NEW YORK – Michael Jackson spent the last months of his life frightened and on edge, convinced that he would be killed by people wanting to get access to his valuable music catalog, according to his sister, La Toya Jackson. Jackson makes the claims in her new book, “Starting Over,” which also chronicles her own troubles, including an abusive marriage to her late ex-manager/husband, Jack Gordon. Jackson says that she and her brother w…
NEW YORK – La Toya Jackson writes in her new book “Starting Over” that the first question that ran through her mind after she learned of her brother’s death was, “Who killed Michael?” The book is scheduled to go on sale next week, two years after the pop star’s death of a sedative overdose. Dr. Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and trial is set for September. La Toya Jackson say…
es which helped sell hundreds of millions of Potter novels. “Bricks and mortar stores are taking a lot of bullets and there’s a limit to how many bullets we can take,” says Roxanne Coady, owner of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn, one of more than 200 independent sellers of e-books through Google. “If the sellers of the Rowling e-books are saying they don’t need bricks and mortar stores, then that’s the …
LOS ANGELES – Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense on Wednesday abandoned a theory that it touted for over a year that Michael Jackson swallowed the drug that killed him, an abrupt shift in strategy that potentially undermines its case. The reason was clear: The defense had learned that its claim that the singer swallowed the anesthetic propofol while Murray was out of the room in June 2009 can’t be supported with scientific evidence. The dev…
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – The botched launch of a perfume in memory of pop icon Michael Jackson caused a stink this week, as his father distanced himself from a Frenchman behind the deal, and a lawsuit disputed their rights. Joe Jackson signed a contract with French fragrance entrepreneur Franck Rouas earlier this year to launch eau de parfums “Jackson Tribute” for men and “Jackson Legend” for women. The scents were due…
NEW YORK – Michael Jackson spent the last months of his life frightened and on edge, convinced that he would be killed by people wanting to get access to his valuable music catalog, according to his sister, LaToya Jackson. Jackson makes the claims in her new book, “Starting Over,” which also chronicles her own troubles, including an abusive marriage to her late ex-manager/husband, Jack Gordon. Jackson says that she and her brother we…