We see ya Janet . Now can we have some of those stacks. Janet Jackson Is A Billionaire According to Star Pulse Michael Jackson’s sister has boasted a multi-million dollar fortune for years, but now she has joined her new husband, retail entrepreneur Wissam Al Mana, and the privileged group of money-makers whose bank balances top $1 billion, according to industry publication Variety. The All For You singer has raked in a total of $260 million in album sales thanks to the success of Control, Janet and Rhythm Nation 1814, and she has also taken in another $81 million from music and book publishing fees. Jackson’s multiple sold-out world tours have contributed another $458 million to her net worth, with an additional $81.5 million coming from tour sponsorships and licensing fees. The superstar has also banked an impressive $304 million from her box office roles in 2000′s The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Poetic Justice and For Colored Girls. Damn if we could just get $500,000 we would be straight.
A housekeeper who once described seeing Wade Robson in the shower with Michael Jackson may be the key to the former’s claims of molestation. Robson, 30, recently accused Jackson of sexual abuse in a claim against his estate, then defended himself on Today, calling Michael a pedophile . Blanca Francia’s testimony during Jackson’s 2005 child molestation trial included a graphic account of MJ showering naked with a young Wade Robson. Francia described seeing Michael’s underwear on the floor outside the Neverland Ranch shower, as well as Wade’s child-sized neon green underwear. She said she couldn’t see exactly what the King of Pop was doing in there because the shower door was fogged up, but said she heard him laughing . Despite Francia’s story, Michael was acquitted – in no small part because Wade himself also testified and insisted Jackson never abused him. That’s the opposite, of course, of what he is claiming now. Robson is planning to argue that the late icon’s companies, MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, had a duty to protect him when he was a young boy. Because they were involved in recruiting him from Australia to work with Michael – who he says abused him from ages 7-14 – they are liable today. According to TMZ, Wade wants to use Blanca’s 2005 testimony to show Michael abused him, and hope that she will cooperate in his new case as well. Robson has been hammered by MJ’s former attorney Tom Mesereau, as well as Michael’s nephew Taj Jackson , his ex-wife Debbie Rowe, and others. Michael’s camp says Wade is obviously changing his story now because he’s motivated by money, and point to his moving 2005 account – under oath. Wade says he understands this, but is adamant that he’s not lying now. “I never forgot one moment of what Michael did,” he said. “But I was psychologically unable and unwilling to understand that it was sexual abuse.” “I lived in silence and denial for 22 years,” Robson went on, noting that he suffered nervous breakdowns that nearly ended his career two years ago. “In order to heal, I have to speak the truth and speak the whole truth.” You tell us: What do you think of Wade Robson’s allegations? He’s totally lying and just wants money. It’s probably true and MJ should pay. View Poll »
Funeral services were held yesterday for Kris Kross rapper Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta. The services were attended by…
Funeral services were held today for Kris Kross rapper Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta. The services were attended by…
Why adopt children to give them better lives if all you’re going to do is torture them? Throw these people underneath the jail. Parents Torture Foster Children According to NBC New York A U.S. Army major and his wife are accused of torturing their three foster children for years, breaking their bones, force-feeding them hot sauce, denying them water and using one of their biological kids to guard the toilet bowls so the foster children couldn’t try to quench their thirst, authorities said. Carolyn Jackson, 35, was arrested Tuesday morning at the New Jersey home she shares with her husband; John Jackson, 37, who was based at the Picatinny Arsenal Installation in Morris County, surrendered to federal agents shortly after his wife’s arrest, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. Both are charged in a 17-count indictment that includes conspiracy to endanger the welfare of a child, assault and more than a dozen counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The case is being prosecuted federally because the offenses were allegedly committed on a military base. According to the indictment, the Jacksons engaged in a constant course of neglect and cruelty toward the three children they fostered and then adopted from August 2005 through April 2010 while they lived at Picatinny Arsenal. One of those children died in May 2008; the Jacksons are not charged in that child’s death. During the five years of abuse, the Jacksons allegedly told their three biological children not to report the physical assaults, saying the punishments and disciplinary techniques were meant to “train” the adopted children to behave. Prosecutors say the Jacksons allegedly physically assaulted their children with various objects, giving two of them broken bones. The couple then allegedly denied the injured children medical attention. On other occasions, the couple allegedly withheld food and water from their foster children, at times denying them water altogether, and beat the children when they were caught trying to sneak something to eat or drink. In one case, the couple allegedly tasked one of their biological children with guarding the sinks and toilet bowls in their home on the military base to prevent one child from drinking water. The Jacksons are also accused of using food as punishment, allegedly forcing their foster children to consume large amounts of red pepper flakes, hot sauce or raw onion. They also allegedly forced one child to ingest substances with excessive amounts of salt while being deprived of water, which caused a life-threatening condition. At one point, prosecutors say a family friend told John Jackson that one of the children had reported the abuse in the household. Jackson then told his wife, who allegedly beat the child with a belt. The Jacksons appeared in federal court in Newark Tuesday and were temporarily denied bail. All of the children are in the custody of the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency. “Carolyn and John Jackson are charged with unimaginable cruelty to children they were trusted to protect,” Fishman said in a statement. “The crimes alleged should not happen to any child, anywhere, and it is deeply disturbing that they would happen on a military installation. Evil truly knows no color.
