Update: At a press conference this afternoon, attorney Eric George said that Debbie "has not reached a final decision on pending custody," and she has chosen to keep silent "out of respect for Michael's children."

It would be a "distortion of the truth" to say she is going after custody, the lawyer said. He promised when Deb makes her decision, the media will be notified.

Debbie Rowe is going after the kids.

The mother of Michael Jackson's two eldest kids, Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, "is going to be pursuing custody of the children," her attorney, Iris Finsilver said. "Frankly, she won't have to fight for them," the lawyer told People.com. "She is the children's biological mother. She loves her children."

The kids, including Michael's youngest son, Blanket (who's biological mother is not known), are temporarily in the care of the pop star's mother, Katherine Jackson, who was named as guardian in Michael's will. But Debbie says she's willing to take custody of Blanket, as well, to keep the siblings together.

It looks like she will have a battle on her hands, though, as the Jackson family says they intend to seek permanent custody. "They will fight," says an insider.

In an interview with a Los Angeles television station today, Debbie said, "I want my children. I am stepping up. I have to."

It's going to get ugly.

Here is Michael Jackson's last performance.

Filmed just two days before his death, Michael looked top notch rehearsing for his sold-out This Is It tour, performing "They Don't Really Care About Us."

It's so sad -- especially if you had tickets for one of the sold-out London shows. It looks like it would have been legendary.

After all the speculation regarding Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial service plans, we now know what's going to happen.

Michael's actual funeral will take place at Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Mortuary Tuesday morning. Following the service, a memorial will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at 10 am PT, reps for the Jackson family announced. A simulcast will play at the Nokia Theatre. 11,000 tickets  for the Staples Center event and 6,500 tickets to the one at the Nokia Theatre will be distributed to the public free of charge. You can sign up for the random drawing for tickets here.

We still don't know if Michael's body -- which will be buried in a $25,000, 14-karat gold-plated casket -- will be at the memorial.

Jermaine Jackson went on the Today show this morning and shared his grief over his brother's death with the world.

"He went too soon," said Jermaine, of Michael Jackson, who passed away last week at 50. "I wish that it was me. I've always felt that I was his backbone, someone to be there for him. I was there and he was sort of like Moses. The things he couldn't say, I would say them."

Jermaine described what it was like to get the news from his devastated mother, Katherine.

"She was crying, saying he was dead. To hear my mother say, 'Michael is dead,' to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is dead, is nothing that anyone can ever imagine," Jermaine explained to Matt Lauer.

"I tried to console her," he went on, "but I wanted to see Michael and I wanted to see my brother. To see him there lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me. But I held myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said Michael, 'I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.'"

Michael's children got to say goodbye to their dad, as well.

"I know it's tough, but I think it was the best thing to do. At first I was against it, but what do you say if you don't show them?" Jermaine said of the decision to let them see his body.

As for the rumors of Michael's possible drug use, Jermaine says that he would "be hurt" if they turned out to be true "because Michael has always been a person who was against anything like that."

But he also doesn't think it's impossible. "I'm not saying it's right, because it's not right," Jermaine said of the drug talk. "But in this business, the pressure, and things that you go through -- you never know what people might turn to."

There's not going to be much peace for Michael Jackson or his family anytime soon.

According to TMZ.com, Michael's body was filled with injection marks at the time of his death. It is speculated that the singer may have had an injection of the drug Propofol, a powerful anesthesia. The dangerous medication was found in MJ's house after his death, and various medical experts have said there is absolutely no medical justification for Michael to have had this drug in his home. It is used to put people under before surgery and is administered through an IV.

It seems Michael wanted to use the drug to cure his insomnia -- and that he had been a bit of an anesthesia junkie. Sources say the LAPD has asked the DEA to assist them in its investigation into multiple doctors who may have treated Michael and prescribed Propofol.

And, if it is found that a shot of the drug is what caused Michael to go into cardiac arrest and die, serious criminal charges could be filed against the doctor who gave it to him.

Uh-oh. Can you imagine needing anesthesia to sleep?

Sometimes you can say never.

Michael Jackson will not be buried at Neverland Ranch.

The Jacksons, who had hoped to have Michael's funeral at his beloved home, were not able to obtain a residential exemption required for a burial on private property. And there will be no viewing there this Friday, as planned. 

"Contrary to previous news reports, the Jackson family is officially stating that there will be no public or private viewing at Neverland," the family said in a statement. "Plans are underway regarding a public memorial for Michael Jackson, and we will announce those plans shortly."

