A source close to the Jacksons says it was difficult to keep family on message because the siblings aren't that close.

Web Exclusive: Project scheduled for 2010 release -- Fox has tapped Nimrod Antal ("Vacancy") to direct "Predators" for producer Robert Rodriguez through his Troublemaker Studios.

AP - The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25,000 to attend a dinner discussion with government officials and journalists at the home of its publisher, and then canceled the event after the invitations became public.

AFP - Michael Jackson's family announced a free public memorial service for the tragic pop icon in Los Angeles, as a custody battle loomed with his ex-wife seeking their children.

Reuters - Aerosmith's next album might be "on the bench, in pieces," waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September, but guitarist Joe Perry's next solo album is just about ready to go.

Reuters - A public memorial for pop star Michael Jackson took shape Thursday when a concert backer and family spokesman said the event would take place next week, even as doubt lingered over the guardianship of the singer's children.

Reuters - "Sister Smile," Stijn Coninx's film on the life of the Belgian "Singing Nun," Jeanine Deckers, owes much of its success in Belgium and France to star Cecile de France.

Reuters - CBS is close to signing "How I Met Your Mother" co-star Neil Patrick Harris to host this year's Emmys.

E! Online - Weren't the Jackson family Jehovah's Witnesses? How will that affect the funeral?

AP - Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

The rehearsals ended on a high note. Michael Jackson was energetic and excited. He put his arm around concert promoter Randy Phillips and whispered: "I know we're going to get it there together." A few hours later Jackson was dead.

Reuters - Aerosmith's next album might be "on the bench, in pieces," waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September, but guitarist Joe Perry's next solo album is just about ready to go.

Reuters - Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids."

Reuters - CBS is close to signing "How I Met Your Mother" co-star Neil Patrick Harris to host this year's Emmys.

AP - The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.

AP - Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Michael Jackson co-designed and patented a special shoe meant to provide anti-gravity illusions by nailing down dancers when necessary. Katie Couric reports.

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