Paris Jackson Sparks War In Jackson Family Paris if your pappy didn’t what that woman in your life, we’re pretty sure it was for a good reason. According to National Enquirer The late superstar was determined to cut Debbie out of the lives of Paris and her older brother Prince, also born to Debbie, sources say, and Michael even named his mother, now a frail 82 years old, as the children’s legal guardian. But Paris is ignoring her father’s wishes, insiders say, and growing close to Debbie. “Paris is very puzzled as to why Debbie was never part of her life,” a close source told The ENQUIRER. ”All she knew was that Michael never wanted her to have any contact with Debbie. Now she’s on a mission to find out why.” A family source added: “Paris wants to move out of the Jackson compound in Calabasas and live with Debbie. “After having little contact with her for years, Paris is determined to get to know her real mother. It’s infuriating her grandmother.” Debbie worked as a medical assistant in the office of Michael’s dermatologist, and agreed to bear his children after he divorced Lisa Marie Presley. She was pregnant with Prince when she married the “Thriller” singer in November 1996. She gave birth to Paris in April 1998, and when the couple divorced in 1999, Debbie surrendered full custody of the two youngsters to Michael in exchange for $8 million and a house in Beverly Hills. Jackson’s other child, Blanket, was born to a still-unidentified woman. The deal allowed her to see Prince and Paris for eight hours every 45 days, but in 2001 she gave up her parental rights. Debbie sold her Beverly Hills home in 2005, and bought a ranch in rural Palmdale. “Prince is following his dad’s wishes and doesn’t want to establish a relationship with Debbie. But Paris has spent a lot of time with Debbie at her ranch, riding horses, and says she wants a normal life living with her,” the family insider told The ENQUIRER. “But it’ really upsetting Katherine because she knows Michael would not have approved. He paid Debbie off and made her promise to stay away from the children. Now that he’s dead, Debbie is not honoring that agreement, and Katherine is livid!” At the same time, deeply religious Katherine feels for her grandchildren, sources say. “Katherine understands Michael’s wishes,” said the family source. “But she can also see why her grandchildren want to learn more about their mother.” We understand Paris’ need to get to know her real mother, but you got to ask yourself: what mother signs away their kids to see them eight hours a day every 45 days?
You know you’re in Hobbit -land when Peter Jackson turns a mind-numbing question from Stephen Colbert about the Elves of Mirkwood into an observation about whether the coffee mugs on The Colbert Report are sanitary. Just in time for April Fool’s Day, Colbert makes the appearance at the 1:28 mark in this excerpt of a Q&A that Jackson conducted with fans who bought the Blu-Ray version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey last week. The clip also includes a first look at the second film in Jackson’s planned trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , but the hight point is Colbert’s slightly unhinged appearance. If he is not the number-one Tolkien geek on this planet, then he sure has me fooled. Jackson demonstrates that he’ s capable of being funny, too, and responds to Colbert’s multi-part question with a simple “yes,” before raising his own geeky question about The Colbert Report coffee mug that he used on his last appearance. The moral of the story: If you appear on The Colbert Report , bring your own mug. Stephen Colbert’s Very Involved Question About ‘The Desolation Of Smaug’ [ Deadline] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The Jodi Arias trial isn’t even over, but Lifetime is already planning a film about it. Accused of murdering ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander by shooting him, stabbing him 29 times and slitting his throat, Arias has claimed self-defense. Filled with explosive testimony, it’s a case that has gripped the nation as Jodi Arias , 32, faces possible death by lethal injection if found guilty of first-degree murder. Not surprisingly, the network renowned for ripped from the headlines movies is planning to cash in on the trial, which is still underway in Arizona. Arias follows in the Lifetime footsteps of the Craigslist Killer, Casey Anthony , Drew Peterson, Clark Rockefeller and other celebrity crime figures. Who do you think should play Jodi Arias in the movie? Any ideas?
After Bret Michaels’ meltdown and Dee Snider’s exit , Sunday’s episode of Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars proved the most dramatic of the new season so far. Their task was to create a five-minute soap opera for Crystal Light, with La Toya Jackson and Stephen Baldwin becoming dueling project managers. Jackson clashed with Omarosa from the start, and tensions rose throughout the night, the point where MJ’s sister dealt a serious low blow, saying: “Omarosa is the most evil person I’ve ever met. She’s a no good, conniving scheming, cut-throat, probably pulled the cord on Michael Duncan Clarke.” Not at all called for, Toya. Or correct, for that matter. Jackson (and others) expressed their issues with Omarosa and how she was a distraction after finding out Duncan’s 911 tapes were being released. In any case, Baldwin’s team won the task, giving his charity the $50,000 prize … and Jackson surprisingly did not bring Omarosa back into the boardroom. It was Dennis Rodman and Brande Roderick on the chopping block with her, and since neither did anything wrong, La Toya was fired by The Donald. Was it the right call? Is there any doubt after this display?