Sources say that this public funeral will most likely take place at on Tuesday, July 7, at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

Insiders say there will also be giant screens outside the facilities for those who won't be able to make it inside.

Do you think Michael should be buried at Neverland? It was his happy place.

Michael Jackson will always be the King of Pop -- and here's your proof.

Our dearly-departed MJ is back at the top of the charts almost a week after his death.

The Billboard chart's top 9 out of 10 spots are currently being held by Michael, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracked sales through Sunday.

At No.1 (coincidentally) stands Michael's Number Ones greatest hits package, followed by The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller. Off the Wall album came in at No. 4, while The Jackson 5's Ultimate Collection took fifth, with Bad, Dangerous and HIStory -- Volume 1, and his 2004 box set, The Ultimate Collection, rounding out the top 9.

Whether you liked Michael as person, or agreed with how he lived he lived his life, there is no arguing that he was one talented dude.

Yesterday reports began to swirl that Michael Jackson's will had surfaced, and that the pop star had intentionally left nothing of his fortune to his dad, Joe Jackson.

Now that the will, which was dated July 7, 2002, has been filed, here's what we've learned: 

- Michael left all of his assets to the Michael Jackson Family Trust

- He named his mother Katherine as guardian of his children - Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7 - and as the beneficiary of the trust.

- Diana Ross is named as the successor trustee to Katherine, if necessary.

- No charities are named as beneficiaries

- Joe Jackson was not specifically left out of the will

"There are no numbers in the will," says a source said. "The assets are going into the family trust."

Michael's death has sparked so many rumors and crazy stories -- we'll do our best to keep you up to date on what's fact and what's fiction.

So, is Debbie Rowe the biological mother of Michael Jackson's two eldest children, Prince Michael and Paris?

According to her she is.

Debbie's lawyers felt the need to release a statement on Michael's ex's behalf, since yesterday's media blitz which questioned if Debbie was actually the kids' mom.

"We refuse to be drawn into addressing the various rumors and speculation swirling in the media," her attorney, Marta Almli, told E! News. "The vast majority of what is out there is untrue. Particularly hurtful and insidious is the most recent rumor--which is entirely false--concerning the maternity of the children. Ms. Rowe is the biological mother of the two oldest children."

As for who the daddy is, Us Weekly is swearing that Michael had no part in creating those children -- and that his dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, is actually the pops.

But the good doc isn't talking.

"Dr. Klein is aware of media reports connecting him to Michael Jackson," his lawyer, Richard L. Charnley, told E! News.

"Because of patient confidentiality Dr. Klein will make no statement on any reports or allegations. Out of respect for his patients and adherence to federal HIPAA regulations, Dr. Klein asks that the media not contact his patients nor interfere with their medical treatments. Like millions of Michael's fans around the world, Dr. Klein is saddened by Michael's death and extends his condolences to Michael's family."

My head is just spinning from all of this.

Farrah Fawcett's loved ones gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to say goodbye to the actress who passed away from cancer last week.

Over 200 guests (the service was by invitation only), including Ryan & Redmond O' Neal, Kate Jackson, Marla Maples and Joan Collins attended the hour-long Catholic service, where Farrah's best friend Alana Stewart and her doctor Lawrence Piro spoke.

"Goodbye sweet girl," Alana said. "[Farrah] never felt sorry for herself during her illness ... she fought cancer furiously. She's the most beautiful angel in heaven. She always seemed so indestructible."

Ryan and son, Redmond, who was allowed to leave jail for the funeral, served as pall bearers, carrying Farrah's casket out of the church, and after, guests were taken by van to a reception where a band played Farrah's favorite music.

"The funeral was really just beautiful and so sweet," Lisa Fawcett, Farrah's cousin, told People.com. 

Hopefully they can all begin to heal now.

Plus: See photos of the stars at Farrah's funeral

Here's just a tiny glimpse into what's been going on outside of Michael Jackson's L.A. home within the last couple of days.

With the funeral arrangements set, and a public memorial and viewing being held at the Neverland Ranch on Friday, Michael's devoted fans will get their chance to properly say their goodbyes to the King of Pop.

I know you can't put a timeline on grief -- everyone experiences it their own way -- I just wonder how long this outpouring of love will go on for. 

The arrangements have been made.

According to CNN, there will be both a public and private funeral for Michael Jackson.

First the singer's body will be flown back to the Neverland Ranch for a public viewing on Friday, then, on Sunday, there will be a private memorial.

It has not been announced where Michael's body will eventually be buried.

Earlier today, fans gathered at the Apollo Theater in NYC to pay tribute to Michael -- a place where he performed as a child.

What a scene Neverland Ranch is going to be...

There are so many stories out right now on the music Michael Jackson has left behind in the wake of his surprise death last week.

According to the Daily Express, Michael had a catalog of songs that he left in a will to his three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.

"He has as many as 200 unpublished songs that he planned to leave his children when he died," a source explained. "They can't be touched by the creditors, but they could be worth as much as ($100 million) that will ensure his kids a comfortable existence no matter what happens."

E! Online has gotten a copy of a "lost Michael Jackson" tune, "Shout"; which the singer reportedly recorded in the fall of 2001 at Sony Recording Studios in New York City, but was never released.

"After the recording was done, we could see him dancing to the song," co-writer Cyphe said. "He really was feeling that record, but, unfortunately, the record got rail roaded by politics within the album and the dispute between M.J. and Tommy [Mottola], so it got released as a maxi single to R. Kelly's "Cry." No one's heard "Shout" in the U.S."

Until now.

Finally, there is talk of a recent recorded concert rehearsal that is set to be released on DVD and new video that Michael completed shooting earlier this month.

I have a feeling there will be tons and tons of never-before-seen stuff coming out of the woodwork for years to come.

In a slightly bizarre press conference yesterday, Michael Jackson's dad, Joe Jackson, accompanied by Rev. Al Sharpton, announced that there would be a public memorial for his son.

But that's it on that.

Joe said funeral arrangements have not yet been made for the entertainer, as they are waiting for the results of the second autopsy, but that he knows Michael would have been overwhelmed by the support already shown for him.

"The family and I are very proud to see all of you come out here and help us with this whole situation. I wish Michael could be here to see all this. Michael was a superstar. He was loved in every country and the U.S...but one thing Michael didn't know, he didn't know how strong this could be."

"There's going to be a tribute at the Apollo. People are planning museums in Gary, Indiana," Al Sharpton said. "There's all kinds of things the family is going to consider. As a family they came out of Gary and they gave the world a whole new glow and they must be careful to protect that glow."

Joe also commented on his wife, Katherine, getting custody of Michael's children.

"We love those kids still," he said. "We're going to take care of them and give them the education they're supposed to have. We can do that. And we have the area enough and the premises large enough to be able to extend to them all the help that they might need."

Here's the weird part -- Joe used his time with reporters to also pitch his new record label, Ranch Records.

Um, ew. 

Is that tacky or what?

Pills, pills, and more pills. That's what's coming out of Michael Jackson's home.

Chief Investigator Craig Harvey told reporters yesterday that the Los Angeles County Coroner's officials have confiscated various prescription drugs from MJ's place.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter and his team were spotted leaving the deceased superstar's home yesterday with two large plastic bags. They removed "additional medical evidence as part of our work with the LAPD," Harvey said.

The Los Angeles Times is also reporting that the cops are looking for other doctors that had prescribed Michael his meds.

We already know that Michael's live-in doc, Dr. Conrad Murray, says he wasn't supplying Michael with OxyContin or Demerol, but what we didn't know was that the good doc had been working without board certification at the time of MJ's death. His most recent license expired in 2008.

Whoops.

Still, Dr. Murray's lawyer says his client did everything he could to help at the scene.

"The doctor rode with Michael Jackson to the hospital," Murray's attorney, Edward Chernoff, told Larry King Live. "He was in the hospital room. He worked with the doctors at UCLA to try to revive him. After he was pronounced dead, the doctor stayed in the hospital, spoke with the family members that were there at the time."

So, if he's not in trouble, why does he need a lawyer, Larry asked.

"You have a lot more faith in the justice system if you don't think he doesn't need a lawyer," Chernoff answered.

Comforting.

Such a sad day.

Redmond O'Neal, who is currently serving a jail sentence for violating his probation on drug charge, will be able to attend mom Farrah Fawcett's funeral today, says his lawyer.

"That's an absolute yes," William Slattery told People.com.

Redmond will get a pass out of Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, Calif., for the invitation-only service, being held at Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Red had previously been allowed to visit his ailing mother a few times while she was on her deathbed.

Our Lady of Angels -- how fitting.

The August issue of Vanity Fair (on sale July 7) features the dearly-departed Heath Ledger, as friends of the actor tell the magazine what Heath's final days were like.

Cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, who was working with Heath on his final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, says Heath had taken himself off illicit drugs and alcohol.

" [He] used to smoke marijuana on a regular basis, like probably 50 percent of Americans." But once it became and issue, Heath "went clean as a whistle," Nicola said.

