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Michael Jackson's Mom & Dad on Opposite Sides of Will War
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UPDATE: Judge Beckloff ruled that Joe Jackson did not have legal standing to contest the administrators of his late son's estate and cleared the way for John Branca and John McClain to be officially appointed executors of the Jackson fortune.
Katherine Jackson's attorney, Adam Streisand, said after court that he does not believe Joe has any legal claim to an allowance from the estate since he was not provided for in the will.
UPDATE 2: Joe got the appeal process rolling the following Monday, claiming that his son never signed his own will and continuing his bid to have Johns McClain and Branca tossed as executors.
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When it comes to divvying up Michael Jackson's fortune, Katherine Jackson is getting paid and is happy. Joe Jackson on the other hand...
The King of Pop's mom and dad are on opposite sides of the fence now in the battle over the estate, as Katherine today dropped her beef with the executors overseeing her son's riches, while Joe fought for his own big chunk.
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Mya and Dmitry Chaplin knew going into last night's Dancing With the Stars that they probably wouldn't be getting a perfect 30 for their jitterbug.
They correctly predicted that judge Len Goodman would have a problem with Mya's feather-dusting and Dmitry's sweeping at the start of their performance.
"We were like, 'Oh, well!' " Mya told me this morning during our weekly exclusive morning-after chat. "Last week they said we lacked character, so this week we gave them characters. It was, Let's do a little bit of acting for the audience and people at home."
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Is Paris Jackson the Next Paris Hilton?
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Forget the Gosselin 8. Could we be getting the Jackson 3?
Earlier today, Us Weekly claimed that Michael Jackson's family was at odds over whether his trio of kids, Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket, should be included in The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, the reality show in the works for A&E and tentatively set to air in December.
Thankfully, a rep for the network now tells E! News that the kids "are not part of the show."
That statement directly contradicts the Us report, which quotes an unnamed source saying that Michael's eldest sister, Rebbie, is opposed to having his 12-, 11- and 7-year-old going Gosselin. We're not sure of the math, but the magazine does cite the show's executive producer, Jodi Gomes, as saying that they "have 23 castmembers with the last name Jackson"—supposedly including Janet Jackson and family matriarch Katherine.
"They've done a great job opening up about losing a brother," Gomes says.
UPDATE: In a new statement to E! News, an A&E spokesman seemed to allow for the possibility of the kids to be seen, if the family OKs it (and that remains a big "if")...
Judge Says Michael Jackson's Kids Are "Doing Wonderfully"
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All seems to be well at Grandma Jackson's house.
During a hearing Friday, the judge overseeing custody matters for Michael Jackson's three children declared the kids to be "really doing wonderfully with the grandmother as the guardian."
Katherine Jackson was granted permanent custody of Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II (aka Blanket) in August. Debbie Rowe, biological mom of Paris and the other Prince, agreed to visitation rights after initially making it seem as if she was going to go after a more substantial role in their lives.
Attorneys for Jackson and Rowe were in court today.
"It was an excellent report," L.A. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said of the status report he received. "I am not inclined to set another date" on the guardianship matter.
Also today, Beckloff extended Jackson estate executors John McClane and John Branca's administrative powers until at least Jan. 4, 2010, which allows them to accept or reject creditors' claims against the estate.
Katherine has objected to Branca and McClane's status as administrators, and another hearing is set for Nov. 10 to discuss whether there should be a trial.
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