Beyonce Talks Family
Beyonce is featured on the February 2010 cover of Allure magazine which hits stands on January 26. The 28-year old singer shared her plans on starting a family with her rapper hubby Jay-Z. Beyonce said “I definitely want to have a child, but I know from my nephew [Juelz] it’s a lot. I hope that those things will just happen naturally. I still haven’t had time to relax.” That’s right! She first needs to find the time to actually settle down in one place without working to even try to start a family of her own. I bet she and Jay-Z will have some cute kids though.
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Superstar Jennifer Hudson is celebrating after giving birth to a baby boy, according to reports.
Aug 11, 2009 Jennifer Hudson
Superstar Jennifer Hudson is celebrating after giving birth to a baby boy, according to reports.
The Oscar winner and her fiance David Otunga – a lawyer-turned-WWE wrestler – welcomed a healthy son in the early hours of Tuesday.
The tot weighed in at 7lbs 14oz and was named David Daniel Otunga, Jr. after his father.
The happy couple had apparently bought pink and blue clothing in advance of the birth, preferring not to know the sex of their baby.
Dreamgirls star Hudson, 28, who never confirmed or denied her pregnancy, continues to grieve for her mother, brother and nephew who were killed in a shocking Chicago murder spree in October last year.
William Balfour, Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law who is married to her sister Julia, has now been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Source: Splash News
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Michael Jackson’s body moved from crypt to basement
Jul 14, 2009 Michael Jackson
The fear that Michael Jackson’s fans might break into his crypt have led his body to be moved into a basement.
Jackson’s coffin was put inside a tomb belonging to Motown founder Berry Gordy after the epic Staples Center memorial service in Los Angeles.
The Jackson family wanted to keep its location secret, but information as to its whereabouts at Hollywood’s Forest Lawn Cemetery was leaked. With a decision about the final resting place still being made, thousands of fans and tourists flocked to the site.
The decision is also said to be delayed by testing of Jackson’s brain that is needed to determine the answer to the riddle of his sudden death at the age of 50.
Disagreement is said to have torn Jermaine Jackson and Michael’s other brothers and Jackson’s mother, Katherine, over where he should be laid to rest. Jermaine favours Neverland Ranch, but Katherine believes it to be too tainted for a burial place.
Jackson lived at the Neverland property from 1988 to 2003 before he was charged with child molestation. He never returned, and his mother thinks that’s how things should stay in his death.
Source: Splash News
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The Queen of Soul wants people to stop talking about the King of Pop’s alleged drug use
Jul 10, 2009 Aretha Franklin, Drugs, Michael Jackson
The Queen of Soul thinks we should reserve comments about the King of Pop’s drug use until after the full coroner’s report is released.
Aretha Franklin – who lived next door to the Jackson family in Encino, California, in the late 1970s and early 1980s – says: "Those are natural questions, but in fairness to him, we should wait for the coroner’s report and stop speculating."
The 67-year-old says she befriended Michael Jackson back in 1970 when she and her two sons met the Jackson 5 backstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Franklin says of the singer, who was about 12: "I thought: ‘This little boy can really sing.’
"He liked James Brown and Jackie Wilson, especially his rendition of Doggin’ Around.
"He kind of emulated that. But when you listened to his albums, you knew he was an original and had things of his own coming from his heart."
Franklin lived next door to the Jacksons from 1979 to 1982 before she returned to Detroit.
She found the talented family to be "very intelligent and well mannered". Jackson, who was in his early 20s at the time, was, "quiet but still very precocious".
Franklin treasures those days with the superstar family, including a picture of the singer and his baby sister Janet taken under a tree in her garden when they came over for a swim.
She says she and her sons had a "super time" visiting Disneyland with Jackson. "He was very playful that day," she says.
"My son told me he kept sneaking up behind me like he was going to run into me."
Tags: Aretha Franklin, dead, Family, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Queen of Soul, Singers, sons
Michael Jackson’s brain ‘missing’ at memorial service
Jul 9, 2009 Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s brain was reportedly missing when his body was laid in a golden casket for his memorial service.
