Michael Jackson Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Dies at 50

The Los Angeles coroner has confirmed that Michael Jackson has died aged 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier Thursday (June 25), with the King of Pop pronounced dead at 2:36pm. Celebrate his life and share your thoughts after the jump.

CNN spoke with the Los Angeles coroner who said that the body of Jackson will undergo the normal screening process, including toxicology exams, with the details expected to be released tomorrow afternoon (June 26) before he will be released to his family for burial.

Hiltons weigh in on split

The family of Paris Hilton has weighed in on her breakup with Doug Reinhardt, with her mother and aunt revealing they’re happy with how things panned out.

“I think Paris needs to be with someone who is a bit more mature, older and has their own thing,” Kathy Hilton told E! News on Thursday night (June 18).

Hilton’s aunt, Kyle Richards, says that, “The stories out there about our family not approving of their relationship are completely true. Doug was riding Paris’ coattails.”

She adds, “The break-up affected me in a good way. It’s definitely time for Paris to move on.”

Although there has been no official word from Reinhardt’s camp about the comments, he did post a message on Twitter after the story went up saying, “Don’t bullshit and bullshiter.”

Elle Macpherson ‘Controlling & Prickly’, Magazine Claims

Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson has been described “controlling and prickly” by an Australian business magazine, who interviewed the modelpreneur and featured her on their cover this week.

Macpherson, 45, appears in the magazine, BRW, and was interviewed about how she created her US$100 million business empire.

The magazine said in a media release that Macpherson was at times charming, but was also “controlling and prickly”.

“During her sit down with BRW, Macpherson insisted on scrolling through the images captured by BRW‘s photographer, saying `yes, no, no, yes’ as she checked the screen on the camera,” said a spokesman for the magazine.

“When a question made her uncomfortable, she had no qualms about shouting at her minders to keep quiet so she could concentrate.”

Despite the article being about her business empire, Macpherson also refused to disclose how much she was worth.

She told the magazine that she credits her success to her “vision and balls”.

Macpherson has not publicly responded to the magazine’s claims.

Madonna Wins Adoption Appeal

Madonna has finally won her petition to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.

Even though she hadn’t fulfilled the Malawi’s 18-month residency requirement, an appeal court overruled the demands. Despite the attempts to stop the adoption by James Kambewa, who claims to be the girl’s father, this ruling cannot be changed.


Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo said that “Madonna has shown that she is bold and compassionate enough to come forward to adopt Chifundo James.” He also stated that her dedication to helping the orphans in Malawi should have been taken into consideration, and said “Every child has the right to love”

Madonna co-founded Raising Malawi in 2006, a charity committed to bringing to an end to the hardship and poverty endured by the one million orphans in Malawi.

In a statement from a very happy Madonna she said, “My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her.”

Donald Trump Fires Miss California Carrie Prejean

Donald Trump has fired the embattled Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, for not honoring her agreement she signed with the organization when she first entered the competition.

The pageant’s executive director, Keith Lewis, said in a statement, “This was a decision based solely on contract violations, including Ms. Prejean’s unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization.”

Trump added, “I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so. Unfortunately it just doesn’t look like it is going to happen.”

Tami Farrell, who was runner-up and has been filling in for Prejean at numerous functions, will now become Miss California USA.

“Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests,” Trump said.

Shia LaBeouf Confirmed For Wall Street 2

Shia LaBeouf has confirmed that he is set to star in the sequel to the hit eighties movie Wall Street, with filming due to start in August.

The Transformers actor will star alongside Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his performance in the 1987 movie, with Oliver Stone on board to direct the sequel, to be called Money Never Sleeps.

Talking to The Associated Press, LaBeouf says the new flick is a “walk and talk money movie,” but is unsure of the financial jargon.

“I don’t know what… a credit derivative is,” LaBeouf explains. “I have no idea. I don’t know what a CPO is. IPB. LVC. You gotta know ticker names.”

Ashlee Simpson vs. Michelle Trachtenberg?

Ashlee Simpson had a couple of things to say to Gossip Girl’s Michelle Trachtenberg at Monday night’s DJ Hero event - but reports that Simpson was screaming insults and almost got physical are not true, claims her rep.

The girls and Simpson’s husband Pete Wentz - Trachtenberg’s ex - were seated in the same VIP section at Monday’s DJ Hero event. where Eminem and Jay-Z performed.

The night began innocently enough, with the trio chatting pleasantly for 20 minutes.

Then, according to Perez Hilton, Simpson had one drink too many, and began to give Wentz a lap dance. “She was staring directly at Michelle and starting hurling insults at her,” Perez claims he was told by a source. “She was grinding up on Pete like a stripper.”

However, according to Simpson’ rep, the exchange wasn’t so heated.

“It was just a misunderstanding,” the publicist tells E! News.

“Ashlee has since apologized to Michelle, and they remain on good terms.”

- yeah right.

Angelina Jolie Injured On Film Set

Angelina Jolie was hospitalized Friday (May 29), after she knocked her head and suffered a small cut between her eyes on the set of her latest movie Salt, which is currently filming on Long Island, New York.

Columbia Pictures released the following statement about Jolie’s hospital visit:

“This morning, while filming an action sequence during production of her new movie Salt, Angelina Jolie sustained a minor injury. As a precautionary measure, Ms. Jolie was taken to a local hospital, examined and released.

She is now back on set and will resume with production this afternoon.”