Vocal coach Gerry Grennell, who worked and lived with the actor during the filming of The Dark Knight, concurred. "Heath would happily go to the bar, buy a round of drinks for friends, and come back and have a soda or juice, never once drinking alcohol."

Gerry said he was much more concerned with Heath's insomnia -- and the measures he was taking to get some sleep. "I'd say, 'If you can possibly bear it to stop taking the medications, do, because they don't seem to be doing you any good.' He agreed. It is very difficult for me to imagine how close he came to not taking them."

"Everyone has a different view of how he passed away," Gerry told the mag. "From my perspective, and knowing him as well as I did, and being around him as much as I was, it was a combination of exhaustion, sleeping medication ... and perhaps the aftereffects of the flu. I guess his body just stopped breathing."

Sources say the insomnia was a result of the souring of Heath's personal life with Michelle Williams.

"Heath was always blaming himself [about the relationship], asking 'what did I do wrong?'" Heath's friend, director Terry Gilliam said. "Once it started going south, it went very quickly. He was overwhelmed by lawyers, and there were more and more of them, as if they were breeding." 

Custody issues surrounding their daughter, Matilda, made the situation that much worse. "There were definitely heated conversations," says one source, "and emotions were high."

On top of it all, Heath was extremely driven by his love of acting -- but didn't ever want to sell out.

"He was a private person, and he didn't want to share his personal history with the press. It just wasn't up for sale," his friend and agent, Steven Alexander revealed. "That's part of the reason he initially tore down his career. He wasn't motivated by money or stardom, but by the respect of his peers, and for people to walk out of a movie theater after they'd seen something that he'd worked on and say, 'Wow, he really disappeared into that character.' He was striving to become an 'illusionist,' as he called it, able to create characters that weren't there."

Such a talented but tortured soul.

It wasn't a bump on the head that caused the sudden death of Billy Mays.

According to the coroner in Tampa, Fl, the TV pitchman died of a pulmonary embolism. The preliminary autopsy report also says that the Oxiclean guru had evidence of heart disease. The medical examiner concluded that Billy "had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart."

Final results of the autopsy and cause of death will not be known for several weeks, but it is known that the knock to the head that Billy received while on a flight home from Pennsylvania was not relevant. There was no evidence of head trauma and internal and external injuries did not exist.

Unfortunately, dying from natural causes doesn't make anything easier on his loved ones.  

Paris, Prince and Blanket have been staying with Michael's mother, Katherine -- and that's the way the Jacksons want to keep it.

[There isn't] anybody who thinks that there is someone better" than Katherine Jackson to have custody, said the family's attorney, Londell McMillan, on this morning's Today show. "She is a very loving host of other grandchildren."

The family lawyer also said that, despite reports, they have not heard from Debbie Rowe, the biological of Michael's two elder children.

"Ms. Rowe's only thoughts at this time have been regarding the devastating loss Michael's family has suffered," Debbie's attorney, Marta Almli. "Ms. Rowe requests that Michael's family, and particularly the children, be spared such harmful, sensationalist speculation and that they be able to say goodbye to their loved one in peace."

With whom do you think Michael's kids belong?

Britain's The Sun claims to have gotten their hands on a copy of Michael Jackson's autopsy report -- and the findings are not pretty.

According to the paper, Michael weighed 112 lbs at the time of his death from cardiac arrest last week, had no hair,  and was found with nothing but partially dissolved pills in his stomach. The report claimed Michael had tons of scars as a result of 13 cosmetic operations, that the bridge of his nose had disappeared and the right side had caved in. He also had unexplained bruises on his knees and shins and bruising to his back.

Michael's body also suffered broken ribs from the paramedics' attempts to try and revive the singer. In addition, there were four injections around his heart, presumably from the medical workers attempts to jump start his heart with adrenaline.

"He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out and he had been eating nothing but pills when he died," the paper quotes a source as saying. "Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he'd been in terminal decline for years.

Official reports aren't due for another four to six weeks, but this info is enough to make me not want to hear anymore.

Rev. Jesse Jackson has spent time with Michael Jackson's family since the superstar's death last Thursday and, since then, has spoken to People.com about his feelings on the situation.

"The suddenness of it all I am still in shock. It just hurts. It hurts," he says of Michael's untimely death.

The Rev. also revealed that the Jacksons are uneasy about the circumstances of Michael's death.

