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$86,804 a Month to Jackson’s Mom, Kids

Michael Jackson’s mother is receiving $86,804 per month from her son’s estate to support herself and her three grandchildren, according to court records released Thursday.
Katherine Jackson is one of the primary beneficiaries of her son’s estate along with the late pop singer’s three young children and unnamed charities.
Over the course of a year, Jackson’s mother [...]

Lionel Richie Pledges Commodores Reunion

 
 Grammy award-winning pop singer Lionel Richie said Saturday that he and the Commodores will reunite soon for a tour.
Richie said a reunion could happen in the next two years.
“We better do it now, or in the next 10 years nobody would care,” he told reporters before singing at Antigua’s Romantic Rhythms festival.
Richie, 58, said it [...]

ABC Promotes Shows With Music Videos

ABC is producing music videos for several of its new and returning shows, including “Ugly Betty,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Dancing With the Stars” and “Brothers and Sisters.”

The videos — 11 are expected by the end of the season — will air on ABC.com and in some cases on such other platforms as iTunes, ABC [...]

Rapper Jay-Z Tops Forbes Hip-Hop “cash Kings” List

Hip-hop star Jay-Z’s talent for extending beyond rap to the executive worlds of music, fashion and other businesses has earned him the top spot on Forbes magazine’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” list.

Forbes on Thursday said Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, raked in $34 million in 2006, the year he released a comeback album “Kingdom [...]

Michael Jackson Sued By Former Lawyers

 
Michael Jackson’s former entertainment lawyers filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the singer owes them more than $113,000.
 
The law firm Lavely & Singer of Los Angeles says Jackson agreed in arbitration last year to pay them $180,000 in three installments.
Jackson failed to make the final payment of $113,750 before the July 31, 2007, deadline stipulated in [...]