May 13, 2013 -- Updated 1343 GMT (2143 HKT)
The death in 2009 of superstar Michael Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50, sent shockwaves around the world.
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- "I can see Michael's heart beat through the skin in his chest," stylist says
- "Get him a bucket of chicken," manager says
- "It was such a cold response, it broke my heart," makeup artist says
- Wife Debbie Rowe "was obviously in love with Michael," witness says
"Oh, my God, Turkle, I
can see Michael's heart beat through the skin in his chest," stylist
Michael Bush said after a costume fitting six days before his death on
June 19, 2009.
Turkle is the nickname of
makeup artist Karen Faye, who testified Thursday and Friday in
Jackson's wrongful death trial. Her testimony has been the most dramatic
so far.
Proceedings continue Monday with choreographer Stacy Walker on the witness stand.
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"Get him a bucket of chicken," manager Frank DiLeo said in reply to concerns about Jackson's weight loss, Faye testified.
"It was such a cold response, it broke my heart," Faye said through tears.
Michael Jackson's mother
and three children contend concert promoter AEG Live is liable in
Jackson's death because its executives ignored his health problem and
pressured him to prepare for his "This Is It" shows set to debut in
London in July 2009.
AEG Live negligently
hired, retained and supervised Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of
involuntary manslaughter in the pop icon's death, according to the
Jackson's lawsuit.
The coroner blamed
Jackson's June 25, 2009 death on an overdose of propofol, combined with
sedatives, given to him by Dr. Murray as a treatment for insomnia.
AEG lawyers contend that
it was Jackson, and not AEG, who hired and supervised Dr. Murray, and
that he was responsible for his own decisions. They said these were
influenced by a drug addiction its executives did not and could not be
expected to know about.
Witness: "Everybody was lying after he died"
The Michael Jackson the
public saw in the documentary "This Is It" -- produced months after his
death with 80 hours of video shot during his last rehearsals -- is not
reality, Faye said.
She was asked to help retouch the video to make Jackson look healthier on the big screen, she testified. But she refused.
"It was a lie. I didn't
want to lie," Faye said. "Everybody was lying after he died, saying that
Michael was well, and everybody knew he wasn't. I felt that retouching
Michael was just a part of that lie."
Before Faye testified,
jurors heard a similarly disturbing description of Jackson in his final
days from "This Is It" associate producer Alif Sankey.
Jackson "was not
speaking normally" at the June 19 costume fitting, Sankey said. She and
producer Kenny Ortega cried after he left because of his appearance and
what he said.
"God keeps talking to me," Jackson told Ortega, Sankey testified.
Faye said Jackson seemed "frightened," and he was talking to himself, repeating "the same thing over and over again."
"He kept repeating, 'Why can't I choose?'" she said.
Jackson was shivering from chills, and it was "like I was touching ice" when she put on his makeup, Faye testified.
Faye said she raised her
concerns with AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips. He told her, "Yeah, this is
bad. It's not so good. I had to scrape Michael off the floor in London
... because he was so drunk," she said.
The Jackson family's
legal representation contends Phillips should have gotten Jackson
medical care from someone other than Murray.
Sankey, who knew Jackson
since she first danced with him in 1987, said she screamed at Ortega in
a phone call after the June 19 rehearsal, begging that he get help for
Jackson.
"I kept saying that
'Michael is dying, he's dying, he's leaving us, he needs to be put in a
hospital,'" Sankey said. "'Please do something. Please, please.' I kept
saying that. I asked him why no one had seen what I had seen. He said he
didn't know."
Debbie Rowe was "in love with Michael"
The trial, which enters its third week Monday, could offer more previously unpublicized insights into Jackson's life and death.
Along with his oldest children Prince and Paris Jackson, his ex-wife and their mother, Debbie Rowe, is scheduled to testify.
Faye's testimony on
Friday offered a glimpse at Jackson's relationship with Rowe, suggesting
there was romance involved, or at least jealously.
Faye said that after she
was fired from her job during Jackson's "History" tour in 1997, she
learned it was because Rowe felt threatened by her relationship with
Jackson.
