Britney Parties with Kindred Wacko

Posted May 24th 2008 12:25PM by TMZ Staff

Did the giftbags include straight jackets?

Britney Spears and Michael Jackson were their old selves last nite at the 50th BD party of Christian Audigier, aka designer Ed Hardy.

Brit looks good. Jacko looks vintage.

Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson

The Ghost of Thriller Past Appears in Las Vegas

Posted May 17th 2008 11:48AM by TMZ Staff

A TMZ photographer spotted the elusive, well-camouflaged moonwalkeris ubercreepyus in the wilds of Las Vegas yesterday!


Michael Jackson was wearing his usual homemade man-burqa and two different shoes as he and his kids left the movie theater inside the Palms Hotel.

At least his kids don't have to wear masks anymore!

Filed under: Hot Vegas, Michael Jackson

Thriller Zombies to Drool On Library of Congress

Posted May 14th 2008 8:35AM by TMZ Staff

The Library of Congress has chosen Michael Jackson's ghoul-orious "Thriller" album to add to its National Recording Registry, deeming it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." After all, no mere mortal can resist...

Michael's train wreck of a face might also be considered "aesthetically significant." We're just sayin'.

Jackson's 1982 best selling album of all time was the most contemporary of the 25 recordings picked with nothing being added from the 21st century. What, is Flo Rida not culturally significant?

The funk of 40,000 years indeed.

Filed under: Music, Michael Jackson

Liz Taylor Cruises in West Hollywood

Posted Mar 21st 2008 8:13AM by TMZ Staff

Being confined in a wheelchair won't keep Elizabeth Taylor from happy hour with her gays.


The 76-year-old acting legend and her dog, Daisy, were caught getting wheeled out of WeHo restaurant/bar The Abbey yesterday -- where she was bombarded with questions about random longtime buddy Michael Jackson. Gladiator!

Filed under: Michael Jackson

Jackson Dead Serious About Neverland

Posted Mar 18th 2008 10:00PM by TMZ Staff

Jermaine Jackson insists MJ's Neverland ranch was never in foreclosure -- and it's for sale "over his dead body."

That's not exactly the truth though. Check out the story from TMZ TV and check your local listings for show times.

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Michael Jackson

Neverland Animals Deserted in Desert

Posted Mar 18th 2008 3:02PM by TMZ Staff

Jacko may have saved his beloved playland from being auctioned off, but he couldn't save the animals. Poor Bubbles!

All of Jacko's pets, including giraffes, giant pythons, parrots and a menagerie of other species, were purchased by Banjoko Nature Preserve in Arizona. The creatures are intended to be "presented center-stage at a 185 acre planned multi-million dollar wildlife preserve."

Yeah, a zoo in the desert. Ironically, the pets look happier than ever.

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Michael Jackson, Critters

Neverland? Never Better!

Posted Mar 13th 2008 12:45PM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson has pulled some financial strings to save Neverland ranch from public auction just six days before it was supposed to go down.

An auction date had been set for March 19 because Jacko owed $24.5 million on the 2,500-acre spread northwest of Santa Barbara.

Question is -- who would have bought that place, anyway? It looks like the circus left town!

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson

Mark Geragos -- A Rich Man, Maybe

Posted Mar 3rd 2008 5:16PM by TMZ Staff

Attorney Mark Geragos won a personal judgment in the XtraJet case that could qualify him to buy Neverland if it goes up for auction.

According to the order, the people responsible for illegally taping Geragos' conversations with Michael Jackson the day Jacko surrendered to face molestation charges must pay him $2 million in compensatory damages and $16 million in punitive damages. Those punitive damages are divided equally between Jeffrey Borer, the former owner of the jet company and the now bankrupt company itself.

But Geragos may want to hold on to his wallet, the lawyers for Borer says he will appeal.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson

Judge Orders XtraJet to Pay Up in Jacko Flight

Posted Mar 3rd 2008 3:11PM by TMZ Staff

A judge has ordered the former owner of a charter jet company to pay uber-attorney Mark Geragos and an associate lawyer $2.25 million for secretly taping them and Michael Jackson aboard a chartered plane as Jacko was en route from Vegas to Santa Barbara to surrender to child molestation charges in November of 2003.

Click here... it's not over yet

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson

It Must Be Genetic!

Posted Mar 3rd 2008 12:46PM by TMZ Staff

Brother and sister Michael and LaToya Jackson are both apparent victims of the same debilitating disease, Incredible Shrinking Nose Syndrome.

How do those sunglasses stay on her face?!?

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Beauty, Michael Jackson

Tito Lands a Hot Chick

Posted Feb 28th 2008 2:06PM by TMZ Staff

Wearing John Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" disco suit, Jacko's brother Tito Jackson was snapped at LAX on Wednesday -- with a fetching Nicole Scherzinger look-alike traveling companion. Don'tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like her?!

Wonder what she $ee$ in him?

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Fly Me, Michael Jackson

Bank to Jacko: It's Your Last Pony Ride!

Posted Feb 26th 2008 4:32PM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson is going the way of many American homeowners these days, only this foreclosure is a real circus.

FOX 411's Roger Friedman is reporting the King of Debt has just received word from Financial Title Company, the trustee of Neverland, unless he ponies up the $24,525,906.61 he owes on the monstrous mansion by March 19, it will be put up for public sale on the steps of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse!

A search on the Santa Barbara County Recorder website confirms that a "Notice of Trustees Sale" was filed yesterday by Financial Title Company.

Click here... it's not over yet

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Celebrity Pay Dirt, Michael Jackson

Jacko's Baby Mama Resurfaces

Posted Feb 4th 2008 12:33PM by TMZ Staff

No, that's not Roseanne Barr or Wynonna Judd. It's Michael Jackson's lovely second ex-wife, Debbie Rowe -- 'memba huh?! Rowe was snapped leaving a clinic over the weekend.

In 2001, Debbie gave up all parental rights to her two recently unmasked children with Michael. In 2006, she tried to get her parental rights reinstated, but instead reached a "$ettlement of all issues."

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Michael Jackson

Jacko Hides Face, Kids Drop Masks

Posted Jan 31st 2008 3:39PM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson (left) let two of his kids, Paris and Prince Michael, roam the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas without their usual masks -- and they're damned cute!

Looks like the apple fell far from the tree. Very, very far.

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch, Michael Jackson

Roll Hard in Jacko's Ride

Posted Jan 17th 2008 11:35AM by TMZ Staff

Got a spare $200k? If so, you can snap up Michael Jackson's suped-up 1975 Rolls-Royce Corniche Turbo.

The luxury ride has been fitted with a turbocharged engine, making it a one of a kind, just like Jackson's face -- excepting Janet and Latoya, of course.

Filed under: Michael Jackson