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Katherine Jackson Gets Temporary Custody of Michael’s Kids

Vanessa Baker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:32:51 +0000

Entertainment Weekly reports Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, was awarded temporary custody of his three children: Paris, Michael – known as Prince Michael – and Prince Michael II – known as Blanket. At a press conference outside the family estate in Encino, California, Joe Jackson, Katherine’s husband and Michael’s father, insisted the children belong with their grandmother, who has been taking care of them since their father’s June 25 death.

“We’re the parents,” he said. “This is where they belong. We’re going to take care of them and give them the education they’re supposed to have.”

Jackson family lawyer, Londell McMillan said, to the best of his knowledge, Debbie Rowe, Michael’s ex-wife and mother of the two older children, has not approached the family since Michael’s death. “I have no knowledge to suggest that she would do anything to uproot the best interest of these children, which is to stay together in a family that they’ve known and that they love, and that they feel very, very comfortable in.”

McMillan called Katherine “a very, very loving and strong woman.”

Joe said memorial plans for his son are still being worked out. He said he wants the investigation into Michael’s death to be completed before the funeral is held.

Charlie Sheen & Denise Richards Pleased with Hearing Outcome

Irene Ogrodnik — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:42:15 +0000

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards are satisfied with Friday’s emergency custody hearing, reports E! News.

“I’m very happy with today’s outcome,” Denise Richards told E! News after the hearing.

Sheen did not attend the hearing as he was not required to do so but, according to his publicist Stan Rosenfield, the actor is content with the results.

“Charlie was very grateful and more than pleased with the court for how they dealt with the custody issues regarding his two children this morning,” stated Ronsenfield.

Sheen requested the emergency hearing and although his motion remains unclear, it is likely tied to Sheen’s revelation on Wednesday that their two daughters failed to show up for a planned visitation.

Britney Teaches Kids’ Dance Class

andPOP Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:11:41 +0000

After what seems like endless breakdowns, Britney Spears is getting her life back on track and sharing her good fortune.

Spears taught a free dance class to eight children aged 4-9 last night, at the Millennium Dance Studio in North Hollywood, reports OK! Magazine.

Though some of the kids were a little too young to know, the extent of Spears’ fame, they were still starstruck. Said one parent of her son’s reaction, “He didn’t really know who Britney was, though he dances to all of her music. So when I told him ‘this is the lady who makes all the songs you like,’ he got very excited.”

Interacting with the kids may be therapeutic for Spears, as she recently lost custody of her two young sons.

Britney’s Visitaton Rights Suspended

andPOP Staff — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:59:49 +0000

Britney Spears’ visitation rights with her two young children were suspended today.

According to TMZ, “Brit did not provide the drug testing people with contact information so they could reach her to facilitate the random tests, and that is what triggered Commish Gordon’s action.”

Spears’ custody battle with ex-hubby Kevin Federline has been one unsuccessful fight after the other. Last week she called an emergency hearing to request over-night privileges but didn’t even show up to the courthouse.

She has repeatedly failed to comply with the judge’s orders and overall disrespected him. A reporter from Us Weekly overheard her trashing the judge while shopping in Neiman Marcus on October 11. According to the reporter, Brit called the judge “mean” and “an old fart.”

“He told me I was being catty with him, but he was being catty with me and paid me no respect at all,” Spears ranted. “His job is to sit there and tell people what to do, and that’s just so sad, because he gets off on it.”

Britney Blows Off Emergency Hearing

andPOP Staff — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:11:41 +0000

TMZ is reporting that Britney Spears has better things to do than attend an emergency hearing that she herself requested.

The reason for the hearing was to ask the courts to give her overnight rights with her two children, Sean Preston and Jayden James. She lost custody last week to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, and currently has only supervised visitation rights.

Though lawyers urged her to attend the 8 a.m. hearing to prove she cares about her children, TMZ reports that Spears stayed in her hotel room in Marina Del Ray this morning.

Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, was not pleased by Spears’ request for a hearing. “The fact that a party, one week after a full court hearing, attempts to change the orders of the court, in the absence of an emergency or without any new facts, suggests a continued lack of respect and understanding for what an order of the court actually means,” he told TMZ.

David Hasselhoff Rushed to Detox

andPOP Staff — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:20:13 +0000

The National Enquirer is reporting that David Hasselhoff was readmitted to a Los Angeles detox hospital yesterday after a severe alcohol relapse.

Hasselhoff was described as looking “weak,” “trembling” and “ashen.”

Hasselhoff’s alcoholism was smeared all over the internet earlier this year, when a videotape his daughter filmed of him drunk made its way online. The incident left him “humiliated,” but unable to completely kick his habit.

“He lives for his children and it killed him that they had to see him so drunk he didn’t know what he was doing,” a source told the Enquirer. “Most times he does remarkably well,…Then every once in a while he slips up and relapses. Then he has to start all over again.”

Despite the videotape controversy, Hasselhoff did win primary custody of his two children over his ex-wife, Pamela Bach. The 55-year-old was last seen as a judge on the television reality program, America’s Got Talent.