Reports claim that Jackson’s brain has been kept by experts who are still carrying out toxicology tests to work out if the star’s heart attack was brought on by painkillers.
The assistant chief coroner, Ed Winter, said: “As soon as we are done with the brain, we’ll return it. The last I heard, they are not burying the body yet.”
It has also been claimed that the whereabouts of his body are currently unknown. However, British newspaper The Sun is claiming the body is still at the mortuary at Forest Lawn Cemetary, where the family held a private service.
Source: Splash News
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Jackson family gather to say their final goodbyes to King of Pop
Jul 7, 2009 Michael Jackson
Dressed in black, Katherine Jackson led her family into the private memorial service for her son Michael Jackson.
The Jackson clan gathered to say their goodbyes to their most famous and successful son at LA’s cemetery, Forest Lawn, where legendary stars such as Bette Davis are buried.
The family left their Encino compound at about 8am this morning (Los Angeles time).
Escorted by the LAPD, the procession travelled 12 miles from the family home to Forest Lawn, along deserted highways that are normally heaving with rush-hour traffic.
Two of the city’s busiest motorways were closed specially for Jackson’s funeral procession.
Upon arrival at Forest Lawn, the family entered the chapel for a brief service.
About 30 minutes later, they left and the funeral procession, including a hearse reportedly carrying the King of Pop’s body, set off for downtown LA and Staples Centre, where the public memorial is being held.
A crowd of fans had already gathered outside the venue, while those lucky enough to have tickets started taking their seats.
The public memorial is due to start at 10am (LA time).
Source: Splash News
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Tickets for Michael Jackson’s memorial service snapped up by ticket touts
Jul 6, 2009 Music
Tickets for Michael Jackson’s memorial service have been snapped up by ticket touts who plan to make money out of the tragic event.
Jacko passed away aged 50 in LA on June 25 after he reportedly suffered a heart attack.
The memorial is being held at the Staples Center in LA, and tickets for the event were posted online for fans but quickly sold out.
British fan Julian Nelson, 27, was unable to get one of the exclusive tickets and, talking about the touts, he said: “It’s totally out of order and against the spirit of the whole event.
He added: “I was gutted not to get a ticket.
“But it’s worse knowing others did and all they care about is making a quick buck. The touts should be ashamed.
“You just don’t get lower than tryng to make money off a person’s death.”
Source: Splash News
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Michael Jackson filmed a video just two weeks before his death – with key scenes eerily set in a cemetery.
Jun 30, 2009 Music Artists, Music Videos
The elaborate ‘Dome Project’ was the last video ever shot by Jackson, whose career feature many of the most important videos in pop history.
Jackson had key scenes set in a cemetery to remind fans of his pioneering 1983 video for his hit Thriller.
But now the video – expected to be ready for screening next month – will instead have a spooky, emotional impact for fans as Jackson is scene in the cemetery.
Asked about the video, Jackson’s close friend Miko Brando said: “True.”
Asked when the video would be released, Miko – the son of late acting legend Marlon Brando – said: “That’s a good question. We’d love to see that. I would think soon, hopefully.”
The video was produced by Robb Wagner and filmed a Culver Studios, which 70 years ago was the set for the classic film Gone With the Wind.
The cemetery scenes are one of four sets in the video.
Besides the cemetery, one set featured an oversized portrait of Jackson in his Thriller werewolf costume, another was a jungle, and the fourth a construction site.
Source: Splash News
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Ozzy Osbourne’s son is a gun enthuziast
May 11, 2009 Metal Music, Ozzy Osbourne
The famous rocker’s son, Jack Osbourne, is a real gun freak according to his father. Ozzy Osbourne also worries that his son might end up hurting himself at some point, as he relates: “Jack is gun crazy. Over here in the US you can buy real guns. I have this horrible thing – I can see this movie in my head where he’s messing around and shoots himself in the foot.” As opposed to other places where you can only get squirt guns? And moreover, Ozzy Osbourne shouldn’t worry about his son shooting himself in the foot… it’s the more vulnerable parts that should be of concern.
Tags: Family, Firearms, Heavy Metal, Jack Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne