$200m Jackson deal is the most lucrative in music history

Michael Jackson fans will be given several new chances to expand their record collection while his heirs spend the next seven years moonwalking their way to the bank, after the singer's estate announced the richest recording deal in the history of the music industry.- 17/03/2010, News

New trilogy by 'Percy Jackson' author due out internationally in May

A new children's book series by Rick Riordan, author of the bestselling Percy Jackson books, is due out internationally in May, announced The Bookseller on March 15. The Kane Chronicles will "do for the Egyptian gods what Percy Jackson did for the Greek gods," according to Puffin marketing director Kirsten Grant.- 17/03/2010, News

Michael Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 million

The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. The record-breaking contract through 2017 could be worth up to $250 million if certain conditions ar...- 16/03/2010, News

Sony, Jackson estate inks 250-million-dollar deal: reports

Sony and the estate of late music legend Michael Jackson have signed a record-breaking 250-million-dollar deal for distribution rights through 2017, US media said Tuesday.- 16/03/2010, News

Stun gun 'never used on Michael Jackson's kids'

A lawyer for Michael Jackson's mother said today the late singer's children were never exposed to a stun gun sent to the family's home. Adam Streisand said child services workers were investigating, but the stun gun, ordered by one of Jermaine Jackson's teenage sons, was confiscated before any harm was done. He said the weapon was not used on a...- 03/03/2010, News

Jesse Jackson to address Cambridge Union

American civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson is due to address students at Cambridge University tonight. He will make a speech entitled With Justice For All: Human Rights And Civil Rights At Home And Abroad at the Cambridge Union - the university's debating society, said a spokesman. Before speaking, Rev Jackson is due to lay a wreath...- 01/03/2010, Home News

After tour, 50 Cent to star in and produce football film

Mario Van Peebles will direct rapper and actor, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in Things Fall Apart. The story follows a star college football player (50 Cent/Jackson), facing personal tragedy and his own mortality.- 23/02/2010, News

DVD: This Is It, For retail & rental (Sony)

This Is It was cobbled together from rehearsal footage for the 50-date residency Jackson intended to perform at London's 02 arena.- 21/02/2010, Reviews

Consumer electronics company launches golden hard drive for Michael Jackson fans

Samsung is giving Michael Jackson fans another way to honor their pop idol with the release of a special edition external hard drive.- 09/02/2010, News

Michael Jackson doctor charged in singer's death

Michael Jackson's doctor was today charged with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama. Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25 at his rented Los Angeles mansion,...- 08/02/2010, Americas

Lecturer to be sentenced for child sex offences

A shamed university lecturer will be sentenced today for having sex with an under-age girl as well as making and possessing indecent images of children. Biomedicine lecturer Trevor Jackson, 46, of Lyndhurst Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle, admitted five counts of meeting a child following sexual grooming and five counts of sexual activity with a child....- 05/02/2010, Crime

Manslaughter charge for Jackson doctor

The long-pending criminal trial of the man who is alleged to have caused Michael Jackson's death by administering a devastating cocktail of drugs will move a step closer today, when prosecutors in Los Angeles are expected to charge Dr Conrad Murray with manslaughter. Dr Murray was the physician at Jackson's bedside, and in the hours before his ...- 05/02/2010, Americas

Jacko's glittery glove makes debut in Macau

From a distance, Michael Jackson's iconic rhinestone-encrusted glove shimmers like a marquise diamond.- 02/02/2010, Asia

Grammys ceremony presents 3D tribute to Michael Jackson

As part of a salute to the late Michael Jackson at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on January 31, an all-star lineup will perform along with the star's voice on "Earth Song," a special 3D mini-movie created by Jackson for the This Is It tour, to be shown in its entirety.- 21/01/2010, News

Lecturer admits child porn charges

A shamed university lecturer facing jail for having sex with an under-age girl admitted child pornography charges today. Trevor Jackson, 46, pleaded guilty to two charges of making indecent photographs of a child in April last year. The biomedicine lecturer, of Lyndhurst Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle, also admitted three charges of the possession ...- 11/01/2010, Crime