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A paternity test has confirmed what Jude Law already admitted. The Sherlock Holmes star is, in fact, the father of Samantha Burke’s daughter, Sophia, reports E! News.

“Since the birth of her daughter, Sophia, there have been a number of reports in the media questioning paternity,” said Burke’s representative, Eileen Koch. “In response to those questions, Samantha can firm that DNA testing has conclusively established that Jude Law is Sophia’s father. Samantha and Sophia are doing well and appreciate all of the well wishes they have received.”

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Michael Jackson’s death was officially ruled a homicide by the L.A. County Coroner, according to TMZ.com.

The cause of death was said to be acute Propofol intoxication. While Propofol and Lorazepam (Ativan) were said to be the cause of Jackson’s death, a host of other drugs were found in Jackson’s system including Midazolam (Versed), Diazepam (Valium), Lidocaine (topical anesthetic) and Ephedrine (used to treat hypotension associated with anesthesia), as listed on TMZ.

Although Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide at the hands of his doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, it does not necessarily mean criminal charges. Murray is the target of a manslaughter investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times, but Jackson’s history of drug dependency will factor largely into any criminal trial.

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Mark Lester, who starred in the musical Oliver! as a child, says he is the biological father of the late Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, according to Perez Hilton.

Lester says, in 1996, Jackson, a friend of his, asked him for a sperm donation so he could start a family. “It was a gift to him,” he said. “No money was paid, it was something I was honoured to do.”

Lester, Godfather to all three of Jackson’s children, says he is upset that he has been excluded from the lives of 11-year-old Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, better known as Blanket, 7. “I want to have contact with her, Prince and Blanket, regardless of whether any or all of them are mine.”

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It wouldn’t be a day that ends in “y” without more Spears family drama.

According to Star magazine, Casey Aldridge is not the father of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby. “Casey is being paid off to be the family’s fall guy while the real father remains unidentified,” the mag reports. While Aldridge is 18, just days less than two years older than Spears, it is rumoured that the father is older and would be charged with statutory rape if he was revealed. Two sources told Star that the man they believe to be the real father is someone who works on Spears’ Nickelodeon kid’s show, “Zoey 101.”

Spears and Aldridge are currently not together, as Aldridge said in a post on his MySpace profile.