LaToya Jackson is suddenly a very busy woman.  While she had mostly dropped from the spotlight in recent years, she’s been making the rounds since her brother, Michael Jackson, died suddenly this past June.
It’s been announced that she will be filling in for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is currently on maternity leave, on September 16 and September 18, 2009. 
This will be the second time that LaToya has co-hosted The View with the first time being on March 14, 2003.
LaToya will also be sitting down with Barbara Walters for her first one-on-one interview since Michael’s death.  While she hasn’t given …read more

A major overnight development has taken place in terms of the custody agreement concerning the three children of the late pop star, Michael Jackson.  As the Today show reported, Jackson’s mother, Katherine, has been given custody but Debbie Rowe, the birth mother of the two oldest kids, Prince Michael I and Paris, has been granted visitation rights.  A child psychologist will be involved.  No details about the mother of Jackson’s youngest son, Prince Michael II (a.k.a. Blanket) have emerged.
This is what I think should happen so I’m glad.  I feel a little sorry that Blanket doesn’t have a mother in …read more

Today show host, Matt Lauer, interviewed Michael Jackson’s older brother, Jermaine Jackson, this morning and was given a rare behind-the-scene glimpse of Jackson’s beloved Neverland Ranch.
It was a very emotional discussion, of course, with Jermaine speaking candidly about his brother’s death a week ago today.
He recalled how he learned about the tragic news: “She was crying, saying he was dead. To hear my mother say, ‘Michael is dead,’ to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is dead, is nothing that anyone can ever imagine.  I tried to console her but I wanted to …read more

Looking back at Oprah Winfrey’s 1993 interview of Michael Jackson is particularly poignant after the King of Pop died last week.  The primetime special begins with voiceovers explaining what Michael Jackson means to the world.  It was touching then and it’s heart wrenching now to watch. 
It was the most revealing look into Jackson’s life at that time and I remember everyone being amazed that he allowed Oprah into his private sanctuary – the 2700 acre Neverland Ranch.  She said that she was expecting to see some llamas roaming around the grounds but, instead, was surprised to find a beautiful …read more