The first family of music, the Jacksons, introduce their highly anticipated, music-inspired collection of fashion t-shirts and limited edition leather jackets, in honor of legendary pop-music pioneers, The Jackson 5. As a tribute to the iconic mega group, the line combines vintage images, spanning 4 decades of music legacy, with on-trend cuts to deliver a fresh, fashionable collection.

A new website just launched at J5collection.com

The single, “Breaking News,” breaks on Monday. And still the question persists: how in the world were Michael’s nephews, the 3Ts, as we call them, particularly Taryll, convinced to accede to the wishes of the estate? The Ts should be commended for finally coming around, along with co-executor John McClain and Michael’s kids, who’d issued statements that these weren’t his vocals only the day before.

Click here for a little bit of what Sony will be offering with the new album.

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Michael’s Mother, Katherine Jackson, has released a new song that fans can download for FREE!

It seems as though Katherine has released this as a bit of a dig at Sony’s new Michael Jackson album; cunningly titled ‘MICHAEL’. When Sony released a short teaser for one of the songs on the album titled ‘Breaking News’, fans were divided as to whether or not it is actually the voice of Michael Jackson, but most people are confused as to why people are doubting the vocals when there is only less than a second of vocals on the teaser.

The song released by Katherine Jackson is titled “Opis None”.

Michael Jackson’s upcoming Cirque Du Soleil spectacular will be directed by the choreographer/dancer who doubled for the King of Pop on his Dangerous tour.

Jamie King will spend the next year working with over 60 performers before staging The Immortal World Tour, which has been personally endorsed by Jackson’s Mother and members of the famous family, late next year (11).

King will also write and direct the production, which links Jackson’s most famous songs and eye-popping acrobatics.

The $57 million (GBP 38 million) show, which was announced on Wednesday (03Nov10), will travel across North America, beginning next October (11).

King, who has directed live shows for Madonna, Britney Spears and Rihanna, among others, tells The Reporter he was thrilled to be asked to take charge of the Jackson spectacular.

He says, “I jumped at the opportunity. I’m a huge fan. In my work directing big rock and pop tours, I have been so influenced by the Cirque shows and the magic they create.”

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King was hired as a dancer – and Jackson’s body double – on the Dangerous tour, and he spent two years travelling the world with the King of Pop.

Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor have called for the testing of syringes and IV bags found at the King of Pop’s rented mansion on the day he died.

The defence attorneys raced to court in Los Angeles on Tuesday (26Oct10) stating evidence they had planned to use at Dr. Conrad Murray’s upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial had deteriorated and could no longer be used in the case.

The cardiologist’s attorneys claimed the liquid in one of the syringes had turned to salt, according to the Associated Press.

Judge Michael Pastor refused to allow a specialist to determine the quantities of substances in two syringes and the IV bag after consulting with prosecutors, who revealed they hadn’t been made aware of the request for evidence testing until immediately before the hearing.

Dr. Murray’s trial will begin in January (11).

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Movie bosses are planning to realise Michael Jackon’s dream of turning his hit Thriller into a full-scale film project.

Choreographer Kenny Ortega recently revealed that Jackson had been in negotiations to bring his visionary video to the big screen in an epic movie before his tragic death in June last year (09).

Now Jackson’s dream of seeing his creepy creation revamped for cinemas looks set to come true – a screenplay is in the works and Ortega has reportedly signed up to direct the project, according to Deadline.com.

The website reports the movie will be penned by The Hangover writer Jeremy Garelick and Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton is also involved.

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There is trouble in the world of Michael Jackson’s family.

Rumors are swirling that Katherine Jackson and Joseph Jackson are getting a divorce. A friend close to Mrs. Jackson insists this is true.

Confirmed. The friend says a couple of things have contributed to this decision. One is Joe Jackson’s comment last spring that Katherine caused Michael’s death. “She’s never gotten over it,” says the friend.

Then there’s Joe Jackson’s penchant for getting into financial trouble resulting in possible litigation. The word is that Katherine has been advised that she could be vulnerable if Joe is successfully sued.

Katherine…

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Flash: I just heard from Los Angeles that Michael Jackson’s long time manager, Frank Di Leo, has triumphed in court against a crazy claim from a concert promoter.

The word is that AllGood Entertainment’s assertion that DiLeo had agreed to let Michael Jackson tour for them, and for Patrick Alloco and Leonard Rowe to be involved in Michael’s London concerts, was found without basis by a judge. AllGood’s claims, I’m told, were thrown out. We’ll get more details in a little while.

Alloco, Leonard Rowe, Joseph Jackson were among those who banded together to try and derail Michael’s deal with…

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The Drug Enforcement Agency “inspected” Dr. Arnold Klein’s Beverly Hills office last Tuesday.

Sarah Pullen, spokesperson for the agency, confirmed this for me today.

According to Pullen, investigators didn’t “raid” Klein’s office. But they conducted a rather stringent regulatory examination. It’s called an Adminstrative Inspection Warrant. This meant that they went through all his logs, and did extensive checking to make sure  what drugs are being administered to which patients, and if it’s all being done properly.

Here’s the weird thing: the warrant was not related to Michael Jackson, per se. But Klein, according to sources, has been on the…

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