike Segar
Natasha Richardson's loved ones gathered Friday for her wake.
Husband Liam Neeson, mother Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson and sons Micheál Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12, were among the mourners who attended a private viewing at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan.
Richardson's mother and sister held each other as they entered the Fifth Avenue building across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neeson and the boys arrived in a black Mercedes.
Ralph Fiennes, Sara Jessica Parker, Uma Thurman, Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Rupert Everett, Ethan Hawke and Matthew Modine were among the close friends who turned out to pay their respects to the family.
The stream of visitors also included designer Kenneth Cole, Laura Linney, Fisher Stevens, Howard Stern, Stanley Tucci and Julianna Margulies.
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Mindy McCready Hospitalized for Psych Eval After Suicide Attempt
Jeff Frank/ZUMAPress.com
What had already been a rough enough year for Mindy McCready just took another tragic turn as the country singer was hospitalized this morning for an apparent attempted suicide.
Nashville police tell E! News that, McCready, who went public in April about having had a long-term affair with pitcher Roger Clemens, was taken to nearby Centennial Hospital for a psychological evaluation Tuesday night after her brother, Timothy, "discovered that she had cut her wrists and taken several pills."
According to the incident report, Timothy said that his sister returned home incoherent after a night of drinking in downtown Nashville. When he went to her room to check on her, he found her in bed with blood on her.
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