Tito Jackson said he and his brothers and sisters conducted a military-style raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to make him face up to his addiction painkillers, the UK Mirror reports in an exclusive.
The Jackson clan were more and more worried by the stories about Michael’s being hooked on prescription drugs. Tito, 55, said: “I never saw him on drugs. Not once. He deliberately did it away from us. He didn’t want his family to know anything about that part of him. He did almost everything in his power to make sure we didn’t know.”
Michael desperately tried to conceal his habit from his siblings. He asked his security detail to stop his own brothers and sisters from entering the fantasy land. In response, the clan decided to force entry. Tito said: “We had to act. It was me, my sisters Janet, Rebbie and La Toya and my brothers, Jackie and Randy. We bust right into the house and he was surprised to see us to say the least. We went into one of his private rooms and had a discussion with him.
“Some of us were crying. We kept asking him if it was true what we had heard that he was using drugs. He kept denying it. He said we were over-reacting. We also spoke to a doctor and he assured us it was not the situation. He said he was there to make sure Michael was healthy.”
In his first interview since the death of 50-year-old Michael, Tito said it took a couple of attempts to get through the security guards at Neverland and stage the intervention before the siblings were successful.
“They would block the road into Neverland with other vehicles so we couldn’t drive in, all kinds of crazy things. I don’t know whose instructions those were but that’s what happened. I went up there twice trying to get through before we finally did.”
Tito said: “We didn’t know what to believe. We didn’t take what Michael said as the truth. We talked about it again and again for hours but we just couldn’t get through to him. After that occasion we tried many times but his team of people just shut us out, they would not let us close. They literally shut us out. I don’t know if they were just doing their job or if it they were part of some kind of conspiracy. I do know that Michael would say to them ‘I don’t care who it is, don’t let anybody on my property if they haven’t called first.’”
Tito said he first learned of the painkillers as an issue in 1993 when Michael entered a rehabilitation clinic. They were thought to have been started due to the agony of burns treatment he received. Jackson famously burned his scalp while making a Pepsi commercial in 1984.
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Soccer superstar David Beckham hit back at LA Galaxy fans who taunted him over his bust-up with teammate Landon Donovan after he refused to sign autographs.
Becks had no time for autographs as he arrived at LAX airport ready to fly to New York for his LA Galaxy comeback.
But jeering fans were quick to put the boot into the England ace, who many still haven’t forgiven for moving to AC Milan on loan.
One shouted: “Thanks for taking care of the fans David!”
Another, referring to Donovan’s comments about Beckham not being fully committed to the Galaxy, yelled: “Landon Donovan was right! Landon was right!”
The cruel comments appeared to hit a nerve as Becks responded: “That’s why you don’t get anything.”
Beckham had showed he is champing at the bit to get back into action for the Galaxy by turning up for his flight on Wednesday two-and-a-half hours early.
He arrived in his black Escalade SUV and looked to be in a rush as he walked straight past the small group of autograph hunters.
Beckham is set to make his MLS return for the Galaxy against the New York Red Bulls in the Big Apple on Thursday night.
He was furious after team-mate Donovan publicly questioned his professionalism and commitment to the Galaxy following his loan move to Italy.
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Sandra Bullock has promised she is going to get naked in every film from now on following the success of her latest movie.
The actress has never stripped for a role before but after her naked scenes in The Proposal helped the film sell out at the US box office, she has had a complete change of heart.
She said: "Box office like this, I’m going to be naked in every single film. I’m going to be 70 years old, everything like hanging down and I’m just going to walk by in random people’s films."
Bullock, 44, added that she wasn’t even going to let age get in the way of her naked form stealing the spotlight from younger stars.
She said: "Come on, can you imagine me at 70 walking naked in whose film? Zac Efron, Zac Efron doing a big film and there I am, running naked in the background. Just going back and forth until someone notices. Big box office, they’re all going to want me in their film."
Bullock said she now believes the trick to pulling in the big audiences is not raunchy sex scenes but funny, naked ones.
She said: "Will Ferrell has been onto that for quite some time. Have you noticed how he drops his trousers in every single film? I’m going to do that from now on. Action films, all naked."
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Megan Fox is rumoured to be back together with her ex.
The Transformers star split from former fiance Brian Austin Green last month.
But they were spotted having breakfast at a Los Angeles restaurant at the weekend, according to reports.
The pair had been dating since 2004 but in June, Fox said at a premiere: "I’m what you would call single."
Fox has previously admitted that she is bisexual and said that she has a crush on Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole.
Austin Green reached fame playing David Silver on TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
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Sexy actress Jessica Alba is working on new projects that will push her outside her "comfort zone", she has revealed.
The mum-of-one, who has starred in films such as Fantastic Four and Sin City, has posted a message on her MySpace page but wouldn’t reveal many details about the upcoming work.
She said: "Thanks so much for all of your messages. They’re always so sweet. I have been working hard on a few new projects that I think you guys will hopefully love.
"I am really trying to push myself beyond my comfort zone. Will come back soon and post more details…"
Jessica, 28, married partner Cash Warren in May last year and their daughter Honor was born less than a month later.
The actress admitted she hasn’t had time to start a Twitter page just yet.
She said: "In the meantime, I’ve been getting a few questions from you about Twitter. Honor keeps me a little too busy to tweet right now, but Cash signed up and is quite addicted."
The Girls Aloud singer will have to take elocution lessons due to her Newcastle accent and her upcoming debut in the USA and her new employers are concerned. A source said the following about Cheryl Cole’s new challenge: “They were bowled over by Cheryl and thought she was beautiful, sassy, smart and charismatic. There was just one small problem – they couldn’t understand her accent. The Americans really seemed to struggle with her voice. Simon jokingly offered to pay for elocution lessons for her but, seriously, that may be the route she has to take if she is really considering breaking into television in the US.” Come on, how thick can Cheryl Cole’s accent be… and moreover, if it’s that difficult to understand, how come the music isn’t affected? And even more: since when does anyone take Simon Cowell seriously?
Russell Brand has given up his vow of celibacy and is back on the market again, he has revealed.
The 33-year-old comic said he was planning to give up sex after shooting a steamy scene for new movie Get Him to the Greek, in which he was given something that resembled a stocking to cover his manhood.
At the time, he said: "I had my sex organs all trussed up in a flesh-coloured ‘goolie-bag’… It’s put me off monkey business for life."
However, the star’s abstinence didn’t last long and he has now revealed: "The Nut Bag 3 are free! They came blinking into the light like hostages. Now they have known incarceration they will devour liberty."
Willow Smith, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, is following in her famous parents’ acting footsteps.
The eight year old is set to star in a in a one-hour Nickelodeon special.
Willow has scored a part on True Jackson, VP to air on the network on July 25.
True Jackson is the teenage head of the youth division of a fashion label and Willow will play a younger version of Jackson in flashback format, while Keke Palmer will play an older Jackson.
She has already appeared in I Am Legend with her dad Will and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
In a statement Willow said: “I get my style ideas from True Jackson, VP. If I had my own fashion company, I would call it Willow’s Reign.”
Marjorie Cohn, executive vice president of Nickelodeon development and original programming, said:”After seeing True mostly in the office, it is fun to see another side of her life.
“Most kids don’t have dual lives as vice presidents and high school students, so True’s comic dilemma is how to balance both. She faces this crisis with lots of comedy and her usual flair.
“Willow Smith is fantastic playing the young True and was able to channel Keke’s energy yet put her own signature on it.”
Emma Watson, 19, posed with Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe for photographs at the launch of the sixth Harry Potter film in London.
It is Watson, soon to be jetting to the US to study, who is now overtaking her co-stars after nine amazing years in the smash-hit movie series.
Watson has been appearing in ad campaigns for Burberry and on fashion magazine covers.
She said; “I’m very excited and looking forward to a bit of normality for a while - it would be nice.
“But that doesn’t mean that by going to university, I’m never going to act again.”
Watson is set to study at Columbia University in New York. But due to her fame, she has talked about being an anonymous student and has enrolled under her middle name, Charlotte.
Director David Yates acknowledged his cast was maturing.
“Our cast are just getting that little bit older now and the hormones are starting to fly, and for me, it marks a real transition point between our cast as children and our cast as adults.”
It seems that the former wife of the late pop legend is planning on fighting for custody of Michael Jackson’s children, even though her lawyer seems to try to imply quite the opposite: “Debbie Rowe has not reached a final decision concerning the custody proceedings. I have no reason to doubt that what was reported from that conversation was accurately and ethically reported, but that said, it would be a distortion of the truth to allow that single snapshot of a single conversation, to stand as the truth on Debbie’s position on this sensitive matter. Once again, the truth is that Debbie has not reached a final decision concerning the pending custody proceedings.” Right, well the man might know exactly what Debbie Rowe is up against and he’s probably trying to find a way to soften the blow or divert her path in this most treacherous endeavor.