Michael Mad at "Michael"
May 5, 2006
Michael Jackson says "imposter." GQ says "imitator."
The tomato/to-mah-to battle erupted Friday with Jackson's spokeswoman issuing a statement that the entertainer was "furious" with photos in the men's magazine that show the singer slogging through a desert, and sitting in a movie theater in the company of children.
Saying it was responding to "numerous inquiries," Jackson's camp branded the pictures "a hoax," and "not authentic."
"Mr. Jackson has neither posed for, or [sic] provided photographs of himself to GQ magazine," the statement from rep Raymone K. Bain said. "The person in these photographs is an imposter."
Suge Raps in Court
May 5, 2006
As Death Row Records nears its eleventh hour, the label's founder, Marion "Suge" Knight, appeared at a federal bankruptcy hearing Friday to shed light on his personal finances and to answer questions about just how murky the money situation is down on the Row these days.
Knight filed for bankruptcy protection Apr. 4 to stave off a Los Angeles Superior Court order to put his label (renamed Tha Row in 2001), at one time home to rap superstars Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, into receivership (control taken out of Knight's hands, and placed into someone else's).
Hasselhoff Custody
May 5, 2006
David Hasselhoff's ongoing divorce saga is far from over, but at least he's making progress.
On Thursday, a Superior Court judge awarded the "Baywatch" star and his estranged wife, Pamela Bach, joint custody of their daughters, Taylor, 16, and Hayley, 12.