"She was obviously in love with Michael," Faye said. "She had told me for many years that it was her desire to be with him."
Rowe later apologized to her for asking Jackson's manager to let her go, she testified.
"She told me she was jealous of me," Faye said. "She thought that Michael liked me better."
Paris Jackson: Superstar's daughter builds own identity in spotlight
June 6, 2013 -- Updated 1316 GMT (2116 HKT)
Michael Jackson's daughter hospitalized
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Paris Jackson and her two brothers were kept out of public's eye when young
- They are now more visible
- Paris, 15, was hospitalized on Wednesday
- The high school student wants to be an actress
What followed at the
star-studded public memorial for Michael Jackson was a heartbreaking
tribute from a young girl millions of fans barely knew.
"Ever since I was born,
daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine," the 11-year-old
said through tears, as relatives patted and comforted her. "And I just
want to say, that I love him so much."
The brief appearance on
July 7, 2009, at Los Angeles' Staples Center, was a surprise, given
Paris, like her two brothers, had been shielded by their superstar
father for most of their lives.
Jackson family attorney: Paris is OK
Only two weeks before,
according to testimony in the 2011 trial of Michael Jackson's physician,
Paris saw her dying father lying on a bed with his eyes and mouth open.
She screamed out "Daddy!"
That trauma of losing a father was recalled Wednesday after Paris Jackson was rushed to a hospital after cutting one of her wrists, sources close to the family told CNN.
Paris called a suicide
counseling hot line, which led to a counselor calling 911 to the Jackson
home in Calabasas, California, the sources said. Other Jackson sources
stopped short of calling the incident a suicide attempt, although one
suggested it might be "a cry for help."
"Being a sensitive
15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are," attorney Perry Sanders
said. "It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to
you."
While either behind a
mask as a small child or in the public eye as a teen, the aspiring
actress has endured many ups and downs in her relatively few years.
Since their father's death, Prince, Paris and Blanket's lives have become more public.
From left, Prince, Blanket and Paris Jackson at the 'Michael
Forever Tribute Concert' at Millennium Stadium on October 8, 2011. in
Cardiff, Wales.
In TV interviews, Paris
has spoken about a devoted father who sometimes let his kids go to Chuck
E. Cheese. A father who mildly disciplined them if they did something
bad.
Michael Jackson wanted
his children to grow up without fanfare and overwhelming scrutiny. He
talked to his children about his youth while starring in the Jackson 5.
"He would always be stuck in the studio singing while other kids were out playing," Paris told Oprah Winfrey in June 2012.
The daughter talked about why the siblings wore masks when away from home.
"I didn't get why I was
wearing a mask. But I understand it now -- why my dad would want our
face to be covered," she said. "(So) when we went out without him we
would not be recognized. We would have a normal childhood."
Paris said she has dealt
with issues familiar to some adolescents. People tried to bully her,
Paris told Oprah. "A lot of people don't like me," she said.
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And, she admitted, normalcy can be tough to attain when a security detail escorts you to the mall.
Paris wants to make her
own mark as an actress. She signed to star in the upcoming film,
"Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys," based on children's fantasy
novels.
"You can be like a
totally different person on camera and it's fun," Paris told Winfrey.
"You can take on another character and it's awesome."
The siblings are part of a family that has seen its share of public disputes.
Their grandmother,
Katherine Jackson, shares guardianship with TJ Jackson, the son of Tito
Jackson, under an agreement forged last year after the Jackson matriarch
was away for 10 days. Katherine Jackson was eventually found to be at
an Arizona spa with several of her sons and daughters.
A missing person report
triggered a media storm, with Paris tweeting for people to help find her
grandmother or at least to get Jackson to call her grandchildren.
At the time, CNN
obtained surveillance video that appeared to show Paris' superstar aunt,
Janet Jackson, attempting to take the then 14-year-old's cell phone
from her. Authorities reportedly broke up a scuffle at the Jackson
family home after that event.
Who's who in Jackson trial
Paris and Prince, 16, are listed as potential witnesses in an ongoing trial.
