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[b]Auction Company Reaches Settlement with Jackson[/b] May 18, 2007 12:25 PM Michael Jackson has settled with an auction company that plans to auction off some of his personal items in Las Vegas. The items to be auctioned include old Jackson 5 costumes and possibly some court records. There is said to be more than 20,000 items in the auction. Jackson and the company settled out of court minutes before a hearing was to take place. Jackson had filed for a preliminary injunction to block the auction which is billed as the “The Jackson Family Memorabilia Auction” which is scheduled to happen on May 30th.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Raymone K. Bain May 17, 2007 RE: Michael Jackson/Court Appearance Las Vegas, Nevada …… Contrary to

[b]Asbury man to face pop star in court[/b] Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/17/07 BOB CULLINANE STAFF WRITER [b]Asbury Park contractor Henry Vaccaro said he’s [color=990000]”gonna teach this boy a lesson”[/b][/color] when he squares off against pop star Michael Jackson in a Las Vegas courtroom Friday.

Vaccaro is expected to testify about his battle for the ownership — and his subsequent sale — of nearly 2,000 items of Jackson family memorabilia that the “gloved one” claims still belong to him and his siblings.

In case you missed it… TV One Access caught up with Chris Tucker earlier this year. He commented briefly about being in Las Vegas recently with Mike, hanging out at one of Prince’s concerts. Video below:

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Acquires Leiber Stoller Catalog 2007-04-17 16:01:14 – NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — Sony/ATV Music Publishing today announced that it has acquired the legendary catalogue of award-winning songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Leiber Stoller catalogue contains more than 40 Top 40 hits, including “Stand By Me,” “Poison Ivy,” “Is That All There Is?,” “Love Potion #9” and some of the greatest songs that are part of the Elvis Presley legend, including “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Sony/ATV Music Publishing is co- owned by Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson.

[b]Michael Jackson ‘a good parent'[/b] Tuesday Apr 17 09:00 AEST Troubled superstar Michael Jackson has been given the thumbs up as a father by a magazine publisher who traveled with him. Jamie Foster Brown, who publishes Sister 2 Sister magazine in the US, traveled with [Jackson] and his children to Japan last month. And Jamie insisted that even though the children were made to cover their faces in public, behind the scenes Jackson seemed like a regular dad. “He just seemed to be a good parent,” she insisted. “More so than most of us!” Jamie says [Jackson’s] children Prince Michael, 10, Paris, 9, and Prince Michael II, 5, did not have their faces covered when they were indoors.

UPDATE: [b]Damages against Universal Express, officers total $25.7 million[/b] As Universal Express prepares to auction off Michael Jackson memorabilia, its legal thriller with the SEC is dancing toward an appeals court. An order by New York Federal District Court Judge Gerard Lynch, filed on April 2, calls for a penalty of $21.9 million against the Boca Raton-based company, $3.1 million against CEO Richard Altomare and $794,711 against corporate counsel Chris Gunderson.

From JustJared:

JACKSON’S REP: NO TOUR SET, NO VEGAS SHOW AND NO ROBOT by Norm Clarke (Vegas Confidential) Michael Jackson has no tour or Las Vegas show in the works, no release date for his unfinished album and no knowledge of a 50-foot laser-firing robot. In the most definitive statement on Jackson’s future since his return to the U.S. in December, Bain told Vegas Confidential, his spokeswoman Raymone Bain said, “His No. 1 priority is completing his music and until that time he’s not going to be entertaining any thoughts of a tour or a show.” Jackson is, however, getting in shape to begin dance rehearsals for the video that will accompany his music, she said in a telephone interview. She characterized as “a hoax” a party invitation that …

Well Daddy’s little girl, Paris, is turning 9 years old today! [img]https://site2.mjeol.com/uploads/img4611e881ad29a.jpg[/img] On behalf of the entire MJEOL community, we