"The family has questions. Of course. There is a concern about what happened the last 12 hours of Michael's life," Jesse said. "The doctor [Conrad Murray] has showed some bizarre behavior. Apparently, the doctor was with Michael, maybe administering to his back pain. And then, the next thing that happens is there is a 911 call. What's strange about that call is the voice says Michael's not breathing, that he's unconscious. How long was he not breathing? How long was he unconscious ...

"Then, of course, the doctor did not confer with the family. To say, 'Here is what happened in the last hours of your son's life.' That would have been the courtesy. He hadn't talked with the family. He didn't sign the death certificate. He didn't talk with the coroner. And then he was missing in action. Finally, when he surfaced, he surfaced with a lawyer. All these are rather bizarre actions.

"No one is in a position of accusing the doctor of anything. Because we don't have answers to the questions that deserve to have answers. There may be plausible answers, but we don't know. All we know is this bizarre behavior on his part."

Cops say that the doctor is not a suspect, nor did they think that anything seemed inconsistent when he was brought in for questioning Saturday night -- but Jesse doesn't seem convinced. Your thoughts?

A former nanny for Michael Jackson's children has been quoted by The Times of London, saying that, on more than one occasion, Grace Rwaramba needed to pump the superstar's stomach due to his drug use.

"I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it," the child care provider said, referring to drugs. "There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him," she is quoted as saying. "He always ate too little and mixed too much."

Grace told the paper that she contacted Michael's family about his drug abuse and attempted to stage her own intervention. "He didn't want to listen," she says, "that was one of the times he let me go."

Working for MJ for over ten years, Grace was let go last December. 

She is currently is Los Angeles, waiting to be questioned by police.

Michael Jackson's doctor, who was on the scene when Michael passed away last week, spent Saturday night with the Los Angeles police department.

For three hours, Dr. Conrad Murray, sat with police and answered "every and all questions," according to his spokesperson.  He "helped identify the circumstances around the death of the pop icon and clarified some inconsistencies."

The statement added, "Investigators say the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this tragedy."

The doc's rep also said that that Murray will remain in Los Angeles as long as necessary to help with the investigation, and "Dr. Murray will continue to cooperate fully with the authorities and asks that all keep the Jackson family in their prayers."

Last night's BET awards were completely redone to honor the life of Michael Jackson.

Dressed in a red leather jacket and white glove, host Jamie Foxx did his best "Beat It" dance imitation (which was pretty good), and was followed by tribute after tribute from the stars in attendance.

At the close of the show, Michael's sister Janet Jackson spoke for the first time since her brother's death.

"My entire family wanted to be here tonight but it was too painful. To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family. He will forever live in all of hearts. 

"On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for all of your love, thank you for all of your support. We miss him so much. Thank you so much."

Michael's dad, Joe Jackson, was in the press room where he spoke briefly about the tribute.

"I think if Michael was here he would've enjoyed the celebration, but ... he couldn't be here. It's like he was larger than he was ever before. I think Michael gives his love to everybody and we hope his record will never be broken."

As for how he would like Michael to be remembered, "Well as you know, since the tragedy has happened, I would like him to be remembered forever all over the world. We know that all over the world everybody will support him."

Did you watch?

Seriously, what is going on?

Famous TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead early this morning in his Tampa, Florida home. He was 50.

Billy had just returned from shooting a new Oxiclean commercial in Philadelphia, and been aboard a plane that had blown a front tire on landing.

After getting off the plane, he told a local news station, "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

But sources say he seemed okay later and was "acting fine and normal ... he was talking business with his father-in-law."

According to police, no foul play is suspected and an autopsy is being performed.

Billy's wife, Deborah, just released this statement:

"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

What a crazy sad week this has been.

Farrah Fawcett's funeral is set for Tuesday, June 30.

According to People.com, Ryan O'Neal is handling the arrangements for his longtime love. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. and is not open to the public. Farrah will be laid to rest in a private ceremony open to mourners by invitation only.

Farrah passed away Thursday after a long battle with cancer.

According to TMZ.com, Michael Jackson's family does not want his children, Prince and Paris, to end up with their biological mother, Debbie Rowe.

The Jackson family members say they plan to fight for the children. They feel that the kids barely know Debbie, as she hasn't ever really been a part of their lives. They are insisting Michael's offspring remain "within the family."

It makes sense, plus wouldn't Debbie be taking the older kids away from their younger sibling, Blanket? That's just wrong.

In the deleted scene, Latoya is interviewed by Bruno and makes a reference to Michael Jackson, who passed away suddenly on Thursday.

In light of the recent tragedy, Universal decided this was the right thing to do. Much respect for them, as well.