Members of the Jackson family contend AEG Live is liable in Michael
Jackson's 2009 fatal drug overdose. The siblings were questioned
separately by AEG attorneys before the wrongful death trial began in
April.
"A grilling of a child
regarding the loss of her father is going to create a lot of pressure,"
Jackson trial lawyer Kevin Boyle said Wednesday. "Paris Jackson was
asked intimate details about her father and her father's death; it was a
very intense situation."
AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putnam denied his team was tough on Paris Jackson in her deposition.
In between the
headlines, Paris continues in school, formulating her own dreams. She's a
cheerleader for her high school's basketball team.
The teen was recently
reunited with her mother, Debbie Rowe, who bowed out of her life when
she was an infant. Paris has been spending time with Rowe at her horse
farm.
Rowe is the biological
mother of Prince and Paris. The couple divorced in 1999, with Rowe
giving Jackson full custody while she got an $8.5 million settlement,
according to court documents. Jackson later agreed to additional
support.
Rowe said in a 2003
interview, later obtained by ABC News, that she became close to Jackson
in 1996 when she consoled him after his brief marriage to Lisa Marie
Presley ended.
Paris' first solo TV
interview was in December 2011, with Ellen DeGeneres. She told the host
that as a young girl she did not realize Michael Jackson was so famous.
DeGeneres asked Paris whether she would be compared to her father if she performed music.
"Well, I understand that
I will be put on a certain level compared to him, and I might not meet
everybody's standards," Paris replied.
"But, I mean, it's me," she said to applause.
Kate Winslet confirms she is pregnant with third child
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Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll are expecting their first child together
Actress Kate Winslet has confirmed she is pregnant with her third child.
This will be her first baby with her new husband, Ned Rocknroll, the nephew of businessman, Sir Richard Branson."I can confirm Kate Winslet is pregnant and she and Ned Rocknroll are thrilled," said a publicist. "The baby is due at the end of the year."
Kate, originally from Reading in Berkshire, already has a 12-year-old daughter, Mia, with her ex-husband, director Jim Threapleton.
Joe, her son with second husband, the director Sam Mendes, is nine.
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The 37-year-old Oscar winner married Ned Rocknroll, 34, in New York, in December.Sara Keene Kate Winslet's publicistI can confirm Kate Winslet is pregnant and she and Ned Rocknroll are thrilled. The baby is due at the end of the year
In January the pair were granted a High Court injunction preventing The Sun newspaper from publishing semi-naked photographs of Ned Rocknroll taken by friends at a 21st birthday party a few years ago.
Kate Winslet shot to fame after starring in Titanic alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
She won her Oscar for her role in the 2008 film The Reader. It was her sixth nomination.
The actress was awarded a CBE last year for her services to drama.
She revealed that she had discussed motherhood with the Queen as she collected her honour, after the Queen asked how much she enjoyed acting.
"I said yes, I liked it, but not as much as being a mother. She [the Queen] said, 'It is the best job'."
Kim Kardashian's divorce is finally final
June 4, 2013 -- Updated 2020 GMT (0420 HKT)
The proceedings for Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries's divorce took longer than their marriage.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Court clerk says the Kardashian-Humphries divorce became final Monday
- Kardashian is close to giving birth to a daughter, fathered by boyfriend Kanye West.
- She filed for separation in October 2011, beginning the bitter divorce battle
Los Angeles County Superior Court confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that the divorce became final Monday.
This simplifies life for Kardashian, 32, as she is close to giving birth to a daughter, fathered by new boyfriend Kanye West.
The due date has not be
made public, although she did reveal the baby's gender this week on her
reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
Humphries, an NBA
forward, accused Kardashian of fraud by entering the marriage only to
make millions of dollars with their wedding, Humphries' lawyer, Marshall
Waller, told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephen Moloney
last year.
The August 20, 2011,
wedding was aired in October on E! Entertainment in a two-part special
titled "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event."
Kardashian filed for separation in October 2011, beginning the bitter divorce battle
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