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Photo: TMZ<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/michael-jacksons-last-will-diana-ross-mentioned/> TMZ continues to so thoroughly own the Michael Jackson story today that we're beginning to suspect they might have Tito bugged. Here's what you need to know: • Jackson's will was filed today in Los Angeles and TMZ has the five-page PDF<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/michael-jacksons-last-will-diana-ross-mentioned/>. He left everything to his family trust (including the Beatles catalogue<http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/06/mj_beatles_catalog.html>, presumably), which means it's all going to his children and mother. Also, Katherine Jackson is given sole custody of Jackson's three children — but if she doesn't want them, they'll be going to Diana Ross, which hardly seems like a good idea. • According to the AP<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_drugs;_ylt=AsZoXfnijMckgDh6oTU2dQBxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbXJyNTYwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjMwL3VzX21pY2hhZWxfamFja3Nvbl9kcnVncwRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDYXBleGNsdXNpdmVp>, Jackson's nurse says he'd been begging for Propofol, a powerful anesthetic drug used to sedate patients before surgery. Additionally, TMZ<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-propofol-lidocaine-overdose-criminal/>says the drug was found in his home, along with Lidocaine — another drug used to ease the pain of Propofol injections — which investigators discovered near Jackson's body. • Grace Rwaramba, Jackson's former nanny, has responded<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/mjs-former-nanny-i-never-pumped-his-stomach/>to reports claiming she routinely pumped his stomach: "I don't even know how to pump a stomach!!" • A white carriage hearse<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/jackson-burial-cart-before-the-horse/>was seen on the 405 freeway yesterday, making its way north toward Neverland Ranch (where a bunch of port-a-potties<http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/01/neverland-ranch-porta-potty/>were delivered late last night), fueling earlier speculation that Jackson's body will be taken there tomorrow. • The latest episode of ESPN's "B.S. Report with Bill Simmons" podcast<http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=2864045>includes a discussion with Chuck Klosterman on the reaction to Jackson's death. • According to AFP<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hqVkr3pm7iRNssO_8qkMurCxh6lA>(via Arts Beat<http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/ukrainians-seek-to-rename-their-village-for-michael-jackson/>), residents of a village in the Ukraine are hoping to rename it "Jackson," after the King of Pop, which we'll admit is way better than Oktyabrskoye, as it's currently named. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
