This just in - from La-La Land:
Michael Jackson's financial situation is much more serious today than it's been recently, and that's saying a lot.
FOX 411: JACKO'S MONEY WOES GET WORSE
By Roger Friedman, 6-8-05
... by this Friday, Jackson must clear out two storage hangers at the Santa Monica Airport, where he keeps boxes of memorabilia and "a lot of junk," according to sources ... Jackson has failed to pay rent on the space for months.
... Brian Wolf, of the powerhouse Los Angeles firm Lavely and Singer, sent a letter to Jackson advising him that if he doesn't pay his balance, the firm will stop representing him.
Jackson recently sent a check to the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in the amount of $500,000 ... the Mirage was on the verge of filing suit against Jackson for bills he ran up in November 2003 ... Jackson was staying at the Mirage when Neverland was raided by police. He returned to the hotel after his arrest and, according to insiders, caused quite a bit of damage in his suites. The $500,000 likely came out of a bridge loan of $2.2 million which Jackson recently received from a private lender.
... at Neverland, where employees were wondering today if the bi-weekly payroll would be met. In recent weeks, payroll checks have been late by at least two days. Sources tell me that at least on one occasion, Neverland employees contacted the California Labor Relations board to see what remedies were available to them. They wound up staging at least two walkouts.
... Michael Jackson has not made any provisions for his three children should he be carted off to jail ... Jackson risks leaving his three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — in the lurch, with no guardians.
... That leaves Debbie Rowe, mother of Prince and Paris. Since her parental rights were restored by family court recently, Rowe has been telling friends she would want the kids immediately if Jackson went to jail. Rowe is said to be open to taking Blanket as well, even though she is not his mother. Rowe, whose custody case is stuck in Los Angeles Superior Court at the moment, is hell-bent on getting her kids back.
Source: "Michael really thinks that if he's convicted, there will be riots in the streets. He thinks somehow the power of his fame will overturn any conviction."
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BENJAMIN: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me
... aren't you?"
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Actress Anne Bancroft died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at age 73. Please check Da Rev's tribute: UNSUBSCRIBED: "Mrs. Robinson"
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Does it matter what Howard Dean says? A lot of Dems have taken a moment, of late, to respond to Dr. Dean's tendency to "shoot from the lip". Usually said Dems say something to the effect that he's not a candidate, he's just the party chair, blah, blah. I hope they're right, that Dean's intemperate and downright rude (ignorant) diatribes are not hurting the party as we look forward to congressional elections next year and re-gaining the White House after da DUBYA debacle.
Reported over @ Wonkette:
"Where do I sign up on a committee to keep Howard Dean?'' crowed GOP operative Jon Fleischmann, publisher of the FlashReport, a daily roundup of California political news and commentary. "He's the best thing to happen to the GOP in ages."
... Wait, Dean is a better talking point for the GOP than the march of freedom in Iraq, the War on Social Security, soaring gas prices, slow job growth, the $7.8 trillion national debt, and the ever-expanding Patriot Act? Okay, yeah, actually, we agree.
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